I had already thought of writing about this, and then dismissed it as being not particularly important, when a series of entirely random conversations made me think that perhaps it is not that...

Love it or hate it, the practice of bird hunting stands little chance of becoming completely extinct in Malta anytime soon.    First of all, it would simply not be correct to ban the...

This time a year ago, we were still discussing whether the Arriva drivers should wear ties or not.   A year later, this problem has been solved. No one wears a tie in this heat. Not even in...

The Greek government says it has beaten its budget deficit targets so far this year, posting a primary surplus – it was news that no one expected.   Just weeks ago, the European...

Recently I was walking hurriedly to attend a meeting in Republic Street in Valletta a day after I went with a relative to a shabby town in the northern part of the island. While walking, some random...

Last week, a 14-year-old girl in the UK committed suicide after being submitted to cyber abuse on the internet.   The pretty little thing, with all her life ahead of her, took her own life...

Malta may have been legally correct in its stance when it insisted this week that a tanker that rescued 102 migrants in Libyan waters should have been brought back to Libyan shores.  But the key...

There were many reasons that led the Labour Party to victory in the March election.   One of them was that Joseph Muscat was clever enough to pick on issues that people were most irked about...

The first two weeks in August bring back memories, mostly enjoyable, all to do with the San Gaetano feast in Hamrun, my birthplace and, until some years ago, my residence.   But...

A few days ago, Simon Busuttil made some changes in the Shadow Cabinet made necessary by Lawrence Gonzi’s decision to relinquish his seat in the House of Representatives and Chris Said’s...