A cartoonist’s take on the breakaway party that never was.

Only the dedicated, the avid readers and those who have nothing better to do at 13.00 today will probably turn up. Which probably means that it will be me and Bertu. In any case here are the details of the very spontaneous J’accuse meet (and pow-wow over the toon) that should have been announced yesterday…

This thirty-three year old (ok Chris?) is back from a splendid stay in Gozo. Having missed the last five Augusts in Malta I keep wondering how the hell I used to survive the heat at this time of the year. Actually it is not the heat that worries most but the humidity. As my friend…

Off to Gozo for a couple of days. Still trying to understand the logic behind the decision to relegate Vittoriosa Stars after the season kicked off. Not exactly cricket is it? I’ve been told by two different people who met me for the first time this week that they thought I was around fifty years…

… then our children have it really bad. Two days into my stay on the island and one recurrent theme is the level of intolerance that is building up. First there was the shocking news item on the Times about the man who had his house broken into and “No to Gays” sprayed all over…

  This article and accompanying Bertoon appear in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. One of the top selling books in Italian bookshops this August is called “Scusami ma ti voglio sposare” (I’m sorry but I wish to marry you). An apology before a request to marry would seem unusual unless one is…