This article and accompanying Bertoon appear in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday (28.06.09). I was a hundred per cent certain that the first time I had heard Bob Marley sing was on a Xandir Malta re-run of the Banana Split Adventure Show. That would have been some time...

This is not the J’accuse obit. It is one of those “reflections” on how the pop world, pop culture and the internet-driven global village will “deal” with the passing away of the  King of Pop (“self-styled” -as some radios are insisting). Bereavement...

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                    We are back. Work priorities first but expect a few early posts by the beginning of the afternoon. Despite the ugly weather on Sunday we reached our political objective by the end of the holiday… Yes, we tanned. Facebook Comments Box spread the...

This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday (21.06.09). From the point of view of a Maltese citizen living in Luxembourg, this week’s most newsworthy event happening in Malta was undoubtedly the expensive day-long blackout....

This blog is about to undergo a period of temporary hiatus of three days*. It’s National Day Weekend in Luxembourg so Jacques packs his bags and rushes to a place of sun and sea (hopefully). If, like “Charles Cauchi”, you think you will miss me in my absence, no worries...

We were unable to make it to the final ceremony in Rotterdam last weekend and so we only just got to know the news. The awards for the Th!nkaboutit pan-European blogging competition organised by the European Journalism Centre have been announced. J’accuse is honoured and pleased to...

The Italian newspaper La Stampa reports the story of Salvatore Cancemi, captain of the Italian fishing boat “Twenty Two”. On a stromy night Captain Cancemi and his crew defied the odds and bad weather and saved 300 souls from the sea. They returned to Lampedusa to a heroes welcome....

    or why netiquette is another way of setting standards in blogging and why Vivamalta.org went one up on Running Commentary I had almost let this subject to rest. There is after all, only a minimum amount of reasoning that can be had with extremists. I had after all been told that...

“e ‘ntru u culu all’opposizione!” Italian comedian Antonio Albanese in a satyre of the politician “Cetto Laqualunque”. Facebook Comments Box spread the word:TweetEmailPrintMoreLike this:Like...

From the Guardian (with thanks to David Friggieri for the pointer) Glasgow-born Carol Ann Duffy chooses meaty subject for first poem as poet laureate – MPs’ expenses: POLITICS How it makes of your face a stone that aches to weep, of your heart a fist, clenched or thumping,...

Obama’s palm… weapons of pest destruction (on the fly) Facebook Comments Box spread the word:TweetEmailPrintMoreLike this:Like...