Saghtar News

With its May issue (No. 303), Saghtar bids goodbye to its numerous readers until Ocotber and the start of the new scholastic year.

Joseph Camilleri presents a few folk rhymes connected with Ascension Day which is tradtionally celebrated during the month, usually with tentative dips in the still-cold sea.

Mark Zerafa continues with his series about the histroy of aviation.

Alfred Ellul Galea writes about the RAF memorial monument just outside Valletta.

In her page Tanja Cilia writes about money in the bible and explains to her young readers how progress has made many of our former tasks easier....has this made our life more comfortable or made us lazier?

Oliver Friggieri conlcudes his series Gizimin li qatt ma jiftah based on recollections of his childhood spent in Floriana in the 1950s.

Roberta Azzopardi's comic strip describes the life and some of the many achievements of Walt Disney.

Nickelback is featured at this month's centre page attraction, as Francesca Attard gives some information about this Canadian group.