This article and accompanying Bertoon appear in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday (28.06.09). I was a hundred per cent certain that the first time I had heard Bob Marley sing was on a Xandir Malta re-run of the Banana Split Adventure Show. That would have been some time in the late seventies…

This is not the J’accuse obit. It is one of those “reflections” on how the pop world, pop culture and the internet-driven global village will “deal” with the passing away of the  King of Pop (“self-styled” -as some radios are insisting). Bereavement won’t have much to do with this. Sure, some fans (and that some…

Thanks to Ettore Bono for the pointer.

                    We are back. Work priorities first but expect a few early posts by the beginning of the afternoon. Despite the ugly weather on Sunday we reached our political objective by the end of the holiday… Yes, we tanned.

This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday (21.06.09). From the point of view of a Maltese citizen living in Luxembourg, this week’s most newsworthy event happening in Malta was undoubtedly the expensive day-long blackout. Smart Malta still being in the process of being dragged kicking and screaming…

This blog is about to undergo a period of temporary hiatus of three days*. It’s National Day Weekend in Luxembourg so Jacques packs his bags and rushes to a place of sun and sea (hopefully). If, like “Charles Cauchi”, you think you will miss me in my absence, no worries – the usual fare of…