Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

No one enjoys getting older – but it’s better than the alternative

February 5, 2025 | No comments

The theme of women and the hard time many of them have with ageing is explored in the much-acclaimed film The Substance, which has just been nominated for five Academy awards.

Married …with children?

January 29, 2025 | No comments

The study by Prof Anna Borg and Prof Liberato Camilleri, commissioned by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) which explored the issues surrounding work-life balance, came out with a number of recommendations.

A grim start to the new year

January 12, 2025 | No comments

It has been a grim start to this new year.

Oh Ridley, what have you done?

December 29, 2024 | No comments

When director Ridley Scott was being interviewed about Gladiator II, he praised Malta’s architecture, but added the damning comment: “I wouldn’t advise going there on holiday.”

Inappropriate outfits, inappropriate behaviour

December 1, 2024 | No comments

When there was all the sniggering and snide remarks about Amanda Muscat’s questionable dress sense to a public event, I thought it was not really that relevant in the great scheme of things.

Nostalgia makes the past look rosier

November 24, 2024 | No comments

The question which was being asked by radio presenters on Facebook this week was: why were the 90s so much better?

Hey local councils: What exactly are you responsible for?

June 11, 2024 | No comments

This column first appeared on Malta Today (published on Sunday 9th June) The results of the local council elections won’t […]

“This is not a TV series” – are you sure about that?

June 4, 2024 | No comments

The show of support whipped up for Joseph Muscat outside the law courts on Tuesday morning resulted in the usual, predictable, knee jerk reactions. (

For someone to buy your vote, you have to be willing to sell it

May 27, 2024 | No comments

In February 2022, just before the general elections which were held a month later, PM Robert Abela made an electoral promise that if the Labour Government were to be re-elected, full-time students who continue to study at post-secondary level, would be receiving a subsidy of €500 a year over a period of three years.

To co-ed or not to co-ed, that is the question

May 22, 2024 | No comments

Two Church schools which have been a stalwart for boys’ only education for generations, De La Salle college and Stella Maris college are holding consultation meetings about the possibility of introducing co-education starting from Year 1 students in the 2025/26 scholastic year.