After every cataclysmic event, one tends to think that the world will never be the same.  This time it is true that in certain ways the world must change. Global history is laden with such...

It seems that the activities which annoy and disturb most Maltese people – except, of course, those who benefit from them or enjoy them – are the only ones that have not been hit by the...

In these weeks of lockdown, during which parents and teachers have had to organise themselves differently to provide resources in Maltese to students, Merlin Publishers have been doing their utmost to...

Today's diary comes from South Africa where I have been several times, sometimes on my way to a conference or seminar in Botwana, staying on the way with the parents of a dear friend of mine who was...

A hundred or so people huddled together in the Phoenicia ballroom. An actual, not virtual or distant, symposium celebrating a man born a century before to the day. Science fiction? Today, a few weeks...

The legendary story of the Phoenix emerging and rising out of the ashes is one that requires resilience and restoration. It encourages one and all to focus on the strengths and opportunities rather...

While the number of people contracting the Coronavirus has been lower than before, some statements made by the government are getting people’s hopes up quite early, which could in turn have...

A new construction waste crisis was averted last week when the government reached an agreement with quarry owners over dumping fees. Once again, construction in Malta was going to grind to a halt...

The use of social media in the 21st century has soared upwards in an ever-increasing digital world. Not having access to it, or not availing oneself of, could be interpreted as being illiterate. It...

With the spread of the Coronavirus the world changed, life was shattered and normality devastated. This however is not only a change which will last as long as the pandemic endures; the post-pandemic...