Many people I know would say that fiction - by which I mean "good literature" (i.e., I do not have Dan Brown, Stephen King, etc, in mind) - is just a waste of time. Better read a self-help book, or a...

'Boy, oh boy, where to begin?' This is how Alice Taylor set the tone for her piece in The Malta Independent on Sunday (24 December), conjuring up a mental image of herself rubbing her hands together...

I once heard a preacher saying that to make resolutions for the New Year is certainly not an act of God. Instead, he shockingly likened it to a devilish act. Honestly, despite all his good intentions,...

The European Commission has proposed to ban seven new psychoactive substances (NPS) across the European Union, in addition to nine others banned earlier in 2017, also known as 'legal highs'. The drugs...

As 2017 comes to an end most people would be remarking that this year flew by so quickly. To a certain extent it must be true that every year seems to be passing by at a faster pace and this is...

The saga surrounding the American University of Malta, which was controversially given title over a piece of pristine land in Marsascala's Zonqor area, took another twist this week, with a newspaper...

What with all the talk about the rule of law, or the lack thereof, in this country by the Opposition and its acolytes, one would have thought that this same Opposition would not leave a body like the...

It is that time of the year when we look back at the last 12 months, and boy oh boy was this a tough year! Over the past few years we have experienced an ever increasing workload. Journalists in...

The last round of local council elections is behind us. The result is cast in concrete....

The credibility gap that separates politicians from the rest of the population is often a remarkable one. ...