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Malta Insider: Sophie Edwards on the Island’s Timeless Allure

Few know the charms of Malta, the Mediterranean island nation steeped in history and shimmering seas, better than Sophie Edwards, the co-owner and creative director of Villa Bologna Pottery, an atelier in the central village of Attard, that has been handcrafting ceramics for over a century. Sophie spent childhood summers on the island and returned six years ago, after years on the East African coast, choosing to raise her own family amid Malta’s golden light, winding streets and dazzling coastli...

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