Renowned historian and ecclesiastic Mgr Vincent Borg died on July 12, aged 92. His death came a few days after the publication of the fourth volume of his monum
28 years ago, South African Tonya Lehtinen was nearing the completion of a circumnavigation of the globe on board a yacht when she stopped over briefly in Malta. The rest, as they say, is history.
“The vision of the majestic forts of the three cities always stayed in my mind,” she reminisces. “Three years ago, once my children had flown the nest, I came to Malta with a bit of a romantic notion to visit my best friend in Gozo and volunteer for the Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale. I stayed for three months and, basically, fell in love with Gozo, bought a small maisonette, went home to Cape Town to close my business and sell my properties, and began my new adventure.” And an adventure it has turned out to be.