Robert Micallef
Nick Redmayne of The Telegraph is ’swiftly conquered’ by the historical and cultural charm of Valletta:Mention Malta at a dinner party and eyes glaze over. Associations with mass tourism are ingrained – either as a fly-and-bop-till-you-drop centre for clubbers or a winter haunt for retired couples. It’s true that despite the island’s steadfast defiance in the face of Ottoman armies and the
Poitr Adamczyk, who played the part of Pope John Paul II spent three days in Malta shooting a Polish romantic comedy:..Contacted by telephone in Poland, Mr Adamczyk said that a week after he left Malta he was already yearning to be back. “I already miss Malta because during the days I spent there I was under the spell of its people and its beauty. “I didn’t know the island had such a long and
There’s something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja’s voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations, writes Mike Silverman for the Associated Press:..”Nobody sings like that anymore,” said Craig Rutenberg, director of music administration for the Metropolitan Opera. “His voice is
A review by Justin Camilleri of the recent Tom Jones concert was re-produced here on the Tom Jones international website:As the crowd waited eagerly the concert kicked off with opening guitar riffs from Sugar Daddy, while the lights fired up from the stage out of nowhere the man himself appeared dressed in a cool black suit that fitted him like a glove, as he belted out those Bono penned lyrics
For the last 23 years, Jim Galbreath worked in news and current affairs at the BBC as a lighting cameraman. He has filmed extensively around the UK and in around 40 countries. In an interview on allmediascotland.com, he describes his ‘proudest broadcasting moment’:..We were filming in Malta on a Lockerbie documentary - one of several I worked on. The Maltese authorities had always disputed the
Sue Brown is an independent scholar based in London and Malta, and is the author of Joseph Severn, A Life: The Rewards of Friendship. Joseph Severn (1793-1879) was the best known but most controversial of poet John Keats’s friends. In this post on the Oxford University Press blog, Sue Brown reflects on her recent party at Keats House, and wonders what is was about the poet that brought out the
