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Nº 149 - JUNE 2015
CONTENTS 06
NEW PRIVATE WEATHER CONSULTANCY LANDS BIG CONTRACT WITH GBC TV AND RADIO GIBRALTAR
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GIBRALTAR MUSIC FESTIVAL ANOUNCES TOP ACTS FOR 2015
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THE CELLAR
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THE 2015 HONDA CR-V
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GIBRALTAR HONOURS A GENERATION
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EVACUATION BOYS AND THEIR MEMORIES
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CLIVE MARTINEZ ON THE EVACUATION
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THE EVACUATION OF THE GIBRALTARIAN CIVILIAN POPULATION IN 1940
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ELECTRICIDAD PEDRERAS
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INAUGURATION OF POLLOS HERMANOS IN DEVIL’S TOWER ROAD
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POLLOS HERMANOS
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HARD’N’HEAVY
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THE 6TH GIBRALTAR INTERNATIONAL SONG FESTIVAL
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H.M. CUSTOMS PASSING OUT PARADE
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THE BEST RECIPES OF OUR CUISINE
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WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWN TOWN? – EVACUATION COMMEMORATIVE DAY SPECIAL
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LIFTING YOUR SPIRITS
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CHARLIE’S LOYALTY DRAW
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SWIMWEAR COMFORT
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WEDDING DRESS COMPETITION 2015
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MISS GIBRALTAR 2015
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THE CASINO ADMIRAL GIBRALTAR TROPHY
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New Private Weather Consultancy Lands Big Contract With GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar Before moving to Gibraltar, she spent some years at the BBC Weather Centre in London preparing forecast briefings and presentations for the on-screen weather presenters, as well as, personally presenting numerous live radio weather forecasts including the BBC Radio 5Live breakfast show. She also provided hazard and planning forecasts for the busy Winter Road Maintenance across the southeast of England and the notorious M25, and had a hand in forecasting for The Championships, Wimbledon. Via MeteoGib, she is now keen to pass on her skills and expertise to all those with a weather need.
Text by Sarah Drane
Last month saw the launch of MeteoGib, a private weather consultancy based in Gibraltar. Specialising in marine and commercial weather, the Company has already landed its first big contract – GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar. MeteoGib is headed up by Stephanie Ball, a professional meteorologist with a 28-year Met Office career under her belt, and 18 years experience marine forecasting. Her role at Met Office Gibraltar certainly helped her land the double deal. CEO of GBC TV, Gerard Teuma, said, “Providing accurate weather information is essential for any broadcaster. GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar have been fortunate enough to count on the expertise provided by meteorologist, Stephanie Ball, since her arrival in Gibraltar as part of the Met Office several years ago. As GBC moves forward with new and improved services, we are very pleased to be able to continue to rely on Stephanie to oversee all of our TV and radio forecasts through our consultancy agreement with MeteoGib.” Having delivered forecasts for two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes – the English Chan6 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
nel and the Strait of Gibraltar – Stephanie is more than familiar with the vagaries of the weather. A keen boater herself, she has routed yachtsmen through the Med, provided forecasts for cross-channel ferries, been a key part of the weather team for Cowes Week and on the organi-
sing committee for the Gibraltar-Morocco Rally for the past two years.
Stephanie finishes, “Working in Gibraltar over recent years, I have informally given advice via my Twitter feed @meteogib, notifying the local sailing community of hazards such as sea fog and impending gales. MeteoGib formalises this on a much wider international scale. We’re looking to work with everyone from large shipping lines to yacht delivery companies and event organisers to solo leisure boaters – basically anyone for whom the weather impacts their business.” You can contact MeteoGib on email info@meteogib.com, telephone +350 54033449 or visit www.meteogib.com.
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Gibraltar Music Festival announces Top Acts for 2015
Kings of Leon & Duran Duran to Headline!
Paloma Faith, Madness, Kaiser Chiefs, Estopa, James Bay, Ella Henderson, Tom Odell, Rae Morris, The Feeling, Lawson and many, many more will perform across the weekend (Sat 5th & Sun 6th September 2015) Tickets on sale now · VIP tickets sold out · www.gibraltarmusicfestival.com · @GibMusicFest Bringing some of the world’s biggest live acts to Gibraltar each year, GMF is back in 2015 with its biggest line-up to date in the picturesque and intimate surroundings of Victoria Stadium on the Rock of Gibraltar. Headlining proceedings this year are none other than Nashville rock heroes, Kings Of Leon, who come to GMF as a UK/British exclusive performance. Since bursting into the public consciousness with breakthrough album, ‘Youth & Young Manhood’ back in 2003, they have spent over a decade positioning themselves as one 8 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
of the greatest bands of a generation. With festival-ready anthems like ‘Sex On Fire’, ‘Use Somebody’ and ‘The Bucket’ at their disposal, they are a worldclass act not to be missed.
ning set filled to the brim with the band’s huge arsenal of hits alongside new material.
Eccentric pop starlet Paloma Faith will be gracing the stage with her trademark brand of Also headlining will be pop retro soul and jazz for a set that icons, Duran Duran. Having will no doubt be a standout of sold over 100 million records the festival. worldwide and with a new album set for release in mid-Sep- Undisputed legends of two-tone tember of this year featuring ska, Madness will be on hand highly anticipated collabora- to provide a set sure to get the tions with the likes of Janelle crowd on their feet. With an arMonae, Kiesza, Nile Rodgers senal of hits from ‘Baggy Trouand Mark Ronson, the band sers’ to ‘House Of Fun’ at their are as vital and festival ready disposal, they are perfectly suias ever. Expect a career span- ted to the festival environment.
Kaiser Chiefs are, simply put, one of the UK’s biggest and best live bands. With the livewire antics of frontman Ricky Wilson and a steady stream of chant-along anthems guaranteed, expect nothing short of brilliance from the Leeds legends. Ahead of launching their new album, superstar Barcelona duo Estopa will be headlining the Radio Gibraltar Stage for their only show of the summer. Their rock/rumba set is not to be missed! Most Gibraltarians are also extremely excited that British sin-
Kings of Leon
Duran Duran
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Estopa
Ella Henderson
Madness
ger-songwriter James Bay has also been confirmed. Having won this year’s BRIT Awards Critics Choice Award and also as runner up in the BBC Sound of 2015 list, his is a talent that is utterly undeniable and not least showcased on this year’s breakthrough album ‘Chaos and the Calm’. Prepare for a sing along! Since gracing the nation’s TV screens on the X Factor back in 2012, Ella Henderson has proven herself to be a true superstar. With number both her debut single ‘Ghost’ and debut album ‘Chapter One’ charting 10 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
Paloma Faith
Kaiser Chiefs
at number one; she is undoubtedly one of the UK’s finest pop exports. Joining the headliners is a supporting cast of some of the world’s best talent including award-winning piano balladeer, Tom Odell, breakthrough singer-songwriter Rae Morris, power-pop superstars The Feeling, poprock chart smashers Lawson, reggae veterans Third World; Irish folk duo Hudson Taylor and exuberant dub funk band, Dub Colossus. Many of Gibraltar’s best musi-
cians will also feature. Reach, Kristian Viñales (DJ Set), Guy Valarino, This Side Up, Headwires, Paddy Taylor, and Jeremy Perez & Tom Stott have all been announced. Strange Brew, Tim Garcia ft Afterhours, Dead City Radio and Kharma 13 will also be taking to one of the event’s four stages to showcase their music. TWO AMAZING DAYS!
Unbelievably, many more artists are still to be announced; an impressive total of 50 will play across the weekend! When
going to print, there was talk of an international DJ joining the fold, though nobody had yet been confirmed. Providing the perfect end to the summer, GMF is a family-friendly festival, this year promising two amazing days! TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. VIP tickets sold out in the first few weeks, though the organisers haven’t ruled out expanding the VIP area and releasing some more tickets. For more information, www.gibraltarmusicfestival.com
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The Cellar
A New and Unique Wine Outlet to be Proud of
Text by Joe Adambery
The idea for Saccone & Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd to open a new retail outlet to showcase their fine wines and premium spirits portfolio in the celebrated 12 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
corner where Irish Town meets with Parliament Lane came about with the realisation that the company has not had such an outlet in the last thirty years. The Cellar, as the new shop is called, opened its doors in
early May and is managed by Alex Martin, Saccone & Speed’s Retail Manager and Wine Consultant, who is no stranger to the food and beverages trade. His work is also his passion
and with his years of local and international experience harnessed into a wine consultancy outlet owned by Gibraltar’s leading purveyors of fine wines, the designer wine and food boutique is
a truly impressive and chic establishment. Globe magazine chatted to Alex, happy in his new position managing the trendy ‘Cellar’. “The
extensive
offer
that
Saccone & Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd has available to the trade is enhanced here with the addition of a significant number of wines exclusive to this shop, and it’s all available to everyone. We focus on the most important wine
producing regions of the world, like France, Italy or Spain, whilst not forgetting the rest of Europe (Portugal, Germany or England for example), but we also stock wines from the “New World” (wines produced outside of Europe
are classed as new world). Let’s not forget fortified wines with an impressive selection of sherries and ports; and sparkling wines, with a not less impressive selection of Champagnes, Cavas, Proseccos, English Sparkling wines…” GLOBE MAGAZINE JUNE 2015 13
The Cellar also specialises in premium spirits, which include a very good range of Gins, Vodkas, Rums from most Caribbean islands, Cognacs and fine Brandies and a huge range of Whiskies, both blended and malt.
growing and whether it’s for gifting or own consumption, I’m very happy to see younger people in their twenties looking for specific wines. They know what they like and want to buy from an establishment that they can see treats wines as they deserve.”
“Here in the shop we are limited by size, so we mostly have the premium brands as we can’t showcase the whole of the firm’s portfolio, but the whole range is available through ‘The Cellar’. The wine culture is certainly
The Cellar is the coolest place in town at 19 degrees and the lighting is cold light so wines are pampered and that makes them a good choice for gifting. They can complement the wines with a range of accessories like display
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boxes, ice buckets, openers, thermometers, pourers etc, etc. “We have a gourmet corner with a limited but impressive range of cocktail garnishes, sea foods from Galicia, dried fruits, spices and choice nuts. You can also find flavoured oils and Balsamic vinegars, pates, Iberian hams and condiments for our foods, amongst other delights.” There are no tasting facilities in the shop but soon they will be launching a wine and gourmet club, which will attract special
discounts to members and limited offers through tasting events and social evenings, where wines will be rated and the ratings displayed in the shop. The shop caters for retail and enjoys the back up of Saccone & Speed’s wholesale operation if a buyer wants to order in bulk. Free local deliveries (min £50 purchase) can be arranged as can also a full wine consultancy for any events and corporate functions. The Cellar is a classy establishment where one can
see the thought that has been put into intelligent and modern displays with good information and complemented by personal attention from staff who truly are passionate about their jobs. The philosophy behind ‘The Cellar’ is to add something new and significant to the growing awareness of wine culture here on the Rock. “What we do is we compliment the offer locally and foment the fine wines and premium spirits with themed gift sets. They can be a fine
wine with a premium spirit, foods and an accessory or two, which will enhance any gift for many occasions. Don’t forget that we can also advise on quantities and grades to stock a wine cellar for example, or for a special corporate event or wedding party. That’s where our most premium products come in and because Saccone & Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd are so well established in the industry, we can go beyond our showcased range and provide our clients with the most exclusive wines
of the world; we can make that happen.” Alex Martin has worked with the Hilton and Le Méridien hotel chains internationally and locally at the Rock Hotel in food and beverages. He loves his ‘hobby’, which is also his passion and you only have to call in to see him about making your wine inclinations a more pleasant and knowledgeable experience in order to appreciate why ‘The Cellar’ is up there with some of the fine wine boutiques you may
have seen abroad. It really is an eye opener and Saccone & Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd has to be congratulated on providing our commerce with such a classy outlet. The Cellar is opened for business Monday to Friday 10:00am to 07:00pm, Saturday 10:00am to 03:00pm and is situated at 25 Irish Town (the corner where Irish Town meets Parliament Lane) Tel: (+350) 200 60373 Email: info@the-cellar.gi
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The 2015 Honda CR-V With a refreshed design, the 2015 Honda CR-V stands out from the crowd The 2015 Honda CR-V features a host of improvements, ranging from exterior and interior upgrades to improved drive-train components and advanced driver assist technology Honda’s CR-V is already one of the most popular compact SUVs sold around the world. More than 750,000 units have been sold in Europe alone since it was launched in 1997, nearly 50,000 of which during 2014. In the first nine months of 2014, the CR-V was the world’s bestselling SUV. The model has become fundamental to Honda’s success in Europe, and a comprehensive range of enhancements to the fourth-generation CR-V will now further broaden its appeal. Highlights of the 2015 modelyear CR-V include a new diesel engine with both manual and 16 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
six-speed automatic transmission that deliver an unrivalled power-to-consumption ratio; world-first safety technology; an all-new connectivity and infotainment system; as well as,
enhanced suspension and ‘optimised NVH’ measures for a more refined yet dynamic drive. The 2015 CR-V is part of a wave of next-generation advan-
ced and sporty vehicles from Honda, which demonstrate the brand’s pioneering approach to engineering and technology solutions that make life better for its customersThe styling of the new CR-V has been thoughtfully enhanced with the tastes of European customers in mind. The changes are most notable at the front, with redesigned headlamps flowing into the new grille. Additionally, the new bumper and skid plate give the CR-V a wider appearance and hint at the improved stability, while also lowering the car’s visual centre of gravity.
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held is that it isn’t that great of a drive! Sure, it will get you from point A to B, but it didn’t have much to offer outside of that. For the new model year, that has changed dramatically. Not only has Honda added an extra trim level, but also new technology and safety features.
The sleek new front headlamps incorporate powerful halogen bulbs, LED daytime running lights and HID projector headlamps - giving the car a bold face while also optimising visibility of the road ahead in low light conditions. At the rear, the LED combination lamps have been restyled to give the CR-V a more fluid, three-dimensional appearance. Newly-styled 17- and 18-inch alloy wheels are also available, complementing the exterior enhancements and highlighting the improved dynamism of the CR-V. Honda’s goal of creating a more stylish and functional interior has been realized with the reshaped chrome-effect inlay running the width of the dashboard, and through the use of high-quality materials on key surfaces. The dashboard has been redesigned to allow easy visibility and access to the new seven-inch ‘touch-screen’ displaying the new Honda Connect system, while a sliding armrest between the front seats further enhances versatility and comfort. The 2015 CR-V also features a one action fold down rear seat system, with the rear seats featuring a 60/40 split function allowing them to be easily folded completely flat with the simple pull of a handle. This new model is a versatile, family-friendly crossover with good ergonomics and a roomy interior. Passenger and cargo space are generous with up to 1,650 litres when the rear seats are folded. Small touches like bag hooks and tie downs improve the crossover’s practicality and usability as a family car. 18 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
For the new model year, Honda has significantly updated the CR-V, from adding new safety technology to refreshing the exterior design. And while this wasn’t a full redesign, the difference between this new model
and the outgoing one is significant. The Honda CR-V is one of the top-selling small SUVs, and one of the safest on the market. However, one title it hasn’t
Honda’s new 2.0-litre 155CV Petrol, 1.6-litre 120CV or 160CV Diesel and CVT has helped make the 2015 CR-V perform better, improving its acceleration and handling with its revised chassis and steering. Fuel economy is a 2015 CR-V strong point with front-drive models achieving an impressive 7.5 litres/100km for the 2.0-litre petrol engine and 4.4 and 4.9 litres/100km for the 1.6-litre 120CV and 160CV Diesel engines, respectively while opting for ‘Four-wheel’ drive hardly affects its efficiency. Moreover, the 2015 CR-V also has a fivestar rating from Euro NCAP. Apart from a slightly revised exterior styling, the refreshed 2015 Honda CR-V gains an updated power-train. Apart from the new aforementioned trims, a new continuously variable transmission (CVT) replaces the old unit and five-speed automatic. Honda has also improved the chassis, barking system, and sound deadening in the revised model; 10-way power and heated driver’s seats with memory, LED daytime running lights and a power tailgate are now available. A host of new safety features has been added as optional equipment, including Honda’s ‘LaneWatch’ system, ‘Adaptive Cruise Control’, ‘Lane Keeping Assist’ and ‘Forward Collision Warning’; in fact, the CR-V is fitted with a number of premium active and passive
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technologies designed to make driving both easier and safer.
choice in its class with its high level of practicality, excellent fuel economy, and improved driving dynamics. Despite the fact that it isn’t the fastest in its class, the improved power-train and chassis has helped the CR-V become a more engaging car to drive with good handling and steering. The car’s interior also impressed with generous space for families and small touches such as tie-downs and a small net that improve its practicality.
Right off the bat, the new exterior design grabs your attention. While the front fascia has been completely redone and offers a more aggressive and masculine appearance, the all-new model offers a striking wheel design that separates it from the rest of the lineup. This new model is clearly a step up in terms of exterior styling and differentiation from the rest of the line-up and compared to other small SUVs, the Honda CR-V offers design elements that make it immediately recognizable. If the exterior was this exciting and fresh, we had hopes that Honda had updated the interior. It was time to get behind the wheel and find out! While Honda has received some negative feedback on previous models in its lineup for having a mish-mash of materials and quality, the automaker has worked hard to improve the new CR-V. And it shows. Inside, there are higher-quality materials that are cohesive and no longer feel disconnected. Added to
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that, the use of hard-touch plastics is at a bare minimum. Seats were comfortable, supportive, and it was easy to find that ideal driving position. However, with regards to the infotainment system, it juts out
from the dash, and while it may make it easier to reach the controls, it offers a slight unattractive appearance! The improvements made on the crossover has turned the 2015 Honda CR-V into a solid
When looking at value for the price, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better deal than the 2015 Honda CR-V. But does that mean it’s the best on the market? It has its pros and cons, just like every model, and those will be unique to the customer. However, the CR-V is one of the best-selling compact SUVs on the market, and for good reason; an improved CVT, exterior and interior styling, and the new safety technology. The all new 2015 Honda CR-V can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, distributors in Gibraltar for Honda.
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Gibraltar Honours a Generation “The Gibraltarian Diaspora was not to be the end of us. It was to be the making of us”
Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja
The words of Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, in his opening speech at the memorial event to mark 75 years of the wartime evacuation of the civilian population of Gibraltar, which took place on Friday 22nd May, coinciding with the very day, 75 years ago, when the first vessel transported Gibraltarian evacuees on the 22 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
evacuation scheme across the Strait from Gibraltar to French Morocco. The Government has taken the view that it is important to commemorate the event and to honour that generation. “As ever, we confronted that sacrifice with the courage and determination that characterises the great people of this Rock. Indeed, far from uprooting us
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forever from Gibraltar, the evacuation cemented our love of our home in ways none might have imagined.� The event opened with a performance from local trio, Mou-
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nt Opera, who siang a number of songs from the wartime era. These were followed by the reading of various extracts from relevant texts relating to the Evacuation including the original Order by which women,
children, the elderly and the infirm were instructed to leave Gibraltar. The texts were read by persons, who were themselves evacuees and there will also be short personal testimonials from evacuees who went to
Madeira, Jamaica, London and Northern Ireland. The event at Casemates was followed by a reception at Grand Battery House where a short film depicting the Evacuation was shown.
Evacuation Boys and their Memories Now in their eighties, they were the boys who had the adventure of their lives when they were evacuated, and the memories still linger on. Seventy five years have passed and some were visibly moved as they re- told their story to me. These are their first recollections that came to mind when we started chatting and it was a privilege to share with them and now with you on a double decker bus to Dr Barnardo’s Home to see my grandmother on weekends. I remember that my cousins at Barnardo’s had a bicycle, which we used to ride around the perimeter of the cottages there. It was quite beautiful”. Herbert was repatriated late in 1944 on the ‘Stirling Castle’, which sailed from the Clyde. “One vivid memory I had from that was that the ship’s cat fell overboard and the sailors were trying to rescue it with buckets tied to ropes.”
evacuated first to Casablanca. He was eight years old. He is now eighty two. He recalls something about been exchanged for French prisoners and then brought back to the Rock. “Then we embarked on a merchant ship convoy for a trip to England that took eighteen days. I remember that we were below in the hold. We were torpedoed and the ship’s rudder was damaged so we trailed behind the convoy very slowly as the crew erected scaffolding to effect repairs. We were escorted by a destroyer.”
“During that voyage Peter Morello died and he was buried at sea. I remember some boy’s names, BasiJose Luis Robles remembers being lisco and Danino. We were always JOSE LUIS ROBLES
Text by Joe Adambery Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja
HERBERT VIÑALES Herbert Viñales remembers that he was eight years old at the end of the war when he was repatriated. He was only four when he arrived in London and remembers playing outside with flying bombs as a backdrop. “We were looking up and we saw rockets and their flares. We had been told by the elders that when these bombs were about to fall we should run 26 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
in the opposite direction. Once the tail flare stopped the bomb would come down.” “We rarely slept in the London Underground because we were a big family and it was very chaotic and dangerous to come out after air raids in thick fog. We would lose our way. My mother and my auntie decided for us to stay in the hotel and go to the basement when there was an air raid. The hotel was in St. Steven’s Close but the name escapes me now.” “I also remember travelling
playing on the decks when allowed. We slept below decks and the toilets (portable) were up steep ladders. It was inconvenient and dangerous, though for us it was an adventure. Food was running low and we were fed tough biscuits (‘galletas de perro’) and drinking water was blue and distributed from jerry cans.” “When we arrived at Liverpool, some of us we were deloused. We were then the bussed to London and we lived at North End House. There were three hotels there near Kensington. One had Catholics and another had Jews, but at my hotel, we were mixed. They built a shock absorbing wall in the basement of our hotel so that was our shelter and we didn’t have to go to the underground.” “We were a large family, with grandparents and aunties, as well as, brothers and sisters. My father and my uncle stayed behind on the Rock. They told me later that they worked here as ‘blackout guards’, who patrolled the streets to ensure that curtains were drawn and no lights were visible through any cracks.” ERNEST BORREL Ernest Borrel the celebrated
grandfather of local angling was evacuated to London in 1940. “We went from the frying pan into the fire. I was only seven years old and from my evacuation trip, I remember that our meals consisted of a tin of corned beef, sardines and a loaf of bread. We were confined to cabins and had a little kettle so we made coffee and tea. There was no dining room on board as it was a merchant steamer”
Kensington at the height of bombing raids into London. I remember that after the air ‘Battle of Britain’ there were many more British aircraft shot down than what the official figure for losses declared.” When Joe came back to the Rock, he was eighteen and he enlisted for the GDF. His story of VE day celebrations was featured on the 70th anniversary feature in this “Most of the war, we spent near publication. we embarked at Gun Wharf. The twenty four -hour trip was trip was followed by a ten day stay at Casablanca in a disused and derelict night club sort of building. After three weeks we were bussed to Safir, a fishing port and then we were returned to Gibraltar. We finally embarked bound for Liverpool, an epic trip, which took eighteen days.”
“When we got to London we spent a lot of time in air raid shelters and the underground. There was no peace at all. My mother was English and my granny lived in Surrey so we applied to move to Surrey with her. Eventually, we had a peaceful war in Surrey although we were bombed at the Grafton Hotel in London. The houses around the hotel were hit but we all survived. I came back here in 1945.” JOE BISHOP Joe Bishop and his family embarked on the ‘Mohamed al Kibir’ bound for Casablanca. “I was only fourteen and GLOBE MAGAZINE JUNE 2015 27
Clive Martinez on The Evacuation Like so many WW2 stories, recollections about the Gibraltarian evacuation to the UK and other places are sometimes repeated. Invariably politicians’ and officials’ names are (deservedly so) mentioned six to the dozen. However, at the same time, unpretentious citizen Joe Bloggs’ more than worthy efforts during those difficult times go by unnoticed…One such `Joe Bloggs’ was John Martinez! in arranging nursery and school attendance for the children and was constantly on hand to assist with whatever problem, big or small, arose. I remember we also had carpentry workshops so the children were kept busy. I recall all my Christmas presents – one was a wheelbarrow and another, a luggage cart - were made in that workshop.”
Text by Richard Cartwright
There was much in the way of ‘to-ing’ and ‘fro-ing’ for Gibraltarian evacuees during the 2nd World War: Women, children and the elderly were shipped to places like, Morocco, Madeira, Jamaica and more prominently London and Northern Ireland. Stories about the hardships and yearning for a return to the Rock emanated from all of those places and are still reminisced about today. Retired Gaming Consultant, Clive Martinez, who was born during the war in 1942 in Romford Essex, didn’t return to the Rock with his family until December 1951 - probably one of the last groups to come back, “That’s right, and the reason for that was because my father, John Martinez, wanted to stay on in Northern Ireland first, and then in London, to help out with the Gibraltarian evacuees that were living in those places. In Northern Ireland, there was a Captain Bateman-Fox, who was the warden in charge of the camp. He was a good man, who was sent there by the British Government as a sort of liaison officer for the camp. It must be recalled that in those days, very 28 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
few Gibraltarian women could speak English so there was some difficulty in communicating and problems started to brew. Also, Irish women were employed as cooks and the diet was not what the Gibraltarian women and children were used to and the women went up in arms!” There were other issues too
that needed addressing and that’s where Clive’s father, John, became involved. He became the interlocutor, if you like, between the warden and the evacuees. Gibraltarian women were thus employed in the kitchen and ‘better’ or more ‘appropriate’ food was dished up. “He was also instrumental
John Martinez was a keen artist and painted picture postcards for Christmas and at other times which the women would send home to their husbands. He even added little bits of wood depicting the Nissen huts at the camp. Many women were illiterate and Mr Martinez would spend many hours writing letters for the women and reading out their husbands’ replies to them. But it didn’t end there. “Oh no, he would paint the scenery and backdrops for concerts, which he organised, and were put on by the camp’s residents. He even arranged to have a projector brought in and we watched news of the war and cartoons.” John’s time, spent helping those in the camp went further and all the residents were very appreciative of his help. He was the one to turn to when any sort of issue arose.
Clive continues, “There was one boy, who had to appear before a juvenile court for stealing apples and my dad had to represent him and translate the proceedings. In another incident, a man returned home very drunk and proceeded to take out all the items of furniture from one of the huts and set them on fire! My dad tried to prevent him being sent to prison.” John Martinez had his work cut out
during those years but Clive tells me he did it all out of the goodness of his heart and for the betterment of the camp’s population. The evacuees were eventually moved back to London and were put up in a hostel of sorts where bits of rope and blankets were used to screen off sections of the rooms in order to provide each family with
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those remaining. He somehow felt he would be abandoning those left behind. Some families decided to stay in London and my father was given a council house in Loughton Essex but, his heart was in Gibraltar and in December 1951 we returned, under our own steam paying our own way, travelling overland by train through France and Spain. It was short of a nightmare travelling by train in those 4
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days! As was the case with some families, on our return, we found no accommodation and had to share a flat in ‘Humphries’ with two other families. My dad was lucky to get a job in the accounts department of a local firm but he died just three years after his return in 1954. He was only 52.” Whilst still working for the evacuees in London, John Martinez received recognition 7
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for his work from the British Government and was presented to King, George V and Queen Elizabeth on the 21st June 1949. It struck me that Clive treasures an understandable grievance about the fact that no recognition was received here, then or since, from the Gibraltar authorities for all those years of dedication to such a worthy cause in assisting all of those
Gibraltarian families through their hardships away from home. “You know, many are decorated these days for this or that and whilst not wanting to demerit their efforts, I would like to see some form of recognition afforded to my father, posthumously of course, for his work all those years ago. I t was not done whilst he was alive but I’m sure it’s not too late to offer some recognition
for what he did. That would be nice.” Well, I think that would be a wonderful idea. Perhaps the new Elderly Care Agency’s wing being set up at the old Saint Bernard’s could be named after John Martinez where some of those going to live there, may remember him…There’s some food for thought!
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The Evacuation of the Gibraltarian Civilian Population in 1940 Gibraltar has through the ages suffered sieges and difficulties but according to the local population, the one that caused the greatest anxiety was the evacuation of the civilian population of Gibraltar during World War II for reasons of defence The evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War II was an event, which dramatically changed the lives of Gibraltarians and Gibraltar as a whole. The British Government’s decision to enforce mass evacuation from the then Crown Colony of Gibraltar, in order to increase the strength of The Rock with more British Armed Forces personnel, meant that most Gibraltarians (some for up to ten years) had nowhere to call home. Only those civilians with essential jobs were allowed to stay. However, this event gave the entire community a heightened sense of “Britishness” by sharing in the war effort. In early June 1940, about 13,500 evacuees were shipped
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WW2 Gibraltar Evacuees Memorial
to Casablanca in French Morocco. However, following the capitulation of the French to the Germans, in June 1940, the new Pro-German French Vichy Government found the presence of Gibraltarian evacuees in Casablanca an embarrassment and sought an opportunity to remove them. That opportunity
soon arose when 15 British cargo ships arrived under Commodore Crichton; they were repatriating 15,000 French servicemen, who had been evacuated from Dunkirk. Once the rescued servicemen had disembarked, the ships were interned until they agreed to take away all the evacuees. Although Crichton was unable
to obtain permission to clean and restock his ships (and contrary to British Admiralty orders, which forbade the taking on of evacuees), when he saw the mass of civilians pouring through the dockyards, he opened up his gangways for boarding. Just recently, (on 3rd July 1940), the British fleet had destroyed a number of French warships at Mers el-Kebir, in order to prevent them being handed over to the Germans. The attacks killed thousands of French sailors and led to high tension between the British and the French, which was evident when Gibraltarian families were forced at bayonet point by French troops to board, taking only what they could carry, leaving many possessions behind. However, when they arrived at
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A Catalina flies by the North Front of the Rock as it leaves Gibraltar on a patrol (March 1942)
Gibraltar, the Governor would not allow them to land, fearing that once the evacuees were back on the Rock, it would be virtually impossible to evacuate them a second time. Crowds gathered in John Mackintosh
Square in the centre of Gibraltar as the news broke, speeches were made and two City Councillors accompanied by the Acting President of the Exchange and Commercial Library went to see the Governor (Sir Clive Liddell)
Evacuee Camp, Jamaica. Group of Gibraltar Evacuees
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to ask that the evacuees be allowed to land. After receiving instructions from London, a landing was allowed as long as the evacuees returned when other ships arrived to take them away from the Rock, and by 13th Jamaica
July, the re-evacuation back to Gibraltar had been completed. British conservative politician Oliver Stanley agreed to accept the evacuees in the United Kingdom, but he argued with
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1941 - Madeira Bus Picnic to Santo da Serra
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Gibraltar over the number of people involved. The Governor, he declared, had given the number of evacuees first as 13,000, then as 14,000 and finally as 16,000. He asked for the situation to be clarified, stressing the shortage of accommodation in Britain and insisting that only 13,000 could be accepted, 2,000 of whom were to be sent to the Prtuguese Atlantic island of Madeira. The situation, replied General Liddell on 19th July, “is that this is a fortress liable to heave and immediate attack and there should be no civilians here whereas there are 22,000. The 13,000 was the number sent to Morocco, and more would have been sent had the situation there not altered.� In London,
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the evacuees were placed in the hands of the Ministry of Health, and many were housed in the Kensington area. Concern for them in Gibraltar mounted as the air raids against London intensified, coupled with the
arrival of harrowing letters, describing the circumstances in which the evacuees were living By September 1940, rumours were already circulating among the evacuees, and in Gibraltar,
that the possibility of reevacuating the Gibraltarians once more was being mooted, this time the destination being Jamaica in the West Indies. After much contention, it was decided to send a party directly from Gibraltar to the island, and 1,093 evacuees left for Jamaica direct on 9th October 1940, with more following later on. However, petitions followed and the demands were met, partly for strategic reasons and the lack of available shipping. The situation at the end of 1940, therefore, was that approximately 2,000 evacuees were in Jamaica and a lesser number in Madeira, with the bulk of around 10,000 housed in the London area and later Northern Ireland.
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Electricidad Pedreras If it’s to do with anything electric, be it installations, networks, gadgets, the whole technology involved and the professional individuals to deal with all of that... ‘Electricidad Pedredas’ is the leading company to go to anywhere in the surrounding area simply because they are...the best!
Text by Richard Cartwright
Electricidad Pedreras has existed since 1992, initially situated in Calle Pedreras, ‘Pedreras’ Street in La Linea – hence the company name. They are now situated in much larger premises at 15, Zabal Bajo also in La Linea. Owner and Managing Director, Antonio Moral tells us he’s always been anxious to follow a philosophy and work ethic to improve, day by day, the service he offers his customers: the services the company provides have been officially 40 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
approved by the Spanish industry ministry concerning electricity, telecommunications and Plumbing.
Coming up with solutions for its customers, carrying out works on time to agreed budgets, being creative, having a
professional team and the latest technology in each sector where jobs are undertaken, allows them to be the best in the electrical business in the Campo de Gibraltar. But very much borne in mind, Sr. Moral informs us, is his commitment to safety precautions and risk prevention... This, he says, is one of the mainstays of his company to the point of permanently having a professional ‘risks in the work place’ assessor on board, who periodically addresses managerial staff on technical and safety issues. The company has
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its own Health and Safety rules, which are strictly adhered to, always in line with what’s required by law. Electricidad Pedreras is very conscious of keeping up with the times and that’s why the company has added to the services they provide, with regard to, ‘all things electrical.’ They now offer a whole range of services from installing information technology networks, telecom42 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
munications, CCTV, burglar and fire alarms, preventative maintenance programmes, complete maintenance for any kind of business be it insurance companies, commercial, small and medium concerns, communities and urbanisations – all serviced by the best technicians and equipment attending to your needs in record time and at very competitive terms. Fermax and Golmar are mar-
ket leaders of automatic intercoms and video intercoms for the whole of Cadiz and they too, have Electricidad Pedreras as their ‘Servicio Tecnico Oficial’ – they are, their official technical installers of their systems, speaking of which makes Electricidad Pedreras the market leader in this area because of the continual investment in the latest technology. Through thermal imaging, they are able to quickly detect ‘hot
spots’ and pinpoint faults and defects. With the help of Infra red cameras they’re able to gain access and inspect electrical ducts and channels. Other ultra sound equipment will search out water and gas leaks. They also provide cameras to investigate drain and other pipes and awkward crevices and dehumidifier apparatus to sort out damp walls...But there’s more... Not just are they installers of intercoms but also lay fibre op-
tic and data information networks, CCTV and other related systems. Since 2002 and eager to improve and expand the service they provide, they’ve brought on board the most prestigious insurance companies in the business. In the last three years they’ve been awarded and named the best repair company in the whole of Spain by Allianz Global Assistance... ‘Pedreras’
, is also fully committed to all environmental concerns, to the innovation of sustained environmental development and follow the latest studies and technology available towards this end... Antonio Moral says, that LED lighting is the way ahead for energy saving and soon ordinary bulbs and fluorescents will be on the way out, and also pointing out you’d be saving between 65 and 80% in electricity bills.
To conclude...Electricidad Pederas has, since 2005, also been running a multiservice department mindful of the need in the market to offer a complete service to those insured companies. It’s a service that’s offered to professionals, land owners, small and medium sized businesses and to larger industrial enterprises...Services on offer include, complete electrical maintenance, plumbing, drain unblocking, carpentry,
locksmith service, bricklaying and painting, window installing and waterproofing. Electricidad Pedreras is situated at Carretera del Zabal 15, in La Linea de la Concepcion. They can be contacted on +34 956 171023 or by email- mail. moral@epsi.es . Electricidad Pedreras are opened Mondays to Fridays from 08:00 to 20:30 hours and Saturdays from 10:00 till 14:00 GLOBE MAGAZINE JUNE 2015 43
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Inauguration of “Pollos Hermanos” in Devil’s Tower Road
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Pollos Hermanos Not exactly brothers but certainly the best of friends! Together, along with third partner Jesus Ruiz, they operate a new outlet...When fancying a roast chicken ‘take away’ a large, juicy meal is surely what you crave for...’Pollos Hermanos’ is the place to satisfy your wish... Simply because, they just happen to be the best! Text by Richard Cartwright Photographs by Skye Montegriffo
“The competition out there can’t really compete with what we have to offer. Our chickens are larger making them juicier and tastier just like the ones you get from across the border,” Neil Victory and Kailan Perez eagerly point out, “Add to that the fact we receive two deliveries every day ensuring their freshness for our customers to enjoy: one delivery before nine in the morning and another just before closing at three ready for our evening clientele. Gonzalez Butchers at the market provide us with those top quality fresh chickens.” The partnership already runs a very successful chicken takeaway kiosk opposite Water Gardens situated on the pavement in Waterport Road – it’s, ‘Pollo Loco,’ you can’t miss it. Now this new venture has been up and running for a few weeks now and doing very well... “You might think we’re out of the way in Devil’s Tower Road but if you think about it, this is an industrial area with hungry workers all around, summer’s here and we’re on the way to the beach and back home when you may not feel like cooking and very importantly, the new estate at Eastern Beach will come on stream soon and we expect the tunnel underneath the 46 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
runway will open also, so this will be a very busy area,” the boys remind me. The takeaway is situated on the ground floor of Northview Terrace, bang opposite St Teresa’s Church and church goers get hungry too! On offer at ‘Pollos Hermanos’, they have a variety of scrumptious meals like the one and a half kilo, juicy chicken and fresh chips (their chickens are never dry and very flavoursome), hamburgers, chicken and beef pinchitos and a selection of pork and chicken rolls served with garlic, curry, ‘mojo picon’, with egg, cheese and bacon, ‘pimientos’ fritos, salads and much more. Soft drinks, tea, coffee, infusions, hot chocolate toast and sandwiches are also included in their menu... Apart from monthly special offers, there is a, ‘Pollos Hermanos’ speciality: fried chicken done the ‘Brothers’ way in a professional, deep pressure fryer in fact, all their kitchen equipment is top class and spotless... “Yes, and we’re also introducing large slices of bread with a choice of pate, Manteca colora, (as we tend to say here), and oil and tomato, just like what you get in the hinterland....and soon to come,” the boys are keen to announce, “We’ll be offering 10 and 22 piece family or beach buckets
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not unlike the KFC version, which will provide a great choice snack so that you can enjoy ‘pollo frito fresco’ on the beach!”
touch of the wild west in its decor (name taken from Mexican themed TV series)... To boot, Neil and Kailan are top guys...!!
Jose Luis is the wizard, ‘main man’ brought over from Los Barrios preparing and cooking those unforgettable tasty, spit roast chickens (constantly adding juices), and other food assisted by Amparo, Dario and Manolo – Paco, looks after ‘Pollo Loco,’ in Watergardens – a great team who, by all accounts are going to be kept very busy in the weeks and months to come and beyond...’Pollo Hermanos’ is a pleasant airy, venue on Devil’s Tower Rd, which has a
So do you fancy something nice?? Give ‘Pollos Hermanos’ a ring on 200 71600 to find out more. They’re open seven days a week from 8 till 3 and 7 till 10pm and savour a real chicken takeaway...They’re really fresh, and incredibly juicy!
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Pollos Hermanos is situated at 15B Northview Terrace, Devil’s Tower Road (Opposite Saint Theresa’s Church), TEL: 200 71600
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Hard’n’Heavy Celebrating 10 years of Rock on the Rock
A Music Festival is a festival oriented towards music that is most times presented with a theme such as a music genre. Commonly held outdoors in summertime, they are often inclusive of other attrac-
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tions such as food and drinks and merchandise vending, performance art and social activities. 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the ‘Rock on The
Rock Club’ and Alan and Gina Alman have decided to jump on the concert-band wagon and celebrate the occasion in a grand scale; the organisation of a one-day music festival at the Lathbury Barracks Retrenchment Block on 27TH June.
gel Wings’ and the ‘young pretenders’ to the local Heavy Metal throne, ‘Midriff ’, provide the remainder of the acts and the essence of a very good balanced festival, where all subgenres of Heavy/hard Rock are more than catered for.
Entitled HARD’N’HEAVY, it is a festival, as the name suggests, which pays tribute, not only to the music genre that is the whole essence of the ‘Rock on the Rock’ Club ethos, but also to the many volunteers, members and supporters, present and past, who have helped build the ‘Rock on the Rock Club’ into the cult icon it is today; a celebration of ten years of providing live heavy rock music entertainment in Gibraltar and lending opportunities to musicians from both sides of the border to have premises to call their own and where they can perform to the general public.
Alan explains, “There were some difficulties in the actual allocation of the international acts at first with actually having to confer and deal with agents, dates and bookings. Remember summer is the high season for outdoor festivals and most top bands are touring at the time so a lot of negotiating had to be done before actually signing on the dotted line; the proverbial, crossing of the ‘t’s and dotting of the ‘i’s! But our intention has always been to offer the local musicians the opportunity to share the big stage with top professional bands in front of a capacity crowd. It’s our way of saying ‘Thank-You’ to our members” Even though Saxon and Skindred are from opposite sides of the Heavy spectrum, the festival definitely brings in the ‘HARD’N’HEAVY’ theme with a vengeance.
Enough said, let’s get down to the ‘nitty - gritty’ of the festival in hand! Globe Magazine met up with a bubbly and enthusiastic Alan Alman in order for him to give us an insight into what he had in mind. Both Gina and Alan have bet heavily and played the high stakes in this festival; they have literally put their money where the mouth is and Alan is confident that the legions of Heavy Rock fans (both local and from across the border) will descend upon the venue on June 27th to make it into a successful event. The concert is being headlined by two top British heavyweights, ‘Saxon’ and ‘Skindred’ and Alan’s own band, ‘Come in Leon’, will feature in
Biff Byford
Dead City Radio the extensive line-up of Heavy Rock entertainment together with Spanish bands, ‘Overdry’ from Jerez and ‘Tragic Com-
pany’ from Estepona, respectively, no strangers to the Club themselves; local bands, ‘Dead City Radio’, ‘Soul Within’, ‘An-
Sub-headline act, SKINDRED is a Welsh Rock band formed in Newport, South Wales in 1998. Their musical style mixes heavy metal, alternative rock, reggae and punk. Skindred are well-known for their energetic and involving live performances, and have won several awards including “Best Live Band” at the 2011 UK Metal Hammer ‘Golden Gods’ awards and the ‘Devotion Award’ at the 2011 Kerrang AWARDS. Headliners, Saxon need no GLOBE MAGAZINE JUNE 2015 53
around like Thor’s hammer and jumps up and down, the interaction with the audience being never-ending, while the rest of the band performs like a very tight unit. The way guitar player, Doug Scarratt plays the six-stringer reminds me of the 70’s while bassist Nibbs Carter, drummer, Nigel Glocker and founder member, guitarist Paul Quinn make the Saxon live sound awesome!
introduction to the brotherhood of metal heads. Formed in 1976 in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley, Biff Byford and the boys were one of the original members of the aptly labelled ‘NWOBHM’ (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) club, which along with the likes of fellow metal bands, Iron Maiden, Motorhead and Judas Priest to name but a few, broke into the music scene in the late 1970’s to put a stop to the depressive strangle-hold of Punk sub-culture, which was dominating and decimating the music scene at the time. Saxon have established themselves as one of Europe’s biggest Metal Acts (TOP DRAW material). The band tours regularly and over the years have sold over 15 million albums worldwide. They are considered one of the classic metal acts and in Biff Byford, they posses one of the best band leaders in heavy metal...it’s about charisma! Sometimes singers age like fine wine and Biff is no exception! On stage, he shakes his head 54 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
The band generally play a good mix of epic tunes but the classic standards such as “Play it loud”, “Rock’n’Roll Gypsy”, “Denim And Leather”, “Princess of the Night”, “Motorcycle Man”, the incredible “The Eagle Has Landed”, “Dallas 1 P.M.” and the classics: “And The Bands Played On”, “Strong Arm Of The Law”, “Crusader” and “Wheels Of Steel”, Saxon’s trademarks, will definitely, in my opinion, make this festival one of heavy metal’s better events, not to be missed!
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Tickets cost £30.00, which reflects the quality of the show in prospect. Doors will open at midday and bands will be onstage as from 1pm all the way through till midnight. There will be a bar and BBQ, merchandising and refreshments and a myriad of heavy metal/rock acts to make the event a memorable one. So congratulations to Alan and Gina for having the foresight, courage and vision to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Rock on the Rock Club in such style. At Globe Magazine, we wish them all the best in their venture – A Hard/Heavy Rock Festival on the Rock!
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The Sixth Gibraltar International Song Festival
Review by Joe Adambery Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja
A Festival music gala of well-rounded entertainment value, with good songs and good singers and which lifted a near capacity audience at
the Tercentenary Hall to a happy place. A place, which judging by the superlatives that were being exchanged as they were leaving the hall, will ensure that the song festivals still belong in our hearts and this community
is, in no doubt that we can do them very well. The team behind the production of the Song Festival have taken it forward again and this time it will be a hard act to follow, even for them. Fourteen songs
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As it turned out, the upbeat German /Spanish entry ‘Love Is’ sung by Spanish singer Mo Anton, who opened the show with it, took the top prize (£4,000). Song number fourteen, the Irish entry ‘Efron Style’ sung by Hannah Hawkshaw took the third prize (£1,000). First in and last out could affected the judging, but they certainly had a tough job to select three winners
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from a very good bunch of songs and everybody was in general agreement that the second prize (£2,000), a Spanish entry sung by Ana Maria Morales, ‘Que te Tengo Que Olvidar’, was a wellplaced runner up. The only local song in the bunch was a strong ballad ‘I want my Paradise’ by Denis Valerga and Levi Attias, which was sung by
Giles Ramirez to the delight of the home crowd. There were also songs from Cuba, France, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela. Good sound and great musical arrangements helped the strong contenders to stand out although singers had to contend with background dancers on many songs and it was a relief to see them own the stage when our attention
was not diverted to the busy choreography at times. Yes, the dancing was elegant and our new golden boy, Jonathan Lutwyche, showed his class, but when you had the two (most welcome) and informative LED panels displaying country Flags and song titles, the festival logo in stage centre rear and a singer in front of the dancers, it was
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sometimes hard to concentrate on the songs. On the plus side, the ‘little dancers’ lifted up the Reggae song from France ‘Follow Me,’ so it was swings and roundabouts. A delicate balance has to be restored for the next one, but Joe Cortez the shows’ producer will have taken note, after all the show keeps improving every time.
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After the interval, ‘Bjorn Again’ the amazing Abba tribute band, turned the hall into a dance party with a great selection of legendary hit songs sung live and very well, while the Judges chaired by Tim Knight (UK), Guillermo Albelo (Spain), Pancho Campo(Chile) and our own Philip Valverde deliberated
on the winners. They missed a good show and Abba left the Song Festival on a higher pedestal than Gypsy Kings and Kid Creole did previously, so the great challenge for Joe Carseni and the Festival committee is to beat the 2015 edition. The
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Gibraltar International Song Festival has become, now easily rivals the Miss Gibraltar contest and I’m sure that many will join me in wishing that this growing success continues and the good music that singers and song writers produce will continue to win the day. This time the music did it for me.
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H.M. Customs Passing Out Parade
Photographs by Dominique Martinez-Lopez www.gibraltarfocus.com
The first new H.M. Customs recruits passed out after an extremely competitive recruitment
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process, which saw them saw them selected from a pool of 600. The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo and the Governor, Sir James Dutton, both were
in attendance at the ceremony family members, “I don’t see held at GRAND Battery Hou- those individuals anymore at all, what I see proudly standing se. out there are thirty-three CusCollector of Customs, John toms Officers now and I am Rodriguez, addressed the very, very proud of what they group of proud parents and have sone.”
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The Best Recipes of our Cuisine
Fish Taco Salad
fish) - 2 tsp cumin powder - 1 tsp chilli
do, sliced - ½ cup sour cream - hot sauce
powder - ½ tsp each salt and pepper
(optional)
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed - zest and juice from 2 organic limes zest and juice from 1 organic orange - 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup - 1 cup
SERVES: 3 - 4
salad greens or ½ head iceberg lettu-
PREPARATION: 10 minutes
ce - 1 cup sauerkraut or fermented
COOKING: 10 minutes
beets (beetroot) - ½ cup red onion, fi-
INGREDIENTS: 2 tbsp coconut oil or
nely chopped - 2 tbsp coriander, finely
butter - 500 g snapper (or any white
chopped - 2 tomatoes, diced - 1 avoca-
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How to make it 1. Melt the butter or coconut oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. 2. Sprinkle fish with cumin, chilli powder, salt, pepper and garlic cloves, making sure that both sides are well spiced. Add fish to the pan and fry until cooked through, approximately
3-4 minutes each side. Remove from the heat, top with orange and lime zest and the juice of 1 lime. Drizzle with the honey or maple syrup and set aside. 3. Divide lettuce cups or greens onto plates. Top with desired amount of sauerkraut or beetroot, onion, coriander, tomatoes, avocado and fish. Squeeze the rest of the orange and lime juice over top and garnish with sour cream and hot sauce.
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What’s Happening Down Town? Evacuation Commemorative Day Special Reception at Grand Battery House Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja
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Lifting your spirits be used to relax, prepare for difficult situations and help to develop the use of each of the seven tools. The flexibility of the guide allows for other audio material to be incorporated into the programme as you decide how best to move along on your journey and there are many recordings around that would fit the bill.
Text by Mark Montovio
Lifting your Spirits: Seven Tools for Coping with Illness, is published by The Janki Foundation for Global Health Care. Written by Jan Alcoe, a writer and facilitator in health and social care, and edited by Dr Craig Brown, the guide which is accompanied by two CDs, is invaluable, and one of its kind. Beautifully illustrated by Lou Beckerman, the guide has been designed for people coping with illness, disability and injury, although it can clearly be of benefit to long-term carers and healthcare professionals, who may want to find ways of nurturing themselves during difficult times. Jan used the seven tools during her recent treatment for cancer and also drew on insights shared by friends of their own ways of coping with illness. She considered the views of the healthcare colleagues and practitioners who supported her on her journey and the guide
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is the result of these shared experiences. When faced with serious illness we often lose control of our situation and find ourselves powerless and helpless. As life continues out there for everybody else, we become patients, and whilst we see everyone racing around us, we enter the world of waiting. Waiting for an appointment, waiting for results, waiting for the start of treatment, waiting for the end of treatment,
waiting for a way out … Illness however can often present us with opportunities that would not have come to us in any other way, and accepting the situation positively, can often create a new sense of balance and inner strength as we learn to develop personal strengths and qualities we may have been quite unaware of. The audio CDs contain simple, guided visualisations, poetry, stories and songs that can
The guide makes no apology for focusing on the development of spiritual values. Using the seven tools can help individuals explore those innermost qualities that give meaning to their life, and their subsequent expression, can lead either to developing a sense of peace with the universe, nature, or a higher consciousness, or to reinforcing religious faith and practice. Jan shares some of her thoughts under a section called ‘Reflections’ at the end of each chapter. ‘Many people, including healthcare practitioners, used negative words to describe my cancer treatments and possible
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side effects – for example, ‘toxic’ and ‘burning’. I decided to visualise the treatments as being gentle and healing. I sensed each beam of radiotherapy as a shaft of sunshine, penetrating my body in a kindly way. I felt my skin as cool and intact, without inflammation. I saw the chemotherapy as a beautiful golden liquid supporting my body to heal itself and dissolving cells which were not helpful to my well being. I imagined my vein opening in acceptance to it, without difficulty or irritation. I practised seeing myself undergoing my treatments in a calm and light-hearted way, with all the supports I needed around me.’ Practising the tools can help to
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develop a sense of appreciation which can often be crucial as part of the healing process. I remember when my first cornea transplant began rejecting during a visit to India eight months after happily living within my skin. On my return when I eventually went to the clinic to get it checked, the specialists were ready to start the process to replace it and simultaneously began a very aggressive treatment to delay the rejection. At that time, as a result of my growing spiritual awareness, which included being thankful for my lot in life and appreciating that this ‘episode of rejection’ as I later learnt to call it, was a test, provided me with the opportunity for me to integrate my thoughts. I focussed on
accepting whatever the outcome was to be and continued to engage with life with energy and gratitude, being thankful for the support I was being given, grateful for having received the cornea from a donor in the first place, and appreciative of the fact that my life was full of joy. Within three days, the cornea totally recovered and was embraced once again by my body, much to the surprise of the medical practitioners who compared the before and after scans with disbelief.
course does not promise a cure to any ailment but it does give an assurance that changing our perceptions, attitudes, and way of life as a result of our illness, can unlock the most amazing qualities and provide a way ahead through periods of difficulty. As each day in our life brings opportunities for us to learn about ourselves and grow, each day of ill-health is a reminder that time is not still and that we can chose to drift away or surf the waves connecting with ourselves and others in the process.
Lifting your Spirits is a must have guide for anyone wanting to regain control of their life during periods of ill health, anxiety or depression. The guide of
Lifting your Spirits can be purchased from ‘Butterfly’ at 4 John Mackintosh Square, where other audio material is also available.
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Gala Concert Winners 2015 Photographs by Reuben Avellano www.gibraltarfocus.com
Tuesday 12th May 2015 at the Convent Ballroom Festival Adjudications by Dr Douglas Coombes MBE
THE CHIEF MINISTER’S TROPHY
THE WILLIAM GOMEZ GUITAR
THE TERE FACIO MEMORIAL
THE VALMAR CLINIC TROPHY
(presented by: Mr Gilbert Licudi)
TROPHY (presented by: H.E. The Go-
TROPHY (presented by: Charlie Facio)
(presented by: Mr Rosana Teuma)
PRESENTED TO THE MOST
vernor) PRESENTED TO THE MOST
PRESENTED TO THE
PRESENTED TO THE MOST PROMI-
PROMISING SCHOOL ENSEMBLE
PROMISING GUITARIST
MOST PROMISING VOCALIST
SING WOODWIND INSTRUMEN-
Winner: St Joseph’s Middle School
Winner: Izan Guerrero
Winner: Scruton White
TALIST UNDER EIGHTEEN
The adjudicator said: “A highly enter-
The adjudicator said: “You rose to the
The adjudicator said: “This was good
Winner: Maria Santos Floriano
taining and energetic performance with
challenges set by the composer which are
storytelling with great communication
The adjudicator said: “This was musical
plenty of rhythmic variety”
considerable. This is a talent to watch”
and loved the build up of excitement
with a lovely tone, great feeling and
demanded by the story”
captured the mood, very promising”
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THE SAPPHIRE TROPHY
THE MASBRO TROPHY
THE MAHTANI CHARITABLE
THE MOMY LEVY TROPHY
(presented by: Tessa Imossi)
(presented by: Mr David Evans)
TRUST TROPHY (presented by: Mr
(presented by: Mr Momy Levy)
PRESENTED TO THE MOST
PRESENTED TO THE MOST
Suresh Mahtani) OPEN CATEGORY
PRESENTED TO THE MOST
PROMISING PIANIST
PROMISING PIANIST
TROPHY. THIS YEAR PRESENTED TO
PROMISING BRASS INSTRUMENTA-
UNDER TWELVE
UNDER EIGHTEEN
Winner: Jasmine Mahtani and Grace
LIST UNDER EIGHTEEN
Winner: Aryan Dhanwani
Winner: Jose Partal Escalona
Ferrary
Winner: Eduardo Jaen Romero
The adjudicator said: “A truly delight-
The adjudicator said: “This was difficult
The adjudicator said: “This was quite
The adjudicator said: “Some lively crisp
ful performance with lovely style and
music but played with understanding
a performance with very good rapport
playing with good tone and played with
understanding of the music”
and some truly brilliant moments”
between the two players”
confidence.”
THE GIBMAROC TROPHY
THE GIBAIR TROPHY
THE KHUBCHAND
THE CASTIEL WINSER TROPHY &
(presented by: H.E. The Governor)
(presented by: H.E. The Governor )
£100 BURSARY (presented by: H.E.
£300 BURSARY (presented by: Maxine)
PRESENTED TO THE MOST PROMI-
PRESENTED TO THE MOST PRO-
The Governor ) PRESENTED TO
PRESENTED TO THE MOST PROMI-
SING VOCALIST UNDER EIGHTEEN
MISING ADULT PERFORMER
THE MOST VIBRANT VOCALIST
SING STRING INSTRUMENTALIST
Winner: Ana Sharma
Winner: Amparo Gata Diaz
Winner: Elisha Lang
UNDER EIGHTEEN
The adjudicator said: “This had a lovely
The adjudicator said: “Great fun and
The adjudicator said: “Very good stage pre-
Winner: Javier Serrano Santaella
start, with good intonation, you immediately
captured the mood of this eccentric com-
sentation, you know how to tell a story and
“Splendid opening, full of verve with a nice
convinced me that you believed every word.”
poser; a delightful performance”
you have a powerful voice in the making”
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THE CHARLES GOMEZ & Co TRO-
THE EY TROPHY & £300 BURSARY
PHY & £300 BURSARY (presented
(presented by: Mr Jose Julio Pisharello)
by: H.E. The Governor )
THIS IS PRESENTED TO THE
THIS IS PRESENTED TO THE MOST
MOST PROMISING INSTRUMEN-
PROMISING JUNIOR UNDER TWELVE
TALIST UNDER EIGHTEEN
Winner: Luke McCullough
Winner: Ignacio Canto Lazaro
The adjudicator said: “This was very
The adjudicator said: “Confident player
promising playing, a good sense of
with a good rich tone and good techni-
played with understanding”
THE GIBRALTAR YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR TROPHY
que developing.”
Sponsored by Events Unlimited (presented by: H.E. The Governor) And a cash prize of £500 sponsored by Allegro Music Productions
Winner: Oliver Barras
The adjudicator said: “A real talent in the making. Though a young player, the potential is great”
THE ELENA COBB JAZZ TROPHY (presented by: Mrs Elena Cobb) PRESENTED TO THE MOST PROMISING JAZZ PERFORMER (in the specialist category) Winner: Karizma Daswani (The adjudicator said: “This was a musical THE HASSANS SHIELD & £600 BURSARY (presented by: MrVikram Nagrani) THIS IS PRESENTED TO THE MOST PROMISING MUSICIAN UNDER EIGHTEEN Winner : Darius Oliva
performance full of charm with the piano and guitar balancing nicely”) and Renna Nagrani (The adjudicator said: “Fantastic performance with beautiful dynamics and confidence in your playing”)
The adjudicator said: “This was well
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SARY TROPHY (presented by: Mr Momy Levy) PRESENTED TO THE ADJUDICATOR’S CHOIOCE Winner: Jasmine and Johan Mahtani The adjudicator said: “This was a musi-
phrased, musical and quite stylish. Loved the rubato you introduced as well as
THE MOMY LEVY 10TH ANIVER-
Special guest performer, Andrea Simpson accompanied by Liz Heath on piano. When I Need You, When You Tell Me That You Love Me, One Moment In Time, by Albert Hammond
cal performance full of charm with the piano and guitar balancing nicely.”
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The Adjudicators Festival Adjudicatior: Dr Douglas Coombes MBE
Douglas Coombes is known to many
paniments that bring the pieces to life.
in education, whether as teachers or
I want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU
as pupils and he has recently initiated
to all teachers around the world, who are
the School’s Music Association Guild
already using my music in their lessons.
of Adjudicators and Workshop Presen-
For more information visit www.elena-
ters. He has always striven to combine
cobb.com.
Festival Accompanist: Liz Heat
music education with a sense of enjoyment and fun and this is frequently apparent when working with youngs-
The music adjudicator, Dr Douglas Coombes, MBE, awarded trophies, medals and certificates in all classes over the festival weekend and ‘The Albert Hammond Shields’ and ‘the Allegro Trophies’ at the School Festival Day. Douglas has been an adjudicator member of ‘The British and International Federation of Festivals’, since he was Assistant Music Advisor for Norfolk in 1963 adjudicating all over the UK and in Hong Kong, fitting it in around all his other activities, which included school workshops, choir and conducting clinics, writing and composing and a twenty year stint as producer and broadcaster of such BBC radio programmes as ‘Singing Together’ and ‘Time and Tune’. His prolific output has included much material for young people to sing and play. He is consultant to and
ters in Festivals – whether competitive
ned for my students to go from ‘Twinkle-
or non-competitive. Commencing in
Twinkle Little Star’ to Rachmaninoff and
the mid 1990s, he became a member
Chopin without losing interest. To get
of the Board of ‘The British and Inter-
them to stay focused, and inspire them
national Federation of Festivals’, in his
to practice at home, I composed jazzy,
capacity as Chairman of the Adjudica-
child-orientated tunes and they loved
tors’ Council. He relinquished this po-
them! I want to share it with you! Kee-
sition in 2013, when pressure of work
ping in mind that piano practice can be
prevented him spending sufficient time
lonely, I have recorded a play-along CD
on BIFF matters, though he remains a
that gives the beginner an opportunity to
staunch supporter of the Festival mo-
feel like a bandleader and a star!
vement. All tunes from my Higgledy Piggledy Jazz He has conducted countless choral and
for piano are interactive with other ins-
orchestral concerts in major concert
trumental books in the series - check out
halls and in the grounds of many sta-
my site where you can preview and listen
tely homes with the New English Con-
to every tune. If you have more advan-
cert Orchestra which he founded in
ced students, you might be interested to
1988. He also undertakes considerable
have a look at my pieces for aspiring pia-
in-service training for teachers. He has
nists from the book ‘Blue River’ and the
recently been honoured to have been
newest edition ‘Arabia Étude-Tableaux’
awarded an MBE for services to music.
for piano solo.
Festival Adjudicatior: Elena Cobb Classes
conductor for the BBC TV Songs of Praise ‘School Choirs of the Year’ com-
“Hi, I’m Elena! I am the author of ‘Higgle-
petition, and appears the length and
dy Piggledy Jazz’ series. After many years
breadth of the country in his highly
of studying and teaching, I am convinced
interactive Music Scene presentations
that the child, who is stuck in front of the
in schools.
music is an unhappy child. I was determi-
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My latest book is ‘My Piano Trip to London’ a collection of pieces for beginners that captures the young pianist’s imagination with catchy titles, brilliant illustrations and stickers to decorate the pieces. The pieces are suitable for complete beginners up to two or three terms’ tuition. The secondo duet part has lively accom-
An accomplished pianist, this was the third year that we were delighted to have had Liz Heath accompanying our festival entrants. Liz has performed as a soloist, session musician and in bands for many years. As a musician and teacher, her love of music has taken her all over the world. She enjoys all aspects of music and has been very busy working as accompanist here in Gibraltar for many years now, becoming a familiar face on the local music scene. Liz was very much looking forward to accompanying the performers again at this year’s festival. She has a knack of putting all the young performers at ease, helping them to grow in confidence with each performance.
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Tinnitus: “Ringing in the Ears” Actually Goes Much Deeper Than That Research on tinnitus has shown that it's rooted in the very way we process and understand sound In some of the world’s oldest medical texts, papyrus scrolls from ancient Egypt, clay tablets from Assyria, people complain about noise in their ears. Some of them call it a buzzing. Others describe it as whispering or even singing. Today, we call such conditions tinnitus. In the distant past, doctors offered all sorts of strange cures for it. The Assyrians poured rose extract into the ear through a bronze tube. The Roman writer ‘Pliny the Elder’ suggested that earthworms boiled in goose grease be put in the ear. Medieval Welsh physicians in the town of Myddfai recommended that their patients take a freshly baked loaf of bread out of the oven, cut it in two, “and apply to both ears as hot as can be borne, bind and thus produce perspiration, and by the help of God you will be cured.” Early physicians based these prescriptions on what they believed tinnitus to be. Some were convinced it was caused by wind that got trapped inside the ear and swirled around endlessly, so they tried to liberate the wind by drilling a hole into the bones around the ear or using a silver tube to suck air out of the ear canal. The treatments didn’t work, but they did have an internal logic! Today, tinnitus continues to resist medicine’s best efforts, des80 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
the other end, the higher the tuning of the neurons.
pite being one of the more common medical disorders. Surveys show that between 5 and 15 percent of people say they have heard some kind of phantom noise for six months or more; some 1 to 3 percent say tinnitus lowers their quality of life. Tinnitus can force people to withdraw from their social life, make them depressed, and give them insomnia. Some modern doctors prescribe drugs like lidocaine. Others offer patients cognitive therapy. Some have people listen to certain sounds others apply magnetic pulses to the brain and even implant electrodes in the brain stem. Although many treatments have shown some promise, none is consistently effective. Recent research
suggests why: Tinnitus is a lot more complicated than just a ringing in the ears. It is more like a ringing across the brain. Normally, we hear sounds only when they make our eardrums vibrate. The vibrations cause nerve hairs in the inner ear to shiver, and that triggers electric signals that travel along the auditory nerve into the brain. One of their first stops is a patch of gray matter called the auditory cortex. Each nerve hair is tuned to a particular frequency of sound and excites only certain neurons in the auditory cortex. As a result, the neurons in the auditory cortex form what is known as a tone map. The neurons at one end of the auditory cortex are tuned to low frequencies; the farther you go toward
This sound system comes with an elaborate feedback mechanism. Neurons do more than just relay signals forward into the brain. They also signal back down the line, reaching out to neighbouring neurons tuned to nearby frequencies, exciting some and muzzling others. These feedback controls allow us to sift through incoming sounds for the most important information, so that we are not overwhelmed by meaningless noise. In young brains, the neurons and their feedback controls grow and link up to each other. Even in adulthood, experiencing new sounds can rewire the auditory cortex. If a rat is trained to recognize sounds at a particular frequency, the corresponding region of the tone map will get bigger. Tinnitus arises when this flexibility goes bad. Things may start to go awry when toxic drugs, loud noises, or even whiplash cause damage to the nerve hairs in the ears. The injured nerve hairs can no longer send signals from the ear to the tone map. Bereft of incoming signals, the neurons undergo a peculiar transformation: They start to eavesdrop on their neighbours, firing in response to other frequencies. They even start to fire sometimes without any in-
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coming signals. As the brain’s feedback controls get rewired, the neurons end up in a selfsustaining loop, producing a constant ringing. That is why tinnitus often doesn’t go away when people get their auditory nerve surgically cut!
the brain and into the temporal cortex. This pattern suggests that the network Schlee discovered is important for the full experience of tinnitus. Tinnitus, in other words, extends beyond the ear, beyond a hearing-specialized part of the brain, beyond even any single piece of neural real estate. It is a disease of networks that span the brain.
Christo Pantev
It’s not just the auditory cortex that is affected when people get tinnitus. Neuroscientists, using increasingly sophisticated brain scans, are finding that changes ripple out across the entire brain. Winfried Schlee of the University of Konstanz in Germany and his colleagues have been making some of the most detailed studies of tinnitus ever, using a method called ‘magnetoencephalography’ (MEG, for short). They take advantage of the fact that every time neurons send each other signals, their electric current creates a tiny magnetic field. MEG allows scientists to detect such changing patterns of activity in the brain 100 times per second. Schlee and his colleagues find widespread differences in the brains of people with tinnitus and those without it. A network of regions in the brains of people with tinnitus tends to fire their neurons in sync. Schlee has determined that his tinnitus-stricken subjects have a more synchronized pattern of signals coming out of regions in the front and the back of the brain. (For brain anatomy junkies, they are the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, and anterior cingulate cortex in the front; in the back, they are the precuneus and posterior cingulate cortex.) Schlee and his colleagues also discovered a more strongly synchronized flow of signals coming into the temporal cortex—a region 82 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
Such complexity may explain why so many different tinnitus treatments work, but only modestly: Each attacks just one part of the tinnitus network. Christo Pantev of the University of Münster in Germany and his colleagues, for example, have brought some relief to people with tinnitus by rewiring their tone map. To do so, they edited recordings of music, filtering out the frequencies of the ringing in the ears of their patients, who then listened to the filtered music an average of 12 hours per week. Pantev and his collaborators found that their patients’ tinnitus significantly eased. They also found that the neurons tuned to the tinnitus frequency in the auditory cortex became less active.
that includes the auditory cortex—in people with tinnitus. When Schlee compared people, who suffer a lot of distress from
tinnitus with those who are not much bothered by it, he found that the more distress people felt, the stronger the flow of signals out of the front and back of
The scientists cannot say for sure how the filtered music soothed their patients, but they speculate that the incoming signals encouraged the tone map to change its structure. The overactive, eavesdropping neurons became stifled by their neighbours. Clearly the auditory cortex is just an early stop on the journey that sound takes from the outside world to our awareness. Some neurons in the auditory cortex extend branches down to the brain stem, where they link to a pair of regions called the caudate nucleus and putamen. Those regions may be important
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for processing the signals in several ways, such as categorizing sounds. In 2004, Louis Lowry, an ear-nose-and-throat doctor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, discovered that the caudate and the putamen play an important role in tinnitus by studying an unusual patient—himself. As a young man, Lowry spent a summer working on a farm with a noisy tractor. The experience left him with partial hearing loss and a high-pitched ringing in his ears that plagued him for 40 years. Then at age 63, Lowry suffered a mild stroke. A CT scan and an MRI revealed that the stroke had damaged his caudate and putamen. But the stroke also brought a pleasant surprise. Lowry was completely cured of his tinnitus, without any further hearing loss. Steven Cheung and Paul Larson, two doctors at the University of California, San Francisco, set out to reproduce Lowry’s experience. They took advanta84 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
ge of the fact that some people with Parkinson’s disease get electrodes surgically implanted in their brain stem to control their symptoms. The electrodes typically have to pass the caudate and putamen to reach their target. Cheung and Larson engaged five patients preparing to receive an implant, who also suffered from tinnitus. The patients agreed to undergo several minutes of deep brain stimulation to these regions during surgery as the electrode was being implanted. Cheung and Larson reported that the tinnitus became much fainter in four of the five patients. Once signals travel from the ear to the auditory cortex, caudate, and putamen, they eventually make their way to regions of the brain that carry out more sophisticated sound information processing: connecting the sounds with memories, interpreting their meaning, giving them emotional significance. It is precisely these regions that Schlee and his colleagues no-
ted were behaving strangely in people with tinnitus. He argues that it is only when signals reach this large-scale network that we become conscious of sounds, and it is only at this stage that tinnitus starts to cause people real torment. Schlee’s results suggest that the higher regions of the brain send their own feedback to the auditory cortex, amplifying its false signals. Schlee’s model of tinnitus and consciousness could explain some curious observations. Even in bad cases of tinnitus, people can become unaware of the phantom sound if they are distracted. It may be that distractions deprive the errant signals from the auditory cortex of the attention they need to cause real distress. What’s more, some of the most effective treatments for tinnitus appear to work by altering the behaviour of the front of the brain. Counselling, for example, can make people better aware of the sounds they experience by explaining the brain process that may underlie the disorder, so they can cons-
ciously reduce their distress. Solving the mystery of tinnitus will probably get even more urgent in years to come. Traffic, iPods, and other features of modern life may cause more hearing damage, hence more tinnitus. But if a real cure ever comes, it will probably not be a single silver bullet. It will instead attack the tinnitus network from top-down and bottom-up. For now, though, you should probably skip the hot bread on the ears treatment!!
Winfried Schlee
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International Dance Workshops The Gibraltar National Dance Organisation is very pleased with recent workshops organised at the Victoria Stadium as part of its ongoing dance development programme. Professional dancers, Errol White and Davina Given from the Errol White Dance Company, travelled to Gibraltar to carry out the workshops. The workshops were based in modern contemporary dance and saw our dancers producing unique dance works, with emphasis on authentic movement vocabulary and how the vocabulary of the body can be used as an abstract language. GNDO Development Officer Adrian Lopez said: “I am delighted that my friends Errol and Davina, who I used to train and work with professionally, have come to Gibraltar to share their talent and ex-
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that supported the event: • Art In Movement • Mediterranean Dance School • Show Dance Company • Transitions Dance Academy • Urban Dance
perience with our dance community. It’s being an amazing weekend with an excellent outcome and all the participants showing great focus and commitment. I was very happy to see how these professionals took away the gymnastics, athleticism and the tricks and gave us a weekend of creativity, expression and movement! It was wonderful to see so many young people from different dance backgrounds participating, supporting and helping
each other in such a high calibre dance education event.” Within the EWC workshop, participants worked on a wide range of repertoire that included creative work and choreography. The dancers were able to perform in front of the so many spectators composed of teachers, family and friends. The GNDO would like to thank all the dancers and establishments that took part in this amazing weekend. Dance Schools and Centres
Commenting on social media Errol White said: “What an amazing weekend of workshops! Superb dancers and inspirational and passionate people, who are totally committed to doing the best for the young dancers here in Gibraltar, much respect!” The GNDO is delighted with Errol’s comments of support and the response it has received from the local dance fraternity. This strengthens the GNDO’s commitment to continue these development and educational opportunities in the future for the benefit of Gibraltar’s dance community as a whole.
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Charlie’s Loyalty Draw
Text by Justine Fava-Cartwright
Its Summer season once more and holidays are one of those treats we look forward to if we are lucky enough to afford one. What could be better than kicking off those flip-flops, lying back and soaking up some rays, cocktail in hand, whilst listening to the waves lick the bow of a luxury cruise ship? I can think of one thing that could be better…..that the cruise was for free and I had just won it by simply dining
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at my favorite restaurant in Gibraltar and picking up a raffle ticket at the end of my meal! Now suddenly, my cruise is really special and my summer is made! Charlie’s Steakhouse and Grill have been treating their clients to a Mediterranean Cruise, which has been raffled annually for the last 5-6 years. For every £20 spent, you are entitled to a raffle ticket. The Mediterranean Cruise is chosen based on its popularity and
includes connecting flights to Barcelona for two people with seven nights onboard inclusive of meals. The cruise is set on a fixed date, which is the 14th June each year. Charlie’s Steakhouse and Grill has fast become one of Gibraltar’s hot spots for dining. Truth is, you will find it hard to get a table even on, presumably the quietest nights of the week, so booking well in advance is advisable. Charlie’s value
the loyalty of their clientele so the idea that they could give a little back in the way of this cruise, has gone down a treat. They are very pleased that a local couple has won this time as in the past, it has been a combination of tourists and large Companies, who later give the cruise to an employee of the month. They are excited that this time, they will get some feedback from the prize that has become such an integral part of the Charlie’s dining experience.
feel very lucky and excited to have won!”
I spoke to the lucky winners, who are Ien Mackie and Belinda Williams, and asked them why they were out that lucky night they got the winning ticket, and what they love about Charlie’s…… “We were out celebrating my son’s Passing Out Parade for his new job as a Custom’s Officer. We came along with my other son, who is also a Customs Officer and my daughter. We chose Charlie’s as its their favorite place to eat out and they love the Indian food but we also love it here. The combination of location, atmosphere and food choice and quality makes the place a must for us. Ien loves the steak and ‘Jamaican Pepper Pot’ and Catherine and I just crave the delicious desserts! We are really pleased
Charlie’s Steakhouse and Grill are constantly re-inventing themselves keeping up with the standards in food and service their customers expect. This summer sees some new changes, which I will be filling you in on very soon in the Globe Magazine so keep your eyes peeled for what is new and exciting coming up this summer at Charlie’s Steakhouse and Grill and in the meantime, keep booking those tables and hopefully you will be the lucky winners on next year’s cruise!! to be going on a much needed holiday. Unfortunately, Ien already had flights booked to visit his father in Scotland so Catherine has agreed to come
along with me instead and we can enjoy some girly time! We have promised to return to Charlie’s with photos and feedback from the cruise and just
For bookings and reservations, phone Charlie’s Steakhouse and Grill on +350 200 69993 or email: charliestavern@hotmail.com
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Glamour Creations th 10 Wedding Dress Competition 2015 In its 10th consecutive edition, the Wedding Dress Competition has managed to entertain hundreds with a creative production and a very strong group of brides. This year’s competition attracted nine beautiful brides competing for the title on Friday 29th May at the Alameda Open Air Theatre, which was decorated for the occasion by Orchid Events 49
tertainment combined made the entire evening an early Photos by Ulookfierce.com summer highlight. Jana GuzRuth Fortuna won the Wedding man was awarded 1st runnerDress Competition 2015 in up whilst Neena Khaira won an excellent conclusion to the 2nd runner-up. competition, which every year brings more elegance, style and As the brides walked along the glamour. The routines and en- stage, Christelle Lima Garcia, Text by Justine Fava - Cartwright
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Sabrina Mauro, Caryl Patron Santos, Tamara Perez, Stephanie Pratts and Niomy Torres, compare for the first time Lucinda Snape, gave a short description of the wedding dress and also reminisced of those little funny mishaps that every bride encounters on her day.
Ushering the brides carefully down the stairs and onto the stage where two handsome young men, Richard Cardona and Jayden Martinez. The difficult choice was put in the hands of the judges: Cynthia Eagle, makeup artist
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Naomi Abudarham, Miss Glamour 2006 and 2013 1st runner-up to the Wedding Dress Competition Noelle Lopez, Miss Gibraltar 1991 Ornella Serra and Miss Gibraltar 1995 Monique Perera. During the show, Urban Dance entertained the audience with two exquisite contemporary and lyrical dance pieces, ‘Runner’ performed by Richard De La Rosa, and ‘Que Bonito’.
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Also during the competition were various exclusive fashion shows from Flash, Mothercare, Diamond Occasion and Naina’s Chic. To top off the entertainment, local singer Claire Hawkins sang two songs, ‘The Power of Love’ and ‘Time to Say Goodbye’. With a fantastic and glamorous ending, all the brides appeared once more before the finale. Accompanying the Director/
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Producer Bianca Zammit and the brides on stage to name the new winners was the Wedding Dress Competition winner 2014 Gianna Dalmedo. The winner of the Wedding Dress Competition 2015 Ruth Fortuna now joins the Wall of Fame – Wedding Dress Competition Winners along side 2006 - Louise Valverde, 2007 - Rachel Yome, 2008 - Nicole Mena, 2009 - Shayle Acris, 2010 - Tessa Sacramento-Menez, 2011 - Janice Salmon, 2012 96 JUNE 2014 GLOBE MAGAZINE
- Melissa Baglietto, 2013 - Giovanca Afzan and 2014 - Gianna Dalmedo. Glamour Creations would like to thank the following firms, who have contributed in one or more ways to the success of the Wedding Dress Competition 2015: Anglo Hispano, Aphrodite Beauty, B Magazine, Diamond Occasion, Flash Boutique, Mamma Mia Pizzeria & Pasta House, Ministry of Culture, Mothercare, Naina’s Chic, Orchid Events 49, Papa
Luigi, Paparazzi Café/Restaurant, Pashmina, S.M. Seruya Ltd, Short Cut, Sound Reinforcement Systems, The Alameda Gardens, The Flower Shop, The Jewel Box, Trafalgar Pharmacy, Ulookfierce.com and Urban Dance. Along with all those individuals, who contributed their time to create an unforgettably perfect evening: Annie Jackson, Claire Hawkins, Jayden Martinez, Liz Field, Michelle Bonavia, Nakela Pallas, Ri-
chard Cardona, Stephen Perera and Yalta Pons; of course, not forgetting the models, along with the front of house and backstage crew. Thank you all so very much. On a more personal note, Glamour Creations would like to congratulate the brides for their wonderful performance and congratulate the winners on their success. Well Done! This year’s show was in aid of RICC.
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Miss Gibraltar 2015 There is static in the air, the lights are bright, the music fades, the rainbow of dresses are poised on stage. ‘Miss Gibraltar 2015 is’ ... drum roll...
Text by Francesca Cartwright
That is the sentence, the moment, the culmination of hundreds of hours of rehearsals, sounds checks, lugging of equipment, make up, photo shoots and so many helpers, too many to mention! The moment that the whole community awaits with bated breath, for the new Miss Gibraltar to be crowned and no-one is looking forward to that moment more, than the 7 contestants of this year’s pageant: Jade Pao, sponsored by HSE Consulting Ltd 98 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
Bianca Pisharello, sponsored by EY Ashleen Snape, sponsored by GM International Ltd Hannah Bado, sponsored by Sunborn Melanie Lett, sponsored by Isolas Adrienne Rumbo, sponsored by Eclipse Natalia Nuñez, sponsored by Home of your Beauty
All of the contestants are in their early twenties and their smiles might captivate the audience, but beauty alone won’t be enough to win the crown. Their maturity and ability to express themselves, as well as, their style and looks all add to the high calibre this year. The show is being produced by Santos Productions and after a 3 year break, Christian Santos promises that it will be a show to remember! A fresh approach drawing on glamorous summer destinations such as Ibiza, Cannes, Montecarlo; there’s even a nod to the 1950’s swing era. An eclectic mix of music, style and
feel to this year’s show. ‘I want the audience to come on a journey with the contestants’ says Christian, ‘to feel the buzz and be entertained by the whole spectacle happening on stage’. And entertainment there will be plenty, local musicians such as Jet Stream, Q Jumpers featuring Tim Garcia, Midriff, Simon Dumas, Elisha Lang, Jesse McLaren, Jeremy Perez, Evan Torrente and Patrick Murphy from Headwires, Kristian Celecia, Alexej Baglietto, Tiffany Ferrari, Chloe Martinez and the Santos Productions Choir will be performing a medley of songs from one of Gibraltar’s largest musical exports! Transition Dance Academy, Mediterannean Dance Group and Urban Dance will also be on stage. Plenty of local talent being showcased, as well as, international star, Matt Cardle 2010 X Factor winner, who although is no stranger to the Rock, will be performing for the first time. It’s an impressive backdrop for the most popular beauty pageant in our social calendar.
Sceptics may scoff, after all, competitions like Miss Gibraltar, Miss World and Miss Universe have long come under fire for being superficial or outdated but between the sparkly gowns and talent rounds, the contestants get the chance to showcase that they are strong, empowered women. They show courage in standing up to be judged, (not only by the qualified judges but by non-qualified keyboard warriors on social media too), they also build friendships, which often last a lifetime and learn from their experience on stage. The winners spend most of the year focusing on local charities and being heavily involved in the community, which is all positive. They become role models for the younger generations. So if you want to enjoy a fast paced, high impact, highly entertaining Miss Gibraltar 2015, then don’t miss it - live at The Alameda Open Air Theatre, 4th July 2015 at 9.30pm. It will be what everyone’s talking about! GLOBE MAGAZINE JUNE 2015 99
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Matt Cardle to perform at this year’s Miss Gibraltar Show
In a recent interview with Globe Magazine, Christian Santos commented to us on the fact that the headlining International act for this year’s Miss Gibraltar Pageant was none other than 2010 X Factor winner, Matt Cardle. An excited Christian takes up the story: “It is with real excitement that we can officially announce that this year's international act is none other than the ever po102 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
pular Matt Cardle....Matt was the Winner of the X Factor in 2010 and has sold millions of records worldwide since then. He is no stranger to performing at Beauty Pageants having performed at the Miss World 2013 pageant. He is currently putting together the finishing touches to his 4th Studio Album and will make his ‘West End’ Acting debut in the hit Musical "Memphis" with Beverley
Knight. It is a true pleasure to have Matt Cardle performing at this year’s Miss Gibraltar Pageant to headline the entertainment on a night featuring such a vast array of local talent. A very special night where one of the beautiful contestants will be crowned Miss Gibraltar 2015” Matt Cardle is a singer with a four octave vocal range, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and
drummer – the complete musician if I may add! A lot has been written about him over the past four years, particularly that he didn’t quite ‘fit the mould’ of the machine. Almost five years have passed since Matt was crowned the winner of the seventh series of the X Factor, guided by his mentor and friend, Dannii Minogue, in front of an audience surpassing a staggering 19.1 million
viewers. It is still the most successful series in the shows 12year history and Matt historically won the public vote every week, with the exception of the first. Now a multi-platinum selling recording artist, Matt’s debut single ‘When We Collide’/’Many of Horror’, originally recorded by Biffy Clyro, sold over 1 million copies in
the UK alone. The song spent three weeks at No.1 and was nominated for Best British Single at the 2011 Brit Awards. This was followed by the Top 10 hit ‘Run For Your Life’ and platinum selling debut album. To date, Matt has sold over 2.2 million records in the UK across three co-written Top 10 Albums; ‘Letters’ (2011), ‘The Fire’ (2012) and ‘Porcelain’ (2013). Matt’s last Top 10 single was the infectious duet, ‘Loving You’ with Spice Girl, Melanie C. Southampton born and Essex raised, Matt completed his fifth sold-out UK tour in April 2014 playing 20 dates across the UK and Ireland. In September 2013, he performed ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ at Miss World in Bali, Indonesia in front of an audience of over two billion. Matt’s performance of this song was voted the 3rd Best Moment in the X Factor history and has been watched over 28 million times on YouTube. This is all quite an achievement for someone who didn’t quite ‘fit the mould’!
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Gibraltar Dance Nationals 2015 Selecting the Gibraltar National Dance Team for the 2015 IDO European Championships The Gibraltar National Dance Organisation has selected the Gibraltar National Dance Team that will compete at the forthcoming IDO European Show Dance Championships that will be held in Gibraltar in October 2015. The GNDO organised the Gibraltar National Championships over three days at the John Mackintosh Hall Theatre and saw the participation of over 100 local dancers from six local dance schools. The adjudication was carried out by IDO international judges Desiree Demianenko from South Africa, Mimi Marcac Mirceta from Slovenia and Italian IDO Vice President Edilio Pagano. The championships followed the same procedure of national competitions as accredited by the world governing body, the International Dance Organisation and saw 93 dancers qualifying in the Children, Junior and Adult divisions and in the Solo, Duet and Groups sections. GNDO President, Seamus Byrne said, “We are delighted with the Dance Nationals and very pleased with the professional adjudication carried by IDO dance experts. We are very happy and grateful with the support we have received from our local dance schools that have participated in our event. The qualified dancers have now gained entry to compete at the IDO European Show Dance 104 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
supported our 2015 tourism led event and may the Dance Nationals be the start of a beautiful experience for everyone involved in this European Championships project.”
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The IDO European Championships will take place at the Tercentenary Sports Hall between the 1st and 4th October 2015. The dancers that have qualified from the Dance Nationals will join those dancers already selected for the Formation section, and are now the 2015 Gibraltar National Dance Team. A full announcement of the National Team will be released shortly.
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OVERALL AGGREGATE RESULTS (QUALIFIED DANCERS):
Children Solo Female: 01. Syanne Ticknell-Smith 02. Julieanne Rodriguez 03. Madison Baldachino 04. Chenille Brown 05. Janella Johnson 06. Siandayle Alman 07. Caitlin Rodriguez (Defending 2014 IDO European Champion)
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Children Duet:
Championships that will be staged in Gibraltar in October 2015. This will be a unique opportunity for our local dancers to compete at the prestigious IDO event in
our homeland. For this I need to thank Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar that has whole heartedly
01. Siandayle Alman and Julianne Rodriguez 02. Emma Hook and Janella Johnson 03. Shania Rawlinson and Anna Castle 04. Taylah Phillips and Neave Wyan 05. Syanne Ticknell-Smith and
Aliyah Alsina 06. Neriah Hitchcock and Niah Guiling Children Group: 01. Stylos Dance Studios 02. Transitions Dance Academy 03. Show Dance Company 04. Gibraltar Academy of Dance 05. Mediterranean Dance School Junior Solo Female: 01. Noelle Cassano 02. Sarah Montovio 03. Jade Holman 04. Megan Rodriguez 05. Julia Francis 06. Janelle Alcantara Junior Duet: 01. Sarah Montovio and Joelle Johnson 02. Zyanne Soiza and Christina Cassano 03. Arianne Cruz and Arianne Payas 04. Janelle Alcantara and Jade Holman 05. Amy Avellano and Janelle Ticknell-Smith Junior Group: 01. Mediterranean Dance School 02. Show Dance Company
03. Stylos Dance Studios 04. Gibraltar Academy of Dance 05. Transitions Dance Academy Adult Solo Female: 01. Sarah Anne Maclaren 02. Chelsey Celecia 03. Jade Pau 04. Alexandra Ballantine 05. Louise Gonzalez 06. Jenella Sodi Adult Solo Male: 01. Tyron Walker 02. Richard De La Rosa 03. Duncan Grech Adult Duet: 01. Lauren Schembri and Gianne Rodriguez 02. Genyka Celecia and Jade Pau 03. Tyron Walker and Jenella Sodi 04. Louise Gonzalez and Alexandra Ballantine 05. Richard De La Rosa and Rachel Almeida Adult Group: 01. Gibraltar Academy of Dance 02. Transitions Dance Academy 03. Stylos Dance Studios 04. Mediterranean Dance School
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Focus On: Restaurante Las Cañas It’s that time of the year when eating out by the seaside is a must! Atmosphere or ‘ambiente’ must accompany the outing to add to the occasion, but what about the food...? That’s for you to pleasantly sample and for sure, enjoy, by visiting Las Cañas at Torre Nueva 122, opposite the fishing port of La Atunara in the neighbouring town of La Linea
Text by Richard Cartwright
Las Cañas has to be top of the list when choosing seafood restaurants anywhere around the whole of the Campo de Gibraltar...Yes, fish and shell fish are their speciality. Many are under the impression the restaurant is so named because it’s surrounded by cane structures. Well “no,” says owner Miguel Perea, “It was in fact because my family, more than 45 years ago, had a bar completely built out of bamboo canes close to the fishing zones nearby and it’s from that little bit of history that the name, Las ‘Cañas’ derives. This restaurant was inaugurated in 2000 and since that date, we’ve been entertaining and delighting - by 106 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
all accounts – our customers, right up to the present with our fresh fish and shellfish perfectly served in whichever way our clients’ wish, be it fried, grilled or barbecued.” Director Miguel takes on the daily task
of ensuring the catch, selection and purchase of every morsel his restaurant has to offer is the best: he makes absolutely sure his seafood is of the highest quality, which you, in turn, can fully enjoy. This daily, ‘hands
on dedication’ to his outlet is one of the ‘pillars’ responsible for the quality and subsequent popularity of his restaurant. ...So where do we start? Well, if you’ve not yet had the pleasure of frequenting Restaurante Las Cañas, Miguel recommends some of his specialities: rice dishes with lobster is one rice dish which is a must...octopus and carabineros (Scarlet Shrimps or Cardinal Prawns) also on a bed of rice, are others, which he wholeheartedly recommends...All of them, delicious! Rape (anglerfish) ‘a la Marinera’, cooked in garlic or in its juice accompanied by mussels, clams or other shellfish are also great...But there’s more, Las Restaurante Cañas’ fried
fish choices are legendary: gallo rebozado – John dory in batter, calamares - squid, puntillitas – baby squid, boquerones – anchovy and salmonetes - red mullet, are all tip top varieties served in plentiful portions...
If shell fish takes your fancy grilled scarlet shrimps, white prawns from Huelva or tiger prawns - grilled or cooked, are also highly recommended! And so the Mediterranean
delights continue: sardines on the spit or skewer are now at their best and continue in season all the way up to September. These are presented in the traditional way; they are of a particular size and strung
together over the grill or open fire and placed against the wind. If you’ve never tasted these beauties, you’re losing out! You’ll notice the heat as you enter the restaurant. In the open air and over the burning embers, you
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can witness how they grill other fish too, like medium sized, red mullet and whole squid. In fact, fresh seafood, be it fish or shellfish cooked over a burning grill or coals are probably the most highly acclaimed speciality you could enjoy! To conclude, Miguel Perea doesn’t want to forget this final culinary tip or suggestion when choosing Restaurante Las Cañas...Octopus cooked in
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any number of ways all, with great care... ‘A la Gallega,’ with a touch of lemon, in a pink or tomato sauce or with ‘ali-oli’... All amazingly tasty...! So the message is, ‘We’ll see you there!’ There’s seating for up to about a hundred and secure private parking is available. Reserve your table on Tel: 0034 956 643679 and a reminder they’re closed on Sunday evenings and all day Monday...
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The Casino Admiral Gibraltar Trophy The first of the two events in May, the Casino Admiral Gibraltar Trophy, took place on Sunday the 3rd May 2015 and heralded a return to La Cañada after a one year absence from the Med Golf circuit.
everyone agreed La Cañada has all the ingredients for a very enjoyable day’s golf. Thanks to everyone, who supported this event and congratulations to the prize winners. There will be many more events to come so why not make sure that you are included and work your way into the Med Golf Masters.
The winner of the Casino Admiral Gibraltar Trophy was Duncan Hamilton with 38 points. Duncan won the trophy and 2 green fees on the San Roque Club Old Course.
Speaking of which, here is the updated Top Twenty in the Jyske Bank Order of Merit:
OTHER PRIZES WERE WON AS FOLLOWS
Best gross score was David MacGregor with a score of 76. The longest drive was won by John Hale. Best gross score on the par 3s, with a score of even par, was David MacGregor. Best pairing was Duncan Hamilton and Russell Blessett with a score of 70 points Our best senior this time was David Macgregor with a score of 36 points. OUR HANDICAP CATEGORY PRIZES WERE WON AS FOLLOWS
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Category 2 (13-22) Runner up was Sara Lees with 33 points and the winner was Tim O’Toole with 35 points. Category 3 (23 and above): Joe Penalver was runner up with 25 points and the winner was Paul Tait with a score of 37 points. The nearest the pin winners were: Joe Sanchez, David MacGregor twice, Tony Murphy and Tim O’Toole. Nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 was Tim O’Toole and Dave Pinniger was nearest in 3 on a par 5.
WORTH A MENTION
This was a welcome return to La Cañada. The course has a deserved reputation for being in good shape and a good test of golf, which ramps up a notch or two in the wind. For us, the warm weather was a delight but even the added bonus of no wind did not make it easy for everyone from tee to green.............and then there were the putts! The greens are known to be consistent but tricky to read; however, for all the frustration that they can cause, I got the message that
01. Russell Blessett 02. Peter Warren 03. Chris Hill 04. David MacGregor 05. David Campbell 06. Mike Cowburn 07. Matt Charlesworth 08. Joe Sanchez 09. Tim O’Toole 10. Chris Warren 11. John Caruana 12. Peter Lenderyou 13. Steve Stonefield 14. Steve Buchanan 15. Jonathan Rix 16. Joe Peñalver 17. Javi Hunter 18. Kevin Jones 19. Roy Azopardi 20. Liz Griffiths All the photos from La Cañada can be found on our Facebook page. MORE NEWS FROM MED GOLF
Med Golf has its own Face-
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book page where you can see going golfing discussions. photos from the competition We created the page to enable day. members and visitors to discuss anything about golf, give We’d be delighted if you’d feedback on courses they join our group for up-to-date have played, offer tips to news and contribute to on- others they have come across
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and much more. You can find us on Facebook simply by searching for ‘Med Golf ’ or visit our website and navigate from there. For more details on our full
schedule and the benefits of joining Med Golf for just £30 per year on our current 241 offer, please visit www. medgolfgroup.comor contact Paul Appleyard by e-mail at contact.medgolf@gmail.com
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Why Too Much Facebook Can Leave You Feeling Depressed ‘Comparison is the thief of joy’, said former US president Theodore Roosevelt. Spoken more than a century ago, Roosevelt’s words highlight a fundamental truth that is just as relevant today In the 1950s, the acclaimed social psychologist, Leon Festinger, devised the ‘social comparison theory’ to help explain the psychological processes behind why we compare ourselves to others. Festinger proposed that individuals have an innate desire to see how they measure up with their peers on dimensions they deem personally important in order to evaluate how well they are doing. This tendency hasn’t gone away, and in fact, through social media websites like Facebook, we may be engaging in more social comparison than ever before. Such social comparisons can convey important information: are we measuring up in terms of our progress or achievements, or are we falling behind and need to put in the effort to catch up? Of course, comparing ourselves too much to our peers can leave us feeling bad about ourselves. When looking at social media, we are often inundated with a constant stream of information and photos about family members, friends, and acquaintances. There may be times when this is too much, and we’d be better off not knowing the details that we learn, or imply, from these sites. 114 JUNE 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE
not logging in when will we will compare ourselves to Facebook friends (and possible ‘frenemies’) because we never know what material we’ll stumble across.
In two recent studies conducted, one on a single day and a second across fourteen days using a sample of over 300 university students (198 men and 236 women), who were primarily in their early twenties, participants reported their daily Facebook use, Facebook social comparisons and daily depressive symptoms. Overall, it was found that people (of both genders), who spent more time on Facebook reported higher depressive symptoms due to Facebook social comparisons.
Although previous studies have found a link between Facebook use and depressive symptoms, this particular research demonstrated that the underlying cause or reason for why people feel blue after spending a lot of time on Facebook may be this urge to compare ourselves to others. Unfortunately, when we compare ourselves to others, we do so automatically, an impulse often beyond our control. Nor can we predict short of
People often try to present themselves in a positive light on Facebook – that is, they filter out bad aspects of their lives and accentuate the good. So if we’re comparing ourselves to others’ “highlight reels”, we may feel our lives are more mundane or less glamorous compared to theirs. But if we bear in mind that we’re comparing ourselves to a carefully crafted, positively distorted version of their lives, we might take a different view. Facebook or other social media sites such as Twitter or Instagram aren’t innately good or bad. They were created to fulfil a particular purpose, to entertain and to connect us to our friends – essentially positive experiences. So if you find yourself feeling increasingly glum after viewing your friends’ exotic vacation photos, ecstatic engagement announcements, photos of happy babies (so many babies) or posts about their latest promotion or the exciting and wonderful life they are all leading – maybe it’s time to step away from the keyboard!
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