For all the hype, tension and the dreaded presence of several cynics among the audience, last weekend’s important consultation meeting regarding the use of imported English words in the Maltese...

“Tall buildings cannot be avoided in our times. The choice we have is whether to control them or whether to put up with their future growth.” These were the concluding comments of a report...

We have often remarked that grumbling about the Government is a national pastime in Malta.  Many cliques gather at their Sunday morning café to run through the week’s gossip and...

In my previous blog, I gave the reasons why the EU referendum should be of interest to demographic historians who, like me, are interested in politics. When I referred to these issues in my...

When the Opposition stood up in parliament to give tribute to the late British Labour MP Jo Cox, who was brutally killed last week, the Prime Minister felt he should reply with an appeal against hate...

One of the most shocking things about this government and its choices is the way it has deliberately chosen the wrong people for important positions and for those not so important. In the first two...

As in recent weeks, we awaited the UK referendum on Brexit, we hardly gave so much attention to another development that is quite important in European terms – this Sunday’s elections in...

If there is one observable fact that has particularly dominated the socio-political scene these last four years and in many ways contributed extensively to the rise and fall and vice-versa of...

When it comes to fruit I am not particularly finicky.   Much of it is great, but blood oranges and prickly pears are my favourites.     For different reasons, oranges and...

Like St Augustine, I cannot but start this blog on Brexit with a confession. I was one of those who strongly supported the entrance of Malta into the EU and never expected that, a decade later, I...