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Anton Buttigieg's Presidency
My latest study in Maltese looks at the difficult presidency of Anton Buttigieg (1976 - 1981). The study is titled "L-għaqda li ma ġiet...
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Culture and Politics on a ‘Fortress Island’
In my essay for The European Conservative, I look at the nexus of culture, politics and the language question in the context of Malta's...
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Remembrance and recurrence
This year, Armistice Day is marked against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine. I write about this in my piece for The Times of...