St George’s Bay, Birżebbuġa, is one of the bays that were recently closed to swimmers due to a sewage leak. Photo: Jonathan Borg
Allegedly the first time the phrase “the silly season” was used was in 1861, in an article in the English newspaper The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art. This newspaper was referring to the reduction in the quality of editorial content in The Times newspaper during the summer months when the UK Parliament...
