Before the first hour of 2013 had elapsed, I was at Mater Dei Hospital to pick up my daughter who had accompanied a friend of hers there after an accident.   On our way home, still shocked...

When I was a small boy, my mother used to send me to buy groceries, usually from Nina who had a one-room shop down our street.   But if Nina did not have what we wanted, I would be sent 100...

In my library I have a particular section for biographies. I rarely read any fiction, Harry Potter excluded, but in-between reading technical books about finance, economics and geo-politics, I find a...

The order for the arrest of the man from the Times was quite in character. Many members of the gowned fraternity seem to mistake their high bench for their high horse.   I have seen legal...

Easier to get rid of Arriva than me!...

Journalism is a free right and nobody should interfere in the work of journalists, let alone in their private life, which they have a right to enjoy. The truth is that nothing is free.   Who...

Last August, I wrote: “The Opposition leader… as far as local politics are concerned, looks more like a fish out of water”.   Dr Simon Busuttil’s refusal to accept...

Among the important events which occurred in 2013, one that surely struck the international media was the first official visit by Pope Francis to the Italian President, Giorgo Napolitano, at the...

I spend part of my year in Malta, and follow matters here with a keen interest. However, there are some things I cannot understand, and one of these is the importance given to the gutter writings of...

I am a regular tourist and I do not remember the 'Mintoff years'. However, I find that, in far too many areas, dealing with Maltese officialdom is like trying to swim through treacle. Many it...