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Framed pictures and frame-ups for Christmas

Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 10:28 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

The festive season decorations are now all over the place.Homes and streets are decorated with a wide selection of twinkling, runninglights in a variety of colours, sizesand patterns. Some streets are...

The banality of evil

Monday, 8 December 2014, 16:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

The title of this piece is not original. It is a phrase coined by the Jewish Philosopher Hannah Arendt.   Let me make it clear from the outset that I cannot boast of any formal...

The sexualisation of politics

Saturday, 6 December 2014, 08:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

Comments made in public last week, by the Minister of Education and by Mr Mario Philip Azzopardi are shameful and harmful and both persons deserve to be removed from their post. When addressing a...

The bluffers’ Europe

Friday, 5 December 2014, 09:02 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Labour: the most feminist dorks in history. Week in, week out, they just have to prove it. This week it was Evarist Bartolo's turn. Wanting to insult the Nationalist Party, he drew a vulgar...

Liberal inclusivity in colonial Malta

Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 06:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

The term inclusivity is now a buzzword used by many in politics to appear progressive. It has certainly gained currency in Malta, as the perception is that Labour won on branding such a concept, to...

Political honesty is the best policy

Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 09:21 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

Political honesty is undoubtedly the best policy. Political leadership is not about defeating your opponent.  It is more about strategy, giving direction and making the right choices based on...

Mario de Marco and the left

Monday, 1 December 2014, 11:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

Nationalist Party deputy leader for parliamentary affairs Mario de Marco last Friday made a sweeping statement that is rather uncharacteristic of him. He is usually very cautious when speaking in...

M’Alla jew max-Xitan?

Monday, 1 December 2014, 08:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

I love old houses.  I'm constantly in search of wrecks to unwreck and ruins to unruin.  It simply breaks my heart to watch ancient relics of our past, lovingly and masterfully...

Is Marlene Farrugia a perception?

Sunday, 30 November 2014, 18:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In our political scenario any politician who takes to task one's own party gets a prepossessing black spot besides his or her name, so there you go, forget Clementia. Political parties consider...

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