Today, scientists speak about loneliness as if it were a chronic disease. They say it is as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, that it kills more people than obesity.

With one of the highest population densities in the world and an unabating love for cars, paralysing traffic jams are a daily reality in Malta. Only improved public transport and a reduction in the number of cars on the island can break the [...]

“What we want is equality, and that equality should also apply to decision-making. In this struggle, we want to stand alongside men and not be sidelined, to make decisions, particularly regarding our land.”

“We are in a new period where housing has become a commodity and a private consumer good bought and sold by institutional investors.”

A school built on the principle of sharing, set next to a shantytown in the Dominican Republic, welcomes children from very different backgrounds, locals and expatriates alike.

“As a government, we recognise that the best place to raise a child is a family home and not in an institution.” But not all research supports this common assumption.