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History Books to Schools Joey Garcia & Christian Caetano: Gibraltar as a New Home for Insurance Linked Securities in Europe Breaking the Glass Ceiling : Workplace Wellbeing

Property 38 Guide to Preparing your 40

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Is offshore really so ’orrible? words | Ian Le Breton

In several of my articles in recent years, I have considered the whole question of “offshore” and whether financial services that rely on a “no tax or low tax” environment really have a future in the post-financial crisis world. This debate is not going to go away any time soon and, as the current furore over a British bank in Switzerland amply demonstrates, every new scandal brings it back to the top of the media and political agenda. Given several new factors that have come into play in 2015, I thought I’d better revisit the main themes for this piece.

Firstly, a quick reminder of what a professional services provider means by the term “offshore”. This is important because some (I include myself in this group) choose to define offshore in the broadest brush terms. At its simplest, it is the arranging of one’s financial affairs in a country — we prefer the term “jurisdiction” — that is separate from one’s home country. Of course for most people, “offshore” means something much more specific and refers to a group of around 50 countries and territories that offer a range of services specifi-

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cally designed to attract international business.

Gibraltar is one of these jurisdictions and, as I have been saying for more than a decade now, it remains one of the best placed in Europe for several good reasons. These include EU membership, a benign tax regime, qualified multilingual staff, robust legislation based on English law and geographic location. I truly believe this and would not have dedicated the last ten years of my professional life to promoting the territory and its services had I not felt so strongly that we had — and continue

to have — a great story to tell.

It is all about perception. In many ways, Gibraltar’s fortunes as an international finance centre are aligned to the UK. After all we share a currency, interest rates and a lot more besides. Indeed when extoling the jurisdiction’s virtues, part of my mantra is to remind British practitioners about its importance in this respect. Fellow local finance centre professionals will I am sure be as frustrated as I am when I hear London lawyers and others speak of “Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man”. “What

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about Gibraltar?” I ask, sometimes to no avail.

All such jurisdictions are facing new challenges from the international press and other quarters — so we must take our response seriously.

So what has changed recently and why am I so concerned? Put simply, it is the stream of lurid headlines and so-called “exposés” to which we are being treated on an ever-increasing basis. The occasional “offshore” story used to surface in times past — usually on account of the exotic nature of the location or protagonists — but this increased to a steady flow when the 2008 global financial meltdown brought unprecedented pressures to bear on government revenues worldwide and hence also on taxpayers. It has now however become a flood.

Almost every day, somewhere in the British press, one can read stories of malevolent misdoings in some shady offshore spot or of celebrities caught up in some unravelling tax shelter. There was in 2012, for instance, a front-page story in the Times headed “The Monaco Problem”. It reported that many wealthy individuals chose the principality as a home base — admittedly saving a great deal of tax by doing so. It did not point out, however, that businesses controlled from Monaco generate billions for the UK exchequer, which otherwise might go elsewhere. These types of stories are now very common and my concern is that, without presenting the whole picture, the baby risks being thrown out with the bath water.

Few mainstream journalists or populist politicians make any effort to differentiate between completely legal “tax avoidance“ and illegal “tax evasion”. I am certainly not seeking to defend bad — or illegitimate — practices, but if the constant barrage of negative publicity means that even fully compliant, common sense tax planning becomes so tainted that it is no longer tolerated, that would be disastrous for international trade and investment. It would also have a huge effect on hundreds of jobs here in Gibraltar and elsewhere.

The most recent “revelations” allege that clients of a large British bank have been using its Swiss operation — with the bank’s assistance — to evade their taxes. The banks own information was stolen and leaked. I am not entirely naïve dear reader and I’ll admit straight away that there will be clients in that situation — and, dare I say it, in many other banks in Switzerland and elsewhere. However, recently agreed international rules on the worldwide ex-

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change of tax information are already in place and will close the door on much of this illegal activity — and not before time I say.

A series of initiatives by several countries worldwide, including the UK, to encourage their citizens with undeclared assets to “come clean” has achieved remarkable success. I accept that the criminal community will continue to attempt to launder the proceeds of crime but they generally find the high volume, poorly regulated environments of the “onshore” financial centres much more to their liking than the smaller, more conspicuous “offshore” jurisdictions. After all it’s much easier to hide in an ocean than a pond.

My concern is that if we continue to see an outpouring of negative press about international finance centres, then this will lead to yet more punitive action from the big nations. Much of this will be out of proportion in my view and will have more to do with courting public opinion, trying to squeeze out more tax dollars (or tax euros or tax pounds) and deflecting the serious issues of repeated regulatory failures in their own backyards.

What is to be done? It would be fanciful to think that these stories are going to disappear of their own accord or that world leaders will stop seeking out a soft spot for domestic political gain. The only conclusion is that we must engineer the fight back ourselves. We can do this individually as practitioners and by supporting industry and government-led bodies that have been established to promote our finance centre. Most importantly we need to focus on the areas where we can compete — or where we are clear market leaders — to differentiate ourselves from our peers.

It would be fanciful to think that these stories are going to disappear of their own accord or that world leaders will stop seeking out a soft spot for domestic political gain

In our case, Gibraltar Finance, headed by the redoubtable and hugely experienced Jimmy Tipping, does an excellent job of promoting the finance industry — on which so many Gibraltarian jobs rely — around the world. Its recent mission to China is a good example of leadership and initiative. Everyone involved in the finance centre is also represented by various trade associations that can promote our specific areas of expertise to the advantage of all.

So here is my message to my fellow Gibraltar-based professionals: ask not what your finance centre can do for you, ask what you can do for your finance centre. Faced by this unrelenting tide of criticism — particularly when so much of it is misinformed or just plain wrong — we need to fight back. We all have access to social media (or at least the younger members of staff do!) and we should exploit every opportunity to set the record straight and thereby safeguard and, indeed, enhance our hard fought reputation for financial probity in Gibraltar.

A general election looms in the UK in early May and the outcome is less certain than at any time for decades. The economy is likely to be one of the main battlegrounds and the subject of tax, especially tax avoidance and evasion, promises to be high on the political agenda. Let us ensure that the message gets back that there is far more to Gibraltar — and well-regulated, transparent international finance centres in general — than we are given credit for. We don’t rely on tax evasion and we are committed to helping stamp it out. In most cases, it is an issue that is being exported from the leading industrial nations.

Is offshore really ‘orrible? No, it is not. We know it and have done for years. So let’s go and remind the world what our finance centre is really about. n

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Two New Destinations for Summer 2015 Gibraltar International Airport will welcome two new routes to its destinations list for this Summer 2015, increasing the number of destinations offered to seven.

These additional 5 weekly flights will increase the total number of weekly departures to 37.

The season, which officially starts on Sunday 29 March, will see the start of a new twice-weekly service to Tangier, Morocco.

Operated by Moroccan national airline, Royal Air Maroc, flights will operate on Thursdays and Sundays, allowing for a weekend getaway. In addition, this service will start and t erminate in Casablanca, Morocco’s main city and economic hub. From there, connections are available to other destinations in Morocco such as Agadir and Marrakech.

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new UK destination on Sunday 19 April, with easyJet offering a three times a week service to Bristol in the South West of England, operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

The Hon Samantha Sacramento MP, Minister for Tourism commented: ‘Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar remains committed to introducing new routes from Gibraltar International Airport and is excited to have secured not one, but two new destinations for this coming Summer season.” She added “I am grateful for the hard work of my predecessor Neil Costa in bringing these projects to fruition and I have no doubt that they will be welcomed by all.”

Flights are already on sale and can be booked online or via travel agents.

Gibunco Donates Local History Books to Schools Gibunco Donates Local History Books to Schools As part of the Gibunco Group’s 50th Anniversary celebrations the group are donating local historian, Richard Garcia, books to schools around Gibraltar.

The books include ‘Gibraltar Through the Lens’ and ‘A Mighty Fortress Set in the Silver Sea’, both covering a huge part of Gibraltar’s history through photographs and postcards of and from Gibraltar between 1850 and 1900. The books were presented to Head Teachers and representatives of the Department of Education today at a reception held in the Gibunco offices.

Richard Garcia expressed his delight in the Gibunco Group’s donation; being a former teacher

he commented on the benefits it will have for Gibraltar’s students and hoped that it will help students have a better grasp on their own personal history. Talking at the event he emphasised that ‘The pictorial side is absolutely essential. People can see what Gibraltar looked like and can understand what our forefathers saw and knew and loved about Gibraltar. In turn, they can understand a li�le bit about our past as we forge and cement Gibraltarian identity.’

Education Director, Dr. Joey Bri�o thanked Mr. Bassadone of the group, for his donation, and added that the department had been working towards integrating more Gibraltar history into the curriculum.

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Gibraltar as a new home for Insurance Linked Securities in Europe

Photo | Gatti Ltd In February 2014, Gibraltar Finance, the Government team tasked with developing the jurisdiction's financial services appeal worldwide, announced its intention to create a new home for Insurance Linked Security (ILS) business in Europe, to offer a new opportunity to managers elsewhere, looking to exploit the Single European market.

As a European domicile of choice in many other areas of financial services and as a jurisdiction built on regulation, reputation and speed to market, the Gibraltar financial services industry, in association with Gibraltar Finance and the Financial Services Commission (‘FSC’), set about creating the environment that professionals from two of the best regarded centres for this business, New York and Bermuda, had laid out in their recommendations.

Gibraltar Finance's Mike Ashton describes Gibraltar's ILS aspirations thus: "Gibraltar has strong ambitions to become the Insurance Linked Securities jurisdiction of choice within the European Union. Gibraltar's Insurance Companies (Special Purpose

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Vehicles) Regulations 2009 will be the primary legislation for Gibraltar to enter the ILS market and its 2001 protected cell companies legislation will be an attractive part of Gibraltar's ILS offering. Gibraltar is in the same time zone as the majority of western and central Europe and is easily accessible to European sponsors. A new airport terminal opened in 2012, and Malaga airport a short drive along the coast serves numerous European cities."

"Gibraltar has a track record with the capital markets. In the late 1990s Gibraltar became a repackaging domicile for securitisation issues pioneered by a major European investment bank using a Gibraltar Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and quickly followed by another bank with a 15 billion euro multi-issue secured note programme. Gibraltar became a ractive for such SPVs due to its status as an English common law jurisdiction."

The legislative basis for the ILS offering in Gibraltar already existed in the shape of the Insurance (Special Purpose Vehicles) Regulations 2009 and, importantly, the

Protected Cell Companies Act of 2001.

The extent to which growth can be expected in ILS in 2015 will be determined, to greater or lesser extent, by the nature and geographical location of major events worldwide. In a post

by Artemis Blog, Bill Dubinsky, Head of ILS at Willis Capital Markets & Advisory, is quoted as commenting on the growth of ILS in terms of market growth continuing despite market trends - “We believe that investor participation in nonlife insurance risk will continue to grow in 2015. This growth will occur not only in cat bonds but also collateralized re and sidecars.

However, diversification benefits only helps investors accept declining returns up to a point.”

“We may start to see the absolute rate of growth decline modestly in 2015 relative to the past few years. Eventually, declining spreads will fla en or even shrink capacity absent other changes but we have not yet come close to this sort of equilibrium.”

“We do not know if a large event will occur on January 1st, later in 2015, or in a subsequent year. But we know that it will come. Our

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Gibraltar is a well established player in the funds market which offers the full range of solutions and services expected of a leading financial centre Joey Garcia view is that after, say, a $100 billion industry loss, capital markets capacity will quickly rebound and “reload” following an event like an Atlantic hurricane, US earthquake or Japanese earthquake that have previously been identified as having this sort of loss potential.”

“If on the other hand we have a $100 billion insured industry loss from an unexpected source, e.g., a California hurricane or a London earthquake, we may see some pullback and a temporary impact on pricing and capacity from the capital markets."

In the European context and, more specifically, that of Solvency II, it seems clear that the new principles based approach to capital requirements and the recognition of Gibraltar SPVs for this purpose, the prospects for growth in European ILS are positive.

Swiss Re's assessment of the impact of Solvency II on Euro-ILS is also positive: “What are the potential benefits of an ILS structure under Solvency II? One benefit is the possibility to pass on risks, such as natural catastrophe risks, to the capital markets. As a result of this transaction, capital requirements for the ceded risks can be lowered.”

Mike Ashton, Gibraltar Finance, concurs: "the introduction of Solvency II from the beginning of 2016 is likely to create greater opportunities for onshore ILS offerings within the European Union. Gibraltar aims to provide an alternative domicile for European sponsors that are concerned about establishing offshore SPVs or those who would prefer to structure their ILS offerings within the European Union.

It will be increasingly important for European sponsors to ensure that relief provided by SPVs is recognised under Solvency II" The ILS Guidelines published in September

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2014, were the result of the working group's efforts in association with the FSC, speaking of the guideline on their publication, Joe Perdoni, said that "we look forward to working with the ILS industry to develop this new insurance sector in Gibraltar, within a strong regulatory framework. The working group has been very supportive and provided valuable market insight to the FSC and I thank them for their contribution. We fully appreciate the time to market under which the capital markets

operate in the ILS sector and we are confident that our Guidelines will support those market requirements whilst maintaining at all times a robust and highly professional regulatory environment" Andre Perez, of Horseshoe Group, on becoming the first ILS approved manager in Gibraltar, also suggested that "the secret of a well thought out regulatory framework is efficient regulations which take into account business reality. This is even truer for ILS

ISOLAS has been at the heart of the development of this new area of business in the jurisdiction

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business. The fact that the FSC was receptive to the working group comments, while keeping regulations within the boundaries of EIOPA guidelines, was refreshing coming from a European regulator,” Perez explained.

Endorsing the guidelines, he explained that "Gibraltar may have an edge on Dublin as an ILS domicile, as the regulatory framework has been designed with efficiency in mind and taking into account learnings from other domiciles. This could give Gibraltar an edge when attempting to attract sponsors to its shores."

ISOLAS has been at the heart of the development of this new area of business in the jurisdiction, including working with one of the major players in the global ILS market, Horseshoe Group, to establish a Gibraltar based manager for ILS business.

Having been involved in the fact finding missions to Bermuda and New York, as well participating in the group of professionals tasked with producing the ILS manager guidelines with the FSC, Joey Garcia, partner at ISOLAS, has been at the forefront of Gibraltar's ILS campaign.

The arrival of Horseshoe in Gibraltar was noted internationally as a positive development for the jurisdiction, Artemis Blog wrote "As we said at the time, these new domiciles entering the ILS market with regulatory guidelines need to a�ract experienced service providers first to encourage issuers and ILS funds that the expertise required to operate there is adequate. Gibraltar has clearly a�racted its first in the form of one of the most experienced ILS management and servicing firms in the market with Horseshoe Group."

The Gibraltar Advantage • A European domicile and a common law jurisdiction • Regulation, reputation and speed to market • A dynamic, approachable and engaged regulator that understands the modern exigencies of financial services business.

Joey Garcia is a Partner for Isolas Law firm. Joey leads the Funds and Financial Services practice advising on a variety of structures and solutions to an international client base which includes funds, investment managers and banks as well as family offices and larger private clients. He has also advised on project finance transactions, venture capital structuring as well as a variety of private client matters and is regarded as an expert on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

Christian Caetano is an Associate Lawyer for Isolas. Christian specialises in the Insurance & Financial Services sector, as well as advising on Corporate, Gaming and Gibraltar Company Law. ISOLAS are a full service Gibraltar law firm and can advise on the full range of Gibraltar laws. www.gibraltarlawyers.com

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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Workplace Well-being words | Paul Wharton

Seeing more women in business has been on the agenda since I started work in the early ’80s, and the local business community has made significant progress.

You only have to look around Gibraltar to see just how many women are now running successful businesses and holding down senior roles both in the Government and the private sector. Recently I have been sharing my thoughts on this subject with my friends and colleagues here in Gibraltar and they tell me that over the last 30 years the changes here in Gibraltar are noticeable as we now see many women practising in what were previously considered male dominated profession. Yes, there are still occupations where women are overwhelmingly employed, however as most of us are now aware things are changing.

What has brought about this change? For me it all goes back to the 1970s. That’s when I started to see the need for both partners to go to work, as families and couples were struggling on only one income. Over time employers put together a framework to support a family structure, a framework which included flexible working, job share options and in some cases childcare facilities at work.

These days an employer cannot afford to be inflexible when it comes to working parents. If they are, they could potentially lose out on this valuable asset pool; a group of people who are, in my opinion highly organised, hard working and life experienced employees.

It was exactly four years ago, in this very magazine, that my colleague Silvia Salado wrote an article that was centred on the need for finding the right balance of work commitment and family responsibilities.

Silvia was speaking from the ‘horse’s mouth’ so to speak, as a wife and mother balancing time between work and family.

She went on to say she strongly believed that there is a direct link between work life balance and employee engagement and productivity and so a business culture that embraces flexibility is a good thing and by doing that we are able to retain valuable employees. I think Silvia is spot on.

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In my opinion benefits such as big pay packages and above average holiday entitlement don’t always make employees happy, it’s the benefits aimed at wellbeing that make people happy, such as offering gym membership (or a club of choice) and private health care for all the family.

When you look at any scheme that you may put in place just think about how it can benefit your whole workforce. A good example would be offering a career break scheme, so while it could be used as an addition to maternity leave, it may also be attractive to some of your employees who may wish to take time out to travel and who would come back to work refreshed and enthused in a few months time Finally, may I give you a tip, from my own experience, those parents who are constantly juggling their children’s school schedules, the inevitable days when a son or daughter suddenly take sick etc, while also holding

Parents who are constantly juggling their children’s school schedules, the inevitable days when a son or daughter suddenly take sick etc, while also holding down a demanding job, are some of the most industrious, reliable and organised people I have worked with

down a demanding job, are some of the most industrious, reliable and organised people I have worked with. My advice to all business owners out there is to look after your working parents, as they are some of the best talent that you have and could be your next COO. n

Paul Wharton is Head of Corporate Banking at Barclays Wealth & Investment Management in Gibraltar having arrived on the Rock from the UK eight years ago. Paul has over three decades’ experience gained in various roles within Barclays, predominantly in and around London and is passionate about supporting the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) market which he sees as the lifeblood of the Gibraltar economy. Paul has won several awards for his work in Small Business Enterprise markets and has served on the London Board of the Prince’s Trust.

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Robus opens new office in London as part of continued expansion “It will be used by our staff as somewhere to work from whilst they’re in London and for client meetings.”

Robus, an independent insurance management, fiduciary and financial advisory group, whose Gibraltar operations are headed up by Chris Johnson — who is also the Chairman of the Gibraltar Insurance Association, has this week opened a new office in the heart of London. The fullyserviced office is on the 17th floor of Dashwood House in Old Broad Street and has impressive views of London, including Lloyd’s and other famous landmarks.

Robus, which is Guernsey headquartered, see the move as

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Hassans acts for the first Gibraltar fund to gain preferential private placement rights in Germany Hassans has acted for the first Gibraltar fund to gain approval from the German regulator to privately place into Germany on a reciprocal right basis.

The German regulator (BaFin) has recently adopted a reciprocal private placement policy the effect of which is that where German funds are allowed to be privately placed into other EU member states, funds from such member states may be privately placed into Germany on a separate and expedited basis.

Hassans had been aware of the new BaFin policy for some time and the firm has been at the forefront of developing a Gibraltar private placement regime to take advantage of the opportunity it offers. The new Gibraltar private placement regime came into effect on

part of its continued growth and increased business in the capital.

‘We see London as a growing location for business and it therefore make sense for us to have an operational base there,’ said Chris Le Conte, Robus Group managing director. He continued; ‘It will be used by our staff as somewhere to work from whilst they’re in London and for client meetings.

It is anticipated that the office will provide a platform for continued business development in London and the rest of the UK.’ ■

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The effect is dramatic for funds seeking to privately place into Germany. The usual private placement route into Germany is a complex and time consuming process.

The reciprocal rights process is an entirely separate process which allows greater private placement access under a fast approval process. This gives Gibraltar as a fund jurisdiction a competitive advantage as a place to set up a fund where access to the German market is important.

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business & finance Richard Bowry, senior associate in the Funds Team at Hassans, took a leading role in the drafting of the Gibraltar private placement regime. Richard said:

“This is great news for Gibraltar.

As far as we know, Gibraltar is one of only two jurisdictions that currently has preferential private placement rights into Germany.

This puts Gibraltar in something of a unique position. We already envisage a number of funds being set up in Gibraltar specifically to take advantage of the access rights Gibraltar has into Germany.”

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Amee Freyone:

DRAMA HEALS

words | Elena Scialtiel

The image of scarlet-clad Amee Freyone as the 2014 Drama Festival’s award-winning Best Actress is still vivid in the minds of Gibraltar’s theatre-goers, so perhaps it came as a surprise that she didn’t appear in any Gibraltar production this year. We tracked Amee down to find out why.

We found Amee studying for Masters in Drama and Movement Therapy in London having received a Kusuma Trust professional development award. She told us Drama and Movement Therapy is “a form of therapy that benefits people with mental health issues, addictions, low self-esteem, bereavement and even dementia. The power of the intentional use of drama and movement as a mean of understanding the Self is tremendous,” she adds. “At the moment, I am on placement in a day centre for adults with learning disabilities, and I love it!”

She describes it as both a passion and a vocation. “The creative arts therapies haven’t really taken off in Gibraltar yet, but I’m hoping to change that when I head back as a HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council) registered Drama and Movement Therapist.”

She also admits to regretting not pursuing an acting MA or BA. “I realised that I’m addicted to the rehearsal process, its social aspects and the buzz of being on stage. However, I can still have my buzz in amateur plays, sharing my free time with friends, whilst earning a living doing something I also love.”

Amateur drama has picked up in recent years, Amee notes, and is becoming more and more popular with the youth. People like Christian Santos and Julian Felice are “paving the way for children’s involvement in theatre”.

The benefits of drama are endless she asserts: it improves confidence, communication, discipline, team work and social skills. “Lots of children are intimidated by theatre because they think that being on stage is the only way to be part of it,” she laments, suggesting they explore the many interesting backstage roles one can land in any production. Perhaps going on a school-trip to a theatre and heading backstage to meet people in the business, she

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Amee has been a dancer since the tender age of three, learning ballet first and moving on to modern dance. “I was in numerous dance shows with Pointes throughout my childhood and teenage years. I loved the shows, especially for the costumes and make-up! The exams?

Not so much! But I’m grateful I did it because it improved my posture and rhythm.”

Her passion for the stage started in 2002 when her father was posted to Germany and her family moved there. “Drama was part of the curriculum. It was something new for me, but quite beneficial as I suffered from low selfesteem. I soon found how drama took me to a ‘safe place’ because I felt so confident in what I was doing. I can still remember lines from tasks we were set in that class and I was advised to continue once I moved back to Gibraltar.”

She would have liked more drama in secondary school: “During my A Levels one of my drama teachers tried putting something

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During my uni times, I was gutted for not being able to do any Drama Festivals in Gibraltar

together, but only a handful of students showed up to audition. No one seemed to care about acting or theatre because it wasn’t ‘cool’… I am glad that has changed now.”

Before the Drama Festival went on an unfortunate hiatus, Amee starred in the 2005 production of Nobody Famous. Shortly after, she was in university for her undergrad in Drama and Theatre. Her amateur actress career thrived in the UK with Martin Crimp’s The City, Harold Pinter’s Mountain Language, the title role in Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, and in the controversial Vagina Monologues (“That was great fun”, she says).

“During my uni times, I was gutted for not being able to do any Drama Festivals in Gibraltar,” she says. “But I never ‘left’ the local stage. Actually, during my third year, I was able to take part in the Gib Drama Festival — with a voice-over! I borrowed some equipment from my university department and sent James Neish the recording for his play.”

“After Blood Brothers, to date one of my best theatrical experiences, I felt privileged for being part of My Women [Christian Santos’s original play premiered at the Drama Festival 2014]. It was built on monologues so it gave me a great chance to sink my teeth into the part,” Amee smiles.

There are some funny anecdotes she chuckles, but “I’m not sure how appropriate they are for mentioning here. I can just tell you that rehearsing our on-stage kiss was hilarious because I couldn’t help but laugh when we made eye contact... Christian is great fun to work with anyway!”

Amee is planning to bring to Gibraltar an innovative vision for starting a drama group of her own. In the meantime, she misses home while mingling in the fast-paced London town. n

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JoJo: A girl with a guitar

words | Elena Scialtiel photos | Mark Galliano

A blond girl with a guitar and a repertoire of folksy tunes screams out the 60’s and hippies and having a good time around a camp fire.

This is the vibe the audience gets from JoJo’s polished covers of popular songs and timeless hits by Dolly Parton, Alanis Morisse e and other iconic girls with a guitar.

JoJo has been well known on the local pub circuit for a while, but she had her big break at the Rock on the Rock Club last month —opening for pop-rock band Karma 13 debut concert.

“Janice Joplin’s Mercedes Benz turned out to be the people’s favourite. I had positive feedback and was asked to play at the forthcoming re-launch of The Performers’ Club in Latino’s at the end of April,” she announces.

She provided an intense build-up to the

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full-band sound, banking solely on her soulful voice and the quiet strumming of a classic guitar – which is both audacious and artistically accomplished for someone facing an expectant crowd alone.

She gets a buzz from stepping on stage and explains “I do feel nervous before, but once I am standing there with my guitar, it is all about the music and the feel-good vibe you get from enjoying yourself and engaging the audience to your sound.”

Her soloist career started at an open-mic night when her friends ‘twisted her arm’ to take the limelight, “So I did, and people

cheered. I was encouraged to go on and to do it over and over again.”

Although self-taught, music runs in her blood as her mother was a guitarist too, and as a teenager she played Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Furthermore, JoJo’s parents listened to Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac. JoJo hails from Somerset, a short drive from Glastonbury, “I a ended the festival once, on a Sunday. No, I didn’t play there, but I got fully immersed in the atmosphere.” So she was driven to recreate it at a festival up the mountains in Spain, where good music was the background to a large barbecue.

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Whether as an accompaniment to wining and dining or as the main feature of the night, her folk and rock covers are guaranteed to get hands clapping and feet tapping, but she admits that venues like Rock on the Rock or concerts are more challenging, because the audience attends first and foremost to listen to good music and appreciate a captivating performer.

“A small audience is more demanding than a large one, and it is more intimidating,” she adds, noting that a connection is built with virtually every person in the room, and often eye contact is made, while a stadium-filler is more impersonal and it almost feels like nobody is outside there.

Back home in her younger years, she was in a fun band called Slippy Malone that covered all sort of rock music, including Britney Spears, arranged to a rock beat for the occasion. “Being in a band is fun,” she reminisces, not ruling out the idea of starting an all-girl band in Gibraltar at some point, if someone is willing to join her venture.

This would also encourage her to write original songs, which she hasn’t done yet, despite trying to produce a catchy tune to define her personal music style.

JoJo is a short-notice artist: you can ring up to ask her to bring her guitar to any stage with a few hours notice and she will turn up with a varied repertoire to fit the mood. “I’m not bothered by stage looks,” she says, “so I am always ready and willing to pop home and pick up my guitar without giving in to the cliché wardrobe crisis!”

JoJo rehearses at home and juggles her passion for music with work and family, “My daughters are very supportive of what I do.”

They moved to Gibraltar four years ago “on a one-way ticket”.

JoJo admits to sometimes missing the quietness of Somerset and the green countryside, but she loves Gibraltar, where life is “hectic”.

She finds that a guitar is a great way to forge friendships, “I often go to the beach with mine and start playing. Within minutes, people gather around to listen, clap and sing along. And the party has just started.” banking solely on her soulful voice and the quiet strumming of a classic guitar her folk and rock covers are guaranteed to get hands clapping and feet tapping

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Howard Danino:

Man of many parts

words | Mike Brufal

It seems whatever facet of Gibraltar society you move in, you will encounter Howard Danino — for he truly is a man of many parts. We have included much about Howard’s various roles on these pages over the past 20 years, so we were delighted when writer Mike Brufal decided he should be the topic of his monthly interview for our April edition.

Howard, 69, is married to Elizabeth Ruiz (Betty) — a woman he has known virtually all his life as she used to be in the form below him at primary school and throughout his childhood they used to meet when various gangs of boys and girls got together. They married in 1973 and have two daughters, Elizabeth Sarah and Stephanie Louise and four grandchildren.

Howard’s earliest memory of life on the Rock was when he was the only member of a group of friends who was stopped going up the Rock as he did not have an ID card. When he told his father one was immediately applied for but his father was told that his son was not entitled to one because he had not been placed on the register of Gibraltarians. Instead he was issued with a yellow ID card for aliens, but it took so long that by the time it arrived his friends no longer went up the Rock to play.

Eventually he received his red ID card. His next vivid memory common to many of his age was that of the RFA Bedenham disaster (the naval armament carrier exploded while docked in Gibraltar on 27th April 1951, killing 13 people)

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and its after effects. A piece of shrapnel went through the roof of the family home and was kept as a souvenir.

At two and a half years old he started at Doreen Harrison’s nursery in Baker’s Passage and that was followed by the Loreto Convent which he had to leave at nine years old for the Sacred Heart School which had been specially set up to receive the boys leaving Loreto Convent. At the end of the school day many of the pupils used to go down to Library Ramp to race favourite racing cars.

Aged four he joined the Air Scouts 8th cub group and remained a keen member until he transferred to the Scouts and became a Senior Scout. He is a keen supporter of the scouting movement which he says taught him many skills used throughout his life. His finest moment was when he became a Queen’s Scout and together with four others became the first to complete the first stages of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

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above Prince Edward’s Gate. His friends were older and had been called up to complete their National Service in the Gibraltar Regiment. He volunteered to join early to be with them and enjoyed army life so much he continued to be associated with the military for many decades.

After his discharge he joined the Territorials and from 17 to 20 was in the Infantry. Considerable pressure was put on him, as a young Company Sergeant Major, by Colonel Arturo Ferrary to apply for a commission. Eventually he yielded and was duly commissioned age 21 and joined B Company.

Pepe Tavares, the general manager of the Banque Foncier d’Algerie et du Tunise, offered him a job as a junior clerk bill collector at the princely salary of £17 a month and after a while a vacancy came up as accounts clerk which he took. Within a year he was promoted to cashier.

On the grapevine he heard about a job at the Rock Hotel for an assistant accountant, applied and because of his experience in the bank and a natural ability with mathematics, was offered the job. His salary rose dramatically to £73 a month. The general manager was the legendary Monsieur Manet, Monsieur Moquard, a French Moroccan was a shareholder in the hotel and had interests in the Hotel Minzah in Tangier and the Hotel Marmounia in Casablanca.

Jimmy Bossino was the head of reception and eventually succeeded Manet as general manager.

When Betty and Howard were married on 5th January 1973 the management generously gave them a free honeymoon in the three hotels.

During this time Howard developed his love of cooking and was often seen in the kitchen talking to the different chefs. This love of cooking he still has today.

When Jimmy was promoted to general manager he succeeded him as head of reception.

He was then head hunted by Saccone and Speed to run the Piazza restaurant facing Main Street and John Mackintosh Square. At the time there were cafes outside on both sides of the statue of General Don and a bar, restaurant and kitchen inside. He commanded a staff of 10 waiters, four barmen and two cooks on each shift.

He was charged by Mr Astengo, the general manager at head office, to increase turnover and profitability. Howard found much needed to be changed, standards had to be improved and by hard work and perseverance he built up a highly profitable business.

After four years he left to take over his father’s shop in City Mill Lane which specialised in children’s clothes. Howard swiftly built it up by finding a niche in the market and began to sell school uniforms using good suppliers leading to competitive prices. He also obtained agencies for baby clothes and prams which included Silver Cross, Maclaren and Britax amongst others. His wife Betty ran the shop while he became involved with other business activities, including construction and scaffolding.

In 1999 Howard indulged another passion becoming a founder member of the Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association (GADA). His acting career started aged six in the Loreto Convent School and he regularly appeared in plays during his school days. He acted in Group 56 productions and also with the Gibraltar Regiment Drama Group. The latter, run by John Ritchie, won many drama festivals. Howard won an award as best supporting actor. Betty has always been involved with drama and is a fine actress in her own right.

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In 1999 Howard indulged another passion becoming a founder member of the Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association (GADA)

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John Ritchie was asked by the Minister for Culture, Bernard Linares, to revive the drama festival which led to the formation of the GADA and a drama festival was held. This proved to be difficult as the cut back in the service personnel meant no service groups existed to take part. However all service personnel got together to form the Trafalgar Group which still functions today That chapter of the Drama Festival ended in 2006 until its resurrection in 2012 since when it has flourished.

Howard kept suggesting that GADA should look to performing drama not just at festival time and eventually John Ritchie agreed, and so in 2000 they jointly produced Macbeth, directed by John Cortes and Dorothy Thompson. It was held in St Michael’s Cave and was a huge success.

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In 2001 Howard decided to produce and direct a full length play. The group always used Ince’s Hall as its home base. The Gibraltarian audience made itself clear in demanding comedy and so comedy became the staple fare of the group. A few mystery plays attracted reasonable audiences but comedy was always a sell out.

Treasure since GADA’s founding, Howard was elected President in 2008 for a three year term. Four and a half years later he handed over the Presidency to Joe Cortes.

He remains closely involved with local drama and has two plays in the pipeline. One, Run for your Wife which he will produce and direct, should have been performed this year but due to the work around Ince’s Hall it has been postponed until 2016. The other play is Twelve Angry Men which will be co-produced and directed with Joe Cortes.

And so another facet turns — Howard has always been interested in cars since young and he started driving in gocarts with the likes of Sergio Triay and Charlie Piccone. His first car was the American version of the Sunbeam Alpine. In 2004, after he closed the family business, his interest in cars was rekindled.

He bought a 20 year old Jaguar XJS-C special edition of which only three were produced.

In 2006 he was asked to join the Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association, he was elected Secretary that same year and took over as President in 2010 when the Association was re-organised. At that time there were only 30 or so members. Now there are more than 90 individual members (150 counting partners) and 135 classic vehicles.

Over the years all contact with similar Spanish groups had been lost so Howard started to communicate with local Classic Car groups and slowly began to organize joint outings in Andalucia. On the Rock there is a display on the first Saturday in every month at either Casemates, Ocean Village or John Mackintosh Square. There is also a run into Spain either on its own or in conjunction with a Spanish club.

In addition the Government in association with GCVA has formulated essential legislation to cover Classic cars to allow these cars to be driven on public roads legally. The Government also agreed to register classic cars either with a personalized black number plate or to use one of the numbers between G1000 H to G2000 H allocated to classic cars.

H signifying Historical.

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Howard has seen many changes in Gibraltar during his lifetime and now considers Gibraltar to be a great place to live.

Last year the GCVA applied for membership of FIVA and were successful. This is an international body which welcomed Gibraltar to its ranks — a huge coup for Gibraltar.

Enough to keep most people busy so far?

Next we move on to Howard’s other passion — shooting. His interest in shooting started when he was given an air rifle as a child. He shot for the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, was a member of the Regimental point 22 target shooting team and went on to shoot for the UK Territorial Army team. He has represented Gibraltar in both the Commonwealth and Island Games.

Sadly, his shooting endeavours came to an end due to failing eyesight.

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Then there is his involvement with the Gibraltar Multiple Sclerosis Society. Founded in 2011 by Iris Guilliano with Mark Hook and Fabien Vinet as trustees, Iris invited Howard to become a Trustee and naturally he accepted.

This in turn led him to becoming a committee member and then Vice President a role in which he is active in raising money and offering support to those suffering from MS. Howard has also helped to raise money for other charities locally by using money collected from drama productions and is currently involved in the production of a calendar using Classic Cars and models. All proceeds from the sale of the calendars will go to Bosom Buddies. Howard has also been member of the international charitable organisation the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem since 1991.

Howard has seen many changes in Gibraltar during his lifetime and now considers Gibraltar to be a great place to live.•

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Annual

STM Group Fun Run Sunday 19 April 2015 sees the 3rd Annual STM Group 5km or 10km Fun Run in Gibraltar. The event is in support of Gibraltar’s Guardian Angel Foundation, a Gibraltar based charity which was set up in March 2013 with the intention to improve the standards of care and living for local children affected by genuine financial distress or suffering from any illness with a focus to improve the lives of children in need.

Along with a bright, sunny day, it is hoped for a record number of runners this year (last year saw around 500 entrants raising £5,750 for the Foundation).

This is a popular annual event on the Gibraltar calendar for families, corporate teams, groups of friends, athletic clubs, novice and experienced runners to train and run together, promoting health and fitness, and raising funds for a fantastic cause. It is a fun day out for everyone,

participants and spectators alike.

Both runs start from Casemates at 10am (with registration open from 8.00 and assembly from 9.30), the 10km route will see competitors run all the way around the Rock, and a shorter 5km circuit will take other participants on a run through the town.

For ease of administration the STM Fun run team are asking people to please sign up before the day.

Entry fees are as follows: 10k Run: £10 entry if paid in advance (or an entry fee of £15 on the day) 5k Run: £5 entry if paid in advance (or an entry fee of £10 on the day) Children aged 12 and under pay £3 to take part in either run For entry forms or more information, join our facebook page: www.facebook.com/events/659041664208766 or contact funrun@stmgroupplc.com n

Nadine Pardo Zammit:

Gibraltar’s First A Award Netball Umpire Nadine Pardo Zammit has become the first Gibraltarian to achieve an A Award in umpiring. Netball in Gibraltar has been going from strength to strength with the Gibraltar National teams continued success and most recently Gibraltar ’s U17 squad taking Silver at the Netball Europe Championships. Nadine with the Gibraltar Netball Association have spent the last 5 years creating higher standards for Gibraltar Netball and ensuring quality umpiring which in turn creates better games and teams.

England Netball recommends a minimum of eight, one hour competitive matches are included as part of the matches umpired in the lead-up to the pre-assessment and later assessment in order for Nadine to gain her award.

Nadine’s log book for her award began on the 3rd November 2013 (after she was told she passed her theory exam) and includes five Division one matches umpired in the UK, one national schools final in the UK, three international ranking games in Dublin and two national squad friendlies against Scotland in Gibraltar Matches need to be appropriate to the A Award Level as identified

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by England Netball - for us in Gibraltar this means that all matches must be those played on par to England Netball Premier Division one.

This has meant a lot of personal c o m m i t m e n t f ro m N a d i n e , travelling to the UK plus the added expenses involved with travel (absorbed by the GNA and with financial assistance from The Government of Gibraltar) The Assessment took place in Mark Hall School Sports Centre in Essex. There were three assessors throughout the match watching Nadines performance on court. They then took one hour to deliberate and gave Nadine feedback on her umpiring.

Nadine enthusiastically says “Personally I am thrilled with the outcome which means I can now umpire Premier League in the UK and possible super-league and International competitions.

It’s a personal achievement but I also now hope that other umpires in Gibraltar will see that it can be done and take up the challenge themselves.” We wish Nadine all the best and we are sure that this will encourage more Gibraltarians to become world class umpires.

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This past year Westside School has taken part in raising awareness and funds for various charities who aim to tackle people suffering with gender discrimination across the world

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Don’t Be So Afraid of the Feminists words | Eve Maddock-Jones, student, Westside School

In Gibraltar we’re largely an advantaged society, but questions are still, and should be asked, about the gender equality issue. Not just to address the issues on our home soil, but from our advantageous position to help others elsewhere who’re not so lucky.

This past month Gibraltar’s Westside School contributed to belatedly celebrating International Women’s Day. The school’s events raise awareness on global-social issues to the students, and engaged them into thinking and asking questions. “What is feminism?” and “why do we need it?”

The topic and indeed the word “feminism” has still holds a fallacious reputation. The word traditionally conjures up memoires of the 1970s “Second Wave Feminism Movement”, which saw the stereotyped “bra-burning” displays of extremists. These extravagant displays gave the movement a perception that feminism only concerned women. But now, having progressed onwards the term has had a reawakening, and been revised as a message of gender equality for men and women.

This past year Westside School has taken part in raising awareness and funds for various charities who aim to tackle people suffering with gender discrimination across the world.

Starting on October 11th the school held a charity fundraiser with a bake-sale, contributed to by staff, pupils and local establishments to celebrate the “Day of the Girl Child”.

Following on in March another charity fundraiser was held with a bake-sale supporting “International Women’s Day” 8th March. “The charities we are supporting,” said Ms.M.Dalli of Westside School, who has spearheaded Westside’s campaign, “are: CAMFED, Save the Children UK, Plan UK and local charity, Women in Need.” This time also wore t-shirts emblazoned with the words “International Women’s Day”, with local press visiting the event and quizzes completed by the students on facts and statistics relating to gender inequality issues.

All of these events and campaigns do more than raise the life saving money for people suffering locally and internationally from gender discrimination. Ms M Dalli explained how she “feels it’s important to celebrate International Women’s Day [and Day of the Girl Child],

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because I think we live in a conflict free area.

Women and men have access to free education.

The average income is reasonable. We live in a privileged society with privileged lives, so we need to raise our awareness on global issues; which with regards to gender issues particularly effect women and girls.”

In her talk to Westside’s A-Level students Ms M Dalli impressed this reality upon them.

Sharing statistics on education and wages the students were shown a world where less than 30% of girls are enrolled in secondary schools with those that were only working towards owning 1% of the world’s wealth. They’re instead forced to trade their knowledge to become a “child bride”, with more than 25,000 girls between the ages of 12-16 married each day across the world.

The harsh realities promote the need for gender equality and raising awareness. The support in schools’ a sign of changing times, for the better.

For now the events have only been localised to the girl’s school; but a future aim is to incorporate Bayside School also. This, Ms.M.Dalli

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The students were shown a world where less than 30% of girls are enrolled in secondary schools with those that were only working towards owning 1% of the world’s wealth

explained, is because “gender equality is a matter which effects both genders. Therefore if [we] hope to eliminate the gender equality issues boys need to be included with the girls.”

For a social change to occur successfully it needs to target grassroots level: the education.

If children are exposed to world issues they grow up questioning and exploring the ideas.

As a Westside A-Level student said “they become accustomed and opinionated to what’s right and what’s wrong.” This feeds into the whole community. The youth spread these ideas at home to their family but also into their own future families. Passing on a positive message to future generations’ key to establishing a social change and awareness in the long term.

Education itself is one of the major areas of gender discrimination. The reality is that women under 20 in developing countries are more likely to die from childbirth than go to school. Without education a person becomes highly debilitated, lacking the development of necessary work skills, thereby powerless to secure independency. This makes people remain unable to break the limiting cycle. Consequently that society becomes able to change its unethical attitudes regarding gender.

This kind of change however will only gain support and effectiveness by raising awareness. The feminist campaign has flourished in the past year. Major steps have been taken with the launching of the “#HeforShe” campaign

by Emma Watson. With support from prominent media figures the campaign has capture the minds of many young people, raising the awareness and support levels internationally unlike ever before.

Although a bake sale and local press may not compare to a global multi-national campaign it is significant. The event represents the change and the money raised the support for that change, which ultimately saves lives.

So Gibraltar should bear the Feminist emblem with pride, as it promotes equality for all. It affects all of us equally. n

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actions for april Q It is now three months into the year and I do not seem to have the motivation

or energy to work through the business plans we set at the beginning of the year.

How can we change this mindset?

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One of the most common problems is procrastination. We know what we want to do and should do. But still we end up spending hours upon hours doing “easier” work or escaping via TV, blogs or social media.

Procrastination is an easy way that all of us get stuck. And yet, we may not even realize we’re doing it. When we unknowingly act like an Avoider, we create reasons in our heads that supply us with enough logic that we can delay the task at hand — sometimes indefinitely.

Now, nothing wrong with a little escape

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from time to time. But if you procrastinate too much you will not get the most important things done. And you will also send yourself into negative spirals where your energy is drained worrying about the tasks and plans that lie awaiting for you to complete. Business becomes stagnant and motivation decreases. All in all procrastination is an energy vampire.

What we fail to realise is that progress is motivation, whether it is baby steps or a full deep dive into a project.

Recognising these avoidance tactics is half the battle in stopping them.

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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week

~ Spanish Proverb

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5 Tops Tips to kick start your business intentions

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Choose 3 Major Goals Brainstorm with your team to understand your 3 major business focus areas and develop goals for each. Remember to dream big when making goals, as these will be the roots of growth for this business year.

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Break Projects Down into More Manageable Segments When you are faced with a big project, you might feel daunted, intimidated, or even hopeless when you look at the sheer amount of work involved. At this point, take individual items on your list and break them down into a series of steps. If you need to write a proposal for a new client, what steps do you need to follow?

If you are planning a big marketing event, what are the things you need to do and what supplies do you need to obtain? Once you have created a list detailing the process you need to go through in order to accomplish the task, you can start working on individual “pigeon steps.”

that you don’t fall into the cognitive trap of underestimating how long each project will take and setting yourself up to fail.

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You don’t have to see the whole staircase to take the first step

Eliminate Distractions It’s hard to get any real work done when you keep turning your attention to the call of your email or phone or you keep checking your ~ Martin Luther King, Jr friends Facebook status updates. Assign yourself a period of time during which you turn off All that said, to further motivate you to keep all distractions — such as email, meetings, and on track with your goals we are introducing social networking sites — and use that time to “Actions for April Challenge” focus all of your attention on the task at hand.

When you research successful managers and how they complete projects and plans, they have one extra ingredient — an accountability partner. Accountability partners are one of the best ways to help motivate you to stay Focus Your Energy focused. People use accountability partners all Find a time in the day when you feel you of the time to help them grow. Having another have the energy to do focused work, schedule person involved in your goal setting is crucial. this in your calendar daily, this is a meeting By sharing your plans and setting deadlines with yourself. You can place a time limit of and targets to each task, they will ensure to 30- 45 minutes, if you wish to work more on motivate you to keep you on track. that task — great, if not put it away until the For April we are happy to be your accountnext day. Small focused uninterrupted time is ability partner, pop over to our Facebook page a major winner for completing small chunks of Thehrdept and share your goals and we will a project on a daily basis. Remember to hold help you with some tools to get you back on off those distractions. track. n

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The easy jobs will take care of themselves

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Make a List Create a to-do list with things that you would like to accomplish. If necessary, put a date next to each item if there is a deadline that you need to meet. Estimate how long each task will take to complete, and then double that number so

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Don Sloan:

The Potential to Excel words | Andrea Morten Forde

With the exciting Gibraltar university project just months from its launch in time for the start of the academic year in September 2015, we caught up with Don Sloan, who is helping to shape the newly created faculty of Hospitality and Tourism at the campus in the spectacular setting of Europa Point.

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With the exciting Gibraltar university project just months from its launch in time for the start of the academic year in September 2015, we caught up with Don Sloan, who is helping to shape the newly created faculty of Hospitality and Tourism at the campus in the spectacular setting of Europa Point.

As Head of School at the Oxford School of Hospitality Management, Don has built a relationship with Gibraltar over the past two years through the highly successful Gibraltar Literary Festival and has grown to love our home, which though small in size has managed to develop a solid international reputation in many industries.

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“When the government made this rather dramatic decision to form a university, they focussed on areas in which Gibraltar has the potential to excel. I was asked to help conceptualise the hospitality and tourism faculty,” Don explains. “While the university is set to launch in September this year, everyone is being realistic, and we are not pretending we will have everything in place on the launch date. The faculties will grow and evolve over time, as they should.”

“I love working in Gibraltar because the lines of communication are very short,” Don states.

“That makes it easier to actually get things done. This university project is all the more

exciting because there is a genuine desire here to work with other universities and I believe the most valuable projects come about through collaboration.”

All the University of Gibraltar’s faculties are being created to reflect the territory’s economy and culture and, although the courses will be internationally relevant, they will also remain relevant to Gibraltar.

The faculty of Hospitality and Tourism will have two strands – practical and academic.

“The practical strand will include a restaurant, Gibraltar Gastronomica, a commercial restaurant which will tell the story of Gibraltar - culturally and historically -

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through fabulous food. The restaurant will have a unique and amazing setting right on the tip of Europe overlooking the Strait and Africa, so we have opted for a ‘glass box’ design so diners can feel part of the landscape.

The building will be a physical connection to the location, and a symbolic connection to Gibraltarian culture.”

Gibraltar Gastronomica will also feature a culinary school which will provide continued professional development for the hospitality industry here, as well as outreach programmes for locals as well as visitors. The short nonaccredited courses will all relate to food and culture — for example, the cuisine of North Africa, or wine studies.

The academic strand of the faculty will include PhD studentships in tourism and hospitality related subjects that are of relevance to Gibraltarian economic and cultural development. This side of the university is likely to start later this year with supervision in Gibraltar and Oxford. From September 2016 the university will be in a position to offer taught Masters - but here, Don explains, they plan to break the mould of

“the exciting thing about this project is that we are starting with a blank sheet - why try to do what others are doing?” traditional Masters. “The Masters are likely to be aimed at middle to senior managers and we plan to draw in international students for residential programmes —what an amazing location in which to do this. There will also be opportunities for joint bidding for research grants.

“There is no benefit in replicating existing universities’ offerings,” he asserts, “the exciting thing about this project is that we are starting with a blank sheet — why try to do what others are doing? We aim to create a distinctive focus for the Gibraltar faculty, through innovative themes such as future

challenges facing the international tourism and hospitality industries, in part by bringing together leading thinkers. We are effectively starting from scratch and have a fantastic opportunity to draw influential figures from around the world to our jurisdiction.”

D o n a n d h i s t e a m , L a u r i e Te b b u t t (Commercial Services Manager at Oxford Brookes) and Jonathan Warhust who runs the practical facilities of Oxford Gastronomica, will draw on the skills of a range of academic colleagues who will become involved in the near future. “The collaboration on the project in Gibraltar will be mutually beneficial, further broadening the international perspective of the Oxford faculty.”

The launch week for the university will start on Monday 20th September 2015, and the Gibraltar Gastronomica team is already planning two days of activities on the Tuesday and Wednesday. It is hoped this will kick of what will become an annual gastronomic event with a celebratory dinner keenly anticipated in Gibraltar’s cultural and gastronomic calendar. n

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The launch week for the university will start on Monday 20th September 2015, and the Gibraltar Gastronomica team is already planning two days of activities on the Tuesday and Wednesday.

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About Don Sloan Donald Sloan is Head of the Oxford School of Hospitality Management, a position he has held since 2003. He is responsible for the performance of the School across all of its key areas of activity – the provision of an outstanding student experience, the production of internationally recognised research, productive engagement with industry and other external bodies, and reputation enhancement. He joined Oxford Brookes University in 1997, and prior to becoming Head of School his posts included Deputy Head, Undergraduate Director and Senior Lecturer.

Donald is also the founder and Chair of Oxford Gastronomica, Oxford Brookes University’s centre for the study of food, drink and culture. Established in 2007, Oxford Gastronomica promotes academic enquiry, engages a wide audience through regular public events and supports students’ learning.

He has been instrumental in creating the Oxford Gastronomica Library, now one of the world’s most substantial collections of culinary texts, which includes the private collections of Jane Grigson, John Fuller, Ken Hom, Prue Leith, Michael Jackson and the National Brewing Library. Donald is a Patron of the Jane Grigson Trust and was the first recipient of the Martin Radcliffe Fellowship in Gastronomy, funded by the Savoy Educational Trust.

He is a past Chair and Vice Chair of the Council for Hospitality Management Education, the body that represents all universities in the UK that offer programmes in hospitality management, and was Hospitality Liaison Officer for the Higher Education Academy. n GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • APRIL 2015

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Guide to Preparing your Residential Property for Selling or Letting Springtime is traditionally a good season for the property market as clients have recovered from the excesses of Christmas and it’s not quite time to down tools for the summer.

So it’s time to buy, sell or rent.

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property for selling or renting, it is important to recognise the benefit of presenting your property to its full potential, whether in photographs, or on viewings.

In doing so, you will not only maximise the value of your property, but you will have an advantage over other owners, giving you a greater chance of selling or renting quickly.

At Chesterton we are keen to support clients with this aim and have utilised our many years of experience in this sector, to suggest ideas as to how you could add value to your property prior to advertising it.

The photographs taken by you, or your estate agent, present one of the most important opportunities available to market your property.

These photographs will be used to market your property on websites, in windows, via social media, or in printed format. They will give the first impression of your asset.

If the content of the pictures is poor or people do not like what they see, they will not be as interested in viewing.

If the content of the pictures is good and people like what they see, they will be more interested in viewing.

Viewings lead to offers.

Attention to cleaning, tidying, de-personalising, de-cluttering and presentation are the recommended key elements to consider before the photographs are taken and viewings considered.

If you do nothing else, please consider the impact of your sales

photographs on potential buyers or tenants.

Some of the tips shown may appear obvious, but they are often overlooked and we hope this quick guide will be helpful to you in providing you with some new ideas or at the very least serve as a reminder of what can be achieved.

Our top tips

How much of the following you choose to do will depend upon your own lifestyle, desire to move and ability to make changes. But we hope this serves as a useful aide memoir.

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Keep it clean One of the most important

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property things you can do to help sell or rent your property is to make sure it is thoroughly clean. Buyers or tenants will be put off if they perceive that the property is dirty.

Most properties are generally clean, but if you can make your property sparkle, so much the better. If you don’t have the time or inclination to clean yourself, it is worth investing in a cleaner to help. In particular consider washing windows, cleaning mirrors and chrome, checking for cobwebs, removing any traces of mould and making sure there are no musty smells or odours. The kitchen and bathrooms should always be spotless. If you have pets, consider removing feeding bowls, litter trays, toys and beds before any viewings.

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Tidy Up It is not always easy to keep a property tidy, especially if it is being lived in, but an untidy property can be extremely off-putting.

Over cluttered areas make rooms look smaller than they actually are, whilst giving interested parties the impression that there is a lack of storage space. By tidying things away you are demonstrating what a spacious and easy place your property is to live in. It may seem like a lot of work, but it will be necessary to sort and box things up when you move anyway, so starting early with things you do not use frequently is not a bad idea. If boxes cannot be stored out of sight, it may be worth considering some off- site storage options.

It is worth making sure that: • There are minimum items on kitchen surfaces and nothing on top of kitchen units, refrigerators and freezers should be as magnet free as possible.

• There are no items of clothing left lying around and children´s toys are tidied away.

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Bathroom sinks are spotless, toilet seats down and it is advisable to hang up fresh towels.

Paperwork and books are tidied away.

Dead or half dead plants are removed.

Fans or heaters are out of sight – as this can suggest that your property is not cool or warm enough.

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De-personalise and de-clutter If the property you are selling or letting has been used as your home, it is likely to be filled with a lot of personal items, like family photographs, children´s posters/ pictures and ornamental gifts acquired over many years. Whilst these things are very precious to you, they are likely to represent clutter to those viewing, and are likely to detract from the presentation of your property.

As you have decided to move, it may be time to reduce the amount that your property is seen as your “home” and to increase its impact as a future home for someone you yet do not know. When viewing, purchasers or tenants want to imagine your property as their own home with their own belongings there and they want to think about how the property could work for them. Encourage this vision by de-personalising and de-cluttering as much as practically possible.

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Neutralise and enhance It may seem like false economy to spend money on a house or apartment you are about to sell or let, but small inexpensive updates can make all the difference to your ability to attract a buyer or tenant.

Neutralise wherever possible, not everyone has the same taste! Check the property for small cracks which may need repairing, consider replacing filler around baths and showers and if you have time refresh tired or dark rooms with a coat of neutral paint. Remove ornamental items and pictures which don’t match the room’s colour scheme and consider investing in a few complimentary items like scatter cushions or fresh fluffy bath towels. If people think they can move in to a stylish environment, with little or no work to be done many will be more interested.

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Furniture Make sure the rooms work to optimise the space and facilities.

You may need to move things around to achieve this and even remove some items of furniture altogether. A property looks smaller if the rooms are overcrowded and it will be beneficial if you can store excess furniture items.

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Outside Stand outside your property and see how it looks to interested parties. This is the first impression you are creating on any viewing

and it is good to appeal to the buyer or tenant before they get inside the door. Is the area clean?

Are the window frames and doors in good condition? If you have a garden is it weed free and tidy? In both houses and apartments, smart container pots with flowering or structured plants look impressive when placed either side of the front door.

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Pets If possible remove your pets from the property altogether for both the photographs and for viewings. Potential buyers / tenants want to view the property not be met by the family cat or dog!

Not everyone is an animal lover and many people have allergies to pets.

This list is by no means exhaustive and you can of course spend a great deal more time and money on home improvements prior to putting your property on the market. Generally speaking the more investment you make the greater your financial reward will be.

If you require any further advice or guidance in preparing your property for market please ask your Chesterton agent.

We hope you find this guidance helpful. n

Mike Nicholls is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Gibraltar Society of Accountants, and a board member and treasurer of the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce. Mike operates the Chesterton estate agency in Gibraltar and runs a real estate investment solutions consultancy.

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Momy Levy:

Celebrating 55 years in business The 1st April marks 55 years of being in business for Solomon “Momy” Levy MBE JP. Former Gibraltar Mayor Momy, began his long career as an Estate Agent in 1960 after he came back from studying in the UK. He charmingly recounts “There were only three estate agents when I started in Gibraltar, four including me.” He would never have imagined then, he would

go on to be the longest serving Estate Agent on the Rock and with so much energy at 78 he shows no signs of slowing down.

We congratulate Momy on this amazing achievement and hope he celebrates with a well-deserved day off! ■

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renewableenergy Wind, sun and flowing water are all sources of renewable energy

Recently we have been hearing a lot about renewable energy in Gibraltar so we thought we would find out more about what our government is doing to encourage its use.

Renewable energy can be described as a natural, infinite form of energy that is constantly being regenerated. Technologies developed to capture these natural occurring processes, such as sunshine, wind and flowing water, are quickly gaining popularity, as finite fossil fuels supplies of oil and coal dwindle and their contribution to climate change becomes an ever growing issue.

Within the European Union (EU), renewable energy technologies are being described as the answer to driving technological innovation in global business, increasing employment and securing a more self-sufficient future for Member States. As a result of this, a number of legislative targets have been set under the Renewable Energy Directive to ensure the uptake of these technologies, which aim to secure 15% of all Member State energy demands from renewables by 2020.

Gibraltar’s government is committed to producing energy in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner by investing in renewable energy technologies that match its

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resources and energy needs. In line with other member states, Gibraltar has also adopted the target of meeting at least 15% of its energy consumption from renewable energy sources.

The National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP), outlines the series of measures planned to maximise local energy savings and achieve 2020 targets; through actions such as training and education, improving energy efficiency, roll out of renewables technologies and providing financial instruments and incentives to encourage renewable energy deployment in Gibraltar.

As part of the financial incentives scheme,

Gibraltar’s government is committed to producing energy in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner

the Government has implemented a number of measures, including the removal of import duty on renewable technologies and LED lighting, a tax allowance of up to £3000 for households looking to install solar thermal or PV systems and soft loans for residential estates looking to fund projects that use solar energy to provide electricity for communal lighting, water heating, powering of lifts and for the replacement of traditional lighting with LED. Further information on these incentives can be found on the Department of the Environment’s Thinking Green website: http://www. thinkinggreen.gov.gi/index.php/resources/ energy/157-government-incentives With a number of local renewable energy projects already successfully launched, such as at the GASA swimming pool and the Tercentenary Hall, and more yet to come, now is as good a time as ever to tap into these technologies and financial supports. Start sourcing your energy from renewables and reduce your carbon footprint and save money in the long run. n

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Wind, Water, SUN: Think outside the barrel!

Energy is all around us. In the lights we use, the water we consume and technology we enjoy. Power up with green energy by installing renewable technologies!

Solar energy, for example, can be used to supply electricity for communal lighting, water heating and the powering of lifts.

All whilst reducing your carbon footprint, saving you money on your energy bills and helping the environment.

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Gavin Garcia:

Learning His Lines words | Elena Scialtiel photos | K. Boisseau

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A thin curly line can tell a big story. This is how Creative Arts graduate Gavin Garcia sees the world and describes it — with long, spiky, waving and swirling motions of ink and felt-tip pens, flowing on paper like a mighty meandering river at times, or a hasty stream sauntering between rocks and waterfalls.

“I recall a former teacher of mine recognising ‘edginess’ or ‘nervousness’ to my drawing when I was in school. Since then, I’ve tried to let myself be honest with the line, and allow it to dictate part of the outcome of my work,” Gavin says. “Developing one’s style takes time and risks, and my line work is central to my drawing.”

From realistic to abstract, from the bare outlines of a nude to the busy mesh of squiggles to portray wrinkly features, Gavin’s work is characterised by the immediate effect of an idea jotted down in sketch, the spur of the moment captured on pad towards developing a full

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art focus picture later — albeit the sketch turns out to be an accomplished artwork in its own right, with no need for further detail.

‘Less is more’ seems to be his philosophy “Focusing on the human form and trying to re-create what I see with maximum effect but minimal marks on the paper is part of what I strive for. Allowing the pen or pencil to take control at times and acknowledging possible risks is essential to my progress. I’ve learned not to be too precious when applying medium to surface, as I find it can hinder the work. To me it’s about the perfect marriage between control and free flow.”

Gavin began drawing at an early age, he can’t even remember when, but he always knew there was some connection between the

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Oils are forgiving if one makes mistakes, he notes, but they can also push one’s intentions, because of their fluidity and density medium, the subject and the time dedicated to creating something. “I felt a certain confidence in drawing which I didn’t have in other subjects. There was a rather agreeable sense in watching marks taking shape on paper.”

Portraits and human form have always been prominent subjects for him, as he believes that “the body is not just an outer shell but the physical presentation of a person’s inner self.”

He tries to draw from life as much as possible, but he often relies on photos simply for their practicality.

He adds “When I draw or paint, my subject matter tends to be a person, be it a relative, a friend or a stranger sitting on the London Underground. It could be their expression or their posture which in turn gives me ideas as to what can be done.”

He is not just about ink, though, he is wellversed in the sticky world of oils too, as he finds “this medium allows for a build of flesh effect on canvas quite well.” Oils are forgiving if one makes mistakes, he notes, but they can also push one’s intentions, because of their fluidity and density.

Gavin’s grandmother is a constant source of inspiration. In his striking rendition of Ana, his penmanship transposes serenely in the management of coloured brushstrokes, retaining

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the predilection for irregular curved lines and hairpin bends as a metaphor for life, “She is someone whom I don’t get to see often, as I share my time between Gibraltar and London, so creating a work based on her means a lot to me. With age she has developed a certain ‘something’ that drives me to keep painting. Her oil portrait is my latest work in a long line of drawings, prints and paintings which I have created on her, but it is my largest to date and also the one that took the longest and it proved to be a challenge.”

The other woman in his life, his girlfriend, inspired another great picture in oils, titled Asleep. It uses irregular strokes, creamy dollops of paint and neutral tones to convey a sweet comforting. “It was the first painting in a few years which gave me the feeling I had created something truly mine, much like with the Ana painting that came after it; I used oils to create a thick texture, with detail, but always trying to strive for expression over realism.”

Gavin is also into music, both listening and composing or playing. Although there might not be a direct link between his music and his drawing, they both offer him time to focus on crafting and developing his style.

He draws musicians too. “I do that because they interest me as people, not just for their obvious talents, but as human beings. Those who I have drawn have made bodies of work that have a quality I deeply admire and there’s usually something in their faces that captures a unique history.”

He seems to shun the limelight though.

“With music you must go out in public when presenting your material, whereas drawing and painting allows me to create and exhibit, without the need for a physical presence on stage.” n

Although there might not be a direct link between his music and his drawing, they both offer him time to focus on crafting and developing his style

Visit GavinGarciaArt page on Facebook to view his updated artwork and book commissions.

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Manolo Ruiz 15 YEARS OF SENIOR SERVICE words | Richard Cartwright

Sitting on the sofa locked in a permanent relationship with your TV screen should not be your sole option once retired, Manolo Ruiz was positively aware of that from day one!

As is the case with many senior citizens, it tends to become a trend to frequent local Senior Citizen’s clubs for a coffee and a chat.

Just attending was not enough for Manolo, who soon became involved in the club’s affairs and eventually took on the role of Chairman.

“The running of the club’s affairs was well catered for but I would hear comments in the club and felt as senior citizens we needed more representation,” Manolo recalls. He says he began to make notes of what was commented on and went about making enquiries and suggestions without seeking publicity. “I then approached the heads of all local political parties on the Rock at the time to start a formal association and received encouragement from everyone.”

So eager was Mr Ruiz to get things going he felt the first job was to have Senior Citizen’s Cards produced — which he achieved even before the Gibraltar Senior Citizen Association was formed in March 2000. That was 15 years ago and the list of achievements and activities during that time is pretty impressive.

One important achievement was the introduction of smoke alarms in many seniors’ homes after two elderly citizens died from smoke inhalation. “We managed to get some sponsorship to buy the alarms and the Boy Scouts kindly helped install them for us. Our Panic Buttons have received much publicity also over time. The idea was picked up from the Rotary Club who introduced them as one of their charity projects and we thought it would be a great idea to take it further. £145,000 has been spent so far on panic buttons and we now ask potential users to pay a refundable deposit for them as we sometimes had issues with them being lost or damaged.”

As with many of the projects undertaken, sponsors and backers have been approached to fund many of them. There are too many sponsors to mention but the association wants to emphasise it is forever grateful for their

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continued support.

As Manolo peruses through his long lists of what has been achieved over the last decade and a half he effortlessly recalls and highlights projects. For example, a Scandinavian medical team came over to clear a backlog of cataract cases. Also electronic notice boards were installed informing users at the Primary Care Centre of available doctors on the day; and the Prostate Cancer Group was initiated.

These are just some of the association’s major achievements and there are so many more.

Less pressing projects, but equally important, have also been implemented such as much needed hand rails in public places — on the British and American War Memorial steps leading to Reclamation Road for example.

Manolo would like to see private spaces such as shops and offices also take the initiative to help elderly users in this way.

Along with the triumphs have also been disappointments. “One big disappointment,” Manolo reveals, “was our attempt to introduce Grandparents’ Day which is celebrated in the

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I don’t regret having taken this role on, I’m 81 and if I had to I would start all over again and hope I reached 90 to accomplish it!

UK and the US. We’ve tried to get it off the ground for a couple of years by organising lunches without success, so I think we’ll call it a day on that one! To think that even Halloween and, recently, Pancake Tuesday have taken off in a big way and us poor grandparents are not worthy of at least a tea party,” he says with a grin.

Concern about mobility scooters is another item currently concerning the association. “I almost had an accident by the Evacuation Memorial roundabout when one of these scooters was coming towards me, also you sometimes see them travelling a bit too fast and what we’d like to see is some form of training for users.

Nothing too demanding, just some simple but important instructions to follow. Also on the subject of these vehicles we’ve asked Government to consider having battery charging points in some places, just in case they run out of power and the user can’t get home.”

Manolo has been busy with the association but has still found time to write a couple of books. The first was very appropriately titled, I’m Retired What Am I Entitled to? Another booklet was about FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about what’s available with regard to dentistry treatment, community care and other services. In recent times Manolo has had published Childhood Games of my Era and Life in Yesterday’s Patios and a Little Beyond.

Meanwhile, successes for the group have continued throughout. You may not know that senior citizens don’t have to pay for new, or the renewal of, passports. Advice in the form of little tips for seniors is also available, Manolo explains. “We advise our senior citizens to get walking to pay their bills and get some exercise but we also advise them to have their pensions paid into a bank account to avoid accidentally misplacing or dropping cash in the street or these days, possibly being robbed.”

Access on buses and bus routes have been tackled, there are now offers of special

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discounts in local shops, external lifts at the hospital are being positively looked at, and meetings with many services are ongoing “Our committee is constantly on the lookout for improvements wherever possible. We are grateful for the support and best treatment afforded to us by government officials, civil servants, and others when we request meetings.”

There’s no doubt the folks at Gibraltar Senior Citizen Association are kept very active and on the ball by a demanding and increasingly

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older population. It is felt the elderly deserve a special place in society and it’s especially important for them to have their own voice in an organisation such as this to highlight, pursue and achieve matters that concern them.

Former Met Office Communications Officer Manolo says, “I don’t regret having taken this role on, I’m 81 and if I had to I would start all over again and hope I reached 90 to accomplish it!”

Manolo simply keeps going. He is fre-

quently stopped on Main Street to be asked questions regarding senior issues and has become affectionately known as the Father of all senior citizens!

As we finished our interview he was off again, this time to tackle another matter of concern — the committee feels funeral expenses are exorbitant and need to be addressed. Look out for upcoming newsletters to find out how he got on.

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Aberration Nation

words | Elena Sciaitiel

Autograph scrapbooks at the ready: a Tinseltown star is walking amongst us with the screenplay to shoot a short film set in Gibraltar.

Aberration’s high-voltage one-minute teaser has been already entered and accepted in film festivals around Europe, well before being shot and edited in its entirety.

A rave feedback was the final green light that motivated producer Ian Serra and director Miguel Becerra to turn their dream into reality, casting for the lead roles their respective children, Niall and Mariel. The clapperboard will resonate in the MOD tunnels throughout May, thanks to the liaison work carried out by local historian Tito Vallejo. This will be a great tool to promote Gibraltar within the audiences of the genre, as Rock views will be literally featured ‘inside out’.

Ian describes it as a “European – and a little Japanese – style horror movie”, clear from cliché American blockbusters’ blood and gore, and focusing on psychological thriller angle and old-school suspense build-up.

“I love one-word titles,” he says. “Even if the word aberration sounds irksome in English and people may not be familiar with it, I believe the sound itself concocts the very essence of the plot.”

An aberration is something that strays

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from normality, but not necessarily into paranormal activity, and in optics it refers to the failure of a lens or mirror to reproduce a point-to-point image – which leads to tricks of the light and trick of the mind, issues discussed in this work.

“It is meant to be pure entertainment and commercial,” Ian adds, without giving in to shoddy camera work—“It will be cinematically accomplished, thanks to the professional troupe we contracted, and the unusual shooting angles and lighting we will use. Nigel Palmer is composing the music for added artistic character. My eldest son

“Then luck struck big time in the shape of an American actors’ strike and he was cast for a leading role in Mystery on Monster Island, where he worked with Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp and Ana Obregón. “

Aidan, who is studying computer animation in Cardiff, will take care of editing and postproduction visual effects.”

The story unravels around a group of Spanish and Gibraltarian preteens on a school trip in the WWII tunnels, where they are confronted by eerie presences, with a witty final twist, “I don’t want to give too much away, but I can say the supernatural is just a trick of their minds and the solution will be far more realistic, with a lesson to learn about safeguarding our heritage.”

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“it was ‘light, camera, action!’ at first take.”

“The beauty of this project is we’re using natural and historical locations” in Gibraltar for the rest.”

Ian landed his first part on screen at the age of 17. He was cast as Pedro— the Argentinean boy who helped the Mossad apprehend Adolf Eichmann in 1960, in the TV movie The House in Garibaldi Street, based on the homonymous non-fiction book.

Then luck struck big time in the shape of an American actors’ strike and he was cast for a leading role in Mystery on Monster Island, where he worked with Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp and Ana Obregón.

In his five-year stint in L.A. he also worked as an executive producer for The Tunnel, and as an assistant to the former directors of TV series CHiPs and cult movie The Italian Job. After a meteoric career in movies with the big boys, as a lead actor, assistant director or producer, Ian Serra returned to Gibraltar and chucked the tinsel in a drawer to set up his construction company.

Before long however, the celluloid beckoned again, and he wrote the script for Aberration.

When he met Spanish director Miguel Becerra, who has family ties on the Rock and had put cinema on the backburner too, it was ‘light, camera, action!’ at first take. ■

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worried about diction. Actually, we are pleased to feature natural accents, whether Gibraltarian or the lilt of native Spanish speakers delivering their lines in English.

We ruled out casting professional actors, because we feel that our choice is more spontaneous and despite following a script, it allows room for improvisation,” Ian says.

“The beauty of this project is we’re using natural and historical locations. No need for building cardboard sets. For example, there’s an abandoned generating station deep inside the Rock, and that would make the perfect ‘abandoned spaceship’ background!” Ian notes with a spark in his eyes — Of course, because his cogwheels are always in motion towards the next project!

After some impressive namedropping of the Hollywood stars he worked with in the early Eighties — Jane Seymour and Peter Weller of Robocop fame just to mention a couple, he offered a sneaky preview on his next project. An ambitious full-feature film set in the Big Apple, “We’re talking haunted house, but again with a rational twist, centred on a sleazy estate agent and a nouveau riche couple. I hope I will able to shoot the exteriors in New York and then have a purpose-built set

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Frederick Chamier

Future author saved Gib Governor’s daughter words | Reg Reynolds

In September of 1809 Sir Colin Campbell and his family sailed for Gibraltar where he was due to take over as Lieutenant Governor, replacing acting Governor Alexander McKenzie Fraser.

During the voyage, aboard the 36-gun HMS Salse e, a rogue wave swept over the deck and would have carried away Sir Colin’s daughter Caroline if not for the swift and brave actions of 13-year-old Midshipman Frederick Chamier.

In his biography of Chamier, The Pen and the Quarterdeck (Leiden University Press, 1972), author P.J. Van Der Voort wrote: “Frederick risked his life to save her and was rewarded with an invitation to stay with the Governor while the ship was refi ing. After a few days the frigate weighed anchor to proceed on her voyage to Malta during which Frederick would witness the flogging of a coxswain; the sight made such a deep impression on him that he burst into tears”.

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From Malta the Salse e continued on to the Eastern Mediterranean where young Chamier took part in the capture of a French brig; watched Lord Byron swim the Hellespont; visited the ruins of Troy with the great poet; witnessed the beheading of a pirate chief; and along with Captain Bathurst and the English Ambassador, dined with Sultan Mahmound II.

“a veteran novelist, one, indeed, whose sea novels some quarter of a century ago were almost as universally popular as those of Captain Marryat.”

Cramier, despite his youthfulness, was allowed these privileges because his father was a friend of the captain and Byron had taken a shine to him.

In November 1810 Captain Bathurst was promoted to command of the 74-gun ba leship Fame and Frederick went with him. Van Der Voort wrote: “The Fame was ordered home in charge of a convoy, touching at Gibraltar, where Frederick again stayed with the Governor, whose daughter he had saved from a watery grave the year before. When he left her this time he was ‘desperately in love, and quite unable to outlive the separation’. As to faithfulness, however, he was a real sailor and soon to forget his first love. In this respect Chamier confessed to have ‘one of those quicksilver hearts on which no foundation can be laid’, his general view of sailors and love being that ‘in a sailor’s

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life love should never appear...I have no more confidence in a sailor’s constancy than in the pope’s infallibility’”.

In 1811 Chamier transferred to the frigate HMS Arethusa which was sent to Sierra Leone to suppress the slave trade. Next Chamier served aboard HMS Menalaus, fighting privateers along the Barbary Coast.

Off Algiers the Menelaus chased and boarded a French privateer; after a short struggle the pirates surrendered except one, who tried to kill Chamier with a cutlass. Once the desperate man had been restrained he was questioned in French, Italian, Spanish and Turkish but pretended not to understand any of them. Van Der Voort wrote: “The reason for his silence soon became clear when he was recognized by a sailor as an Englishman who had deserted the navy after having murdered a midshipman. In the subsequent court martial, with Sir Peter Parker

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(Captain of the Menelaus) as president and Midshipman Chamier as principal witness he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged from the fore-yard of one of the ships at Gibraltar * (See note).

Chamier’s naval career lasted another fifteen years and the amazing variety of his experiences gave him plenty of material for his subsequent career as a writer. He briefly commanded the 10-gun brig Britomart before retiring in 1827. That year he wrote his autobiography, The Life of a Sailor.

Chamier went on to write numerous sea novels including The Arethusa, Jack Adams, or Mutiny of the Bounty, The Spitfire, Jack Malcolm’s Log, Ben Brace, the last of Nelson’s Agamemnons and Tom Bowling. He also wrote travel and naval history books.

In 1870 The Times described Chamier as “a veteran novelist, one, indeed, whose sea novels some quarter of a century ago were almost

as universally popular as those of Captain Marryat.”

Chamier, was born in London on 2nd of November, 1796 to Anglo-Indian official, John Ezechial Camier and Georgiana, daughter of Vice-admiral Sir William Burnaby. In April 1832 he married Elizabeth Soane. They had one daughter Eliza Maria Chamier. Frederick Chamier died at St. Leonard’s On Sea on the 29th of October, 1870. His gravestone reads: “His earlier years were spent in the naval service but devoting much of his later life to literature he wrote many works which obtained a wide circulation and to the close of his career he was highly valued by all friends for those talents and many genial qualities which marked his character.” *Note: Chamier used this deserter as a character in his book Ben Brace. ■

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Europa Trust Company Limited, chooses BabySTEPPs as its local charity for 2015.

Local firm Europa Trust Company Limited has chosen BabySTEPPs as its charity of the year for 2015. The company chose the charity because of its support in the community for those going through early parenthood and pregnancy.

BabySTEPPs is a Gibraltar charity with an objective of raising awareness and support for all aspects of pregnancy and parenting. They have a particular focus of supporting parents in the area of pregnancy and baby loss by providing practical help and information on parenthood and aspects of pregnancy. The charity depends entirely on donations from the community and volunteers to provide help to parents.

Europa Trust Company Limited has been based in Gibraltar for 30 years. The support of the charity forms part of the company’s commitment to social responsibility by making a contribution to the local charity. In explaining why it was important to support the charity Bre� Dale

Bridge, Business Development Manager, said: “Pre-natal death is an occurrence that takes place all too frequently in all communities, including Gibraltar. Its effects are felt not only by parents but by other members of the family and sometimes even work colleagues.

It is wonderful knowing that our company’s contribution will help to support families as they begin a very important stage in their lives as well as supporting families affected by pregnancy complications and the loss of a baby.”

Europa Trust Company Limited is no stranger to charitable giving. During 2013 the company supported the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, an international non-profit organisation which is commi�ed to creating a be�er future for children.

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New Outlook for Passano Optician Passanos Opticians have relocated to a lovely old building in Pitmans Alley which is currently being refurbished to include a cafeteria within a characterful courtyard.

Now on one floor, the new clinic is bright and modern. They continue in their quest to welcome old and new customers and deliver great service. We wish them the best of luck in their new premises.

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The Hearing Centre team

What Children Hear...

We have five senses that allow us to explore the world that surround us.

Children come into the world with a completely open mind ready to receive information with the help of these five senses. The more information the brain receives, the better the child can understand and participate in the world around them. The senses are the tools of human beings to learn and communicate with others.

Our sense of hearing is essential for the development of speech and language, therefore it is important to diagnose hearing loss as early as possible.

Often, children with hearing loss learn to compensate for their lack of hearing, being more sensitive to other informative signals around them, such as changes in light when opening or closing a door, ground vibrations and air movements. Therefore, their responses may appear normal and it will be difficult to detect hearing loss.

The best way to detect hearing loss as quickly as possible is to place babies in neonatal screening programmes. In locations where screening newborns is not subject to routine, it is usually the parents who begin to suspect their child has hearing loss.

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suspect your child has hearing problems. Consult an audiologist so the child can have a hearing test because studies show the earlier the child is fitted with hearing aids, the better their development in speech and language ability.

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‘Tank Man’ Photographer Stuart Franklin

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It promises to be a year of creativity for the Gibraltar Photographic Society whose 50th Anniversary celebrations kick off with a visit from acclaimed photographer Stuart Franklin.

Stuart Franklin is an award winning photographer. He studied photography and film at the West Surrey College of Art and Design where he went on to have his work in publications such as National Geographic, and Time Magazine to name only a few. His documentary photography has captured humanitarian crisis, environmental change and thought provoking political unrest.

Arguably one of the most memorable of Stuart Franklins photos are from the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square and the Iconic ‘Tank Man’ which appeared in Time and Life Magazine. Stuart didn’t realise at the time that this image would go on to signify a historic moment in China’s history and comments “ that other scenes that I witnessed at the time were very disturbing” referring to the change of peaceful demonstration to a violent crackdown on the protests.

Stuart is coming to Gibraltar in April and will be giving a talk at the John Mackintosh Hall, he will also be visiting Bayside and Westside school and talking to students there.

What advice would he give to anyone starting out in photojournalism? “Try to understand the social and political background of the subject that interests you, then find an approach into the subject that works for you.”

Whilst he says that there is no difference in photojournalism or feature photography he explains “I work in wide range of ways, but magazines, as such, are less relevant. I consider myself a photographer, a documentary photographer and photojournalist. One intersects with the others” During 2010-13 Stuart completed a long – term landscape project ‘Narcissus’ and is currently working on a book about documentary photography. We are looking forward to Stuarts visit to the Rock and we hope it can be a moment to capture for him as well.

Stuart Franklin will be speaking at the John Mackintosh Hall on Thursday 16th April at 7.30pm. ■

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art file Alfred Morro:

Wins Martin Luther King Jr Lecture Series Design Competition in the USA 26 year old Alfred Morro, a Gibraltarian student undergoing his Masters’ Degree in Graphic Design in Kansas University, Missouri, United States, has been announced as the winner of The 7th Annual Martin Luther King Lecture Series Poster Design Competition.

The Annual Lecture series comprises of high profile speakers conversing about Politics and Civil Rights. One of the world’s most well -known African American poets Nikki Giovanni was invited to present the lecture series. Alfred who graduated in Chester University 3 years ago was honoured by the MLK committee and during the lecture he was announced as the winner of the Best Graphic Design Work, having created a poster and advertising material for this event. During the lecture Alfred had the opportunity to thank the MLK committee and mention a few words about his homeland Gibraltar.

Alfred is also working for the University as Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Studio Art Graphic Design Department and is currently working on his thesis to promote inner city transportation in Kansas City.

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Picasso and his Woman Val Woodgate will be in Gibraltar to give a lecture examining the way Picasso’s emotional life influenced what he painted and how he painted it.

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Val Woodgate will be in Gibraltar to give a lecture examining the way Picasso’s emotional life influenced what he painted and how he painted it. This lecture will explain how his response to each new love in his life can be seen in the different styles in which his many woman were represented. Indeed, Picasso told his biographer, John Richardson, that his work was like a diary “ To understand it, you have to see how it mirrors my life”.

Val is a lecturer and guide in Tate Britain and Tate Modern and has already lectured in Gibraltar on Salvador Dali, and now she is back to do the same with her lecture about Picasso.

The lecture will be at The O’Callaghan Eliott Hotel on April 15th 2015 commencing with a welcome at 6.30 pm, followed by the lecture at 7.30pm. The cost will be £10.00 and tickets will be available at the door.

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They Drink Gibraltar in

words | Reg Reynolds

Jaret Pena, aka Jaret Boulevardier, has never been to Gibraltar but he was fascinated by the name and so invented a drink called Gibraltar which he serves in his cocktail bar in San Antonio, Texas.

Gibraltar Cocktail Recipe The Brooklynite, named for Brooklyn Avenue where it is located, was named “the epicentre of San Antonio’s cocktail culture,” by the Guardian and “The best place for a cocktail” by Critic’s Choice.

The key to the unique flavour of the Gibraltar cocktail is the ‘mezcal rinse’ that gives it a smoky flavour. The book Cocktails for the Holidays explains “It’s no secret that Texans have an affinity for tequila, but when the holidays roll around, locals often reach for tequila’s smoky cousin mezcal. It is similar to tequila, which is not surprising, since both are made from the agave plant.

In mezcal production, the pina (or agave heart) is baked underground in wood fired

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pits, imparting a distinct smokiness to the finished spirit. For San Antonio bar owner Jaret Pena, a quick mezcal rinse is all it takes to wrap his rich seasonal sipper in a sultry blanket of warmth. ‘Smoke, apple and pear are an amazing combo,’ says Pena, ‘especially in winter’”.

I contacted Jaret by e-mail to find out why he chose Gibraltar for the name of his drink.

“I am a huge fan of history and the etymology of names”, he replied. “I spent some time researching the origins of Gibraltar and found out it is of Islamic origin. All in all I find the name strong and befi�ing a cocktail with complexity and depth. “ he added “It has been a dream of mine to visit the area.”

R i n s e a c h i l l e d g l a s s ( c o u p e - s t yl e recommended) with the mezcal, combine the Calvados (apple brandy), pear liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker.

Add ice and shake well – strain into glass.

Tip: To rinse, add the mezcal and swirl it around, making sure it reaches all the way up to the rim of the glass.

Ingredients: ¼ oz mezcal ½ oz fresh lemon juice 1 ½ oz Calvados ¼ oz simple syrup ¼ oz pear liqueur ice cubes.

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Angelwings

words | Elena Scialtiel photos | Anthony Williams

A Metal Band in Wonderland

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When violins meet a crystalline voice, a stirring melody is born and the audience is carried up and away on angel wings.

Wonderland is the first original song composed by local quintet Angelwings, and the one they claim to ‘sum up what an Angelwings concert is while creating the mood for what is to follow.’

“It is intended to be a song for bringing band and audience together in a euphoric energy exchange,” they explain. “Our second song is called Forbidden Love and it is about heartbreak. It combines clean guitar sounds with heavier distorted chord progressions.”

Angelwings were born mostly as a tribute band to Finnish symphonic metal sensation Nightwish in their debut concert at the Rock on the Rock last November, but they soon developed their own style and steered the genre towards a limpid distinctive sound.

And now, after months of waiting in the wings, they are ready to rock their audience with a song fit for the soundtrack of a Goth fantasy musical.

The name was guitarist Paul Cano’s idea: “It definitely had to be a one-word name. It was either Angelwings or Dreamfinder. We chose the first one as it fitted better with the style of music we wanted to do. It has that Gothic vibe that makes you flow the way.”

The right choice indeed, considering the angelical voice of singer Davinia Cano, who surely knows how to tackle the high notes and the evocative lyrics, in perfect harmony

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with the complex orchestration.

The band’s history goes back to Paul’s and bassist Darren Fa’s school days and their heydays in a metal band named Hell’s Exit.

“Recently they got together for a drink (or two... maybe even three) one rainy night at the Casino Calpe and they both agreed that it would be great if they could someday play again some of that ’80s’ metal as they used to, and add some Nightwish covers. That was that. As fate would have it, the following evening Paul gets a call from a close friend from school years, telling Paul he’s come across a girl called Divi [Davinia Cano] who is into symphonic metal music. He gets them to talk on the phone. From there all other band members fell into place naturally.”

Glenn Cano and Mark Brooks were recruited for keyboards and drums respectively.

Divi and Paul write the lyrics while the music composition and arrangement is pretty much a band effort, because ‘they are in sync and immediately nail it’. Paul also designed the band’s intriguing logo.

Most of their songs are open to interpretation in order for listeners to relate to them in their own way. Some are specific though, because “we like to be a little cryptic much of the time...”

Their main influences are Nightwish, Stratovarious, Sonata Arctica, Yes, Marillion, Yanni, Symphony X, Dream Theatre, but they have an

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innate ability for mixing and matching their sounds into an original brew that nicely suits the sunny skies and starry nights of Mediterranean summers.

Thanks to their successful debut, they started considering themselves as a fully-fledged band with the potential to spread their wings in the unchartered territories of own material, keeping faithful to the ‘magical mix of powerful distorted guitars, double bass drumming and orchestral elements, such as choirs, strings and brass.’

“When this is put together in the right way, it’s really something else,” the band says.

At the moment Angelwings cannot feature actual strings and choirs in their gigs, so they adapt to the next best thing, which is backing tracks, because their music would not be the same without them.

The orchestral accompaniment is composed and arranged by Glenn thanks to keyboards synthesizers and computer virtual instruments. “It takes weeks just to arrange a single song,” he says.

But they hope to play with a live orchestra one day, since that would be the full realisation of what they want to portray on stage.

With some original songs to pen, the band meets regularly: “We find the need to meet more often as we are doing our own material. This requires a lot of discussion and decision-making which is better done collectively. We try to meet three times a week, unless we have a gig coming up and we make the effort to rehearse as much as possible a couple of weeks ahead.”

They are not too worried about ‘image’ at the moment, and they confess to playing it safe with their black-clad look, although Divi is known for rocking an awesome Victorian

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Following their much anticipated concert at the Rock on the Rock on Friday 10th April, Angelwings are already planning to record their own titles for a studio album corset gown and spiked leather bracelets in front of the microphones. When looks eventually get into play, she will be appointed the band’s stylist: “We don’t really think too much about it at the moment, we have been concentrating on composing and arranging, acquiring equipment, sound-proofing the rehearsal room, writing lyrics, recording etc. These priorities have taken our time but at some point we will focus on image, and it will be up to Divi to work on that — who else?”

Following their much anticipated concert at the Rock on the Rock on Friday 10th April, Angelwings are already planning to record their own titles for a studio album.

Upon completion of their first three songs, they will also participate in the Battle of the Bands, while keeping busy all summer long with live gigs in Spain.

Visit www. angelwings-band.com or like Angelwings on Facebook to hear their song Wonderland. n

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festival

The GIB Fringe Festival starts on the 22nd May for a weekend of pure comedy.

International comedians Andrew Doyle and Scott Capurro will start the show, both have had complete Edinburgh Fringe sell outs. Not to be missed - it’s a great opportunity to enjoy the finest comedy at the Alameda Gardens.

Saturday feature Gibraltar’s talented Paddy Taylor, originally from Ireland, a great voice and good tunes, followed by two young Australians, the Bloody Lovelies, playing a great

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mix for everyone to enjoy, dance and have a drink.

Sunday features UnaMika with their new show “Dream” - a family show about how important it is to follow your dreams, full of music and dance, with face painting afterwards.

We can tell that this year’s Fringe Festival will be the best one yet. For tickets please buy online at WWW.GIBFRINGE.COM or buy at the door. n GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • APRIL 2015

Unveiling of plaque to Richard Wells CBE photo | RJ Lord On Sunday 8th March, in Trafalgar Cemetery, a plaque in the memory of a Friend of Gibraltar, Richard Wells CBE, was blessed by Reverend Charles Howard with Richard’s widow Ditte and son George in attendance.

Richard Wells was a lifetime supporter of Gibraltar and, during his appointment in the Department of Trade and Industry, was able to secure European funds exceeding £20M for the benefit of the people of Gibraltar. Grants included the beautification of Main Street.

In 1999 he joined the Board of the Friends of Gibraltar and became the Secretary and then additionally Chairman of the Executive Committee. He raised the profile by arranging prestigious events as well as ensuring that the Society was efficiently run. He fully contributed to the Society’s current flourishing state.

Richard’s energy and enthusiasm made a major difference to the Friends and to Gibraltar, and the plaque is a fitting tribute to him.

The plaque is sited on the southern appreciation stand in the Cemetery.

Those also attending included the Hon Steven Linares representing the Government of Gi- CBE, Commodore Richard and Denise Lord, Ditte Wells thanked everyone for being there braltar, Richard Labrador MBE the Gibraltar Sheila Howard, Maxinne Torrents dels Prats and was most appreciative of the thoughts expressed, the blessing and the plaque.n Heritage Trust and Commodore Jamie Miller and Ernest Reading.

Pepe Fabre’s 99th Birthday Pepe has belonged to the Catholic Community Centre Sequence Dance Club since the 1970s.

He has always enjoyed dancing and even now, being a resident at Mount Alvernia, still manages to join the Dance Club in some of their functions.

To honour him on his 99th Birthday he was invited by Sequence Dance Club to a Tea Dance at the Central Hall where 100 members were waiting for him to wish him a Happy Birthday.

An emotional Pepe gave a wonderful speech reminiscing on the many members with whom he had shared wonderful times over the years.

Pepe danced the evening away and a wonderful time was had by all.

Pepe entering the premises with Leader of the Dance Club Ana Maria Morro

Pepe dancing a slow Waltz with Ana Maria Morro

Pepe delivering his speech to 100 members.

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Closing date: 15th April 2015 Last month’s winner: Joe Bella,Vineyards February’s winner: Annette Bella ,Vineyards

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Azamara Journey

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Ventura

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Black Watch

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Nieuw Amsterdam

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Celebrity Constellation

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photos | DM Parody

Gibraltar played a passionate game against Malta on the 7th March at the Victoria Stadium.

Unfortunately the Malta team out played the boys in red this time. The crowd support was amazing and we are sure the team will only learn from this game. n

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Gibraltar campaign recognised in Channel Islands marketing awards

EY Gibraltar has been shortlisted by the Channel Islands branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) for their annual awards In the category of Best International Campaign the Awards, have recognised EY for their PR campaign created with the support of international creative agency Betley Whitehorne Image (BWI). BWI delivered a campaign focused on establishing a presence for EY Gibraltar, promoting their core services and Corporate Social Responsibility programme through PR, sponsorship and events.

Kiran Aujla, Account Director of BWI, said: ‘We’re absolutely delighted that our client EY Gibraltar has been shortlisted for

the International Marketing Award. Working closely with the EY team we delivered a highly effective PR campaign to raise their profile having opened an office in 2013. ’ BWI and the EY Team generated media interest in Gibraltar, showcasing initiatives such as EY’s involvement in Clean up the World Day, a primary school reading initiative developed as part of their sponsorship of the Gibraltar International Literary Festival and client focused technical events that showcased the breadth of EY expertise.

Managing Partner of EY, Jose Julio Pisharello

said: ‘The opening of our offices in Gibraltar has been an exciting time for us and we are delighted to be shortlisted for this CIM award. We are very proud of the events we ran through 2014 from governance in football to providing school children with their first reading experience during the Gibraltar International Literary Festival. BWI has helped us open a new chapter for EY in Gibraltar. The resulting profile has been excellent and could not have come at a better time for us as we look to expand our Gibraltar presence further.’ n

Physical Activities Association for Mature Older Adults PAAMOA is a registered charity in Gibraltar.

They provide 15 weekly exercise classes to over 350 senior citizens of Gibraltar.

They work with professionally qualified instructors, to develop safe and tailored exercise classes for the members. They ensure that the medical needs of the members are paramount. They work closely with GHA, GSLA, Care Agency and other charities, such as The Kusuma Trust.

Organising an on-going professional training programme to update and upgrade their instructors qualifications.

To maintain these services and benefits to the community, they are currently wholly dependent on financial donations please feel free to donate or get involved. n

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Friedrich Hayek:

Famed economist reported on Gibraltar

words | Reg Reynolds

Friedrich Hayek was one of the most respected and famous economists of the 20th Century and 70 years ago he submitted to the British Colonial Office “Reports on the changes of the cost of living in Gibraltar 19391944 and on wages and salaries”.

Born in Vienna, Austria on May 4th, 1899, Hayek’s father was a medical doctor and his mother was the daughter of a wealthy landowner. His father had often commented that the highest ambition in life was to be a university professor and this inspired young ‘Fritz’, as family and friends called him, to pursue that as a career. He was 15 when World War I broke.

At age 18 he enlisted in the artillery and fought on the Italian front for a year. Much of his combat experience was spent as a spotter from balloons. He suffered damage to his hearing in his left ear and was decorated for bravery.

After the War ended Hayek attended the University of Vienna where he earned doctorates in law and political science and studied philosophy, psychology, and economics. He then went to America to study economics at New York University. In the late 1920s Hayek founded and served as director of the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research, before joining the faculty of the London School of Economics in 1931. Upon his arrival in London, Hayek was quickly recognised as one of the leading economic theorists in the world.

When Germany annexed Austria through the Anschluss of March, 1938 Hayek became a British subject. During the Second World War he continued to teach at the LSE (now housed at Cambridge) but probably because of his Austrian background was not brought in to help in the war effort.

Hayek is quoted in the book Hayek on Hayek (Stephen Kresge, Leif Wenar Routledge, 2005): “I had not been used [in Britain] during the wartime. I was still the exalien, enemy alien; I had a very privileged position, you see. I was not used for any war purposes, but I was not molested. It couldn’t have been a more ideal position in England. But after the war I did one thing, a very curious thing – I did a social survey of Gibraltar.

“There was trouble – 1944, in the last year of the war – there was trouble with dock workers.

As is of course the tradition, the dock workers brought from England were paid more than the Gibraltar dock workers, and there was trouble about this. There didn’t even exist and index on the cost of living, so the Colonial Office ap-

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pealed to me, could I get them a good student that could go to Gibraltar to do a cost-of-living index. I said, ‘There are no good students now; I have no students. But if you want me to go to Gibraltar, I can do it during my vacation and enjoy it.’ If you go we will ask you to do more.

Can you do a social survey of Gibraltar? ‘So I went for six weeks to Gibraltar, which was extraordinary – again, don’t tempt me to tell you anecdotes about this; it would be endless.

Anyhow, I did my stint of government service, but it was the last one. Next time the Colonial Office asked me to go to Cyprus for them, I had to say no, I’ve committed myself to go to America.”

In the end Hayek expanded the project and addressed what he described as ‘Some economic problems of Gibraltar’.

The 1958 book * (See note) Community and identity: The making of modern Gibraltar since 1704 (Oxford University Press) by Stephen Constantine gives a synopsis of Hayek’s report: “Gibraltar is little more than a commercial centre of an urban agglomeration of nearly 100,000 habitants, whose working-class suburbs are still in Spain. The subtle interweaving of Gibraltar and its hinterland in the adjoining campo, though weakened by civil and then world war, had yet to be decisively ruptured.

“Hayek’s most telling recommendation was to end all restrictions on rents and so force Gibraltar’s poor over the frontier, from which they might then migrate inwards to work alongside Spanish co-workers. The advantage he saw in this was to align prices throughout the Gibraltar-campo world. Hayek rejected the old Admiralty fear that if the Rock itself did not possess a diversity of labour, the dockyard might one day face a grave shortage. Hayek argued that La Linea across the frontier is so completely dependent on the livelihood of its people on Gibraltar that the possibility of Spain for any length of time closing the frontier and not allowing labour into Gibraltar need not seriously be taken into account.

“He noted that Gibraltar’s poorer classes had never been British anyway (indeed, even in 1950 one-third of the population did not speak English). By ensuring that the Rock was overwhelmingly middle class, its Britishness,

“I went for six weeks to Gibraltar, which was extraordinary again, don’t tempt me to tell you anecdotes about this; it would be endless. Anyhow, I did my stint of government service, but it was the last one”.

Hayek contended, would be guaranteed.”

At around the same time Hayek submitted his Gibraltar report his classic The Road to Serfdom was released and became a best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic. The book set out the danger posed to freedom by attempts to apply the principles of wartime economic and social planning to the problems of peacetime.

Hayek argued that the rise of Nazism was not due to any character failure on the part of the German people, but was a consequence of the socialist ideas that had gained common currency in Germany in the decades preceding the outbreak of war. Such ideas, Hayek argued, were now becoming similarly accepted in Britain and the USA. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • APRIL 2015

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until 1968. He became a professor at the University of Salzburg from 1969 to 1977; he then returned to Freiburg, where he spent the rest of his days. In 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, along with Swedish socialist economist Gunnar Myrdal.

Friedrich August von Hayek died on March 23rd 1992, aged 92. *Note: More recent books including observations on Hayek’s Gibraltar report are The Blue Water Empire by Robert Holland (Penguin 2012) and Gibraltar, Identity and Empire by E.G. Archer (Routledge 2013).

“He noted that Gibraltar’s poorer classes had never been British anyway (indeed, even in 1950 onethird of the population did not speak English).

photo: Alan Jones

As mentioned above, after Gibraltar, Hayek was asked to do a similar inspection of Cyprus but he declined as he had already decided to go to America. A free-market and small-government capitalist, he explained his reasoning: “I’ve a theory that all economists who serve in government are corrupted as a result of serving in government. And I admit even that I owe my own independence [to the fact] that I cleared out of every country as soon as they started using me for government service.”

Hayek was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1950 to 1962 and at the University of Freiberg, West Germany from 1962

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IMAGES OF THE MONTH Now the weather has cheered and we are heading into spring it’s time to appreciate the best of what Gibraltar has to offer. How better to capture this mood than through the lenses of our talented local photographers.

Above: Eva Palomeque shows how beautiful the Strait is at dusk with her colourful photo of the harbour.

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Opposite, top left: Klaudia Peczynska captures a thoughtful Barbary Macaque local.

Opposite, top right: David Parody is full power ahead in this issue’s image of the month with his captivating photo of a ship in the Strait.

Opposite, bottom: Brain Gomilla spots a troop of the Barbary Macaque who are keeping watch on the town below.

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Get involved Do you have a great image of the Rock or one taken on the Rock? Something you would like to share with our readers?

Send it in to info@thegibraltarmagazine.com and if we like it too we will publish it in the next issue. We especially like nature, unusual angles and street scenes, so keep them coming!

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Worst April Fools...

What’s yours?

words | Jordan Brett April Fools day, also known as ‘All Fools Day’, occurs every year on the first of that month. It is still unknown as to how this event came to be a day of silly jokes and pranks however it still remains as popular today as it was centuries ago. Even though people have learned to be wise to it, sometimes, unfortunately, we are only wise after the event. We asked some Jokers what was the worst April Fool that they have done or had done to them.

Here’s what they said:

t Jenny Brown Designer I once wrapped up my bosses desk in tin foil along with everything on it, in it and around it, including his computer, telephone and stapler making it tricky for him to get anything done all day.

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t Michael Kendry Suit

p Pete Graphic Designer

When I was 7 years old, one of my friends stuck chewing gum in my ear.

Not an April fool, more of a prank really, after a few drinks on a night out a friend decided to try and open the side luggage entrance on a tourist coach, to his delight the door opened and the light came on so he proceeded to jump inside, we slammed the door shut on him and went for another pint, he was pretty miffed when we returned 30 mins later!

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Yessica Escoriza u Coordinator I told my little brother that Quail Eggs were Cadbury Crème Eggs - and he bit straight in !

Joe p Video Producer I played an Aprils fool on my mum one year. I brought some fake blood and put it in my mouth. I pretended I had bitten my tongue, she believed me and in a panic called an ambulance - I got in a lot of trouble for that one !

t Gerry Pool Former Sailor I was in the Navy, after a night out drinking with the lads, they left me on the wrong ship. I woke up surrounded by strangers!

p Angela Project Manager My cousin told me to drink a glass of ‘coca cola’ it was in fact Whiskey - I was 6 and it burned my mouth, Ouch!

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recipe

The Traditional Easter Treat Easter is almost here and for many locals this means time to cook traditional Easter bread Hornazo.

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Just as no Easter is complete in the UK without a hot cross bun, in Gibraltar no Easter is complete without lashings of butter on a freshly baked Hornazo with a nice cup of British tea!

Hornazo is a dry cake with aniseed inherited through Gibraltar’s Genoese influences.

The smell automatically conjures the image of Grandmother in the kitchen during the Easter period.

Hornazo 225g butter 225 g Sugar 680 g Self Raising Flour 4 eggs 2 tablespoons of Aniseed or / and a dash of Anisette (an anise flavoured liqueur)

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Preheat oven to 140 °C Cream the butter and the sugar thoroughly then shift the flour into the mixture and rub together. Add the 2 tablespoons of aniseed into the mixture and if you choose a dash of Anisette. Add the eggs and mix together.

Sprinkle flour onto your work surface and knead the mixture well, do not add too much flour otherwise your mixture will become too dry.

Once the mixture is thoroughly kneaded divide it into three or four parts, mould into the shape of a bun or ‘bollo’ score the buns with a knife diagonally and brush the top with milk or egg.

Place the buns on to a greased or lined non –stick baking tray.

Bake in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes.

They are ready when they have risen and are a light golden brown on top.

Enjoy straight from the oven with oodles of butter. Happy Easter!

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Star Bar - The Newest Oldest Bar

The Star Bar, Gibraltar’s oldest bar, on Parliament Lane has just reopened after a complete refurbishment in February. At the same time the Hunter Twins have introduced a new menu from their Michelin trained Group Executive Chef featuring exciting dishes such as a Portuguese Pork Burger, Warm Goat’s Cheese Salad and a selection of wraps including Moroccan Spiced Lamb.

The wine list has also had a makeover and now offers a choice of 25 wines from around the world.

Andy Hunter told us “We wanted to bring part of the successful formula we have with Jury’s at the top of Main Street down to Parliament Lane, a business our family have oper-

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ated for 25 years. Whilst the bar looks totally different it was very important to us that we keep the same high level of service (including Paco who has been with us all that time!), and to keep the award winning breakfasts. We still open at 8am.”

John & Andy would like to thank the interior designer Juan Carlos Oubiña, main contractor Christian Filippidis Semino, Lewis Stagnetto Ltd, especially Maurice Stagnetto, On Guard Ltd, J Cool Ltd, OSG Ltd, Hammonds Ltd, Rock Cool Ltd as well as Rebecca Poree and Dominique Penalver.

The Star Bar is situated just off Main Street in Parliament Lane. Telephone 200 75924. The full menu is available at www.starbargibraltar.com

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The Three Owls Open Pool Tournament

Over the weekend of 28th February to the 1st March, The Three Owls held an open pool tournament. The prize money was awarded to the top four players, with the following amounts being awarded: 1st — £400; 2nd — £200; 3rd — £100; 4th — £50 and a further £25 each for those who came 5th-8th place, attracting many players, some even coming from up the coast to take part.

The Three Owls now has three match tables, with tournament cloths, so could facilitate the 46 players without a problem.

The players were split into two groups, half playing on Saturday from 3.30pm up to the semi-final and the second half on Sunday from 3.30pm, the final being played on Sunday night at 10.00pm.

The preliminaries didn’t hold any surprises

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but the first round saw some of the top players falling by the wayside. Kevin Dalli lost in a close match to Calvin Juriansz and Kharim Robles Lopez was knocked out 3-0 by Andrew Olivero. Andrew was the winner of our last tournament and is always a strong contender, but Andrew then got knocked out in the second round by Ivo Boyanov.

Des Harvey from the Alien Bar in Benalmadena beat Dave Goodwin from Charlie’s 3-1, Des being knocked out in the quarter finals 4-2

by Julian McGrail. Michael Fox, a newcomer to the Gibraltar pool scene played well and knocked out Justin Collado, Daniel Lavagna and Calvin to reach the semi-final. He then had a long tough match against Guy Olivero, Guy taking it 5-4.

Ivo and Julian were the other semi-finalists

with Ivo winning 5-3. Ivo then played Guy Olivero in the final. Guy was struggling at first and was 5-2 down but pulled it back to 5-5, but Ivo came back and took the last frame to win 6-5.

The winner of this year’s competition was Ivo Boyanov, with runner up going to Guy Olivero. Julian McGrail beat Michael Fox in the playoff to come 3rd. Losing quarter-finalists were Dave Jarvis, Calvin Juriansz, Alistair Knight and Des Harvey.

The three Owls hope to hold another big one in 2-3 months, if you can’t wait that long they also hold one every Sunday for £10 entry. The more entries, the more prize money.

Val Jarvis manager of the Three Owls enthusiastically wanted to say “Thank you to all the players who took part and looking forward to seeing you all again next time.” n

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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 red onions; and Romana

Cafe Rojo Sleek modern comfort in this relaxing little restaurant. Brunch (10am-12pm) includes ciabatta, granary, foccacia sandwiches with fillings such as pear and blue cheese, smoked bacon and brie, cheese and honey roast ham, delicious desserts. Lunch 12-3pm, dinner 7-10pm; dishes such as Marinated Tuna Steak & Sesame Crust; Roasted Lamb Shoulder; pastas or risottos such as Roast Pumpkin, Mushroom, & Spinach Curry, Langoustine, Lime & Coconut; Pear, Walnut & Blue Cheese; and Creamy Mixed Seafood; and salads such as Warm Goats’ Cheese, Fresh Spinach & Chargrilled Aubergine; and Roast Duck, Chorizo & Pancetta Salad.

Open: Tues - Fri 10am- late, Saturday lunch 12-3pm, afternoon drinks & desserts, dinner 7-10pm. Closed Sundays & Mondays.

Cafe Rojo 54 Irish Town. Tel: 200 51738

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@gmail.com.

Visit: www.gibtour.com/casapepe.

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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

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

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

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

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CALL 200 77748 for details Get Stuffed Very popular takeaway, 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

Just Desserts B r i g h t a n d a i r y, recently redecorated cafe on the first floor of the ICC. All homemade food including daily specials, vegetarian options, desserts and small cakes. Eat in or takeaway. Try their daily roast with everything on, or their all-day breakfast. Pensioner’s lunch - 2 course meal for £5.25. Friendly, cheerful and fully licensed.

Open: from 7.30am Monday to Friday Just Desserts 1st Floor ICC. Tel: 200 48014

Mumbai Curry House Indian cuisine, eat-in/take-away, from snacks (samosas, bhajias, pakoras) to lamb, chicken and fish dishes such as korma, tikka masala, do piaza. Large vegetarian selection. Halal food. Outside catering for parties/meetings. Sunday Mumbai favourites such as Dosa & Choley Bhature.

Open: 7 days a week 11am - 3pm, 6pm -late.

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The Lounge

Stylish lounge and gastro bar on the quayside at Queensway Quay with very reasonable prices and food from 10am until late. Popular quiz on Sundays (from 7.30pm) and a relaxed friendly atmosphere... always plenty of people / yachties to chat to. Events (matches etc) covered on large TV. Great place to chill out.

Open: 10am Mon - Sat until late and from 12pm on Sun (get there early for a seat for the quiz).

The Lounge Queensway Quay Marina Tel: 200 61118

Oasis Eatery

Located in Governor’s Parade, just across from the Elliot Hotel, and offers hot/cold drinks plus a delicious homemade selection of baked items such as cakes and quiches, also sandwiches and wraps, bagels and cupcakes. Vegan/vegetarian items. Oasis is on Facebook and Twitter and you can pre-order online which is handy for a quick lunch.

Special orders taken for a range of bakery goods.

Fully licensed for beers and wine. Terrace seating.

Open: 8am to 3pm Oasis Eatery Govenor’s Parade Tel: 200 65544 www.oasiseatery.com

Pick a Bite

Morning coffee and daily lunch specials, one of largest selections of traditional home made food, to eat in or takeaway. All the old favourites — spinach pie, croquettes, quiche, spanish omelette, shepherd’s pie and more. Delicious sandwiches, baguettes, ciabatta melts and wraps, with a variety of fillings.

Salads, snacks and soups. Cakes and muffins for those with a sweet tooth. Friendly, cheerful and very reasonal prices. Terrace seating.

Open: Monday to Friday 8am - 3pm.

Pick A Bite 10 Chatham Counterguard Tel: 200 64211

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. Eat in or takeaway. Open: 6:30am till late.

Piccadilly Gardens Rosia Road, Tel: 20075758

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informal food Raj’s Curry House Raj’s tasty Indian cuisine is now available to eat in or take away, from his new fully refurbished premises in Queensway Quay next to the Waterfront. Serving authentic dishes such as Creamy Butter Chicken, Bhuna King Prawn or Chana Masala, and so much more. There is something available to suit all tastes. Pop in or telephone for food orders or table reservations.

Open: food served 7 days 11am- 3pm, 6pm-late Raj’s Curry House Queensway Quay. Tel: 200 46993

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

The Tasty Bite Tasty Bite has one of the biggest take-away menus around with home cooked meats, filled baguettes, burgers, chicken and everything else you can think of! Try the quiches, tortillas and jackets spuds with all kinds of fillings.

This little place gets busy with those popping out from the offices for lunch so get there early.

Open: Monday - Saturday.

The Tasty Bite 59a Irish Town. Tel: 200 78220 Fax: 200 74321

Verdi Verdi All day coffee plus all homemade and delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes, fresh baked bread and desserts.

A selection of bagels (try the smoked salmon and cream cheese) and salads to eat in or take away. Try the light homemade pizzas, or the falafels and humous. Daily special soups are fabulous and filling. Ask for Idan's hot homemade chilli relish — sweet and scrummy.

Open: Mon/Thurs: 7.30-6, Fri 7.30-5, Sun 10-3.

Verdi Verdi ICC, Casemates Tel: 200 60733

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directory 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 bridge from 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

Cannon Bar Jane is still there and still packed out with tourists and regulars! Word has it that she nearly managed to escape, but wasn’t allowed to. The famous fish and chips, the odd French speciality, there’s always something happening in the Cannon! Located between Marks & Spencer and the Cathedral just off Main Street.

Cannon Bar 27 Cannon Lane. Tel: 200 77288

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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

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 Jury’s Café & Wine Bar

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

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bars & pubs 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 from 9am).

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 b a r, j u s t 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

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Traditional Pub Serving Traditional Pub Fare, Bass Beers, Wines & Spirits

Visit us and step back in history

Casemates Square Tel: 200 72987

Full menu served inside or on our terrace including British Fish & Chips, Jackets, Salads, Burritos, Homemade Pizzas, our special Fresh Local Mussels and much more.

Visit us and buy yourself a souvenir, T-shirts, beer glasses, lighters etc Live music every evening, join our Jam Sessions on Wednesday or Sunday.

GLMS Music Venue of the Year.

Official Home to Gibraltar Rugby Club Free WiFi

10 casemates www.lordnelson.gi tel: 200 50009

Grand Casemates Sq Tel: 20044449 take-away or reserve a table

Tel: 200 46993 7 days 11am - 3pm, 6pm - late

Queensway Quay (next to Waterfront) Queensway Quay Marina, Tel: 200 61118

184 Main Street Tel: 200 72133 open: from 8am (10am on Sun)

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TASTY INDIAN CUISINE

Get Stuffed!

Marina Bay Tel: 200 42006 Take-Away, Sandwiches & Hot Food Different Special Every Day salads, soups, pastas, pies, cupcakes, all home made Open 8am-4pm Mon-Fri, 8am-3pm Sat

Indian Cuisine to Eat In or Take Away

Unit 1.0.02 Grnd Flr, Block 1 Eurotowers Tel: 200 73711

Casa Pepe Open: Mon-Sat 11am-late 18 Queensway Quay Marina Tel/Fax: 200 46967

Award winning breakfasts from 7.30am Great meals & snacks all day Evening Steak House menu Med Golf Clubhouse Tottenham Hotspur HQ Parliament Lane Tel: 200 75924

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The New World of Wine I received a rather depressing round robin email from UK wine merchant Howard Ripley.

Having bought wines from them in the past they email any special offers as they arise. On this occasion the email confirmed what some of us have known for some time that fine wine is the new status symbol of the rich and particularly rich Chinese.

The email in question was offering 6 bottle cases of Chardonnay by Leflaive. The fact that the wines had been produced by a good producer from some of Burgundy’s best vineyards didn’t alter the fact that what was on offer were bottles of Chardonnay.

The cheapest on offer was a Puligny Montrachet at £1052.76 for six bottles including duty and VAT but excluding transport! If that didn’t make your eyes water then consider the 6 bottles of Chevalier Montrachet on offer at £1994.76. Anything but Chardonnay anyone?

On the subject of fine wine I have come to the conclusion that great wine and fine food are not always good bedfellows. Thinking back to my most memorable bottles they have been inevitably shared with friends at home and the food has been simple, perhaps some good ham or a homemade risotto but not so good that our focus has been diverted from the wine. On those occasions when I have dined at a restaurant well known for finely crafted food the wine can be an unnecessary distraction and the enjoyment is never the sum of the parts. In future I will not bother to open bibles of heavily marked up wines but I will look the wine waiter in the eye and order the house wine. If the restaurant knows its business the wine should be very drinkable and more than adequate to play a supporting role to the starring food.

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fan of New World Wines though I have nothing but admiration for their massive inroads into the UK wine market and the way they captured the consumer’s imagination making inexpensive fruity, flavoursome, soft wines.

Australia did particularly well selling wines clearly labelled with the grape variety. The rise of the supermarkets further encouraged simple labelling with English descriptions of the wines. The Old World was caught napping and New World Wines became the new kid on the block.

To add insult to injury a now infamous blind tasting took place in Paris in 1976 where top Californian wines were pitted against the best from France. The tasting had been organised by Stephen Spurrier who now writes for Decanter but at the time had a professional involvement with French wines. It has been suggested that Spurrier fully expected the Californian wines to be steamrolled by the French no doubt enhancing French wine sales back in the US once the results were announced! What ensued has become the stuff of legend amongst wine enthusiasts! When the results were analysed the top spot for the white section was won by a 1973 Chateau Montelana from California beating a Meursault Charmes. In total three of the four top white spots were taken by Californian whites. Before the reds were tasted Spurrier, nervously, let the nine French judges know that the top spot had been won by a Californian

wine! Panic ensued and the judges did everything possible to identify the Californian wines so they would be able to mark these down. In spite of this a 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon from California’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars took top place followed by France’s Mouton Rothschild 1970, fifth place was taken by another Californian red. The matter would have died there but journalist George Taber a Paris Correspondent for Times Magazine was also at the tasting. Taber published the results in an article headlined “The Judgement of Paris”.

The rest as they say is history and the article propelled California from a mainly jug wine producer to one which can lay claim to some of the most sought after wines in the well-heeled US market. (Many European wine geeks, myself included, consider Californian wines to be overly rich and lacking subtlety though recently the use of oak is being tempered and many top producers are trying to emulate Frances more austere and complex style.

This month I tasted a range of inexpensive New World reds.

Santa Digna 2012 Cagernet Sauvigon by Miguel Torres Chile. £6.99 . Anglos As expected this wine is ultra-fruity and very soft. Loads of sweet ripe fruit, blackberries, ripe plums. Good finish. Good for a BBQ or strong meats. At 14% it quite alcoholic but global warming is making these alcohol levels common.

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Koonunga Hill 2012 – Penfolds South Australia. £ 6.25 Anglos 13.5% South Australia is a large place so this blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz could and does come from anywhere in this massive region. Very dark crimson, sweet, fruity, not loads going on here.

Coonawarra Caberent Sauvignon 2013 £6.00 M&S Wine region of Coonawarra is famed for its Cabernet Sauvignon.

It has a Mediterranean climate and its famous Terra Rossa soils. Full bodied, fruity but with distinct fresh acidity. Nice finish.

Fair Exchange Cabernet Shiraz 2013 Western Cape South Africa £5.66 Morrisons 13.5% This Southern Hemisphere country has plenty of cool sites suitable for fine wine production.

Its pedigree was well appreciated by 19th Century European Aristocracy. (See February Edition of Gib Magazine).This Cab/Shiraz blend is very good irrespective that it’s the cheapest of the bunch.

Good balance between its acidity and fruit. Not simple at all. Good finish.

Wines to be tried at least once in your life: Vega Sicilia Unico Vega Sicilia in Ribera de Duero is considered by many to produce Spains top wine. Its Unico wine is released after years of maturing in a series of oak barrels both old and new. The wine is made from the Tempranillo grape but unusually has Cabernet Sauvignon and even Merlot in the blend. Many have compared Vega Sicilia to the first growths of France but wildly different climatic conditions make this comparison unhelpful. Vega Sicilia can never have the austerity of its French counterparts and is raisiny on the palate with pronounced vanilla tastes from the extensive wood contact. Still it’s a great wine. Lewis Stagnetto stock the Unico which is wallet bruising at around £100 or more. A cheaper alternative is Vega Sicilia Valbuena.

Ps the Alvarez family, owners of Vega Sicilia, appear to be quite dysfunctional. The New York Times describes the family as the Falcon Crest of Spain as father and sons fight for control of their multinational business.

“recently the use of oak is being tempered and many top producers are trying to emulate Frances more austere and complex style”

Tues-Fri 10am - late Sat lunch 12pm-3pm Afternoon drinks & desserts Dinner 7pm-10pm Closed Sun & Mon

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Photos: St Paddy’s fun in O’Reileys

April is already here, the weather is starting to warm up so why not try and get out and about when you have your Easter break this year and go on one of the many scenic routes in Gibraltar. The Med Steps are glorious to go up in April and with the temptation of Easter eggs it’s definitely a healthier way to celebrate the holidays. The STM fun run is taking place on the 19th April so if you are not signed up already what are you waiting for? April is certainly an active month but don’t forget to enjoy the lovely spring weather by sitting in Casemates or Ocean Village and taking some much needed chill out time.

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Clubs & Activities Arts & Crafts Cross Stitch Club: John Mackintosh Hall, 1st Floor, Mon 6-8pm, fee £1.

Gibraltar Arts & Crafts Association: Offers a variety of classes & workshops for children and adults Mon - Fri 3.30-7pm, Sat 2-3pm. For more info call Tel: 20073865.

Knit and Natter Group: Tues 11am-3pm, Thurs 5.30-7.30pm, at Arts & Crafts Shop, Casemates balcony. Free to join and refreshments provided. Tel: 20073865.

The Arts Centre: Prince Edward’s Road, Art classes for children and adults. For more info call Tel: 200 79788.

The Fine Arts Association Gallery: At Casemates. Open 10am-2pm, 3-6pm Mon-Fri, Sat 11am-1pm.

The Gibraltar Decorative and Fine Arts Society: Affiliated to UK NADFAS meets third Wed of month at 6.30pm at Eliott Hotel - lecturers & experts from the UK talk on Art etc. Contact: Chairman Claus Olesen 200 02024 claus.olesen@sghambros.com.

Membership Ian Le Breton 200 76173 ilebreton@SovereignGroup.com Board Games Calpe Chess Club & Junior Club: meets in Studio 1, John Mackintosh Hall 5-7pm (junior chess) 8-11pm (Calpe Chess) on Tues. Entrance Free.

The Gibraltar Scrabble Club: Meets on Tuesdays at 3pm. Tel: Vin 20073660 or Roy 20075995. All welcome.

The Subbuteo Club: Meets in Charles Hunt Room, John Mackintosh Hall.

Dance Adult Dance Classes: Wed evenings at Kings Bastion Leisure Centre from 7-8.30pm. Contact Dilip on 200 78714.

Art in Movement: Classes for children Street Dance, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Pilates, Capoeira, Judo & Ju-jitsu. At Wellington Front from 4pm onwards. Tel: 54005785 or 54000027 or visit www. artinmovement.net Ballet, Modern Theatre, Contemporary & Hip Hop: Classes held weekly at Danza Academy. Training from 3 years to Adult Advanced. 68/2 Prince Edward’s Rd Tel: 54027111.

DSA Old & Modern Sequence Dancing: Sessions at Central Hall Fri 8.30pm, beginners 8pm. Tel: 200 78901 or tony@gibraltar.gi Everybody welcome.

Modern & Latin American Sequence Dancing: Mon at Catholic Community Centre 8pm. Tel. Andrew 200 78901.

Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Flexibility, Hip Hop & Dance Theatre: Classes weekly at Urban Dance Studio, 2 Jumpers Bastion. Tel: Yalta 54012212 or Jolene 54015125.

Rockkickers Linedance Club: Governor’s Meadow 1st School. www.rockkickers.com Salsa Gibraltar Salsa: Classes on Tues at Laguna Social Club, Laguna Estate.

Beginners 7-8.30pm. Intermediates 8.30-10pm. Tel: Mike 54472000 or info@ salsagibraltar.com Zumba Classes at Urban Dance: Jumpers Bastion, with certified instructor Tyron Walker. Tel: 20063959 or 54012212 or Twitter: @UrbanDanceGib History & Heritage The Gibraltar Heritage Trust: Main Guard, 13 John Mackintosh Sq. Tel: 200 42844.

The Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association: Dedicated to preservation of Rock’s transport/motoring heritage. Assists members in restoration / maintenance of classic vehicles. New members welcome.

Tel: 200 44643.

Garrison Library Tours: at 11am on Fri, duration 1h 50mins. Tel: 20077418.

History Alive: Historical re-enactment parade. Main Street up to Casemates Square every Sat at 12 noon.

Music Gibraltar National Choir and Gibraltar Junior National Choir: Rehearses at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. Tel: 54831000.

The Calpe Band: Mon & Wed. For musicians of brass/woodwind instruments of all standards/ages/abilities 7-9pm. Tel: 54017070 or thecalpebnd@gmail.com Jazz Nights: Thurs at 8pm at O’Callaghan Eliott Hotel. Tel: 200 70500.

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Outdoor Activities The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award: 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 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Montagu Bastion, Line Wall Road. Tel: 200 59818.

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, Jumpers Bastion - Provincial Grand Lodge, 1st Mon/month, 8pm. Executive Meeting, last Mon/month 7pm. Knights Chapter, 2nd Mon/month 7.30pm. Examining Council, 3rd Mon/month 7pm. William Tilley 2371, Thurs 8pm. Buena Vista 9975, Wed (fortnightly) 7pm. Por Favor 9444, Wed (fortnightly) 7pm. Farewell 10001, Tues 8.30pm. Goldacre 10475 (social) last Fri/ month 8pm. www.raob.org 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 gibphilosophy@ live.co.uk Gibraltar Photographic Society: Meets on Mon at 7.30pm, Wellington Front. Basic courses, competitions etc.

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, Gibraltar.

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. Tel: 56280000.

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. Visit www.badmintongibraltar. com for info.

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. Tel: Uriel 200 79359.

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, 41H Town Range. Tel: 57479000.

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.

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 for 4 years of age and upwards, weekday evenings. Tel: 56000772 or Sally 200 74661.

Rugby: Gibraltar Rugby Football Union

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training for Colts (14+), seniors and veterans. Play in Andalusia 1st Division.

Tel: 200 72185.

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.

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, 12:30–5pm. 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, chat / 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 6pm - 10pm.

Citizens’ Advice Bureau Open Mon-Fri 9.30-4pm. Tel: 200 40006 Email: info@ cab.gi or visit 10 Governor’s Lane. No appointment necessary, no charge.

Gibraltar CAB outreach clinics at St Bernard’s Hospital every Tuesday. Advisors available at 1st floor reception, Zone 4, 9am-3pm. Free, confidential, impartial.

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 Mon - Thur 8pm-9pm 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 the John Mac Hall, except for July and August.

Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group 3/8 Serfaty’s Passage 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.

Narcotics Anonymous Tel: 200 70720 Overeaters Anonymous support group for compulsive overeating problems. Tel: helpline for meetings info 200 42581.

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: 200 51623.

SSAFA Forces Help Gibraltar, a UK charity, to assist serving and ex-Service personnel and their families. Tel: (5)5481.

Email: Susan GIB-CST-JSWPA@mod.uk With Dignity Gibraltar support for separated, divorced/widowed or single people. Meet Weds 9pm, Catholic Community Centre, Line Wall Rd. Outings/ activities. Tel: 54007181 or 200 79957.

Women in Need. Voluntary organisation for all victims of domestic violence.

Refuge available. Tel: 200 42581 (24 hrs).

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wo girls from Gibraltar, Ariana Cerisola and Sasha Sergeeva Alexdottir participated in the British Open Airgun Championship at The Lord Roberts Centre in Woking, UK in late February.

They were part of a six strong Team from the Gibraltar Pistol Association who participated in the competition.

Over 200 shooters from the UK, Island of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Latvia and Gibraltar participated in the annual championship, shooting air pistols and rifles. For the past three years the Gibraltar Pistol Association Team has attened the championship as one of a number of qualifying events for the GB Olympic Team.

“I have been in the GPA (Gi-

braltar Pistol Association) since 2012 and I really enjoy this sport,” says Sasha. “It helps me to concentrate and organise myself. The championship in the UK was my first shooting competition and I was really excited. Now I know how such championships are organised, I watched professional shooters and this trip gave me an idea how to prepare myself for the Island Games in June this year, where we will be shooting for Gibraltar team.”

“For us it was an interesting and important trip. Participation in such events like this championship really improves our performance and gives us a valuable experience how to control emotions, how to calm down and work on every

shot,” Ariana adds. “Do you know that shooting sports are some of the most studied by psychologists worldwide? Our next competition will be the Island Games in Jersey in June this year and now we have to work hard during the next months to be well prepared for the Games.”

Girls’ coach Louis Baglietto says: “Their composure against such strong competition was faultless, considering that these events can be a daunting experience to new comers. It is an experience which will undoubtedly work in their favour at the upcoming Games.”n Anyone interested in trying out this sport contact Louis on 54095000

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information offered a reward to anyone who could tell him how to mount a gun on the north face of the Rock. Sgt. Major Ince suggested tunnelling and there are over 30 miles of tunnels inside the Rock with various exhibitions inside.

The Military Heritage Centre: Housed in one of the Rock’s many historic batteries, the Military Heritage Centre displays information on the development of Gibraltar’s military defences through the ages.

A City Under Siege Exhibition: Exhibits depicting the lives of civilian population during the many sieges, are housed in one of the earliest British building on the Rock. Original graffiti, drawn by duty soldiers to stop themselves falling asleep, is still visible, the earliest dating back to 1726.

The Moorish Castle: actually just part of a Moorish town and castle which was built up during the Moorish occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, spearheaded from Gibraltar in 711AD by Tarik-ibnZeyad (“Gibraltar” is a corruption of the Arabic words “Jebel Tarik” - Tarik’s mountain). The part we see today, The Tower of Homage, dates back to 1333AD, when Abu’l Hassan recaptured the Rock from Spain.

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he flora and fauna on the Upper Rock are considered of great conservational value. It’s the perfect place for birdwatchers, as migratory species use Gibraltar as the shortest crossing between Europe and Africa. Botanists will also be interested to see over 600 species of flowering plants, including some unique to Gibraltar. Watch out for colourful lizards, non-venemous Horseshoe Whipsnakes, butterflies and pipistrelle bats. Info on flora and fauna at the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society’s information centre at Jews Gate.

St. Michael’s Cave: The cave comprises an upper hall with five connecting passages and drops of 40-150ft to a smaller hall. A further succession of chambers, some at 250ft below the entrance, is reached through narrow holes. The Cathedral Cave is open to visitors and is used as an auditorium for concerts and theatre. The cave was prepared as a hospital in WWII, but never used.

A further series of chambers ending in a mini lake is called Lower St. Michael’s Cave and can be visited with a guide.

Natural History & Heritage Park Walks: Med Steps is a stunning walk with the steep climb at the end rewarded with spectacular views of the Rock and Spain. Another recommended walk is St Michael’s Cave through to Charles V Wall but walkers should be relatively fit for both. It is also pleasant walking along the upper rock roads. Brochures available free from all Tourist Board offices.

Botanical Gardens: Opened in 1816, the Alameda Botanical Gardens fell into disrepair but are being restored to their former glory. Visitors can enjoy a stroll beneath pines, dragon trees and palms, and see many of Gibraltar’s native plants as well as exotic species. The shop sells environmentally friendly gifts, plants and seeds. Tel: 200 72639/200 74022. Parking.

Nelson’s Anchorage: Rosia Road 9.30am - 5.15pm Monday to Saturday (last entry at 5pm). Closed on Sunday. Admission: £1.00 (free with Nature Reserve ticket. Tickets for the nature reserve can also be bought at this attraction).

Parson’s Lodge: Rosia Road. Narrow limestone outcrop with a labyrinth of tunnels surmounted by an impressive battery, which has witnessed the development of coast artillery over 300 years.

Housed three 18 ton 10-inch rifled muzzle loaders positioned behind a unique sandwich of armour plate/teak, known as ‘Gibraltar Shields’.

Flat Bastion Magazine Flat Bastion Road, Geological Research Station and Lithology of Gibraltar. To

The Monkeys’ Den: There are around 160 monkeys in the Park and around 30 can be seen at the Monkey’s Den. Often called apes, they are tail-less Barbary macaques and Europe’s only free living monkeys. £500 fine for feeding the monkeys - don’t do it!

The Great Siege Tunnels: Tunnelling in the Rock began during the Great Siege (1779-1783) when France and Spain made an attempt to recapture the Rock while Britain was busy with the American War of Independence. Governor General Elliot

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visit contact: F. Gomez Tel. 200 44460, P. Hodkinson Tel. 200 43910.

Shrine of Our Lady of Europe (Museum within premises) Europa Road. 10am-7pm Monday to Friday, 11am-7pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays.

Closed 1pm - 2pm.

Trafalgar Cemetery: Trafalgar Rd, 9am - 7pm daily (free).

Business Information Financial Serv. Commission Tel: 200 40283/4 Chamber of Commerce Tel: 200 78376 Federation Small Business Tel: 200 47722 Company Registry . . . . . . . . . . Tel: 200 78193 Useful Numbers Airport (general info.) . . . . . . . . Tel: 200 73026 Hospital, St Bernards . . . . . . . . Tel: 200 79700 Weather information. . . . . . . . . . . . Tel: 5-3416 Frontier Queue Update Tel: 200 42777 Gibraltar Museum Tel: 200 74289 18/20 Bomb House Lane open 10am-6pm (Sat. 10am-2pm).

Closed on Sunday. Admission: Adults £2/ Children under 12 years £1. Exhibitions also at Casemates gallery.

Registry Office Tel: 200 72289 It is possible to get married on the Rock within 48 hours. A fact taken advantage of by stars such as Sean Connery and John Lennon.

Rock Tours by Taxi Tel: 200 70052 As well as offering normal fares, taxis provide Rock Tours taking in the Upper Rock, Europa Point and other sites of interest. It is the best way to see the Rock’s major features in a short time.

John Mackintosh Hall Tel: 200 75669 Includes cafeteria, theatre, exhibition rooms and library.

308 Main Street 9.30am - 11pm Monday to Friday. Closed weekends.

Bicycle Racks Bicycle parking is provided at the following locations: Europort Road, Casemates Tunnel, Land Port Ditch, Fish Market Road, Commonwealth Car Park, Reclamation Road (by English Steps) + Line Wall Road.

Gibibikes is a scheme for public use of bikes taken from stations around the Rock. Visit www.gibibikes.gi for info.

Gibraltar Public Holidays 2015 New Year’s Day Thursday 1st January Commonwealth Day Monday 9th March Good Friday Friday 3rd April Easter Monday Monday 6th April Workers Memorial Day Monday 27th April May Day Friday 1st May Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25th May Queen’s Birthday Monday 15th June Late Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31st August Gibraltar National Day Thursday 10th September Christmas Day Friday 25th December Boxing Day Monday 28th December Please note, shops do not usually open on bank holidays. You are advised to check in advance for other attractions.

Emergency Services History Alive Every Saturday morning the

Rock’s past is brought alive by a troop of soldiers in 18th century period uniform. The soldiers march from Bomb House Lane at 12 noon to Casemates. At Casemates they carry out a “Ceremony of the Keys” and then march back up Main Street to the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned.

Emergency calls only: Fire/Ambulance................................... Tel: 190 Police ........................................... Tel: 199/112 Emergency Number Tel: 112 Non-urgent calls: Ambulance Station Tel: 200 75728 Police ....................................... Tel: 200 72500 Emergency Nos: ............Tel: (5) 5026 / (5) 3598

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atural History & Heritage Park admission 9.30am to 7pm by tickets (includes entrance to sites - St. Michael’s Cave, Monkey’s Den, Great Siege Tunnels, Military Heritage Centre, ‘A City Under Siege’ Exhibition and Moorish Castle). Facilities closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Adults £10, children 5-12 years: £5, children age under 4 free, vehicles £2.

Private vehicles may be restricted at certain times, tours available by taxi/mini bus. Also reached by cable car (leaves Grand Parade 9.30am-5.15pm Mon-Sun. Last cable down: 5.45pm). 50p per person to walk with no entrance tickets.

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