It’s fast becoming the talk of the continent. From the boroughs of London to the barrios of Barcelona, from the districts of Berlin to the Due Balli of Valletta everybody’s feeling the bite of the cold. Luxembourg has long got used of its mantle of snow and after almost five years in the Duchy I…

Writing in J’accuse (and on the Indy) almost a year ago I discussed the court procedures against Norman Lowell, Malta’s token example of far-right politics.  In that article entitled The Cost of Free Speech I argued that cases such as Lowell’s are best judged by the public and outside the courts of law: The man…

A few days ago I posted the attached video on my blog without adding any additional comments. A fellow blogger from Malta had drawn my attention to the documentary that I believe was made by a danish guy or guys eager to unravel the mysteries of the island that is second only to the Vatican…

  This article and accompanying toon appear in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. Landing The investigations on the miraculous landing of the United Airlines flight in the river Hudson have just concluded beyond any doubt that the accident was caused by both plane’s engines hitting birds upon take off. With the engines…