Globe Magazine October 2018

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CREDITS Front Cover Models: Bosom Buddies • Breast Cancer Support Group • Photography: GYPT (Gibraltar Youth Production Team) • Make-up Artists: Nyree Chipolina, Amy Gavito, Georgina Ocaña, Kelly Balestrino, Audrey Stagno • Hair: Classic Cuts Full Credits on Page 23 Globe Magazine is published by Globe Magazine Registered Address: Suites 31 & 32 Victoria House, 26 Main Street, GIBRALTAR · TEL: 20041129 Mailing Address: 4 Laburnum Lodge, Montagu Gardens, GIBRALTAR

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GRUPODEN DENTAL CENTER GIBRALTAR: CLINICAS DR ESPINEL

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ROLEX RAINBOW DAYTONA

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BOSOM BUDDIES

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THE 2018 HONDA CR-V

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THREE THINGS WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM PEOPLE WHO DON’T USE SMARTPHONES OR SOCIAL MEDIA

CULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN TANGIER

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WORLD POST DAY 2018

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THE 2018 GBZ FEST BEER FESTIVAL

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MTV GIBRALTAR CALLING: THE FRIDAY SESSION

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MTV GIBRALTAR CALLING: THE SATURDAY SESSION

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CHOOSING A SURGEON

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THE BEST RECIPES OUR CUISINE

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WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWN TOWN?

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ISOLAS GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADERS IN CRYPTOCURRENCY

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THE 2018 NATIONAL DAY CONCERT

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THE 2018 GIBRALTAR WINE FESTIVAL

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NIMROD MESSEG EXHIBITS HIS LATEST WORKS AT THE KEMPINSKI HOTEL BAHIA

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JANICE FELICES: GIBRALTAR’S FIRST PROFESSIONAL BALLERINA

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NATIONAL DAY CHILDREN’S FANCY DRESS COMPETION 2018

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2018 GIBRALTAR NATIONAL DAY

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LA RUTA DE LA TAPA IN LA LINEA

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BERLIN NUMERO 1: THE NEW HOME OF ROCK IN LA LINEA

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5TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AT I.W. OTORS

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Grupoden Dental Centre Gibraltar Clínicas Dr. Espinel The sense of calmness and professionalism as you enter the clinic and greeted by the pleasant staff inspires confidence, whether it’s to inquire about an intended procedure or you’re visit to keep an appointment...

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Clinically white, minimalistic and smart: ‘Smile...it’s possible,’ is the casually written message on the wall, which catches your eye as you enter GRUPODEN -the private 8 GLOBE MAGAZINE

clinic at the bottom of Engineer Lane just off Main Street. In the very comfortable waiting room, a strip of hidden lighting accompanies the immaculate white walls: soft, pale lilac appears where the wall meets the ceiling helping you relax in quiet, refreshing

surroundings, providing a very pleasant welcome on your ‘visit to the dentist!’

Dr Espinel’s clinic has been on the Rock now for about five years offering first class dental treatment dealing in all types of

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procedures from a simple filling to implants of all sorts of conditions and requirements. Their professional teams in all their clinics in the Campo de Gibraltar are highly trained and Gibraltar’s no exception...

“That is correct,” Dr Antonio Espinel says, “We have a young team, who are very conscientious about their work. We use the most advanced technology. We use the Scanner 3D system, which provides great accuracy, meaning we can replace a full set of implants with ‘immediate loading’ in 48 hours. 90% of that treatment is completed in that time with just minor adjustments to be seen to.”

Dr Espinel assures me, the enamel crowns and other dental pieces used are of excellent quality produced by computerised robots and the aim is always to make sure patients leave the clinic looking good and content.

GRUPODEN Gibraltar is one of a group of clinics offering professional dentistry since 2007 and is now spread over the Campo de Gibraltar with three clinics in Algeciras, one in Los Barrios, another in the, Quiron Clinic in Palmones and two in La Linea. Two more will be opening soon a little further away in Sevilla.

The group employs 40 professionals, who run the clinics including 10 dentists – two are at the Engineer Lane surgery assisted by two nurses and one other staff member.

Owner, Dr Antonio Espinel graduated at Granada University. He then continued his studies and went on to achieve a Masters in Paris and another in New York for specific procedures becoming a top dental surgeon offering certain treatments and techniques only available on the Rock at his clinic. He has also received recognition for his work, honoured with the ‘Premios Foro Europa 2001’ and only last year, awarded the ‘2017 Estrella de Oro a la Excelencia Profesional’ in Madrid and is now President of the Annual 10 GLOBE MAGAZINE

New York Reunion in Spain: one of his very white walls in the clinic’s waiting room is covered with his well earned certificates, diplomas and distinctions! Not surprisingly, he’s a busy man very much in demand, dividing his time continually from clinic to clinic across the hinterland; consequently appointments for surgery involving multiple implants and other important surgical interventions would normally take between a week and ten

days to be undertaken here in the Gibraltar clinic. Other dental procedures can be accommodated very much sooner in the normal way depending on what’s required. Fees are at very competitive rates.

GRUOPODEN Dental Center at 2/2 (2nd Floor), Engineer Lane is open between 10:00 – 02:00 and 03:00 – 05:30 Monday to Thursday and 10:00 – 02:00 on Friday. For

enquiries you can ring them on 200 69929 or email: gibraltar@grupodenespinel.es Visits to the dentist, any dentist, are not always popular but at GRUPODEN you’re assured comfort, tranquillity, first class treatment and it’s where your appointment will be highly appreciated. You’ll be made very welcome and courteously treated with a Smile...it’s possible!

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The Rolex Rainbow Daytona – The Most Honest Rolex You Can Buy

would be the watch of choice for pimps, and that Hans Wilsdorf would be spinning in his grave at the sight of it.

Now as entertaining as this outrage is, and with the risk of sounding like a psychologist, it made me ask myself “Where is the anger coming from?”. Sure, on the one side this is an expected result of the rather intense design. No one knows their customer base better than Rolex, and I am sure that they aware that this will speak only to a very small fragment of customers who are probably not particularly bothered with horological history and mechanical mastery.

Article by Courtesy Of Watch & Bullion

As a disclaimer before going into a bit of a rant, I was not too convinced of the Rolex Rainbow 12 GLOBE MAGAZINE

Daytona myself when I first saw it, and I cannot dream up a scenario where I myself would ever buy it. But when I read the comment section on a well-known

watch website starting with H it did not sit right with me. Words like ghastly, vulgar, and hideous where thrown around. People said it made them vomit, that it

So, the design isn’t for everybody, but it really is not that ugly either to justify the outrage. It is based after all on one of the most popular modern Rolex, sharing movement and dimensions with all other Daytonas. Complementing the rose gold case, there are matching gold flaked sub-dials in the same tone as the hands and text on the black dial. The highlight and centre of

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the controversy are the gemstones; 56 brilliant cut diamonds, which are placed rather tastefully on the outskirts of the case.

These would usually be enough to make any other watch stand out, but are completely overshadowed by the 56 baguette-cut sapphires. Name-giving is their arrangement in a perfect rainbow spectrum on the bezel as well and for the hour markers.

Sacrifices had to be made for all this sparkle though as the tachymeter was dropped to make place for the rainbow bezel. And I think this comes a bit closer to the source of the anger. A lot of people who are invested in the culture and history of watchmaking look at the Rainbow Daytona and see what used to be a tra14 GLOBE MAGAZINE

ditional tool watch selling itself out for people who have too much money. I see something else though. I see what could just be the most honest watch of the 2018 Baselworld.

Why honest? Because it does not try to feed into the disillu-

sionment that is all too present in our industry. After all, let’s not kid ourselves, Rolex is a luxury brand first and foremost.

The entire oyster range tries to sell itself off as tool watches, and they probably were initially, but somewhere along the line following the quartz crisis that

changed. At 5,000 euro for their most basic models, and 10,000 for a steel Daytona these are luxury items and anyone telling themselves otherwise should get a reality check.

The Daytona Rainbow then is the epitome of that shift. It does not try to hide that it is a luxury watch but flaunts and wears it with pride, and there is nothing wrong with that. Sure some people will get offended, but it is in the nature of people to get offended and Rolex will never change that, and shouldn’t start trying.

Those then who are giving the Rainbow Daytona a hard time have probably never seen it in real life, and the biggest thing

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standing in the way of their enjoyment of it is probably the price tag. This is not to say that this is the best Rolex one can buy, but anyone who has had the chance to handle some of the modern diamond Rolex models will at-

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test that they are an absolute joy to behold.

The Rolex Daytona Rainbow is a refreshing delight. It does not take itself too seriously and shows a surprising amount of

self-awareness. This is a watch for those who are bored with confining themselves to watches that others consider sensible.

This is a watch for dreamers who recognise the long way the brand has come, how it developed to

survive and thrive, and that Rolex’s luxury phase belongs to the brand in just the same way that their tool phase does. This is a watch, that I think the visionary entrepreneur Hans Wilsdorf himself would be proud of.

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Bosom Buddies

when it had come to accepting the invite for the event. She and her team Bernie, Javan and Klaus came loaded with all the equipment needed to set up a mock professional salon just for the ladies.

Text by Justine Fava-Cartwright

The idea behind this glamorous photo shoot was Charlene Figueras’, and with the GYPT (Gibraltar Youth Production Team) tucked firmly under her protective wing and her watchful eye, Charlene and coconspirator Caroline Dixon, fondly known as ‘Guapa’ by GYPT, set about directing and producing a day to remember, ably brought to fruition by their very ‘hands on’ and enthusiastic GYPT cast.

The GYPT is a Youth Service project which aims to give young people skills in photography, videography, production and planning, but mainly focusses on instilling the value of team work in all projects. And their vision was this…

Seventeen wonderful female survivors to Breast Cancer were invited over to the Youth Centre for a day of sheer pampering, hair, makeup and a photo shoot, including a buffet full of delicious treats freshly prepared by ‘Guapa’ and her kitchen team of dedicated youth workers including the guys I might add, aprons and all!

As the ladies set about getting ready, outside I sneaked a quick coffee, which gave me the chance to have a word with one of the survivors. Maggie Teuma had unfortunately found a hard lump whilst washing in the shower when she was only 42 years old. Thankfully it was detected early and she 18 GLOBE MAGAZINE

stressed the importance of checking your breasts regularly and detecting anything early was the difference between life and death. She wants to remind ladies out there to not ignore Mammogram appointments and much as they are not the most pleasant experience in the world, the alternative is so much worse. Maggie told me an interesting fact was there were five other local women at the Royal Marsden Hospital when she was there. A Professor Baum at the time expressed concern that there were a lot of patients from Gibraltar. With this in mind, it is all the more important to have a sense of awareness. Maggie, thank goodness, has been Cancer free since discovering her own breast lump.

Next stop and they were ushered into another room to sit with Nyree Chipolina and her excellent team of makeup artists Kelly, Amy, Georgina and Audrey. I have to say the makeup was amazing, bringing out the very best of all of their features and I spent quite some time transfixed by how naturally beautiful they looked.

Chatting to Sonia Golt (Founder and Chairperson) from the ‘Bosom Buddies’ Trust, she told me that although the event wasn’t a Fund Raiser as such, any opportunity to raise awareness for Cancer was an opportunity the ladies involved jumped at. She also expressed just how important these gettogethers were as in other years the Bosom Buddies fashion show and Calendar have all helped with raising confidence and self esteem when the ladies needed it the most.

The treats didn’t stop there though. Hearts Boutique had very kindly loaned some of their gorgeous outfits for the ladies to wear at their ‘photoshoot’ and passing through to the next room were the Gibraltar Youth ProBack inside, the ladies were individually at- duction Team ready and waiting for lights, tended to by professional hair styling from camera, action!

Classic Cuts. New owner and Director, Lauren Lavelle told me she had not held back Charlene with the help of the team had dres-

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sed a set with moody grey and black lashings of material draped over a scaled stage with the focus on a sexy black chaise lounge. And so one by one, the ladies entered and took a seat and then the focus of attention was entirely on them!

The GYPT were comprised of the following members: Noah Margaret, Maxwell Desoisa, Natalie Day, Lauren Birt, Matthew Guy, Matt Baglietto, Ria McCarthy, Aroa Nuñez.

Supported by the Youth Staff team; Charlene Figueras, Caroline Dixon and Johnny Napoli.

‘I felt like I bonded with the ladies on a personal level. I got to know a lot about them and how much they love their fruit and sandwiches’ Natalie Day (GYPT member) ‘Bosom Buddies was my first shoot with GYPT and I really enjoyed it especially knowing that it’s for a good cause’ Matthew Guy (GYPT member) ‘I’ve been a member of GYPT for over 3 years now and this has been my favorite project that I have been involved in. The ladies seemed like that were really enjoying themselves and I hope we made them feel welcome!’ Maxwell Desoisa (GYPT member) As the day drew to a close, there was a real feeling of unity in the room and each and every one of the Bosom Buddies Survivors looked gorgeous as you can see by the pictuGLOBE MAGAZINE 21

Makeup Artists Gypt Crew

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res. All I can say having spent the day with them is thank god for good people doing good things. It was a real pleasure to meet such strong women and generous heartfelt thank you’s go to the dedicated teams of Hair, Makeup, GYPT, Youth Centre workers and Hearts Boutique…what a job well done!

GYPT (Gibraltar Youth Production Team) Youth Workers: Charlene Figueras, Caroline Dixon & Johnny Napoli Young people: Noah Margaret, Lauren Birt, Matthew Guy, Aroa Nuñez, Ria McCarthy, Maxwell Desoisa, Natalie Day & Matt Baglietto MODELS (Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support Group) Audrey Alecio Pauline Gomez Jacqueline Anne Dalli Debbie Richardson Christine Ochello Marie Ward Nina Bonich Adela Lavers Melissa Posso Maggie Teuma Elsie Martinez Diana McCarthy Maricela Zammit Marilyn Wallace Inma Abad Susan Saywell Gomez Sonia Golt MAKEUP ARTISTS Nyree Chipolina, Kelly Balestrino, Georgina Ocaña, Audry Stagno & Amy Gavito HAIR Classic Cuts

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The 2018 Honda CR-V (EU) Familiar vehicle models don’t get much bigger-selling than the Honda CR-V, so this is a crucial time for Honda as it releases European pricing and specification details of its all-new fifth-generation version of the compact crossover Honda is set to reveal the European production version of the all-new Honda CR-V at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. The new generation of the world’s best-selling SUV raises the bar in terms of interior quality, refinement and spaciousness - including, for the first time, the option of seven seats.

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perience with exemplary ride comfort, as well as, genuine offroad capability.

“Evolutionary exterior design and premium quality interior” The all-new Honda CR-V has a fresh and sophisticated exterior design, with broader, muscular wheel arches, sharper contours on the bonnet and rear quarters, as well as, the latest Honda family ‘face’ with its signature headlight graphic.

Thinner A-pillars, sculpted front and rear bumpers and underengine and under-floor covers all help to make the new CR-V one of the most aerodynamically efficient vehicles in its class. It also incorporates Honda’s Active Shutter Grille system, which further improves fuel efficiency.

The new interior design incorporates a horizontal emphasis to the dashboard layout to highlight the more spacious cabin, by accentuating the feeling of width

and conveying a sense of strength. The dashboard features two 7-inch displays, while the layout of controls has been rationalized with a simple cluster for air-conditioning management located beneath the central touch-screen.

“Class-leading practicality and new seven-seat option” The all-new Honda CR-V boasts slightly larger exterior proportions than its predecessor, and the longer wheelbase and wider

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unit has a single fixed-gear ratio, to create a direct connection between moving components and a smoother transfer of torque.

stance enable a significantly roomier interior. Best-in-class space efficiency is highlighted by generous accommodation for all occupants, as well as, a wider, deeper boot with a longer load bay.

A new two-position boot floor enables a flat surface for loading larger items, while a Hands-Free Action power tailgate enables convenient loading access.

A 1.5-litre VTEC TURBO petrol engine, which provides strong performance and class-leading fuel economy, is also available. Power is delivered via a six-speed manual gearbox, or an optional CVT automatic transmission tuned to deliver a more linear response.

Clever features make the new CR-V easier to use every day. For example, the height of the tailgate when opened can be programmed to avoid contact with low ceilings, and cabin flexibility is boosted by a three-mode centre-console storage. Furthermore, new singleaction ‘dive down’ 60:40 split-fold second-row seat backs enable faster, easier loading.

seven seats. Where selected, the third row offers exceptional leg room and heel step height, as well as a 101-degree seat angle to ensure long-distance passenger comfort. Access to the third-row seats is also class-leading, thanks to a wide and low step-in aperture.

For the first time ever, CR-V will be available with the option of

For the first time ever, Honda hybrid technology will be offered

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in an SUV for Europe. The allnew CR-V will be available with Honda’s ‘Intelligent Multi Mode Drive’ (i-MMD) hybrid system, comprising a 2.0 litre i-VTEC Atkinson cycle petrol engine and two electric motors, to deliver real-world efficiency and effortless driveability. The i-MMD system does not use a conventional transmission - instead, a more compact

The petrol and hybrid ‘power-trains’ are front-wheel drive as standard, but both can be specified with Honda’s latest all-wheel drive technology - ‘Real Time AWD with Intelligent Control System™’ - which gives the CR-V genuine all-terrain capability. Ground clearance has been increased by 38mm for all variants, up to a height of 208mm for the AWD petrol model.

First deliveries of Honda CR-V fitted with the 1.5-litre VTEC TURBO petrol engine are expected in Autumn 2018 with hybrid models following early in 2019.

Do you agree your Honda CRV is a good match for life in Gibraltar? Yes especially if you have more than one child like myself 3. KIANE LOPEZ

The all-new Honda CR-V can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, distributors in Gibraltar for Honda.

What made you initially purchase your vehicle? 2017 What do you love about your Honda CRV? Great boot space and has many extras which sometimes I don’t use

PAST HONDA CUSTOMERS Bassadone Motors ‘interviewed’ some past Honda customers to see their thoughts on the brand.

Would you recommend this model, if so why? Yes

1. NICOLE ASQUEZ

Do you agree your CRV is a good match for life in Gibraltar? Yes

What made you initially purchase your vehicle? I bought the car due to size/reliability and comfort What do you love about your Honda CRV? The car is very comfortable to drive and very smooth. It’s got everything you can ask for.

Would you recommend this model, if so why? Definitely recommend it to anyone for all the above reasons. You can never go wrong with a Honda.

Do you agree your CRV is a good

4. LISA CELECIA What made you initially purchase your vehicle? Natural upgrade What do you love about your Honda CRV? The size and comfort

match for life in Gibraltar? Yes

What do you love about your Honda CRV? The Cabin and boot space

2. THOMAS LAVELLE What made you initially purchase your vehicle? Family Upgrade

Would you recommend this model, if so why? Yes I would, it is the best family SUV

Would you recommend this model, if so why? Yes I would, especially the new model coming out which has a lot more new features Do you agree your Honda CRV is a good match for life in Gibraltar?

Yes

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Three Things we can all Learn from People who don’t Use Smartphones or Social Media Text by Rowland Atkinson (Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield), Mariann Hardey (Decorative Advanced Research Computing (ARC) Durham University, Durham University)

www.theconversation.com

Many of us spend hours every day tethered to our devices, pawing at the screen to see if it will deliver a few more likes or emails, monitoring the world and honing our online presence. Social networking platforms such as Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are supposed to make us feel more connected. Yet our reliance on technology to “see” the social world around us can be a heavy burden.

The Pew Research Centre re-

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cently reported that about a quarter of US adults say they are “almost constantly” online.

Stress, addiction, depression, and anxiety seem unsurprising consequences of using social platforms often specifically designed to keep us repeating the same actions over and over again.

Even so, many would find the prospect of living offline worrisome, or simply impossible.

That’s why we undertook a small study with 50 people, who may

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seem nothing less than social outcasts in today’s screen saturated environment. None of our participants used social media or had a mobile phone, and most even refused to email.

We wanted to understand why these people had decided to switch off, and how they managed it. But rather than seeking quick fixes for overuse, we explored the principles and values that drove our participants to live the way they do. Much has already been written about how we can switch off – but that won’t achieve much, unless we really feel the benefits.

belief in, and attachment to, a different way of socializing that’s focused on expression, touching, talking and being in the same space, physically. For them, this helped to maintain a feeling of human bonding and connection.

And while this slower, deeper acknowledgement of others was especially valued by our participants,

the things that are causing them stress. For our participants, who didn’t use smartphones and social media, time with others was associated with a sense of calm and purpose in life.

Taking the opportunity to switch off may, at first, cause some anxiety. But the trick is to realize that switching off is not the same as missing out. When you first 2. SWITCHING OFF IS switch off, you may spend more NOT MISSING OUT time in your own company. But Our participants questioned from these moments may come a realization of how exhausting it is to sustain online connections, and indeed how superficial it is to be locked in endless exchanges of trivial information.

Those who chose to disconnect are neither sad nor excluded.

Freed from the screen, they escaped from the overwhelming flows of information and tasks.

Their deep sense of connection with the world, and their loved ones, was clear to see.

Here’s what our respondents said they’d learned, from living their social lives offline.

1. SPENDING TIME WITH OTHERS Part of the problem with social networking platforms is that we don’t just use them for communicating – they also promote a particular way of being connected to and supportive of those around us. These interactions are channelled through the platform to create data, which is ultimately fed back to data brokers and marketers.

Our participants shared a deep

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would support them through the tough times.

3. BEING, RATHER THAN DOING they also thought it might be valuable to society more broadly. Given the angst-ridden nature of frenetic social networking, we could all benefit from slowing down and taking stock more often.

For many people today, the sense of being “always-on” is generating a desire to achieve greater balance and disengage from

what exactly is “social” about social media: what constitutes communication, and what do we get from the way that social stuff is measured on online platforms – whether that’s friendship, support or social contact.

Rather than having hundreds of “friends”, they would always choose to see people face to face and nurture relationships that

Many of those, who switched off enjoyed new-found vitality, because they found time to connect with the world in the here and now. This is crucial to helping us resist and relax, so that we are prepared for more stressful times.

Time spent scrolling through content may feel as though it

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makes light demands on body and mind. But the visual interference from a bright screen is far from relaxing. You are much less likely to have restful sleep if you share a bed with your smartphone, or surf to sleep.

As mindfulness is becoming more popular, its core ideas are often coopted by technology. On Instagram, for example, successful influencers show off their yoga skills and promote

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spiritual disciplines. Fitness trackers, health data and yoga apps consistently rank among the top apps downloaded by smartphone users.

Our disconnected group told us that we should be more critical of our use of apps and start leaving our phone behind. If mindfulness is a state of being focusing on the present – channelling thoughts, feelings and sensations as they flow through us – then

what use is a screen? Constant connection paradoxically results in less free time, and periods when we are able to think without interruption give precious refuge from the demands of daily life.

These disconnected people did not switch off to be “anti-social”.

They did so to take charge of when and where they connected with people. They may well be part of a vanguard, leading to

new ways of being happier, more rested and, yes, more social.

Ten years from now, we might look back at the emergence of social media as a part of humanity’s growing-up – a time that created social divisions, anxiety and restlessness and which damaged the health and well-being of many.

Until then, maybe it’s best to put our smartphones down – or at least switch them off a little more often.

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Cultural Development in Tangier Gibraltar Cultural Services’ CEO, Seamus Byrne, recently visited the Cheshire Homes in Tangier, as part of the organisation’s cultural development drive.

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artist Mostafa Sami, as had been arranged by Jimmy Felices from the Gibraltar Cheshire Home Group. Both exchanged ideas, viewed artworks and created a link with the aim of exploring the possibility of holding an art exhi-

bition in Gibraltar in the future.

Commenting on the recent visit, GCS CEO Seamus Byrne said: “I am delighted to have attended the Cheshire Homes and visited Mostafa’s art studio. His work spoke about people’s

rights and expression. Every time I looked at the artwork, I would see something different and with a different meaning. It was refreshing to see his abstract and surrealist work. We look forward to working with the artist in the not too distant future.”

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World Post Day / 9 October th

UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UPU) Early Forms of Communication The first known postal document, found in Egypt, dates from 255 BC; but even before that time postal services existed on nearly every continent in the form of messengers serving kings and emperors.

Over time, religious orders and universities added their own message delivery systems in order to exchange news and information.

Relay stations were set up along the messengers’ routes to speed delivery over long distances. Eventually, private individuals were permitted to use these messengers to communicate with one another, although this was initially restricted to the educated and privileged.

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and simplification were needed in the international postal services.

Sir Rowland Hill The process of change was started via national postal reforms. The most noteworthy reform occurred in England in 1840, when Sir Rowland Hill introduced a system whereby postage on letters had to be prepaid. An initial, one-penny, upfront, uniform rate was charged for all letters of a certain weight in the domestic service, regardless of the distance travelled. Sir Rowland Hill is also credited with introducing the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black, in support of this service.

Montgomery Blair In 1863, Montgomery Blair, the United States Postmaster General, called a conference in Paris (at the height of the American Civil War). Delegates from fifteen European and American countries met and succeeded in laying down a number of general principles for mutual agreements. The scope of their decisions, however, was limi-

ted and they were not able to settle on an international postal agreement.

Heinrich von Stephan Heinrich von Stephan, a senior postal official from the North German Confederation, was the father of the modern UPU. He drew up a plan for an international postal union and, at his suggestion, the Swiss Government convened an international conference in Berne on 15 September 1874. Representatives from twenty-two nations attended the conference.

9th October – Treaty of Berne On 9th October of the same year, 1874, a day now celebrated throughout the world as World Post Day, the Treaty of Berne, establishing the General Postal Union, was signed. Membership of the Union grew so quickly during the following three years that its name was changed to the Universal Postal Union in 1878.

The 1874 Treaty of Berne succeeded in unifying a confusing inter-

national maze of postal services and regulations into a single postal territory for the reciprocal exchange of letters. The barriers and frontiers that had impeded the free flow and growth of international mail had finally been removed.

World Post Day – 9th October World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October. The event was created by the 1969 Universal Postal Congress in Tokyo, as a means to mark the anniversary of the Union’s creation in 1874.

The purpose of World Post Day is to bring awareness of the role played by postal services in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development.

The UPU’s member countries are encouraged to organise their own national activities to celebrate the event, including anything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services to the organisation of open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums.

Posters are available in seven languages: English; French; Spanish; Portuguese; Arabic; Russian; Chinese.

The UPU helps facilitate World Post Day awareness by designing and distributing posters for display across the globe. In 2016, the UPU launched a new poster for the 2016–2018 period.

Although World Post Day is not guided by a particular theme, the UPU’s latest poster design embodies the UPU’s three strategic pillars: innovation; integration; inclusion.

Gibraltar and the UPU In 1989, Gibraltar’s Postmaster General, Mr Eugene Howes MBE, and the Minister for Postal Services, the Hon Juan Carlos Perez MP (RIP), attended the Paris Philatelic Exhibition and then drove to UPU Headquarters in Berne, Switzerland, to present a large piece of Gibraltar rock engraved as a stamp.

The piece was received and accepted on behalf of the UPU by the then Deputy Director, Mr Jaime Ascandoni. The latter was Spanish, from Valencia, and was to prove a true friend of Gibraltar.

The piece of rock, as seen below, still occupies pride-of-place at the entrance to UPU Headquarters.

mission being to promote social and economic development.

The UPU initiates many joint activities with other UN specialised agencies, funds and programmes.

The UPU’s Director-General is a member of the Chief Executives’ Board, which coordinates UN system activities. This Board is chaired by the UN’s Secretary-General.

Partner Organisations The UPU works in partnership with many UN organisations on a variety of projects. These organisations include the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World

Just as postal administrations innovate to remain relevant and competitive in the changing communication world, the UPU has chosen innovative designs for the new World Post Day poster. Pantone colour inks, specially layered onto high-quality, Swiss–made paper to produce the blue and gold design, make the physical elements of the poster represent innovation.

The emblem’s design represents the two remaining pillars, integration and inclusion. The crisscrossed arms and layered colours act to show the integration of knowledge and processes, enabling seamless and affordable services for all. The inter-twined design was inspired by the Celtic Knot, which itself has Persian roots. Finally, the clasped hands represent how the Post connects and includes people around the world.

UNITED NATIONS’ UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UN UPU) Specialised Agency The UPU became a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) on 1st July 1948. As such, the UPU contributes to the development of UN policies and activities that have a direct link with postal services, its mandate and

Trade Organisation (WTO).

The UPU also maintains relations with other non-UN organisations such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), the International Organisation for Migration and the World Customs Organisation (WCO).

INTERNATIONAL LETTER-WRITING COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Origins and Format Millions of children all over the world, up to the age of 15, have participated in the annual International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People, at national and international level, since its launch in 1971.

The competition is an excellent way of encouraging literacy in children and young people. It develops their skills in composition and the ability to express their thoughts clearly. The contest also makes them aware of the important role postal services play in our world.

Each year, the UN UPU International Bureau announces a theme.

Participating countries then organise the competition at national level with support from its postal operator and education authorities. All entries must be submitted through the recognised national postal operator. Each country chooses a national winner and submits this entry to the international round, held by the UN UPU. An international jury, chosen by the UN UPU International Bureau, judges the letters and selects the winners, gold, silver and bronze medallists, and entries worthy of a special mention.

Winners are normally announced on World Post Days, with the gold medallists and their parents invited to a special presentation as determined by the UN UPU. Gibraltar’s Participation in the UN UPU’s International LetterWriting Competition This year, 2018, has seen Gibraltar participate in the UN GLOBE MAGAZINE 41

UPU’s international letterwriting competition for the sixth, consecutive year. In 2016, Hannah Grech, from Westside Comprehensive, attained a UN UPU Special Mention Certificate and various prizes, having reached

the last thirteen at the international stage.

This year Gibraltar is being represented by Casey Torres, from Bayside Comprehensive. He was, incidentally, also last year’s local winner.

Bullies Yesterday’s Earth To all the bullies on Earth, This is the voice of a fifteen-year-old dead guy talking to you from my cold dark grave. I am the voice of what once was a lonely dude sitting at the back of the classroom. Yes, the nerd with his head buried behind books. Yes, the poor guy with a hole in his shoe or the wimp that always got picked last in the team.

What I did to deserve the punches, knocks and bruises I still do not know. Was it all a punishment for something I had no control of? Was it because I was poor? Because my mum worked two jobs to still scrape the barrel at the end of the month? Because my dad left us to fend for ourselves when I was four? Was it because I never wore the trendy clothes? I do not know.

Yes, I was the bookworm but the books replaced friends and I would have given anything in the world to have a single friend to share in my frustrations. I was a lonely guy with only stories for company. My books were the only escape I got from the dark cruel world in which I lived in – a solace or haven perhaps. In my books I fought dragons and married princesses, I flew around the world and travelled to many places. In my books I was the hero, in my books I was free.

When are people going to comprehend that words kill, words are powerful and they can destroy and incinerate a human being with one sentence? The phrase ‘sticks and stones will break my bones but words can never hurt me,’ is not true. Words are deadly too! Your words were used to harm me. All you said was, ‘I wish you were dead.’ I guess you got your wish.

I will always remember the day I died. My head was pounding, my cheeks wet with streams of tears, my heart racing as I attempted to stop hyperventilating. The brain in my skull was overthinking, thinking of ways I could easily hurt myself in the lonely house in which I lived in.

I could not stop thinking ‘I’m going to do it,’ so I did, I dragged myself out of bed, my eyes losing sight for a minute from the lack of food I consumed that day. The rivers of tears stopped as I reached the gleaming blade. One cut. Two cut. Three cut. The pills were opened. I took them, thirty at least, and then I filled the bath and got in fully clothed. Fourteen cuts later, my eyes were getting heavier as I fell into a never-ending sleep.

My clothes were soaked, my eyes were shut and the blood from my wrists was mixing with the cold water. No one would know, because no one caAcknowledgements: UN Universal Postal Union - Royal Gibraltar Post Office 42 GLOBE MAGAZINE

Casey’s letter is reproduced below.

Extracts from his entry have already been quoted, with plaudits, in the UN UPU’s Twitter social media site and the imminent announcement of the results of the competition is awaited with anticipation.

Jamie Hayward Purgatory lane 6th April 3000 red enough to read the signs and figure it out. Then I saw him. Death.

He held me in his cold embrace. A face I was taught to loathe, hate and fear brought me comfort. I did not dread him but I feared not knowing, what he might do and where he might take me. He was not avaricious, he was not rude, or violent. He merely brought me, my sweltering soul, to a calm state, where I rest benumbed of the greed, rudeness, and hatred of the living world in purgatory.

From this atrabilious place I saw the Facebook posts, the tweets – the lies or guilt: - Rest in peace bro.

- An angel taken away too soon.

- You will be missed.

Did you do it for the likes? What good are the messages now? You should have made an effort to talk to me when I was alive. I urge you all to stop and listen. Take note and let it seep into your mushy brains.

Everyone has a name and dork isn’t one of them. Every person is a book, a story with many chapters. Do not judge by the chapter you happen to walk into. In my prologue, I had a wild ride. Maybe my story could have ended well, maybe not, perhaps a few smiles here and there or even a single hello would have shaped me into another person, a man with courage, a man strong enough to face the world and its adversaries.

The Grim Reaper took my soul to the pearly gates where a guy in a white suit awaited and I was introduced to the man himself – God. God gave me a mission. I was tasked with writing a letter to yesterday, to try and get you all to listen. I will have to fulfil it in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, suicide is a sin you see, therefore all you have to do is listen and change your violent ways.

Before you take the time to stuff someone in a locker, give them a wedgie or stick their head down the toilet please stop. Allow yourself to think that the person is someone’s brother or sister, someone’s son or daughter.

The girl you may have called a slut may have been raped.

The boy you shook awake in class may have nursed his sick mum all night.

The girl you called a baby for crying may have buried a loved one.

There are more scenarios with circumstances to consider so, my dearest bullies, maybe next time you’ll think. Maybe?

Yours sincerely, Jamie, the voice of a Victim

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The 2018 GBZ Fest Beer Festival Beer’s not my cup of tea but there are millions, who love it. In fact, it’s the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world and on the Rock hundreds flock to the Gibraltar Beer Festival every year to indulge in their favourite tipple!

needs to coincide with what else is going on around that busy period of between mid-September and into October. Other events, which attract young adults, such as the Wine Festival, different music happenings, the fact it’s holiday time for many and whether university students are still on the Rock, all have to be borne in mind when organising the ‘Big Beer Event!’ There’s been an attendance of up to 1,000 at Beer Festivals during its existence and now attracts crowds in their hundreds but is still very popular...

“We’ve held the event by the old fair ground where the Commonwealth Park is now, outside Rock Bastion Restaurant and at Bayside behind the Victoria Stadium next to the Trade World Centre sometimes making use of marquees etc set up for the annual fair or other events.

Text by Richard Cartwright Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

Towards the end of summer, Gibraltar’s top three wines, spirits, tobacco and not forgetting, BEER importers, get together to organise what’s become a very popular event on the Rock.

Going back to the Mid 90s when the idea first saw the light of day, a much smaller event was organised around the area of where Bruno’s in Marina Bay is situated today, on the end of the pier and where the Mediterranean Rowing Club lived before the development of Ocean Village...

“Yes, that event was organised together with the distributors,” Present day organiser, Steven Mascarenhas tells me. Steven has for many years been travelling to Germany to attend ‘Oktober Fest’ in Munich, which he says is out of this world where hundreds of gallons of beer, I would imagine, are drunk every year, so clearly the atmosphere at that festival encouraged him to really get involved in making bigger, the beer drinking experience locally... “I have to say we’ve moved around a bit 44 GLOBE MAGAZINE

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from place to place. We’ve tended to organise the festival between the Annual Fair and National Day but now, with so much going on and the MTV Festival moving dates around as well, we tend to try

and fit in where it makes most sense to move to. We’ve even held it in August, which can get a bit hot!”

There’s obviously a time and place for the Beer festival, which

There’s always been a fantastic atmosphere at our fests with live music provided by Gibraltar’s top groups like Area 52, Jetstream, Tito Chipolina’s Street Dogs, Adrian Pisarello, top DJs No Limits and others...all accompanied by plenty of great beer!”

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The main exercise of the operation is of course beer drinking and between the three distributors, Anglo Hispano Ltd, Saccone & Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd and Lewis Stagnetto Ltd up to 40 different brands of beer and ale from all over the world are on offer: from the USA, Jamaica and Mexico through to many European countries and from as far as India – beer is the thing.

“But,” Steven confesses, “We were requested by some non-beer drinking ladies attending the festival if we could provide some ‘Tinto Verano’, so we made a little concession for them on the quiet!

Cider has become quite popular now also.” As with all events, there’s bound to be little hiccups that occur as happened on one or two occasions in the past, “Yes, like when beer has not been cold enough,” Steven declares, “due to the constant opening and closing of the fridges. So we tried buckets full of ice, which worked quite well but it’s now under control as we rely more on cool, barrel beer ser46 GLOBE MAGAZINE

ved via the pump.” There has also been a time they ran out of beer when they gave the ‘open bar’ system a go. That resulted in a lot of waste.

At the early fests, beer was served in a commemorative mug but that is no more, with more environmentally friendly vessels being the name of the game from which to sip your favourite brew.

Entrance ticket prices have varied from £20 to £25 dependant on what’s being offered which has included red with logo tee shirts

added to your beer vouchers and live or DJ music. There was a break with no fest for a year, which students soon complained about with the event quickly brought back the following year...

“Due to different reasons there has been lower attendance sometimes when we’ve been given short notice to go ahead. On one occasion, we were given four days to get up and running but we made it, but it’s always a great event for beer drinkers and it’s not to be missed!”...

Evidently, the beer drinking festival lives on! Next year, Steven says it may be held a little earlier, we’ll wait and see. Events Promoter of many years and Reggae enthusiast Steven has also been responsible for staging such reggae greats on the Rock like, DJ David Rodigan, Maxi Priest, Third World, Aswad and Shaggy, amongst others.

But the Beer Festival however, clearly takes up much of Steven’s time which he seems to enjoy organising the annual event along with Maurice Stagnetto... “A big thank you to him, because without his support it wouldn’t happen.” he affirms, “And thank you too for the continued support received from Saccone & Speed, Anglo Hispano and Lewis Stagnetto, Gibraltar’s main distributors and, of course, not forgetting all those beer drinking fans who attend and always make the festival a resounding success. Very grateful to you also, Cheers!” ...Mine’s a wine, thank you!!

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MTV Gibraltar Calling A local and classics perspective of the Festival

Text by Joe Adambery Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

Concerns there might have been and attendance on Friday was down but the second MTV Gibraltar Calling hit

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the right buttons with the artistic line-up on both days and, as always, our home-grown talent didn’t disappoint.

Albert Hammond Jnr

‘Dead City Radio’ was first off the mark on Friday at the classic stage with their brand of ‘in your face’ Rock. I could only stay for six songs and enjoyed the keyboard addition to their line-up. Their sound has taken new wings. ‘Valkyrie’ opened their set, a solid riffy guitar led new song, which is stunning. Their second song ‘Goddess’ opened with profound keyboards and was a teaser of the future sound of DCR. Never too far from ‘Led Zep’ these guys can seriously Rock. “Stuff happening soon” says Culatto. I will know and tell.

‘Texas’, fronted by Sharleen Spiteri, are a band with a ‘35 year vintage’ and a catalogue to match. Crowds had by now swelled (9.45pm) and were in full voice. What a legend and what a voice. She left 110% of her heart on stage and we loved her for it. The band ‘six Scottish guys’ were amazing too but the lady owned weaving the magic while making the stadium jump up and down when needed. A festival set that many will cherish as their second ‘Texas’ experience. Wow sums it up!

Next I, trekked over to ‘Jetstream’, who were on main stage with ‘The last Goodbye’ (new song) which they followed with ‘Starlight’ and ‘Story of my Life.’ A few hundred fans were at stage front enjoying singing the words but Nolan was giving away excellent lines to them which are crucial to tuneful songs. Don’t - fans make too many holes in your sound. They played a very good set enjoyed by too few. The hot sun maybe, or punters still arriving and exploring the venue. Later would have been nicer. ‘Well done Jets’.

legacy. He came down to the front and was happy to be swamped. ‘Indie Rock’ at its best and some very well constructed songs. So current that he made many new converts here with his edgy and melodic tunes of which for me, ‘By the way she Looked’ was the best.

Cool guy and son of a national treasure.

Albert Hammond Jnr. has a new band and new material from album ‘Francis Trouble.’

He dressed in our national colours is a gifted singer, writer/guitarist and consummate showman, a craft learned from his ‘Strokes’

‘America’ came next and conquered young and old with their catalogue of timeless classics. With the setting sun the lights transformed the stage and these guys, two of whom have been delivering shows for 48 years have

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kept their rich vocal harmony sound and beefed up their band with top drawer musicians.

Their ‘Ventura Highway’ was wildly acclaimed, ‘Sandman’ sounded truly glorious and ‘Horse with no Name’ fresh as spring despite its lyrical ‘in the desert’ connotations. They still do 100 shows a year and we saw and heard why that is - a pure class act.

Topping the bill ‘Sister Sledge’ and way before they came on, the Classic stage arena was already bursting at the seams. SS are a ten piece band fronted by two legendary sisters and their family of singers. It was a disco party like no other. A glam-fest with ritzy choreography and harmony vocals singing a chain of world class hits. All band members showcased amazing talents during ‘Lost in Music’ and the heaving crowd was dancing shoulder to shoulder on their footprints. A fitting finale to day one but the party went on-we were a family too!

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April

Saturday and it gets better Holly Buhagier and her band ‘April’ was the main stage opening act on Saturday. They were excellent and so was she, but only a small group enjoyed them at stage front. Holly has developed her song writing and vocals. With more than a nod to the blues, this is a club band with late night music that doesn’t translate well into the blazing sunshine. Her vocals are tuneful and soaring but now she has new power and a gutsy low register too- she sold it with no guitar to hang onto. Well done.

‘Jacver’ is a new band trying to break out, their heavy set on the classic stage left me wanting.

There was some good guitar interplay but the vocals were not so clear. Local bassist Daniel Ghio knows his chops but there were very few fans up front and Jacver were too loud for an empty arena. I noted two questions. Direction? Too dark? I have seen them on GBC and now my ‘live’ view remains unclear.

‘Glow’ made their history years ago and even without two important former members they are still relevant in our Rock circles. Veteran singer Giles Ramirez had the unenviable task of selling us the classic tunes like ‘Radio’, ‘Rain’ and ‘Walk Alone’ to which he did justice and sang his heart out. Kevin Peach was also added on keyboards. Guitarist Felix

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Cardenas, drummer Mark Brooks and bassist Cory Alman are due great credit for keeping their dream alive. After ‘Lay Low’ they were suddenly asked to cut their set short, but let no one tell that ‘Glow’ didn’t shine. They did and good too!

‘Taxi’ started their evening set on the main stage after ‘Scouting for Girls’ had milked the crowd dry. It was a tough hill to climb but Dylan and the two Dannys, backed by bassist Robbie Perez and drummer Peter Chichon, rose to the challenge. Their excellent catalogue and live concerts are legend here and abroad where they still get concert dates. These guys seriously Rock and have to honour their famous hits of (some) ‘poppy’ songs. Dylan still whips up the crowds confident that the two Dannys on guitars have got his back. I always

enjoy them and they never disappoint.

My lingering memory of the day will be Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats. They opened spectacularly with ‘Close as you’ll ever Be’ with raw sounding (but polished) guitar riffs and Sir Bob showing his considerable Rock star pedigree. ‘Tick Tock’ followed on with clock films on the side screens. The pace was frenetic and Bob was at his most revolutionary form. He played mean blues harp on ‘She’s gonna do you in’ and then came the politics: “Ireland and Gibraltar had the good sense to vote to stay in” in the rest of the sentence were ‘colourful’ expletives. He made us all honorary citizens on ‘Boomtown,’ made a reference to his previous visit here over thirty years ago, all with a flamboyant style that only someone like Sir Mick Jagger might have upstaged him.

He is that good and the band showed why they are still revered. On the day, nothing came close to ‘The Rats’... then came ‘Tell me why I Don’t Like Mondays’ (1979), which is their anthem and everyone’s too! Two encores after that epic hit song, a jam packed ‘classic’ concert ended. The memory will live on for those, who saw the ‘king of loudmouthed’ uncompromising views prove yet again that he will always be ‘the’ legend.

We parted as ‘Boomtown’ friends and that crowned it for me. Ye of little faith, who stayed away come back to the fold next year...you can still be saved!

Jacver

Nova Twins

Rag’n’Bone man

Rita Ora

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How to choose a cosmetic surgeon Having a cosmetic surgery procedure is an important decision, and one that is best made when fully informed. Here are ten top tips for choosing a surgeon for your cosmetic procedure considering their age; quality of skin; lifestyle; and more. Ask to see ‘before and after’ photos.

6. AFTERCARE Aria Medical Group offers free, comprehensive aftercare.

This includes post-operative check-ups in Gibraltar, 24 hour telephone support if you have any queries and revision surgery should it be necessary. Aria Medical Group includes this in their price and is free in the first year.

7. PRICE 1. QUALIFICATIONS Is the surgeon on a recognised register? Surgeons should be registered with their relevant medical councils – so for example surgeons may be registered with the UK General Medical Council’s Specialist Register for Plastic Surgeons or its equivalent in Spain.

2. SPECIALISTS Cosmetic Surgeons should be qualified and registered in Plastic Surgery – not just general surgery.

Dr. Marco Vricella of Aria Medical Group is a registered specialist plastic surgeon.

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the surgeon. For example, the anaesthetist should be registered, and you should ask about their experience. Aria’s theatre team are world-class.

4. HOSPITAL A private hospital registered with the local health authority,

such as HC Marbella Hospital is the ideal location. Ask about your accommodation if you need an overnight recovery stay. HC Marbella offers luxurious private rooms where a friend or family member can stay overnight with you and 24/7 medical support.

5. FREE CONSULTATION Aria Medical Group offers free consultations in Gibraltar with Dr. Marco Vricella, specialist cosmetic surgeon. A professional surgeon will always be honest about what results you can expect from a procedure and the potential risks, however small.

Make sure you have realistic expectations for the procedure.

A cosmetic surgery procedure can achieve much, but results vary from person to person,

This is one of the most important considerations for many people when considering a cosmetic procedure and surgeon. Yet price should not be the deciding factor. The increased popularity of cosmetic surgery has brought down the cost of surgery over the years, but it is still a case of ‘you get what you pay for’. Remember that your fee must cover many elements including the time and expertise of the surgeon; the anaesthetist; the medical team; the operating theatre costs; the implants if you are having breast augmentation; a potential overnight stay with doctor and nurses on call; and much more.

Follow up care is especially important and Aria provide regular follow up appointments at 1, 2 and 4 weeks, 3 and 6 months and 1 year, but you will be seen

every day if necessary; there is no limit on follow up appointments.

Aria Medical Group offers competitive, realistic prices guaranteeing the best service – with no hidden extras.

Client Testimonials Think about talking to other people, who have had the operation you are considering.

Aria Medical Group has client case studies available to read or view online with ‘before and after’ photography – contact Aria for more information.

8. THE COMPANY Cosmetic surgery is available from several medical groups that service Gibraltar. However, with Aria Medical Group, you are assured of the personal care of an independent firm. That’s why Aria Medical Group has such a good reputation in Gibraltar.

9. LOCATION The location of your consultation, surgery and aftercare is important. Having a cosmetic surgery procedure close to home has a number of benefits such as convenience; reduced travel before and after; and possibly lower costs as you can recover at home. Aria Medical Group offers free consultations at College Clinic in Gibraltar and all follow up appointments are also held there. If you travel elsewhere in Europe or the world for surgery, what will happen if you need aftercare or revision surgery?

a consultation with a qualified surgeon is the best way to become informed. That’s why Dr. Marco Vricella always meets every person, who is considering a procedure with Aria Medical Group.

To book a free and private consultation in Gibraltar at College Clinic, contact Aria Medical Group: Tel: (+34) 951 276 748 or (+34) 671 639 353 info@ariamedicalgroup.com

ARIA MEDICAL GROUP The Aria Medical Group team offers a wide range of cosmetic surgery procedures for both women and men, using the most up-to-date techniques. These include: + Breast Augmentation + Breast Uplift + Breast Reduction + Tummy Tuck + Liposuction + Face Lifts + Eyebag Removal + Rhinoplasty www.ariamedicalgroup.com

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The Best Recipes of our Cuisine

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Full English Shakshuka The North African breakfast of eggs in a spicy tomato sauce is made doubly delicious with a British twist of bacon, bangers, beans and a sprinkle of chi

Roast Venison Loin with Pumpkin & Sichuan Salt A great autumn dish, try this roast venison and pumpkin as an alternative Sunday roast. The Sichaun salt seasoning really packs a flavour punch SERVES: 4 · PREPARATION: 15 minutes · COOK: 1 Hr 10 Mins • INGREDIENTS: A small pumpkim 8 sage leaves - 60ml of maple syrup - 3 banana shallots, peeled and sliced lengthways - 40g butter - 600g venison loin, fat and sinew removed - 10 sichuan peppercorns - 1 tbsp flaky salt - 1 tsp chopped rosemary

HOW TO MAKE IT 1. Heat oven to 190C. Put the pumpkin, sage, maple syrup and shallots in a roasting tin and give it a good mix with your hands, making sure you coat everything in the syrup. Add half the butter and sprinkle with salt, then roast for 45 minutes or until the pumpkin is tender. 2. While the vegetables are roasting, heat a

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SERVES: 2 · PREPARATION: 10 mi-

the bacon starts to crisp and the mus-

nutes • COOK: 25 minutes · INGRE-

hrooms are golden. Tip the contents

DIENTS: 1 tbsp vegetable oil or sun-

of the pan onto a plate. 2. Tip the

flower oil - 4 chipolatas - 4 rashers

beans, passata and tomatoes into the

streaky bacon - 200g chestnut mus-

frying pan. Add the ketchup and chilli

hroom or button mushrooms, sliced

(if using), and season well. Bubble for

- 200g can haricot beans, drained -

5 mins, then scatter the mushrooms

200ml passata - 6 cherry tomatoes - 1

over the top and nestle the chipolatas

tbsp tomato ketchup - Pinch of chilli

and bacon among the beans. Create

(optional) - 2-4 eggs - Small handful

two to four gaps in the beans (so you

parsley, chopped - Buttered toasts

can see the base of the pan) and crack

HOW TO MAKE IT 1. Heat the oil

in the eggs. Cover the pan with a lid or

in a large, deep frying pan. Add the

baking tray and cook for 4-5 mins un-

chipolatas, cook until brown all over,

til the egg whites are cooked through

then push to one side of the pan. Add

but the yolks are still runny. Scatter

frying pan, add a splash of oil and the

the bacon to one part of the pan and

with parsley and extra chilli, if you like,

remaining butter. When foaming, add

the mushrooms to the other. Fry until

and serve with hot buttered toast.

the venison and sear as quickly as you can. Remove from the heat and set aside. Once the vegetables are soft, lay the loin on top and return the tin to the oven to cook for another 15-20 minutes.. 3. While the venison is roasting, put the Sichuan peppercorns, salt and rosemary into a pestle and mortar and grind to a coarse seasoning. When the venison is cooked, remove from the oven and rest for 10 mins. While it’s resting, brush with the glaze from the pan and sprinkle over a generous pinch of the seasoning. Serve the carved venison with the pumpkin and shallots.

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ISOLAS, Global thought Leaders in Cryptocurrency ISOLAS’ DLT Team, headed

by Joey Garcia, one of only 12 global blockchain legal experts recognised by the leading legal directory Chambers & Partners, has recently contributed to a number of high profile industry publications, sharing their unrivalled expertise in the field.

U.S. CHAMBER OF DIGITAL COMMERCE Most recently, Joey Garcia and DLT Partner, Jonathan Garcia, have contributed the Gibraltar chapter of the U.S. Chamber of Digital Commerce’s ‘Understanding Digital Tokens: Market Overviews and Proposed Guidelines for Policymakers and Practitioners’. The publication is the first instalment of a ‘comprehensive set of token and ICO guidelines’ produced under the leadership of former commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins, and former CFTC Commissioner and Chair, James Newsome.

The project has brought together 350+ industry specialists including economists, executives, lawyers and analysts within the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance.

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a challenge for U.S. regulators. Digital Commerce’s report on The sheer number of unique Understanding Digital Tokens characteristics that tokens may can be accessed here https:// represent means that much work dig it a lchamb er.org/tokenremains to be done to understand alliance-paper/ their potential and functionality.

A digital token can be a security, a currency, a commodity, property, or even a hybrid of these characteristics.

Some have even suggested that a token may initially represent one functionality, such as a security, and then shift and represent another, such as a commodity. When it comes to the regulatory treatment of a token, this very versatility can be baffling at best.’ The Token Alliance also acknowledges the fact that the recognition by other Joey Garcia countries (including Gibraltar) of the potential of this technology makes the need for the US to BLOOMBERG RESEARCH develop a regulatory environment to welcome it more urgent.

ISOLAS’ was cited as a source of information and insight The link to the Chamber of as part of the production of

a Bloomberg Research report into the Cryptoasset space by Satis Group. The report, which provides an overview of the composition of the cryptoasset space as at 27th July 2019, also includes a report on the common applications of the various networks, metrics used to gauge network activity and, in particular, a legal jurisdictional overview which can be found at page 37.

It highlights that “Gibraltar is in the process of drafting legislation specifically targeted at the sale of utility tokens, defined as entitlements to access future networks or consume future services. The government’s view is that these tokens represent commercial products and, as such, are not caught by existing securities regulation in Gibraltar even if there is an expectation of profit as the product/service is built out.”

Links to further information contained in the research report include links to information produced by ISOLAS and the full report can be found by clicking on the link below: https://research.bloomberg. com/pub/res/d2gg3p_ HTg39HRCuzQjIyy8NVZQ

MASTERS OF BLOCKCHAIN, ON AMAZON Joey Garcia also contributed the Gibraltar chapter of Masters of Blockchain & Initial Coin Offerings: The rise of Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs, cryptocurrencies, token economies and what that means for startups, corporations and investors, by Andrew Romans, a Kindle book available on Amazon.

“Andrew Romans’ captured wisdom from over 200 meetings and interviews with some of the brightest minds in blockchain with case studies of many of the first and most recent ICOs ranging from Ethereum to Stellar.”

Tim Draper, world-renowned billionaire investor/author/ entrepreneur, who’s bullish views on the virtues of cryptocurrency and the potential for price appreciation make him one of the industry’s most high-profile proponents, wrote the foreword to Masters of Blockchain. A long list of top contributors from the blockchain space including, amongst others, Greg Kidd and Alex Mashinsky,

ICLG FINTECH 2018 Finally, last month saw the publication of the International

Comparative Legal Guide to Fintech 2018, described as “a great resource into the global topic of Fintech. Across 44 jurisdictions there is unique insight into the landscape, regulation, funding and insight into the technology.

Key jurisdictions include Gibraltar with insight from Joey Garcia and Jonathan Garcia of ISOLAS LLP, USA covered by Reena Sahni of Shearman & Sterling LLP, Ireland drafted

by Claire Morissey of A&L Goodbody, Israel covered by Ariel Rosenberg of Goldfarb Seligman, Canada with insight from Jeffrey Nagashima of McMillan, Isle of Man covered

by Claire Milne of Appleby and South Africa reported by ENSafrica.

The report can be reviewed at https://iclg.com/practiceareas/fintech-laws-andregulations.

The first half of 2018 has been a very busy six months for the DLT team at ISOLAS – by continuing to contribute to these publications, the DLT Team continues to push hard to entrench its position as market leader in Gibraltar and a source for genuine and insightful thought leadership for DLT in the global context.

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The 2018 National Day Rock Concert at Casemates

Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

bass. He was nervous but you wouldn’t have known it.

old rockers were very proud to have him home.

There weren’t as many people as other years; maybe it was the gusty ‘Levanter’ or maybe they had been celebrating hard all day long but when ‘The Jesse Tree’ opened their brilliant set, many more should have been there to witness the transformation of an always promising young rocker into a consummate showman with excellent original material and the guitar chops to match. Jesse Maclaren put a stamp of musical authority into the opening set of the concert with his French drummer Aymerick (‘franshuti’) and Robbie Bensusan on

It was a homecoming gig and he was sporting a new guitar given to him by his uncle.

Your’e so Real, Meaning, The Bigger Picture, a classic Led Zep cover, Good Things Take Time, A Million Dreams (his first single as The Jesse Tree), Breaking the Silence and Hypnotised left Casemates revellers impressed with fresh baked Rock’n’Roll in the shape of good tunes, not predictable but easily identifiable as well crafted, meaningful songs delivered vocally and guitar wise by a band, who will have to be reckoned with in future. Quite a number of

‘Modern Strangers’ followed ‘Jesse Tree’ and from the off you could tell that they were here to impress and they did. Local bassist, Patrick Murphy was one fifth of a great sound. Think of a cross between Duran Duran, a Bee Gees type of vocal sound (but more current) and the best dance rhythms of the 80s and you are in right the ball park. They were quirky in style and presentation but totally compelling, likeable and they say, promising to break into the British scene with the right luck and good original material, which they

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showcased here. Their line up was guitar, bass, keyboard and drums with a suave singer up front, who knew his stuff well.

Their set was growing in complexity and good vibes as it unfolded, with some epic arrangements to tunes like ‘Nothing On You’ and especially ‘She’s So Cold’, which I later checked out on my Spotify just as I did with Jesse Tree. I want to see this band again and Jesse’s too so promoters please take note.

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new front man and Jamis Mifsud as their guitarist (he had done guitar duty with them for a spell before). Kicking off their headline set with Queen’s ‘One World One Vision’ and ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, as ever they were not found wanting when they brilliantly picked off various classics from Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Journey, Toto and Van Halen. These are five guys at the top of their game, who still enjoy Rocking but are prepared to put in the rehearsal time that it takes to produce covers that match the sound and hallmarks of the great catalogue that is Rock music at its best. Robert Perez on bass, Ivan Israel on

drums, and Trevor Guilliano on keyboards gave their usual good account of themselves but Giles and Jamis were up there flying the AH flag, which always guarantees that what you are seeing and hearing is as good as you’re going get in tributes of calibre.

Although as I mentioned earlier, there were less people in Casemates Square, by the middle of the set with Afterhours, they were mostly dancing to the immortal Rock classics that provided a fitting end to the great day of celebration that is our National Day. I salute the three bands for giving their all and making a great night of it. Rock on 2019!

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The 2018 Gibraltar Wine Festival Photographs By Neville Zammitt

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Sculptor Nimrod Messeg Exhibits his latest works at the Kempinski Hotel Bahía The Kempinski Hotel Bahía is starting their Autumn/Winter art season with an exhibition from celebrity artist and Marbella resident Nimrod Messeg, from the 11th of October to the 21st of November.

Israeli painter Aharon Messeg and the poet Sabina Messeg. Nimrod began sculpting from an early age in his father’s workshop and has developed his own unique and eclectic style. After travelling around the world for many years, Nimrod settled in Marbella in 1999. He has developed his own artisan method of sculpting with iron. He uses traditional forging techniques to create textures, shapes and effects which transform the metal into something beautiful, light and soft.

The exhibition will be launched with a glamourous opening event with the artist on Thursday 11th of October from 7.30-9.30pm. Guests will enjoy drinks and nibbles at the Kempinski and have the opportunity to learn about the works and The artist uses iron to create unique, innovative and powerful sculptures his creative process from the artist and his team. He is exhibiting a collection of 14 sculptures in iron, which To find out more about the exhibition and how to get to the Kempinski capture the beauty of the human form and are innovative and powerful Hotel Bahía please visit: www.kempinski.com/estepona.To find out more works. The stunning sculpture ‘El Vuelo’, which stands at 2.5 meters, with about the artist and his work visit: www.nimrodmesseg.com. The exhibiits beautifully crafted torso and intricate wings, will be at the entrance, tion will run from 11th October to 21st November. welcoming guests to explore the other works inside the hotel’s gallery area.

Key Information The exhibition launch event is free to attend, but numbers are limited and Exhibition of Nimrod Messeg Sculptures: 11th of October – 21st of reservations are required. Please email justine.haughey@kempinski.com November • Place: Kempinski Hotel Bahía de Estepona - Autovía del to reserve your place. Art lovers are welcome to pop in to the hotel at any Mediterráneo, Km 159 time to enjoy these wonderful works. They are located in the gallery space Free opening event with cocktail reception to the right of the entrance.

Date: 11th of October • Time: 19:30-21:30 Nimrod Messeg was born in Israel in 1970 and is the son of the famous RSVP: RSVP by email to justine.haughey@kempinski.com

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Janice Felices, Gibraltar’s First Professional Ballerina came first in the Classical and Modern Division.

The highly competitive world of professional dance is well known to all and surviving in this industry is magnified to nearly impossible if we talk about female dancers in the elitist world of Classical Ballet. Just getting into one of the top prestigious schools is a fete in itself.

Hundreds of students audition for very limited places. Classical students usually board as from the age of 11 and daily they work to keep their places within their schools. Annually they are assessed and those who don’t keep up are sent home. Talent, emotional and physical strength, discipline and a love and understanding for Classical Ballet beyond their years are a must.

All this Classical world was pretty alien to us here in Gibraltar until young dancer Janice Felices met all the requirements of becoming a Classical thoroughbred.

Janice started her classical training at Danza Academy at the age of 6, under the guidance of Royal Academy of Dance registered Ballet teacher Anne-Marie Gomez. It was evident from her first few lessons that her physique and performance skills were extraordinary.

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At the age of 12 Janice auditioned for the Royal Ballet School and was the first Gibraltarian female to get to the finals. The following year the Royal Ballet School awarded her a place in its Mid-Associate Programme on Saturday mornings. In a year Janice travelled 33 times to London, departing on Fridays and returning on Sundays, to make the most of this honourable privilege. An honour only granted to this Gibraltarian dancer till this date.

Soon she would win any local competition entered and internationally she also competed with great success achieving finalist and podium positions. Among her awards in 2011 Janice won the M.O. Supreme Bursary Award at Gibraltar’s Stage Dance Festival and was sent to the Sussex Dance Festival where she

At the age of 14 Janice auditioned at Elmhurst Ballet School, the feeder school of The Birmingham Royal Ballet and was given a scholarship for full time training. Unfortunately Gibraltarians do not qualify for M.D.S. awards but supported by her parents, the Kusuma Trust and Her Majesties Government of Gibraltar, Janice embarked on her dream. Elmhurst takes approximately 20-25 students a year. Approximately 2 thirds or more are girls.

At Elmhurst Janice led a very disciplined life, waking up at 6am daily, at 8:30am she would take a two hour ballet class, she would then complete three hours of school work and back to dancing. Her day would finish at 6pm, ne-

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Coaching by Hilary Clark at Genee

vertheless Janice achieved 11 GCSE’s at the end of lower school. At the Upper School, after a 2 hour ballet class, she would continue dancing for 5 more hours. There she would do one hour of academics a day and she completed two ‘A’ levels. Elmhurst awards a few dance related prizes amongst all its dancers annually, Janice always shone having been awarded ‘The Most Versatile Dancer‘ in 2014 and 2017.

In 2018 she received ‘The Consistency in Performance Award’. In 2016 she was a finalist and in 2017 she won the Upper School Solo

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Winner of Upper School Solo Competition

Competition. Having achieved the highest marks of Elmhurst students who took The Royal Academy of Dance Advanced 2 Classical Exam, Janice then went on to represent Elmhurst at The Royal Academy of Dance ‘Genee International Ballet Competition’ 2017 held in Lisbon. The Competition is only opened to exceptional ballet students from around the world who have to attend classes over two weeks before the event.

Adeline Genee was the founder of The Royal

Academy of Dance (RAD) and this Competition is only for the very best. 55 Classical students competed and Janice got to the finals of 11 dancers. She was runner up to the audience choice award.

Janice was also chosen to dance in ‘The Royal Academy of Dance ‘Exploring Repertoire’ SyIlabus video DVD. In the promotional video it is quite impressive to see Janice dance before and after an interview with Darcey Bussell, acclaimed former principal dancer of The Royal Ballet.

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Genee 2017 Finals

Graduate year in the Summer Show 2018

Janice was also chosen to take promotional pictures to be the ‘Face of Elmhurst’ for their new ‘Your Place for Dance’ Ad Campaign. A large photo is displayed at Elmhurst and this same print made it to the second page of The Dancing Times in May 2018. Janice has also appeared in the RAD Gazette Autumn 2018 being taught by Hilary Clark at the Genee International Ballet Competition.

In July Janice was selected by Elmhurst to represent the school and perform in the Japan International Youth Ballet in Tokyo.

At the young age of 19 Janice has now graduated Elmhurst Ballet School this past July, completing her Diploma in Classical Ballet and will shortly begin her dancing career.

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At auditions hundreds of dancers tend to turn up for a couple of jobs. After attending a number of international auditions Janice was awarded a place in the Pre-Professional Program at Ballet Wales and a Professional Contract at The Romanian National Ballet of Iasi. The latter post she will take up as from September.

Gibraltar should be so proud of Janice Felices. Her hard work, determination, talent and professionalism have been evident throughout her childhood and teenage years. Janice is an example to all those talented individuals who have an unimaginable dream. Her amazing successes at her very young age is a reflection of many sacrifices made by herself and her family, always aiming to make it to the top league in Professional Classical Dance. Her C.V. is incredible and outstanding for

a teenager and I am sure it is only the beginning of an amazing international career. “I asked Janice about her thoughts when she left home to study at the age of 14, she commented that although she was extremely innocent at the time she knew this was the path she had to lead should she want a career as a Classical Dancer.

Her love for Classical Ballet and performing is what has driven her so far and continues driving her now. She commented that all her sacrifices had been well worth it and that she was looking forward to embarking on her dream of simply dancing for a living. We had the pleasure of having Janice teach at the ‘Danza Academy’ Summer School and she was a true inspiration to us all. She has been an excellent ambassador for Gibraltar so far and her achievements should be somehow recognised”, said Danza Academy Director Anne-Marie Gomez.

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National Day Children’s Fancy Dress Competition 2018 Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

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‘Paisaje comestible’ prepared by La Taberna, the ‘Twister de Langostino’ of Chaboo, etc up to the twenty four tapas presented on the occasion.

Text by Sergio Tejedor

‘The 4th Ruta de la Tapa’ was held in La Linea de la Concepcion from the 20th to the 23rd o f September last; this event was a gastronomic one in which twenty four of the city’s top bars and restaurants took part.

During the four days, those who visited the gastronomic fair were treated to delicious tapas made for the occasion; original gastronomic offerings, which delighted the many, who turned up to each one of the participating bar/ restaurants to taste the variety of tapas on offer; from Barrica’s spectacular ‘Dim Sum de Toro’, the delicious ‘Porto redondo’ of La Pampa, the ‘Milhoja de Ibericos’ of La Serrana, the

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As a novelty, the fair was inaugurated at the ‘Mercado Municipal’ (Municipal Market) with the performance of the band, ‘Enkalomao’, and where a handy fold-out, which had information about each one of the tapas, the participating establishments and their respective addresses, were handed out; the fold-out, affectionately known as ‘El Tapaporte’, where the clients could stamp and give their seal of approval to the tapas consumed and take part in a series of competitions, which awarded prizes to the best ‘Tapa’ and the best waiter with prizes handed out at a closing ceremony on the last day of the event, which saw the performance of the group, ‘Malamanera’.

Santi Macías, the president of the ALAHO Association commented: “to plan and develop an ambitious project of this nature always requires a lot of energy. ‘La 4ª Ruta de la Tapa’ has been so and has resulted in a successful civic engagement, organisation and involvement of the Linense Hospitality trade, which has excelled in the process. Expectations were high but in the process they overcame all expectations, succeeding in the impact and scope of the event.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the board of directors and members of the ALAHO Association, contributors and sponsors, the La Linea City Council and the city as a whole for their commitment, effort and enthusiasm, which has helped in making this event and project a total success transcending the field of catering and converting it into a sign of our civic identity” Globe Magazine would like to congratulate the ALAHO Association on the overwhelming success of this important gastronomic event.

Well Done!!

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Berlín Número 1 The New Home of Rock in La Línea

We find ourselves in a music pub, which has recently opened in La Linea. It’s called BERLIN NUMERO.01 and we’ve come along to have a chat with its owners Angel Gutierrez and his spouse, Tania, who both hail from Germany although Angel’s parents are both originally from La Linea.

Angel was born in Mönchen-Gladbach fifty years ago but speaks perfect Spanish by virtue of his heritage. However, Tania, whom he met in Mönchen-Gladbach, is taking classes in Spanish as she has only being living in Spain for a year.

From a very young age, Angel has had a passion for Heavy Rock and Metal; a style of music, which is very popular in Germany, one of the cradles of this genre, apart from being one of the world’s great cultural centres. He has, however, always had the ambition of returning to the land of his forefathers to set up a business where he could work in his great passion: music!

His dream became a reality: its name ‘Berlin Numero 01’. The name is obvious, Berlin, the ‘teutonic’ capital, being one of the cities where they hold top Heavy Rock and

Metal concerts. Angel comments that in the month that they’ve been opened, they’ve had a great acceptance since in La Linea there is a keen following of Heavy Rock and there was a need for a ‘Live’ venue for this genre of music. He continues, “I have a lot of friends, some of whom are fanatics of Heavy Rock, in dire need for a place where they could listen to the music they are passionate about.”

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have state-of- the-art, professional music equipment in their pub. They also make use of large video screens where clients can watch, apart from hearing, performances taking place. They can also ask for a particular song or act to watch on screen!

Angel also comments that in the not too distant future, he is hoping to be in a position to offer his clients ‘live’ music in the pub.

Not only are they talking about local musician from the local ‘Rock Scene’ but both Angel and Tania have a lot of musician friends in Germany who might be willing to perform at Berlin Numero. 01; a real treat for their clientele!

Apart from offering all sorts of drinks, which are available in any modern pub, Angel told us that he offers his clients a vast selection of Cocktails and ‘mojitos’. He recommended us to try the ‘Zombie’ (Habana Club, rum, cointreau, four different juices and grenadine); we tried it and the honest

truth is that it was exquisite!

The other thing that makes Berlin Numero 01 different from other local pubs is the excellent price for drinks; visit them and you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Berlin Numero 01 is closed on Mondays, but the rest of the week, it opens from 09:00pm till the early hours of the morning.

For those of you feeling a bit peckish, Berlin offers its clientele various dishes, including logically, some of Germanic origin.

The atmosphere generated at the pub tonight has been superb, both inside the premises and outside in the summer terrace, which it has for its clients; listening to good music and socialising among friends; thank-you Angel and Tania for bringing to La Linea a genre of music, which had been missing from the area for quite a while.

Berlin Numero. 01 is situated at Calle Duque de Tetuan, 26.

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The Layla Rose Band release first EP ‘Postcards’

Text by Joe Adambery

introduced their set, which was following the song order in the CD. On sale at the venue were Tshirts and EPs, which were quickly snapped up by eager fans. The launch was a great success.

Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

One of the most significant steps and an important milestone in any band’s life is the launch of their first recording. The local Country Rock band fronted by sixteen year-old Layla Bugeja launched their first CD EP ‘Postcards’ in memory of their late founder member Tyrone Moya in a charity event at the Rock on the Rock Club on the 29th September.

An invited audience, which included family and friends, was bolstered by many young fans from Layla’s school. It was a capacity

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audience, who went to see and hear the band perform the seven songs included in ‘Postcards’ and witness the launch of new songs being premiered too. An opportunity to hear the band chatting about their journey was afforded

by a live Q&A session hosted by yours truly during a ten minute break from the mini concert.

In an opening address, David Diaz of GLMS tracked the beginning of the band’s trajectory and

I’d had the benefit of a preview of the EP when it was printed and also knew the songs from their various gigs, which I have attended. The sound of Country Rock at close quarters is a pretty exciting thing and the band has worked hard to finesse the musical embellishments that compliment Layla’s songs. She says they’re her babies and she struggled to give up control during the recording process. As it turns out Danni Fa

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(Taxi guitarist and record producer) pointed the way that the songs would much better work in the recording process and the band now wholeheartedly agree that a very fine job has been done in ‘Postcards.’

The EP’s recording sound is an accomplished one where the vocal harmonies, Layla’s solo singing and the multi-instrumentation,

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which includes, harmonica, keyboards, banjo, mandolin, dobro, guitars, bass and drums, which never have to compete to be heard.

Sound producer on the night of the launch was Paul Isola, who had his work cut out trying to replicate what is a quite sophisticated recording of a genre, which is still new to us here on the Rock.

I take my hat off to whoever iden-

tified the gap in our music scene and plumbed for country rock.

Who would have known that in a short time the genre has taken root here and is sure to progress to other bands taking the country route seriously like the Layla Rose Band? Having said that, the late Tyrone Moya was present at the embryonic sessions and so was Adrian Pizarello and Layla’s father Jonathan Bugeja. ‘Undesi-

rables 141’ lit the torch and the LRB fanned the flames to now lead the way.

The amazing thing that I like in all this is that musicians are crossing over from other major established bands and are lending their skills to these side projects. What is even more amazing is that they all fit in and happily come together for occasions such as this

record and the larger projects like the ‘GibFloyd’- now there’s a story for another day.

Congratulations to Layla Bugeja, the band and everyone involved in helping a sweet and talented

young lady realise her ‘Nashville’ coloured dreams and start making them true. Have a great jour-

ney in music because nothing comes close. It was a privilege to be there.

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The Gourmet Catering and Events Trophy

Category 1 (handicaps 0 to 12): The runner up with a score of 34 points was Mark Henderson (handicap 11) with a score of 34 points and the winner on handicap, also with 34 points was Matthew Bruce-Smith (handicap 4).

The 2018-19 Med Golf season got off to a cracking start at the Benalup 5-Star Fairplay Golf and Spa resort on Sunday 2nd September 2018. Many members stayed in the hotel to make it a family weekend and the players contested the ‘Gourmet Catering and Events Trophy’. The recently renovated Par 73 course was in excellent condition and, while a vicious south westerly wind did much to depress the scores, the generous fairways and clear spaces between the surrounding trees made sure that the wind did not spoil the day.

The champion of the day, winner of the ‘Gourmet Catering and Events Trophy’ and a 60€ Med Golf voucher was Andrew Brown (handicap 27) with 35 Stableford points, beating Nicholas Farr on handicap (handicap 28) also with 35 points,. The results gave Andrew back-toback victories in only his second event as he also won the Med Golf Omega Pharmacy Trophy on his debut at La Cańada in July. Andrew also won the team 104 GLOBE MAGAZINE

Category 2 (handicaps 13 to 22): Matthew Robinson was runner up with a score of 31 points and the winner was Jason Roberts with 33 points.

Category 3 (handicap 23 and above): Lee Scares took the runner up prize with 30 points and the winner with 35 points was Nicholas Farr.

prize along with Mark Henderson with a combined score of 69 points.

The best gross score of 79 was posted by Matthew BruceSmith, who was also the Category 1 winner with a score of 34 points. Furthermore, Matthew had the best gross score on the

Par 3 holes of level par and won a nearest to the pin prize. John Hunter had the longest drive and also won a nearest to the pin prize. The best senior was Mike Cowburn with a score of 32 points.

Our handicap category prizes were won as follows:

Nearest the pin winners were: Matthew Bruce-Smith, Russell Eldridge, John Hunter, and Nick Pyle. Anthony Bull was nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 and Michael Byrne was winner of nearest the pin in 3 on a par 5.

The prizes were presented by Med Golf ’s Camille Benezrah and Judith Aguilar. The golf prize presentation was followed by a sco-

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recard draw as described below.

and Roy Azopardi.

MED GOLF ORDER OF MERIT

A one litre bottle of Johnnie Walker red label whiskey donated

by Saccone and Speed was won

by Thomas Pool and presented by Denis Lafferty, a long time supporter of Med Golf.

Guests are made very welcome at all events and are encouraged to join us and enjoy a great day out. While they are not eligible to win the trophy or category prizes, they can win the many minicompetition prizes and even a best guest prize if warranted by numbers, and of course the scorecard draw at the end of the prize presentation.

The top 10 players will qualify for next years’ Masters at San Roque.

Draws for two pairs of green fee vouchers at Benalup courtesy of the Fairplay Golf and Spa Resort won by Alistair Knight

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Andrew Brown Nick Farr Matthew Bruce-Smith Mark Henderson Jason Roberts Mike Cowburn Matthew Robinson

Matt Charlesworth Simon Dyson Roy Azopardi Anthony Bull Graeme Powrie Nicky Sanchez Micheal Byrne Lee Scarse Richard Atkinson Paul Nash Eddie Diaz Neil Cotter Matthew Warner

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