The Maltese narrative has lost one of its most famous personalities since Independence: Guido de Marco – lawyer, politician and professor – is with us no more and the state’s sons and daughters rightly mourn the passing away of one of their most respected brothers. I am not one for writing moving obituaries, particularly of […]
The reactionary movement to the restrictions on the freedom of expression has taken different forms and attracted its own limited amount (if we really want to navel gaze) of controversial moments. J’accuse came under-fire when we took the opportunity to highlight the relative futility of certain modes of protest in today’s day and ager – […]
It may sound like the latest cartoon/video game produced by some Japanese tech company but it involves a much more mundane reality than that. iPhone owners will immediately sympathize with this most basic of iphoning dilemmas – do you prefer the tap or do you prefer the swipe? Given the chance would you do away […]
They’re drilling for oil close to home. It’s BP so it must be safe. They’re spinning thoughts in the divorce debate and lines are being crossed. It’s a PO (Pullicino Orlando) so it must be topical. They’re still wondering whether our mouths have been gagged or whether we are too scared to speak. Have we […]
It’s that time of the year when the arrival of the weekend heralds the packing of the overnight bag and a trip to some destination within driving distance of the Grand Duchy. It also means that the quality of the articles submitted to the Indy suffers from a telegraphic transformation as it is well nigh […]
Publisher Chris Gruppetta gives us his thoughts, prophecies and ideas on the forthcoming Vella Gera novel “L-Antipodi” along with a few lessons to the “book burning brigade. Enjoy this Zolabyte. Don’t worry, it’s not yet-another-article on Li Tkisser Sewwi … The Maltese Book-Burning Brigade must be in a pickle right now. You see, one of […]
