Opera icon & ‘Barcelona’ singer Montserrat Caballe dies at 85

One of the best-known operatic sopranos in history, Montserrat Caballe, has died in her home town of Barcelona, said the hospital where had been receiving treatment. The 85-year-old diva was admitted to the Hospital Sant Pau since late last month, to receive help for a chronic gallbladder issue. However, Caballe’s family requested the exact cause […]

The Caribbean as it used to be: How Montserrat is coming alive again

Andrew Eames March 14, 2018 Share this article More than 23 years after a huge volcanic eruption left this island nation all but abandoned, Montserrat is ever-so-gradually finding its feet as one of the Caribbean’s most appealing destinations. It was Scriber who first mentioned the Goat Water. The ornithologist and I were walking up through […]