In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in the intersections of British imperial culture, transnational communications and globalisation. This article on Malta forms part of a wider research project which explores how issues encompassing popular culture, colonial media policy, print nationalism and technological imperialism, were debated and challenged within the framework provided by the largest global and trans-imperial media institution, the Empire Press Union (EPU), which became the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) in 1950. The CPU folded operations in 2008 after 99 eventful years, though it continues to retain an internet presence.peer-reviewe
