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Montebello defends Mintoff biography: ‘I have no reason to lie’ Author of now-controversial Dom Mintoff biography says family members were sources to accounts of late Labour premier’s serial philandering 8 July 2021, 6:37am by Matthew Vella Speaking from Peru where he is now based, the Dominican friar and philosopher Dr Mark Montebello insisted that all his findings are backed by sources and people he has interviewed over the last seven years. The daughters of Mintoff however claim the biography is riddled with untruths, despite having first given Montebello the unabridged memoirs penned by Dom Mintoff himself, as well as conceded him interviews. The Labour Party is also choosing not to promote the publication, despite being published by its own arm, SKS. ....
Labour publisher SKS 'unaware of directive' to pull Mintoff biography maltatoday.com.mt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maltatoday.com.mt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mintoff daughters accuse Montebello biography of 'unsubstantiated allegations, hearsay and lies' maltatoday.com.mt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maltatoday.com.mt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dom Mintoff in the flesh: carnal passions of the great socialist maltatoday.com.mt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maltatoday.com.mt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a one-of-kind biography of Labour’s ‘salvatur’ entitled The Tail That Wagged The Dog, Montebello has given Mintoff, the fiery, anti-colonial, anti-clerical, patriarch of Maltese socialism, back to the people: as a human being, prone to existential frailties and fears, as a man of imperfection striving as much as possible to stray away from the fall, a man of action trying to keep death away from the door with every word uttered, every single burst of energy, every single political action. But this door into the mind of the energetic, intransigent, mean, stingy, iron-fisted, Oxford-educated, socialist visionary, is bringing home the personal life of Dom, a man of excessive self-regard: as with his fixation for health, sports and daily swimming, so was his quest for power and his command of public adoration coupled with a craving for female attention, variety and passion. Brinkmanship-Dom, Dom the risk-taker, the challenger. how could monogamy even exist in th ....