Riddle me this… 1. A son and an engineer go fishing. The boy was the engineer’s son but the engineer wasn’t the boy’s dad. How was this possible? The engineer […]
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GENDER STEREOTYPES IN ADVERTS
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THE NOT-SO-SUBTLE ART OF PERSISTENCE
By nature, I think of myself as a rather persistent person. I’m a proud go-getter, and I persevere to the best of my abilities. However, more often than not when […]
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CAN FLIRTING IN THE OFFICE SPELL TROUBLE?
If you see a couple of colleagues flirting, newsflash: you’re not the first person to witness it, and certainly won’t be the last. But what if this behaviour irks you? […]
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GETTING THEM YOUNG
Hats off to St Joseph School that has included etiquette lessons in their middle school curriculum. I only wish that all other schools had followed suit. Teaching the children manners […]
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BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Ship after ship, there is no more doubt that the recent diplomatic stand-offs between Malta and Italy reveal what the European Union (EU) policy on irregular immigration for what it […]
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EU RULING AGAINST BIRD TRAPPING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR MALTA?
The European Court of Justice published its judgement on June 21 on case C-557/15 “European Commission vs Republic of Malta” – to the joy of environmentalists and disdain among hunters. […]
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NEW FOOD RULES AT MATER DEI: HEALTH-SAVING OR MICROMANAGING?
From June next year, new guidelines apply to vendors and suppliers at Malta’s largest hospital, Mater Dei, which will see sugary and energy-rich, but nutrient-poor food disappear from its menus, […]
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VIDEO ARTIST: WE ARE MORE CONNECTED TO TREES THAN THIS CONCRETE
Glossy surfaces don’t interest Carolin Koss – she would prefer to be taken to a garden or an abandoned building instead. “I have a passion for abandoned places, because [every […]
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COMFORTABLY NUMB
I hate to admit, but we Maltese are a very passive people. We have the tendency to allow things to wash over us. Including things that people in other democratic […]
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TEN REASONS TO CHOOSE A MINIMALIST LIFE
I do not often admit to being a minimalist – even when I proudly advocate non-materialism. It’s because the frequent look of horror on people’s faces at the thought that […]
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LIVING IN A FOOL’S PARADISE
Sitting at the water’s edge, I cradle a glass of chilled rosé wine in the palm of my hand. The sun shines down from a cloudless sky. A gentle breeze […]
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GENDER STEREOTYPES UNRAVELLED
There’s no denying that there are many differences between men and women, but at a certain point the images of these differences develop into stereotypes and bias. Stereotypical expectations not […]
