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Alison Bezzina

A victory worth talking about

April 1997 - Dr. Joe Mifsud, who at the time was a journalist (and is now a lawyer) issued a press release entitled Se Nibqa' Nghid il-Verità Akkost ta' Kollox. The press release referred to a journalistic investigation that he had carried out in...

A Spade is a Spade is a Spade

The story of the 16 year old lesbian, who earlier this month was attacked by two boys in a Hamrun square, caused public uproar… and rightly so. When the story broke, it was reported that the attack happened on a bench, and that the police had...

Coraggio Fuggiamo

It's been a hundred years since we've heard the words "women and children first", but this week, thanks to the now infamous Captain Schettino, those very words hit the headlines once again. As I watched the surreal footage and heard the dead toll...

A break from Franco

As a child, I always secretly wished for an acting career. I honestly believed that as an adult I’d fly off to Hollywood, join one of the film studios, and make it big as an actress. Then, I realised that good actors can only make it big in...

It's not just because we're curious

If you're one of those sitting on a moral high horse telling people and the media to stop speculating about the New Year's Day double murder, then stop wasting your time. Yes, people should shut up and wait for the facts to come out, but the truth...

Wordy pleasures to end the year

Though writing forms a very small part of my life, getting my thoughts out (and off my chest), takes up most of my free time. Between writing and having a life, I get left with very little time to do what I truly love, which is reading the way it's...

They're just animals

It's that time of the year again... that time when we're so full of love, goodness and goodwill that we allow yet another animal circus into our country to fuel more cruelty and spread more ignorance onto our children. I've been fighting and...

Not only in Malta

As some of you might already know, I like funny. I try my best to see the funny side of things and, most of the time, I think that I manage. But the truth is that whenever I write something comical, I feel, (to say the least) short-changed.  I...

Cards Vs Crutches

In a story of sorts that appeared in today's paper, a 20 year old woman, who by her own admission looks entirely healthy and fit, felt compelled to complain about people who do not realise that she has a hidden disability. For some additional irony...

Not only in Malta

As some of you might already know, I like funny. I try my best to see the funny side of things and, most of the time, I think that I manage. But the truth is that whenever I write something comical, I feel, (to say the least) short-changed. I...