First hitting the streets in colonial Malta in 1935, The Times of Malta is an English-language newspaper with allegedly the highest circulation. In many ways it has been a point of reference to current affairs on these Maltese islands, but in recent times its monopoly and in some ways its […]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
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On the streets of Malta there is genuine fury, through the pages of Facebook there is indignation and anger. At the offices of RAI there are copious amounts of egg on a great many faces. Emotions are running high in the Mediterranean as it looks like a huge rather ugly […]
This evening I have been filling in my 2011 Census Form. I used my computer, did the process online using the high speed broadband, in my central heated comfortable apartment, lit by electric light whilst listening to some nice music recorded digitally after a rather pleasant dinner. Almost to this […]
A lot of my broadcasting work (especially in the last 25 years) has been in the field of presentation and programming development. Some of this has been to identify talent as a means to improving station output or overall presentation. One such case was in Zimbabwe where I worked for […]
There’s a little story behind this record. I met Marc Almond in the early 80’s when he was the other half of Soft Cell and interviewed Gene Pitney for radio in the mid 80’s. I used to frequent a small bar on the front at Gzira (Malta) opposite the bridge […]
The call for a greater range of real Halal products in our shops and restaurants is growing at a steady and interesting pace. But how do you know that the meat and other products you are purchasing is genuinely Halal? How is it regulated and what measures are in place […]
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At last all the codes are in place! And blogging is underway from my mobile 🙂
In these times of doom and gloom, I think its nice to take time out and remember when we used to do things of a certain greatness.
Its new! It went live today! ICorrect.com is a new portal for those in (and possibly out) the public eye to put the record straight on various accusations that have been made against them over the years. Here is an example — Cherie Blair putting the record straight about her […]
I commented on Facebook to a Maltese friend of mine who lives on the island: “… this whole thing worries me and deep down it must certainly concern the Maltese as a whole. Colonel Gaddafi and his followers are clearly up against it, and as such as we all know […]