Bonaparte’s chirograph Charles Xuereb (August 2) brags about the fact that it was he who, earlier this year, published for the first time Napoleon’s chirograph donating St John’s conventual Church in Valletta to the Bishop of Malta. In my book Storja tal-Knisja f’Malta, number 42 in the series Kullana Kulturali published by PIN, this important document of June 13, 1798 is reproduced and commented upon on page 181. This book, that soon went out of print, was published in 2002. Joseph Bezzina – Victoria Tribute to dear departed Common Sense Today, we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain; why the early bird gets the worm, life isn’t always fair; and maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children are in charge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned though overbearing regulations...
