We half expect politicians to lie but we don’t expect them to lie about everything.  We don’t expect them to invent their entire lives. Maybe we should. Because George Santos, a newly...

Who doesn’t remember Joseph Muscat and his Amazing Rainbow-Colour Dreamcoat? It was more or less ten years ago when the Burmarrad Wonderboy mesmerised the nation.  He promised a Brave New...

During the recent 2022 electoral campaign, the issue of nuclear energy in neighbouring Italy has resurfaced in the political debate. Matteo Salvini, currently Minister for the Infrastructure and...

It’s still a quarter to six and it’s still dark. But at the airport four planes are getting ready to take off to various destinations. And all these planes are Ryanair. This is a...

This week, together with my friend the Parliamentary Secretary Chris Bonnet, we visited the ongoing works at Malta International Contemporary Arts Space (MICAS) in Floriana.  This...

In theory, we all are in favour of reforms that seek to protect the environment. Which is as it should be. When it comes to the nuts and bolts of laws and regulations that should be in place to...

    Ladies and gentlemen, we're experiencing some turbulence. Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts". As passengers on a plane that is shaking we are ready to...

An enormous majority in the country, so opinion polls tell us, now consider that Malta’s joining the EU was of great benefit to the island. Naturally the majority of those who replied to the...

The inhumane and monstrous abortion law, currently pending at Committee stage in the House of Representatives, encapsulates the government’s newly proposed philosophy of nihilism, a view that...

We are shaped by our surroundings. Us as individuals, our communities, our nation: we are very much the product of the geographical and environmental landscape that can be found around us. The...