No sooner had I finished reading an article that eulogised Václav Havel, the playwright turned dissident turned peaceful revolutionary turned president who had just died...

Dudley Clendinen, a writer and journalist, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...

At year-end, a regular columnist should look back and acknowledge the things he got right or wrong.These comments in my column of 16 January 2011 ...

When it comes to sport, 2011 has definitely been a successful year. The success of our athletes in winning medals was complemented by successful policy achievements....

While economies shrink and austerity measures are a common feature in Europe, Malta can boast of some cheer with the news that,...

A few days ago I was challenged: “You have written so much against Arriva. Now go and see whether the service has improved and if so have the courage to tell the readers.”...

The death of Christopher Hitchens earlier this month was an irksome reminder that some of the people who are most preoccupied with the idea of God are those who don’t...

You only realise there is a different planet to the one we normally trudge when a close relative or a next-of-kin has to go into a home which you then start ...

By and large, each year brings with it its own peculiarities and unsavoury surprises sometimes, as well as exceptional moments of highs and lows. Well, the year that just ended ...

“They say time seems to pass more quickly as you grow older. They also say there’s a good reason for that: the brain measures time by how much of it there is to remember, so each year is a smaller proportion than the...