Category: Articles

  • J'accuse: Tickets to Ride

    Where J’accuse turns out to be quite out of sync thanks to a fruitless trip to Milan that only served to sour our appreciation of “portatori di scudetti altrui”.

  • J'accuse: The Bohemian Interlude

    In which J’accuse discusses Saints Cyrus and Juventius, censorship home and abroad and the committee of obscenities.

  • J'accuse: Empowerment

    The latest fare from today’s J’accuse column in The Malta Independent on Sunday. In which we discuss Dalli, Debono, Camilleri and Avatar.

  • J'accuse: Zero

    The Luxembourg Energy Office, known affectionately to the denizens of this city where I live as LEO, has invested in an information campaign intended to illuminate (pardon the pun) anybody who is willing to listen about the future of utility prices in the city. The international cost of acquiring the energy is such, we are…

  • J'accuse: Fire in the Sky

    This year’s fireworks heralding the New Year in Luxembourg kicked off fifteen minutes too early. I don’t know whether it was the rush to end a not so glamorous 365 days or a simple lack of communication between the two main squares in the Duchy that precipitated the early launching of the firework bonanza but…

  • J'accuse: While waiting for Sylvester

    There really was no need to worry whether this Christmas would be a white one or not. At least for the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy and their guests. It was the whole of Europe actually that got covered in a white mantle and experienced sub-zero temperatures of the coldest order. Chaos ensued as the…