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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 13 ALMANAC Nature Notebook 781. Ivy IVY is one of very few true climber plants that occur in Malta. It's not at all widespread, though in places where it occurs – like Buskett, its main stronghold – it can be very common, groping up walls and tree trunks. Ivy (M. liedna) has these special sticky roots that grow out of the stem and glue themselves to the stone or wood on which the plant is growing. It's a beautiful evergreen species, with glossy dark green leaves. Its real beauty, however, lies in the thick shelter it creates where many forms of life can hide and live and breed. Its autumn flowers are a magnet for nectar and pollen loving insects, and its berries are a winter lifesaver for cold and hungry birds like robins and blackcaps. Victor Falzon, Desiree Falzon www.birdlifemalta.org Green idea of the week 672: Scan the QR code to sign the petition to help save bees and farmers. The closing date to get one mil- lion signatures is September 30th! Save bees and farmers! Refer to photo. Visit Friends of the Earth's website for more information about our work, as well as information about how to join us. You can also support us by sending us a donation – www.foemalta.org/donate Appster Smartphone fun and smarter work Yousician FREE Apple, Andriod Yousician is a Finnish interactive music service to learn and play a musical instrument. It currently supports guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, and voice. TECH RETAILERS contact afarrugia@ mediatoday. com.mt A GOOD WEEK FOR Good Week/Bad Week Don't miss this A BAD WEEK FOR Shostakovich 9 Date: 2 October 2021 Place: Hilton Malta This concert is presented in collaboration with Hilton Malta. Celebrated German conductor Christian Schumann leads the MPO in an eclectic selection of 20th Century and contemporary music. The concert features the electrifying minimalistic orchestral work Emergence by contemporary Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason and Zoltán Kodály's entrancing Dances of Galánta, which score is brimming with Hungarian folk elements. Sopranos fans. A feature film prequel to HBO drama The Sopranos has impressed many critics - although some have questioned how much it adds to the acclaimed TV original. Cabaret Voltaire. Richard H Kirk, whose band Cabaret Voltaire were pioneers of electronic and industrial music in the 1970s and 80s, has died, at the age of 65. The Many Saints of Newark explores the early life of mobster Tony Soprano, played in the show by James Gandolfini. Kirk formed the group in 1973 with Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson, at Sheffield University. Give nature a voice. Become a BirdLife member