Oscar Wilde once insisted that a well-knotted tie is the first serious step in life. Of course he was only thinking about men, but the quote came to mind the other day as I watched some old Beatles footage ...

I Hear it’s Hot Sizzling ... on the island. Which suits me well from this particular standpoint. You see, the Grand Duchy offers a quirky weather menu over the months of summer. ...

How long are we going to talk ourselves blue in the face about the snarling traffic congestion, the pollution caused by fuel emissions, parking headaches and rising petrol prices?...

With every passing day, there is growing conviction that the arrival of Joseph Muscat, as leader of the Malta Labour Party, has made a significant change in the...

Do you remember the slogan on the front cover of one of the issues of the respectable The Economist of some years ago declaring “Inflation is Dead”? How times ...

That hurts! So we are going to have to pay that much more for the water and power surcharge. We will have to find so much more money to settle the inflated Water Services and Enemalta bill....

A fortnight ago, travelling back from a meeting with fellow European ministers, I felt uneasy. The Irish referendum had shaken the confidence of European leaders. ...

Well, summer is certainly in, and the general feeling is that politics should be switched off for a while....

This week I was spoilt for choice of the wrong type. I had too many topics to write about and this is quite unusual in summer when one is often forced to search through subjects left on the shelf from the colder months....

Nowadays, in country after country, policymakers have become obsessed with the need to strengthen science education...