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ummer’s well and truly here, but instead of squandering away my time on the beach, I’ve been putting all of my energy into a great collaborative project that’s bringing together Gibraltarians, Spaniards and a wider international community. We’re painting a wall. Specifically, the wall of a former theatre in the Princesa Sofia park just over the other side of the frontier. The process of creating the mural has been really rewarding, and my tan’s been topped up just as well as it would have by the seashore. You can find out more about the wall on page 9. The theme of Spanish and Gibraltarian collaboration can also be found in our first sport’s column, thanks to our newest addition, Mark Viales, who we welcomed to our team this month. With his keen eye and sharp knowledge of all things sport, he guides us through the strenuous battle faced by the Gibraltar Rugby Football Union in trying to join the European Governing body (p. 80). Be sure to look out for more content by Mark in the coming months. This month, business start-ups are the

topic of choice for Eran and Ayelet Shay who offer an insight into the up and coming industry (p. 28) while Nick Cowan of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange outlines the importance of maintaining stable relationships with clients and regulators (p. 24). On the cover is Station Commander Liz Hutchison, who divulges her life in the military, discussing what it’s been like as a woman in a male dominated profession (p. 32). Also in Life, Gibraltar’s first renewable energy project comes to fruition (p. 41) and veteran of Gibraltarian politics Juan Carlos Perez takes us back through his prolific career at the heart of the fight for Gibraltarian rights (p. 44). For those who, like me, appreciate Marcus’ dry and deadpan humour, you’re in for a treat. He writes about his experience during the recent British Airways flight’s emergency stop (p. 37) and his attendance at the prestigious Legal Business Awards dinner (p. 76).

couple and major drum and bass fans Alex Lethalness (p. 66) and Basscake (p. 68) share their success in the underground music scene with us. Sophie journeys to the South of France, offering an insight into some of the most unique and charming corners of the country that is currently hosting UEFA’s Euro 2016 tournament (p. 71). Finally, back on the beach, we found out what exactly people would choose to take with them to spend an eternity by the shoreline (p. 18).

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Pensions Planning - the overseas option Stock Exchange - financial services into the future Consideration in Anticipation - Gibraltar’s Budget 2016-17 Starting the Start-Up - thriving community ecosystem Compulsory Mediation - Industrial Tribunal Reform

LIFE 32 37 41 44 50

Wing Commander - strength of women in The Forces Bird Strike - saving my academic record Making Waves - Gibraltar’s first renewable energy source Defending my Homeland - Juan Carlos Perez Classic Jukebox - David Martinez

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Dali’s Campo - Artistic license with Jorge D. Caballero Art-Breaking Journey - Alan Perez New Sense Of Direction - Steve Lawson YinYang Festival - underground electronic music Basscake Evolution - Cheryl Jeffries

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Charme of The South - a whistle-stop tour of sights Pomp and Circumstance - and the winner is … Sport for All - Strait Games Rugby Revolution - Gibraltar’s battle for Rugby Europe Wine Codebreaker - the wisdom behind wine tasting Recipes: Pearl Barley Risoto & Torte with Salted Caramel

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NIGHT TIME BEACH ENTERTAINMENT

n order to liven up the beachside atmosphere throughout the summer months the Tourist Board and Ministry for Culture have arranged a series of entertainment filled nights to keep beachgoers around even after the sun has set. The first of three evenings was held in late June, offering arts and crafts for sale, food stalls, karaoke, dance performances, magic, fire shows, deejay sets, and local musicians. Exercise classes will also be available early in the evening. These events will alternate between beaches, with the next two planned for Wednesday 20th July and Wednesday 17th August set to be held at Eastern Beach and Catalan Bay.

The first of the ‘Beach Extravaganza’ nights was hosted at Camp Bay. Minister for Tourism Samantha Sacramento commented on the importance of beach culture to the Gibraltarian lifestyle. She added, ‘this is an extension of that community life, as it brings together all these diverse elements for the benefit of all. This is a wonderful idea to create a community spirit, to get people out of doors and enjoy the fine weather in a different way. We are pleased that these innovative ideas to involve the public have been organised.’

EY RELAY SUCCESS

Y’s annual Relay for Children, held in late May, raised a record amount of money for the company’s two chosen charities; Research into Childhood Cancer (RICC) and the Saffron Rose 4 Rett Charitable Trust, contributing to the development of a cure for childhood cancer and funding special equipment for St. Martin’s Special School. Organised in collaboration with the Gibraltar Insurance Institute and the Gibraltar Amateur Athletic Association (GAAA). The relay is now into its third year, attracting an impressive turnout of three hundred and fifty, and raising a total a total of £6,093.

The event is split into three categories, including the Relay, Ironman Challenge and Fun Run. Speaking on behalf of the organisers, EY Executive Stephen Carreras said, ‘we want to thank all those who participated or cheered on family and friends making it possible for us to handover this money to our chosen children’s charities.’ He went on to add, ‘there was a great community feel to the event which was further enhanced by the appearance of ex-Premier League Liverpool legend Mark Wright. More than 200 of whom joined the Family

Fun run that included adults and children. The Relay attracted 27 teams, another record and the Iron Man Challenge, in only its second year, attracted double last year’s count with 41 participants. The challenge attracts more elite sports enthusiasts, requiring them to compete 12km. The relay commenced in Casemates Square and saw participants either run or power walk the Main Street circuit, which covered 6km.

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CROSS-FRONTIER COMMUNITY ART PROJECT

cross-frontier community art project at the Princesa Sofia Park opposite the frontier in La Linea generated a Gibraltarian and Spanish media frenzy last month. A mural on the wall of an old theatre in the park will depict the geographical link between Gibraltar and La Linea through abstract symbolism and vibrant colour. The project, which should be completed in a couple of weeks, has brought together volunteers from Gibraltar and La Linea of various nationalities and diverse backgrounds. “I am extremely proud that collaboration between our two towns has come to pass because of this project,” said Jorge Caballero, the author of the project. “The last thing I want is to be in the limelight as I would prefer that this park receive its deserved attention. I just wanted to begin sowing the seeds and allow them to grow. It is like a snowball on the top of the mountain that just needed a little push.” When asked about what he thought of the media attention his project had attained Jorge said that the European Referendum, art and restoration were three contributing factors. “That is the precise mix that has concocted this media frenzy.” Ceferima Peño, La Linea council member for community projects/participation, described the park as a ‘poisoned chalice’ given to La Linea when the frontier was shut. However, despite being abandoned for many years and serving as a problem rather than a resource, she believes that the park’s role has been reversed and could help bring communities together. “It is a community movement that is totally

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Cross-Frontier Group President Àngel Serrano Gomez (left) alongside Vice-President John Isola (right) in an interview with Canal Sur television

supported by the ministry. The fact that this has been done by both communities is a clear demonstration of the good relationship that La Linea and Gibraltar share.” Ceferima feels that this is exactly the symbolism that is captured in Jorge’s painting and is adamant that La Linea will continue to promote these cross-frontier projects. “As a member of Juan Franco’s ministry, I must say that we believe totally in the integration and good neighbourly relations with the people of Gibraltar. We have done this as from day one.” Àngel Serrano Gomez, Cross-Frontier Group President (made up of Gibraltarian and Spanish union activists and business representatives), reiterated the positives of cross-border collaboration. “We have to promote good neighbourly relations and this is an interesting project symbolic of the corporation between both sides. We all need to take this journey together. Putting up political barriers is a thing of the past and we need to advance in cooperation for the sake of our children,” he said. John Isola, former CFG Vice-President, thought that it was a good opportunity to support a project which embodies what his group is all about, cross-border cooperation. “This sort of project could invite inward investment from interested parties as it is a park that is situated between both communities. It is a statement of intent that both communities can prosper through cooperation and in this case, create something beautiful. The two communities are interlinked culturally and historically,” he said.

‘Los Locos del Parque’ park volunteers started a clean-up and restoration project two-years-ago with Jorge’s mural the latest in a series of efforts made to rejuvenate the large open area. “Jorge’s project is a work of art and we want to place it on google maps so that tourists can come and take a selfie with it. We also want to recreate a sculpture of the tree in the mural close by to make the scene jump out at you,” said the association Vice President, Rafael Cerpa. The volunteers have helped Jorge and his team in many ways, from an extension cable to provide music for them while they paint to sending more volunteers. “It is a great collaboration between us. There is no conflict between the people helping out, which is great and natural.”

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HERITAGE AWARD NOMINATIONS

he Gibraltar Heritage Trust is inviting nominations for the 2016 Heritage Awards, an institution that has been carried out by the Trust since 1993. They are aimed towards contribution or outstanding sensitivity towards Gibraltar’s heritage. The awards recognise heritage conservation projects and developments, encouraging the involvement of the community in Gibraltar. A spokesperson for the Trust noted that they strived to promote public recognition and awareness of heritage and history on the Rock.

Nominations are being invited for the categories of Junior Heritage Award, aimed towards projects run by schools, youth groups or individuals under 16 years, the Group Heritage Award, aimed at companies, groups or developers and the Individual Heritage Award, for projects undertaken privately by an individual. Finally, the Special Commendation is awarded at the discretion of the Board of the Trust, to a person or group that has contributed to positive promotion of heritage issues.

The scope of the awards are wide and consideration is given to any nomination relating to general preservation, sensitive refurbishment of a building or structure or protection of an important tree or structure. The closing date for nominations is Tuesday 13st September.

REINTRODUCING OYSTERS

s a part of Gibraltar’s wider marine restoration programme the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis) is being reintroduced to British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. The Flat Oyster was once in abundance in the area, but numbers diminished in the 19th Century due to over-fishing. Interestingly, the shells were once used as filler material for the original Spanish built city walls. Records note that oyster catchers were employed in Gibraltar in the 1800s. The species is often found along the Mediterranean coast, as well as most of the British Isles. Working closely with local marine biologist and diver Dr. Darren Fa, the Department of the Environment has brought in almost one hundred kilograms of mature oysters, in assistance with Aquareef Tech. The oysters have been placed in strategic positions around the Rock’s protected Marine Reserve in order for them to successfully be able to reproduce. The Environment Department’s dive team is set to carry out frequent inspections in order to ‘monitor the progress of this valuable restoration initiative.’ Dr. Cortes, Minister for the Environment noted that this was another step towards improving biodiversity. He added, ‘we are working hard to try and regain many of those species that have either declined steeply or have been lost to Gibraltar, both on land and in the sea.’ 10

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GWA COMPETITION HONOURS STRONG WOMEN

arking their 50th anniversary this year, the Gibraltar Women’s Association organised its first photographic competition, in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Having received an impressive fifty-eight entries, forty-three were shortlisted and selected for exhibition, in late June, based on their technical merits, meeting the theme and being able to communicate an impactive message. Speaking at the prize giving Marlene Dalli, committee member and organiser of the competition, commended the qualities depicted in many of the entries, noting, ‘there can be no doubt that incredibly strong women and girls are represented in these photos and that some of you will be more emotionally connected to some photos than others given what you may know of the subject’s personal history. The photographs celebrate a number of qualities: tenacity and faith in the face of adversity, love and affection, family bonds, self-sacrifice, the positive value of education, exercise, mindfulness, self-care, voluntary work and self-belief, all of which are essential to self-development and community life.’ The aim of the contest was to emphasize the diversity of women beyond the representation afforded by mainstream media and to ‘celebrate women’s

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positive achievements and their valuable contributions to their respective communities.’ Marlene also commented on how impressed the judges were by how participants had interpreted the theme in different ways. As well as the top three prizes, commendations were awarded to Stephen Ignacio, Nicole Jones, Gerry Fagan and Rosie Fernandez. Third prize was awarded to Francesca Makey for her self-portrait. Second Prize was presented to Stephen Hernida for his image of an African woman carrying a child and working, and first prize was won by Kyrane Finlayson’s photo of three generations of women. Minister for Equality Samantha Sacramento opened the exhibition and prizes were

awarded by Honorary Life President and founding member of the GWA, Mariola Summerfield. The panel of judges was composed of two GWA committee members and two members of the Gibraltar Photographic Society.

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REGGAE GIANTS ON THE ROCK

eggae giants Inner Circle will bring their world famous hits, ‘Sweat’ and ‘Bad Boys’ to the Rock on Saturday August 20th for a concert organised by Sunborn Gibraltar in conjunction with Axle Media. The initial concept was to have the concert aboard the Sunborn but following such an incredible public response the dedicated 600 tickets sold out almost immediately, prompting the organisers to approach the government to use the MUGA stadium complex. Ticket prices were initially set at

£39 per person but have since dropped to £29, following the change of venue. Those who already purchased tickets are able to obtain a refund from either Buytickets.gi or the Sunborn. The band achieved major success in the 70s, reforming in the 80s and hitting the charts with their ‘Bad Boys’, which was the theme song for the long running television show ‘Spike’. Tickets for the after party are priced at £20 and will offer individuals

the opportunity to meet and greet the band. Sunborn’s Dylan Trenado revealed the addition to the line up of supporting reggae act, Malaka Youth, a Malaga based band that has made waves in the industry. Tickets for the show are limited to 1500, and can be purchased from both the Sunborn reception and buytickets.gi

HASSANS JOINS GLOBAL CORPORATE CHALLENGE

assans International Law Firm is set to take part in the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC), a worldwide event that is known as the ‘largest health and well-being initiative’. The programme assists employers in helping to motivate employees through tacking their health and wellbeing. Fourteen teams made up of one hundred Hassans employees will compete

against an estimated 50,000 teams from companies around the world. Containing seven participants each, teams will track their daily activity with fitness trackers and progress will be plotted along a virtual tour of the world. Those who are more active will explore more of the one hundred dedicated global locations. The aim of the challenge is to combat the health risks ‘associated with the sedentary nature of the modern workforce.’

Commenting on the initiative, Managing Partner of Hassans, Javier Chincotta noted, ‘this program strengthens Hassans’ mantra of creating an employee culture of health and well being. If each Hassans’ participant hits the minimum target, we will be walking a total of over 800 kilometres each – a combined equivalent of walking around the globe twice.’

GIBRALTAR AT DANCE WORLD CUP

he Gibraltar National Dance Team competed at the Dance World Cup in Jersey. Thousands of dancers from thirtynine countries and five continents took part in the Cup, with Gibraltar represented in the Mini Kids, Children, Junior and Adult categories. Picked from the qualifying of the 2016 Gibraltar International Dance Festival, choreographers and dancers included; Nathan Conroy, Joelle Montegriffo, Yalta Pons, Lilian Montero and Darion Figueredo. Jenaya Barcelo, Nathan Caines, Jerome Celecia, Arianne Cruz, Max Cruz, Simon Hammond, Jyra Hendrick, Janis Jackson, Anna Jimenez, Poppie Levy, Kayley Livingstone, Jodie McMahon, Lauren Montero, Arianne Payas, Zyanne Rios, Javan Robertson, Lior Snir, Johan Tante, Susana Traverso Ruiz, Adrian Turner, Chelsie Victor, Nathan Villalba, Amy Wink and Tyler Zarb.

National Team Manager Tyron Walker thanked Argus Insurance for its sponsorship of the team. He added, ‘I take this opportunity to also thank the Ministry

of Culture and all the other local entities that have already come on board to support our trip.’ Adrian Turner was chosen as flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

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SPEAKERS FOR 2016 LIT FEST REVEALED

head of this October’s fourth Gibunco Gibraltar International Literary Festival, the first selection of speakers was announced recently. Set to take place between 20th and 23rd of October, the festival’s patron as from this year will be HRH the Princess Royal.

Dr. Matthias Strohn, a Royal Academy of Sandhurst lecturer in war studies, will launch his new book The Royal Gibraltar Regiment 1939-2014. Interestingly, Dr. Strohn acted as an advisor on the centenary commemorations of WWI, for German and British government bodies.

Renown author Louis de Bernieres, most well known for his 1994 novel ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War, tops the bill. Admiral Lord Alan West, former Parliamentary Undersecretary for Security and Counter-Terrorism in Gordon Brown’s Labour Cabinet will also host a lecture, he is known for having contributed to the book What Next For Labour? Ideas for a New Generation, arguing in favour of increased defence spending.

Award winning journalist Boyd Tonkin will deliver the Gibraltar Lecture he recently gave at the Oxford Literary Festival. In it he examines references to Gibraltar in classic literature. Finally, the last announced speaker, Sally Bayley, an English tutor at Balliol and St. Hugh’s Colleges, Oxford will lead an interactive lecture on ‘the art of diary writing’, tying into a study she is completing on the journal as a form of literary and social self-construction.

Food critic and BBC filmmaker Jonathan Meades will discuss his forthcoming book The Plagiarist in the Kitchen, whilst

Tourist Minister Samantha Sacramento commented on the ‘top names, whose presence will, no doubt, ensure that the festival is another resounding success.’ She went on to add that event-led tourism

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Sunil Chandiramani, 28 Lawyer, Attias and Levy

David, 33 Unemployed

Water - It is the essence of life and if I take my medication with me in my back pocket, I can stay alive. I would never give up.

A woman - I think that taking a woman with me so that I could have some company would be ideal… I guess that we could help each other to survive and learn a few things from one another.

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Stephen Mascarenhas, 50 Event Organiser

Liam Ballester, 18 Student, Bayside School

Reggae music - I would take Bob Marley’s classic ‘Exodus’ album to keep me company on the desert island. I can imagine myself plucking a coconut from the palm tree and laying back to relax and enjoy my favourite music. Just so long as a coconut doesn’t fall on my head, I will be happy.

A magic cow - The cow would have infinite milk inside to nourish me during my time there. It would be the best drink in the entire world and, with a limitless supply, I would have nothing to worry about, except sunburn maybe.

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Samantha Essex, 22 Waitress/barmaid, Lord Nelson’s

Naomi Victor, 17 Team member, Get Joost

Tinned food - I would take this because it would last ages and who knows if you would be there for the long-haul. At least, I could be nourished and I could have peace and quiet on my own private desert island. I just want to be happy.

A flare - It would be a good thing right? When you need help and are stranded alone on an island, you could shoot the flare to alert a helicopter or a plane. I don’t really want to hang about alone on a desert island with no food or drink.

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Cora Lombard, 40 Secretary, Lewis Stagnetto

Ana Maria Anes, 77 Retired school secretary

A Swiss army knife - I am sure that I would need it in some way or another. I could use it to cut down coconuts, or make a fishing rod to catch my dinner. There are loads of things that it could help me with. It is important to have that survival instinct in this scenario.

A poetry book - I love to read, in particular, I enjoy reading 18th century literature, but my eyes aren’t what they used to be, so I would go for poetry. Every morning, I copy a poem and waffle a bit about what it means to me and put it out for the people of Gibraltar to enjoy.

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PENSIONS PLANNING The overseas option for an expat looking ahead

ast month I had the dubious plearelevant and something I think about far sure of celebrating yet another birth- more than in days gone by. Many people day. It was not a “significant” annimy age and older say “it’s too late for versary – it didn’t end with a zero, or me” as if financial planning and good old even a five (which comes next year). I was fashioned common sense can be forgotten delighted to receive the normal once 50 comes along. It is of course crop of good wishes – although far better to start planning for your Retirement as the years pass, I seem to pension at 21 rather than 51; but planning receive fewer cards and far more it is never too late. You should at is most electronic greetings. I did wonder least review the options available relevant and to make sure that your retirement whether it would be OK to print something I all the Facebook messages and planning is geared to your personal think about put them up where the cards circumstances. far more... should go; I decided against it. For this piece – and in an effort to The celebrations were very jolly but get away from the “Brexit” somewhat overshadowed I thought when vote, Spanish elections You should someone, albeit in a jocular fashion, said: and the like – I thought I at least “Another year closer to retirement, eh? I might take another look at hope you’ve got your pension sorted.” different types of pensions review the and, in particular, retirement options Well, yes, thanks, I do, more or less, but for planning for expatriates, available... whether they are living here someone whose next big “zero” birthday is in Gibraltar, across the bor60 (although I hasten to add, not until the der in Spain or indeed further afield. early Twenties) retirement planning is most

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Perhaps a good place to start is to highlight a form of pension that was very common until just a few years ago but is now becoming an endangered species. The ever-popular final salary scheme was highly sought after – and with good reason. In industry parlance, the pension paid from such arrangements is known as a “defined benefit”. In its simplest form, a set proportion of a final salary is paid as a pension – depending on a number of factors including length of service. Many people of my generation who worked in companies such as banks continue to enjoy these benefits but the world has changed. Increasingly, individuals are encouraged to take responsibility for their financial future, which is admirable in theory but of course good advice must be sought at all times. Pensions are for everyone – indeed obligatory in some countries (such as the UK) where new rules are being introduced that will force employers to ensure arrangements are set up for all employees. Here, 21

finance in Gibraltar, there are several The everpension options available to popular final both locals and those people who have moved here from the salary scheme UK and other countries alike. In was highly my case, I have spent almost all sought after... of my working life away from my island of birth, so I guess that makes me a serial expat. I was always advised to retain as much flexibility as possible when it comes to financial affairs and this is particularly important when considering retirement planning. Life as an expat is an adventure. It offers the potential to explore different places, different climates and different cultures, as well as the opportunity for unlikely friendships and extraordinary experiences. It can also be fragile and unpredictable. Even the best-laid plans can be turned on their head in an instant. I wrote in a recent article of the collapse in the price of oil over the last couple of years. One of the less obvious side effects of this is that many energy workers working abroad have had to pack their bags and head back to the UK. Equally, events at home, such as a parental illness, can bring a foreign posting to a sudden end. It is this uncertainty that makes it vital to

be flexible in your financial planning. An It is also important to consider whether expat returning to the UK, or existing investments remain fit for who is in transit to another overpurpose. Insurance-based products Consider seas posting, has to be mindful that are widely sold in expat markets whether of their options. Typical areas of may need adjusting or it may be existing focus should be the timing of appropriate to consider signing up investments to a retirement plan. their return and any associated tax implications. There may be an remain fit for purpose. Many UK expats have chosen to opportunity, where appropriate, to crystallise gains on certain transfer their UK pensions into assets before becoming UK resident again. overseas pension arrangements known as

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finance Life as an expat is an adventure.

Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes, or QROPS for short. A QROPS generally takes the form of a personal pension plan and typically, it will be based in an international financial centre such as Gibraltar, Malta, or the Isle of Man. This type of QROPS arrangement is typically referred to as a “third country” solution on the basis that the UK pension is transferred to a jurisdiction that is neither the holder’s home domicile nor their current country of residence. In part, the efficiency of this solution will rely on the interaction between the QROPS’ jurisdiction and the individual’s country of residence at the time when they draw benefits from the plan.

place pension scheme or a Self Invested This can all be more than a little confusing. Personal Pension (SIPP), may be more If, dear reader, I have confused you totally, effective. This would apply, for instance, at least you are in good company for no to a returning expat who intends less an authority than Bank of to carry on working and wishes to England chief economist Andy Select a make future tax relievable pension Haldane recently said that he retirement contributions as a UK resident. A found pensions so complicated provider that QROPS could not accommodate that even he didn’t understand offers solutions them. Confirmation, if any were this but a SIPP could. A SIPP may across multiple needed, of the importance of also offer cost efficiencies for jurisdictions. some members over a QROPS. good quality professional advice from the start. Finally, there may be tax implications for an expat returning to the UK if pension So, did I enjoy a good birthday? Yes, withdrawals have already been made from indeed. And I didn’t spend it checking on a QROPS while the expat was resident my pension but I will be reviewing my overseas. This generally applies where the options shortly. It’s always a good time do UK authorities consider that the period of so because the only certainty in this world residence overseas was only temporary – it is that uncertainty will continue to prevail. did not exceed five complete and consecFlexibility in retirement planning is key so, utive UK tax years. In this instance, advice yes, birthdays and pensions are indeed should be sought before getting on the related. plane.

So, what happens when a UK pension has already been transferred to a QROPS but an expat decides, for career or personal reasons, that they must take up residence in the UK again? This A SIPP may is not a calamity because the UK also offer cost The key for any expat considering their pension arrangements is to authorities specifically anticipatefficiencies select a retirement provider that ed this possibility when designfor some offers solutions across multiple ing the QROPS framework. The members over jurisdictions. This will provide QROPS can therefore remain in a QROPS. them with the flexibility to transfer situ and would, when benefits their pension seamlessly from one are ultimately drawn, be taxed on a similar basis to a UK pension. jurisdiction to another – including the UK – should their plans change unexpectedly, whether this entails a move back to the In some cases, however, a transfer to a UK or elsewhere in the world. UK-based solution, such as a new workGIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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STOCK EXCHANGE Bringing financial services into the future

inancial services, one of the most stable and resilient pillars of the Gibraltar economy, relies heavily on the forging of solid relationships, be it with clients, the Government or the regulatory body to whom they answer. “You have to The Gibraltar Stock disclose a huge Exchange owes much amount of of its success to the information...” close link it has developed with the Financial Services Commission since its inception in 2014. ‘The FSC and GSX have established a close relationship over the last four years,’ Managing Director Nick Cowan tells me. ‘In 2007 there was a previous attempt to open an exchange (called GibEx) that, for a number of reasons, never got to actually submitting a license application. Fast forward to 2012, we considered what had happened with GibEx and ensured that we would do what we could to avoid some of the pitfalls that had befallen the previous attempt.’

a wider group of clients including fund Their lawyer at the time was Albert Isola, managers and companies who are looking which was helpful to them working with ‘someone with deep knowledge of financial to raise capital,’ Nick Cowan explains. services. He was then and is now acutely aware of the risks to the jurisdiction, and The criteria that has to be met in order he has guided us accordingly. We make to list on GSX is stringent and governs sure that both Albert and the FSC are eligibility, transparency, disclosure and beconstantly communicated with so that havior. A firm’s prospectus, the document they understand the direction we’re going that helps investors make a decision on in.’ GSX was first initiated in 2012 when whether to invest when they first come to they first applied for a license from the market, has to comply with the Prospectus FSC. ’We sat down with them and asked Directive, enacted by the EU. ‘It harmonizwhat sort of license application they would es the prospectus disclosures across the support. With that guidance, we engiEU, permitting passporting post approval. neered our business plan to apply Once approved, the prospectus is for a license to technically list available in the public domain, and “If you don’t funds, a core sector on the rock, is published on GSX’s website. You comply, you with other asset classes to follow also have to comply with all of the can get fined post license.’ From there, they reporting once you’re listed. You by the FSC.” sought out a license extension to have to go in with your eyes open. increase their scope of activity If you don’t comply, you can get and offer listings within the bond business, fined by the FSC. As an issuer it’s importincluding Corporate Bonds, Asset Backed ant to understand the reporting obligations Securities and Derivative Securities. ‘This and the consequences for non-complihas supported our objective of targeting ance.’ The Stock Exchange is responsible GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

finance for maintaining an orderly market and determine how to be the fastest. When the product, a security backed by virtuliaising with the FSC on behalf of all of its our member firms come to us with a five al currency. Whilst the product tested member firms and any new applications. hundred-page bundle for application, we both GSX and the FSC, particularly given It is essentially an elite club offering listed review everything, working with the memthe uncertainty surrounding the stigma firms a platform to help increase both their ber and Issuer addressing all questions and attached to crypto currency. Working in visibility and credibility, also comments, before we present it partnership, the product has been analallowing them to offer more 11 firms that to the FSC for their approval. This ysed in depth and is now close to launch. to their clients by being able has reduced the time to market to GSX pledged to take on all the associated signed up to GSX to list their funds and debt five days instead of twenty days risks. ‘In terms of launching and listing a as members, securities on GSX. or forty days, as is the case in virtual currency product that institutions came as a very other jurisdictions.’ GSX’s model can buy and sell, we have been the first, welcomed surprise. allows member firms to deal diand I think it will get a lot of attention Setting themselves apart rectly with their small but prolific outside of Gibraltar.’ Nick’s background team of six staff members, without having in risk management coupled with the When GSX appeared on the scene, they to communicate with the FSC. depth of financial markets experience of offered a welcome alternative to the his co-founder, Philip Young and the GSX well-established exchanges of Ireland board, affords GSX additional protection and Luxemburg. ‘They’ve been doing this Client driven initiatives within this domain. They are also extremea lot longer than we have and are a lot ly keen to forge relationships between bigger. We’re trying to market our product Now that I have a more concrete undertheir member firms, having recently held to people who have historically pressed standing of the exchange, Nick’s words a small but wholly successful networking the go to button of the more established at a recent GSX networking event claimevent bringing together local and overseas jurisdictions.’ Although their demographic ing, ‘our size is our differentiating factor’, member firms, helping them to develop leans more towards companies outside clearly ring true. ‘Because we’re so small, business links between themselves. Much of Gibraltar, their initial growth in investwe can have that face-to-face trust. I’ve like others at the forefront of the ment funds was local. ‘All those that have gotten to know both employees industry in Gibraltar, Nick is paslisted are Gibraltar based. To be honest, of our Listing Members and The newest sionate about drawing attention to we didn’t anticipate having that many members of the FSC very well.’ move made Gibraltar as a prominent jurisdiction Gibraltar based funds, so that was a very Their closeness has enabled by the GSX for financial services. ‘Most of our pleasant surprise. We had been marketing them to offer a more localized is the launch initiatives come from the bottom to the US, Asia and Switzerland for two service and innovative range of of a virtual up, they’ve come from member and a half years, selling ourselves as an products. ‘We will do everything currency firms or clients. That’s why we are alternative market place, particularly to we can to hold on to this model asset-backed constantly adapting. We see great the smaller clients who are more cost-conand build up our volumes.’ The security. opportunities moving forward in the scious.’ For the Gibraltar member firms, newest move made by the fund management space, servicing the offering of listings is a new element for GSX is the launch of a virtual their business, offering something new to currency asset-backed security. The first of small corporates seeking capital as well as the insurance and reinsurance sector.’ He sell. Almost none of them previously have its kind in the world. The project combines pledges to hold annual networking events been involved in other stock exchanges, the work of the GSX and a member firm to encourage the close relationships that so the eleven firms that signed up to GSX that approached them about launching have helped the GSX grow. �NM as members came as a very welcomed surprise. ‘As of today, we are at sixteen GSX Managing Director Nick Cowan and his Marketing Director Philip Young members, including six from overseas. Of the original eleven local firms, one dropped out. We’re now really targeting international members, particularly form the UK, to join GSX as specialists within the bond market, and that for us is a big area of growth. We have a great pipeline and in 2016 already in Gibraltar we have approved our first Corporate Bond issues as well as two large bond programs for Asset Backed Securities.’ Three key elements have been established by GSX to set them aside from other exchanges; most noteworthy perhaps is their offering of the lowest costs in Europe. ‘To ensure we were the lowest for fees, we needed total partnership with the FSC. Secondly, we had to make sure that we were the fastest in Europe. We believe we’ve achieved both. The way other exchanges work is via a multi step process for getting admitted to listing. Often, where things get held up is with the regulator. We had to come up with a relationship agreement where we could GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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CONSIDERATION IN ANTICIPATION Gibraltar’s Budget 2016/2017

ver wondered why a country’s FiIsn’t it quite ironic that whilst we, the nance Minister, in the United Kingpublic expects of its public servants - the dom the Chancellor of the ExcheMinisters - to present us with their annual quer and in Gibraltar’s budgets, we generally do not require instance, the Chief Minister, such of ourselves? This said, when The Budget is last, if ever, have you even listened carry a briefcase - a Budget no trick, nor briefcase - into Parliament on to, or read the Chief Minister’s annual the day of their annual Budget is it ‘a kind of Budget? Why is that? Does it not Address? You are no doubt affect you? Really? magic’... familiar with the photos of the Ministers holding the briefcase Bag of Tricks aloft for a photo opportunity, before entering Parliament. Is the practice of carrying You have no doubt heard, derogatory in my a briefcase steeped in tradition, or is it view, the Ministers’ budgets being referred purely ceremonial? to as a ‘bag of tricks’. If you really want to be technical, the speech is carried in a The answer lies in the word itself. The briefcase, not in a bag - just a humorous word ‘budget’ is said to have originated observation. The Budget is no trick, nor is from the Old French ‘bougette’, which is it ‘a kind of magic’, though granted, there is the diminutive of ‘bouge’ and also from an element of sleight of hand - but that’s Latin ‘bulga’ - both meaning ‘leather bag’, the nature of politics. In any event, those ‘pouch’, ‘wallet’, and later ‘its contents’. In artists performing acts of magic, illusion the mid 18th century, the UK Chancellor of and/or sleight of hand do not, as a rule, the Exchequer, when presenting his annual reveal their secrets, nor would you want budget, was said ‘to open the budget’. them to, as it adds to the mystique and 26

intrigue. What fun would there be if they explained how they did it? Where is the challenge in that? It is for you to analyse the Budget, to ask the pertinent questions and to seek clarification. If you are unable to do so, then, you should move onto other things. When considering the Chief Minister’s Budget Address, just bear in mind that it is more than merely a budget address. According to the Chief Minister’s 2015/2016 Budget address “... this budget address will include NOT JUST my report to the House on the Public Finances of Just bear in our nation and the state of the economy generally, but mind that also a review of many other it is more pertinent matters affectthan merely ing our economic outlook, a budget making this, very much address... more than just an address on the second reading of an Appropriation Bill, but a ‘State of the Nation Address’.” GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

economy Demystifying the Budget

Revenue Items

You are no doubt familiar with dramatised court room dramas where the opposing council requests access to all documentation, and then being provided with that and so much more. The answer(s) that they are looking for are ‘hidden’ somewhere in the documentation, but the challenge is in finding it. Well, in a way, a Budget is exactly that.

The ‘Consolidated Fund Revenue’ (revenue) for 2015/16 specifies six recurrent revenue categories - income taxes; duties, taxes and other receipts; departmental fees and receipts; rates and rents; gamREVENUE bling fees, taxes and lottery; and government earnings. A basic calculation of the EXPENDITURES ‘Estimate’ for 2015/16 reveals that income taxes (41.55%); duties, taxes and At the core of other receipts (30.67%), and gaming fees, taxes and lottery (19.72%) acIn wading through the avalanche any Budget count for 91.93% of revenue. This, of statistics (numbers), financial lies the however, tells only part of the story. figures, words, and concepts, Four of the 73 revenue items or you would be well served if you, statement of It goes on to state that ‘Government-owned revenue and 5.48%, accounts for 78.63% of the at least, have a basic undercompanies are accounted for separately expenditure. revenue - import duties (28.59%); standing, as human beings have and their financial transactions do not form income tax (25.64%), company a tendency, be it deliberately part of the Overall Government Revenue tax (15.90%) and group practice medical or otherwise, to overcomplicate matters. and Expenditure figures. The Government is scheme (8.49%). Whilst doing so, do not assume anything – also a shareholder in two joint venture utility question, clarify and confirm. companies providing telecommunications and No detailed information, such as the water services.’ nature of the imported products (tariff At the core of any Budget lies the stateheadings/subheadings), nor the amount ment of revenue and expenditure. A govof import duties paid is available, the ernment can only exist if it’s able to collect Preparation ‘Abstract of Statistics’ does not provide revenue. Once there is revenue, then it What should you consider when listening this. As for ‘Tax Arrears’, which at 31 March can incur expenditure. If revenue exceeds to, or reading the Budget Address 2016? 2016 stood at £28.71 million or 12.35% expenditure then there is a surplus, and The aggregate (total) revenue and expendiof aggregate income tax and company tax in the instance of the converse, there is a ture, and their micro divisions (items), and deficit. In the instance of a deficit, the gov- (54.24% of revenue) is not provided for. in the instance of a surplus how that would ernment could consider to either reduce be utilised, and in the instance of deficit its expenditure or to borrow to fund its Expenditure Items how that would be financed. expenditure. There are various sources of borrowing, but each has an associated fiThe ‘‘Consolidated Fund Expenditure’ (expenKeep an eye out, or an ear, as to the gross nancial cost, such as, for instance, interest. diture) for 2015/16 specifies 48 ‘Head’ exdomestic product (GDP), which is penditure categories, of which defined as the total value of goods Keep an five or 10.42% accounts for Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure produced and services provided in a 51.89% of expenditure - health eye out as (20.04%); utilities (12.52%); The substation of the budget is found in to the gross country during a (financial) year, as well as the average GDP. education (9.24%); business, the ‘Approved Government of Gibraltar Esdomestic employment and social security product timates of Revenue and Expenditure’ for the In the instance of averages, a gener(5.5.4%); and treasury (4.55%). financial year. The publication consists of (GDP)... al word of caution - when you have white, light blue, pink and green pages. The your one foot in a bucket of boiling first white pages contain the ‘Summary of Government Companies (wholly owned) water and the other in a bucket of freezing Pubic Finances’, the light blue pages ‘Consolidated Fund Revenue’; the second white The ‘Summary of Public Finances’ references water, on average you are said to be very comfortable. pages ‘Consolidated Fund Expenditure’, the ‘Government Companies (wholly owned)’, of

pink pages ‘Improvement and Development Fund Revenue’, and the ‘Improvement and Development Fund Expenditure’. These financial figures are of little, if any value or use, if not compared to the previous financial year, but preferably, more financial years.

which there are two holding companies - Gibraltar Investment (Holdings) Ltd and Gibraltar International Bank Ltd. Gibraltar Investment (Holdings) Ltd incorporates 35 companies, of which 14 are property companies. It is my understanding, that these are legal entities that undertake commercial activities on behalf of an owner, the government.

Disclaimer: This article was submitted on 06 June 2016, prior to the Brexit referendum vote, and of the date of the Budget Address 2016 being known.

Riaan de Lange is Managing Director of Caloche Economics Tel: +350 540 38793 Email: caloche@ gibtelecom.net GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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STARTING THE START-UP Thriving community ecosystem

he recent growth of the startup scene and entrepreneurial community in Gibraltar is incredibly exciting. Over the past year or so, we have been Innovation is seeing an embryonic ecosysthe driving tem starting to take shape with force of the both home-grown and foreign economy on based start-ups implementing all levels... their technologies in Gibraltar, entrepreneurial social gatherings (“Meetups”) gaining momentum, business accelerators programs starting, the Gibraltar University opening its doors and new funding sources such as Government Business Nurturing Scheme and non-bank financial lenders being launched. In a knowledge-based society, innovation is the driving force of the economy on all levels and in all types of organisations. Indeed, there are five key reasons for encouraging start-up entrepreneurship: •

Innovations – They are the main driving force behind economic

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contribute to the country’s economic development and the increase of productiveness in a knowledge-based growth. Considering that start-up companies are based on innovations, society. Start-up companies are the their potential represents the healthy most suitable form of implementing core of the economy. If the country inventions and consequently, the wishes to encourage new employbest mechanism for commercializing technological and other novelties. ment in the long term, it is necessary for it to invest into the segment of Start-up companies contribute to a companies that create the most jobs quick development of new technolin the long run (in ten years and ogies and the location where they more). Technology start-up companies operate. Large companies often buy start-up companies because of techare the ideal form and opportunity for employing and activating the Y nology (fundamental ingredient) that -Generation. they then integrate into their business and thus keep their competitive advantage. At the same • Bringing new comStart-up time, they provide knowledge petitive dynamics into the companies as well as spin-off and spin-out economic system – Start-up are the most companies to the start-up encompanies are the most dysuitable form of namic economic organisations vironment, which wouldn’t be implementing possible without a well- funcon the market, since they inventions... tioning start-up ecosystem. provide additional dynamics and competitiveness to the economic system, often in the form of New jobs and economic growth – In Disruptive Technologies and innovathe long term, start-up companies create a large portion of new jobs and tive business models. This means that GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

business the economy stays healthy, vital and diligent, while individual companies find it harder to fall asleep on their laurels. •

Promoting the research-innovation system – Hi-tech as well as knowledge-based service start-up companies are very closely connected to knowledge institutions. An appropriate entrepreneurship ecosystem thus promotes the research & development of knowledge institutions, companies and connecting institutions as well as contributes to the applicative orientation of research work into other sectors of the economy. Meanwhile, it also works as a role model and encourages students and researchers to implement their ideas via a start-up company.

co-working space. This creates a natural Network effects are the benefits Technology Bringing the values of momentum for the start-up community to to individual start-ups as additional start-up proactivity into the society interact with each other in the sharing of participants are added to the startcompanies – Start-up entrepreneurship ideas, mentoring and partnering together. up community. Strong horizontal are the ideal changes the values of the social networks between connectform for the Y ed entrepreneurs create informasociety and brings a new Culture is the key to accelerating the mind-set, in line with the -Generation. tion spill-over effects from one part growth of a tech community. Growing the society based on knowledge of the community to the next, such total pool of potential and interested enand creativeness. The poputhat one person’s knowledge becomes the trepreneurs by promoting innovation and lation is starting to increasingly realise community’s knowledge. entrepreneurship through education are that they have a responsibility for their the keys to growing the tech community. work and career development. While a successful Young Enterprise proAccording to a study by PwC in 2013, the gram has been implemented in Gibraltar’s core ingredients for creating a successful Like the ecological ecosystems described High Schools, more needs to be done in start-up community are: in most biology textbooks, the start-up that sphere and, perhaps, from a younger ecosystem comprises of communities age. 1. Entrepreneurs must lead the of support organisations and start-ups. start-up community and a critical Gibraltar Each community will function somewhat Gibraltar offers unique advantages mass of leaders is required for has another that significantly reduce time to separately, but are also linked to other the start-up community to be key attribute market and provide cost efficiencies communities through various relationships sustainable over time. (e.g. friends, ex-colleagues, suppliers of inthat could to companies who wish to access puts, buyers of outputs, university alumni, potentially the European markets. Innovative 2. Leaders must have a long investors). As these relationships develop, companies in the fields of FinTech, term view and commitment. turn it into the ecosystem produces new start-ups Green Energy, Software, Telecom, a thriving and becomes more than just the sum of smart city solutions, homeland 3. There needs to be a culture of start-up its parts. The following diagram shows the security and more are already here, inclusiveness from the commuecosystem... providing inspiration for others components of a start-up ecosystem: nity. The start-up community to establish presence in Gibraltar, must be inclusive of anyone who whether from overseas or home-grown. wants to participate in it. Both, the private and public sectors must Sales and Family promote local entrepreneurship and 4. The start-up community must have marketing and innovation in order to further diversify continual activities which engage the partners Friends Gibraltar’s economy, and ensure it keeps entire entrepreneurial stack. This means Mentors Customers pace with the global tech community. engaging not only serial entrepreneurs but also potential entrepreneurs (e.g. students), Management aspiring entrepreneurs, mentors, investors team and Government and service providers employees TECH •

START-UPS

Research and development Universities

Funding

Professional advisors

Early stage Incubators / company accelerators infrastructure

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While Gibraltar certainly has the abovementioned ingredients, it has another key attribute that could potentially turn it into a thriving start-up ecosystem: its compact size. Geographical proximity facilitates horizontal networks through social collisions – this includes quick conversations passing someone on the street, an introduction to another member of the start-up community, a coffee meetup, or discussions in a

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COMPULSORY MEDIATION Industrial Tribunal Reform

was asked a couple of years ago when tent up to now and it may be that there • providing an Act that is written in plain I was training as a mediator, “What is is a conflict for law firms to use mediaEnglish; your problem with legal intervention in tion first when one considers the income • providing easy to follow procedures disputes?”. In an attempt to generated by litigation, against the and advice; open the mind to other possiincome from mediation. A ballpark Solving bilities, instead of answering the figure is litigation - £10,000 versus • offering free compulsory mediation Workplace question, I asked: “Are you conmediation - £850.When you to resolve conflict. disputes using consider litigation can take a long cerned that mediation is not the right method, or that mediation time to complete while mediation mediation Once you start to look at mediation as an will solve disputes before getting has always usually takes one day, it is surprisalternative to conflict resolution, you will to litigation?”. ing that mediation hasn’t been begin to see why the government, in its felt more of more popular. reform of the Industrial Tribunal, soon to a non-legal A noticeable trend in workplace be the ‘Employment Tribunal’, is making approach... mediation over the last few The aim of the Industrial Tribunal compulsory mediation part of the process. years is the large number of law reform, according to their May A step further, and one welcomed by us firms in the UK and more recently, here, in press release*, is to have a process that is at The HR Dept., is that they are providing Gibraltar who have decided to train emspeedy; more accessible for those without mediation services free to employees and ployees in workplace mediation. Solving substantial funds and one that provides employers who find themselves in dispute. Workplace disputes using mediation has consistency in the decision makIt is not clear yet how this will always felt more of a non-legal approach ing. The government is hoping work in practice, however, we Litigation can to dispute resolution. I am not talking here to achieve these aims by; hope that independent mediatake a long time about commercial mediation which is norto complete while tors like us will be able to offer mally a service offered by legal firms. • offering potential chairour services and participate. mediation usually So, a big high five for the new persons training at the takes one day... university; Employment Tribunal. Workplace dispute resolution in Gibraltar using mediation has been fairly non-exis-

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business The role of the mediator is not to make decisions for the parties. Instead, the mediator provides clarity of the goals and possible solutions. The issues revealed during mediation are usually not those identified at the beginning by the parties. It is this journey to discover the root of the dispute that gives the parties the chance to create agreeable They are solutions.

In the UK, there is considerable evidence that mediation works in workplace disputes. At present, those involved in employment disputes who intend to complain to tribunal, must mediate via ACAS first. 75% of disputes are settled or withdrawn without ever reaching a tribunal hearing.

I believe that the success of mediation is how it empowers providing the parties to solve their own mediation problems and provides them the Stages of Mediation opportunity to recognise the oth- services free to er party’s view in a safe environemployees and First, contact with the parties ment with an impartial facilitator – the mediator will meet both employers... (mediator). It can restore a sense parties separately. The aim of this of self-value and strength in first meeting is to allow each intheir own capacity to handle issues. Once dividual involved to tell their story and find those in dispute have experienced the out what they want out of the process. mediation process, they will be better at resolving conflicts in the future. Mediation Hearing the issues – the mediator generis certainly not a win/win, as all parties ally brings the participants together and are required to compromise. It does not invites them to put their side of the story necessarily make people happy. A more apt during a period of uninterrupted time. At description would be – they feel satisfied. this stage, the mediator will begin to summarise the main areas of disagreement and Most disputes result from poor commudraw up an agenda with the parties for the nication. Mediation is an opportunity to rest of the mediation. communicate better, to be fully heard, to present your story, and to search for muHaving identified the issues to explore, tually satisfactory solutions. In mediation the mediation is now about encouragpeople often communicate more effectiveing communication between the parties, ly with one another than in court. 80% of promoting understanding and empathy all disputes using mediation as a resolution and changing perceptions. The aim of this tool are successful. part of the mediation is to begin to shift

the focus from the past to the future and begin to look for constructive solutions. As the process develops, the mediator will encourage and support joint problem solving by the parties, ensure the solution and agreements are workable and record any agreement reached. Once an agreement has been reached, the mediator will bring the meeting to a close. In some cases no agreement is reached and other procedures may be used later to resolve the conflict. However, nothing said during the mediation can be said in future proceedings. If you are experiencing conflict in the workplace then do consider mediation as a solution. Truce is better than friction. *www.gibraltar.gov.gi/new/2152016-employment-tribunal-reform

80% of all disputes using mediation as a resolution tool are successful.

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WING COMMANDER The strength of women in The Forces: Liz Hutchison

man has ever questioned her abilities. We nce upon a time, a career in the although currently, only 9% of the British chat inadvertently about Gibraltar, and military was associated with Forces are made up of females. Amongst men mostly. Females were offithis percentage is RAF Gibraltar’s Station her having been stationed here for nine cially recognised as a permanent Commander Liz Hutchison. months now. Her office offers a panoramic view of the runway, the domain over which facet of the British Armed Forcshe rules. ‘ es in 1949, although full combat Women will Self-assured and unafraid roles have remained restricted to be permitted men, including, Infantry, HouseI’ve been in the RAF for nineteen years Before meeting Liz, I had begun to begin hold Cavalry, Royal Armoured now, it’s difficult to believe because it’s to script this article in my head, training for Corps, Royal Marines Commanflown by,’ she divulges. An air traffic condreaming up interview questions on all military dos, RAF Regiment, Special Air troller by trade, she kicked off her passion the struggles of being a woman in Service and Special Boat Service. roles... for the Royal Air Force as member of The Forces and difficulties in rising However, a Commons debate her University air squadron. ‘It seemed a to such a prominent role. Upon in December 2015 revealed that dependnatural progression to join the Royal meeting her, any suggestions ing on the outcome of an upcoming vote, Air Force,’ Liz adds. Although not of gender discrimination in her “My parents women will be permitted to begin training from a Forces family, which is often lifetime in the RAF are dispelled. gave me a for all military roles by autumn of this a big deciding factor for joining the Whilst Liz does not come across gentle nudge year. In contrast, Sweden, a country that British Forces, Liz got the idea in her overly feminine, by the same towards is very close to closing its gender parity head in her teenage years, and it measure, she is neither butch military life...” stuck. ‘My parents gave me a gentle gap, has offered females the ability to play nor masculine. There is no any role within The Forces in 1982. Over nudge towards military life, which I inkling of uncertainty about her; many years, women have championed the can see because I enjoy that camaraderie. she is self-assured and unafraid. Appearing gender discrimination cause and proved I very much like that structure to life and instantly likeable and personable, gender that a life in The Forces is just as inviting the hierarchical environment which is a is entirely irrelevant to her role, and I can and fulfilling for women, as it is for men, natural step from school, if you enjoyed imagine that throughout her career, no GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

life a pilot flatlined after being told her arms were not long enough. ‘I thought air traffic controlling was the next best thing. If I couldn’t’ be in the cockpit, I would talk to those that were. From there, I held roles as an air traffic control instructor within the Ministry of Defence, within the Civil Aviation Authority and with the Army, which I thought was incredibly interesting.’ Her intricately woven career has taken her across the globe. Liz spent a year studying Spanish at the Defence College for Language and Culture, then went on to the staff college in Madrid, where she was offered an insight into the way their military works, studying defence; ‘In defence, they put a big emphasis on learning the culture as well as the language.’ She recounts her time working on Operation Herrick in Afghanistan, six and a half months she will never forget. ‘I was the senior air traffic control officer out there, so I was in “In defence, charge of the controllers and the fire secthey put a big emphasis tion made up of sixty or seventy people. It wasn’t about the numbers though; it was on learning it,’ Liz explains. ‘My parents are so proud, of different requests to the job they did. It was humbling to have the culture although I do think my mum told people I deal with. I meet with a team who just worked their socks off. was a pilot for the first few years.’ Liz assome of the civil agencies, as well as the At the time, Bastion, the airport, was the serts that she proved far better at sitting at with the RGP for example, language.” fourth busiest airfield next to Heathrow, a radar than in a cockpit. During her time to discuss some of the isGatwick and Stanstead, because of its at university, she spent three years flight sues we have with traffic around the area. movements. There were eleven operating training in a small Bulldog aircraft. ‘I knew From a military side, I also deal with the services then at Bastion, with eight opfrom that squadron life that I absolutely capabilities of the airfield that we provide erating at any one time. We were playing wanted to join the Royal Air Force, but I to defence. You’ll have seen an increase in our part in something that was bigger than think they probably saved me and saved military traffic coming through, particularly us.’ Liz praises the opportunities that have themselves by offering me an air traffic a lot of exercise and training aircraft, now been made available to her as a part of The control position.’ that Herrick is reducing its numbers. We’re Forces, from wing walking to ski expediback to full training again, bringing new tions and mountain climbing. ‘This is also aircraft into service. We offer them a base Her role is the most senior at RAF Gibralgoing to be one of those defining posts,’ from which they can train.’ tar, an entity that has had a presence on she grins, ‘I’m here for two years and it’s the Rock since the Second World War, flying. You get so many opportunities in when two camps were constructed, service life, I’ve taken lots of those that A rich and fulfilling career Her initial one on the North Front, on the site of have come my way.’ the old racecourse (today’s runway), dream of Reflecting on her diverse and the second on reclaimed land by We move on to discuss her time here and career history, she tells me becoming a Montague Bastion. ‘I’m double hatted,’ she can barely contain her enthusiasm for her initial dream of becoming pilot flatlined the Station Commander clarifies, ‘I’m after being responsible for the welfare of all RAF told her arms personnel, and a ceremonial aspect weren’t long comes with it. The other role that I enough.” am in charge of is the RAF station and the airfield.’ Whilst the primary users of the airport are civilians travelling on commercial airlines, the airfield is military run. ‘It’s regulated by our Military Aviation Authority. I work very closely with the Director of Civil Aviation here, and the airport terminal director. I’m responsible for the safe operation of the airport, for both civilian and military use.’ Twelve RAF staff members work with nineteen locally employed civilian staff, who assist them in the fire service and with the FOD (foreign object debris) sweeping vehicles. Sixty to seventy contracted staff carry out air traffic control and airfield maintenance. ‘No one day is the same as another; I have all sorts 34

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life Gibraltar. ‘It’s got so much going on for Bridging the gender divide such a small place. Clearly, the weather is I probe her with my questions a big factor. It’s very friendly behind the purpose of this feature. and warm. I love being on “I’ve never ‘What is it like to be a woman in the doorstep to Spain as well known anywhere such a male dominated field?’ She and getting the best of both to have a sports hesitates, not because she wants worlds. Due to the role I’m in, stadium next to to tactically word her answer, but I’m fortunate enough to get the runway...” because she genuinely struggles to invited to things.’ She tackles pin down any difficulties she has some of the challenges of faced relating to her gender. Within the her role here, noting that ‘things are done RAF, 14% of staff are female, a percentage very differently. It’s about understanding that Liz believes to be relatively healthy. the culture and what makes people tick, ‘I’ve been very lucky in that I’ve had some then learning to adapt your behaviour to great mentors and sponsors as I’ve gone find the best way through for Gibraltar.’ forward. It has mostly been men that Colleagues who had previously worked in sponsored me. That’s where I think we can the Gibraltar of the 90s had a very differmake progress and keep moving forward, ent story to tell about the Rock. ‘There was in encouraging both men and women to be a much bigger Royal Air Force contingent sponsors and mentors.’ She tells me that here then. We are now a much more the true strength of women is the warmth reduced workforce. It’s hard work at times.’ they can bring to their roles. ‘At the beginThe future for RAF Gibraltar, she believes, ning, I thought it was cool to be an honoris moving towards a small increase in ary bloke, and I thought that perhaps was manpower to facilitate crucial elements of the way to do it. Over my last few years, safety and a continued steady increase in I’ve understood that you don’t have to be military traffic on the runway. The uniqueone of the boys, it’s about being able to be ness of the airfield is often commented yourself. As a service, it’s about us having on in international media, and is almost the right culture that allows everybody to a running joke amongst pilots. ‘I’ve never be themselves. That’s also part of growing known anywhere to have a sports stadium as a woman, embracing yourself and thinknext to the runway or a four lane highway ing “this is me”.’ Liz tells me that the RAF running across it. It’s got water at either has been totally accommodating to her as end and a fourteen hundred foot a woman, with only 6% of roles not limestone rock right next to it. The true currently available. As the review on Everyone does so well to keep it strength of opening up all roles to females apsafe, even with all its challenges.’ pears on the horizon, Liz says that women is the Before a pilot flies in to Gibralthe importance lies in being offered warmth they tar, they have to read about it. the opportunity to carry out those can bring to Liz insists that they relish the roles that are currently not open. their roles. challenge, particularly if they are ‘There will be men and women on a standard route, as commerthat can do certain roles. It’s key to cial pilots often are. ‘That’s real flying.’ say that we won’t be lowering standards,

it’s still about the best person for the job, but it’s giving the opportunity to try.’

“I’ve understood that you don’t have to be one of the boys...”

Sign me up Recruitment specifically targets girls, offering them a meaningful career path with something to aspire to. Targets have been set by the Government for the services to recruit more females and lower the gender gap by 6%. Having almost achieved their goal, the RAF has stretched the target to 20%. ‘Engineering is somewhere we struggle to bring in females. We are just about 50-50 in physical education roles. The administrative element has a higher female percentage.’ She touches on the move to become more pragmatic in flexible working hours for women, an effort to recognise women who are the primary care giver of the family. They are also trailing an ability to not be deployable for a certain period of time. By the time I finish my discussion with Wing Commander Liz Hutchison, my burning curiosity about a career in The Forces has been satisfied and I’m dreaming up wistful images of my future naval officer self, in charge of press and logistics on one of the RN’s imposing frontline ships. I’ve been convinced. A life in The Forces offers self-discipline, a feeling of belonging, structure and career fulfilment, camaraderie and beautifully traditional longstanding values. ‘For our younger generations coming in, it’s about utilizing what you can offer us in your desired allotted time, and the going out into the world and doing other things. You’ll hopefully take all the positive experiences that have happened, out into the world. Ultimately, what people think of us has a big part to play in our future.’ �NM

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BIRD STRIKE Saving my academic record

machines then walked, complete with their here is always a novelty in flying a transit camp and specialised in sandout of Gibraltar airport. I don’t wiches which were a true homage to the Heckler and Koch machine pistols and spare ammunition, behind the airport semean the novelty that it is regularly catering on British railways in the 1970’s. curity staff to the airside. Having had their placed amongst the top Indeed, the length of their sell-by bags duly checked they retrieved them. ten most dangerous airports in It is probably date made them the longest lasting the world, with the commenbread based product available for the only tary frequently citing the fact purchase in the western world. I understood why they went behind the airport of a road crosses the runway, but security staff. If they had walked through its size with sometimes failing to mention the metal detector and not set it off like The new terminal, cavernous in that there is water at both ends some kind of comparison, was designed to serve a Fourth of July celebration, I would have and a massive rock to the side lost all faith in airport security. Yet, why put both Spain and Gibraltar. The Giterminal on of it (complete with downdrafts). braltar part is all shiny, finished and the back packs through? On questioning both sides of At least, it has a conveniently them, I found the reason is because they operational. The Spanish part isn’t. the runway. located cemetery adjacent to it. are not allowed to bring more than It remains wasteground Indeed, it is probably the only 100ml of liquid airside. Clearly, eijust the other side of I was followed airport of its size with some kind of terther Evian has a “weapons of mass the border. Maybe one day. through minal on both sides of the runway. Some destruction” division or someone, security by days, it is difficult to tell which one you are somewhere in Gibraltar airport is I use the airport a lot. The some charming, writing policies and procedures likely to be stuck in longer. novelty I referred to above is if heavily armed whilst possessing no sense of the that, on each occasion I am absurd. For those who have only recently visited there, something different police officers. the Rock, the ”terminal for the living” is a happens. On my previous visit, vast improvement from its predecessor. I was followed through security On this trip, I had to remove my The previous one, more reminiscent of a braces at security, slightly odd but better by some charming, if heavily armed police bus station in some metropolitan city in than when my lighter was confiscated at officers. They dutifully removed their back the English Midlands, had all the style of packs and placed them on the scanning security in Barbados airport but I was able

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presumably a seagull (it would be difficult We sat, we talked, we idly texted, we to tell by now), had gone from sentient to checked the BBC Weather App (it was still McNuggets in about three milliseconds via surprised). The charming flight attendant the port engine. He explained we were regave us some champagne. We were quite On this trip, I was heading towards the cheerful. We clapped when Captain turning to the terminal to have the engine UK to sit an exam. An exam I checked. Captain Nick got another round Nick told us we were cleared to was studiously ill-prepared for, My most of applause. take off. We set off. the first exam I had sat in over a immediate decade. An exam I was doomed lesson was to fail. We trundled back to the terminal. As For those of you who have that A320’s we did, we speculated whether his silent never experienced a bird strike co-pilot was similarly calm in the face of on take-off, everything happens On this trip, the plane was can stop a mini crisis or whether one of the flight rather quickly. One second you delayed. really quickly. attendants was, at that moment, trying are hurtling down the runway, the to prize his frozen fingers off the joystick next an engine changes tone to The first sign that you are going whilst he gently rocked in his seat. Who become higher pitched. Then, in our case, to have a delay, after you have already knew? Who cared? We had Captain Nick. we braked, or rather Captain Nick braked, boarded the plane on time, is when the hard. My most immediate lesson was that Captain speaks to you. The level of the A320’s can stop really quickly. We came Back at the terminal, we disembarked. reassurance and length of explanation is to a smooth standstill just before the road. Captain Nick was there to see us descend generally indicative of the duration of the My earlier lunch came to a smooth standthe steps. No co-pilot, but no sounds of delay. If the Captain actually comes into gentle sobbing from the cockpit either. We the cabin to address you, it is going to be a still just before my mouth. commented that we had never experilong delay. Captain Nick Bower came into enced a bird strike on take-off before. He Being a flight from Gibraltar, there was the cabin. It was going to be a long delay. said, neither had he until this year but that no panic, there was, however, immediate this was his second since January. I was “authoritative” speculation as to the cause Delays are not unusual from Gib, particuunsure whether I felt safer in the knowlof our sudden standstill. Some claimed larly during the annual summer migration edge that we had a captain with recent exit was a blown tyre, others that there of French air traffic controllers to their perience in dealing with this, or concerned was something or someone on the road. picket lines. However, Captain Nick said that we had one who had become some I don’t know why but no one seemed in the French were not responsible, instead, bird strike Jonah and we were simply lucky it was thunderstorms over Heathrow. I was the slightest bit concerned and certainly that an albatross hadn’t ploughed no one leapt from their seats in surprised at this news, my friend sat next into the port engine. to me was surprised at this news, and even terror. Perhaps, we were too busy My earlier arguing cause to be concerned the BBC Weather App on my phone was lunch came Back in the terminal, we resumed with effect. surprised at this news (it was convinced it to a smooth the usual waiting position, the only was sunny there). But Captain Nick said it sign of stress being when they ran was the weather and there would be a one The fire engines arrived. The standstill out of lemon for the gin and tonics, firemen got out, they didn’t seem and a half hour delay. It always seems to just before but maybe that was just me. We all concerned either. Then, Captain be one and a half hours, just long enough my mouth. texted our friends and sent them Nick spoke. If you are ever in an to ruin your evening plans, just short blurry photos of the fire engines aircraft in difficulties you want enough to avoid the need for compensaon Instagram. Most of them were unima pilot with a voice like Captain Nick. He tion. oozed confidence; he explained that a bird, pressed, having already read about the event on social media. Another fact about Gibraltar is the speed and occasional accuracy of social media here. It was probably being tweeted before the smoke from the tyres had dissipated. “BA 491 hashtag, all fine, smiley face” or something similar. After a long wait, whilst an engineer (or just man in overalls, it was difficult to tell) decided that the bird had indeed done to the engine what Fred Goodwin did to RBS, it was announced that we were not flying anywhere that night. As I was not in need of overnight accommodation, I was allowed to leave to head home. My friend and his colleagues grabbed the last available rooms at a nearby hotel and we then went out for dinner together. It was a long dinner, by the end of which the stories of our miraculous escape got wilder and the piloting skills of Captain Nick reached Biggles proportions. What was the saddest part of our exaggerations, fuelled by lashings of Dutch courage, was that we were telling these stories to each other, despite the fact we had all been present and really knew that the most we had experienced is the braking ability of an A320. 38

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life Meanwhile, BA considered how to best help us out and clearly concluded that, to do nothing was the ideal option. In fact, they decided to make it just that little bit harder by not allowing a change of flights online and giving out a Gibraltar airport number staffed by a clearly harassed but very polite young lady who knew less than we did. This was exacerbated by their refusing to admit that the plane was not going to be fixable with bits and pieces left around in some disused hanger which last saw action housing a Spitfire squadron, but needed parts that actually fitted, brought in from the UK. As a result, there was no way it was flying out that day. Given I had to be in the UK, mainly for my parents’ wedding anniversary, the examination now having passed, I bought a fresh one way ticket online before the flight was full. I had also promised to take one of my children to watch one of the, now deceased, characters from Game of Thrones appear on the West End stage. We were It appears that he, along with too busy other members of the cast were occasionally disrobed during the arguing performance, I assume to bring cause to be fresh originality to Christopher concerned Marlowe’s masterpiece. A sort of with effect. “tackle out for the tourists” West End production. Having checked in for the flight online I proceeded to the “help desk” where I showed them my previous boarding pass and said I wished to travel on the next flight. “It’s full”, they said. “Ah ha”, I said, “I know, but I am already booked on it and I simply want to fly on my ticket for yesterday, as represented by this boarding pass, rather than much more expensive ticket I had to purchase online this morning to ensure I was on the flight. I will then cancel this latest, fully refundable ticket, board the plane and all will be well.”

“You will have to email BA customer services about that”, they said, dismissively. “I will.” I said defiantly. “You do that”, they said, definitively. Then they turned to the next stranded customer.

I left them with quiet dignity and headed towards security and the beckoning lounge from where I could see lots of invisible engineers working with invisible tools, in silence, on The ground the damaged engine. Either at Heathrow that or the Borrowers were looked into aircraft maintenance. The new plane was delayed by one and a half hours in leaving. Allegedly, there was more stormy weather over Heathrow. The BBC

Weather App was, again, surprised by this announcement. The ground at Heathrow looked extremely parched given the torrid time it must have been having. The delay on the flight meant I also missed seeing Kit Harrington get his kit off in Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York’s Theatre. I also didn’t get the chance to fail an exam but will merely be marked as absent, thereby being without a blemish on my academic career. So, all in all, I have a lot to be grateful to that seagull for. It did not give up its feathered life in vain.

extremely parched given the torrid time it must have been having.

Thank you Captain Nick, your co-pilot and the crew. As for the rest of BA and your subsequent complete lack of communication, my feelings are dependent on your replies to my emails to you. The stricken plane was still at the airport when I got back. A seagull was sitting on the tail.

I flourished my new boarding pass at them in a visual display of the personal triumph that had resulted from my perfect lateral thinking solution to the predicament. “No!” they said. “What!” I exclaimed.

“You can only claim a refund on yesterday’s ticket not the one you bought online today” they said, firmly. “That’s a bit unfair”, I said (or words to that effect).

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MAKING WAVES Gibraltar’s first renewable energy source connects to the grid

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Tackling the problem One small step for Gibraltar and remake it possible to make green money newable energy and one giant leap for from green power.’ This lamentation is not a new one, we mankind,’ David Leb exclaims to a room have all been well aware of the dangers of full of excitable onlookers, launching The concept was brought to the Rock in climate change since Al Gore first opened Gibraltar’s first renewable wave 2014, when pressures to fulfill our eyes to the impending doom ten years power plant, a remarkable EU directives began to creep ago. Since then, very small strides have “Eco Wave Power move towards neutralizing our up on the Government. ‘This is been taken globally to curb the massive efconsiders itself carbon footprint. The atmoa new Gibraltar,’ pioneer of this fects of global warming, not least the signa partner of the sphere in the room, appropriproject Environment Minister Dr. ing of the Paris Agreement, which pledges Environment...” ately overlooking panoramic John Cortes tells the audience, to lower the 2⁰C estimated rise in temviews of the Mediterranean ‘there’s no doubt about it at perature. Last year, I joined a mammoth Sea, is dense with enthusiasm over the all that today, I think, puts the seal of campaign led by the Guardian newspaper, project, led by Israeli tech start-up, Eco confirmation on the fact that Gibraltar urging the Gates Foundation to divest Wave Power. An innovative alternative has changed radically from from fossil fuels. Former Editor of the energy developer with a fierce passion what it was five years ago UK daily, Alan Rusbridger pledged “The world will for injecting a green and clean mindset as far as energy and energy to commit the little time he had left into people, Eco Wave was brought into efficiency is concerned, and only move away in his position to bringing attention from fossil fuels fruition by David Leb and Inna Braverman. is looking forward to taking to the imminent impacts of climate ‘We make renewable energy from ocean its rightful place showing if and when change. ‘It was a moment of “when waves,’ David tells us, ‘Eco Wave Power responsibility for the future they are made I no longer had the megaphone on considers itself a partner of the Environof our planet. The world cheaper.” the newspaper, what would I regret?” ment, and everyone in this room should is going through one of its It wasn’t that the Guardian has been be as well. The world will only move away most significant crises, I’m bad on climate change, I had this feeling from fossil fuels if and when they are made talking about climate change, every year is we hadn’t done justice to the subject,’ Mr. cheaper. We need more believers to help hitting new records as the warmest ever.’ Rusbridger told the audience of an event

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environment covering journalism’s role in telling the story of global warming and making an impact. Here’s hoping I’m doing justice to his quest through this feature.

place at the vanguard of renewable energy technologies.

Exploring other avenues Dr. Cortes and his team at the Environment Department beam with joy following the completion of a project that has been very dear to them. ‘I’m really pleased. With this sort of project, you see it and you support it, and it seems as though it’s taking forever because it needs to be done just right, but then it happens and I find it hard to believe.’

Their model offers feasibility studies, the development of ideas catered More recently, in my favourite specifically to the client, design, “We need part of the world, Norwegian more believers engineering, installation and mainpoliticians have allegedly agreed tenance. Their systems use uniqueto help make upon a ban of fossil fuel powly shaped buoys that capture and it possible...” ered cars by 2025. In a similar convert wave energy into low cost move to reduce emissions, the electricity. In the case of extreme state of Washington in the US has pledged weather conditions, the floats lift up above In its endeavor to meet environmental to cap carbon pollution from industrial the sea level and remain protected. The targets set by the EU, the Government sources. The move follows initiatives in turbines currently produce 0.1MW of is exploring various other renewable other states, and will clamp down on powpower, which is channeled directly into the avenues, from ‘a fairly major initiative’ er plants, oil refineries, fuel distributors, grid. An expansion is expected to increase focused on solar power, to the possibility pulp and paper mills. Gibraltar’s endeavor this to 5MW, which would feed up to of non-damaging, small wind generators to curb global warming is through the im15% of Gibraltar’s energy and much bigger offshore wind farms. plementation of renewable energy sources, consumption. The location Their systems ‘We had two approaches,’ Dr. Cortes like wave power. of choice for Eco Wave use uniquely clarifies, ‘one was from Blue Shark, who Gibraltar was Ammunition shaped buoys use currents rather than wave power. Jetty, ‘it chose us,’ David that capture We’re still working with them on a proA unique model and a clear vision alludes, in response to totype.’ He recalls Eco Wave’s keenness and convert my question. ‘At first, the Eco Wave Power is an innovator within its and willingness to front the investment. wave energy... Government didn’t know industry having invented a unique tech‘They were dynamic, and we just hit exactly who or what we nology. The concept was first conceived it off. My department and Eco Wave were, and what was available at that point by David Leb, as he sat and marveled at worked together as a great team. Also, was Ammunition Jetty. When we did a surfers in Panama utilizing the waves of they were willing to move in a modular wave study we decided we could put it in the Pacific Ocean to their benefit. From way.’ Dr. Liesl Torres, CEO of the Environthere and make it work and then make it there, he set out on a mission to seize the ment Department, announces that ‘this is bigger. It wouldn’t have been our potential that the ocean offers for the start of a very long journey where at its first location but it did turn out to clean energy generation. Co-found- “The world core, little Gibraltar is leading once again at be an ok location.’ The jetty was er Inna became impassioned by the is going the frontline on environmental governing.’ built during the Second World concept of renewable energy in her through one War. ‘Its purpose was to supply early 20s during her time working Funding for the plant was awarded partly of its most and store ammunition for boats as the International Marketing by the EU Secretariat, whose role is to significant and submarines. People lost their Manager for a different company divide EU funding appropriately between crises...” lives protecting their way of life. within the same field. In her capacnew local business ventures and valuable What these brave people did ity as marketing manager for Eco community projects. ‘The Europe 2020 will keep on paying off in ways they never Wave Power, she has spread the comstrategy is about delivering growth through could’ve imagined.’ pany’s mission and propelled them into more effective investments using educa-

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The EWP convertors draw energy from wave power throughout uniquely shaped buoys, “The Wave Clapper” and the “Power Wing” that rise and fall with the up and down motion, lifting force, change of water level, hydraulic air lock, and incident flux of waves.

of buoy submersion into the ocean, in order to protect the system from mechanical injuries.

The “Wave Clapper” and the “Power Wing” are fully equipped with sensors which continuously monitor the performance of the various subsystems and surrounding ocean environment. As a result, data is transmitted to shore in real time.

The motion of the floats is then delivered to shore by a subsea cable. The Shore- located, machinery room”/hydro pneumatic system (located on land, just like a regular power station), converts the energy from this motion into fluid pressure, which is used to spin a generator, producing electricity.

In the event of upcoming storms, the system automatically “recognizes” the type of waves, and independently “decides” whether to raise the buoys over the water level, or to create a process

When the wave heights return to normal, the system unlocks and recommences energy conversion and transmission of the electrical power ashore.

tion, research and innovation.’ These goals targets for reducing emissions. We are well were set out by the European Commission within the EU limit, although being the in 2010 to boost employment, research environmentalist that I am, I want us to be and development, and target climate, doing much better than that.’ Dr. Cortes’ social inclusion and poverty reduction. By drive to reduce emissions includes nitrogen 2020, the Government of Gibraltar has oxide levels, which under EU law must be pledged to have 20% of power supplied below forty micrograms. ‘As a government, by renewable energy. One emphasis Inna we have to encourage energy efficiency, places on the project is how cost effective and make people realise that switching the it is. David adds, ‘The world lights off does make a difference. will not move away from fossil We have to also encourage people By 2020, the fuels unless we can make [reto take on their own solar units Government newable sources] less expenand we have to look very carefully of Gibraltar sive than fossil fuels and easier at what we do with traffic. We are has pledged to moving gradually on the traffic to maintain’. Gibraltar’s targets match those of the EU. ‘I like to have 20% of plan and hoping to make progress think that if all of the things we power supplied on that this year. We’ve got to be have in mind come about, we conscious.’ Discussing Gibraltar’s by renewable could be at least 40% renewcurrent stance in the world of energy. able, depending on the wave eco-friendliness and green values, power predicted expansion. Dr. Cortes hesitates. ‘We are better We are aiming at 5MW although I would than we were.’ He tells me that the use of like to think that more is possible. It should electricity from the power station has risen be possible to draw another ten to fifteen slightly from the previous year, although percent from solar power. We also have has dropped significantly in the long term. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

‘We are going in the right direction, and I think we’re making a lot of progress.’ �NM

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life words | Mike Brufal

DEFENDING MY HOMELAND Juan Carlos Perez - pioneering politician, trade unionist and news editor

uan Carlos Perez, 60, became a trade unionist at the tender age of 14, a politician in 1984, a Minister in 1998 and since 1972, a close colleague and friend of Joe Bossano.

two spearheaded the co-ordination by the His first job was at Capurro and Sons’ unions in the struggle for wages to equal spares department and he immediately joined the Shop Assistants’ Association, those in the United Kingdom. Joe was the and in a short space of time was elected moving force behind the fight for parity but Dennis and Juan Carlos strove to onto the committee. This was a proper bring all the other unions onto a common Trade Union that supported the Transport platform. For the record, although and General Workers’ Union (TGWU, or T & G) during the the TGWU resuscitated the principle All unions general strike in 1972. After of wage parity, it was the Teachers’ opted to Association who had first submitted the strike, the committee of the achieve a claim for parity. The General Strike Shop Assistants’ Union, of which he was a member, negotiated an parity with took place in 1972 and the parity claim the UK. was put in in 1974. amalgamation into the TGWU.

In his formative years, Juan Carlos attended Line Wall School, run by the Christian Brothers, and passed the ‘11 plus’ qualification before moving to the Grammar school. Wryly, he comments: ‘The Christian Brothers did a great deal for education in Gibraltar, but they did not do much for me.’ Brother Clay, who taught Latin, was the only Brother with whom he established Juan Carlos moved to work in the Roya rapport. Juan Carlos knew that he al Naval Dockyard and was ‘The Christian elected union convenor for would make no headway under the educational system controlled by Ministry of Defence workBrothers did the Brothers, so the future politician a great deal ers. By then, he was on the left at the early age of 14. for education executive council of the TGWU and was appointed secretary in Gibraltar, of the Gibraltar Trades CounThere were civilian teachers and he but they did cil with Dennis Matthews as was taught by Adolfo Canepa while not do much President. Dennis represented also meeting Maurice Xiberras, but for me.’ the Teachers’ Association. The was never his pupil. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

Juan Carlos met Joe, returning to Gibraltar for the 1972 elections, and a lasting friendship was struck. Joe stood as an IWBP candidate and was duly elected. He was also appointed branch officer and co-ordinating secretary of the TGWU in 1973 after the General Strike. Following the turmoil caused by the industrial action and demonstrations, the Labour British Government agreed to appoint Sir 45

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Juan Carlos Perez with Paolo Da Rossa from the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau in Lausanne, Switzerland, 1993

Roy Hattersley, effectively ruled out the integration option. Joe resigned from the IWBP in November and remained in the House as an independent before General Franco died on the 20 November. The guidance from those close to the Foreign Office was that, with Franco dead, a political solution should be sought from the Spanish Government. Five weeks before the 1976 election, Joe formed the Gibraltar Democratic Movement with four unionist and four businessmen as candidates. This was a union between the left and the right. The AACR became the Government with eight seats and the GDM, with Joe as leader, became the official opposition with four seats. There were three independents. Within nine months Dr Valarino and Brian Perez joined the AACR. Gerald Restano shortly followed and joined the three independents in the Opposition; jointly, they later formed the Democratic Party for British Gibraltar.

Jack Scamp as arbitrator. The Scamp report with the possibility of TGWU starting a As the right of the GDM had turned their published in June 1975 recommended Co-op on the Rock. Although not coming collective coats, Joe and Juan Carlos to fruition, it resulted in Alf’s ‘very friendthat 80% parity was right for Gibraltar and decided in 1976 to define the party as a ly’ relationship with Joe and Juan should be phased in progressive‘totally Socialist party’ and the following Carlos. Alf, now 88, maintains links ly. The basis for this agreement year changed its name to the Gibraltar SoIt was not with Gibraltar. He advised was for the Gibraltarian worker cialist and Labour Party. The party possible that it was not possible to to have 80% parity with MOD celebrates its fortieth anniversary Juan Carlos achieve all your ambitions personnel in the United Kingto achieve decided that this year. merely through the Trade dom. In reality, all unions opted all your something Union movement. This has to achieve parity with the UK. In 1978, Juan Carlos decided that ambitions to be done politically. There was missing The Gibraltar Trades Council something was missing in his life merely in his life and and decided to go to Holland for was no socialist party in knew that it was a matter of time through the decided to go four years, thus missing the 1980 Gibraltar, so he suggested before full parity was achieved. Trade Union that one be formed, acting to Holland... This came about in 1978. election. He worked in numerous movement. as a catalyst to its creation. places and finally, for Ford Motor Alf Lomas, a leading member of Company, working in a kitchen and caterLondon Co-operative Society, Secretary Although Joe was a member of the ing for some 700 employees. Naturally, he Integration With Britain Party, the visit in of the London Co-op Political Committee joined the union whilst at Ford, taking part and Labour MEP for London North East September 1975 by the Minister of State in the fight to keep the factory open. from 1979, made several visits to Gibraltar for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1982 saw his return to Gibraltar as the editor of The New People which started Juan Carlos Perez with the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1984 in 1980 and was preparing for the 1984 election. Between 1982 and 1984, he worked at the MOD Department of the Environment servicing flats belonging to the MOD. He stood for election as a GSLP candidate (known as ‘La Noche del Susto’) when it became obvious that the DPBG was wiped out leaving the GSLP with seven seats and Joe as leader of the opposition. Juan Carlos was duly elected and lived off his opposition salary. This was at the time of the Brussels Agreement, opposed by the GSLP, and followed by the Airport Agreement. It resulted in a civil servants demonstration with all political parties and politicians, including Sir Joshua Hassan, in attendance. A senior civil servant, David Ratford, was in Gibraltar and refused to speak to the crowd from his balcony at the Convent. The demonstra46

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life tors’ mood turned nasty and Governor, Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, hence invited Joe to settle the crowd. The GSLP won the 1988 election and Juan Carlos was appointed Minister for Government Services which included electricity, water, telecommunications, post office, prison, fire brigade, transport and industrial relations. The GSLP Government found that local infrastructure was in total chaos with insufficient electricity capacity and telecommunications. Before the election, Joe was invited by the American Government to the United States and used his time wisely by making contacts. Initial contact was made with Nynex and subsequently followed-up by Juan Carlos, taking Gibraltar’s telecommunications into the twentieth century. Juan Carlos Perez with Denis Thatcher, former Prime Minister, Margret Thatcher’s husband A presence in Gibraltar allowed at Ten Downing Street in 1984 Nynex to gain the necessary The GSLP passporting rights into Europe. won the 1988 He accompanied the Chief Minister The GSLP won the 1992 election with Four companies tendered for election and to Brussels where Ladbrokes were 73% of the vote. During this second term 50% of the Gibraltar Telephone Juan Carlos persuaded to move to the Rock. the Chief Minister decided to return to Department, not including the This was the first brick in what the United Nations by way of the Fourth was appointed lucrative international business has become a huge local gaming Committee and the Committee of 24 to Minister for which had been taken over by industry. This Government laid the put forward the inalienable right of the Government the Government in conjunction foundations for Gibraltar’s highly Gibraltarians to have Gibraltar decolonised Services... with Cable & Wireless and BT successful economy of today. The using the principle of self-determination. on a 50/50 bases. Nynex was Chief Minister also thought up the Strenuous efforts were made by the Forthe successful bidder and paid financial idea of offering a 50-50 co-ownership eign Office to persuade Joe from not going premium, provided equipment and, most scheme to Government tento New York. One Minister teleimportantly, implemented the latest teleants. This has now been adopt- The immediate phoned him to say that all attempts communications technology. The 50/50 ed by many housing authorities increase in to make arrangements for the joint venture became Gib Nynex. This in the United Kingdom. It transGibraltar Government had failed. the supply made possible the eventual move to Giformed the housing market on Joe replied that he had arranged braltar by those in the Gaming and Finance of electricity the Rock and the waiting list for his own invitation to address sectors of the economy. saved the day. the committee, had bought his air lowered from 1200 to somewhere in the region of 400. ticket and was flying tomorrow. Government finances did not allow the Over the years, the two United Nations considerable investment required to produce sufficient electricity. A contract was Juan Carlos Perez with the Head of the United Nations Postal Union in Geneva in 1991 signed with Omrod Ltd from Manchester who refurbished diesel engines, ran them and sold electricity to local authorities. Omrod established the local company, OESCO, where James Ramagge held shares and was appointed Managing Director. The immediate increase in the supply of electricity saved the day.

In this first period of office, the two main accomplishments were the reclamation, where Europort now stands, and numerous blocks of flats. The other was the immediate availability of scholarships to any university or a college student. This did away with the points system, which in turn, had done away with the two scholarships a year policy (one Government, the other John Mackintosh). It was the GSLP’s objective to achieve total social mobility and integration.

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Juan Carlos Perez signing an international telecomunications agreement in Hong Kong in 1991

Spanish Government for a final solution. It is true that Labour initiated sovereignty negotiations, but this was done because the Conservative Government had signed the Brussels Agreement that committed them to negotiate issues of sovereignty. When Labour came into power, the existing blueprint was brought into effect and some in Gibraltar were in agreement with this process. I do not think that any British Government would have gone into the joint sovereignty talks without considerable local support. It was either misread by the Foreign Office or local supporters had pulled out the concept of joint sovereignty. On the plus side, it was a Labour Government that finally killed off the Brussels Agreement. This was when the then UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, sent a letter to Miguel Moratinos citing that there would be no further discussions or negotiations without the consent of the Gibraltar Government.

‘Despite the fact that Gibraltarcommittees have been invited to Gibraltar The GSLP went on to win the 2011 and ians might think that they are not adebut the invitations have never the 2015 elections. quately defended by the UK, no British been accepted. The two main Government has been firmer than British accomplishments Juan Carlos’s thoughts on Prime Minister David Cameron’s ConservaJuan Carlos’ other major Gibraltar’s future are most were the tive party in committing to non-negotiation achievement in the second term illuminating. He said, ‘My main reclamation, of sovereignty and supporting the right to was the creation of Gibraltar reason for entering politics was where Europort self-determination. For the first time this National Day on 10 September to secure improvements for now stands, and was included in the Queen’s speech and 1992 to commemorate the first Gibraltar’s workforce both, in support in Parliament is more solid than referendum in 1967. In his opin- numerous blocks terms of obtaining parity and in of flats. ever. ion, it gave the British Gibraltarbettering working conditions. I ians an identity to be proud of: also wished to ensure ‘Today, Gibraltar has British, which is totally different from being the failure of the Spanish claim to This was the a thriving economy based on English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish. Gibraltar. This has also involved first brick finance, gaming, bunkering many disagreements with the Forin what has eign Office and Foreign Secretaries The GSLP lost the 1996 election and he become a huge and tourism. Shortly, there will be a new power station and such as Sir Alec Douglas Home and remained as shadow minister for Govlocal gaming a national football stadium. Sir Geoffrey Howe who encourernment Services until he decided not to industry. There is now a Royal Patron aged the Spanish Government to stand for re-election in 2003. He then of the Literary Festival and full woo Gibraltarians. This occurred, retired from active politics due to personFIFA membership. Gibraltar has come a especially since the death of General al reasons and took over the editorship long way since I entered the trade union Franco, in order to apply pressure on the of The New People from Clive Golt in movement and local politics’. Gibraltar Government to look towards the 2003 where he remains to this day. The New People is unapologetic in defending Juan Carlos working on the next edition of ‘The New People’ and supporting the Government but on occasion, the editorial view is not that of the Government. The paper was created to support and explain the GSLP’s views on foreign affairs and to create an awareness of the dangers of potential deals on offer from the Spanish Government. The GSLP was in opposition for twelve years and much needed to be done in reorganising the party to keep it going. He was elected Chairman of the GSLP and remained in this key position until ill health compelled him to hand the chairmanship to Pepe Baldachino. After he stepped down from the chairmanship, he remained on the executive committee and continues to have close relations with the Chief Minister and other members of government. 48

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CLASSIC JUKEBOX A man’s love of music through the ages: David Martinez

in the 80s, I used to go along to Radio or a small place, it’s simply amazing The list of recreational interests, sidelines, how many pastimes or activities hobbies and fads is endless and they just Gibraltar, when Gerard Teuma (now GBC’s Managing Director) was a part timer on rapeople get involved in. Gibraltar’s keep on coming... But then, you have dio, sit there and watch him play all those population is fully occupied, it those silent ones who are quietly ‘getting songs. I even had my sights on becoming a seems, with so many of us engaged on with it’ within the confines Radio DJ but felt I didn’t have the characin some association or other. of their homes: the matchstick “I even had my sights on builders who come up with incred- ter for it. I think I was too shy then.” ible pieces of work building and It’s probably the same everywhere, becoming a painting ships, castles and all sorts Sometime later, David happened to be in but here, ‘packed in’, or condensed Radio DJ...” out of tiny, thin fire sticks. the Dolphin Bar at Camp Bay and noticed as we are, everyone knows everya juke box in the corner. It seems playing one or something about everyone. You often get to find out what they’re into! The keyring collector, the old photograph the songs he liked was not enough and he was intrigued with the mechanism of collector, the beer mat collector and so on how the whole thing worked: from and so forth until it becomes mad! We have associations, clubs and societies inserting your coin to watching the This month’s subject, however, is by the bucket load. Individuals, young Playing crazily involved in something close and old, are into toy soldiers; war games; the songs mechanical parts moving along to choose your song, picking it out, to me and very much related to what paintballing; skydiving; body painting and he liked placing it on the box’s ‘turn table’ I’ve done with my life, and still do! sailing just to name a very few of the was not and enjoying the chosen hit song. inestimable amount of diversions – some enough... He tells me later on there was a of them quirky – that people get involved David Martinez – Borders and Wurlitzer juke box in the Trafalgar in nowadays. Coastguards officer when engaged in Bar also. He fell in love with the magical his ‘proper job’ is a 50s, 60s and 70s (and music playing box and just had to have a couple of other decades too) music devNotably, in recent times, visual arts enthuone, so the hunt began. otee: “I remember I must’ve been about siasts are coming out of the woodwork by ten when I started listening to the radio the dozen. and loving the records being played. Later, “I spent quite a few years making enquiries 50

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life as I looked out for one on the internet and of the hit songs on offer are changed every eventually, I contacted a guy in Chelmsfew months, especially during the wet, ford, UK, and he sent one winter months. over for about £400.” He started off by vacuuming In that operation, wife Giselle and son David admits his wife Giselle, Nicky, who’s also a music fan, helped away tonnes was not too amused simply out to select what next to put in out of of dust... because it was a relatively a more than decent collection of vinyl big piece of furniture, so 45rpm records stacked away in David’s where do we put it? Well, David bought study. A collection whose growth is still another, slightly smaller, juke box someongoing as David is always on the lookout time later and that’s when Giselle said, ‘No for anything interesting out there gatherdarling!!!’ And out it went. ing dust in granny’s or grandad’s cupboard. The selling point to keep the first and much larger one came in the name of ‘aesthetics.’ The mechanical part was built into a piece of furniture that matched the rest in the lounge, so that’s where it was placed and does, in fact, look quite smart tucked away against the wall. So, a place where to install it was found now to get it to work! “There wasn’t anything seriously wrong with it really. It needed a good clean and, having some knowledge of electrics, I got to work. I relied on Google forums that were willing to help and, I have to say, were particularly knowledgeable which helped me a great deal, especially forums from the US.”

The important message to one and all to remember is: it’s David’s pride and joy! No one can touch it without his permission and only under strict supervision may you approach his beloved toy, No one can his Rockola Juke Box!

touch it without his permission...

A little, ‘preventive maintenance’ is all it needs every now and then which, I’m sure, David looks forward to get involved in when the need arises and, that apart, everything continues to work and look absolutely fine. The other, smaller, Rockola David purchased that had to go was bought by a businessman down in one of the local marinas.

David tells me he started off by vacuuming Clearly, with David Martinez, it’s not away tonnes of dust from nooks and cranbuilding ships with matches, collecting nies everywhere, ordering bits of electrics, seaside picture cards or assisting with the fuses and other bits, spraying and scout movement, although he cleaning and cleaning and spraying After about six a little more until one day, after months later, about six months later, Billy Joel’s Billy Joel’s ‘Uptown Girl’ filled the room ‘Uptown Girl’ beautifully, resonating all around the flat. “I cannot tell you what filled the room came over me. I was screaming beautifully... and shouting as if I’d won 1st prize in the lottery! I was so thrilled and that’s why I will always remember ‘Uptown Girl’ being the first record that played on my pride and joy that is my jukebox.”

does have another pass time which is fishing out in the bay from his pleasure craft, so that’s alright. But, it’s the music emanating from a few decades-old juke box which he’s now had for a few years that brings out the passion in the man.On my way out, however, I spotted Coca Cola bottles on a kitchen shelf... “Oh yes,” he tells me. “Those are bottles which I also collect from all over the world with the language of that particular country written on the bottle...” “Fascinating”, I thought. See what I mean, another quirky collector... They’re all over the place!

‘Rockola’ is the name of the jukebox and in it are vinyl records of the 50s, 60s, 70s and even some 80s. Gibraltar’s first Rock ‘n’ Roll band (‘The Diamond Boys’) is there, Albert Hammond and many of his compositions sung by other artists are there too (David’s a passionate Albert Hammond fan). In a nutshell, quite a comprehensive selection of the family favourite’s collection of memories, “Yes, the vinyl records are given to me by friends who have records that belonged to their parents and no longer have any use for them. Others, I source from the internet and you may be interested to know Richard, I bought that Diamond Boys record you mentioned from a collector in Spain for 30 euros.” Wow, that’s about £25 or £26! David has a listen to something on the box at least once a week from a selection of 160 songs to choose from (that’s 80 discs) and some GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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DALI’S CAMPO Artistic license with Jorge D. Caballero

dark side. I tend to do it the opposite way, orge is a truly impassioned individual. and nature, I would have to make it slightly With a keen fondness for Mother impressionist. Often my art doesn’t fit in lighter, more positive and more naïve. He’s Nature, a precise eye for beauty, with reality, for example, if I see a place, more classical in his brush strokes. My aim and a striking ability to recreate local I’ll never take a photo, just keep it in my for any painting is to make you feel good and induce other feelings, like impressionlandscapes with wistfulness and his own memory and from there, I build the paintism. At the same time, there has to be flair, the La Linea raised artist ing. It is a search for the perfect has successfully injected his mix between Van Gogh and Dalí.’ some magic in them or a twist of reality.’ The La Linea own painting style into the There are times when Jorge likes raised artist local art scene. Jorge CabalJorge first dabbled in art as a child, his has successfully to add a tint of other traditional lero, a familiar face around impressionist and Post-impression- father’s hobby was painting and drawing injected his the Rock, is known by many, ist, like Monet or Cezanne. ‘Antoni with a distinct classical style. He grew up own painting under one capacity or another, Gaudí is another one of my really on the Spanish side of the frontier in a style in to the be it as a founding member prominent favourites,’ he grins, La Linea much different from the one we local art scene. clearly at ease discussing the topic. know today. ‘It’s changed completely. Back of the Sunny Walkers Society (locally based hiking group), or in the late 80s, 90s, there was a lot of in relation to his art, or professional work trouble here, drugs were very accessi“Nature is Painting the Campo in marketing. He has completed a series ble. If you got in with the wrong crowd, what we of forty paintings depicting the Campo de you were in trouble but with the right The surrealist movement, chamall have in Gibraltar using his distinctively detailed company, it was a fantastic place. The pioned by Spanish trailblazer common...” purpose of what I’m doing with this technique. ‘Nature is what we all have in Dalí, drew ideas and themes common and finding these things makes us from both the unconscious series is to create a new artistic image closer. My main style is surrealistic but that state, and the state between wakefulness for the area.’ His dreamy pieces portray recan be interpreted in many different ways flections of some of the most well-known and sleep, allowing the artists to embrace sometimes. If I wanted to do something areas in the Campo, particularly those that chance and ‘forgo consciousnesses’. ‘Dalí related to this area, incorporating my style live in it, and some obscure corners that made it sexual and extreme, a bit on the

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capture a unique view of the Rock. Some through their collaboration, the works will described it as magic. Despite being so of his most notable works depict Alcaidesa soon be featured on local merchandise, dreamy, his pieces express a lot of detail, and Santa Margarita beaches, the top of from postcards, to magnets and posters. the brush strokes are delicate and the the Rock, the Paseo Maritimo ‘They will first be sold at the top of the colours are calming. The landscapes are Rock. All the products are ready; familiar and unlike most in La Linea, Jimena, Casemates “I’m trying Square, Catalan Bay and the I’m just waiting for my trade license. “The purpose figures in surrealist art, the to build a Higuerón. Having marketed his mix of style The first step is to create the meris to create a comma headed individuals work online, this series stirred chandise and see what sells.’ that feature sporadically in between new artistic a buzz amongst Gibraltar based Jorge’s paintings are actually Van Gogh image for the quite inviting. You almost art lovers. MH Bland expressed Receiving lots of on-going comand Dalí.” area.” interest in Jorge’s concept and want to climb down on to missions, fans of Jorge’s work have Alcaidesa Beach

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the beach and sit with them, watching the very much into impressionism.’ I didn’t go to school for art.’ His father Rock idly in the distance. ‘There’s positivtaught him to build skill through practice ity!’ Jorge exclaims. ‘a painting and variation. He was a keen drawer, a trait At the time he was asked to produce Fans of usually takes me around eighty that Jorge did not implement into his art. an image of a golf course, and hours. I think inspiration, in a way, Jorge’s ‘My paintings are always a process; it’s not through a course of experimentais just motivation.’ He reveals that about having a sketch that you follow all work have tion ended up with a ‘Dalílian golf his work is rich in artistic license, course.’ From there stemmed a series the way through. I never draw my pieces. described but still somehow remains true What I do is start with base paint, the it as magic. of peculiar, surrealist golf courses. to the original scene. Perhaps it’s colour usually tends to be very dark and ‘From golf, imagine!’ Jorge exclaims. because he knows the Campo so from there, I make my drawing.’ ‘I started to realize that I was well, or perhaps it’s because of the delight Jorge expresses his use of geomelooking more like a Dalí wannabe, “It’s not and whimsy spectators feel when they’re try in his art to create balance and so I moved away from classic about looking into a painting that is similar to the perspective. ‘Things connect with surrealism and looked more to Van having a feeling of actually being in those places. each other, so there is proportion. Gogh.’ I probe him on how an artist ‘This is the cool thing about art,’ he grins discovers their own style, ‘many of sketch that There are always three points in knowingly, ‘you don’t have to stay in realithe painting that are connected. the artists I know tend to stay with- you follow ty, for that you have photography. I started in the same concept. I found my all the way After the dark base, I use medium this style in around the year 2000, it came colours, then lighter colours and style because I really didn’t care, I through.” from an experiment in abstract. I was then highlights. It’s a four step process.’ had no burdens, perhaps because The Bay

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Much of Jorge’s desire to paint comes from listening to music, and what he paints often depends on

“I think inspiration, in a way, is just motivation.”

what he’s listening to. ‘Without music I would be no artist. How I paint really depends on what is playing. For example, if I’m

“Without music, I would be no artist.”

listening to classical music, I might tend to go softer but if I’m listening to Metallica, I’ll go for something stronger. I think when you paint with Strait’ Serenade

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art music, what you end up with is a recorded mural.’ He works mostly with acrylics now, although oils have been his paint of choice. Oils, he tells me, take much longer to dry and therefore can help you blend colours. ‘Colours get mixed if you go over them when they’re still fresh. If you wait a day, you’ll get forty percent of the original colour. If you wait three days, ten percent might still show through and help create a gradient effect.’ Having spent many years living in the US, his understanding and depth of style has evolved over time to incorporate so many different elements. His first ever painting sold was to a friend in America. Aside from painting, Jorge’s background follows a lengthy and successful career in 3D digital art and production, with his portfolio spanning television advertisements, and film work. ‘It’s another tool to put together the ideas that are in your head. It’s more fulfilling to paint. I love computer work but it loses some of the romance, your fingers aren’t full of paint and you’re not working scale projects, his most memorable being a with your brush.’ His digital art follows privately commissioned mural transforming more of a classic Dalí theme using many a South Carolina restaurant into a scene different techniques, including from Gone with the Wind. ‘I did one real footage. ‘There can be a mix You almost for the medieval times dinner show of so many different layers, imag- want to and others that were music related, ine a Photoshop file that could I always had help.’ His vision for the climb down easily have two hundred layers.’ park mural has harboured a desire The mural

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Commissions come in hard and fast, with requests for the coastline of Almeria and Ronda. ‘Sixty to seventy percent of my commissions are for English people or Gibraltarians,’ Jorge explains. He is in the process of setting up his online store and also, currently on his plate is a community project he initiated in late May: a huge mural on the wall of an old theatre in La Linea’s iconic Princesa Sofia park, bringing together many friends and neighbours on both sides of frontier, with the hope of fusing different artistic styles and visions. ‘I grew up in the park when it was beautiful,’ Jorge explains, ‘I think it needs help. This is me paying back to the community. I’m trying to bring attention to the whole area. I want to bring in Gibraltarians who could also make use of the park and attract people from La Linea to come and help. It will be a symbol of friendship and cooperation between both communities.’ The project is his way of hopefully drawing in commercial investment to the park. It will encapsulate the geological closeness of Gibraltar and La Linea through symbolism, and give Jorge an opportunity to paint something he loves, on something he loves.

to create more art for the area, but in the form of modern, abstract sculpture; an artistic avenue he hasn’t much explored. ‘The next park project will be a four to five meter sculpture in a mixture of my style and Miró,’ a Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist from Barcelona. His surrealist work has been described as ‘a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-cre-

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ation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Spanish pride’, all themes that Jorge can very much relate to. ‘In one of them, I want to depict my painted trees in the wind.’ The pieces would reflect images and themes touched on in the mural. He really hopes to further extend his community mural concept to the Rock, bringing together more groups of local artists and visionaries from both Gibraltar and La Linea. �NM

“It will be a symbol of friendship and cooperation between both communities.”

You can follow Jorge’s artistic journey via his Facebook page J. Caballero Art (www. facebook.com/Art.JDC).

Jorge finishing his latest paining; People of The Strait

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ART-BREAKING JOURNEY Alan Perez

representing the local sympathy for the e Voyageur Sans Bagages, ‘emotional Following on his research and projects international tragedy. They could have baggage’, ‘suitcases full of dreams’, for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the ‘living out of the suitcase’: idioms Gibraltar Evacuation, Alan now explores been satchels, overnighters or even and literature attribute poignant the horrors of modern human migration supermarket bags, the artist says, and the message would have not changed. After value to luggage big or small, in an artwork irrevocably seared in our all, most migrants chasing their dreams on often with negative hues Actual news minds and impossible to ‘un-see’: actual overcrowded boats carry nothing but what but also with the hopeful news footage of refugees is constantly footage of symbolism that travelling projected on one side of a ‘wall’ built they are wearing and the visualisation of refugees is aspirations can offer. After with dozens of suitcases, while on the baggage through high-street suitcases constantly becomes nothing but a sinister metaphor all, each and everyone of us other, incessantly slides the indifference projected of the life they left behind and the great is on an individual winding of the political elite. on one side expectations they nurture towards their journey, and no matter how prospective homeland. bumpy the ride and how final of a ‘wall’... Exactly like Gibraltarians seventy-five the destination is, it is well years ago, migrants leave their African worth when shared with fellow travellers ‘Keeping a suitcase packed under the and Middle Eastern war-torn countries and supported by a suitcase that slowly, bed’ is the status of those ready without knowing when but steadily fills with memories made. and if they will be able to Alan appealed to his to flee an unhappy situation, whether political, like Alan’s return. To stress the local fellow Gibraltarians installation suggests, or otherwise: connection, Alan appealed Expanding on this concept, serial awardfor contributions of if usually the valise is the emblem winner, artist Alan Perez analyses the to his fellow Gibraltarians real ‘well-travelled’ of newly-found freedom and a for contributions of real ramifications of human displacement, not suitcases. leap of faith towards brighter for leisure but for desperation, in his show- ‘well-travelled’ suitcases. horizons, in this installation, it is stopper installation ‘Shame on Europe The response was great, actually employed to erect a wall. A wall of history repeats itself’, overall winner of last supplying him with enough pieces to build a towering wall of 2 by 2.5 metres, miscommunication, or silence altogether, Gibraltar Spring Art Exhibition.

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A lapse in my inner turmoil, Alan Perez

I will survey the area, rich in street art, “The future of art is collective work” Alan between two humanities, one entrenched says about his project of bringing and develop my project accordingly. The in their castle whose moat is artwork will remain there, but its progress as large and as deep as the sea Most migrants to Gibraltar an international will be documented and that is what I exhibition of artists from around where the other drowns. chasing their am returning to Gibraltar with at the end the world, if not in person, dreams on of the residency, in order to showcase it virtually at least, by setting up Alan is not new to thoughtovercrowded here.” video projections. He also keeps provoking artwork and never boats carry his roving eye open on the fails to make the onlooker muse nothing but international scene by visiting as So, if we’re not granted a sneak peek, over the human condition and what they are many exhibitions as he can when surely we can expect something the active role that art and wearing... he travels, and networking with spectacular and groundbreaking, perhaps artists must fill in society, when fellow artists worldwide. even literally, who knows, considering they shake the sensitivity of the that the Lichtenberg district is renowned layman and the ruler alike, in order to craft worldwide for his art-encumbered Thanks to his rising talent, Alan has a more sustainable world together. pavements, blending with everyday life and been selected to represent Gibraltar intertwining influences. this summer, as part of an He is all about taking art out of the exchange programme with galleries and filling the streets with it, He began to the Berlin Lichtenberg studios In summer 2015, Alan participated because life is art and art is life. Art is think ‘large’ and in the Jersey Arts Trust International everywhere and in everybody, and the new that will see a Berliner coming experimented to work in Gibraltar later this Art residency at Elizabeth’s boundaries of it lie in group collaborations with conceptual Castle. This was a fruitful creative autumn for a joint exhibition. and different media usage, thanks to installations... experience, whose most significant the technology nowadays available that project was the collaboration with zeroes geographical distances and allows No preconceived ideas Faroese theatre director Kristina Sorensen packed in his suitcase, though: “I am likeminded talents to meet online and travelling there with an open mind, and about the differences and similarities exchange ideas. La esperanza del imigrante

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art between the two countries. They started talking about the common small size of Gibraltar and Faroe, both remote from mainland, but one lush in the temperate breeze while barren and battered by polar gusts the second. Their visions merged into a sculptural and performance piece, involving a static structure of chairs morphing into props for a dynamic dance routine, filmed and is published on Alan’s website www.alanperezart.com. In the castle’s romantic settings, Alan had the privilege of working with la crème de la crème of the international art scene, each selected by their countries to contribute with their take on contemporary arts, whether visual, performing or spoken. Every day they paired up with a different partner and brainstormed for artwork stretched across the traditional media, expunging the conventions, bending every rule but ‘be creatively yourself’. The months ahead are going to be busy indeed for Alan who, besides reporting on his German experience, is preparing an innovative multimedia exhibition to be held in Algeciras in September with fellow Gibraltarians Shane Dalmedo, Ambrose Avellano and Nathan Conroy, while in the pipeline is the report on intraEuropean immigration earmarked for early next year, after extensive investigation was conducted with Gibraltar’s own immigrants. Alan’s twenty-year long journey across the art world started with traditional fine art drawing and painting at the Edinburgh College of Art, Art is everywhere where he was influenced by the and in everybody. oriental-inspired penmanship of his teacher Alan Johnston, so he “The future of art Project 75

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Chair piece Jersey arts residency

refined his figurative abilities, and delivered seems to be the element where he swims a series of illustrations for local books, like at best ease conveying staple messages Humbert Hernadez’s ‘El Acordeonista’ as through immediate universal code. a side dish to his stunning monochromes of Gibraltar “I haven’t discovered yet my Alan has been that shone the spotlight on distinctive visual language in which selected to his budding talent at past I can best express myself, and I am represent local exhibitions. open to all influences,” he says. The Gibraltar as part journey has just begun, for migrant of an exchange Exploring his own style, artist Alan Perez – and there’s programme Alan moved towards plenty of creative sightseeing on his abstraction, with some with the Berlin agenda. geometric colourful work Lichtenberg Oceano azul which conquered the favour studios... of academicians critique and landed him prestigious accolades, followed closely by a series of sculptures made of driftwood and discarded metal. Eventually, he began to think ‘large’ and experimented with conceptual installations, which so far GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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NEW SENSE OF DIRECTION Steve Lawson

demanding on both cast and audience, résumé is light-hearted yet with a spooky twist, to provide the right entertainment but we still want to offer our tribute to for a mid-summer night picnic in the the Bard.” Steve will direct Sean ‘Errol’ sunset and under the stars (where the Flynn, Gemma Leppard, Rosalind Russell and Kerry Marriott in the whirlwind story spooky bit will probably find itself revolving about a pair of boots that, years at home). Once again, it is a play within a play, a winning formula before, the costume manager’s father wore for the group after its success on stage in Stratford. Now. the director challenging with Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Improbable wants to impose them on the actor she than acting as Fiction’ for the Royal Navy Theatre has cast in the same role, who finds them After years of on-stage work the director uncomfortable to wear until, well, they sort Festival last April, which landed in various comedy and drama needs to have of take up a life of their own. them prizes for Best Set, Best roles, Steve has risen to the a clear vision... Sound, Best Supporting challenge posed by the group Actress and Best Steve is excited about his newly and sat in the directorial chair “The audience Female Newcomer along with will bring their found direction-giving business – “For my directing and acting within the nominations for Best Director, but he is playing it as he goes, same play you will have to wait a while own picnic and Best Actor, Best Supporting seeing how the cast responds, and longer” he warns. It is an honour and a the whole affair Actor and Best Costumes. burden not accepted by many, he laments, finding his own style, whether that gets a summer because of its commitment required from would involve becoming a strict festival feel to it.” and controlling director, or one of the amateur director, but vital on the other ‘Don’t Blame It On The Boots’, those who allow the actors plenty hand to inject new blood into productions an original comedy by NJ of liberty in building a scene. He believes and guarantee a fresh take on drama with Warburton, is the story of a theatre group that directing is more challenging than a wide variety of visions. putting on a production of Hamlet. “In this anniversary year, we are not actually doing acting as the director needs to have a clear vision of the whole play and transmit it to a Shakespeare play, as it can be quite The play chosen for this new feat in his

eteran amateur actor Steve Lawson is having his much anticipated directorial debut with the Trafalgar Theatre Group’s summer production this 14th and 15th July, for an evening of Directing dinner theatre at St. Bernard’s is more Church on Europa Road.

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drama their preference but are cast according to the director’s judgement on the part they would fill best for the plan he or she has in mind. It also depends on other hopefuls in attendance and how you compare to them.” Whichever part he is cast in, Steve knows perfectly how to give the best of his comical flair or dramatic intensity. Being very tall, he has often been the baddie in the pantomime where he can tower over anyone else and bask in his villainy, with plenty of sense of humour, like the one time in ‘Calamity Jane’ where he spent umpteen nights on stage kitted in a bright pink shimmery suit, after realising he was not acting in the pirate-themed pantomime ‘Robinson Crusoe’, but in a Wild West themed one.

the cast, scene by scene, without imposing his vision on them to the point that their own creative input is excluded.

two competitive entries “The cast and in March and April, crew work the Gibraltar Drama so hard for Festival and the Royal months and Navy Theatre Festival then in two or respectively. “The endof-season production is three nights it is all over.” designed to be a social event, mostly geared to members and their families and friends, but we would love others to come and join us,” Steve says. “The audience will bring their own picnic and the whole affair gets a summer festival feel to it. It is an excellent introduction to live amateur theatre.”

So far, he is very pleased about the ways in which he’s been directed in his intense career, both in the UK where it all started, and here, in Gibraltar, where he landed and joined the TTG in 2002: “I started acting as a teenager, not as much in school as outside. My father was in Repertory Theatre and is still acting and directing nowadays, in his eighties. My children have all acted too, so you can say it does run in the family. Then, my teenage passion was rekindled in the nineties when I was in Scotland in a small group that His most staged three productions a year.” demanding

Although he feels most at ease as a comedy actor, he doesn’t eschew portraying serious characters, his most iconic being Edward VIII in ‘Crown Matrimonial’ the group’s Diamond Jubilee entry to the Royal Navy Theatre Festival, which scooped him a nomination for Best Actor. “Besides having to dye my hair and mind my composure and enunciation, it was a straightforward enough transformation that kicked in every time I stepped on stage. The venue, the Convent Ballroom, added to the regal atmosphere and helped me get in the royal shoes,” he explains. “You imagine your character and you become him, the walk helps and the right voice although sometimes accents are difficult for me. I am reasonably comfortable with Yorkshire, west Midlands and Scottish, but my Irish tends to blur into Scottish again, and my American fluctuates between East and West Coast and a pinch of Southern. Not a problem for Edward though!”

Steve has a variety of roles under his belt: “When you attend an audition, you don’t roles are always audition for a specific The Trafalgar Theatre Group usually those where role, but just for a spot in the does four, and all close together a wide range cast. Of course, there are some in the calendar, which mobilises of emotions limitations to the roles any actor a small army of actors for the are shown... can hope to land, due to age January pantomime, their biggest, or looks for example, but when most colourful and most popular actors fit the description of more than one production, a staple of local drama for character, they don’t always get to pick children of all ages, closely followed by 64

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drama He doesn’t record himself when learning Steve is happy with the direction the his lines but he does repeat them out loud Gibraltar Drama Festival is taking, with with an intonation as close as possible to more and more groups and plays entered the final effect he aims to achieve, and and performed, and he believes it to be then he polishes his act during rehearsal. the perfect platform for more ‘edgy’ and His most demanding roles are those where daring productions, thought-provoking a wide range of emotions are shown, or plays that aren’t just about traditional when his character has multiple roles, comedy and drama as seen on TV, but like in his last stage appearance, actually challenge the perception “You imagine where he was a retired school of the traditional concept your character of theatre itself, introducing teacher, a Victorian doctor, a gardener and an alien investigator and you audiences to plays they might with that American accent. become him...” not normally come and see.

between costs and the number of people who come to see it. It is rare to find anyone who didn’t like our productions, normally the opposite, but it seems to be more difficult to attract them in the first place. We would love more people to enjoy our shows.”

Priced at only £6, perhaps the TTG midsummer show is the ideal chance to see what it is all about. As well as Steve’s production, it also includes Terrence Ortwein’s ‘Act 3 Scene 5’ in which directorial rising star Nadine Gonzalez Ideally, each TTG production directs the Trafalgar Juniors in another staged throughout the year should run story about a school theatre group for multiple nights too, a thorny struggling to rehearse Romeo matter because of venue hiring and Juliet. Both plays are short, “For my costs: “The cast and crew work so light-hearted comedies and directing and hard for months and then in two or there will be shorter sketches in acting within three nights it is all over. That’s not between. Just bring a picnic and the same fair on them, or for the audience your funny bone. More details play you will who is left with a small window of are available on the Group’s have to wait a website: trafalgartheatregroup.org opportunity to enjoy live theatre. while longer...” or their Facebook page Trafalgar It would be great to run for longer, but it is always a difficult balance Theatre Group.

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YINYANG FESTIVAL Gibraltar’s underground electronic music to conquer Asia

“Asian culture fascinates me and I can’t e all know that Gibraltar is through a variety of rhythmical and wait to jump on the plane and get ready crazy about electronic beats geometric patterns) are the two talented with the mélange of music individuals representing The Rock in China. to conquer Asia.” It is an excellent chance to create contacts and share his material spanning different genres to the Far Eastern world. “I would like to snaking its way into your ears as DJ Lethalness will subject his thank the whole of Gibraltar, I am hugely you walk past the clubs around listeners to a diverse and original The electronic proud to represent ‘Los Llanitos’ abroad.” Gibraltar’s party areas. It was not drum and bass set, featuring two so long ago that I interviewed in- music scene on completely different styles. “The ternationally acclaimed Gibraltar- The Rock has The creative and charismatic Jack from Gib tempo will really get everyone ian DJ and record producer AnFlow Art brings colour to the core of your going and that is what I really evolved into drew Galea who revealed to me imagination through improvised movement love about this music, the fact a colourful the important role he and other and swaying away tethered chords of light. that it is invigorating and a blast collection. local Djs played in the late 80’s Inspired by a performing group of travelto the senses.” DJ Lethalness was rave scene that spanned from ers in Main Street when he was 13, Jack once a massive metal head with Gibraltar to Marbella. DJ Galea told me has taken the art to new heights, drawing bands like ‘Pantera’ and ‘Korn’ featuring about his love for the music and its vibe, attention from Gibraltar’s arts community. on his playlist. His guitar skills are not too but he felt that no one really understood “My part in all this is to be a visual aid for shabby either, having toured with heavy it in the beginning. Now, subgenres upon the talent at the festival, I’ll be metal Iberian band ‘Brutal Theme’ subgenres have sprouted everywhere and showing off some of Gibraltar’s around Spain in his early career. “It “I am hugely colours and making some shapes the electronic music scene on The Rock was the darker side of electronic has evolved into a colourful collection. proud to by spinning an assortment of poi music that called to me and I soon and other flow related juggling gave up plucking guitar strings for represent Gibraltar will now look to conquer Asia and mixing decks after being exposed ‘Los Llanitos’ tools, not limited to but including LED and Fire Performances.” ‘shake the roof’ at the YinYang Music Festo drum and bass for three years in tival in Beijing, on the Great Wall of China. the UK.” DJ Lethalness is extremely abroad.” Alex Iglesias aka DJ Lethalness and Jack excited to travel to Asia for the first Jack visited Tokyo, Japan, a few Davies-Downey a poi artist (a performance time and experience the different music years back and remembers the culture art that involves swinging tethered weights cultures from around the world on offer. shock quite vividly, but he expects China 66

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music Cultural relationship Thanks to Jenson’s ties to the Gibraltar Office in Hong Kong and his networking around Asia, he is hoping to increase the cultural and musical exchange between Gibraltar and Asia. At the moment, our local DJs have only had exposure within Europe, by the most part, but despite the common thread that the music industry is huge, Jenson argues that the reality is that it is actually quite small. “It is all about knowing the right people and I think that I am pretty well set up in that aspect. We are looking to sow the seeds of a beautiful cultural music relationship with the Far East. I wish Alex and Jack all the best for the festival and I am sure that they will do Gibraltar proud.” Jenson said he would love to see more Gibraltarians attending this festival and, who knows? It could grow annually and in three or four years’ time, a Gibraltar contingency team could go down to help our artists. “I have been to many music festivals around the world but none of them hold a candle to this one because you cannot beat this atmosphere. The location, the people, the three stages set around the Great Wall and a philosophy of no marketing, PR, or money spending. You can even take your own food and drink.” �MV

Jenson experienced the Midburn Festival (the sister festival of the annual Burning Man Festival, a temporary me“ Just being tropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliable to say ance with around 120,000 peoI’m getting ple) with around 6,500 people to go to the and believes that smaller festivals Great Wall are more personal. “People are generally friendlier in a smaller of China is area rather than clamouring Insane!” around in a sea of faces. There are more meaningful connecI sat down with Jenson Callejon, tions. I have been to much larger festivals Gibraltar’s musical link to Asia, to discuss and it is all about the money. You lose out how it all came to be and his impression of the local electronic music scene. Drum and on the consistency of artist and it becomes too dispersed, which affects festival goers Bass, Reggaeton, Garage and Breakbeat also. It can disconnect the fans.” were just some of the genres exhibited by the fourteen applicants, a big surprise for Jenson who expected a more modest Gibraltar coverage number of entries. “I only expected four or five deejays. I did not realise just how big Jenson wanted to dispel rumours that the electronic music was in Gibraltar for local marketing campaign for local artists would artists. It was an eye-opener and it had take place in China and he made it quite an impact on me. I play an instruclear that he would support Gibralment and as such, I am not very connected tar in every way. “We are work“We are to the electronic music industry.” Jenson ing on marketing exposure and looking to has worked with musicians and bands coverage on local magazines and sow the seeds for the last fifteen years, not the deejay newspapers, television and online. of a beautiful industry, but his best friend, Arun Ramana- We are also filming the whole than (DJ Arun R), is one of the top deejays cultural music adventure to make an after-movie in Asia. “It was thanks to him that I got which will be made available for relationship involved with the YinYang Music Festival our local TV and online.” The artists with the Far as he was involved last year. He gave me a will also be covered by the official call and said ‘dude, I am playing inside the festival website and the after-mov- East.” Great Wall of China, you have to come’, so ie of the official event which has that’s what I did, I packed my bags and I an audience of several thousand people. flew over as part of the Hong Kong crew, Needless to say, it will be an experience of spending four incredible days inside the a lifetime as well as one hell of a culture forest of Beijing within the Great Wall of shock for DJ Lethalness and Jack. Not only China.” will they meet the organisers, but also rub shoulders with other artists from in and around the Asian music industry. “The fuCharming and compact sion of music will be very interesting in this festival and the artists can absorb from The festival is relatively small at around 2,500 people due to the wall being an UN- one another. Who knows how far that can go?” The festival organisers are still liaising ESCO protected site. There is also a hotel with artists, so the headline acts and geninside the wall which is actually where the eral line-up have not yet been announced. ancient Chinese soldiers slept. “For £10 a You can follow its progress on the Yinyang night, it is an absolutely incredible experiMusic Festival Facebook page. ence.” to offer something different and cannot wait to fly to the Far East. “To me, just being able to say I’m getting to go to the Great Wall of China is Insane! I’ve been rather lucky when it comes to opportunities for travel but this one is in the top five! Plus, I’m going to be doing something that I love to help make a great performance in front of people from across the globe. It’s indescribable, really,”

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BASSCAKE EVOLUTION Cheryl Jeffries: drum and bass extraordinaire

as a casual hobby to be done amongst Drum and Bass he evolution of electronic music friends evolved into a great passion after in Gibraltar has been a prolific Her domain is drum and bass, a genre, one, and many along the way have Basscake took to the stage in late 2014. which came out of the UK in the 90s, played a vital role in Almost ten years since her debut forging together elements of rave and old st at her 21 birthday, ‘I started with its progression. Perhaps most “‘I started school jungle. In the global evolution of memorable for us millennials vinyl, but stopped once it became with vinyl, but dance music, drum and bass seized the is the breakbeat era, which really hard to find decent records,’ breakbeat scene, amped up the bass and stopped once it still reigns today. But, of those she tells me. ‘A friend of mine who the speed and injected a whole new varibecame really in the vanguard of the rise of lives in Spain was throwing a big ation of influences. ‘For me, it’s so many hard to find electronic music, local deejay Halloween party and asked me genres all put together. It can be jazzy, Cheryl Jeffries has experienced decent records.” to play. I was absolutely loving it.’ soulful, hard, it can be offbeat and half it all. An avid drum and bass From there, she created a Facetime and there are so many influences, fan that lives for the unity between music book page to which she particularly grime.’ The amalgamation fans, her mixing career came as a natural posted her mixes, and Bookings from of sounds and influences has made progression after relishing the experience it completely blew up. Drum and drum and bass such a vast genre. from the crowd for years. At nineteen, Bookings from Drum and Bass labels in Cheryl hurls names of deejays in my diCheryl, who is more commonly known by Bass labels in the UK and the UK and rection and I note them down, unsure her stage name Basscake, first dabbled in rave organisers in Andaluof how to even spell their names. My rave organisers deejaying. ‘Lots of my male friends would cía flooded her inbox. ‘I’ve dance music knowledge has been chalin Andalucia deejay and if we’d be at anyone’s house, played locally at Rock on lenged, and I am clearly being schooled they would play and I would sit and watch the Rock and My Wines for flooded her here. Growing up in Gibraltar, she was inbox. and ask a million questions. It’s always a charity event. I’ve played exposed to so many music genres, been a big part of me.’ Cheryl’s timidness at the Gib Sun Festival and electronic music was finding its feet initially held her back from exposing her the Gibraltar Electronic Music Festival. I’ve with major acts like The Prodigy emerging talent to the outside world. What started also played in Seville, Malaga and Bristol. ‘ from the UK. As she moved into her teens,

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and more events started happening on the Big festival debut Rock, mostly marking the dawn of breakThis year, Cheryl will play once again at beat in Gibraltar, ’big names like Anushka the GEMF. In August, however, she will used to come and play here. At eighteen, set her sights on a much bigger crowd in I went to my first proper rave in Spain. the incredible surroundings of Fort Punta It was Satisfaction’s tenth anniversary in Christo in Croatia. Earlier this year, Silo Cordoba. That totally blew my mind.’ Her UK, a London based d&b record label passion for d&b was first established after approached Basscake after having heard a she heard the 1995 Goldie tune Inner set she’d uploaded to her Mixcloud page. City Life, an anthem for d&b in its earliest She was invited to perform with the label, years, in Pizza Hut. ‘It’s always been big an official partner of the beloved Outlook in the UK, but with those that like it, not releases,’ she says. Staged named Festival. Described as ‘Europe’s commercially. It’s created a revolution.’ DJ Lethalness, her boyfriend Alex She will set leading bass music and sound Whilst it is a known genre to all electronic recently won the opportunity to system culture festival’ Outlook her sights on music listeners, as Cheryl suggests, it has also perform at an international attracts electronic music fans a much bigger never been picked up by any major labels, festival, in China. His story is prefrom across the world. There, crowd in the but has found commercial success through sented on the previous couple of Cheryl will share the stage with incredible artists like DJ Fresh and Rudimental. Like pages. Cheryl also formed a union industry legends like Goldie, Bob most electronic music fans, Cheryl has a surroundings of likeminded lady deejays called Marley’s son Damian and Kano. weakness for festivals. ‘I love looking back of Fort Punta the Underground Female Direc‘Outlook is incredible, I went as and seeing thousands and thousands of Christo in tive, bringing together some of her a festival goer in 2013, when I people being controlled by one person. Croatia. Spanish friends. She was recently saw my name on the website The deejay is totally in control. I love that awarded Spanish event organizer next to other names of people so many people get together for the love Raveart’s International Breaks Best Bass I’ve always really respected and looked up of music. It’s all about appreciating the muMusic National DJ award, after having to, when I see the videos from last year, I sic.’ ‘How would you describe your sound?’ been nominated and then asking local fans really can’t believe I’m going to be playing I probe, ‘the drum and bass I play is very to help with voting. ‘I shared it on my Facethere,’ she exclaims. Her contacts in the deep, rolling and very techy. I enjoy everybook, put it up on Speak Freely as a proud business are impressive, and have been thing though; I might then play Gibraltarian moment. It felt good!’ helped along by her boyfriend some neurofunk. If you want to “I love looking who is relatively well known in play something really chilled out As Cheryl prepares for her big festival back and seeing the industry. Both form part of then it’s soulful drum and bass, debut in August, she continues to generate local events organisers Audio thousands and which even my mum likes. When interest through her Mixcloud account Damage Collective who chamthousands of I’m playing, I just feel so happy, where she frequently uploads mixes. Check pion the dubstep and drum people being like I’m in a bubble and everyout Basscake on Facebook and Mixcloud at and bass scene in Gibraltar. controlled by thing else is forgotten about. I BassCakeLovesDNB and mixcloud.com/Bass‘My boyfriend’s been a very use it as a de-stress mechanism.’ one person.” CakeDNB �NM big influence, he’s had loads of

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CHARME OF THE SOUTH A whistle-stop tour of sights, tastes and true French character

in the day, as well as night trains, run reguhen planning a trip, it is celebs sailing down the French Riviera and usually best to focus on one croissants; this is a country imbued with larly from the major Spanish cities. area so as not to over-egg charms beyond the clichés. the pudding with your itinPlane:  You can nab cheap flights from erary which usually leaves you somewhere around £100 if you book well Getting there  with little time to fully enjoy enough in advance. The only catch is you It is usually each place along your journey. might have to make your way to Malaga The South of France is situated best to focus on The South of France is an easy first; although flights run straight from to the northeast of Spain, fused one area so as choice for us Gibraltarians - far Gibraltar, you’ll save a few hundred by together and divided by the not to over-egg Franco-Spanish border stretching away enough to have its own leaving from Spain. the pudding... language, culture and unique over 656 kilometres between the scenery, but close enough for southwest of France and northeast Bus: Another form of travel that doesn’t reus to get to without too many hiccups. ceive much consideration (and probably for of Spain. The geography of this border good reason) is the bus. Although braving dates back to the signing of the Treaty of With the European Championships this mode of transport often means long the Pyrenees between the kingdoms of happening (that’s ‘football’ to those of hours, tired eyes and sore bums, Spain and France in 1659 and is us lacking knowledge of, or love for, the it also means heavier pockets as physically marked on the ground This is a country game) there will be a strong focus on it’s usually the cheapest way to by 602 cairns (rough stones imbued with France with many matches taking place get from A to B. It also offers you used for landmarking purposes) at various locations dotted around the a little more flexibility in terms of that are consecutively numbered charms beyond the clichés. country. Armed with my terrible French destination. from west to east. and overzealous love of wine and stinky cheeses, I sought out the top places to You can, of course, drive your own car Rail: Travelling by train is probably the visit during your petit voyage. Eschew any there but beware expensive inner-city most comfortable and certainly the most visions of baguette-wielding Frenchmen, parking and petrol prices. Taking your own picturesque option. Both high-speed trains GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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vehicle can become cumbersome but it can also be extremely useful. Consider whether a last-minute spontaneous detour down a quieter road will help, or hinder your journey.

Boat: For something completely different, you can take to the seas in one of the ferries that depart from Ceuta or Tangier. Once you’ve actually made it into the country, the real fun begins. Sète Sète is a short train journey East of Carcassonne just over an hour away towards the coastline. This fishing village has a real Mediterranean vibe with its Promenade Maréchal LeClerc, deep blue water and ferries regularly departing to Morocco. It’s not uncommon to see local fishermen pull up, proudly bringing in their haul for the day. The port is a hive of activity that carries all the way through to the town centre. The sweet canals of Sète have earned it the moniker ‘Little Venice’, which gives you an idea of what this colourful little town is like. Slap bang in the centre of Sète is the mountain it encircles, Mont St-Clair, which

you can access via any of the many chemins leading away from the harbour. Those of us who are a little exercise-daily challenged might find the hike up the mountain a bit of a schlep, but you soon forget about your burning calves and blisters once you reach the summit where an esplanade overlooks the town below and the surrounding vineyards. Or, you could drive up.

The sweet canals of Sète have earned it the moniker ‘Little Venice’...

If you find yourself in Sète during the summer months do not, I repeat do NOT

Do not miss out on the traditional sport of ‘water jousting’.

miss out on the traditional (well, it is to the locals) sport of ‘water jousting’. It really is as hilariously bizarre as it sounds. Prior to the tournament, an oboist, a drummer and the jousters (sounds like the start to a great joke) parade around on their vessels propelled by ten oarsmen. They then grab their iron-tipped wooden spears and try to knock each other of their boats. This lively tradition dates back to the 18th century when young bachelors in a blue boat would oppose married men in a red boat with their respective poles, shields and uniforms decorated accordingly. Here are some useful terms you can use to impress the locals around this time of year: Tintaine: a small platform that juts out of the end of the boat about two metres above the water level. This is where the jouster stands. Pavois: a wooden shield to protect the jouster’s chest. Lance: a 2.8 metre long pole made of various sorts of wood used to build the town: a Sète jousters’ pole is made of wood from the North, while a Mèze jousters’ one is made out of redwood.

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Nîmes of note are the botanical gardens of Jardin des Plantes (the oldest in Here, you’ll find some of the best-preFrance, no less) and the ancient served Roman history outside of Rome bathhouse Les Bains de Montpellier itself. In the middle of town is Les Àrenes de - now a hip restaurant with purple Nîmes - a first-century Roman arena that chairs, overhead chandeliers, and is still standing (just about) and serves as a an interior courtyard surrounded venue for concerts and other events. This by ponds and palms. A favourite amphitheatre, which was historiYou’ll find with locals and visitors. (Make sure cally used for Gladiator combats, some of to book in advance as seats in venationes (animal slayings) and this little gem are snapped up like executions - is 133 metres in the besthotcakes.) In short, Montpellier has preserved length and can seat over 25,000 it all: great food, music, culture and Roman history people. In 1863, it was remodto top it off, is just a twenty minute outside of elled to serve as a bullring. bus ride away from the beach. Rome itself. Woo! Also in the heart of Nîmes is a

Montpellier is a melting pot of disparate cultures and activities...

30km North of Sète is the French ‘university city’ of Montpellier, a great platform to all major French cities, and Barcelona. Montpellier is a melting pot of disparate cultures and activities; whether you’re a museum-goer, coffee-drinker, market peruser or a combination of all three, you won’t be bored in this city. The French seem a lot warmer and, mercifully, more up for a drink in this part of France. There is a list of cultural ‘Things-to-Do’ longer than your arm, so I won’t go into too much depth, but a couple of places

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Pont Du Gard Within Uzès lies the Pont Du Gard. This impressive aqueduct is a true feat of Roman ingenuity where the arches are a tell-tale giveaway of its architectural origin. This cool piece of engineering was built to carry water from Uzès 50km away to the growing settlement of Nimes. It looks a little as if someone were to copy and paste the well-known aqueduct in Ronda that sits beneath the Puente Nuevo a few times.

beautiful church constructed between 1838 and 1849, the Église Saint-Paul. This town plays host to some of the most colourful festivals in Southern France: February’s Carnival, the Pentecost Feria and the Harvest Festival in September.

What it lacks in superficial qualities it makes up for in energy and character.

On France’s list of ‘remarkable gardens’ are the Jardins de la Fontaine. These gardens come complete with shady benches, hidden grottos and are home to the original spring that was once used as the city’s main water source. Head up the staircases for a sweeping view of the red rooftops of Nîmes. Fun fact: Nîmes is the home of denim. The word itself comes from ‘de Nîmes’ meaning ‘of Nîmes’. Église Saint-Paul de Nîmes

Uzès “Oh little town of Uzès! If you were in Umbria, Parisians would be visiting you in herds.” - André Gide (French novelist.)

Uzès is a walled, historic city less than an hour North of Nîmes and is made up of narrow streets lined with the little boutiques that have become synonymous with France - it is beyond charming. It’s also a very artsy town; to experience a slice of this, visit the Saturday market that takes over most of the town at the weekend. Swing by the old Duchy for your daily quota of culture. This is the Duke’s chateau that remains ‘a potted history of France: The Middle-Ages, the Renaissance, the 17th Century, and modern times’. There is also a Haribo sweets museum to fulfil the hole left by not finding a golden ticket hidden in your chocolate bar wrapper as a child.

The Pont Du Gard is one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in the South of France and so, as you can imagine, it makes a cracking spot for a summer picnic. It was even featured in an article on ‘The ten Best Places for a Picnic in South France’! Laze on the banks of the river and gaze at the bridge in its entirety, or follow the botanical trail through the Mediterranean Garden and pick a spot to take in the sheer height of this dramatic structure. It is essential not to forget to visit the look-out points on either side of the gorge. La Bambouseraie

This is where the study and cultivation of plants goes down. Essentially, one large tropical garden, La Bambouseraie houses 15000 square metres of plant varieties specialising in, unsurprisingly, bamboo. This garden - which now contains around 200 bamboo species and 800 species of other plants - was first formed in 1855 by horticultural fanatic Eugène Mazel. Once inside, midway down the Sequoia path, you will come across a reconstruction of a Laotian village. It has been kept true to form with vegetation native to Laos such as taros and sugar cane as well Some three million people as architecture keeping with traditional Laotian habitats. Also within the flock to Nice enchanting forest is a water garden annually. and labyrinth.

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travel Marseille The second largest city in France and the largest on France’s Mediterranean coast. Founded 2600 years ago in 600 BC, Masallia (as it was known then) functioned as the main commercial port in the French empire. Today, the metropolitan city is bursting to the brim with some great restaurants, graffiti, and even an international football stadium. Marseille isn’t the most attractive destination in France, but although it is a little rough around the edges, what it lacks in superficial qualities it makes up for in energy and character. The Cours Julien is one such example of this. Walk around this neighbourhood past the bars, cafes and little shops to see some of the most spectacular street art in France. You know what’s even better The Pont than art? Art on a rooftop. Du Gard Since 2013, the rooftop of makes a the Cité Radieuse has been cracking the location for the artwork spot for a of new young and emerging summer artists. It is also a fantastic picnic. way to steal a view of the Mediterranean and the mountains surrounding the city. If you go to Marseille, dinner is sorted for you. You can barely take a step without being faced with a sign advertising pizza ‘au feu de bois’ (wood fired). This has a lot to do with the historic ties between Marseille and Naples. In the 1900s, immigrants from Naples went over to the city and set up shop in order to flee the extreme poverty back home in Italy. For a physical slice of Neapolitan heritage in Marseille, head to La Bonne Mère for what might be one of the best pizzas you’ve ever tried. (Sorry Pizzeria Plaza.)

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Nice Wide avenues, azure bay and golden sand. Some three million people flock to Nice annually. Nice, sandwiched between Cannes and the Italian border, was named after Nike - the Greek winged goddess of victory, not the shoe brand.

pebbles. It’s also worth noting that the Nice carnival takes place here in February and, as well as being one of the biggest carnivals in the world, it is also one of the oldest carnivals in Europe. Nice!

The South of France is often thought to be a hangout zone for the wealthy, and it Today, Nice is one of the top tourist destiis, but it is also so much more. You can get nations in France, pipped to the post only around relatively cheaply and extremely by Paris. The Parc du Château (Castle Park) easily by doing a bit of research beforeat the centre of Nice is located on a hilltop hand. I must admit I have omitted a few and offers some of the most places, such as Cannes and the striking panoramic views of the perma-tanned rotation of wealthy France is a Med and the town below. But, as visitors it generates, or Monte Carlo destination is usually the case, not before an with its James Bond casinos - but for all times upwards slog to the top. There is this is deliberate. France is packed of the year... to the rafters with interesting and also an elevator. less-travelled stops; you needn’t West of the old town, or ‘Vieille Ville’, is veer too far off the beaten track to find the famous Promenade des Anglais, located yourself in quaint villages and seaside on a pebble beach and punctuated by towns with that real French je ne sais quois. beachside Bistros. On a hot day, grab an France is a destination for all times of the ice cream and dig your toes into the warm year - not just for the Euros. Bon Voyage! Parc du Château

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POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE And the winner is …

had never been invited to an awards which was only fractionally longer than the ceremony so, when I recently received time it took to come apart. To be honan invitation to the Legal Business est, it actually disintegrated as firstly, the Awards dinner, two thoughts immeseams of the trousers and then the jacket diately came to mind. First, the delight in mysteriously unpicked themselves. The seeing an old university friend I fact that they did so during a formal had not seen for 31 years and, dinner made the effects even more My dinner second, just how many people distressing. Finding a safety pin at a suit itself is must have fallen sick for her list function is one thing, locating a fully of potential guests to have got hardly James equipped seamstress there is quite down as far as my name? another. Bond. Anyway, on a rainy April afternoon, I checked into the Grosvenor Park Hotel, the chosen venue for the night’s event. I arrived complete with dinner suit and freshly purchased dress shirt. This new addition to my attire was necessary as my existing shirt made me look like part of a sad tribute act to a seventies night club band, all frills and no style. Indeed, my dinner suit itself is hardly James Bond. I did once get one made when I was in Beijing. It took only forty-eight hours from measurement to final product,

to the style experts this means I am not a real man. Apparently, such a failure is the equivalent to driving a Smart car or owning a Chihuahua (both of which I do, go figure). I have tried to tie it up in front of the mirror; I have tried tying it around my thigh and then transferring it to my neck. This failed for obvious reasons but did make quite a fetching garter.

I gave up the struggle years ago. To compensate, in my youth, I used to wear My current and only dinner suit has a pre-tied one but keep an untied one in my pocket, to switch to late in the evening. a velvety sheen, which is curious, because This, so I thought, provided the illusion it isn’t velvet. Wearing it always makes me that I had simply unpicked my immaculateslightly fearful that, not for the first time, ly tied one and now had it draped casually someone will hand me a tray of canapes around my neck, despite the fact the and ask me to offer them to the colour of the two was slightly differguests. Anyway, at least the According ent. In truth, I still do but at least the shirt was new. to the style colours now match. I have never been a fan of eveexperts ning wear. In part this is because, this means On the subject of bowties at formal dinners, why do some people wear despite hours of practice, I have I am not a fancy, multi coloured ones? It is like never quite mastered the art of real man. how to tie a bowtie. According an Englishman in a kilt; it just isn’t GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

leisure right and leaves a slightly odd impression about the wearer. Unusual, or worse still, humorous, bowties should only be worn when you are pricing an item on the Antiques Road Show or in conjunction with a pipe. Suitably ill attired, I descended to the Grand Ball Room for pre-dinner drinks. The Awards dinner itself was large, one hundred tables of not just lawyers, but business lawyers. By my rough calculation, the combined charge out rate for the duration of the dinner would have solved Greece’s debt problems with enough left over to bail out Cyprus.

Suitably ill attired, I descended to the Grand Ball Room for predinner drinks.

Everyone (well, everyone else) was dressed immaculately. A couple of the outfits may have had a slight “Ab Fab” look about them, but you could tell they were “Designer” and if you couldn’t, the wearer would tell you. We were each given a gaming chip to use in the casino after the dinner. Presumably on the, surely mistaken, principle that lawyers will only gamble with other people’s money.

The hosts had advertised that Nick Robinson, the TV presenter and broadcaster, was to be the Master of Ceremonies handing out the awards this year. His picture was everywhere. A brief biography of him was in the programme. It was difficult to miss his face wherever you turned your head at the dinner. Difficult, apart from when you looked towards the stage. On the stage, there was no Nick Robinson. On the stage there was Alastair Campbell. For those of you, and I assume there must be some, who don’t know of him, Alastair Campbell is a journalist but he is probably best known as Tony Blair’s spin doctor at the heart of New Labour. Nick Robinson, by the way, was a Young Conservative. Aside from being told that Nick Robinson was “unavailable” his absence was unexplained. Was he lying in a skip at the back

of the hotel with Campbell’s fist marks on his comatose body? Did Campbell need a speaking engagement that badly? Whatever the reason, we were treated to Mr Campbell’s views on Brexit, he doesn’t like it. He was erudite, he was entertaining, and he was scary. When he asked those who supported continued UK membership to put their hands up, the arms went up faster than at a Nuremburg rally. Clearly, he was preaching to the converted. You did, however, have the feeling that if anyone in the audience dared to disagree with him, the next thing they would be remembering is waking up in the skip next to Nick Robinson.

stage, collecting their awards, having their photo taken with Campbell, leaving the stage, and the next award sponsor being hurled forward. Acceptance speeches were not allowed. Slackers were criticised. Alastair clearly had a bus to catch. If you don’t believe me, go to the awards website and see some of the winners photos with Alastair. Indeed, you would have to have been there to be sure he wasn’t simply added in afterwards, as all the photos of him look suspiciously similar.

One was left with the feeling that if he knew where the recipients were seated, they would not have needed to leave their chairs, the awards would have come to them. Hurtling through the air before Alastair Campbell has a unique way of striking the winner and leaving them handing out awards. He distributes them slumped in their chocolate fonwith the speed of someone who is aware of a serious fire nearby The combined dant dessert. “And the winner is… whoosh… kerdunk… in a coma.” but nevertheless wants to finish charge out what he is doing first. He gave rate for the Aside from this, there was none out the 23 awards in 40 minutes. duration of of the entertainment I had exThis included the award sponsor pected from an awards ceremony. arriving on stage, the nominations the dinner The team from Macfalanes did being read out, the winners comwould have not boo when Pinsent Mason ing (in some cases running) to the solved won “Law Firm of the Year”, the Greece’s debt “Rising Star In House Counsel” problems... recipient was not tripped up by one of the losers on his way to pick up the award, the unsuccessful nominees for “US Law Firm of the Year” did not flounce out of the ceremony in floods of tears claiming it had been fixed. It was all very civilised, very lawyer-like. Given recent events at Mossak Fonseka, perhaps the award ceremony could be expanded for 2017. Maybe “Law Firm with the Best Data Protection Technology” or “International Law Firm with the Fewest Mentions in the Panama Papers” could be added? For these, the faces of the losers would be much more interesting than those of the recipients.

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SPORT FOR ALL Strait Games embodies neighbourly togetherness

My meeting with Avelino Baldachino from port keeps it simple. There are no Los Barrios, San Roque and Ceuta particithe Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Associapolitics involved, or at least there pating in the mini Olympiad, the embodishouldn’t be. Real sportsmen and ment of togetherness was at its core. None tion centred on this very subject and he was brimming with pride for the Gibralwomen know that politics of them cared about the Spanish tar contingent. On 4 June the sporting often act as a poison, stifling Government’s agenda of preventextravaganza exploded into the town of rather than invigorating progress The sporting ing The Rock from participating in San Roque to the delight of its citizens and and surrounding sport with its extravaganza official competition in sport. This is own agenda. exploded into all about participating, sharing ideas visiting spectators. It must have been quite the scene with eighteen young sportsmen and a myriad of understanding the town of from Gibraltar, split equally between boys between the neighbouring towns. Gibraltarians know all too well and girls, marching with pride as they bore That is the focus of this mini Olymjust how much of a sticking point San Roque... The Rock’s colours and held their heads piad where everyone gets a medal politics within sport can be. Just at the end for competing, diffusing winners high. San Roque has already extended their ask the football or rugby fraternities about arm to Gibraltar in a business sense and losers and highlighting their respective battles with UEFA, FIFA by creating a ‘Free Economic Zone’ for the right mentality in sport. “It was very and Rugby Europe, but we can go much companies to use for trade. The town further back than that. Hockey on the Rock The event is held annually and emotional shares a common history with The I remember the effect it had has had its fair share of incidences abroad and the Rock and there are numerous Gibralon Gibraltar when we hosted (Gibraltar’s flag not being allowed to be crowd went tarians who have also settled there. it two years ago. It was a fun flown in Barcelona during the early eightday for all the kids involved wild with ies being one example) with many other and I recall Mayor Adolfo Although many of the children sports having suffered something similar. applause Canepa’s wonderful quote at represented Gibraltar for the first until the very the time during the official time, it was a light-hearted affair and Bearing that in mind, it is great to see how last athlete.” no pressure placed upon them. “We presentation at the Leisure the ‘sport for all’ philosophy of the Strait Centre when he said: “Sport is just want them to try their best and Games has brought into light the collaboa wonderful thing to better relations. We act like ambassadors. They are at an age ration of neighbouring towns. With over have persevered in this these games and, where they are about to take the sport 1,200 children around twelve years of age in life, perseverance is a great virtue. seriously, but for now, they can enjoy a from Gibraltar, La Linea, Algeciras, Tarifa, 78

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One of the Special Olympics teams at the opening ceremony

The Gibraltar team at the opening ceremony

and maybe in around three years, they applause until the very last athlete.” more light-hearted way,” Baldachino said. would need to specify in a particular “The Strait Games are a great example of distance. We always make sure that we are how sport can shine a positive The ‘extremely friendly’ atmowell represented in this mini Olympiad relight on the relationship between sphere showed a casual but at the “This gives gardless of the children’s ability, however, us and other neighbouring towns.” same time competitive attitude them the we focus more on their determination and The Gibraltarian children try to which is perfect for youngsters commitment which are just as important.” make friends, even though, believe competitive wishing to develop in their sport. edge but it or not, there is a little bit of a “It is exactly what we want at this language barrier between them. The coaches from the various towns allows them stage. This gives them the com“Spanish kids are always curious naturally want Gibraltar’s presence in the to enjoy the petitive edge but allows them to about the way that Gibraltarians competition, despite The Rock not being enjoy the sport also.” Despite the sport also.” speak and their innocence on the able to compete in the Andalusian league. ‘casual nature’ of the games, when subject allows us to teach them a Gibraltar takes part in time trials the youngsters hear the little about our ways. I do my bit to bridge and non-official events, but would crowd roaring, the adrenaline “We focus that language barrier for them.” One of be welcomed with open arms by kicks and it consequently raises more on their Spanish regional sporting associathe highlights of the games saw all the their game. It is probably still determination tions into official events if it were competitors jumping in and supporting the a bit soon to tell whether we Special Olympiads in their final road race permitted. “We get on very well at a have any Kim Bagliettos or and which concluded at the municipal stadium. coaching level and they encourage Harvey Dixons in our athletics commitment “It was very rewarding to see and it was us to take part where we can. We ranks, but Baldachino is sure which are just wish we could participate in more the right attitude to have. The competitors that we have at least a few as important.” official events within the region.” did not interfere with the run but nonethe- promising youngsters that will less supported every athlete. It was very �MV soon shoulder expectation. emotional and the crowd went wild with “Youngsters develop at different stages Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix, San Roque Mayor, applauds athletes at the finishing line

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A thing of the past in Gibraltar, San Roque releases red and white balloons, marking the start of the games

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RUGBY REVOLUTION Gibraltar’s Battle for Rugby Europe

the other direction and you embrace your smiling but war-torn figure, Chad replaced left Gibraltar rugby in the shadow opposite number, even if you had a dig at Thomson, Gibraltar Rugby Footof its former self. However, the sport has him during the game.” It’s as if your respect ball Union (GRFU) General Secregrown from strength to strength over the for the opposition grew over 80 minutes tary, sits with quiet dignity and a last ten years with the lads playing numer(quite unfathomable in other team sports). sense of satisfaction. He is eager to tell me ous friendlies against the Royal Navy and A wry smile appeared on GFRU Chairman about his association’s gruelling campaign across the border in Andalucía. Gibraltar filled with laborious loopholes to has performed beyond expectations Maurice Stagnetto’s as he weighed in on get Gibraltar into Rugby Europe, at international level, boasting wins the subject which is very close to his heart. The sport has against higher ranked nations such the European governing body. “We do it better than anybody else. It is a grown from as Israel, Cyprus and Malta. We very Anglo-Saxon custom to celebrate afpunch well above our weight as we ter a good punch-up and very different to strength to Doubling up as a key figure the way that Latins tend to think. What for the national side, Thomson strength over always do. happens on the field, stays on the field. arrived in Gibraltar in 2005 and the last 10 “It is a very Gibraltarians are naturally very hospitawas instrumental in building up Third half years... Anglo-Saxon ble and great sportspeople.” rugby on The Rock alongside James Russo who was running custom to I want to know about a team at the time. Together, they pushed those famous rugby socials celebrate Asia tour for the development of the sport. “There everyone always raves about, after a good were around 16 of us who just loved rugby the ‘Third Half’. Rugby differs Flying to the Far East to represent punch-up...” Gibraltar in international rugby friendand played in the Andalusian league. There from other sports in this area, wasn’t much going on in Gibraltar. There in fact, believe it or not, it was lies against Malaysia and Singapore was a big history (rugby was introduced on initially a ‘gentleman’s sport’ (as opposed to could appear to some as a fairy-tale story. the Rock during the 19th century by British football which was a ‘mob sport’ to control However, the GFRU contingent of around military personnel and the popular school the masses). So, why is it that in a pure and 65 strong did exactly that in April this year, game tag-rugby is said to have originated competitive contact sport where there are determined to fly The Rock’s flag in distant in Gibraltar due to a lack of grass pitchno prisoners taken, both teams can come lands. Thomson described the tight schedes) but that sort of dissipated over the together at the final whistle and ‘party’? ule combined with jetlag that eventually years.” The downsizing of the military and “You have to give it your all in rugby but took its toll on the players and coaching an aging generation that was never to be when that final whistle goes, it swings in staff. “The training that went in and the 80

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sport victory akin to that of the decision taken by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in favour of Gibraltar gaining entry into FIFA and UEFA. However, the GRFU will hold off any celebrations until they have officially been voted in as there is still a chance of an appeal. Reloading their rifles, the GRFU will remain in their fortress, planning the next wave of attack and enlisting European allies, should an appeal of the decision come to pass. The appeal expired on 30 June and at the time of writing there was no appeal submitted. The next general assembly is in December this year. “Gibraltar must finish on top when the final whistle blows. We had to really jump through hoops to get to where we are now. We have had massive setbacks but we have achieved everything that we possibly could have at this stage,” Thomson said. Maurice was bullish on Gibraltar’s chances of becoming a strong nation in European rugby, but it could take at least six seasons before arriving at the desired level. “Rugby Europe is done in a league system and we will start at the bottom against lower ranked nations in the European Nations Cup 3 (the eighth division). We believe that we could fall in at around the top/mid-tier level with the likes of Malta, Cyprus and a few of the Scandinavian countries.”

preparation was fantastic but 150,000 players to choose from. “We dominated it was an exhausting sched“They produce better players the game and ule and we were missing than England! A lot of this has three or four of our squad looked like a better to do with the colonial mentality players due to exams and where they try to get one over team than them work commitments.” Gibralthe motherland. Everyone wants across the board.” tar were resolutely beaten to beat England and I believe 49-0 by Malaysia and it was that it is that overseas thing that Gibraltar could also explore the possibility the first time that Gibraltar’s backline was pushes us to try and be better than what of participation in the Rugby 7’s where succumbed to so much pressure. But our size suggests.” The Gibraltar rugby Stagnetto believes the national team could a sterling performance in the following players are not very big, except from a thrive due to their style of play. With less th fixture against a Singapore side ranked 55 few imports, but we are blessed with very of a focus on contact or set piece elements skilful and fast players. However, it is only in the world called on rugby followers to to this game, it is much more free-flowing through competition that we could get stand up and take notice. Gibraltar led 13 and suitable to players who are fast and stronger. That is why acceptance into Rug-6 until the last five minutes but Maupossess good technique. “It is the natural by Europe is so important. We can really rice was sympathetic to the lads as it was way that we play in Gibraltar. We need begin to find our feet at this level and, a big ask from them to maintain the pace to work on our athleticism and improve needless to say, I think that we over 80 minutes. Their tired legs began to our fitness, but that will come can surprise a fair few. It is not falter towards the end and the Singaporthrough competition and the new going to happen overnight, but The sports eans battled back to level the score and facilities we will acquire.” development I share the GFRU’s sentiments draw the game. “I thought that it was a that the sky is the limit in terms project at monumental effort by all the players and The sports development projof our potential development. if we played these guys at home, then I Europa Point ect at Europa Point will install am sure that we could turn them over. a World Rugby approved pitch will install a Singapore was a lot tighter. The difference and construct space for the Rugby Europe World Rugby for me was that we blooded two eighteenjunior section, allowing increased year-olds, Alexander Cruz and Matt Isola, approved pitch... participation and access. The Credit has to go to the GRFU who played with a maturity beyond their for demonstrating The Rock’s aim is to provide an excellent years. We dominated the game and looked tenacity in overcoming the hurdles placed self-sustainable surface that is long-lasting like a better team than them across the by those opposed to Gibraltar’s accepand in keeping with the history of Europa board.” Interestingly enough, Maurice said tance into the European governing body. Point. With plenty of positives over the that Asian rugby compares very well to Last month, the Parisian court ruled that horizon Gibraltar rugby has strengthened Gibraltar’s open and free flowing style. ‘procedural irregularities’ took place at its cause and will push to make history and “You can see this with the Kiwis, Tongans, the 2013 general assembly in Stockholm eventually become a leader in sport on the Fijians and the Aussies. They all play open where Gibraltar fell short of acceptance Rock. �MV rugby. Gibraltar seems to play more like a into Rugby Europe by 30 votes. A massive southern hemisphere team.” Gibraltarian titans What is it in the water that makes our players perform like titans on the pitch? Is it down to the camaraderie of the team, the real sense of unity exhibited across the board amongst all Gibraltar sports? That’s what Maurice thinks at least, comparing us, on a smaller scale, to ‘The All Blacks’ (New Zealand) who have a pool of fewer than GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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WINE CODEBREAKER The wisdom behind wine tasting

What is the WSET structured approach ost regular wine drinkers I talk quality in wine is easily within everyone’s to assessing wines? It involves identifyto confirm that they enjoy the grasp and all you need is a notebook, overall experience of choosing pencil and a simple structured approach to ing key characteristics or components of and drinking wine yet admit wine tasting. I would add that being able the wine, assessing each characteristic in terms of quality level and using the results that they wish they knew more to taste several samples at the same to form an opinion as to the overall wine about it, particularly in assessing time, something we rarely do, is Assessing quality. Below, I will use a basic version of its quality. My usual answer is invaluable, so getting together with the quality that assessing the quality of a friends and opening several bottles the WSET structured approach containing of a wine is wine is easily within everybody’s will prove enjoyable and informative. thirteen key elements. This structured easily within approach, if used regularly, will become grasp, after all, we are all experts second nature, allowing you to easily and when assessing food and I would everybody’s I first came across the Wine and grasp... quickly form an opinion on the quality of argue that food and wine are esSpirit Education Trust (WSET) a wine. sentially similar. If there’s a differstructured approach to tasting wine ence between food and wine, it is that we some years ago at their Bermondsey Street have all decades of food appreciation with headquarters. WSET is a non-profit making Let’s start by assessing a mythical 2014 the help and influence of parents, relatives, trust who have become the most highly £4.50 bottle of bulk produced Caberpeers and even TV cooking programmes net Sauvignon from Australia at around respected wine educators in the world. encouraging us to experiment with new 15% alcohol. As is normally the case, They offer a range of wine flavours and techniques. It’s no wonder courses with some leading we would be tasting this blind, so all Opening we are all food experts! On reaching legal we know is that the wine is red! Your up to their flagship twoseveral bottles tasting notes should allow someone drinking age, we are suddenly faced with a year diploma. The Gibraltar confusing myriad of unknown wine styles will prove else to pick out the wine from a group University is also offering and qualities with no one to guide us or wine courses and I have enjoyable and of similar wines, so your personal likes point us in the right direction. With a bit or dislikes should not be included at this no doubt these will prove informative. of effort, however, the ability to discern extremely popular. stage. Avoid personal comparisons, for

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wine example, if the wine aroma reminds you of your grandmother’s jam, as the other person may not know your grandmother or her jam.

1. Clarity - Place a sample of the wine in a suitable glass and place over a white background. An A4 sheet of paper will do. Is the wine clear and bright? If the wine is hazy or cloudy, the wine is faulty and the tasting ends. We note, however, that our sample is clear and bright. That’s our first observation. 2. Colour Intensity - We then asses the intensity of the colour. Is it pale, medium or deep? In our case it is deep, suggesting the wine is young (in older wines colour is lost and deposits formed). 3. Colour - What about the colour? Our sample is deep purple. Such intensity of purple could suggest that the wine originates from a very sunny climate. 4. Nose Condition - We now smell the sample. Is it clean or unclean? Our sample smells clean but if it smelled of wet cardboard, or musty, then the tasting ends and the sample declared off. 5. Nose Intensity - In our sample it is of pronounced intensity, but another wine could have been light or medium. 6. Aroma characteristics - our sample smells of cooked fruits, perhaps blackberries, a hint of green pepper and quite a distinctive oaky smell. 7. Sweetness - We now taste the sample, which is dry but a distinctive sweetish background, suggesting a high alcohol content. 8. Acidity - the acidity of

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the sample is low. At this point I would suspect the producer wants the wine to appear smooth. Lack of acidity is unbalancing the wine, however - next time you have a peach think of its acidity. The right level of acidity will make the fruit vibrant. Low acidity will appear cloying and dull.

9. Tannin - Tannin is low again suggest-

ing very ripe grapes and plenty of sunshine. Lack of tannin suggest this wine is intended to be consumed within a year or two after release. Wines for the long haul have pronounced tannins which will help preserve the wine.

10. Body - This is a full bodied wine. Other wine could have been low or medium. 11. Flavour characteristics - Primarily GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

of cooked fruits, jammy, and a distinctive oak flavour. The alcohol is pronounced and warm on the palate.

12. Length of finish – This With practice,

11. Flavour characteristics - Blackberries, tobacco, vanilla, oak, spicy, hint of coconut (again from the wood barrel) 12. Length - Medium

it’s not difficult is the length that flavour 13. Quality - This wine is good. It is and fun if remains in the palate after not outstanding as the finish is not carried out the wine is swallowed. long enough though very attractive. with friends. Long finish is an essential The tannins are well integrated though component of good quality. the alcohol stands out and slightly unIn this sample, the finish is short. balancing the wine. The wine is of medium complexity and overall very attractive. 13. Quality - Based on the above observation, we now write our opinion on the The above may seem cumbersome but wine. The flavour is quite jammy and the with practice it’s not difficult and fun if oak flavours are not well integrated. (Oak carried out with friends. This structured barrels are expensive and the producer approach will force us to think about the almost certainly used oak chips or sawdust wine we are drinking and identify those to give an oaky flavour). The finish is short wines which really merit buying. and relatively simple. We conclude that this wine is of an acceptable quality for its price (it is not very good, nor outstanding). Wines to try at least once in your life We now look at another mythical wine. This time from Bordeaux made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The wine is from the 2005 vintage (an excellent vintage) and the alcohol content is 14%. The cost of the wine is £15.00 1. Clarity - Clear and Bright 2. Intensity - Medium (suggesting the wine may have some age) 3. Colour - Medium Garnet 4. Nose Condition - Clean 5. Nose intensity - Medium 6. Aroma Characteristics - Red and black fruits, quite floral, spicy, cloves perhaps, tobacco, vanilla (from oak barrels), quite alcoholic 7. Sweetness - Dry 8. Acidity - Medium acidity 9. Tannin - Pronounced tannins but well integrated 10. Body - Medium Body

Oloroso Cruz del Mar Bodegas Cesar Florido Chipiona I have written about this producer before. I first met him a couple of years ago and since then, his Palo Cortado has been voted one of the best sherries in the region. He has become a bit of a celebrity! However, he also produces a stunning Oloroso which defies its low price of 3 euros a bottle! Its wonderful complex flavours have a salty component which Cesar attributes to the vineyard being only a few metres from the sea. The wine is on sale at the working men’s bar next to the bodega in Chipiona.

recipes Recipe by Sweet Enough Cub www.sweetenoughcub.com

BARLEY RISOTTO with Balsamic Roasted Cherry Tomatoes INGREDIENTS 1 litre hot vegetable stock 1 cup pearl barley 1-2 cups purple sprouting broccoli heads Bunch of asparagus tips Punnet of cherry tomatoes on the vine 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 3 tbsp cold pressed extra virgin olive oil 2-3 large cloves of garlic - thinly sliced 4 -5 sprigs of fresh thyme (de-twigged) or a tsp of dried thyme 3 tbsp vermouth or dry white wine 2 tbsp almond milk Smoked sea salt and pepper 84

DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 200â °C (fan).Wash the tomatoes and place them in an oven proof dish and pour on the balsamic vinegar, a tablespoon of olive oil and season with smoked sea salt and pepper. Set aside. In a heavy based saucepan, on a medium heat in two tablespoons of olive oil gently fry garlic until golden. Add thyme, pearl barley and stir for a minute or so, then add a ladle of stock and the vermouth, stir until liquid starts to evaporate and then add another ladle. Keep doing this until all the stock is gone. You will keep going back to the risotto, stirring it and making sure it is not sticking. 30 minutes into cooking the pearl barley, add the asparagus tips, broccoli heads, almond milk and season

well with salt and pepper. The pearl barley takes around 40-45 minutes to cook. At 25 minutes in, you will need to put the tomatoes in the oven to roast. These will take around 15minutes maximum of 20 minutes. When the risotto is ready, take the tomatoes out of the oven, serve over the risotto and season with salt and pepper to taste.

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TORTE WITH SALTED CARAMEL A refined sugar free moist and delicious chocolate torte

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INGREDIENTS For the torte

For the caramel sauce

½ cup self raising gluten free flour

2 tbsp smooth cashew butter (try Meridian)

2 tbsp coconut palm sugar

3-4 tbsp pure maple syrup

½ cup coconut oil

3 tbsp unsweetened almond milk

12 pitted dates soaked in hot waterdrained & pureed in a food processor

3 good pinches of Himalayan salt

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2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 180⁰C (fan). Purée the warm dates and combine in a bowl with coconut palm sugar. Add coconut oil, almond milk and vanilla extract and coffee. Mix well and then add the cacao and gluten free flour. Pour into a greased 20cm cake tin, place on the middle shelf and bake for 18-20 mins. For the sauce, in a small saucepan over a low heat, whisk the cashew butter and maple syrup together, slowly add the almond milk, vanilla and salt. Combine for 5 minutes of so until golden and smooth. When the torte has cooled slightly, slice into six and serve with warm caramel sauce and fresh tart berries. 85

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Café Solo Modern Italian eatery set in lively Casemates square. Everything from chicory and crispy pancetta salad with walnuts, pears and blue cheese dressing, or king prawn, mozzarella and mango salad to pastas (eg: linguine with serrano ham, king prawns and rocket; smoked salmon and crayfish ravioli with saffron and spinach cream) to salads (eg: Vesuvio spicy beef, cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers and

Casa Pepe

A delightful terrace, bar, restaurant on the prestigious Queensway Quay Marina. Wonderful location for business meetings, weddings, anniversaries and other special occasions. Specialising in fresh fish caught locally with daily specials including seabass, dorada, sole, and bream, plus a very comprehensive a la carte menu. Also available are tapas and raciones (double size tapas) to share (or not!) prior to a main course. Mixed paellas also available, as well as fish cooked in rock salt, whole suckling pig and baby lamb to order. Open: Tues-Sat lunch & evening, Sunday lunch only, closed Mondays. Casa Pepe, 18 Queensway Quay Marina, Tel/Fax: 200 46967 Email: casa.pepe.gib@gmail.com. Visit: www.casapepegib.com.

The Lounge Stylish Lounge Gastro Bar on Queensway Quay Marina serving best quality food prepared by passionate, qualified chefs. Popular quiz on Sundays from 7pm and a relaxed friendly atmosphere. A separate Lounge Bar Area serving a wide range of hot drinks, wines, beers, spirits and cocktails at reasonable prices, with large TV’s for sports and events coverage. Open: 10am-late Mon - Sun Be sure to arrive early to ensure a seat! The Lounge 17 Ragged Staff Wharf, Queensway Quay Marina Tel: 200 61118 info@thelounge.gi

Nunos Italian

Nunos Italian Restaurant, overlooking the Mediterranean, is popular with hotel guests, tourists and local residents. This 2 rosette rated, AA restaurant is renowned for its eclectic interior, intimate atmosphere and fine cuisine. Savour a wide selection of freshly prepared Italian delicacies, including bread, pasta, meat and fish, followed by delicious desserts. In the summer months, the hotel offers alfresco dining for private parties in the Garden Grill. Sitting nestled in the colonial garden you can enjoy a mouth-watering menu of charcoal-grilled meats and freshly prepared salads in candlelit surroundings. Open: Mon-Sun 1-3pm lunch, 7–11pm dinner Nunos Italian Restaurant and Terrace Caleta Hotel, Catalan Bay Tel: 200 76501 Email: reservations@caletahotel.gi

Solo Bar & Grill Solo Bar and Grill is a stylish and modern eatery — perfect for business functions or lunches — and part of the popular Cafe Solo stable. Serving everything from Goats’ Cheese Salad, Mediterranean Pâté and Cajun Langoustines to Beer Battered John Dory, or Harissa Chicken, and Chargrilled Sirloin Steak. This is a delightful venue in Europort with a cosy mezzanine level and terrace seating. Well worth a visit, or two! Available for private functions and corporate events — call 200 62828 to book your function or event. Open: 12-8pm. Solo Bar & Grill, Eurotowers Tel: 200 62828

red onions; and Romana chorizo, black pudding, egg and pancetta) and pizzas (eg: Quatto Stagioni topped with mozzarella, ham, chicken, pepperoni and mushroom) and specialities such as salmon fishcakes, beef medallions and duck. Daily specials on blackboard. No smoking. Café Solo Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 200 44449

Sacarello Coffee Co

Located in a converted coffee warehouse, and famous for its great fresh ground coffee, homemade cakes/ afternoon tea, plus full menu and excellent salad bar with quiche selection, specials of the day and dishes such as lasagne, steak and mushroom Guinness pie, hot chicken salad, toasties, club sandwich and baked potatoes. Holds popular art exhibitions with the Sacarello collection and guest artists. Very busy at office lunchtimes (1-2pm). Sacarello's is available for parties and functions in the evenings. Open: 9am-7.30pm Mondays - Fridays. 9am-3pm Saturdays Sacarello Coffee Co. 57 Irish Town. Tel: 200 70625

Jury’s Café-Wine Bar Next to the Law Courts, with a terrace seating area, Jury’s has a selection of Ciabattas, paninis, baguettes and wraps, plus popular sharing dishes, such as Your Honour’s platter. Jacket potatoes, main courses, pasta and some innocent salads too. For those with a sweet tooth, there are tantalising homemade desserts, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, as well as Lavazza coffees and frappes. Open: 7am-midnight Mon-Sat, 9am-midnight Sun. Jury’s Café & Wine Bar 275 Main Street. Tel: 200 67898

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restaurants, bars & pubs All’s Well Traditional pub in fashionable Casemates area. Named for the 18th century practise of locking gates to the city at night when the guard called ‘All’s Well’. All’s Well serves Bass beers, wine and spirits plus pub fare. English breakfast all day, hot meals such as pork in mushroom sauce, sausage & mash, cod & chips and steak & ale pie plus a range of salads and jacket potatoes. Large terrace. Karaoke Mondays and Wednesdays until late. Free tapas on a Friday 7pm. All’s Well Casemates Square. Tel: 200 72987

Bridge Bar & Grill Located on the water’s edge, Ocean Village, just across the b r i d g e f ro m O’Reilly’s. This bar & grill is a fusion of an American themed menu with Tarifa chill out style. Open for breakfast from 9am serving healthy options, freshly squeezed orange juice and Italian Lavazza coffee. Try the spicy Caribbean rum ribs, southern fried chicken bucket, the popular Texas burger or a selection of tasty salads and homemade desserts. London Pride, San Miguel & Carling beer on draught, live sports. Bridge Bar & Grill Ocean Village Tel: 200 66446

Gibraltar Arms On Main Street opposite the cathedral, enjoy a meal, coffee or a cool beer on the terrace and watch the world go by! Bar decorated with rare military plaques from regiments and navy ships visiting Gibraltar. Full breakfast menu served from 7am, draught beers on tap include Old Speckled Hen bitter, Murphys Irish stout, Heineken lager and Strongbow cider. Gibraltar Arms 184 Main Street. Tel: 200 72133 Visit: www.gibraltararms.com

O’Reilly’s Tr a d i t i o n a l Irish bar with full HD sports coverage and Irish breakfast from 7am (Sunday f ro m 9 a m) . Guinness on draught. Food includes salads, jackets, beef & Guinness pie, Molly’s mussels, drunken swine, Boxty dishes (potato pancake wrapped around delicioius fillings), sandwiches, rolls, Kildare chicken and much much more. And just like in Ireland there’s no smoking inside, so a great atmosphere for all. O’Reilly’s Ocean Village. Tel: 200 67888

Star Bar Gibraltar’s oldest bar, just off Main St. Small cosy and famous for its full English breakfast from 7am (9am on Sunday). A full menu including fish & chips, until 10pm. The home of Star Coffee, draught beers include Heineken, Old Speckled Hen, Murphys and Strongbow cider. Managed by Hunter Twins from Stafford, England, also home to Med Golf & Tottenham Hotspur supporters club. Star Bar Parliament Lane. Tel: 200 75924 Visit: www.starbargibraltar.com

The Three Owls The Three Owls is a traditional bar serving best of English beers. Three separate bars/floors: ground floor — big screen TV, pool table, poker machines, bar — open from 10.30am daily. First floor ‘Hoots’ bar, two match pool tables, poker machines, dartboard, bar, open from 5pm daily. Second Floor the ‘Nest’ — American pool table, poker machine, card table, bar — open from 7pm daily and also at weekends for the Rugby Union matches. If you are looking for a sociable game of pool or darts this is the place to be. The Three Owls Irish Town. Tel: 200 77446

Lord Nelson Bar/brasserie in Casemates. Done out like Nelson’s ship. Starters & snacks include fresh mussels, blue cheese and rocket bruschetta, potato skins, spicy chicken wings and calamares. Main courses from chilli con carne and chicken & mushroom pie, to crispy duck burrito and fish & chips. Jackets, burgers and kid’s menu. Live music on stage nightly. Spacious terrace. Open: 10am till very late. Lord Nelson Bar Brasserie 10 Casemates Tel: 200 50009 Visit: www.lordnelson.gi

Get Stuffed Very popular take-away, sandwich bar and hot food. Serving all fresh and homemade sandwiches, salads, soups, pasta, pies, cup cakes, plus hot/cold drinks and smoothies and a different special every day. Outside catering for corporate parties. Open: 8am - 4pm Mon-Fri, 8am-3pm Sat. Get Stuffed Marina Bay. Tel: 200 42006

Solo Express Located next to Pizza Hut in Casemates and in Eurotowers, serves a variety of salads/baguettes (white, brown, ciabatta) filled with a deli selection such as roast chicken; smoked salmon & mascapone; ham, cheese and coleslaw; or humous, avocado & roast red pepper. Salads fresh and tasty (Greek, Waldorf, cous cous, tuna pasta etc), great value. Jackets, quiches, coffee plus cakes (flapjacks, muffins) available all day. Eat-in area. Soups in winter. Solo Express Grnd Flr, ICC, Casemates & Eurotowers Tel: 200 62828

Picadilly Gardens Relaxed bar restaurant located near to the Queen’s Hotel and Cable car, it has a cosy garden terrace, which is great for drinks, tapas and food al fresco. English breakfast, tapas, hamburgers, fresh fish, paella by pre-order, prawns, squid, clams and a variety of meat dishes.

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of all standards/ages/abilities 7-9pm. Tel: 54017070 or thecalpeband@gmail.com Jazz Nights: Thurs at 9pm at O’Callaghan Eliott Hotel. Tel: 200 70500. Outdoor Activities The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Gibraltar: Exciting self-development programme for young people worldwide equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their communities and the world. Contact: Award House, North Mole Road, PO Box: 1260. mjpizza@ gibtelecom.net, www.thedukes.gi. Social Clubs The Rotary Club of Gibraltar meets the Rock Hotel, 7pm Tuesday evenings. Guests welcome. For contact or info www.rotaryclubgibraltar.com Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes: (Gibraltar Province) meets RAOB Club, 72/9 Prince Edward’s Road - Provincial Grand Lodge, Thu/month, 7.30pm. William Tilley 2371, Thurs 8.30pm. Buena Vista 9975, monthtly, Social Lodge. www.akearn1.wix. com/raob-gibraltar, william.tilley.lodge@ hotmail.co.uk, Clive, tel: 58008074 Special Interest Clubs & Societies Creative Writers Group: meets up on Tuesday mornings at 10.30 in O’Reillys Irish Bar and it is free to attend. Tel: Carla 54006696. Gibraltar Book Club: For info Tel: Parissa 54022808. Gibraltar Horticultural Society: meets 1st Thurs of month 6pm, J.M. Hall. Spring Flower Show, slide shows, flower arrangement demos, outings to garden centres, annual Alameda Gardens tour. All welcome. Gibraltar Philosophical Society: devoted to intellectually stimulating debate. Frequent lectures and seminars on a range of topics. Tel: 54008426 or Facebook: facebook.com/gibphilosophy Gibraltar Photographic Society: Meets on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Wellington Front. Induction courses, talks, discussions, competitions etc. For details contact the secretary on, leslinares@gibtelecom.net Harley Davidson Owners’ Club: www.hdcgib.com Lions Club of Gibraltar: Meets 2nd and 4th Wed of the month at 50 Line Wall Road. www.lionsclubofgibraltar.com St John’s Ambulance: Adult Volunteers Training Sessions from 8-10pm on Tues. Tel: 200 77390 or training@stjohn.gi The Royal British Legion: For info or membership contact the Branch Secretary 20074604 or write to PO Box 332. UN Association of Gibraltar: PO Box 599, 22a Main Street. Tel: 200 52108. Sports Supporters Clubs Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Club: Meets at Star Bar, Parliament Lane, when Spurs games are televised - call prior to matches to check game is televised. Great food for a lunch if KO is early or an early supper if the game is later. Gibraltar Arsenal Supporters Club: Meets match days upstairs at Time Out Café, Eurotowers. Gooners of all ages welcome. For info/news visit www.GibGooners.com Tel: 54010681 (Bill) or 54164000 (John). Gibraltar Hammers: Meets on match days at the Victoria Stadium Bar, Bayside Road. All league games are shown live. All West Ham supporters and their families are welcome. For details visit www.gibraltarhammers.com or gibraltarhammers@hotmail.com Sports & Fitness Artistic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Artistic Gymnastics Association. Tel: Angela 200 70611 or Sally 200 74661. Athletics: Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association holds competitions through year for juniors, adults and veterans. Two main clubs (Calpeans 200 71807, Lourdians 200 75180) training sessions at Victoria Stadium. Badminton: Recreational badminton weekdays at Victoria Stadium (Tel: 200 78409 for allocations). Gibraltar Badminton Association (affiliated to BWF& BE) junior club/tournaments, senior leagues/ recreational. www.badmintongibraltar.com Ballet Barre Fitness: Adults on Wed 10am & Fri 6pm at The Arts Centre. Tel: 54033465 or pilatesgibraltar@hotmail.com

Basketball: Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association (affiliated FIBA) leagues/ training for minis, passarelle, cadets, seniors and adults at a variety of levels. Tel: John 200 77253, Randy 200 40727. Boxing: Gibraltar Amateur Boxing Association (member IABA) gym on Rosia Rd. Over 13s welcome. Tuition with ex-pro boxer Ernest Victory. Tel: 56382000 or 20042788. Cheerleading: Gibraltar Cheerleading Association, girls and boys of all ages. Chearleading and street cheer/hip hop at Victoria Stadium. Recreational / competitive levels. Tel: 58008338. Canoeing: Gibraltar Canoeing Association. Tel: Nigel 200 52917 or Arturo 54025033. Cricket: Gibraltar Cricket, National Governing Body & Associate Member of ICC. Governs International & Domestic Men’s, Women’s, Boys’ & Girls’ cricketleague & cup competitions and in-school coaching. www.gibraltarcricket.com, info@ gibcricket.com, Twitter: @Gibraltar_Crick Cycling: Gibraltar Cycling Association various cycling tours. Darts: Gibraltar Darts Association (full member of WDF & affiliate of BDO). We cater for men, ladies & youth who take part in leagues, competitions and a youth academy for the correct development of the sport. Tel: Darren 54027171 Secretary, Alex 54021672 Youth Rep, Justin 54022622 President. Email: info@ gibraltardarts.com Football: Gibraltar Football Association leagues/competitions for all ages OctoberMay. Futsal in summer, Victoria Stadium. Tel: 20042941 www.gibraltarfa.com Gaelic Football Club (Irish sport): Males any age welcome. Get fit, play sport, meet new friends, travel around Spain/Europe and play an exciting and competitive sport. Training every Wed on the MOD pitch on Devil’s Tower Road at 7pm. Andalucia League with Seville and Marbella to play matches home and away monthly. Visit www.gibraltargaels. com or secretary.gibraltar.europe@gaa.ie Hockey: Gibraltar Hockey Association (members FIH & EHF) high standard competitions/training for adults/juniors. Tel: Eric 200 74156 or Peter 200 72730 for info. Iaido: teaches the Japanese sword (Katana), classes every week. www.iaidogibraltar.com Iwa Dojo, Kendo & Jujitsu: Classes every week, for kids/adults. Tel: 54529000 www. iwadojo.com or dbocarisa@iwadojo.com Judo and Ju-jitsu: Gibraltar Budokai Judo Association UKMAF recognised instructors for all ages and levels at Budokai Martial Arts Centre, Wellington Front. Tel: Charlie 20043319. Ju-jitsu: Gibraltar Ju-jitsu Academy training and grading for juniors/seniors held during evening at 4 North Jumpers Bastion. Tel: 54011007. Karate-do Shotokai: Gibraltar Karate-do Shotokai Association - Karate training for junior & seniors at Clubhouse, Shotokai karate centre, 41H Town Range. Monday: 9:30 p.m. & Wednesday 9:45 p.m. Karate: Shotokan karate midday Mon beginners, other students 8.30pm. Thurs 8.30pm. In town at temporary dojo or privately by arrangement. Contact Frankie 54038127 or info@fhmedia.co.uk. Motorboat Racing: Gibraltar Motorboat Racing Association Tel: Wayne 200 75211. Muay Thai and Muay Boran Club: Tues & Thur at Boyd’s Kings Bastion Leisure Centre at 6:30pm, Tel: John – 54024707 FB: Gibraltar Muay Thai Netball: Gibraltar Netball Association (affiliated FENA & IFNA) competitions through year, senior/junior leagues. Tel: 20041874. Petanque: Gibraltar Petanque Association. New members welcome. Tel: 54002652. Pilates: Intermediate Pilates: Tues & Fri 9.30am, beginners Pilates: Fri 10.50am at the Shotokai Centre, 41H Town Range. Tel: 54033465 or pilatesgibraltar@hotmail.com Gibraltar Pool Association: (Member of the EBA) home and away league played on Thurs through out the season, various tournaments played on a yearly basis both nationally and internationally, Tel: 56925000 gibpool@gibtelecom.net, www.gib8ball.com Rhythmic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Rhythmic

Gymnastics Association runs sessions from 4 years of age, weekday evenings. Tel: 56000772 or Sally 200 74661. Rugby: Gibraltar Rugby Football Union training for Colts (w+), seniors and veterans. Play in Andalusia 1st Division. Contact: secretary@gibraltarfu.com Sailing: Gibraltar Yachting Association junior/senior competitive programme (April - Oct) Tel: Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club at 200 78897. Shooting: Gibraltar Shooting Federation. Rifle, Europa Point Range (Stephanie 54020760); Clay pigeon, East Side (Harry 200 74354); Pistol, near Royal Naval Hospital (Louis 54095000). Snooker: Members of European Billiards & Snooker Association - facilities at Jumpers Bastion with 3 tables. Professional coaching for juniors/seniors. Organised leagues/tournaments and participation in international competitions. Tel: 56262000 / 54000068, or info@gibraltarsnooker.com Squash: Gibraltar Squash Association, Squash Centre, South Pavilion Road (members WSF & ESF). Adult and junior tournaments and coaching. Tel: 200 44922. Sub-Aqua: Gibraltar Sub-Aqua Association taster dives for over 14s, tuition from local clubs. Voluntary sports clubs: Noah’s Dive Club and 888s Dive Club. Tel: 54991000. Commercial sports diving schools available. Time - Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.. Telephone, Jenssen Ellul - 54027122 Swimming: Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association (member FINA & LEN) opens its pool for leisure swimming. Junior lessons, squad for committed swimmers, water polo. Pool open Mon&Thurs: 7-10am, 12.30-4pm. Tue, Wed, Fri: 7-10am, 12:305pm. Sat: 3-5pm. Sun: closed. Mon to Fri from 5-6pm groups training. 6-7.30 squad training. Mon, Wed, Fri 7.30-8.30 swimming joggers, Tues & Thurs 7:30-8:30 junior Water polo. Mon, Tues & Thurs 8:30-10pm Adult water polo. Tel: 200 72869. Table Tennis: Gibraltar Table Tennis Association training and playing sessions, Victoria Stadium, Tues 6-10pm and Thurs 8-11pm with coaching and league competition. Tel: 56070000 or 20060720. Taekwondo: Gibraltar Taekwondo Association classes/gradings Tel: Mari 20044142 or www.gibraltartaekwondo.org Tai Chi: Tai Chi for children and adults. Mon-Thur 6.30-8pm at Kings Bastion Leisure Centre and Sat 9am-1pm at the Yoga Centre, 33 Town Range. Tel: Dilip 200 78714. Tennis: Gibraltar Tennis Association, Sandpits Tennis Club. Junior development programme. Courses for adults, leagues and competitions. Tel: Louis 200 77035. Ten-Pin Bowling: At King’s Bowl in the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre every day. Gibraltar Ten Pin Bowling (members FIQ & WTBA) leagues, training for juniors and squad. Tel: 200 52442. Triathlon: Hercules Triathlon Club organises swimming, running and cycling training sessions and competes regularly in Andalucia and Internationally. Contact chris.walker@york.gi or Facebook “Hercules Triathlon Club” Volleyball: Gibraltar Volleyball Association training, indoor leagues, beach volleyball competition, 3 v 3 competition, juniors and seniors. Tel: 54001973 or 54885000. Yoga: Integral Yoga Centre runs a full programme of classes from Mon-Fri at 33 Town Range. Tel: 200 41389. All welcome. Theatrical Groups Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association: Meet at Ince’s Hall Theatre Complex, 310 Main Street. Tel: 20042237. Trafalgar Theatre Group: Meets 2nd Wed of month, Garrison Library 8pm. All welcome.

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Support Groups ADHD & Learning Difficulties (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Meetings at Fellowship Bookshop Catholic Community Centre, Line Wall Road. Coffee, chat, books and resources on display. Tel: 54027551 or 54014476. Alcoholics Anonymous meet 7pm Tues & Thurs at Nazareth Hse Tel: 200 73774. A Step Forward support for single, separated, divorced/widowed people, meet 8pm Mon at St Andrew’s Church. Mummy & Me Breastfeeding Support Group those who are pregnant, breastfeeding or have breastfed to get together for coffee / support. Partners and older children welcome. Meets 1st Wed / month at Chilton Court Community Hall at 1.30pm. Enquiries and support 54014517. Childline Gibraltar confidential phone line for children in need. Freephone 8008 - 7 days a week 5pm - 9pm Citizens’ Advice Bureau Open Mon-Thur 9:30am4:00pm, Fri 9:30am- 3:30pm. (Summer Hours 8:30am – 2pm) Tel: 20040006 Email: info@cab.gi or visit at 10 Governor’s Lane. Free & confidential, impartial & independent advice and info. COPE Support group for people with Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Formed to ease challenges of individuals, families and care partner. Meetings at Catholic Community Centre Book Shop at 7.30pm first Thursday of each month. Tel: 200 51469 Email: copeadsupport@hotmail.com Dignity At Work Now. Confidential support and advice for those who are being bullied at work. Tel: 57799000. Families Anonymous Support group for relatives and friends who are concerned about the use of drugs or related behavioural problems. Meet alternate Thursdays at 9pm at Nazareth House. For info Tel: 200 70047 or 200 73465. Gibraltar Cardiac Rehabilitation and Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 8.30pm at John Mac Hall, except for Jul & Aug. Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group 72 Prince Edwards Rd Tel: 200 78509 Mobile: 54007924 website: www.gdsg.co.uk Gibraltar Marriage Care. Free relationship counselling, including pre-marriage education (under auspices of Catholic Church, but open to all). Tel: 200 71717. Gibraltar Society for the Visually Impaired. Tel: 200 50111 (24hr answering service). Hope. miscarriage support Tel: 200 41817. Mummy & Me Breastfeeding Support: Meets every Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous Tel: 200 70720 Parental Support Group, helping parents and grandparents with restrictive access to their children and grandchildren. Tel: 200 46536, 200 76618, or 54019602. Psychological Support Group, PO Box 161, Nazareth House. Meet Tuesdays at 7pm, Fridays 8pm. Tel: Yolanda 54015553 With Dignity Gibraltar support for separated, divorced/widowed or single people. Meet Weds 9pm, Catholic Community Centre, Line Wall Rd. Outings/activities. Women in Need. Voluntary organisation for all victims of domestic violence. Refuge available. Tel: 200 42581 (24 hrs). GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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EMBRACING THE VILLAGE It takes a whole village to raise a child

r so the old African proverb sticky laundry, the incessant nappy changfaster than should be humanly possible. goes. One feels this more than es, and the biggest monster of all - sleep ever in the midst of the first few deprivation. This could simply be because So, why am I rambling about villages, weeks with a newborn, when you were too tired to remember just how newborns and coffee? Well, partly because you are sleep deprived and any tired you were! I am muddling through the fog of those semblance of routine - or night days myself and therefore I’m struggling We erase or day for that matter - go out to string sentences together, but also With a three week old son and a the pain of the window. because at times like now I feel incredibly two year old daughter, my ability childbirth from grateful for being a parent in Gibraltar. to hold a coherent conversation our memories, is limited. I struggled to order a The need for support has otherwise we coffee the other morning. My desreally hit home since my brood Yes, it is impossible to walk two yards on would never th peration for caffeine was so strong expanded to two. On May 27 , Main Street without a stranger’s hand do it again. we welcomed our little boy to that the sound that left my mouth darting into your pram, but in all honesthe world, Arlo James. Unlike his was an inaudible ty, that’s part of the charm of impatient sister who tried to make a break hoarse squawk. When I started parenting on the Rock. As a new You forget for it eleven weeks early, this chilled little clawing at the table in a manic Mum, you relish nothing more the colic, the dude was content to hang out for five long fashion, it became clear what than complimentary words about mountains of uncomfortable days after my due date. I was after, and no sooner had your baby, and you’ll find those in sticky laundry, that coffee arrived than it was abundance the second you walk consumed, scolding the back of the incessant People often say that we erase the pain of outside your front door. my dry throat. As any seasoned nappy changes... childbirth from our memories, otherwise parent knows, you never allow we would never do it again. Well, I think When I had my first child, I often an opportunity to drink a hot beverage (or the same could be said for the newborn felt lonely. Once the initial rush of visitors eat a hot meal) pass you by. The first thing days. You remember the cuddles and coos, had been and gone, I had limited adult you learn as a Mum is to eat and drink you forget the colic, the mountains of interaction except for the occasional play 96

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parenting ourselves. Arm yourself with the cheesy date with other mums. I found the transisaying “We’re not making a mess, we’re tion difficult, and was tired of unsolicited making memories” and cut yourself some advice from strangers. I felt like people were judging me as a parent, and I was enslack - or hide the duplo. Either works. vious of my many local mummy friends who have a lot of family It is impossible What I have learnt since, is that I support here, allowing them a already had a family of sorts right to walk two better family-life balance. under my nose. That unsolicited yards on Main advice is offered because people Street without a care, not because I’m doing a bad A friend commented to me stranger’s hand job. Those hands sneaking into recently, “it’s hard for us mums darting into your pram for a squidge of baby without a village” and she’s your pram... right. Not only is it of immense softness are doing so because this baby is one of the unofficial benefit for a child to grow up among his or her immediate and extended extended family’s own. While those sleepfamily, both socially and mentally - but it’s less nights can seem tediously long, these people know how fast these babies grow. also a huge help and relief to the parents. Whether or not you choose to work again after having children, we all need a support There’s nothing like having a child to apsystem. Having others shoulder the repreciate what a supportive community we sponsibility of raising your child takes some live in. That person opening the door for of the pressure off, allowing parenting to your obscenely wide buggy, the lady gently become more of a pleasure and less of a scolding your errant toddler, those sympachore. It can even help you reach the holy thetic passing smiles, the parenting anecgrail that is “me time”. There is no truer dotes from strangers - they all make this saying than “You can’t pour from an empty parenting journey a less lonely experience. cup”. Soon enough, you find yourself failing to resist the urge to offer advice to strangers Raising small children can be all consumyourself - despite the best intentions. ing, from tears and tantrums over triangles of toast in the morning to bedtime bubble Nowadays, a mobile phone can Having others birth to allow time for mother, fabath meltdowns, the whole day can whizz ther and baby to bond. This concept quickly become a lifeline to the shoulder the by in a blur of wet wipes, cold cups of outside world. Online commuresponsibility is obviously laughable living in Gicoffee and Peppa Pig repeats. And duplo nities can become the closest of raising your braltar! However, modern parenting - that stuff gets everywhere! Often when advice puts so much emphasis on thing you have to a social life, child takes you get a moment to yourself, you’re too the mother, we often feel like we particularly once the evening some of the exhausted to appreciate it, or you spend it have to be super heroes who can comes around. I hesitate to use pressure off... juggle it all. I am already enjoying eyeballing the post apocalyptic the term “after bedtime”, as state of your living room which Asking for the newborn stage more this time my youngest doesn’t know isn’t going to tidy itself, but we help is not a what that is yet. However, there is an round because I have accepted, I can’t must remember to be kind to do it all - and that’s ok. Asking for help is weakness... ugly side to the internet - the perfect not a weakness, that’s what your village is parent brigade otherwise referred to there for. What’s more, most of the time, they genuinely want to help. Whether it’s family, friends or the kindness of strangers - accept assistance offered and be gentle on yourself when others forget to. I’m retiring my Super Mum cape and embracing the village. I may not have a conventional village, but help is out there and I am unashamedly grabbing it with both hands. as santimums are rife and quick to scourge other parents on innocent mistakes at the very first opportunity. A real life community that embraces parenthood warts and all is not just refreshing, but essential for maintaining ones sanity! When I had my first child, I thought I was without a village. I followed modern parenting advice which emphasises the importance of the bond between mother and child. One baby book suggests not to allow visitors for the first 48 hours after GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JULY 2016

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Capacity

British British American Amerian British International International American British British British British British British International Italian American British British International British

1,214 4,372 1,269 19:00 3,100 3,114 208 1,848 1,968 1,214 3,600 2,064 2,092 3,600 208 2,720 684 1,214 3,076 3,114 450

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Flight

BA492 EZY1963 BA490 AT990 ZB574 ZB064 ZB446 EZY8905 ZB7244

Airline

From

British Airways Heathrow easyJet Manchester British Airways Heathrow Royal Air Moroc Tangiers Monarch Manchester Monarch Luton Monarch Birmingham easyJet Gatwick Monarch Gatwick

Arrives Flight

11:15 11:30 16:15 18:45 19:10 19:10 20:30 20:35 20:45

BA493 EZY1964 BA491 AT991 ZB575 ZB065 ZB447 EZY8906 ZB7245

Departs

12:05 12:00 17:00 19:35 19:55 20:00 21:15 21:05 21:40

Heathrow Manchester Heathrow Tangiers Manchester Luton Birmingham Gatwick Gatwick

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