Comments on: Given that Anthony Burgess is but briefly in the news https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/06/given-anthony-burgess-briefly-news/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rifless https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/06/given-anthony-burgess-briefly-news/#comment-3141506 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:59:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=95406#comment-3141506 ” … they will sell liberty for a quieter life.”

This reminded me of a comment I heard Giovanni Bonello make about how the Maltese switch allegiances according to the ruler of the day, and how they side with the winner or likely winner.

]]> By: A.Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/06/given-anthony-burgess-briefly-news/#comment-3141505 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:30:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=95406#comment-3141505 Prodded? An electric cattle prod or a branding iron might wake them from their stupor.

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Maybe that was why Anthony Burgess was so vindictively shown the door by the Labour government in the seventies.

]]> By: bookmemoirs https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/06/given-anthony-burgess-briefly-news/#comment-3141500 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:23:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=95406#comment-3141500 Maltese society needs to be prodded at all times, because it has a tendency to brush scraps beneath rags and ‘move on’.

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