THE SCARS ARE STILL THERE FOR THREE WOMEN WHO HAD CLOSE-TO-DEATH EXPERIENCES, HAVING LOOKED DEATH IN THE FACE AND CHEATED IT. THEY COULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES UNFORTUNATE SOULS, BUT INSTEAD, THEY TELL ALISON BEZZINA THEY ARE LUCKY AND GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE. Brenda Agius (31) Hairdresser Brenda...
MENTAL HEALTH STILL CARRIES A STIGMA, AND THE MERE MENTION OF MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL CAN STILL TRIGGER IMAGES OF PATIENTS IN STRAIT-JACKETS, TEARING THEIR HAIR OUT AND SCREAMING THEIR HEADS OFF. IMAGINING CHILDREN IN THOSE WARDS IS EVEN MORE DISTURBING, BUT SOME KIDS DO END UP...
Everybody has an opinion about marriage. Do it, don’t do it, don’t do it too soon, don’t wait too long, don’t marry the first man you meet, don’t get married because you’re pregnant, don’t date too many men before you do...
Beyond the elegant CR logo is a simple-confusing surname combination (Borg and van Maarschalkerweerd); a cut-colour-collection routine; a story of two men whose creativity dresses up life. Charles and Ron met in Holland over 17 years ago. "I'm Dutch," says Ron, "and at the time I...
Some things are still taboo. Women with special physical needs and their relationships is one of them. We speak about them in hushed voices, and most of the time we do not even recognise their special physical needs, let alone emotional and social ones. I spoke...
When someone mentions that they have come across a couple checking the oil in their car, we immediately think of lusty teenagers who have nowhere else to bump and grind in. But the truth is that, nowadays, it could be a couple of any age...
If you are after a good laugh or even a grin, a smirk, or the slightest sign of amusement, this time you’re not going to get it. In fact, this time around, the closest show of teeth that you’ll get is from an angry snarl,...
Last week I went shopping for sunscreen. I left the shop with 50ml of something, 30ml of something else, 100grm of another thing, and ended up €200 poorer and none the wiser. What happened will probably not come as a surprise to most of you...
The striking Kyle Maclachlan first hit our TV screens as Agent Dale Cooper, in the twisted TV series Twin Peaks. Throughout his career he has played the role of many a warped and morally ambiguous characters, ranging from Jeffrey Beumont in Blue Velvet to Trey...
Though you’re reading this in the doom and gloom of January 09, I’m writing during a cold December night of 2008. In fact, at the moment, it is still a couple of weeks away from my most dreaded feast of the year - Christmas. Yes,...