I always vividly recall the “messianic” days when the process to introduce pluralism in broadcasting got under way. At the time I was running the PBS Radio department, with then CEO, the...

It is indeed unfortunate that over the years we have allowed the car to control our lives. We have gone through too many controversies related to road infrastructure. Unfortunately the...

We happened to be in Britain the night Britain came out of Europe, on 31 January. At Southend (on Sea) and all around the country, it was freezing cold, drizzling, and deserted. The long pier...

In Europe at Christmastime, the celebrations that are held have well departed from the “original” Christmas story – the one displayed in cribs. Father Christmas (not to mention...

Us and them. Blue and Red. Pure and unpure. Clean and corrupt. Intelligent and stupid. Right and wrong. In public discourse we often see the usage of such categories whn groups would want to...

Mark Camilleri is a friend of mine and I appreciate his ideas. But I disagree that as a person and as a chairman of a state insrtitution he should set about somebody else on social media with a...

The country is obviously not functioning properly. In the sense that in a normal country, a political earthquake of the same magnitude as that of the 2016 Panama Papers scandal would have rocked the...

Reading through the terms of reference for the public inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, it is amply clear to all as to what the inquiry should be aiming at. The...

I was not born in 1941 but I believe that only Christmas 1941 is comparable to Christmas 2020 for the bleakness it offers. Then, as now, the future offered no optimistic vision for the future,...

Since I am the timpana designated cook for our Christmas lunch, I thought I would refresh the recipe in my mind and searched Anne and Helen Caruana Galizia’s cookery book online which is my...