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Let he who is without spliffs now finally be allowed to get stoned
The Skinny | No 81 – Curing It All With Some Reefer Madness
The Skinny | No 81 – Curing It All With Some Reefer...

Just pave Malta into one large tunnel-road to Sicily, already...
The Skinny | No 80 – The Unbearable Lightness of Ian Borg
The Skinny | No 80 – The Unbearable Lightness of Ian...

Who the hell drinks milk at the office, anyway?
The Skinny | No 79 – Malta Misogyny and the Online Boomer Problem
The Skinny | No 79 – Malta Misogyny and the Online...

Against all hope, let’s all hope that bars are declared the ONLY essential service in the land
The Skinny • No 78 – Lockdown Anniversary Celebrations
The Skinny • No 78 – Lockdown Anniversary...

For balance, I propose a conference on National Disunity
The Skinny • No 77 – The President’s National Unity Conference
The Skinny • No 77 – The President’s...

Could this whole affair have revealed Yorgen Fenech’s warm mushy heart by accident?
The Skinny | No 76 – Rosianne Resigns
The Skinny | No 76 – Rosianne Resigns

In terms that kids can understand: it’s about cheese-hipsterdom
The Skinny | No 75 – No ġbejna, no cry
The Skinny | No 75 – No ġbejna, no cry

Infrastructure Malta could become what ‘Space Force’ was to Donald Trump
The Skinny • No 74 – Infrastructure Malta is ‘Space Force’
The Skinny • No 74 – Infrastructure Malta is...

Yet another self-hating bigot exploiting the right to self-expression
The Skinny • No. 73 – In Jerusalem, Apparently
The Skinny • No. 73 – In Jerusalem, Apparently

Applying cancel culture across the clergy would do wonders to nip abusers in the bud
The Skinny | No. 72 – Paedophile Priests
The Skinny | No. 72 – Paedophile Priests

Ħa Qalanqas... Ian Borg is moonlighting as experimental poet
The Skinny | No. 70 – Ian Borg Expands the Maltese Lexicon
The Skinny | No. 70 – Ian Borg Expands the Maltese...

Make Doris & Joel’s ‘one minute platter’ a one-ingredient Babybel-fest!
The Skinny • No. 69 – Doris Makes Our Day
The Skinny • No. 69 – Doris Makes Our Day


Vision of the future: Vaccine. Remote work. Maskless and drunk after pub crawl. Repeat
The Skinny • No. 68 – Death to 2020
The Skinny • No. 68 – Death to 2020

We got an actual vaccine trailer. Pity Michael Bay was in Malta only so many years ago
The Skinny | No. 67 – Vaccine: The Trailer
The Skinny | No. 67 – Vaccine: The Trailer

More Marxist brown asses, less ‘prosit ministru’s? Precisely
The Skinny • No. 66 – Mark Camilleri’s Brown Marxist Bottom
The Skinny • No. 66 – Mark Camilleri’s...

Just say you’re ‘Mintoffian’ when starting any negotiation or argument
The Skinny | No. 65 – The Zookeeper’s Lament
The Skinny | No. 65 – The Zookeeper’s Lament

So much absurdity-protein, it is hard to make a case for defamation on a cheap shot
The Skinny • No. 64 – Allo, Allo: No Libel Suit For You
The Skinny • No. 64 – Allo, Allo: No Libel...

We can still keep the roly-poly, right?
The Skinny • No. 63 – Farewell, Silvio Parnis
The Skinny • No. 63 – Farewell, Silvio...