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Daily note
Daisy's note
A little page from Joss.
Weather
Rome, Italy
Rome has a bright sun-on-travel-day motif: sunny and already warm, climbing to about 35C, so make the airport run a water, sunglasses, sunscreen, and shade-break job. Malta looks sunny and gentler on arrival, around 26C at the top end, with light layers enough for the flight and no useful rain concern.
News
- Rome photojournalism last-call: World Press Photo Exhibition 2026 is still at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma through 29 June, so this is the practical pick if there is time before leaving Rome.
- Malta tomorrow: Malta International Arts Festival is running through 21 June, with Valletta highlights overlapping the start of the Malta stay.
- Valletta tomorrow evening: Stravinsky, Bartok, Schnittke is a Malta Philharmonic Orchestra festival concert at Teatru Manoel on 20 June at 18:00.
- Valletta outdoor option: Tra Cielo e Cinema is listed for 20 June at Pjazza Teatru Rjal, with film music and an Ennio Morricone tribute at 20:30.
- Analog film photography: PetaPixel's 12 June Film Friday focused on Kodak Portra 800, a useful note for travel portraits, shaded streets, and evening colour.
- Film-stock oddity: PetaPixel's 5 June Film Friday traced Optik OptiColour through its ORWO Wolfen NC200, KONO Color 200, and possible Lomochrome Classicolor 200 aliases.
- Horses: International Society for Equitation Science notes that the Morris Animal Foundation's equine behaviour and welfare research grant window ran from 6 May to 10 June, focused on improving horse welfare through behaviour research.