Our previous Prime Minister famously declared that we would be tops in everything. He’s gone now but Joseph Muscat sure started something we never thought possible: Malta is the talk of the...

Along with so many, I have been following the many testimonies from the many court cases and procedures centring round Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder – and pondering over the...

Robert Abela looked at himself and the job he has done so far and felt pleased.  It was time for a moment of rest.  Normality, he said excitedly, has been restored.  We can only say,...

Green Flag/Eco Schools is a EU-wide initiative to promote green schools and environmental awareness. It is described as a fundamental initiative which encourages young people to engage in their...

The situation in Libya is getting from bad to worse. What could be done to calm things down? – most of all in the interests of the Libyan people. Given the way matters are proceeding,...

The Nationalist Party has been unelectable for over a decade. I am not only referring to social scientific surveys which consistently confirm a huge gap between the two major parties and no...

In these last years, facial hair has become another commodity our private economy has to vie with.  A beard has countless meanings. It signified wealth and status in the ancient Egyptian...

During times when everything seems up for grabs, nothing should come as a surprise. A villa with an infinity pool elevated on stilts overlooking Baħrija’s pristine lush landscape, for...

For almost three whole days, winds and floods caused deaths and enormous damage in roughly half the European landmass. At the other side of the world, in Australia, huge heatwaves first triggered...

Two women came to the king and stood before him. One woman said: “By your leave, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth in the house while she was present. On...