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  • Move back

    Dedikata lit-tlett mitt ruħ li tilfu ħajjithom qrib Lampedusa, fejn il-Gżira tal-Fniek.  “Move back”, serra snienu Idejh imdawra ggranfati ma’ l-istering. Ħsibijietu, bejn it-traffiku infern quddiemu taħt sema’ jnixxi ilmijiet li lanqas Noe ma qatt ra bħalhom, id-dlam li jagħma kesa l-ajru u t-tpaqpiq inċessanti tat-traffiku mat-tpeċlieq reddieni tal-passiġġiera dieħel itambar ġewwa rasu Għajnejh, jilmħu…

  • Where’s the plague when you need it?

    It’s become too much of a cliché for people like us to yell “A plague on both your houses” at the PLPN and all they represent. The first line of defence is always that your repetition of the PLPN mantra is an obsession. Hand on heart however, how many can sincerely say that this is…

  • Di che pasta sei fatto?

    It appears now that Dario Fo has waded into the fold à proposi the raging controversy provoked by the comments of Barilla Chief Guido Barilla about the place of homosexuals in his company’s advertisements. Interviewed on a radio and asked whether the famous Barilla adverts could be “improved” by including reference to homosexual couples Barilla had…

  • I know nothing

    “I know nothing” can be quite an intelligent motto to carry around – particularly if it is as an expression of the Socratic paradox (scio me nescire). An appreciation of the limits of one’s knowledge is an important tool to carry about in life. Ignorance of the kind that is basically the mere absence of…

  • Broken Bad the second

    “We may be broke but we are not broken”. I may be paraphrasing Beppe Fenech Adami a little here but that was the thrust of his address on the granaries last night. Well, that’s too bad Beppe because I’ve chosen the title for this little series about the PN quandaries and it’s there to stay.…

  • That China Connection

    1. From Closed Shop to Open All Hours In 1405 the Great Emperor Yongle sponsored a massive mission of world exploration that would be captained by the explorer Zheng He. The boats used by these expeditions were among the largest sail powered boats the world had ever seen – by comparison Colombus’ three vessels when…