This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha Now that’s quite a mouthful of a name and I doubt many readers would be familiar with it. If I were to limit my tease to the initials YKK I am quite sure that faint flares…

While the Government of Malta struggles to reassure it’s citizens that it will do everything in its power to ensure that Valletta retains its World Heritage Status (funny, for a moment one got the feeling that the Government was the threat in the first place) art around the world has been having a rough time.…

Brazilian infomercial urging people to pee in the shower and waste less water. Every time you flush you use about 12 litres of water – around 4,000 litres a year. The solution? Pee in the shower.

Michael Schumacher is expected to announce today that he does not feel well enough to replace Massa in the driving seat of the Ferrari. When you consider his illustrious career and his aura of invincibility, this latest announcement gives you a further insight into his disiplined approach to the sport. He’d rather not race than…

This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. As I sat down to type, the news reached Rue De Bragance that Sliema Water Polo Club has won a crucial game against Neptunes. I don’t really dig water polo, and beyond a fetishist support for Otters ASC, I usually…

  Five months ago I spoke (Of Leopards and their Spots) about the contradictory messages that were being sent out regarding the legality or otherwise of the various gambling machines that had cropped up around the island: First we had an article discussing recommendations made by Parliament’s Social Affairs Committee with regard to illegal gamning…