A serialised long post intended to reassure readers that while we normally let sleeping dogs lie there is no reason to believe that we are reluctant to call a spade a spade. N.B. To be read in doses. Reminder to Daphne-lites: You are free not to read on. On the other hand the breaking down...

The Spanish parliament has just made EUR 15b worth of budget cuts (by one vote) and Malta can afford to discuss communion to cohabitants, hypothetical coalitions, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Lou Bondi and whether secularism is a disease. Damned lucky country. – Fausto Majistral It does...

The Runs has advice for J’accuse (indirectly of course). We’re in a good mood so we dispense some “tips” of our own. Warning: the contents of this blog have been known to confuse intellectually inferior beings – idiots should proceed under adult...

I got some advice from fellow blogger/columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia this week. “Here’s a tip, Jacques,” she said, “try writing things that people want to read. If you haven’t got yourself an audience in five years I’d say it’s time to give up.” Now it’s probably good to...

Where we point out DCG’s sudden U-turn on matters of blogging and netiquette. Cheers Charles! A while ago, when the Runs had still not descended to the depths of Plategate, Daphne had opted to cut and paste a whole blogpost from J’accuse into her blog (Someone else’s point of...