Cheltenham’s Girls College    During my stay in the beautiful Regency town of Cheltenham, this summer,  I passed many a time one building you simply cannot miss: the...

The other day I read an article about the importance of intellectual stimulation for infants up until the age of three – and beyond, of course, but apparently the first three years are crucial...

Over the past week, two very good pieces of news for Malta went almost completely unnoticed.   One can understand a certain reticence by the government in announcing these items for they...

Simon Busuttil has said that the Nationalist Party has not been dormant during the summer.   It is six months – nearly to the day – since it suffered the largest election defeat...

Well, what do you know, something that we should not need experts to tell us, i.e. that green spaces are good for us, has just been confirmed by the Psychological Science journal. “People living...

This week’s outpouring of congratulations over the government’s accord with Libya for the purchase of fuel, oil and gas at ‘preferential rates’ could, unfortunately,...

The film Downfall is based largely on the diaries of Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s secretary and recalls the last days of the Second World War in the Berlin bunker where Hitler and his close...

On 10 July, an elderly pedestrian was seriously injured in a road accident after being hit by a 17-year-old youth. This accident was initially reported in the local press as having...

“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.” This magnificent piece of wit was...

Edward Scicluna, a Toronto trained university professor and an experienced economist has been busy discussing his pre- budget document with the MCESD and civil society groups, representatives of...