A voice like sunshine
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

Tom's show
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

The CIA in Malta
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

Keats house
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

IMF consultation
On September 4, 2009, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Malta:After a period of sustained expansion following successful EU entry, Malta started feeling the effects of the global downturn in the fall of 2008, with declining trade flows and investment. More recently, private consumption also weakened, as the labor market