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The secret superpower of the garage
Providing garages could address the challenge of our busy roads and – at a push – reduce rates of domestic violence
September 13, 2025
‘Pastizzi may be the death of us’
God forbid you tell nanna you're on a diet! Do the Maltese tend to overindulge because we were once deprived of many food choices?
September 10, 2025
‘Pay people €2.50 every time they use the bus’
Should we be paid €25 a week to leave our cars at home and take the bus to work instead?
September 6, 2025
Is Trump becoming a king in all but name?
Like the protesters in LA shouting "No Kings!", the early Romans hated kings, says Peter Edwell, as he notes the similarities between Donald Trump and Julius Caesar
June 30, 2025
BCRS ‘Home-to-Home’ pilot is a step forward but we need more
Whilst the newly-announced ‘Home-to-Home’ pilot is a step forward, San Lawrenz has a far smarter solution on wheels, says Mayor Noel Formosa
June 24, 2025
Opinion: the smartphone is a sleek glass-fronted parasite
Your smartphone is the most successful parasite of the modern age according to evolution, and we are all paying the price
June 7, 2025
Government-funded parasols to cure Malta’s many ills
The 21st century equivalent of an għonnella could be the answer to Malta’s traffic congestion
April 12, 2025
‘Are we really free, and do we really want to be?’
Imagine the potential savagery on Love Island without the steadying influence of the camera
March 31, 2025
On using Google Translate to speak ‘Dolphin’ to aliens
On the recent meeting of dolphins and astronauts off the Florida coast and what it can teach us
March 29, 2025
Who does Spiderman vote for?
Stuart J Turnbull-Dugarte looks at how people project their political views onto fictional heroes and villains
March 24, 2025