When speaking at a political activity in Balzan last Sunday to a handful of people, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat stated that he would appoint an independent board of inquiry to examine allegations...

How about a variation on the old, even- and odd-numbered-registration-plates theme? This will require constant help from the media, which could prove quite a sensible filler to some inane...

Never in the history of mankind have the world’s institutions and basic values been shaken to the very core of their foundations as in our contemporary society.  Those which in the past...

Strolling along Tower Road in Sliema, I noticed a blue plaque on the front wall of an office, bearing the letters “AUM”. No description, just the initials AUM. Cleaners were at work, so I...

I am a third year student at the University of Malta reading for a History of Art Honours degree. I am currently doing research on Renaissance paintings in the Maltese Islands for my undergraduate...

A few days ago, your contributor Salvu Mallia wrote: “We still find ourselves, after 50 years of independence, rooted in the grammar school system mentality of the British Empire, geared to...

As someone who is reasonably well travelled in Europe, a recent first trip to Malta was in itself an adventure I was looking forward too. I was not disappointed. I had been pre-warned however by...

Restless Catholics are always hankering after new "saints" to importune for "graces". Their current craze is for the "intervention" of the dead Sr Faustina. According to her...

Contemporary society is tragically scourged by loneliness. The North American actress and singer, Anne Jacqueline Hathaway, had the courage to confess: “Loneliness is my least favourite thing...

On behalf of Wirt San Ġwann and in my capacity as secretary of this local NGO, I would like to point out that a pillbox in San Ġwann is in danger of being demolished to make way for a...