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...

This week was my birthday week. You see, I don't celebrate my birthDAY any more, instead I celebrate the whole week, because considering all the things that can go wrong in this world, and this complicated human body that we've been dealt with, I...

Last week Benetton launched a new campaign called Unhate. It included billboards and print ads of various powerful people kissing each other (shock horror) on the lips, and with their eyes closed. The photo-shopped images ranged from President...

It’s that time of year again...that time when the dread of winter is not only knocking at the door but practically barging it down. I was exercising outdoors yesterday afternoon. The sun was shining, and I was in short sleeves and breaking into a...

Let it be known from the start that I think very little of politicians; I think that they are as useful as socks on a rooster,and I've always wondered whether it's politics that turns them into utter prats, or whether they get into politics because...

Like most people in Catholic countries I was brought up in what I today consider a morbid atmosphere. At home we had a painful looking Jesus bleeding all over a crucifix in every room, and at school we had crying statues of the Holy Mary stabbed in...

In my eternal search for things to read I have always struggled to find humorous writers who keep me turning the pages. So when I first started writing myself, I intended to fill this gaping gap by making people laugh with my writing. Over the years...

Last night I went to watch FourPlay –a hilarious comedy by DnA theatre currently showing at the University. I hadn't had such a good laugh in a very long log time, in fact the script was so side-splittingly twisted, that it got me thinking about...

For the past year I've been mentally keeping score of Malta's public relations fiascos. As you can imagine I've been pretty busy because the PL and the PN kept the scores moving briskly, whilst the Church's PR machine also did its best to keep...

I'm an animal lover, in fact, I love animals more than I love most humans, but I have to admit that there is no way in hell that I would open a skip to find out what's moving inside it. Even though I know that noises emerging from a skip are most...