Fur and war have become unfashionable, unsaleable and unprofitable.

Killing people is dead. Killing creatures is fast fading. Killing time is, a great occupation.

Time needs to be killed, or wasted in style. We have a huge surplus of it. Some kill time going round in circles in racing cars or on foot, with sticks searching for holes. Others prepare the circles for the people to go round in circles. Some make balls for people to hit or kick.
Balls are an excellent waste of time.

The front cover entitled “Fishing” is by “Roberto Masi” the Florentine artist who visited Malta briefly in 1988, at the invitation of Tonio Ganado, and left a wealth of his brilliant work on the island, now in private collections.
This painting depicts the killing of time, rather than fish, the concept is the consumption of time not food.

The properties included in this issue have been lavished with much time killed in the pursuit of beauty, a great occupation.

F.P. Spiteri Paris (Perry)