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No Bikini At-all
The Bikini gets its name from the Bikini atoll which was the area targeted for a nuclear test at the same time as the fashion symbol and style hit the catwalks in Europe. Western Europeans got over the initial fuss when the seaside attire was popularised by the great Hollywood divas and anyone outside the…
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Badly Politicised Poverty
When politicians try to monopolise poverty the only losers are the citizens.
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Nix Mangiari?
The first in a series of Think3 posts looking into poverty in Malta.
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Kullhadd Gallarija
Yesterday’s whirlwind of meetings has begun to take its toll. It’s either that or the travails of a five-a-side match (4 goals) and a loaded kosksu (2 gbejnas and one egg). In any case it’s been a hectic 36 hours. This time round it has also been a series of meetings with blog related contacts…
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Non piú andrai
Most of my spare reading time nowadays involves anything that I can get my hand on about the Roman Republic at the turn of the first century. Far from being the yawn inducing concoction of togas and legionnaires suitable only to feed Hollywood blockbusters of the sixties, the very fabric of Roman society at the…
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Disenfranchised
It’s been a lovely first day on Melita. My first task on the island was to perform my civic duty and vote for one or more of the candidates contesting the election for the Hamlet of Paceville. Having dispatched this week’s article to the folks at the Indy I headed for the Millenium chapel for…