October is soon to be inaugurated the month for sickeningly shameful court sentences, but since I’ve already written about the absurdity of all that, since I’ve already felt sick to my stomach reading ridiculous judgements and since it seems that society is finally making its voice...
IMPORTANT Disclaimer - this blog is not to be consumed literally. If you lack the sarcastic gene, please skip to the crosswords. During my years at University, two of my very best friends hailed from Mellieha. To be perfectly honest, I always knew that something wasn't quite...
Imagine washing your hands between preparing your kids’ sandwiches and your own, not ever licking your fingers after handing them cake and having your own separate butter tub and toaster. That’s what Joanne Scerri Valentino, 41, once a foodie, has had to do since she was diagnosed with celiac disease nine years ago. Although daunted by the discovery, the...
First published on TimesofMalta.com Sep 20th. I still can’t get my head around the fact that the YouTube broadcast of a cheap, sorry excuse for a short movie, one that was so poorly produced that it made me break out in hives, caused the murder of...
When she whom we dare not mention by name, chanted Glory Glory Alleluia celebrating Dom Mintoff’s death, many, even die-hard Nationalists, said that they felt disgusted. Surprisingly, even those who never had a good word to say about the man were suddenly of the opinion that...
This true story was first published in Pink Magazine August 2012 The one thing Kathryn Fenech Soler could always depend on is the one thing she’s losing for good – her voice. Alison Bezzina reads her lips to shout out her story about what happens when someone cannot communicate anymore. You...
The worst kind of let downs are the ones you walk straight into. They’re the ones your better judgement warns you about but you just don’t listen. And this is exactly what I did with the new IVF Bill. I had convinced myself that the PN –...
What do confetti at weddings, clowns at circuses, promises during election campaigns, and suspended sentences in Malta, have in common? I know, I know...
Last week the case of 10-year-old Ella Bridge who for two whole years had been in the midst of a jurisdiction and custody battle between her parents, finally ended. Though the AG will be appealing the decision, last week the presiding Judge decided in Ella’s favour,...
This story was first published in Pink Magazine of July 2012. Click here for the feature how it appeared. Part of Elizabeth Hair’s skull may still be sitting in a fridge, waiting to be reinserted. But after suffering a stroke that left her paralysed, the young woman is already walking...