Margaret Thatcher was one of God’s greatest gifts to the pop music industry in Britain. Recall these songs: Pink Floyd’s “The Post-War Dream”, Crass’ “How Does it...

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It is a sad state of affairs when a critical mass of people in a European Union member state feel compelled to turn to Brussels for help. It is sad when the European Parliament investigates the rule...

I was recently invited to a discussion programme on IVF on One TV. The idea was to discuss the government's Legal Notice giving a number of days' leave to couples wanting to have IVF abroad and the...

Two recent successive scientific surveys show that if an election were to be held tomorrow, Labour would win again and by a staggering 70,000 plus margin over the PN.  Deeper analysis...

The brutal murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on 16 October tragically illustrated the hard reality in which investigative journalists such as her must strive to uncover shady deals...

Some months ago, whilst visiting the Albertina Museum in Vienna and admiring Munch's art, I came across a quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky which I must say felt so relevant to my life right now. "In...

Some odd comments we hear around us, in an attempt to tarnish the successes our country is achieving, remind us of Plato's saying: 'an opinion without knowledge is always a poor thing.' This wise...

This is my first of regular contributions in the Malta Independent.  I thank the editors and publishers of this paper for immediately warming up to the idea of carrying a regular spot in this...

There were smiles and jokes all around earlier this week when pictures of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat taking part in university graduation celebrations, regaled in a colourful toga, started doing the...