Back to work. Sort of. There is the usual Inbox to empty (I forgot to leave an Out of Office message). There is the pile of documents and the To Do list to tackle. Most of all there is the freakish Luxembourg weather to cope with. The icon on the iPhone weather program shows a thunderstorm....

It’s a day for travelling. Not that I feel like but needs must that I get on the plane and the various buses to return to the tropical weather of the north. It’s not been enough, thanks to the bloody cold that conditioned most of my stay. Let’s hope that my next August visit...

This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. Mediterranean stock I often worry that I will someday lose my mediterranean toughness – that capability to withstand extreme heat conditions with relaxed nonchalance, as well as...

This blogger is off for a two day visit to the home island. San Gorg beckons as does a little visit to the different haunts around Calyp. I am fully equipped for the expedition – including an ultra-kitsch answer to the hundreds of I LOVE MALTA t-shirts that can be seen around Malta: I...

I think that technically I should be able to get out of the house at this point. Any delay in doing so is really based on excessive caution on my part, particularly by trying to avoid screwing up the last three days of my supposed holidays in the sun before returning to the carribean excesses...

Teb day’s  holidays but three days out. I’ve been trying to get rid of this bloody flu but it just won’t go. To make matters worse that great family M.D. Briffa is also out of order so I had to get an on duty doctor from Gzira Health Centre to perform the perfunctory home...

Readers of J’accuse who are used to browsing the net on their iPhone will be happy to know that this blog has now been optimized for iPhone viewing. Thanks to a new plugin, iPhone readers will have a faster, easier access to J’accuse. Should you still prefer to view the original...

I visited the Piano plan exhibition for a second time and this time round I found more time to watch a part of the one-hour documentary about Valletta and its rich history. I wonder whether a DVD of that documentary could be put up for sale. It was too hot to watch the whole documentary in the...

Debenham’s kick starts its recruitment drive in Malta and is expected to open soon. Gio Batta becomes a Hilfiger store (and perfectly mimicks the trend across half of Europe of integrating modern design within old architecture – here we get chav dress in porecelain wrapping) and...

This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. Two is company, three is a virus waiting to happen I opted for the coach-coach-plane travel itinerary for this particular homecoming trip. The incredibly hopeless state of...

We are often accused of commiting the mortal sin of always being critical of any efforts to discuss the evolution of the Maltese political scene. It is true that oftentimes the broken record that is our understanding of the effects of the PLPN hegemony of local political development can...

Italy’s famous blogger/activist Beppe Grillo has announced his intention to run for the post of secretary of the Partito Democratico. Reknown for his often controversial criticism of the political establishment, Grillo suprised many of his fans with this move. His intention is to revive...