#MTARFA
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August 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
#botd Andy Partridge (Mtarfa, Malta, 11 November 1953)

Medeoprichter van XTC en The Dukes of Stratosphere. Tevens briljant liedjesschrijver.

(op de foto met Brian Wilson en Robyn Hitchcock)
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I've now mapped 212 Oswald churches & chapels and I'm sure there are more I'm still missing. Just found an interesting outlier in Malta - dedicated in 1921, it was the chapel of the Royal Naval Hospital in Mtarfa. 🇲🇹 #MedievalSky
I've now mapped 184 Oswald churches & chapels (not including chapels in monasteries & cathedrals).

The pattern is pretty striking, but I'm sure I'm missing some. Does Oswald make it to the Iberian Peninsula or further into Central Europe? Please help #MedievalSky!

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Oswald church dedications - Google My Maps
This map shows churches (or ruined churches) dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria. Only churches where the dedication (medieval or modern) to Oswald is certain are included. The map is a work in progre...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm ethnically Maltese. My disowned mom was born in Hamrun and I still have "family" in Mtarfa and Sliema...

I can't speak Malti well, but I know you all are fluent in English...

FUCK YOU, MALTA.

YOUR LIMESTONE CLIFFS ARE DRIPPING WITH BLOOD.

I HOPE MT. ETNA BURIES YOUR ARCHIPELAGO IN LAVA.
UPDATE from the attacked Gaza aid ship:
They're trying to enter Maltese territory because of damage to the ship, and fears of a possible second attack.

The Maltese Coast Guard is allegedly blocking them.

"I am just following orders from higher authorities," an officer is heard over the radio.
May 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hello @ghargremxul.mt!

I am the founder of the Stop Gen AI bundle project.

I really like your game contribution!

Did you know that although I'm in Canada, my mother was born in Hamrun and I still have family in Mtarfa and St. Julian's?
May 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Mdina #malta silent city - great place to take good photos - and for any who remember Malta from the British era then Mtarfa is close by where the hospital used to be with its nurses in white uniforms and red capes.
🔴 Mdina is one of Europe's finest examples of an ancient walled city and extraordinary in its mix of medieval and baroque architecture, Malta🇲🇹

📷dr.yasmineelz

#łovemalta #malta #visitmalta #mdina
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GOAL! 41' — F. Petkovski scores for Santa Lucía. Mtarfa 1–4 Santa Lucía. Challenge League

#mtarfa #santalucia
April 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I think they deliberately kept me from learning the language. 😖

I do remember being a scared five year old in the Cassar/Caruana house in Mtarfa (Malta), a solid concrete former British military sleeping quarters turned into a home.

One night I babbled gibberish hoping I was speaking Maltese...
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This very old church was one of the first in Malta to be built and never modified beyond restoration. The church of Saint Lucy in Mtarfa has an austere façade that is typical for Medieval chapels and churches built in Malta.

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November 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I know that not only from having spent a bit of time in Malta as a kid (mainly in my grandparents/aunt's former home in Mtarfa), but also from my own immediate Maltese family members.

My (bio)mom was born in 1949 and didn't start learning English until she was 5. But all my first cousins...
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today, in Musical History:

November 11th, 1853: Andrew John "Andy" Partridge, primary singer and songwriter of XTC, b. Mtarfa, Malta
XTC - I Don't Want To Be Here
YouTube video by PeterCameOut
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Former Mtarfa military hospital becomes €19m international school https://mrf.lu/2Dz0B
September 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
NGL, mayor of Mtarfa isn't much
August 28, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Nearly €1 million invested in revamp of Mtarfa elderly home https://mrf.lu/219sb
August 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Man grievously injured after crashing motorcycle in Mtarfa https://mrf.lu/pzqH
April 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM