Driving along the roads of this sunscorched island, where the heat shrivels brain tissue mostly, I often think of the young lawyer Thomas Macaulay who appeared before the Commons in 1833 to argue what...

Achieving carbon neutrality is long overdue. It has long been obvious that an economy that is dependent on fossil fuel is not sustainable The UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention for...

What is an amateur? Strictly speaking, it is a person who does something purely out of love and not for financial gain You can achieve high standards and still be, in the proper sense, an...

Last Monday, Boris Johnson addressed the nation in a televised press conference. He began by referring to the event of the previous night. “Last night,” he said, “we all went to...

Often these days we hear of a premature death of a friend or loved one.  Possibly it seems more relevant due to our own advance in ageing.  We compare the news of the passing of an active...

* Malta will facilitate business investment in Malta and Gozo, alongside government spending, to spur activities that drive competitiveness, quality, transformation and sustainable growth. We will...

There is much sermonizing about how Malta’s development has to be designed in ways that make it future proof. Naturally, it is vital that this target remains a priority. We must keep focussed on...

The pandemic hit our islands like it did the rest of the world indeed, but unlike the rest of the world we seem not to learn how to balance economic needs with health considerations, oscillating from...

I get the suspicion that public relations techniques have completely taken over the ways by which we view developments in the various fields of life – politics, business, social welfare,...

Never in my wildest dreams did I, susceptible anglophile throughout my career, ever think I’d be able to one day use this title, borrowed from that historic piece written by the great British...