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Private yachts & executive aircraft
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In April 2011 I wrote about the use of executive aircraft (also known as “bizjets”) and whether they should be considered as just expensive toys or are in fact justifiable business tools. I came to the conclusion that, even given the hugely depressed market conditions that we were experiencing at the time, there were several good reasons why, in the right circumstances, their use by company executives could be viewed as beneficial and therefore justifiable. So two-and-a-half years on and with the economy in somewhat better shape in certain areas I thought I would re-visit the subject but this time also with an eye on the water-based equivalent — the superyacht. Recently I had the pleasure of chairing the Second Gibraltar Superyacht Forum. The forum included its fair share of corporate back slapping and self-promotion that one expects at such events but nevertheless we came to the inevitable conclusion that, as an industry, we needed to do far more to attract these super sleek vessels — and their owners — to Gibraltar. No one has yet held a “bizjet” conference in Gibraltar but I would imagine the conclusion would be broadly similar. That is not to say that we do not see superyachts and bizjets regularly here in Gibraltar. In fact I am able to indulge two of my passions — spotting interesting aircraft and yachts — from the same terrace without moving a muscle. And of course Marina Bay is soon to feature the luxury floating “yacht hotel”
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Sunborn, which aims to attract thousands of highly affluent guests every year. But why do they come to Gibraltar and should we not be encouraging their owners, or at least their skippers, to stay a little longer? We should of course respect people’s right to privacy but we might guess that many of these jets are flying in business leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss or sign deals. That is
These aircraft are generally delivering wealthy human cargo to our little bit of the Mediterranean... in contrast, many of the superyachts we see here are more likely to be taking on fuel and other supplies
after all the whole point of our attractive commercial legislation, advantageous tax regime and strong professional services sector. But there are many other possible reasons. I know of one famous sportsman who simply uses our airport as a convenient stop off on his way to play golf at Valderrama. Still others may be heading for the playground that is Marbella, just 50 miles up the cost. No matter the reason, these aircraft are generally delivering wealthy human cargo to our little bit of the Mediterranean. The conclusion we reached at the Superyacht Forum was that, in contrast, many of the superyachts we see here are more likely to be taking on fuel and other supplies rather than carrying their owners to Gibraltar as a destination in its own right. This must be a wasted opportunity. Gibraltar may not offer the razzmatazz of St Tropez or Monaco (would we want it to?) but there are excellent facilities available at Marina Bay, Ocean Village and Queensway. And for business aircraft, the airport’s excellent Wessex
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Lounge now boasts state of the art facilities although we remain some way from offering full facilities — known as FBO — to visiting aircraft, their owners and crews. Gibraltar’s yacht registry has an excellent global reputation but we cannot register aircraft here. By way of comparison, the Isle of Man has grown from a standing start into one of the world’s largest “bizjet” registers in just a few years. And the Channel Islands are planning to pick up some of this action when their own register opens in Guernsey later this year. But are there really that many corporate jets around? Well yes actually. Brian T Richards director of Sovereign’s aviation division, RegisterAnAircraft.com, tells me that in any one year, new jet registrations around the world can be numbered in the hundreds. It may not sound a lot but when one bears in mind that these sleek machines can cost several million pounds — and in the case of Gulfstream’s new flagship G650, upwards of 40 million sterling — one quickly begins to appreciate the industry’s potential for high grade business. Are yachts the same as jets? Can they really
be categorised as business tools, especially in these straitened times when all forms of corporate excess are frowned upon? I guess the answer depends on the use to which one puts such an asset. One can pootle about in a yacht — as Miranda might say: “good word that, ‘pootle’.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “moving or travelling in a leisurely manner”, which was first coined in the 1970s as a blend of “poodle” and “tootle”. No matter, you can definitely pootle in a yacht. As a former private pilot myself I’d strongly suggest not pootling in the air — it is highly likely to ruin your day. Put simply, jets or their turboprop cousins can get to places quickly — often faster and more efficiently than a scheduled flight. But even the fastest superyachts are going to take considerably more time getting from one place to another. In my 2011 article I used an example where a group of six people needed to travel from Gibraltar to Nice. By coincidence I now find that I need to travel this very route next month with a couple of colleagues as we are due to represent Sovereign’s marine arm, RegisterAY-
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of Gibraltar in the UK within the Financial Services industry, and Philip Canessa will be based in Gibraltar working exclusively with the promotion of Funds and Investment Services.
Two senior executives have been engaged by the Government to promote Gibraltar’s Financial Services sector. Victor Galliano will be based at Gibraltar House in London working on the continued promotion
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As from Monday 2nd September 2013 Mr Canessa and Mr Galliano will be working closely with their colleagues Mike Ashton and Paul Astengo who were engaged some months ago when Gilbert Licudi QC had Ministerial responsibility for the sector. All four senior executives will be working under the direction of the Finance Centre Director, James Tipping. Philip Canessa has 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector in Gibraltar, London and the Channel Islands working in Banks,
acht.com, at the Monaco Boat Show, which is a train ride from Nice. What a palaver it is to get there! There are several options but all involve a stopover in both directions. In the end we decided on Barcelona — by a curious and commercially cockeyed bit of planning, that city’s annual boat show is on at the same time as Monaco so we get two for the price of one — but to do this we need to drive to Malaga in the first place. How much more efficient it would be if the three of us could simply be whisked directly from Gibraltar to Nice by a bizjet in little over an hour with — if my Finance Director is reading this, please note! — the requisite helicopter transfer at the other end to put us down in Monaco. So to finish, I’ll make a suggestion as to what we might do to attract these people and their “toys”. The “double move”. Why not specifically target those wealthy individuals or captains of industry who are in the fortunate position of owning (or at least having access to) both a corporate aircraft and a yacht? The latter could be moored down here semi-permanently and the owners could fly into our new airport any time they like — from anywhere in the world. Is that a realistic proposition? Why not? It’s already happening in a discreet way. You won’t necessarily read about it in the Gibraltar Chronicle but it is happening — I know because some of our clients do just this — but we need to attract far more. How we best to go about this is the question — and one that I am happy to leave to the experts. There has already been a great deal of public investment in our airport and private investment in both our marinas so we should all work hard to attract more of these wealthy people and their entourages. After all wealthy people spend money so it has to be beneficial all round. n
specialist investment firms, and hedge funds. He has also held a number of senior positions within the funds industry in Gibraltar such as membership of the Finance Centre Council and Chairmanship of the Gibraltar Association of Stockbrokers and Investment Managers. Victor Galliano has some 25 years experience in financial services having worked in London for NatWest, Barings, BBVA/LatInvest and most recently HSBC in New York where he covered Latin American financials for the last seven years, and actively marketed his research to hedge funds and other asset managers. n
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Building Society Fundraising Off To Flying Start A building society branch in Gibraltar has handed over a cheque for £3,000 following a successful launch of a charity-based account. Newcastle Building Society’s Main Street branch launched the Newcastle Care Account in 2012 in a bid to enable savers in Gibraltar to raise money for Cancer Relief Gibraltar while saving. The first cheque for £3,000 has been handed over to the charity at its new Cancer Relief Centre now based at 5 South Barrack Road, Gibraltar (see page 40 for information). Stephen Maloney, Senior Operations Manager for the branch, said: “This account is part of our wider community engagement programme where we look to support our local community through a range of activities including volunteering, the use of free branch
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space for local good causes to promote what they do, a local hero awards scheme and charity fundraising. “We are delighted with the success of our Care Account as it means that a great local charity will receive vital cash to support its efforts. I’d like to thank all our members for supporting us in this.” The account works by paying an additional 0.10% on all balances held in the accounts to Cancer Relief Gibraltar. Marisa Desoiza, Chairperson of Cancer Relief Gibraltar, said: “I am delighted with the success of Newcastle’s charity account. The donation really makes a huge difference to a charity such as ours. “Our charity provides support to people
living with cancer in the community and at our new Cancer Relief Centre we provide a relaxed and friendly environment where people can seek support and advice from a full time registered nurse, five days a week. The money donated by the Newcastle will be used to continue to provide this vital support.“ In addition to this, the Newcastle has also embarked on a financial education programme, which has been piloted in one middle school in Gibraltar. Pupils aged eight to nine have learned about the origins of money, how the Government manages the economy, how family budgeting works and also what it means to save. Due to its success, this will be rolled out to other middle schools throughout the year. n
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Gibraltarian Professor to Launch Book at the UN The world is currently confronted by global and interconnected challenges and a new publication charts the international processes as well as grounded practices that seek to build resilience in our communities and create more sustainable futures. This book is co-authored by Daniella Tilbury, Professor of Sustainability and Dr John Blewitt. Prof Tilbury is a Gibraltarian who calls upon local examples and experiences to frame the book and call for better international
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good governance. The subject is explored through wide-ranging interviews with opinion leaders from around the world, documenting emerging trends, shifting tactics and future pathways for sustainable development post Rio+20 at the global and regional level. Searching for Resilience in Sustainable Development: Learning Journeys will be launched officially at the United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi on 27th November and presented at the UN International Conference of the Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) in Sustainable Development. The text is now available from Earthscan/Routledge, the global academic publishing house. The book has met with positive reviews around the world, including Dr John Cortes, Minister for Health and the Environment at HM Government of Gibraltar, who said: “Resilience, or its importance, are not immediately obvious, even to the resilient. Yet sustainability depends on it. Nothing can be sustained that is not resilient, whether it be natural
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systems, the efforts to conserve them or those who try to understand the processes and principals involved. Confused? Then read this book!” Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), also praised the work, saying: “This book is timely and exemplifies the very strong commitment that we in UNEP have to the world of Universities, both as research centres and intellectual drivers of our sustainable development paradigm, and as centres of training for professionals who will enable us in the future to help societies in making this transition.” Greg Bourne, Australia’s Chief for Renewable Energy and former president of the WWF Australia and BP (Australasia) comments: This book unravels the multiple meanings of resilience and challenges us to be clear about what we mean. Today’s “striving for resilience” may be akin to yesterday’s “striving for conservation” — a futility in the complex adaptive system within which we live — this is a timely must read.” n
This book unravels the multiple meanings of resilience and challenges us to be clear about what we mean
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While in the past the wealthiest people inherited their money, today’s wealthy are more likely to be entrepreneurs
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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, wealth is defined by the abundance of valuable material possessions or resources, which can be acquired in many different ways. This year’s Sunday Times Rich List was topped by Russian industrialist Alisher Usmanov, whereas when the list was first published in 1989, the Queen was Britain’s wealthiest individual. This follows the trend where 25 years ago, the majority of wealth was inherited, however the key source to wealth nowadays tends to be entrepreneurship. A change in technology and its link to globalisation has seen the trends of
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the acquisition of wealth rapidly change over the years. So the question I have to ask now is how does this affect Gi-
braltar? What changes have we the world? seen over the past quarter of the I think Gibraltar does well in century which has changed the this regard thanks to a transparent way wealth is acquired around and stable business climate that encourages entrepreneurship. The most recent edition of Barclays Wealth Insights series, dubbed ‘Origin and Legacy: The Changing Order of Wealth Creation’ looked at how fortunes are now being created, spent and shared across the world and is based on research, including re-
A change in technology and its link to globalisation has seen the trends of the acquisition of wealth rapidly change over the years
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finance sponses from 2,000 high-net worth individuals (HNWIs) from different countries around the world. This makes for some interesting reading, as it reveals entrepreneurship is now the dominant source of wealth, with factors such as technology, globalisation and the rise of emerging markets having a positive influence on levels of entrepreneurship. What is it that has led to the success of entrepreneurs, particularly in the last 25 years or so? Entrepreneurs, as the report points out, tend to have a high tolerance for risk, and they are the ones who have been able to increase their wealth during the downturn. So who are these people who make up the numbers of the wealthy in our society? Economist Emmanuel Saez points out that the world’s wealthiest individuals today are what he calls “the working rich”, implying that the top income earners are no longer inheritors, but rather highly paid employees or new entrepreneurs. An increase in opportunities for wealth creation around the world means that, proportionally, the percentage of individuals who acquire wealth through inheritance is falling. An analysis of the 2,000 HNWIs surveyed for this report follows this trend, with most of them having earned their wealth through their own efforts. Just 26% said their primary source of wealth was inheritance and 18% said it came from a spouse or partner, in comparison to those 55% of responds whose wealth was earned from savings through earnings. As the global pattern of wealth creation shifts, these differences have significant implications for how the wealthy save, spend and share their money. The wealthy are seen to be living in a high-beta world which means that their stock outperforms the market on the way up, but falls further when it drops. I agree with Stuart Lucas, Chairman of Wealth Strategist Partners, who said: “There is no question that many of the rapid wealth creators live in a high-beta world but that is often because you do
not get rich quickly without taking risks.” This is particularly true of entrepreneurs who have had to take risks in order to become successful. Those that have become wealthy through the sale of a business have a higher tolerance for risk. As a result, entrepreneurs need to embrace volatility and recognise that fortunes can be lost as quickly as they were made, especially as their accumulation of wealth has been such a rapid process. They are also at risk of greater fluctuation of wealth. By contrast, inheritors tend to have a lower tolerance for risk, and Mr Lucas says this is because the attitude towards risk is different - there is a perceived downside to losing what you’ve received or inherited. The challenge for a lot of entrepreneurs is to sustain their wealth through financial investment. “Entrepreneurs tend to value control almost above everything
As the global pattern of wealth creation shifts, these differences have significant implications for how the wealthy save, spend and share their money
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else and, while they might be prepared to jump into risky enterprises where they buy into the story, they will be reluctant to do so if they think it means relinquishing control. They need to be personally engaged and convinced,” says Greg Davies, Head of Behavioural Finance at Barclays Wealth and Investment Management. Mr Davies believes that entrepreneurs will often take a concentrated approach to risk-taking when it comes to investments, whereas those who have inherited their wealth have a more passive relationship with wealth as they
have not created it themselves. What we have seen is that the way wealth is acquired has changed over the years, and the fact that it is acquired through entrepreneurship is worthy of note. This bodes well for a place like Gibraltar where there are so many entrepreneurs who have brought many much-needed businesses to cater for the local market. n Paul Wharton is writing in his own capacity and none of the above is intended to express the views or opinions of Barclays Bank PLC.
Paul Wharton is Head of Corporate Banking at Barclays Wealth & Investment Management in Gibraltar having arrived on the Rock from the UK six 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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business shorts Momy is Patron of the Constitutional Monarchy Association Former Mayor of Gibraltar, Momy Levy, who is well-known locally as a very staunch Royalist, has been appointed Patron of the Constitutional Monarchy Association in England. Other patrons are Andrew Rosindell MP, Sir Gerald Howarth MP, Baroness Spicer of Cropthorne and Baroness Knight of Collingtree DBE. Momy expressed delight at this appointment — especially as he is proud to see a Gibraltarian now a patron of the association. n
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Issues surrounding relocation are experienced by the many workers taking up employment in Gibraltar as well as Gibraltarians travelling abroad for work or, in September especially, studies. Recent discussions by a diverse array of medical and mental health organisations, such as the British Psychological Society, American Psychological Association, and Mayo Clinic, have highlighted the importance of resilience in the face of adversity and transition. Simply put, emotional resilience is the psychological ability to adapt to the significant challenges and overwhelming setbacks life throws our way while maintaining a positive self-view during or after such turmoil. A new book, The Emotionally Resilient Expat: Engage, Adapt and Thrive Across Cultures by Linda A Janssen, addresses the building and nurturing of resilience in the context of the expatriate, cross-cultural life. Living abroad offers enriching experiences of growth, broadened perspective and enhanced cultural understanding. However, it is also synonymous with change at all levels: from setting up a new bank account to settling kids into a new school to reestablishing a career and social network to reexamining identity and a sense of belonging. In The Emotionally Resilient Expat (Summertime Publishing), Linda A Janssen builds on existing literature and recent developments in psychology and brain-body connections to create a comprehensive guide to building resilience in the face of the highly mobile, transition-rich, change-driven expat
life. “We all have a level of emotional resilience,” Janssen explains, “and the ability to increase these reserves, and draw upon and restore our emotional resilience baseline.” In The Emotionally Resilient Expat, she combines candid personal stories from experienced expats and cross-culturals with a wealth of practical tools, techniques and best practices. Resources are drawn from areas as diverse as emotional, social and cultural intelligence, positive psychology, mindfulness, stress management and self-care. Linda Janssen is a writer, speaker, consultant, global adventurer and cultural enthusiast. With a BA in International Relations and a Masters in Public and International Affairs, she has spent nearly three decades working in and around the international arena. Passionate about exploring and learning across cultures, she has travelled to more than 30 countries on five continents, and lived in the US, Mexico and the Netherlands. Her website, www.AdventuresinExpatLand.com, contains resources, information and her popular blog on topics of interest in expatriate, cross-cultural life. She is married to an adult Third Culture Kid, is the mother of two TCKs, and lives with her family in the Netherlands. n Visit The Emotionally Resilient Expat website at www. theemotionallyresilientexpat.com. Follow the author on Twitter as @resilientexpat and Facebook www. facebook.com/TheEmotionallyResilientExpat.
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Jyske Bank’s Refurb Plans JyskeBank(Gibraltar) Ltd began a major refurbishment project on their Main Street office in August. The premises at 76 Main Street, formerly Galliano Bank until Jyske Bank acquired the local bank in 1987, will be modernised and spearhead a continuation of business in the local market. Local CEO Christian Bjorlow re-affirmed the commitment given by Jyske Bank in 1987 to continue offering banking services to local clients. “Many of our clients today were originally clients of Galliano Bank and our relationship with them is still strong. We wish to build on our experience and presence in Gibraltar, and this is a key cornerstone to our local operation.” He goes on to say, “This will be a big project for our bank but we believe in Gibraltar as an excellent base to build our business and are very optimistic about the future.” The project, for which planning started in summer 2012, will improve the ground and first floor of the premises situated at the corner
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between Main Street and Bedlam Court and is expected to take 9-12 months to complete, in two phases so that services to clients can continue with minimal disruption. The end result is expected to be a modernised office with a contemporary look and improved facilities for clients. There will be more meeting areas and additional space for a
growing Retail Banking team that is servicing most of the Bank’s local clients. Jyske Bank’s approach to business is for direct personal relationships with clients and to maintain a local presence. This project is designed to support these relationships with existing clients and accommodate new ones as the business grows. n
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profile Chris, you have extensively researched the history, politics, and economy of Gibraltar for more than 15 years. How did you first become interested in Gibraltar?
There was a little bit of serendipity involved in my becoming interested in the history of Gibraltar. In 1998, I visited the Rock just before going to university. My friend (and now colleague) Gareth Stockey came with me. Both of us were keen historians and became immediately interested in the history of Gibraltar. Gareth and I continued to study the Rock’s history whilst at university, he at Oxford and myself at Lancaster. One day I mentioned to one of my tutors that I was interested in the history of Gibraltar and he told me to go and have a chat with one of the professors in the department, Martin Blinkhorn. Martin had visited Gibraltar in 2000 and had, like Gareth and I, realised immediately that the civilian history of the Rock had been woefully neglected. Because of this, Martin decided to put together a bid for money from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to undertake a project on the social history of Gibraltar. I think Martin was as surprised to find two potential Masters and Doctoral students interested in Gibraltar, as Gareth and I were to find an academic interested in working on the Rock’s social history. We were joined on the team by Professor Stephen Constantine and began work in 2002 with a £255,000 grant. At the time it was one of the largest grants the AHRC had awarded. We were joined later by Dr. Jennifer Ballantine Perera who, of course, is now heading up the work of the Garrison Library. What do you find uniquely interesting about Gibraltar and its social and political history?
Dr. Chris Grocott
Dr. Chris Grocott:
Subject Gibraltar Dr. Chris Grocott, Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the University of Leicester, has spent one-and-a-half decades researching Gibraltar’s history for his Masters and PhD. We caught up with Chris to find out more about his studies and his thoughts on Gibraltar — past and present.
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The actual process of researching the history of Gibraltar is extremely challenging and whilst I might have cursed this fact whilst studying for my degrees, I must admit that it is something that keeps me interested in the Rock’s history. When I first started researching in Gibraltar Tommy Finlayson was the archivist at the Gibraltar Government Archives. He had undertaken a tremendous amount of work to get the archive from being a collection of documents piled up in bin bags to something ordered and useable. Nevertheless, there is so much material that the only real way to know what is in a particular box or set of boxes is to pull off the lid and see what’s inside. Disaster can sometimes strike — such as when it turns out that a bound volume you need is riddled with an extinct ant nest. At that point, you have to work out how to put the history together without that particular piece of evidence. It is that puzzle-like nature of studying Gibraltar’s history that makes it interesting. In more recent years, various organisations and news agencies have asked for my opinion on all aspects of Gibraltar. It’s been good to be able to put the case for the Gibraltarians themselves and to do so from an educated position. Recently, I’ve argued in several places
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the Rock having the final say over their future government. I’m not sure what an ‘impartial academic view’ of the sovereignty debate would look like, but I don’t suspect it would be very useful anyway. The last line of Gibraltar: A Modern History was that Gibraltarians’ ‘voice will be heard, no matter how the ongoing “dispute” over Gibraltar’s sovereignty proceeds in the years to come’. As far as I can see, the only principled resolution to the sovereignty debate is one which places the wishes of the Gibraltarians at its heart. Unfortunately, I suspect that only the status quo will be achievable for the foreseeable future. As to the resolution of the current frontier disruption, I think it is clear to see that the actions of the Spanish government are designed to distract attention from Spain’s own political problems. In theory, when these problems blow-over the disruption should stop. However, it should be said that the current disruption looks more robust and potentially longerlasting than we’ve seen in recent years.
that seeing the current frontier disruption as being solely about sovereignty misses the point that the dispute is not about Spain or Britain but actually about the rights of Gibraltarians themselves. Over the years, Gibraltar has given me plenty in terms of my research and it’s nice to give something back. I should also say that over the years my colleagues and I have received a tremendous amount of help off people in Gibraltar and this has also kept me interested in finding out more about the Rock’s history. From the very beginning people like Dr. Darren Fa and Dennis Beiso took an interest in the work that was going on at Lancaster. When I first started coming to Gibraltar, Lorna Swift was the librarian at the Garrison Library and was enormously helpful too. I must also make a special mention of Pepe Rosado who has spent a considerable amount of time reading and commenting on my work. He has also been an extraordinarily good host over the years, not least of all a few weeks ago when my partner (and colleague at Leicester) Dr. Jo Grady and I were in Gibraltar.
How do you consider Gibraltar will develop and change over the coming years, and how do you see its long-term future?
You co-wrote Gibraltar: A Modern History, with Dr Gareth Stockey of the University of Nottingham, published last year. What were the aims of the book and how has it been received?
We were approached by the University of Wales Press in 2009 to write a short history of Gibraltar. Originally, our goal was to write a one volume general history of Gibraltar since 1704 that would act as an introduction to the Rock’s history. We anticipated that it would be of interest both to Gibraltarians and to people in Britain who were either interested in the sovereignty dispute, the social history of Gibraltar, or who were just looking for a general introduction prior to visiting the Rock on holiday. We felt that this in itself was a useful task; after all Sir William Jackson’s history of Gibraltar, The Rock of the Gibraltarians, was about 20 years old. Since then, there had been nothing published that did the job of a concise history and brought together the tremendous amount of work done on Gibraltar’s history by Gibraltarians (in, for example, the Gibraltar Heritage Journal) and by scholars in Britain (not least of all at Lancaster, and then subsequently by Gareth at Nottingham and myself at Leicester). In the end, Gibraltar: A Modern History was more than just an updated general history. For example, for the first time it dealt with the links between politics and industrial relations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; re-examined the role that the relationship with Spain had played in the development of Gibraltar and Gibraltarians; and re-shaped the existing narrative of the relationship between Britain and Gibraltar. As part of the principle of providing something that would help people who are new to Gibraltar’s history, we wrote a bibliographical essay to guide people through the literature. By bringing all of these things together, I like to think that what we produced will be interesting to people who know nothing about Gibraltar and to people who have studied its history
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for a long time. It takes forever for academic works to get reviewed, but Geraldine Finlayson recently published a positive review in the journal National Identities. It was gratifying that the first review was authored by a Gibraltarian and that the book was well received. You have written about the impact on Gibraltar of the current actions taken by the Spanish Government, how do you see the situation evolving and what is the resolution?
A few weeks ago, I was asked by a journalist covering the recent frontier disruption for an impartial academic view on how the problem should be resolved. I pointed out that I have been writing about Gibraltarians as a community for a long time now and that this in itself is a tacit argument in favour of the people of
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I have been writing about Gibraltarians as a community for a long time now and this in itself is a tacit argument in favour of the people of the Rock having the final say over their future government
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It’s a bad thing for historians to start making predictions about the future; we inevitably get such predictions wrong. My guess is that the main challenges to the Gibraltar economy are likely to be any future rescinding of the legislation prohibiting on-line gambling companies to reside in the United States of America. At the moment, Gibraltar, and a good number of other places, benefits from these companies being effectively exiled. Linked to this, another potential challenge would be the introduction of legislation in the UK designed to tax UK off-shore companies (including but, of course, not limited to those in the gambling industry) regardless of where they are resident. I’m also unsure of how long marketing Gibraltar as ‘Britain in the Sun’ can be a successful strategy; I think that Gibraltar’s tourist brand has to include Gibraltarians as a people distinct in themselves if it is to be successful in the long-run. Finally, of course, anything which disrupts the frontier relationship will be bad for Gibraltar, both economically and socially. I’d like to end on a positive note, thinking about the future of the study of the history of Gibraltar. I’m really pleased to see that more and more material on the Rock’s history is being published each year. The plan to bring together the Garrison Library and Government Archives is also a promising one. However, at the moment, historians of Gibraltar tend to be scattered about and I hope that funds are available to bring them together from timeto-time to advance our knowledge not only of Gibraltar’s past but also the implications of this past for the present and future. n Dr. Chris Grocott is Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the University of Leicester School of Management and co-author with Gareth Stockey of Gibraltar: A Modern History (University of Wales Press, 2012).
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They act like they don’t care words | Leah Carnegie, The HR Dept
Is getting employees to care really simple? American author and management expert Ken Blanchard said “It starts with making employees your most important customer, but you must also have a compelling vision.” It’s one of the most difficult things a business owner deals with, and not just in Gibraltar but worldwide. How do you get your employees to care about the company as much as you? First of all they won’t, they aren’t the owner. Once that is clear it becomes an issue of trying to get them to enjoy their job and have the desire to do a more than the general job requirements, which adds value to the bottom line. Not everyone is driven by money. There are many different types of employees so what makes one employee fulfilled may not be the same thing as another. As an owner it takes time and effort to figure out what drives each person
and keep that in front of them. Some it is money, some it is flexible working hours, another may be just happy about you allowing them to take a late lunch every day to go let their dog out. We realise there is a job to be done and you cannot appease everyone however putting in a little effort to drive employee engagement is well worth the time. We also realise a happy employee still doesn’t always mean they care. There is one commonality in employees; they all want a purpose within their working day and they want to be needed at their company. You can feed on these basic needs to create an employee that cares. 10 tips to help them care:
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Be clear about your expectations Before you hire,
make a list of your expectations for that position, in addition to the responsibilities. Be completely honest with yourself. One position may need someone who is funloving, flexible, cheerful, and creative. Another may require someone who is quiet, likes to work alone, gets every detail right. Be clear about what you need.
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Interview carefully Don’t
reveal so much about the position that the candidate thinks they know the “right” answer. Ask questions that draw out the candidate’s true behavior and attitude. Instead of asking, “Are you good at customer service?” ask, “Tell me about a time when you had customers waiting. What was that like for you?” Instead of asking, “We’re busy around here
— do you like to be busy?” ask, “Tell me about your perfect work environment.” Keep probing until you get more than a vague answer.
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Be specific If you expect employees to be cheerful under stress, to juggle multiple tasks, to give customer service, tell them what that looks like and sounds like. Instead of saying “Dress professionally,” tell them “No vests and no flip flops.” Instead of saying, “Give customers great service,” tell them “All customer calls are returned within two hours.”
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Coach and correct as you go along Don’t wait for
a performance review to give feedback. As one of my clients said, “Have every crucial conversation within 24 hours.” Address problems as and when you see them, not months later. Employees are either unable to do the job or unwilling to do the job. If they are unable, they might be teachable. If they are unwilling, move on.
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Appreciate the behaviour you want to see One simple fact:
people continue behaviour that’s reinforced. Let your employees know when you see them doing the right thing. Appreciate their effort and say “thank you” or “good job” when they handle something well.
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Create an “Error” account
Everyone makes mistakes, it’s human nature. Put some money in an account that is tied to a measurable action. An action that if it takes place causes money to be lost. Figure out how many times you can accept that action to happen and tie a monetary amount to it. If it happens you take the
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money out of the account. If all goes well and there are few errors, they get to keep all the money. If they mess up then they get nothing. Approach it in a positive way. “If you are error free you are going to get this amount of money”.
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Give Out Half Day Off Coupons “An action rewarded is
an action repeated”. Officially it fits into a monetary reward but we find there are just as many people that think time off is as valuable as the money. Others would love the time off but they can’t afford to take a day. An employee who feels their company appreciates their extra effort is more likely to care about their daily efforts and how their attitude effects the company.
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Make One Person Responsible In general, people
love responsibility and are empowered by the chance of praise and reward. This doesn’t mean one person has to do it all. On the contrary, you can still form groups but divide up the responsibility so individual parts are given to individual people. It also makes it easier to spot the person that isn’t putting in the effort.
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In the shoes of... days
Once or twice a year have your employees step into the shoes of another employee for a day. Make the job as completely different from their daily tasks as you can. It gives people a chance to see how difficult other jobs can be, and understand the effect they have on each department.
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Lead by example
Mahatma Gandhi kindly said “be the change you wish to see”.
bout m
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WAZOO: Gibraltar’s Online Job Board Gibraltar’s dedicated online job board has been launched by Wazoo. Wazoo is not a HR or Recruitment Agency and its aim is to connect employers and job seekers via an online platform. This includes the Wazoo website, social media, and immediate electronic notifications. Wazoo’s technology platform allows employers and recruitment agencies to post and manage job adverts easily online, and job seekers can search for job listings and post their CVs. Wazoo’s little robot will then notify employers and job seekers when job posts are advertised and applications sent. Wazoo is free to use by job seekers who cancreate an account, upload their résumé, search for jobs and apply for jobs online. They can also opt for the Wazoo AlertMe and Wazoo SeeMe services. Wazoo provides flexible and very competitive pricing bundles for the employer or recruitment agency. Employers can access their job posts at any time and will receive
job applications automatically into their inbox from job seekers. Employers can also search* through the Wazoo Resume Database for potential candidates. Wazoo SeeMe is a service which, if selected, enables the Wazoo Jobseeker to make his or her résumé/CV and other personal information available to recruiters who have subscribed to receive résumés/CVs by electronic notification and/or to search for résumés/CVs in the database using various search criteria. Wazoo AlertMe matches and sends job vacancies via electronic notification to Wazoo job seekers who have subscribed to this service. Wazoo’s technology platform keeps employers and candidates connected and aims to make the process as simple as possible to use. n
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Tim’s connections with the Rock began when his father, Roy, a civil engineer employed by the Admiralty, worked on Gibraltar from 1958 to 1962, engaged in the construction of the Admiralty fuel depot in the north face of the Rock at the King’s Lines. Roy’s tour was extended by a year to enable him to complete the King’s Lines. Tim, aged three, came out to the Rock with his parents and went to Brympton school, the Loreto Convent school and then the reception class of the Christian Brothers preparatory school in Line Wall Road. At the end of his contract his father returned to the UK to take up a senior position at Faslane Royal Naval base to build nuclear bunkers. Tim’s father had represented England as a finalist in the 1956 Olympics long-Jump, coming eighth and then fourth in the 1958 Commonwealth Games. One of his first actions on arrival in Gibraltar was to build the first long jump pit on the Rock, located at the Naval Officers’ Pavilion (to the West of the US war memorial, close to HMS Rooke). Tim’s mother was equally sporty specialising in hockey and tennis. Roy returned to the Rock from 1966 to 1969 to work on the tunnelling work for the Communications Centre (COMCEN) and then the building of the ammunition jetty which is located between Sandy Bay and Europa Point. Now 88 years old, Roy flew out to Gibraltar three years ago and Tim had great pleasure in taking him round to see his old haunts and the remains of what he had constructed. The family lived in Vincent House, 4 Rosia Parade which had been an officers’ mess in Admiral Nelson’s time. This house was reputed to be the location in which the body of Admiral Nelson was laid out on the dining room table after the battle of Trafalgar, before being taken back to England. Tim was sent to Harrow and flew out to join his parents for the holidays. The family were members of the Rosia Bay Club and greatly enjoyed the swimming and diving. While the border was open they would walk over to La Linea where they had a car and, when time permitted, explore Southern Andalucia. After the border was closed the family would take the ferry to Algeciras and travel in the car garaged there. It was Granada and the Alhambra, however, that inspired his school essays. He also learnt to ski in those mountains. It turned out to be a formative time as he became interested in history which he went on to read at Cambridge. His particular interest was Gibraltar’s history, in particular the Great Siege, and the interface of Christianity and Islam. After leaving school and before going up to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge with an open exhibition in modern history, he was awarded a one year gap year commission in words | Mike Brufal the Blues and Royals. At the time, taking a gap year was becoming popular so this was A solicitor who has acted for the Sex Pistols and Huntingdon Life a fulfilling way of spending a year waiting to go up to university. Sciences, Tim Lawson-Cruttenden, 58, has always maintained the During his first summer holiday at Camclosest contacts with Gibraltar and since 1994 has been an enthusiastic bridge in 1974, he was asked as a Blues and Royals reservist to serve in Northern Ireland member of the Friends of Gibraltar Heritage Society. In 2009 he was and cover the marching season. Since then he invited to join the Board and subsequently elected Honorary Treasurer. has had a keen interest in military life. In 1992 he was appointed Honorary Legal Advisor to We decided it was time we found out more about Tim, his passion for the Blues and Royals and conducts pro bono
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people consultation work on behalf of serving members of the Regiment. Tim’s second area of expertise is courts martial law and he had been asked to conduct courts martial throughout the UK and Germany. Throughout this time he had been a member of the Territorial Army. He joined the Royal Yeomanry and was Officer Commanding C squadron between 1991-92. Tim also holds the Territorial Decoration. His military interest was formed during his years on the Rock when Gibraltar was a fortress. Tim qualified as a solicitor in 1979. He had decided to become a lawyer at the early age of nine and, with hindsight, says it has been a mistake to opt to be a solicitor rather than a barrister. He puts this down to being a sportsman at school rather than concentrating on public speaking and acting. During his first year he developed a Punk Music law practice acting for groups such as the Sex Pistols, the Blockheads and the Clash. This was followed by several years in the late 1980s conducting a private investigation into the unlawful sale of arms to Iran in breach of the United Nations embargo. In 1994 he was one of the first solicitors to gain rights of audience in the Higher Courts. This, in effect, means he can act as a barrister. He was one of the founding members of the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates and was appointed Chairman in 2007. For 15 years he was a member of Dawson Cornwell which specialised in general litigation. In 1996 he set up his own practice in Gray’s Inn specialising in harassment and human rights law, co-drafted the Stalking Bill in 1996 for a Private Member in the House of Commons, and advised the Opposition on the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and Harassment Law and Practice. During recent years his practice has been concerned with mounting civil representa-
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Tim with his father at the Cavalry Memorial Parade in London
Tim confronts an environmental protester at Gray’s Inn Square
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tive actions against anarchist groups under the harassment and human rights legislation. Clients have included Huntingdon Life Sciences, Oxford University, Bayer and Heathrow Airport. During the past few months he successfully completed a reverse take over and now practises as Richard Slade and Company. He is now a self employed consultant which gives him more freedom of action. The hand of fate moves in mysterious ways and quite by chance a young Tessa Peliza applied to join his firm as a trainee solicitor. Neither knew of the other’s connection with Gibraltar. She came under his supervision and so he met and became friends with her parents, Colonel Bob and Irma Peliza. By chance during the 12 months she was training Tim completed the legal work in setting up a charity for them. Tessa left the firm in 1990 when she qualified as a solicitor. In 1991 Tim commanded C Squadron of the Royal Yeomanry and Colonel Peliza visited the Squadron on a number of occasions. On one such visit he talked about mobilisation and what had happened in 1939. Little did the audience realise that in 2003 they would be mobilised once again to fight in the Gulf War. Tessa went on to marry Jon Cox and they formed, with Tim’s legal help, a charity called Adventure Plus. Jon is the charity’s executive director and is the son of the Baroness Cox and her husband the late Dr Murray Cox, the eminent psychotherapist who worked at Broadmoor high security hospital from 1970 until his death in 1997. The charity provides adventure training for children, youths and young adults, of all backgrounds but is particularly concerned with those who are on local authority registers or attend state schools. The charity has a strong reputation for supporting local authorities with assisting “at risk” children, including a number of children from Gibraltar. So now in 2013 Adventure Plus needs to raise £1.3 million to purchase its own land. It has an option to purchase land which is worth considerably more than £ 1.3 million.
Tim on the Rock in June
Tim, a director of Adventure Plus, has set a personal target of raising funds to commemorate Sir Robert Peliza who died on 12th December 2011 — to be marked by a shield in his name which will be placed in a prominent position at the new premises. Sir Robert had assisted with many fund raising opportunities during his lifetime. On 7th July this year Tim swam some 6.5km across the Bosphorus to raise money. The swim started on the Asian bank about 500 metres north of the Faith Mehmet bridge and finished on the European bank at the gardens to the
The charity has a strong reputation for supporting local authorities with assisting “at risk” children, including a number of children from Gibraltar
north of the Bosphorous bridge. He took advantage of his June visit to Gibraltar to undertake sea training for the swim. He has kept fit and this fitness regime started in his youth with climbing the Mediterranean Steps — a climb he still completes whenever he returns to the Rock. He has run no less than 14 marathons with a best time of 3 hours 33 minutes but today is not up to running long distances because of a hip operation so he has focussed on long distance swimming for his fund-raising. Tim said: “On the day of the swim I prayed for calm conditions and for the waves to come in from my left or from behind me. I am pleased to say that my prayers, in this respect, were answered. Weather conditions involved a steady North to South current supported by prevailing northerly winds and the waves were relatively amicable.” So far Tim has raised about £5,000 and says it would be nice to reach £10,000. He also hopes to be able to bring the activities of Adventure Plus to the Rock. “We need the Gibraltar Government and the Regiment, both closely connected to Sir Robert to be envisioned by this exciting project,” he says. Tim, who is married to Lorna and has two daughters Venetia and Imogen, is the co-author of two Blackstone’s Guides to the Protection of Harassment Act 1997 and Harassment Law and Practice. He is an expert in using this Act to contain and curtail protest involving, amongst other matters, anti-corporate groups. He has acted in numerous cases involving animal rights groups, environmentalists and anti-militarist groups. In 2004 Tim was voted one of the Lawyer Magazine’s Top 100 Lawyers in England and Wales. In 2006 he was appointed Chairman of the Old Harrovian Law Society. Tim had this to say about Gibraltar. “Gibraltar is a place of energy and innovation. It is bursting with industry and enthusiasm. Whenever I visit the Rock I am challenged by the friendliness and loyalty of Gibraltarians both to the Crown and to each other, much of which is underpinned by religious faith mainly Catholic but extends to the Abrahamic faiths and other faiths.” n You can donate to Adventure Plus through http:// uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ArthurTimothyLawsonCruttenden
Tim’s father, Roy Cruttenden, built the first long jump pit on the Rock
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Order of Merit for Charles Flower The Commonwealth Games Federation at this year’s General Assembly have agreed to award to the President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Gibraltar Mr. Charles J. Flower M.B.E B.E.M. the “Order of Merit” for services to the Commonwealth Games. Mr. Flower will receive a Gold Pin and a Scroll which will be presented to him during the Glasgow 2014 Games. n
Westside & Bayside Schools Arrangements for the start of the academic year 2013/14 Tuesday 3rd September Students in Years 9, 11 and 13 attend between 9 am -11 am. These students return to school on Thursday 5th September. Wednesday 4th September Students in Year 8 attend between 9am - 12.45pm. Students in Year 10 attend between 9 am -11 am. These students return to school on Thursday 5th September. As is customary, students wishing to enter Year 12 will have been contacted towards the end of August by telephone and invited to attend an interview on a specific day and time. Thursday 5th September Normal lessons for all years except Year 12. Start of interviews for
entry into Year 12. Wednesday 11th September Year 12 students start school.
Gibraltar College Interviews for full time courses for progression students will begin on Tuesday 3rd September. Interviews for new applicants for full-time courses will begin on Wednesday 4th September. As it is customary all students will have been contacted towards the end of August by telephone and invited to attend an interview on a specific day and time. Successful applicants will start on Monday 16th September. Continuing 2nd year ‘A’ level students will start on Friday 13th September. All other non-full time courses will be notified separately.
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Driving Change
words | John Clifford, Director Cocoon renewable energy consultants
The other day, I was pondering the subject of volume of traffic on our roads in Gibraltar — the congestion, the parking issues due to the limited physical space and the amount of CO2 that is released into the air with each journey we make. Gibraltar has 49.9 kilometres (31 miles) of roads all of which are paved. It has one of the highest levels per capita of car ownership in the world, with as many motor vehicles as people — that’s around 30,000 give or take a few. Here a few statistics about CO2 emissions to add to the statistics above: Emissions from a gallon of gasoline: 8,887 grams CO2 / gallon Emissions from a gallon of diesel: 10,180 grams CO2 / gallon. Vehicles that use diesel fuel generally have higher fuel economy than comparable gasoline vehicles. However, when comparing carbon
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dioxide emissions, the higher CO2 emissions from diesel fuel partially offset the fuel economy benefit. Unleaded gasoline emits 8.87 kg of CO2 per gallon. If we assume a fleet average (all cars, old and new) of 20.3 mpg giving around 44 kg of
CO2 per mile. An electric car on the other hand produces no CO2. Very interesting facts, but for me the most important fact of all about this CO2 is the impact it has on the quality of the air we breathe that immediately surrounds us.
All this research and development has been driven by the massive interest in how to store the energy created by renewable energies
Imagine, if you are stood behind a diesel car and an electric car (like the one pictured on the right), which air would you prefer to breathe? Which air would you prefer your children to breathe? For me the answer is simple. This led me to take another look at the latest advancements in the electric car industry. With the advancement of battery storage (lithium-ion is the way forward for now) and with the investment that people like Bill Gates, General Motors, LG Chem (LG Chem are large scale battery makers) are making through corporate and private investment into
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power storage research the costs to the consumer will decrease rapidly over the coming years and the efficiency will increase. All this research and development has been driven by the massive interest in how to store the energy created by renewable energies during the day and then release it at any given moment in time, now the technologies are filtering through to other industries such as car manufacturing. Within the next five or so years there will be another quantum leap in the power storage industry as the new technologies become more financially viable (as solar technologies already have done) and this in turn will drive the prices down for the end user, great news for us! For me the Smartfortwo is probably the best car out there at the moment in the electric car market *[see note] in the UK you’ll pay £12,275 for the hardtop version or £13,400 for the Cabrio and a further £55 a month for the battery. This way you won’t be liable for any problems with the battery, and the leasing contract is easily switched to the new owner if you decide to sell on the car. If you do want to buy both the car and the battery together, you’ll pay £15,395 for the coupe and £16,895 for the Cabrio, again UK prices. The battery pack has a three-year guarantee. The new hardtop and convert-
ible electric-powered Smart has a theoretical range of 90+ miles on an overnight (seven hours) charge from domestic supply. The Government in their EAMP (Environmental Action Management Plan) under energy have rightly acknowledged the detrimental environmental effects of transport here in Gibraltar. Within their goals to improve the energy efficiency of the transport sector they have under “actions” included the provision of electrical charging points in all new car parks. This is what I call a great idea, who knows in the next few years we may all be able to charge our cars while we are shopping, at work or having a coffee! Just imagine how it would be if we all drove a car like this little number, how quiet the streets would be, how much cleaner the air would be, how much more space there would be for parking. I know it’s not an option for all of us, but I just wanted to bring it to the attention of everyone and share the advancements in technology that are all around us and can benefit all of us and our planet. If we do not look after our planet who will? n *SMART is part of the Mercedes-Benz model range and Gedime Motors Ltd imports them for the local market on an order basis. For 2014 the range will be extended with an electric scooter and a 4 door car derivative. Tel: 20045888
If we all drove a car like this little number, how quiet the streets would be, how much cleaner the air would be, how much more space there would be for parking
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Home Help Your decorating dilemmas answered by Meme Fairbank of Denville Designs
ASK MEME email your interior design questions to meme@denvilledesigns.com or write to her at 62 Engineer Lane, Gibraltar
Is your home in decorating crisis? Do you need help to tame the interior chaos? Meme is here to tackle all your decorating, furnishing and style problems.... One room at a time.
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I love to read in bed but my husband hates the bedside lights on, also I find bedside lamps never give me enough light to read — call me old fashioned but I still like books! Any ideas to help us? Anna, Rosia Plaza Nothing wrong with books! A good idea would be wall lights with a directional reading light attached, a bit like hotels have, but now there is such a large selection on the market you can get some really nice designs with crystals or unusual lamp shades, then you can read and your husband can turn his side off. A good electrician can fit them and if your walls are plasterboard it’s really easy, you will just need a little bit of redecorating for solid walls.
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I can’t find anyone who sells large rugs in Gibraltar and I don’t want to go to Spain because of the border queues. Can you help? John, Tradewinds
We have a great supplier of rugs in loads of plain colours and sizes but they are thick, if you want a rug that is thinner most carpet suppliers can cut the size you need and trim and bind the edges. I hope this helps.
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My boyfriend and I have bought our first apartment together and we are now decorating it. I have always dreamed of a pink French boudoir bedroom but he is not keen on this style any ideas to help us come to a compromise using pink? Bernice, Queensway Quay Mixing white gloss furniture with clean lines will make the bedroom slightly more masculine then you can introduce more shabby chic accessories like a crystal chandelier, cushions. Keep all bed linen plain and cream or white, then add the pink either very softly in the curtains or a back wall only with paint or paper. Don’t use anything with flowers — there are some amazing pink pastel wallpapers that don’t use floral patterns. This will help keep the room more masculine but still bring in the pinks, hopefully he will come round to the idea especially using pink with gold or silver.
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We live in the Anchorage and have an open plan living room-comekitchen. We are having a new kitchen installed and don’t know what to do about the extractor fan. Should we make a statement or try to hide it? Craig, Anchorage
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I have just moved into my new house and I love it but it did come with built in wardrobes — great, but they are all dark wood and I don’t like wood. I can’t afford to replace the wardrobes so what can I do with them as I hate painting. Ben, Portland House If you hate painting I can recommend some great people who can spray the wardrobes almost any colour and finish. They can even paint designs on the doors. Some people love to panel wardrobes with wallpapers or fabric too. It depends on the look you want but these options are so much more cost effective than new wardrobes.
I would make a statement as the Anchorage only has spotlights on the ceiling and a wow extractorcome-chandelier would be a real statement. You can find lots of styles available from good kitchen suppliers as they are all the rage in Design 2013. Look out for designs that have LED lighting in them as they work really well and come in unusual shapes. Though these can come with a big price tag, they are well worth it. Celestial glass and stainless steel cooker hood © Elica Division - D R Kitchen Appliances Ltd - www.elica.co.uk
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Life’s A Stage, and so is your house the art of selling your home
Keep it simple, clean and clear of clutter
A multitude of properties sell in Gibraltar each month, but why do some properties languish on estate agent’s books for many months while others fly of the pages before the ink on the listing is dry? Price obviously has its part to play but so does presentation. Every seller wants their home to sell fast and bring the best price, so what is the best way to achieve this? When you decide to sell a house, it stops being your home and becomes a product, staged to tempt buyers. Rule number one is to declutter. Pack up personal photographs and family heirlooms, the
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buyer has to imagine themselves living in the space, not you. Depersonalize. Remove books from bookcases and pack up those nicknacks. Clear everything from the kitchen counters.
Think of this process as getting ahead with the packing you will need to do anyway. Rent a storage unit or get rid of unwanted stuff now. Almost every home looks better with less furni-
ture, especially pieces that block walkways or room views. Remove extra leaves from your dining table to make the room seem more spacious. Leave just enough furniture in each room to
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property showcase the room’s purpose with room to move around. Rearrange wardrobes and kitchen cabinets. Buyers will open doors and if they see everything neat and tidy they will assume there is enough storage and you are looking after the place. Look at a home through the eyes of a prospective buyer and determine what needs to be cleaned, painted, repaired and tossed out. Complete all minor repairs you have been putting off. It may seem tedious but buyers don’t want to start doing repairs when they move into their new home if they can avoid it by buying elsewhere. Replace cracked floor tiles, fill cracks in walls, fix leaking taps. Repair doors that don’t open or close properly or drawers that sag and stick. Carry out mechanical repairs to ensure that all systems, such as air conditioning units, and appliances are in good working condition and look and sound healthy. If they don’t and you can
remove them, do so. If you have coloured walls or bright wallpaper consider repainting in neutral colours. Don’t let buyers remember your home as “the one with with the hideous green hallway”. Clean! Wash windows inside and out, dust, vacuum, polish taps and mirrors, shine floors, bleach grout. Put out fresh towels. Clean any musty areas and add good quality air fresheners or room diffusers. Replace dim or broken light bulbs and put your best bed linen on the beds. Make sure window coverings hang level. Place yellow flowers in simple vases — yellow evokes a buying emotion. When you have overhauled the inside, go outside and stand in Clean, repair and declutter all areas, but especially the corridor outside your home. kitchens and bathrooms which the buyer is likely to Check your doorway looks clean have to live with for a while after moving in and welcoming. Open the door (hopefully a smooth process) and check that the first thing you see to go inside? Does the house welIdeally, you want to be sure your is a pleasant sight. Do you want come you? property is competitive with other Stand in the doorway of every homes available within your price single room and imagine how a range and community. buyer will feel about your house. Estate agents see numerous If it is still stamped with your per- homes each day and can usually sonality, remove more items and offer you good suggestions on keep everything as neutral, clean how to improve the appeal of your and clear as possible. home to buyers. n
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Growing in the Dark Last month we wrote about growing edible plants indoors and we received lots of comments from would-be gardeners lamenting their lack of suitably sunny and secure (from marauding cats or leg lifting dogs) spots in which to grow any plants let alone edible ones. This set us thinking about solutions for growing plants indoors where there is limited natural lighting (such as our office) and how we could resolve this. We started searching and discovered some pretty niffy gadgets on the market. The compact coffee-maker sized AeroGarden 3 hydroponics unit was our favourite for growing herbs in a kitchen — especially in Gibraltar’s new apartment blocks which have open plan windowless kitchens situated at the back of the lounge. It looks stylish, takes up hardly any room and provides your herbs with
everything they need — it is fully automatic, with a built-in grow light, and is easy to use. Its big brother would look fabulous in a modern lounge or brighten any dim room. Of course you don’t need to buy a unit such as this, we just thought it was rather neat, in fact you can buy low voltage waterproof LED Plant Grow lights which come in panels and tubes like flourescents and create your own indoor display where ever you choose it to be. So you really can have gorgeously green fingers, even indoors. n
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Ask the Architect Your structural and design questions answered by Ruth Massias Greenberg of Gamma Concepts www.gamma.gi
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Architecture evolves to accommodate emerging technologies and needs
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Why is so much being built in a modern style in Gibraltar? Should new constructions be designed to fit in better with the traditional buildings that surround them? The way people respond to architecture is largely a matter of taste. My opinion, formed by my own experiences, is as follows. In my view, architecture, like language, is an expression of the times. What we currently consider traditional was once thought of as modern and what we consider modern will one day be viewed as traditional. For example, the first Gothic cathedrals built in Britain were revolutionary and controversial pieces of architecture that pulled the country out of the dark ages. Baroque and neo-classical styles were also opposed by contemporary “traditionalists”.
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Renaissance architecture is another case in point. Inigo Jones was almost single-handedly responsible for bringing renaissance architecture to England following his grand tour of Italy. The Queen’s House by Inigo Jones would have appeared radical to contemporary British eyes but today it is a grade I listed building and a scheduled monument. Bringing this to a local level, in Gibraltar we can see around us a range of architecture, whether it is Moorish, colonial or Spanish, that was at some point revolutionary and different to what existed here already. Architectural style and expression is also often a product of the technology available to the construction industry. In this way too architecture is an expression of the times. Let us once again take Gothic cathedrals as an example. In their height they were
a direct product of advances in engineering. It follows that architecture today should have a different look that corresponds to the technologies currently available, for example: the ability to produce large sheets of glass, the ability to laser cut precise shapes and forms out of metal, the ability to generate a computer model of almost any shape in the design process and countless other technological advances. These advances will inevitably inform what is built next. At the same time traditional skills are harder and harder to come by and most features in “traditional” looking architecture are machine-made and merely mimic the status quo. Social character and politics are also expressed through architecture. We must therefore question whether what is expressed in the colonial architecture we see
around us is what we wish to express today. Colonial architecture is grandiose and an expression of the military might of the British Empire. Nowadays, there is a desire to express the transparency of the political process and the social systems in place, hence the predominance of glass which enables us to see right into a building. This carries with it the expression of honesty. However, this is not to say that we should discard our architectural heritage. I suggest we celebrate and learn from it. In places such as Gibraltar, thick solid walls with high thermal mass and small openings keep buildings cool. Central courtyards, also commonplace in Gibraltar, are another way to provide shady relief from the hot sun, bring light into the depths of a building and provide the opportunity for cross-ventilation. Courtyards are also traditionally
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advice places in which to socialise and interact, and therefore form part of our cultural fabric. Traditional timber shutters are another great way to provide shade yet maintain ventilation. These features can all be integrated into a modern approach to architecture and in this sense modern and traditional architecture can coexist. The old informs the new but should not limit it as the architectural character of Gibraltar is a living thing and must continue to develop and change. To simply mimic what is already here would be stagnation and would limit the potential of what can be achieved through our built environment. The architecture that exists in Gibraltar today is already a rich mix of cultures. The timber shutters with their bottom opening panels are Genoese. The Regency style iron balconies come from England and were brought in by ordnance architects. These features are now ubiquitous and exist sideby-side in the same buildings. So we see that the buildings of Gibraltar, like its people and its culture, already express a diverse history. What is stopping us from enhancing our richly diverse architecture by applying a new, modern stamp? n
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I am selling my flat. My solicitors have told me that I must obtain an EPC — what is this and how can I get one? An EPC is an Energy Performance Certificate that measures the energy performance of buildings. It is Gibraltar’s response to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), an EU initiative aimed at reducing the amount of energy consumed by buildings in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions. The Building (Energy Performance) Rules came into force in Gibraltar on the 4th January 2009. An EPC is required for any building that is to be rented, sold or constructed, including extensions and refurbishments that have fixed heating or cooling installations, i.e. any form of air conditioning or heating system. In order to obtain an EPC you should contact a Government Accredited Energy Assessor who will prepare EPCs and recommendation reports us-
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An EPC will provide a buyer with ideas on how to easily improve the energy performance of the property ing a standardised methodology. The building will then obtain a rating. When constructing a building a predictive EPC is required at the design stage so if the building fails the assessment, changes can be made to the design specifications in order to bring them up to standard. If, however, you are selling an
existing flat an EPC will inform the buyer of how energy efficient the flat is. It will also provide the buyer with ideas on how to easily improve the energy performance of the property. You can find a list of registered assessors at: www. gibraltar.gov.gi/energy-performance-in-buildings. n
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Eyes may or may not be the window to your soul, as the saying goes, but they are the window to your health. Looking after your eyes includes good nutrition to keep them bright and clear from within. While granny’s advice to eat your carrots to help you see in the dark may be true, there are many other vitamins and nutrients essential to maintain eye health. We’ve put together a list of the top nutrients for eye health, and they can actually help prevent diseases like macular degeneration and cataracts. So make sure your eyes have it too. Vitamin E protects your eyes from cataracts and dryness. It’s a powerful antioxidant that helps protect membranes of cells throughout the body against damage caused by metabolic by-products called free radicals. Sources: Wheat germ oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, nuts and nut oils like almonds, green leafy vegetables like spinach and chard, tomato, pumpkin, sweet potato, mangoes, broccoli, papayas, avocados, olives.
prevent eye tension. Beta carotene is converted to Vitamin A in the human body and this in turn helps fat to be converted into energy. Sources: Vitamin A is only naturally found in animal sources such as liver, cod liver oil, swordfish, crab, white fish, whole milk, cream, butter, cheese and eggs. Beta Carotene however is found in fruits and vegetables including carrots, peas, red peppers, asparagus, tomatoes, spinach, broccoli, mango, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, lettuce, apricots, peaches and watermelon.
Zinc helps your body absorb vitamin A and has been proven to protect against macular degeneration and night blindness. Sources: Milk, cheese, yeast, peanuts, beans, wholegrain cereals, brown rice, potato, yogurt, pumpkin seeds.
Lutein + Zeaxanthin help protect the retina from ultraviolet rays and other free radicals. Along with other natural antioxidants they guard the body from damaging effects of free radicals, which are unstable molecules that can destroy cells and play a role in many diseases. Sources: Green or yellow vegetables such as spinach, kale, peas, corn, broccoli and carrots, plus eggs.
Vitamin A + Beta Carotene are famed for helping you see in the dark, but they really do improve night vision, hydrate eyes and
Vitamin C + Bioflavonoids are essential to prevent eye diseases like cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Vitamin C (ascorbic
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acid) is a water-soluble vitamin and a powerful antioxidant found in fruits and vegetables. Vitamin C helps the body maintain the collagen found in the cornea of the eye and blood vessels such as the capillaries in the retina, preventing disease. Sources: Peppers, citrus fruits (kiwis are good), berries (especially strawberries), potatoes, tomatoes and green leafy vegetables.
Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are not critical for the development of vision in infants and later for the health of the retina. Omega-3s regulate eye fluids, and intraocular pressure, and people who consume the highest levels of Omega-3 have lower risks of agerelated macular degeneration. Sources: Seeds, especially flaxseed and sunflower seeds, walnuts, spinach, oily fish, olive oil.
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The Positive Thinking Centre... words | Elena Scialtiel
The new Cancer Relief Centre, fully operational for a few months now, is being officially launched on 24th September with a reception for charity benefactors, dignitaries, volunteers and friends. The guest of honour will be Lady Williams, the driving force behind the original Centre, once located in Devil’s Tower Road... Yet, the new centre is no longer named after Lady Williams. In fact, when the project of moving the ‘Lady Williams Centre’ to the South District was in the pipeline, the Charity spoke to several people and it became apparent that many Gibraltarians did not realise that the Lady Williams Centre was at public disposal as the local cancer support centre. So it was decided, with Lady Williams’ blessing, that a clear-cut change of name was in order, so the message could reach as many patients as possible. Nowadays, nobody is comfortable with the word ‘cancer’, but the attitude towards it has changed drastically and survivors and carers alike are confident it can be fought with positivity, serenity, support and love for life. And this is exactly what the new centre is all about: a positive attitude, survival skills, independence and rehabilitation. The settings are a colonial mansion in the ‘countryside’ with superb views over the Bay. The vision of this cancer care centre does not include nurses in scrubs or metal trays teeming with syringes: on the contrary, Nurse Grainne McKenna welcomes everyone who comes to the centre with a broad smile and her friendly Irish accent. Oh, yes, and patients are not called patients, but clients. The building in question is the old BFBS headquarters, later the Music Centre, refurbished, revamped and restored to its former glory after years of dereliction. While the outside retains intact its colonial charm — whitewashed walls, black shutters at the panelled windows and black slender pillars buttress-
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well-being & ing the wooden beams of a lovely veranda for sunset watching — the interiors are decorated in contemporary, warm and welcoming neutrals and greens. To give it the extra home feel, all internal walls double up as an art gallery to display paintings, many of them on loan from the Ministry of Culture and by local artists of the calibre of Jane Langdon, Vin Mifsud and Lloyd Chapman, whether donated or on loan. This makes it even less clinical and indeed exquisite, as do the potted plants and flowers kindly donated by horticultural centres and the local community. In contrast, the aromatherapy and pampering rooms enjoy the chillout vibe of saturated pastels, turquoises, fuchsias and amethysts that well match the calm mood evoked by the lingering scent of aromatic oils. The sultry multi-coloured blinds were chosen by one of the aromatherapists to provide a welcoming and colourful feel to the rooms. Grainne is very proud of this studio, an oasis of tranquillity in an already tranquil venue, where cancer sufferers and their carers are entitled to a number of sessions of stressrelieving massage. Next door is the ‘Head Smart and Pampering’ room where wigs are styled and fitted, and patients are taught to care for their sensitive skin, pencil in eyebrows, apply makeup and apply false eye-lashes (for ladies and gentlemen). The Head Smart project is another feat to be quite proud of. Wigs are supplied by a British wig manufacturer Browns ‘More Hair Now’, who supplied the centre with a number of true-to-life wigs to match to the natural hair of patients about to undergo chemo, so they will have the replacement at the ready as soon as they start losing their natural hair. Cancer clinics are held regularly next door with oncology and palliative nurses, to discuss side effects of chemo and radiotherapy administered abroad, and issues specific to breast cancer. Every Wednesday and Thursday, the centre comes alive with Day Care. Cancer patients can attend from 10am to 3.30pm and join in activities like ‘chairobics’ in the patio — one hour of mild exercise that can be performed while sitting down — a bit of reading or healthy gossip, healthy (and hearty) lunch and an afternoon of relaxation. Monday afternoons are dedicated to counselling, whether group or one-to-one, for any-
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one affected by cancer. Bereavement counselling is also offered to affected families. ‘Breathe Easy’, the breathlessness management five-week course, will be implemented this autumn, in cooperation with the GHA: occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dieticians, counsellors, aromatherapists and palliative nurses will teach patients and their carers how to manage breathlessness, which unfortunately is sometimes a symptom of cancer, but it can be indeed controlled and reduced. Ongoing fundraising campaigns, flag days, private and corporate donations (like the Bonita Trust’s van for shuttling patients without own transport to and fro) indeed provide the material stuff, but it’s the sheer love and dedication that make it gel into a serene environment. “It’s the community effort “All this is made possible by that collected the money the community,” to furnish and run the Grainne says. centre. We have over 35 “It’s the community effort that volunteers to help with collected money the day-to-day chores, to furnish and run the centre. We administration and over 35 volspecialised skills. I know, have unteers to help it’s amazing, isn’t it?” with the day-today chores, administration and specialised skills. I know, it’s amazing, isn’t it?” she exclaims with a twinkle in her eye. “We are also about prevention and awareness,” Grainne explains. “Anyone in doubt about how to protect their skin from the sun for example, should ring us up or pop in to enquire about it. We also offer financial assistance in proven conditions of hardship as consequence of a cancer case in the family, and we lend nursing equipment specific to patients’ needs.” But what of the future? The charity’s ultimate aim is to open a four-bedded hospice on the top floor of the centre which was specifically designed as a hospice unit. The hospice will offer respite care, specialised symptom control and ‘end of life’ care. As the first step to achieve this, the services of a doctor specialised in palliative care is required. Cancer Relief Gibraltar very recently submitted a hospice proposal to the Gibraltar Government and the charity is hopeful that it will meet with Government support. n
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Team Saffron gets going! Loreto Convent teacher and mother Cathi Borge is launching a new charity to raise awareness about Rett syndrome, a neuro-developmental genetic condition that affects one girl in 20,000. Named after her six-year old daughter Saffron — who was diagnosed with the condition two years ago and is now attending St. Martin’s school — the ‘Saffron Rose 4 Rett Charity’ will also raise funds for the school to purchase a new eye-gazing computer that enables children who cannot speak to communicate with the sole use of their eyes. In fact, most children there benefit from this interactive educational computer with programmes and video streaming designed to be simple yet informative. The Saffron Rose 4 Rett first public fundraiser took place on Calentita night in Casemates, when Cathi and her team sported t-shirts flashing ‘CURE RETT’ in neon pink letters across the front. Their pavilion was draped with a banner featuring Saffron’s photo. The Team Saffron ladies sold couscous and curry made by Cathi’s sister Victoria Garcia Bishop of Vicky’s Kitchen and TV’s Rock Chef fame. Drinks were donated by Anglo-Hispano and fresh produce by Gib Maroc and
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Fasta Foods, so their net takings exceeded the whopping £3,000 mark. Cathi emotionally recalls how some generous tourists approached her to enquire about Rett syndrome and donated to the cause, which is also connected to the UK branch (www.RettUK. org) in the hope of significantly contributing to their research. In fact, scientific experimentation has recently managed to stop Rett regression and even to reverse it in mice, but it still has a long way to go before it can be tested on patients. With the fast moving pace of modern medical research, her parents are optimistic this might happen in Saffron’s lifetime. Meanwhile, the UK association offers practical advice, creates support
groups and publishes useful information through patients and families’ blogs and access to specific medical information. Unfortunately, Rett syndrome is not a rare disorder, but it is often misdiagnosed or confused with neuro-degenerative conditions, although strictly speaking it isn’t, because it doesn’t involve an involution, but stoppage or extreme slowing down of physiological brain growth. A girl born with the faulty gene MECP2 (located on the X chromosome) that randomly causes the condition usually goes through four phases: regular physical and cognitive development up to twothree years old, sudden manifestation of symptoms in relatively fast succession, a decade-long dormant ‘plateau’ time until pu-
Unfortunately, Rett syndrome is not a rare disorder, but it is often misdiagnosed or confused with neuro-degenerative conditions, although strictly speaking it isn’t
berty, a time of big changes when the brain’s grey matter struggles to cope with physical adjustments with the result that the already weak points, like mobility, sleeping patterns and digestion worsen. This worsens further in adulthood, and may lead to tube feeding, heart disorders and fatal sleep apnoea. Patients suffer from disrupted sleeping patterns, which Cathi confesses takes its toll on the entire family. This can be helped with the use of a ‘weighted’ blanket, a costly device that she bought for her little girl, but she is raising money to be able to provide these to families who may not be able to afford them when needed. The syndrome was described by Austrian paediatrician Andreas Rett in 1966. More recent research placed life expectancy at 40+ years, and the Borges are positive about Saffron enjoying a decent quality of life. However, it took several trips to Great Ormond Street Hospital and other UK private hospitals for Saffron to be diagnosed with Rett
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Raise money for Cancer Research: Teams and Cancer Survivors Wanted! The hugely successful Cancer Research Relay of 2011 is back again for 2013. The Cancer Research Relay will once again be a 24 hour event, held at the Victoria Stadium from Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th September to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. The relay comprises members of different teams walking around the running track over 24 hours. At least one member from each team must be on the track at any time for the duration of the relay.
towards the total amount raised by the team. Once registered, teams then undertake their own fund raising activities as they wish, up to the date of the relay. This Relay is not a competition, neither at the event itself nor in the amount of funds raised, but we would welcome teams to set their own challenges and raise as much as possible. The relay will also be a celebration of cancer survival. Cancer survivors will be invited to lead the relay as guests in the first lap of honour and can later take part in a candle ceremony. Survivors are the living proof of the progress and success
of research and the reason why we should continue to support Cancer Research UK. Forms to register as a team or join the relay as a survivor will be available at Accessory World on the 1st Floor ICC, Tel: 20077165, Mobile: 56331000 or via email: relay@gibtelecom.net Volunteers will also be required to help out on the day and in the run up to the event, so anyone wanting to assist is encouraged to contact the organisers. For further information contact Nicky Vinales Tel. 200 71819, or via the event’s Facebook group ‘Cancer Research Relay’ http://www.facebook. com/groups/20470310950
Teams are welcome to enter from all sectors of the community — groups of friends, families, work colleagues, sports associations or any others who may wish to make up a team and take part. Businesses are encouraged to enter this event as it is a good team building exercise, and at the same time raises funds for a worthy cause.
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Syndrome after two years of tests. “The correct diagnosis brought me closure at least,” Cathi says, “because we had eventually found for sure what was wrong with her, after two years. So we could move on and figure out viable solutions for her future.”
Here clicks in another important purpose of newly formed ‘Saffron Rose 4 Rett ’: promoting screening and early diagnosis of any future case that might arise in Gibraltar. It has been a rollercoaster ride, but Cathi is relieved to eventually be seeing the light at end of the
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Ten Things to Consider When Choosing Your Cosmetic Surgeon Aria Medical Group is dedicated to providing a caring and professional service, based on a sustainable approach that means we are here for the longterm. We’re committed to Gibraltar and always invest to make sure we offer not only excellent results but personalised aftercare. So when you are choosing a surgeon, consider these points: 1. Qualifications Is the surgeon on a recognised register? Surgeons should be registered with their relevant medical councils – so for example surgeons may be registered with the UK General Medical Council’s Specialist Register for Plastic Surgeons and/or its equivalent in Spain. 2. Specialisms Cosmetic Surgeons should be qualified and registered in Plastic Surgery – for example Aria’s Dr. Marco Vricella is a registered Specialist Plastic Surgeon. 3. Medical Team Ask about the team that will assist the surgeon. For example, the anaesthetist should be registered and you should ask about their experience. Aria’s theatre team are world-class. 4. Hospital A hospital registered with the local health authority. Aria is uses the luxurious and private High Care International Hospital (HCI). Ask about your accommodation if you need an overnight recovery stay. HCI offers luxurious private rooms with meals included and you can have a friend/family member stay overnight with you if you prefer. 5. Consultation Aria Medical Group offers free consultations at College Clinic in Gibraltar with Dr. Marco Vricella, your surgeon.
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A professional surgeon will always be honest about the potential risks, however small, and will give advice on how to minimise these through lifestyle changes before the operation. Make sure you have realistic expectations for the procedure. A cosmetic surgery procedure can achieve much, but results vary upon individuals; their age; and quality of skin; lifestyle; and more. 6. Aftercare Aria Medical Group offers free aftercare with all cosmetic procedures, including home visits in Gibraltar. In a few cases, revision surgery will be necessary, in which case you will need to go back to Theatre. Aria Medical Group includes this free of charge in its service. 7. Price This is one of the most popular considerations for most people when considering a cosmetic procedure and surgeon. The increased volume of operations has brought down the cost of surgery over the years, but there is still an element of ‘you get what you pay for’. Remember that your fee has to cover many elements including the time and expertise of the surgeon; pre operative tests; the anaesthetist; the medical team; the operating theatre costs; the cost of implants if you are having breast augmentation and a potential overnight stay with doctor on call. Aria Medical Group offers realistic prices, and an approach that is sustainable so we’re around to look after you in the future. 8. Client Testimonials Think about talking to other people who have had the operation you are considering. Most surgeons will have client case studies available to read or view online with ‘before and after’ photography – contact Aria for more information.
9. Company Cosmetic surgery is now very popular and there are a number of medical groups across Europe offering procedures. With Aria Medical Group you are assured to have the personal touch of an independent firm. 10. Location The location of your surgeon is important. Having a cosmetic surgery procedure close to home has a number of benefits such as convenience; reduced travel before and after; and easier aftercare consultations. Being Informed Having a cosmetic surgery procedure can make a huge difference to your life and being well informed can make it a very positive choice. Some of our most popular procedures include: + Breast Augmentation + Breast Uplift (Mastopexy) + Breast Reduction + Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) + Liposuction + Face Lifts + Eyebag Removal (Blepharoplasty) + Rhinoplasty (Nose Surgery) + Cosmetic Dentistry Free Consultations If you want to find out more, then Dr. Vricella holds free consultations at College Clinic, Regal House, Gibraltar every 2 weeks – for dates and to book an appointment please call Tel: (+34) or
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images of the month This month we take a special detour from our reader submitted Images of the Month to visit a photographic/digital art exhibition at Sacarello’s on Irish Town.
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Yvonne Smiddy, Digital Artist, will be holding her inaugural formal exhibition of work at Sacarello’s, Irish Town, 9th September to 7th October. The exhibition will showcase a large selection of Yvonne’s digital artwork, which covers local scenes, portraits and international subjects. Photography and creating images is Yvonne’s passion with her interest in Digital Art evolving over the last few years. On her work she states: “My love of Digital Art evolved from my interest in taking and producing pure still photographs for a number of years. I started experimenting, looking at how my images could be manipulated to, ironically in some ways, make them look less like a photograph but something more unique, with more texture or abstract colours, and different perspectives. My artistic
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technique, in essence, is digitally enhanced photography with clean lines, simplicity and texture”. Yvonne now applies various techniques to her photographs such as pop art, made famous by Andy Warhol, or a comic book effect. One of her favoured techniques is to effectively transform a photograph into what looks like a painting, with brush stroke effects. She also enjoys using a mirror effect on architectural and scenic photographs; this technique worked extremely well on one of her Rock of Gibraltar images, “Gibraltar: so good you see it twice”. Further techniques include a haze effect; making the viewer feel as if they are looking at the image through heavy rainfall, and a simple twirl effect which has transformed a series of her international photographs including Le Louvre, a gum tree in Spain and a boat on the horizon in Howth in Dublin. Yvonne’s inspiration comes from everyday life and travels abroad. She comments: “I’m spoilt in that Gibraltar offers me a fascinating range of subjects, textures and landscapes. Simply walking and observing the streets of Gibraltar provides me with fabulous images, there’s wonderful detail in the most common daily activities of Gibraltar’s people; those going to work, school runs, grandparents with their grandchildren, street artists. A cruise ship and her passengers coming into town to explore Gibraltar always creates interesting subjects both on sea and land, for example.” Yvonne also particularly enjoys taking photos of the historic and cultural elements that make Gibraltar what it is today. One of her most valued collections is a series called Punta Europa, inspired by a close up photograph of Gibraltar’s lighthouse. She enthuses: “The Punta Europa series includes a kaleidoscope image and a textured black and white image with a flash of red of the lighthouse. I’m excited to be able to share this, and my other work, with the Gibraltar public at my forthcoming exhibition.” Examples of Yvonne’s work are also currently on display at the College Clinic, Regal House, and she displays work in a number of local businesses. Her work will be available for purchase during the exhibition at Sacarello’s and is available immediately at the College Clinic. n
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Howzat! Women’s Cricket World The end of the summer has seen a lot of focus on Women’s Cricket in Gibraltar with the National Women’s Squad travelling to Bologna, Italy to take on Denmark, Belgium, Italy and Estonia in a European T20 Tournament. This followed two of our female cricketers visiting Scotland to play with the Scotland Women’s Development XI and in their Regional Series. National Captain Noelle Laguea (NL) and Wicketkeeper Agatha Acris (AA) spoke to us after the Italian tournament to give us their thoughts on their Scotland experience and the future for women’s cricket in Gibraltar You have had a busy few weeks, tell us about your trip to Scotland. What games did you get involved in? NL: We had a longer overs format on the first day playing a 45 over game against Lancashire which eased us into the intensity rather than experiencing the velocity of a 20 over match which is something we’re not normally used to. On our second game day we played two 20 over games, also against Lancashire. Our final game day was also two 20 over games. These were regional games with a mix of the Scottish development players and more experience players including many from the full Scotland team. Agatha and I played for different teams but we got a win each! AA: This experience has been rewarding from the first moment we got to Scotland. It was an experience where all my skills as a cricketer were
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role to know more or less how every player in my team bats or bowls. It was amazing to see how the Scotland captain would set her field strategically depending on who was batting or who was bowling and how well that worked. I’ve therefore learnt that strategy is an extremely important aspect in cricket. Can you highlight two things each that A second point would be to remain positive you feel you learned from the Scotland throughout your whole performance. Cricket trip? is a mental sport so you need a good amount NL: As a captain I’ve always known it’s my of confidence in everything you do. In Scotland you would have the whole team backing you up every time you fielded, bowled or batted, no matter how you performed. If you keep positive there will probably be a more positive outcome in your performance. AA: I also learned the importance of having a positive attitude towards the game and remaining more supportive and encouraging throughout the game for a better performance. Secondly I also felt I learnt a lot in terms of fielding efficiently. Examples of this would be, when stopping the batting pair from scoring many singles or how to add pressure to the batting site, leading to them making mistakes. challenged by the high level of cricket they played. Everyone in Scotland was really attentive and welcoming. They made us feel part of the team from moment one, making it a wonderful and unforgettable experience.
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A lot of people talk on Twitter about the #cricketfamily, what does this mean to you? AA: In my opinion #cricketfamily is the environment and atmosphere surrounding the sport of cricket. For example how cricket can bring everyone together through socialising through playing and training for cricket and by making friends and of course the sportsmanship. NL: #CricketFamily is probably something I first heard in Scotland. It may be a good way of describing belonging to a wider cricket community. To me it means a group of people who share the same interests and love for cricket, not just within teams but between across the sport too. Do you feel the experience in Scotland has helped you grow as cricketers? AA: Definitely this experience has allowed me to identify areas in my game that need improvement. I also learnt more about the game and how to approach it in a smart way. I would say the Scotland experience has given me the extra push I needed to grow as a cricketer. NL: Definitely. After seeing how seriously the Scottish players took their games and seeing how much they wanted to improve when they were already amazing (to me) just makes me want to become as good as them. There’s a lot more to cricket than I thought (which showed on and off the pitch) and experiences like these will hopefully keep me growing as a cricketer.
Do you feel the experience gave you the opportunity to help the rest of the Gib squad in the recent tournament in Italy? NL: In other tournaments I’ve always captained the side without really knowing what I’m doing. I’ve always had to rely a lot on my coaches for advice but on this recent trip to Italy the vice captain Lizzie Ferrary and I were given a lot more freedom to captain our own side. After seeing how the sides in Scotland played and seeing how the captain took up her role, it gave me the confidence to try do the same in this tournament. In this role I was therefore able to give them any advice they needed or even explain why I was doing something in hope that it would increase their knowledge of cricket. In Italy a lot of the girls
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asked me how the trip to Scotland was. I was able to share what I had learnt with them and it hopefully motivated them to do as best as they can in our matches. Again, many of the girls lack confidence when playing but this will come with experience and hopefully with speaking to the older players AA: I believe so. With Noelle guiding the team as a more developed captain and me supporting and encouraging the team throughout the matches, the performance of the team was clearly improved. What are your hopes for Girls’ and Women’s Cricket in Gibraltar going forward? AA: In a future I would like to see girls’ and women’s cricket continue to develop as a “big cricket family”, where people feel they belong to something big that gives them the chance of meeting lots of people throughout Gibraltar and the world with who they can share the same passion. NL: My hopes are that we continue to grow as we have in the past 4/5 years and gradually have enough teams to even form a womens league. We have a lot of talent coming through so my hopes are that we continue to play in tournaments like this one in Italy and hopefully also send younger sides to U15 or U17 tournaments or bring teams over to Gibraltar. Teams in the UK and Europe seem to have many practice games which can only make them better. If we had the same experience in games in Gibraltar we would improve drastically without a doubt. n
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Meet the Producers The Gibraltar Music Festival is produced by Word of Mouth and Axle Media for the Gibraltar Government. Word of Mouth and Axle Media are Gibraltar-based live music and event production companies with extensive experience in artist booking and concert promotion in Gibraltar and Spain. They have worked with the likes of Jessie J, Nick Cave, The Wailers, Simple Minds, and Ali Campbell’s UB40. “We love large-scale, high quality event production in Spain and Gibraltar. We pride ourselves in producing events that go the extra mile and live on in memory,” state the Producers — Owen Smith, Dylan Ferro and Jonathan Scott. We asked them about the organising of
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including two big international names, on the one stage. This year we will have more than 20 acts, including nine international acts. You were involved with the organising of On Saturday 7th September, Gibraltar will last year’s Gibraltar Music Festival event, enjoy 12 hours of live music and entertainment how does this year’s differ? across numerous stages, a food court, and a The main difference is that we have more shaded rest and recharge area. What we are acts, many more! Last year we had five acts, planning is a full day of entertainment suitable for the whole family.
Gibraltar will enjoy 12 hours of live music and entertainment across numerous stages, a food court, and a shaded rest and recharge area. What we are planning is a full day of entertainment suitable for the whole family
What are the particular difficulties in getting the right mix of acts for this type of festival?
Being a family event, we have tried to organise acts that are popular among people in different age groups and with different tastes in music. Some people will be particularly excited about seeing Emeli Sandé, others about seeing Olly Murs, others Texas, or Level 42. But from the feedback we’ve got, most are generally excited about the bill, and we’ve no doubt the mix of musicians we’ve assembled will make for a really special day out. There has been a terrific response on ticket
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We had a head start this year, because mostly everyone who enjoyed Jessie J, Ali Campbell’s UB40, Noiz, Atomica4 and Jetstream last year will think, “Yep, I’ll have a bit more of that please!” We are very happy with the event’s popularity; tickets have sold extremely well! A big thanks to everyone who’s getting behind the Gibraltar Music Festival and helping us to make the event the best it can be. When did you start work on the planning for this event, and what have been the particular problems with organisation?
We started working on our ideas as soon as last year’s finished. But then there was a tender process for a four-year contract, so we only got the go ahead in April. So I guess we’ve been working on it for almost a year, but flat out for five months now. Doing 12 months’ work in five months has been very challenging, but we’re very confident everyone’s going to have a memorable day out come 7th September!
a lot of late nights, and busy weekends. Do your personal tastes influence the acts you book?
We hope not. We’ve always asked ourselves, “What’s best for the Gibraltar public?” That said, it would be difficult to think that we’d book an artist that we ourselves really dislike! But it’s certainly not just us three; we’ve consulted and taken on board the views of others, not least the good people at the Ministry of Culture, Yvette Zarb and her team, and the Culture Minister, Steven Linares. How would you see the event in 2023?
Woah! Easy there Gibraltar Magazine ;-) We’ve got a four-year plan, but not a 10-year plan! We are lucky enough to have a four-year contract and hope to grow the event steadily and sustainably each year. What will be your roles on the day?
Naturally, we’re hoping that everything will be so perfectly organised that we can roam the Gibraltar Music Festival, and enjoy its numerWhat would people be surprised to learn ous stages and many acts for much of the 12 about the organising of this type of event? hours. Realistically though, we’ll be dotting Hmmm… Maybe that most business meet- the Is and crossing the Ts to ensure the event ings have been conducted over the breakfast is the best it can be. table? Monday to Friday, we meet for an early working breakfast; Dylan always has tea and By the time we are reading this the festival a toasted ham sandwich, Owen likes his coffee will be almost upon us. Have you started in a glass and Jonathan can’t have any milk in thinking about next year yet? his scrambled eggs. Starting early every day is our way of keeping on top of things. We have already discussed some names for What is perhaps less surprising for a show next year, yes. Will we give you any clues as of this magnitude is that there have also been to who? Absolutely not! n
The Gibraltar Music Festival More than 20 acts will rock the stages of this year’s Gibraltar Music Festival for 12 hours of live music which will include nine international acts spanning tastes in music from golden oldies 10cc to headlining act Emeli Sandé. Brit Award winning Emeli Sandé will be joined on the stages by double-platinum Olly Murs, ’80s band Level 42 (remember Lessons in Love), and top Spanish band La Oreja de Van Gogh. Emeli Sandé has had three number-one singles in the UK Read All About It with Professor Green, Next to Me and Beneath Your Beautiful a collaboration with Labrinth. Her album Our Version of Events spent seven non-consecutive weeks at number 1 and became the best-selling album of 2012 in the UK, with over 1 million sales. In 2012 she performed at both the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London Olympics. Glasgow band Texas, whose White on Blonde album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one in 1997, is performing along with Liverpool band Lawson who have had five UK Top 20 hit singles since 2012. Gabrielle Aplin, who reached number 1 earlier this year with Please Don’t Say You Love Me,
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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: SHARLEEN SPITERI - TEXAS • 10cc • GABRIELLE APLIN will perform on stage as will the Propellers who released their debut EP Midnight Kiss in January 2013. Many top local acts will grace the stages alongside the international acts to create a
live music extravaganza the scale of which has never been seen before in Gibraltar — 12 hours of tip top live entertainment. At the time of going to press all VIP tickets were sold out however some General Entry
(£50.00) and Unreserved Seating (£70.00) tickets were still available online. n For more information on the Gibraltar Music Festival visit gibraltarmusicfestival.com
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recorded debut album ‘Bing Bing’ which was launched in May this year to a packed audience at Rock on the Rock Club.)
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The most colourful event in Gibraltar’s calendar, National Day, on Tuesday 10th September, is a celebration for the whole of Gibraltar when everyone dresses in the national colours (red and white) and takes to the streets for a little bit of politics and a lot of fun.
National Week Events 2013 Saturday 24th August Sunday 1st September Gibraltar Fair, Naval Ground, 8.30pm onwards. Saturday 31st August Friday 6th September (No Performance on the Sunday) ‘El Siege’ Santos Productions’ Yanito Comedy by Christian Santos and Richard Mor, at John Mackintosh Hall 8pm. Tickets £12 on sale at the Nature Shop in Casemates Square Tuesday 3rd September National Week Classical Concert, St Michael’s Cave 9pm. Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro; Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, Op 64 Beethoven - Symphony 4 in B-flat major, Op
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60. Arranged on behalf of the Ministry of Culture by the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society Tickets at £20 on sale from Sacarello’s Coffee Shop, Irish Town and the Silver Shop at 222 Main Street. Tickets at £10 for senior citizens and students available from the Silver Shop, 222 Main Street, and the John Mackintosh Hall reception. Bus shuttle available from 8pm at Elliot’s Way and Public Market.
10th September 2013 Gibraltar National Day 9.30am to Live Music and Performance, 12.10pm Casemates Square 10.30am Children’s Fancy Dress, Piazza 12.25pm Political Rally and Release of Balloons, Casemates Square 1.15pm to DJ Music, 3pm Casemates Square 1.30pm to Fun for Kids, 7pm Naval Ground 1.30pm Live Music, Rock Bastion, onwards Kings’ Bastion Leisure Centre Family Fun Activities: Bowling, Ice Skating & More, King’s Bastion Leisure Centre
Saturday 7th September Gibraltar Music Festival, Victoria Stadium arranged on behalf of the Ministry of Culture by Word of Mouth and Axel Media featuring Emile Sande, Olly Murs, Level 42 and La Oreja de Van Gogh amongst other local and international acts. Doors open at 12 noon. For more information visit: www. gibraltarmusicfestival.com
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What’s On Se�tember Friday 6th September My Wine Gibraltar Ltd — Gibraltar’s 1st Wine Fair, 7 Chatham Counterguard. The event will give the public the opportunity to try wines from all over the world supplied locally by Saccone & Speed, Sacarellos & Morrisons. There will also be entertainment in the form of acoustic sets performed by Giles Ramirez and Steven Mclaren of Reach with Adrian Pozo. From 1pm until midnight. For info Tel: 20069463 or email: info@ mywinesgibraltar.com
Children’s Fancy Dress Competition This year the Fancy Dress Competition will be held by the Lobby of Parliament, Main Street, on Saturday 10th September and is open to everyone aged 15 and under. Registration forms can be collected from the Ministry of Culture, 310 Main Street, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 2pm, until Monday 9th September. All those taking part are required to be there on the day by 10am. Judging will begin at 10.30am. All entries should display the red and white colours prominently if not exclusively. Originality of design, creativity and costume impact will form the criteria on which the judges will select the three winners.
Tuesday 10th September My Wine Gibraltar Ltd — Street Party and Argentinian-style barbecue at 7 Chatham Counterguard, with Afterhours as entertainment. Price: £20 per person includes food and a glass of Sangria. For info Tel 20069463 or email: info@ mywinesgibraltar.com Saturday 14th September Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society monthly outing – European Bat Night — Nocturnal bat sounds and sights. Meet Alameda Open Air Theatre 8.30pm. For info Albert Yome Tel: 20078333 Email: ebw@gonhs.org
The winning entries will each receive a trophy and gift vouchers.
Sunday 15th September Battle of Britain Remembrance Service at King’s Chapel 10.30am. For further information please Tel: 20055001
For further information contact the Ministry of Culture Tel: 20067236 or email: culture. info@culture.gov.gi
Wednesday 18th September Ceremony of the Keys (rehearsal), Casemates Sq 7pm. For info Tel: 20055001
Thursday 19th September Ceremony of the Keys at Casemates Square 7pm. For info Tel: 20055001 Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group Annual General Meeting at John Mackintosh Hall – Charles Hunt Room, 6pm. Free Phone: 54007924 www.dyslexia.gi Saturday 21st September Gibraltar Botanic Gardens Tour meets George Don Gates (south end of Grand Parade) 10.30am. No fee but donations welcome. For info Tel: 20072639 Email: alameda@wildlife. gib.gi Saturday 28th & 29th September Strongman Champions League at Casemates Square. Bus Pull Trial of Strength Preliminary Round of the Hercules Hold Event 11am Sunday 29th Main Event at Bayside Sports Complex 4pm. Tickets available from Music Corner, Sports City and online at info@ sclgibraltar.com.
The National Week Concert The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society’s National Week Classical Concert will be held on Tuesday 3rd September at St Michael’s Cave at 9pm with the European Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Sergej Krylov (conductor/violin solo). A Society’s spokesperson commented, “We are very proud to welcome back Maestro Krylov who performed at the National Week concert in 2011. I am sure everyone will remember his great collaboration with the European Symphony Orchestra. This year Maestro will conduct Mozart’s Overture to Le Nozzi di Figaro, Beethoven’s Symphony No 4 and perform as a
soloist, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. I am sure this programme will be one of the highlights of the Philharmonic Society’s new season.” Tickets (£20) available from Sacarello’s Coffee Shop/Restaurant, Irish Town and the Silver Shop, 222 Main Street or alternatively credit/debit card purchases available from Tel: 200 72134 www.philharmonic.gi. A limited number of tickets priced at £10 for senior citizens and students are available from the John Mackintosh Hall reception at 308 Main Street. Ticket price includes a return shuttle service from Elliot’s Way and the Public Market from 8pm. The concert is organised on behalf of the Government of Gibraltar. n
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GBC is on a Ghostly Quest Gibraltar television is working on lots of new and exciting ideas for programmes, here is one of them that promises to be a real treat and take viewers into different dimensions. People in Gibraltar are fascinated by the paranormal. Couple this with the ghoulish tales surrounding many of the local historical buildings and sites, and you have a recipe for a real spine-chilling tale. Yet a quick Google browse will tell you that these hauntings have never been documented, other than in spurious blogs or the
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occasional mention on an amateur ghosthunting site. The Ghost Trail is Gibraltar’s first attempt to substantiate paranormal sightings with historical research, and find pseudo-scientific evidence to match it. The programme will hit GBC’s screens in mid-September, and brings together a hybrid
of documentary-style journalistic investigation and reality TV. Jonathan Sacramento, a senior broadcast journalist with the GBC newsroom, produces and hosts the show together with his ‘ghost hunters’, Ghost-guru Kayron Pozo, sceptic Michael Scott, and spiritual guide Samantha Donbavand.
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Together they take to the Ghost Trail, an adventure through Gibraltar’s most notoriously haunted sites. “The Ghost Trail has brought together a remarkable and dedicated team,” said Jonathan, “everyone was incredibly excited about the project before we began, and even more so now that post production is near its end. “We’ve also brought in actors for ghostly re-enactments, historians to help us with our research, and specialist guides to take us through the locations. “It’s one of the most mind-blowing projects I’ve ever had the privilege of taking part in, and I know a lot of people are really looking forward to seeing the final product.” So make sure you keep watch the TV listings, as you won’t want to miss the first episode of this new series. In the meantime, here’s a small visual tour of the making of Ghost Trail. n
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Ronnie Corbett the Barbary Ape words | Reg Reynolds
The diminutive Scot, Ronnie Corbett, is one of Britain’s funniest and best-loved comedians but he found nothing funny about playing the part of a Barbary Ape. I have written previously about the film Operation Snatch which starred Terry-Thomas, George Sanders and Lionel Jeffries but only recently, while reading Corbett’s autobiography High Hopes, did I learn that he had a role in the film which takes place mainly in Gibraltar. Operation Snatch is a World War II story related to the legend that if the Barbary Apes ever leave the Rock, or die off, Gibraltar will cease to be British. A synopsis of the movie states: “During World War II, a British officer is put in charge of the apes. When he detects that the animals’ morale is slipping, he hatches a plan to go behind the German lines to ‘kidnap’ a new ape for his charges to lift their spirits before the Germans find out about their condition and use it as propaganda.” Terry-Thomas played the British officer (Lt. ‘Piggy’ Wigg) and he recruited Corbett for the movie. Corbett recalls in his book meeting up with Terry-Thomas on Tottenham Court Road: “So, I was driving down the road when a taxi overtook me, with a passenger in the back seat waving at me frantically. After a lot more
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waving, I realised that the frantic passenger was Terry-Thomas. “I pulled into the side of the road and the taxi drew up in front of me. I walked up to the taxi and Terry-Thomas leaned out of the window. ‘I’ve just had, dear boy, the most wonderful idea. I just can’t believe how lucky I am to bump into you, How are you by the way? Jolly good. I’m about to make a film and I’ve got an idea that there is a part in it for you. Just the thing it’s so fortunate I’ve met you, dear boy. Here is my number — give me a ring tonight at home’ Then he drove off in his taxi.” Previously Terry-Thomas had seen Corbett
Corbett thought it all sounded promising and was eager to learn his role. He was in for a big disappointment
perform in a nightclub and after the show had complimented the five-foot-one comic and assured him he was a natural. Corbett went away from the meeting confident that he would be playing a key role in the movie, possibly playing Terry-Thomas’ “brother, or his cousin or his room-mate or his next door neighbour”. He phoned Terry-Thomas that night and it was arranged that he should meet up with the director Robert Day. Day explained, “We’re making a film called Operation Snatch and it’s about the fable which says that as long as the Barbary Apes inhabit the Rock it will remain British Territory.” Corbett thought it all sounded promising and was eager to learn his role. He was in for a big disappointment. “So, in this film,” Robert Day went on, “in order to convince the Germans that the Rock is well populated with Barbary apes, the authorities are going to dress up small British soldiers as apes. “So that was it. Far from being Terry-Thomas’s best friend or brother, I was about to be cast as a little soldier who could dress up as an
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ape. It almost made me nostalgic for my days in short trousers in Fun at St. Fanny’s. Still, I needed work, so after a bit of hassle about the money, I agreed to take the part.” In the film Corbett, did get to remove his ape head and speak a few lines, but the 31-year-old found the whole experience humiliating. He and the other ‘apes’ even had a teacher who gave them lessons in how to walk and move about like primates. One day during a break in filming the cast and crew were playing football in full costume, sans ape heads. An assistant director shouted “Apes!” and Corbett was furious. “ ‘Excuse me,’ I said. ‘I don’t answer to calls like that. I do not respond to “ape”. I’d like to be called “artiste” at least — or, preferably, you can use my name.’ I suppose the situation made me sensitive — and my ape costume was itching.”
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In High Hopes Corbett jokes that he worried about being type-cast when Stanley Kubrick offered him a part in Planet of the Apes. Corbett went through several weeks of “gruelling tests” and even had a plaster cast made of his head but was relieved when he didn’t get the job. Operation Snatch opened in 1962 and I remember watching it as a young teen. I enjoyed it but then I enjoyed just about anything
with Terry-Thomas in it. I wasn’t aware that Ronnie Corbett was one of the apes but I have certainly appreciated all of his work since, particularly No Sex Please, We’re British and The Two Ronnies. Corbett did dress up as an animal again — a seal — for the John Cleese, Michael Palin film Fierce Creatures, a role he says was “Only slightly better than being an ape.” n
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Rock of Gibraltar – The Lyrics words | Reg Reynolds
My good friend Tom was enjoying a coffee in a Victoria, Canada coffee shop when he heard over the radio the song The Rock of Gibraltar. Tom, who has visited Gibraltar twice, once by sea and once by road, phoned me to say that he had heard the song and thought maybe I could get a story out of it. Always happy for any leads on Gibraltar stories I thanked him but then added that I had already done a story for Gibraltar Magazine about Frankie Laine and the lively tune. But then a little later I realised that although I had written about the song and the singer I had not credited the lyricist who turned out to be much more talented than I might have imagined. I went online to find the writer of The Rock of Gibraltar and up popped the name Terry Gilkyson, a name that didn’t strike me as one of the greats of the pop music industry. How wrong I was. It turns out Gilkyson was one of
the most prolific songwriters of the 20th century and was responsible for dozens of hit tunes including, Marianne, Memories are Made of This and The Bare Necessities. Marianne sold a million copies for Gilkyson and his Easy Riders (Rich Dehr and Frank Miller). Memories was a No.1 hit for Dean Martin in 1956, and Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book) was nominated for an Oscar in 1968, losing out to Talk To The Animals (Doctor Doolittle). Terry Gilkyson was born Hamilton Henry Gilkyson on 17th June, 1916 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He majored in music at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Tuczon, Arizona. In his early twenties he worked as a ranch hand and developed as a guitar-playing folk singer. He joined the Army Air Corp in World War II. After the war he returned to Pennsylvania to work in the family insurance business, all the while composing folk songs. In 1947 Gilkyson married and moved to California where he hosted, The Solitary Singer, a weekly program of folk music for Armed Forces Radio Service. In 1949 he recorded Cry of the Wild Goose, which Frankie Laine (real name Francesco Paolo LoVecchio) covered in 1950 and took to No.1. Gilkyson then wrote The Rock of Gibraltar for the flip side of Laine’s recording of High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) and in 1952 the song made it to #9 in the UK. *[see note] For the next seven years the Easy Riders wrote songs that would be hits for the likes of The Kingston Trio, Harry Belafonte, Doris Day, Burl Ives, the New Christy Minstrels, and many others. The Easy Riders
recorded a West Indies folk song from 1927 called Tell the Captain and it was later turned into a top ten song in the ’60s by the Beach Boys under the title Sloop John B. The group broke up in 1959 and Gilkyson went to work for Walt Disney. He wrote music for various movies, including Swiss Family Robinson, The Aristocats and The Jungle Book and for the weekly television programme The Wonderful World of Disney. Disney, himself, gave final approval for each song and Gilkyson would have to go to the great man’s office to perform in person. After Gilkyson’s death his son Tony recalled how difficult this was for his father. “Disney would be sitting behind his enormous desk and say, ‘Play me your song’. Then he would basically give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down. It was a grueling experience but he (Gilkyson) was successful at it. “ Gilkyson retired in 1971 from Disney after a contract dispute. He moved with wife Jane to Santa Fe, New Mexico where he performed locally. His three children are all active in the music business. While visiting his daughter Eliza in Austin, Texas Terry died (October 15, 1999) from natural causes. An online review of Gilkyson’s work states: “The contributions to American popular music made by Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders are significant. Their best remembered song is without a doubt the 1950’s standard Marianne.” Which begins: All night, all day, Marianne, Down by the seaside sifting sand. Even little children love Marianne, Down by the seaside sifting sand. While I prefer: That’s why they call me the Rock of Gibraltar That’s why they say my heart is made of stone So don’t you try to lead me to the altar Because Gibraltar is standing alone * Note: There is a very enjoyable video on Youtube of Frankie Laine performing The Rock of Gibraltar in 1954 at London. You can also make it the ringtone for your cell phone.
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Originarta
fresh meanings words | Elena Scialtiel
Tucked away in an old building at the corner of City Mill Lane and Governor’s Street, the OriginArta studio boasts character galore from the very first step of the narrow hallway leading to artist Susan Orfila’s studio, where stripped wooden beams support the ceiling and the air is filled with the scent of cinnamon mixed with glue and paint.
Cornish beaches, with white-picket fenced beach houses, wicker armchairs plumped with embroidered cushions beckoning from rustic decks under the dim light of mother-of-pearl shaded lanterns. Walking past flower arrangements, mirror frames and decoupage pictures, the visitor will eventually enter Aladdin’s cave: the bright studio of a bright artist, where anything can be transported to a new life in unexpected and clever ways, and where bits and bobs of all kinds are orderly stored on shelves: jars of buttons, cinnamon sticks, pebbles and shells, elbow to elbow with boxes brimming with fragments of tiles and coloured glass the tides Suddenly you are transported from the have washed ashore. heat of a Mediterranean afternoon to the “Everything has a second usage, a second briny breeze and rolling waves of yesteryears life,” says Susan, who specialises in recycling
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most stuff mindlessly tossed next to the dumpster, to create artwork and decorations for the home and garden. “I like to call these items, Past Life Pieces,” she adds, showing me a baby-blue painted, Provence-print wallpaper lined sturdy picnic basket that used to be an old vinyl LP case. “In fact, they did have a very different usage and, when it came to an end, they were disposed of or forgotten in a dusty attic. Here I come into the picture: I scour dumping grounds for pieces left aside for me to breathe new life into them with a coat of paint, or perhaps to turn them in something totally different.” She shows me with pride a rusty propeller reborn as a stylish freestanding lounge lamp, and some chunks of wood battered by the waves, turned into paperweight by a textured lick of PVA glue painted over with local sceneries. “It’s puzzling to witness the amount of things people throw away still in good condition,” she sighs, pointing at rather beautiful rustic twig baskets which are in the queue for her next projects. And even a round side table, carved at the edge, which she seems to have an intriguing transformation in mind for, although it’s quite beautiful as it is, perhaps just in need of a fresh coat of varnish. New or tatty, Susan knows how to revamp it, and if it is in smithereens, she uses it as mosaic to breathe life into plain, dull surfaces. In fact, she spends virtually every morning strolling up and down Catalan Bay, to pick up glass and tiles washed ashore overnight. She uses them to create mirror and photo frames as well as bathroom shelves, screaming British Isles’ seaside hamlet from each little piece patiently tasselled like in a jigsaw. Sometimes she manages just a handful, sometimes a bucketful: “I love them because they have been smoothed and rounded by the sea, so they aren’t sharp and dangerous. It also adds character and an organic feel. Tiles often display curious and distinctive patterns — who
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She spends virtually every morning strolling up and down Catalan Bay, to pick up glass and tiles washed ashore overnight
knows? Someone might call at my shop, spot them revamped into their new life, and cry out they started their life in their old bathroom! “I arrange them on the table first, to figure out the best fitting, and swap around until I am happy with the pattern. I don’t know myself when I start working on it what kind of pattern I will end up with. I just try to follow a colour combination. And that’s the beauty of it!” Susan’s work is very hands-on and tactile. She strokes absent-mindedly the smooth surfaces of coloured glass, or she fiddles with buttons and beads, while she talks about her amazing calligraphy skills that create pretty pictures in which decoupage and 3-D detailing is blended with quotes from your favourite inspirational poems: “Yes I do calligraphy — freehand. That comes quite easy to me, but
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and have the right to, their input, then I get on elaborating from my own imagination.” Susan calls for people to offer her any unwanted item before tossing it away, especially cups, wooden trays, rocks, sturdy cardboard boxes… so she will imbibe them with new life. She keeps every little snippet and every little knick-knack, no matter how humble, because it could turn out to be the cherry on the cake for some future project. Ideas are always welcome I’m never sure about my spelling, so I always as well as crafty pupils willing to perpetuate have to ask someone to check it for me before the trade — workshops are just £10 and you get to keep whatever you’re making. n inking it in,” she chuckles. “Some days are more productive than others. Sometimes my mind is flooded with ideas. I usually work at more than one project at the time, so I am not idle during the time required for glue or paint to dry.” Surely she isn’t one with a disposition to watch paint dry, with so many ideas buzzing in her mind, and so many talents gracing her nimble hands. Susan is also a fair still life and seascape painter, with some interesting textured artwork that surely belongs in an art gallery. Watercolours seem to be her forte over acrylics and she uses them to decorate various objects. She also is a swift seamstress with a penchant for pin cushions featuring a stencilled profile of the Rock and beaded fringes. Her studio is a virtually a one-stop shop to re-decorating your house. She takes commissions too: “I always discuss my ideas with the clients when they bring in something for me to revamp, we search together For further information email for colours and style, as they always want, sueorfila@yahoo.co.uk
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music scene It’s not uncommon for group musicians to call it a day after a few years of strumming guitars, tinkling the ivories, bashing the drums or straining the vocal chords... For some though, it’s a way of life, for life. This year Philip Valverde is celebrating the 58th anniversary of his birth and if you slip down a side street (namely Bomb House Lane) there’s a good chance you’ll find him picking or strumming a guitar and humming a tune or teaching a future guitar virtuoso how use the female’s body-shaped, stringed, sound box! Yes, Philip is still at it at his music shop and elsewhere. If he displays the, ‘back in 10 minutes’ sign he will be out somewhere discussing his next gig with some individual about performing at some venue or function somewhere on the Rock or just having a coffee with someone else. “I will never stop, I’ll continue till I drop! I find comfort in it and it relaxes me during good times, and bad, and I find playing music is very spiritual.” Philip recalls he was five or six when he first started taking notice of the tunes emanating from the family radio. Philip’s dad was a comedy writer and comedian, and older brothers Frank and Hubert were members of one of the Rock’s first 1960s pop groups, along with the Diamond Boys, the V Brothers. Growing up in that theatrical and musical family cast the die for Philip to take a performing route. “I was about nine when I had my first guitar plonked on my lap — it was far too big for me so I was given a half size guitar to start learning on, and I remember showing off in front of my friends. I used to play a load of stacked up LPs on those record players where they would drop one by one and I recall being able to pick out what each instrument was doing on records by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Santana — some of my favourite groups.” He followed in his brothers’ footsteps and formed a group called, The New Generation and by the late ’60s and early ’70s, he was up and running in the local pop scene in another group, Stone Age, earning more money playing once a week than the full week’s wage he took home as a mechanical fitter apprentice! “Yes, that’s right, but things took a more serious turn in the mid-’70s when I joined my brother Hubert touring in the UK and writing songs for music publishers, Carlin Music. We then moved on to Germany where we released
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an album of our songs. “We used to record for the well known German Hansa record label; their studios were a stone’s throw from the Berlin Wall, visible through the studio windows! We did quite well there but then Hubert went off to the US because he had this idea of writing a musical about Christopher Columbus which was very good but, as happens with so many of these projects, it never got off the ground. I’d gone over later to join him in the States but after a few months had to return to Gib.” And it’s at that stage, having contributed your little grain of sand to the music industry abroad, musicians may well say, ‘I’m back and it’s time to get a proper job and that’s it.’ For others it’s just another experience in a musical journey. “I kept going and took up taking pictures of tourists at the coach park, then situated at the NOP where the new Commonwealth Park garden is being built. Later, by the early ’90s, I opened this music shop in Bomb House Lane... but I never stopped playing, either as
a solo performer, as a twosome or in a group. One of the major groups was Red Sky with the Valerga brothers.” There are those who gave up playing completely or maybe have dabbled in it on and off, but not so for Philip... “Not at all, it’s my passion. If you have it, you will find the time. My only regret is not having studied and learned to read music.” His tiny music shop, The Studio, also serves as a recording studio, guitar students’ classroom and musicians’ rendezvous — oh, and a place where musical instruments are on sale and for hire of course. Guitar students are certainly not in short supply. Philip’s kept very busy teaching 30 or 40 of them regularly. “And you can almost immediately tell who’s going to drop out after a couple of sessions or so when they find it difficult to cope. I teach them to play ‘by numbers’ which makes it easy but some get bored and soon lose interest, others, despite finding it hard like we all do at first, take to playing quite naturally and show promise as guitar players.” Recently, busy Philip’s been working with another local musician, Nigel Palmer, on stage and writing and recording. Solo wedding engagements, solo and accompanied gigs at Casemates, Ocean Village and at other venues also come up but Philip’s passion is playing acoustic sets with six or even eight of Gibraltar’s top players. “We already did one of those sets at the Mount some time ago and now we’re planning another one. I really love doing those because I’m very influenced by artists like James Taylor, The Doobie Brothers, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young and people like that, so these acoustic sessions are great.” Does that mean our music man doesn’t rate today’s music? “No, not at all. I think today there’s more choice and there’s a variety of talent out there to suit all tastes.” And all tastes is what Philip Valverde can cater for. He plays finger picking style guitar as well as the pop and rock styles, plays bass, drums and says he’s confident playing in folk, C&W, pop, Latin, jazz and almost any other setting... In recent times he’s even gone into acting appearing in an episode of the BBC’s New Tricks series playing the part of a Spanish farmer in the Campo releasing two of the series’ main characters who were locked in a container. But his love of performing lies elsewhere, he’s been strumming the strings for more than five decades, breaking some, going for a coffee but coming back to replace them and play some more because the passion’s really got a hold on him. n
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The Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association
Bang, Bang Beruit
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The Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association will be staging British farce Bang Bang Beirut, by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton, as part of the Autumn Festival. Performance days will be Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st October and Saturday 1st November at the Ince’s Hall. Again GADA is sticking to their tried and tested formula of offering the audience its usual outrageously funny evening with this play. Bang Bang Beruit is set in the lobby and courtyard of a small hotel in the Middle East, where a group of British undercover agents (in a variety of unlikely disguises) are trying to weather a local military coup, while devising a plan to smuggle a young native prince out of danger. The bungling spies arouse the suspicions of the local military and we are off on a mad whirl of double-takes, sliding panels, missing bodies and mistaken identities — the perfect ingredients for a fast-moving and hilarious evening’s entertainment. The play is produced for GADA by Howard Danino and jointly Directed by Howard Danino, Trevor Guilliano and Trevor Norton. The cast is made up of GADA’s usual members with some new faces thrown in. n Email: gibdrama@yahoo.co.uk or Tel: 200 42237 for further information.
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People&Pets We were getting a bit tired of fluffy pets, and were afraid of being labelled ‘scaleist’, so this month we interviewed a fish, Pleco, and his bulter David.
David & Pleco David: Structural Engineer Pleco: Fish Age: David: 58 years Pleco: 6 years Likes David: Sailing Pleco: Sucking on my aquarium glass Hates David: Bananas and courgettes Pleco: Angel fish nibbling my back
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Favourite food David: Cottage pie and sausages Pleco: Algae and other fish if I can catch them (smirk) Interesting fact: David: I had an ancestor in the Crimean War, at the Battle of Balaklava Pleco: I can grow to any size I want Usefulness: David: I can take out the rubbish and fill the dishwasher (not at the same time) Pleco: I am not pretty but I keep my aquarium clean
Sociability David: I am very sociable, especially after the Limoncello Pleco: I like being on my own
Greatest achievement David: Making sure my fish didn’t die when I was fixing my aquarium Pleco: Surviving in a foil pie dish for two days while David fixed the aquarium
Best Trick David: Playing ‘air drums’ Pleco: Holding my breath underwater for a very long time
If you weren’t a fish/human you would be? David: A fish in an aquarium Pleco: A human
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Granddaughter of writer, model, socialite and benefactor Sonia, recently awarded at the Queen’s 60th Birthday honours the British Empire Medal for her services to breast cancer awareness, Stella surely is her grandmother’s granddaughter: in fact, she is pledging all the proceeds from her work to cancer charities, equally split between Granny’s Bosom Buddies Cancer Trust and Craig Sacarello’s Research Into Childhood Cancer. Having witnessed Sonia’s battle with cancer, Stella is well aware of the implications of the disease and she is especially empathetic with pain stricken children whom she wants to help not only heal but also live a normal life with their peers, as much as they can, not losing out on anything because of ignorance, prejudice, fear or worst of all, bullying. This philosophy comes through her stories, which all carry a message. For example, Big George tells of a giant child who is not accepted by his classmates just because he wrecks chairs and has to duck to enter the school: after some misadventures, the children learn to work
Stella’s stories are original and contemporary, born from her imagination and outlook on life, free from influences of fairytale tradition or trendy fads
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Stella’s Dreams
Any children’s book written by a pre-teen is a treat and quite a rare feat, but eight-year old Stella Golt’s Children’s Dreams Are Made of This, an illustrated full-colour booklet, is a rare gem, endorsed by a locally bestselling authoress. 70
around their differences and make him part of the game. Stella’s stories are original and contemporary, born from her imagination and outlook on life, free from influences of fairytale tradition or trendy fads — no princesses, unicorns, witches, wizards or fairy godmothers populate her world, but a healthy mix of talking fruit, talking animals and any creature that can think out of the box. Her storyteller career started when she was five and couldn’t sleep until Granny Sonia had read her a bedtime story or two. “She didn’t want to go to sleep straight after that, so I used to make it inventing time. I switched the lights off and let her tell me a story until she drifted into sleep,” Sonia explains. “Sometimes, she would draw pictures for me to invent a story based on them, with her help and approval of course.” And so, in three years, Sonia has collected, drafted and edited some 20 stories, while Stella has painted a portfolio of pictures religiously kept in a folder to become the corner stone of their future book. The project remained on hold until last spring, when Sonia realised she had enough material to put together an illustrated book aimed at children, but of course not only at them, because Stella’s stories have a universal message that can entertain, draw a smile, or even jerk a tear, on adults’ faces. “Indeed, there is a message in every tale, but Stella was unaware of it until I helped her figure out what her own invention was trying to teach her and other children her age. She is a very good and charitable kid and she cares for
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the weak and needy. She can be spiritual too, like in the story of the Apple who travels the world in search of light, because the tree she was growing on was rooted in a dark place.” And wisely beyond her years, Stella can walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, like the delightful tale about life through a pet dog’s eyes. Sonia reassures her readers that she’s just written down the story as Stella told it, but plots are all credit to the vivid and fertile imagination of this blond-ringlet girl with a passion for reading and creating. “This is my legacy to her: the appreciation of books and the power of imagination as much the ability to create something positive, whether a picture, a story, or both, and most importantly help her fellow humans in the process,” Sonia explains. A priceless legacy not just to Stella, but to all children, to invite them to read more and to appreciate printed books as much as digital devices. This publication goes well beyond that, by making them not only consumers, but also producers of children’s literature: “The book will feature some blank pages for the owner to compose and add their own contribution to the anthology, on a given theme, both in writing and drawing,” Sonia explains. On the sidelines, she adds she is dedicating as well as sharing, her medal to all those who worked tirelessly behind the scenes and on stage to make her Bosom Buddies shows possible, to the sponsors too and most especially the survivors who took to the catwalk with poise and class. Sonia is adamant that they are the real reason she was awarded the honour in the first place and she sincerely hopes this prestigious accolade will once again create awareness for the cause. Stella surely is a resourceful lassie, as Sonia comments with maternal pride: “We went together to the printer’s and we soon noticed
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one of the stories was missing an all-important illustration, given that each story must have at least one, if not more. So, it was the case of going back home to the drawing board, or improvise right there and then. She improvised: she asked for paper and coloured pencils and just drew the missing illustration on the spot, so that the pagination could be finalised!” Sonia is not new to the literary world, having published in recent years five milestone works in aid of breast cancer charities: Feelings, Echoes of the Heart, The Colours of the Soul, three poetry books, plus her first novel Paradise Bound, a dramatised account of her time in Bahamas, and Love Letters I Never Mailed, a romance novel in epistolary form, which also incorporated
poems submitted by local and international poets. This is the first time however she hands the helm over to a young star, ready and willing to pick up the legacy. A glance at the cover art painted by well-known local artist Maribel Matthews and Stella’s illustrations inside will be enough to unarguably prove how the legend lives on. Must-have stocking filler this Christmas for all those (including adults) who still believe in the power of imagination and printed pages to thrive through the digital era, Children’s Dreams Are Made of This is being launched during the Autumn Festival and will be on sale for £10. n
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Gibraltar Literary Festival
Every Subject Under the Sun Hot on the heels of the Gibraltar Music Festival will come the Gibunco Gibraltar International Literary Festival which takes place at the end of October (Friday 25th - Sunday 27th). The exciting line up of events and speakers planned for this three day extravaganza is impressive. The weekend of the Gibraltar Literary Festival will see the arrival of 60 world-renowned speakers as diverse as the books they have written from news journalist Kate Adie and television and radio presenter Peter Snow, to retired Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and former Minister of Culture in Morocco, poet and novelist Mohammed Achaari. Celebrity chef and best selling author Ken Hom will be presenting a lunch at the Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club and cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist Claudia Roden will prepare a dinner menu for around 100 guests for the finale on Sunday 27th October. And if that doesn’t get your culinary culture buds flowing, actress and author Madhur Jaffrey, famed for her books on Indian cuisine, will also be a speaker during the festival. The festival has been made possible through the support of the Ministry for Tourism, Commercial Affairs, Public Transport and the Port of HM Government of Gibraltar, as well as corporate sponsorship, and is being organised by Literary Festival old-hands Director Sally Dunsmore and Special Advisor Tony Byrne. Sally and Tony, who have been commissioned for three years to get the Gibraltar festival underway, are responsible (in the same roles) for organising the hugely successful Oxford Literary Festival and the Blenheim Palace Literary Festival at Woodstock, so we can be assured that Gibraltar’s inaugural Literary Festival is in secure hands. In fact, the Oxford Literary Festival was launched just 17 years ago with a handful of events over a couple of days at the university’s Oxford Union. Since then it has grown into one of the world’s premier book events and this year’s outing had a budget of around £1m, ran over nine days, and featured more than 550 speakers beneath the towers and spires of Christ Church and Corpus Christi Colleges, and Bodleian Library. The venues for the Gibraltar event, while a little more modest, are the no less historic Garrison Library, King’s Chapel, the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, the Convent and the John Mackintosh Hall. The beautifully restored ballroom at the Garrison Library will be used as the Green Room during the festival. The distinguished speakers for the event have been selected either because they have Sally Dunsmore, Festival Director
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a new book or their subject of expertise is in some way relevant to Gibraltar and its environs. The Gibraltar connection of some of the authors will make it a nostalgic return to the Rock, and for others, such as Cambridge Professor Sir Paul Mellars FBA, whose recent research has concentrated on the behaviour and archaeology of Neanderthal populations in Europe, it will be a welcome return to familiar territory. The Literary Festival will include authors from Morocco and Spain, and Professor Paul Preston, winner of multiple awards for his books on the Spanish Civil War, will speak at the event, reflecting the Rock’s position in history, and between Africa and Europe, and the Mediterranean and Atlantic. World class novelists will be coming to Gibraltar including the Booker Prize winning Nigerian writer and poet Ben Okri, Joanne Harris, award winning author of Chocolat, and Carnegie Medal winner and noted chil- John Le Carré speaking at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford dren’s writer Kevin Crossley-Holland. The festival will also feature major events with Gibraltar writers and UK novelists who — the scope to spark everyone’s interest in at Mackintosh Trust all children’s and young have set their work on the Rock. least a part of the festival is immense. people’s events over the three day schedule The event will be publicised in the UK Tickets go on sale at the beginning of Sep- will be free of charge. Visit www.gibraltarlitmedia, and to expats in Morocco and on the tember. Thanks to the generosity of the John eraryfestival.com for more information. n Costas and is expected to attract around 6,000 ticket sales for the various events. When you consider the diversity of topics The distinguished speakers for the event have been selected for books — from novels and faith, to science, either because they have a new book or their subject of expertise current affairs and philosophy, with a sprinkling of biographies and personal accounts is in some way relevant to Gibraltar and its environs
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David Faria Lawyer, Companies House The Portuguese Seaborne Empire by C. R. Boxer I recommended this book because Portugal was the first global commercial empire and the longest lived, and it is interesting to compare it with the way the British, French and Dutch developed their seaborne empires. Portugal is a good example of a sea power as opposed to a continental power. Anyone interested in the subject might also enjoy The Portuguese Story by John Dospassos.
Have you read any good books lately? recommended reads compiled by Pennie Gwilt
A good book can transport you to another world or another time. It is a window onto another person’s mind, life or research. What makes a good book? Everyone has their own view. Some readers like action, some prefer romance, some like facts, some dive into fantasy, some insist on paper, others download to their iPads. Whatever you do, the joy of reading is one of life’s pleasures. We asked around town for recommended recent reads and here are the replies.
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Rebecca Macias Front of House, Cafe Rojo The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran I would recommend this book because it is a good insight into a more spiritual and positive way of life for all.
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Sergio Perez retired, poet A Ship of the Line by C. S. Forester It’s an historical seafaring novel, written in such a way that it draws you in, you feel like you are on the ship, you actually feel seasick and can smell the gunpowder.
Richard Speight General Manager, Bunkers Gibraltar Arrivals and Departures by Leslie Thomas I would recommend this book as it gives a snapshot of life in a rural village under the flight path of Heathrow airport, and although the book is fiction the story line is very much true to life.
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
~Jorge Luis Borges
Georgina Cassar Olympic Gymnast The Ghost of Alcatraz by John Dekker It is basically about one of the inmates and his story of how he got sent to the prison and a bit about his time there. I found it really interesting because I love reading true stories and especially things to do with crime so it was enjoyable for me. It’s not an extremely long book but it’s a good read especially after you’ve visited the prison itself.
Jody-Lea Grant Sales Assistant, Newton Store A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin This book is from the series of novels called A Song of Ice and Fire. It’s a really gripping read — I have read five of the series in two weeks!
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Happy Anniversary Natalya & David got married last year in Jerez Cathedral and then in Ecuador and celebrated their wedding anniversary last month. Thanks to proud mother-of-the-bride Donna Montegriffo (in pink) for sending in this photo.
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Congratulations to Idan and the team who celebrated Verdi Verdi’s 4th
anniversary last month. Verdi Verdi is on the ground floor of the ICC next to Casemates Square and serves delicious coffees, lunches and snacks.
Celebration time at Cafe Rojo August was a time for celebrations at Cafe Rojo (thanks Annette for these great photos). And (right) is a special message from satisfied customer, young Mr Taylor who enjoyed his meal so much he put it in writing. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2013
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Making homemade tomato sauces is fun, rewarding and surprisingly easy! The basic recipe can be eaten raw, lightly cooked or simmered slowly for a rich intense sauce. While the richest of sauces simmer for a long time, lightly cooked sauces bring out the natural sweetness of the tomatoes. Raw sauces are more refreshing and taste closer to the original tomato flavour. This time of year is perfect for uncooked sauces made with the end of summer extra ripe tomatoes in the shops now — full of intense flavour. Quick (uncooked) Uncooked tomato sauce is refreshing and uses fresh ripe tomatoes. Deseed the tomatoes and, depending on the texture you require, peel them too, then chop finely. Season with extra virgin olive oil, finely chopped basil, sea salt, fresh ground black pepper and crushed garlic. Crush some toasted pine nuts and stir in. Let the sauce sit for a few hours to allow the flavours to deepen then spoon onto hot toasted ciabatta bread slices drizzled with olive oil or toss with freshly cooked pasta then top with finely grated Parmesan cheese.
Getting Saucy
Quick (Sweet) Lightly cooking the tomato sauce retains the tomatoes’ freshness while adding depth of flavour. Try parsley or oregano instead of basil and simmer just long enough to infuse the herb flavour into the sauce. This is a great pasta sauce, or for fish meat or vegetables if you caramelised onions before adding the sauce.
Quick, Quick. Slow with the culinary dance of the homemade tomato sauces
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Slow Simmering the sauce gently for an hour or more creates a delicious thicker, richer sauce as the water cooks off blending all the flavours. Add vegetables to the sauce during cooking and they will become richer and
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sweeter the longer they cook. When fresh tomatoes are out of season, use tinned tomatoes instead. Cooking time can range from two hours to all day, depending on how thick and you like your sauce and what other ingredients you are adding. As making this sauce takes time to develop the flavours, make a big batch when you have time, then freeze the rest in portions ready to thaw as needed. You can add fresh herbs, spices, chillies or cayenne pepper, vegetables, or meats as desired for a variety of different, delicious and quick meals. n
Long Lasting Lovely
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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
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Sleek modern comfort in this relaxing little restaurant. Brunch (10am12pm) 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: 10am. Closed Sundays and Saturday lunchtime.
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
Cafe Rojo 54 Irish Town. Tel: 200 51738
Nunos Italian Restaurant and Terrace Caleta Hotel, Catalan Bay Tel: 200 76501 Email: reservations@caletahotel.gi
Casa Pepe
The Waterfront
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.
Right on the quayside at Queensway Quay Marina, this restaurant offers everything from coffee through to 3-course meals with champagne! A bar snack menu is available all day from 10.15am; the a la carte menu from midday to 10.30pm, featuring daily specials. The barbecue grill from 7pm offers sumptuous steaks aged in-house, and fab fish including dorada and sea bass. A delicious array of desserts/ice creams. Extensive terraces provide ideal location for summer dining and drinks with stunning sunsets. Caters for large parties - weddings, holy communions, birthdays etc. Est. over 16 years. Open: 7 days a week 9am-late
Casa Pepe, 18 Queensway Quay Marina, Tel/Fax: 200 46967 Email: casa.pepe@gmail.com. Visit: www.gibtour.com/casapepe.
The Waterfront Queensway Quay Marina. Tel: 200 45666 Visit: www.gibwaterfront.com
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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
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CALL 200 77748 for details Amin’s Office Sit down, informal and friendly bar with informal eating. Amin is well known in Gibraltar for his Moroccan, Spanish and international cuisine. Open early for breakfast at 7am right through the day. Try the Moroccan soups, couscous, lamb tagines and kebabs. Terrace, just off Main Street (turn left at Trafalgar Pharmacy coming from Casemates). Open: 7am to midnight. Amin's The Office 30 Parliament Lane. Tel: 200 40932
Buddies Pasta Casa Italian specials in pleasant ambience. Large selection of starters from garlic bread to calamari. Main courses include spinach caneloni, spaghetti alla carbonara, fusilli al salmone, and peppered steak to name a few. Tasty desserts and variety of wines. Outside seating too. Open: Monday - Thursday 11am - 5pm, Friday 11am-3pm and 7pm-11pm, Sat 11am-4.30pm Buddies Pasta Casa 15 Cannon Lane. Tel: 200 40627
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
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directory 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. Mumbai Curry House Unit 1.0.02 Ground Floor, Block 1 Eurotowers Tel: 200 73711 Home delivery: 200 50022/33
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
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Sacarello Coffee Co Converted coffee warehouse, great coffee, homemade cakes/ afternoon tea, plus 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. Art exhibitions. Available for parties and functions in the evenings. Open: 9am-7.30pm Mon-Fri. 9am-3pm Sat Sacarello Coffee Co. 57 Irish Town. Tel: 200 70625
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
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
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.
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.
Just Desserts 1st Floor ICC. Tel: 200 48014
Piccadilly Gardens Rosia Road, Tel: 20075758
The Tasty Bite 59a Irish Town. Tel: 200 78220 Fax: 200 74321
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directory 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 baguettes 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
Tina’s Takeaway Tina freshly prepares each Filipino dish to order. There is a choice of noodle dishes, stir fries and rice dishes. Why not try Inihaw Na Baboy a mouth-watering barbecue dish of pork or chicken or Pancit At Gulay a vegetarian noodle dish. Located by the Methodist Church at the Convent end of Main Street. Menu can be viewed at www.facebook.com/tinas. Open: 11-3pm and 6-10pm every day Tina’s Takeaway 295c Main Street Tel: 200 69060
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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CALL 200 77748 for details The Lounge Stylish lounge bar on the quayside at Queensway Quay with very reasonable prices and light bites 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 screen 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
O’Reilly’s Traditional 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 bar, just off Main St. Small cosy and famous for its full English breakfast from 7am (9am on Sunday). A full menu including fish & chips, until 10pm. The home of Star Coffee, draught beers include Heineken, Old Speckled Hen, Murphys and Strongbow cider. Managed by Hunter Twins from Stafford, England, also home to Med Golf & Tottenham Hotspur supporters club. Star Bar Parliament Lane. Tel: 200 75924 Visit: www.starbargibraltar.com
The Three Owls The Three Owls is a traditional bar serving best of English beers. Three separate bars/floors: ground floor — big screen TV, pool table, poker machines, bar — open from 10.30am daily. First floor ‘Hoots’ bar, two match pool tables, poker machines, dartboard, bar, open from 5pm daily. Second Floor the ‘Nest’ — American pool table, poker machine, card table, bar — open from 7pm daily and also at weekends for the Rugby Union matches. If you are looking for a sociable game of pool or darts this is the place to be. The Three Owls Irish Town. Tel: 200 77446 GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2013
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
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DAILY SPECIALS 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)
184 Main Street Tel: 200 72133 open: from 8am (10am on Sun)
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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
BUDDIES pasta casa
Come and enjoy real Italian meals in Gibraltar’s leading pasta house 15 Cannon Lane Tel: 200 40627 for reservations
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Word
games words | Peter Rodney
The English language lends itself to punning and double entendres. It is therefore quite amazing that there is no native English word for double entendre — although it doesn’t have quite the same meaning in French, just to make life more complicated. On the other hand, why bother to invent a word when you can borrow one which expresses exactly what you mean?
The sheer size of the vocabulary of English (which is growing every day), the idiosyncrasies of the orthography and the importance of inflection all lend themselves to humour from the highest witticism to schoolboy scatology. The Uxbridge English Dictionary, invented by the radio comedy I’m sorry I haven’t a clue, regularly produces new definitions for existing words. Recently, ‘Genealogy’ was defined as ‘What makes Aladdin sneeze’, ‘Alsace’ as Mr Capone’s bottom and ‘Train’ as bad weather in Yorkshire. This sort of thing can work in other languages as well (there is a wonderful French comedian who plays on asking the time of the bus going to Caen — and being misunderstood as asking ‘Quand?’) but not with quite such ease as in English.
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The cryptic crossword exists only in English — for much the same reasons. This year in fact marks the centenary of the first published cryptic crossword and there are various celebrations of the anniversary for committed cruciverbalists. Alan Gravett’s crossword in this magazine has not been put forward as a shining example of the genre. As with all games, completing a cryptic crossword requires a certain knowledge of the conventions
used by setters. Some of these are rather out of date so that ‘record’ in a clue often suggests that the letters ‘LP’ or ‘EP’ are contained in the answer: anyone under about 30 years of age may have difficulty understanding why. Where the word ‘wine’ appears in a clue, the answer will as often as not contain the letters ‘ASTI’. Defining this Italian sparkling dishwater as a wine is stretching even the definitions in the Uxbridge English Dictionary.
A recent study of the words used on the labels of various wines revealed that the more flowery the language used the lower the quality of the wine
Word games are also visible in the wine trade. A recent study of the words used on the labels of various wines revealed that the more flowery the language used the lower the quality of the wine. ‘A finely balanced melange of fruits — blackberries and apricots with a hint of vanilla — provides a deeply rich and satisfying taste which will complement all meats and cheeses’ is likely to be an ordinary red at the £5 mark. ‘A rounded, full wine’ will describe the best claret at the £25 plus level. A decent wine does not need to be described in exaggerated fashion so one should be wary of flowery language claiming all sorts of benefits which are unlikely to be realised. It is important to be aware of these little tricks of the market. Many years ago an advertising executive, Vance Packard, wrote
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wine a book called The Hidden Persuaders. This revealed the clever ways of the trade which hit our subconscious but of which we are unaware. These are more than the obvious attractions of a skimpily clad beauty adorning the bonnet of a motor car. There are clean kitchens with perfectly brushed children. These are available to you too if you use Persil washing powder. And so on. Beaujolais nouveau is the perfect example. Now — at last — recognised by all as unpleasant tosh, it used to be the subject of races to get the first bottle to London. It was the height of fashionable living to be seen drinking it as soon as possible after release in early November. It was a brilliant method of persuading the gullible English to drink an otherwise undrinkable French wine. They convinced us (with the willing support of all in the catering trade) that this was part of the jet set life. In the same way, Stella Artois beer is a bog-standard beer in Belgium (where it was originally brewed). Cheap as chips and not much better, even in the place it comes from. But when first sold in the UK it was marketed as ‘reassuringly expensive’. And we fell for it. The lesson is that the words do not always mean what they seem to — and the price is not necessarily a guide to the quality. How on earth does one choose a decent wine at a decent price? Sadly, there is no answer. I can point you in the direction of what seems to me to be a reasonable glass; you may try it on my recommendation and consider it to be perfectly frightful. You will never bother to read this column again. Fair enough — but I only mentioned my taste. I did not suggest that your taste was the same. I am not advertising the
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wine or trying to persuade you to buy it. ‘Er upstairs (as the esteemed editor of this magazine is known only to me) considers that the magazine ought to have a wine column because all other upmarket magazines have one. That is her choice; her taste — I just labour away in a garret by the light of a guttering candle trying to find the requisite number of words. While I do so, I am considerably helped by a glass of Chilean Chardonnay (£6.50 from Anglo Hispano). At first I thought the description must be a play on words, but it turns out to be real. You may like to try it. Your choice. n
The lesson is that the words do not always mean what they seem to — and the price is not necessarily a guide to the quality
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d n u o r � ow� � Well September has arrived and all the fun of the fair is literally here. The much anticipated Gibraltar Music Festival is almost upon us (Saturday 7th) with so many great local and international acts to perform over 12 hours, it is hard to imagine anyone not having a great day out. National Day is of course on 10th September when Gibraltar will be a sea of red and white with flags and fun in every direction. After the political rally comes the releasing of the balloons and that is the signal for everyone to start partying until with last sounds of the fireworks and the Rock Concert die away. It’s also a big farewell this month to all our students who are heading back to universities in the UK after a summer spent with families. Best of luck to them with their studies and especially to those who are heading off for the first time this September. Very best wishes also to Miss Gibraltar 2013 Maroua Kharbouch (pictured on these pages with the Cardboard Boatrace Winners) who departs on Monday 2nd September to partici-
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pate at the Miss World Finals to be held in Indonesia. At the end of September (28th and 29th) we have the exciting Strongman Champions League taking place on the Saturday at Casemates then on the Sunday at Bayside Sports Complex. Don’t miss the Bus Pull at Casemates at 11am on the Saturday. Go along to cheer them on! But before all that strong stuff you can give your brains a work out because, in the middle of September (14th - 18th), there is the Calpe Conference, which this year will be a fascinating insight into caves and the secrets they hold. Entitled Caves as Archives: The Rock of Gibraltar as a Case Study you can find the full programme at www.gibmuseum.gi. Well we are certain that is enough to tickle your fancies until October. What a great programme of events is lined up for us this month! We are already looking forward to the super Literary Festival in October and don’t forget rugby fans, Gareth Edwards and Fergus Slattery will be hosting a dinner on the Rock in November. Get your tickets early for all these events as they are selling fast — you really don’t want to miss out. That’s it for September, we will see you on the streets in red and white on 10th — smile for the camera! Summer’s officially over, so let the social whirl begin.
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clubs&activities Arts & Crafts The Arts Centre, Prince Edward’s Rd. Art classes for children (5-6pm Mon, 5-6.30pm Tues, 5-7pm Thurs), adults (Mon - Tues 6.30pm8pm, Wed 6.30pm-8.30pm, life painting Wed 7pm-9pm). Tel: 200 79788. The Fine Arts Association Gallery 1st Floor above Gibraltar Crystal, Casemates. Open 11am-2pm, 4-6pm Mon - Fri, Sat 11am - 2pm. Arts & Crafts Gallery (next door) opens Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5pm (summer) -6pm (winter), Sat 9.30am - 3pm. Exhibition Vin’s Gallery at the Rock, The Rock Hotel. Original paintings, prints, and souvenirs by Vin Mifsud and her pupils. Monday - Saturday 9.30-11am and 8-10pm. The Gibraltar Decorative and Fine Arts Society Affiliated to the UK NADFAS organisation meets third Wednesday of the month at 6.30pm at Eliott Hotel - lecturers & experts from the UK to talk on Art etc. Contact: ChairmanClaus Olesen: 200 02024 claus.olesen@sghambros. com. Membership Ian leBreton: 200 76173 ilebreton@SovereignGroup.com Knit and Natter Group: Tuesdays from 11am3pm, at Arts & Crafts Shop, Casemates balconyFree to join and refreshments provided. Tel: 20073865 for more information. Board Games Chess Club meets in Studio 1, John Mackintosh Hall 8-10.30pm Tues. The Gibraltar Scrabble Club meet at the Rock Hotel on Mondays at 3pm. For further information please ring Vin at 20073660 or Roy at 20075995. All welcome. The Subbuteo Club meets Charles Hunt Room, John Mackintosh Hall 7.30 - 11pm. Dance Adult Dance Classes Wednesday evenings at the Youth Disco Room, Kings Bastion Leisure Centre from 7-8.30pm. Cha-Cha, Salsa and Merengue. Lessons £5 and all proceeds to GibMissionAfrica Charity. Contact Dilip on 200 78714 or dance@trainingtm.net Bellydance classes. Beginners level on Tuesday from 7-8pm at Danza Academy or 8-9pm at Ocean Village fitness centre. Tel 54005593. Salsa Gibraltar Salsa classes held Tuesdays at Laguna Social Club, Laguna Estate. Beginners 7-8.30pm, £5 per lesson. Intermediates 8.30-10pm, £6 per lesson (all profits going to the charity Help Us To Help Them). Contact: Mike 54472000 Email: info@salsagibraltar.com website: www.salsagibraltar.com Modern & Latin American Sequence Dancing Mondays Catholic Community Centre 8.30pm (beginners 7.30). Over 15s welcome. Old & Modern Sequence Dancing sessions at the Catholic Community Centre at 8pm, beginners at 7.30pm, Wednesday. The DSA Old & Modern Sequence Dancing sessions at Central Hall Fridays 8pm, beginners 7.30pm. Tel: 200 78282 or e-mail manvio@ gibraltar.gi Everybody welcome. Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Flexibility, Hip Hop & Dance Theatre classes weekly at Urban Dance Studio for Performing Arts, 2 Jumpers Bastion. Tel: Yalta (54012212) or Jolene (54015125). Ballet, Modern Theatre, Jazz, Contemporary & Hip Hop classes held weekly at Danza Academy, 68/2 Prince Edward’s Road. Training from 2.5 years to Adult Advanced. Royal Academy of Dancing and Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing exams taken. Competing opportunity with IDF European & World Championships. Tel: Anne-Marie 54027111 or Zulieka 54003973. Aerobics, Step, Dancercise & Zumba classes for women of all ages held weekly at Danza Academy, 68/2 Prince Edward]s Road. Contact Anne-Marie 54027111. Zumba Classes at Urban Dance Centre, Jumpers Bastion, with certified instructor Tyron Walker. Every Mon and Weds 8-9pm. Contact 20063959 or 54012212. 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. Members/vehicles meet 1st Sunday of month, Morrison’s car park from 10am. New members welcome. Tel: 200 44643.
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Don’t be bored... do something fun! Music Gibraltar National Choir and Gibraltar Junior National Choir rehearse on Tuesday & Thursday 7.30 - 9pm at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. New singers always welcome. Tel: 54831000. St Andrew’s Music Academy Musical Monsters Club, workshops. Group musical activities for kids 3-7 years. Singing, rhythmic games etc. Tel: 200 42690 email: samagib@hotmail.com Outdoor Activities The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is an exciting self-development programme for all young people worldwide equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their communities and the world. Over 5 million young people from 100+ countries have been motivated to undertake a variety of voluntary and challenging activities. Contact Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Montagu Bastion, Line Wall Road. Tel: 200 59818 Quizzes The Lounge friendly quiz on Sundays from 8pm right on the quayside at Queensway Quay. Social Clubs Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (Gibraltar Province) meets RAOB Club, Jumpers Bastion on these days: Provincial Grand Lodge, 1st Monday/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, Weds (fortnightly) 7pm. Por Favor 9444, Weds (fortnightly) 7pm. Farewell 10001, Tues 8.30pm. Goldacre 10475 (social) last Fri/month 8pm. Special Interest Clubs & Societies Gibraltar Horticultural Society meets 1st Thurs of month 6pm, John Mac 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. Contact 54008426 (after 6pm) or email gibphilosophy@ live.co.uk for further information. Gibraltar Photographic Society meets on Mon at 7.30pm, Wellington Front. Basic courses, competitions etc. Harley Davidson Owners’ Club www.hdcgib. com The Royal British Legion (Gibraltar Branch). For info/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. Creative Writers Group meet Tuesdays at Eliott Hotel bar at 8pm, aimed at learning to write fiction/non-fiction, for pleasure or publication. Session is £5. Contact Carla Tel: 54006696 Sports Supporters Clubs Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Club meet at the Star Bar, Parliament Lane, when Spurs games are televised - call prior to matches to check the game is televised. Great food for a lunch if the KO is early or an early supper if the game is later. For info call Mario on 56280000. Gibraltar Arsenal Supporters Club meet on match days at the Casino Calpe (Ground Floor). Gooners of all ages welcome. Tel: Bill 54010681 or Dion 56619000. Website: www.clubwebsite. co.uk/ArsenalGibraltarSC/. Gibraltar Hammers meet 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 e-mail gibraltarhammers@hotmail.com Sports & Fitness Artistic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Artistic Gymnastics Association. Tel: 200 Angela 200 70611 or Sally 200 74661. Athletics: Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association holds competitions throughout 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 IBA & EBA) has leagues and training for adults and secondary school. Tel: Ivan 200
44045 or Linda 200 74753. 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 or Kirsty (minis) 200 49441. Boxing: Gibraltar Amateur Boxing Association (member IABA) gym on Rosia Rd. Over 13s welcome to join. Tuition with ex-pro boxer Ernest Victory (200 75513 w, 200 42788 h). Cheerleading: Gibraltar Cheerleading Association, girls/boys all ages. Chearleading and street cheer/hip hop at Victoria Stadium. Recreational / competitive levels. Contact Gina: 58008338. Canoeing: Gibraltar Canoeing Association. Tel: Nigel 200 52917 or Eugene 58014000. Cricket: Gibraltar Cricket, National Governing Body & Associate Member of ICC. Governs men’s, women’s, boys’ & girls’ cricket - league & cup competitions and in-schools coaching. www.gibraltarcricket.com email: info@gibcricket.com Twitter: @Gibraltar_Crick Cycling: Gibraltar Cycling Association various cycling tours. Tel: Uriel 200 79359. Darts: Gibraltar Darts Association (member WDF) mens/ladies/youth leagues/competitions. Tel: Darren 54027171 “Secretary”, Dyson “Youth Rep” 54024149, Justin “President” 54022622 Email: info@gibraltardarts.com Football: Gibraltar Football Association leagues/competitions for all ages October-May. Futsal in summer, Victoria Stadium. Tel: 200 42941 www.gfa.gi. Senior Tel: Albert 200 41515, Junior Tel: Richard 58654000, Women’s Tel: Brian 200 52299. Recreational football for over 35s Tel: Richard 200 70320. Gaelic Football Club (Irish sport): males of any age welcome. Get fit, play sport, meet new friends, travel around Spain/Europe and play an exciting and competitve sport. Training every Wednesday in La Linea 7-a-side pitches at 8.30pm. Andalucia League with Seville and Marbella to play matches home and away monthly. Email team@gibraltargaels.com or visit www.gibraltargaels.com. Golf: Med Golf tournaments held monthly. Tel: 200 79575 for tournament venues/dates. Gibraltar Golf Union has competitions through year, EGU handicaps. Tel: Bernie 200 78844. Hockey: Gibraltar Hockey Association (members FIH & EHF) high standard competitions/ training for adults/juniors. Tel: Eric 200 74156 Peter 200 72730. Iaido Gibraltar - teaches the Japanese sword (Katana), classes every week, visit www.iaidogibraltar.com Iwa Dojo, Kendo & Jujitsu, classes every week, for kids/adults, visit www.iwadojo.com email: dbocarisa@iwadojo.com Tel: 54529000 Judo: Gibraltar Judo Association UKMAF recognised instructors for all ages and levels at Budokai Martial Arts Centre, Wellington Front. Tel: Charlie 200 73116 or Peter 200 73225. Ju-jitsu: Gibraltar Ju-jitsu Academy training and grading for juniors/seniors held during evening at 4 North Jumpers Bastion (Rosia Rd). Tel: Tony 200 79855 or club 200 47259. Karate-do Shotokai: Gibraltar Karate-do Shotokai Association sessions for junior/seniors, gradings and demos at Karate Clubhouse, 41H Town Range Tel: Andrew 200 48908. Motorboat Racing: Gibraltar Motorboat Racing Association Tel: Wayne 200 75211. Netball: Gibraltar Netball Association (affiliated FENA & IFNA) competitions through year, senior / junior leagues. Tel: 200 41795 or 200 41874. Petanque: Gibraltar Petanque Association plays at Giralda Gardens, Smith Dorrien Ave. New members welcome. Tel: 200 70929. Pilates: Monday & Wednesday 11-12am for beginners, and intermediate classes Monday & Wednesday 9:30-10:45am, at Shotokai Karate Centre. Contact Chantal: 60618882. Pool: Gibraltar Pool Association (member EUKPF) home and away league played on Thurs through season. Tel: Linda 200 74753. Rhythmic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Rhythmic Gymnastics Association runs sessions for 4 years of age and upwards, weekday evenings. For information contact Sally Tel: 200 74661. Rugby: Gibraltar Rugby Football Union training sessions for Colts (14+), seniors and veterans. Play in Andalusia 1st Division Oct - April. Tel: James 200 72185 Sailing: Gibraltar Yachting Association junior/ senior competitive programme (April - Oct) Tel: RGYC 200 48847. Sea Angling: Gibraltar Federation of Sea An-
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glers (members FIPS-M & CIPS) Superb calendar of events with four clubs participating. Tel: Mario 200 72622 or Charlie 200 74337. Shooting: Gibraltar Shooting Federation (over 14s). Rifle, Europa Point range (Joe 200 74973); clay pigeon, East Side (Harry 200 74354); Pistol, near Royal Naval Hospital (Fidel 200 71990). Skating: Gibraltar Skating and Xtreme Sports Association. State of art ramps for Xtreme/aggressive roller blading /skate boarding. Leisure skating facilities provided within excellent rink (when not used for roller hockey training). Tel: Eric 200 70710 (after 5). 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: Sean Galligan 56262000 or Lee Prickman 54000068, email info@gibraltarsnooker.com Snorkelling & Spear Fishing: Over 14s for snorkelling, over 16s for spear fishing. Tel: Joseph 200 75020. Squash: Gibraltar Squash Association, Squash Centre, South Pavilion Road (members WSF & ESF). Adult/junior tournaments/coaching. Tel: 200 44922 or 200 73260. Sub-Aqua: Gibraltar Sub-Aqua Association taster dives for over 14s, tuition from local clubs. Voluntary sports clubs: Tel: Phil 200 44606, Noah’s Dive Club Tel: Leslie 200 79601, 888s Dive Club Tel: Martin 200 70944. Commercial sports diving schools also available. Swimming: Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association (member FINA & LEN) opens its pool for leisure swimming Mon - Fri 7-8.45am, 12- 4pm, 8- 9pm. Junior lessons, squad for committed swimmers, water polo (Rebecca 200 72869). Table Tennis: Gibraltar Table Tennis Association (members ITTA) training / playing sessions, Victoria Stadium, Tues 6-10pm and Thurs 8-11pm with coaching and league competition. Lizanne 200 45071/54020477 or Eugene 58014000. Taekwondo: Gibraltar Taekwondo Association classes/gradings Tel: 200 Mari 44142. Tai Chi: Children’s fun Tai Chi at the Yoga Centre, 33 Town Range, Saturdays 11-12am. Beginners Tuesdays & Thursdays at Kings Bastion Leisure Centre. 6.30-8pm. Adults £5, Children £2, all proceeds to GibMissionAfrica Charity. Contact Dilip on 200 78714 or rocktaichi@traningtm.net Tennis: Gibraltar Tennis Association, Sandpits Tennis Club, excellent junior development programme. Courses for adults, leagues / competitions. Tel: Frank 200 77035. Ten-Pin Bowling: Ten-Pin Bowling takes place at King’s Bowl in the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre every day. To have a go call 200 77338 to reserve your lane. Gibraltar Ten Pin Bowling (members FIQ & WTBA) leagues, training for juniors and squad. Contact Charly on 56014000 or Paul on 54029749. Triathlon: Gibraltar Triathlon Union (members ITU) Chris 200 75857 or Harvey 200 55847. Volleyball: Gibraltar Volleyball Association (members W & EVF) training, leagues, competitions for juniors/seniors. Tony 200 40478 or Elizabeth 58306000. 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 Ince’s Hall Theatre Complex, 310 Main Street Email:gibdrama@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 200 42237 www.geocities.com/gibdrama Trafalgar Theatre Group meets 2nd Wed of month, Garrison Library 8pm. All welcome. Theatrix: Contact Trevor and Iris on Tel: 54006176 or email theatrixgib@yahoo.co.uk
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events update Calpe Conference
Caves as Archives: Rock of Gibraltar as a Case Study The accumulated experience represented by recorded history is but a small drop in the vast ocean of deep time. But how do we access the datasets required for detailed scientific enquiry at such an enormous temporal scale? This year’s Calpe Conference, jointly organised by the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GONHS) and the Gibraltar Museum aims to answer this question by exploring the information that can be gathered when caves are treated as archives of a changing planet. Gibraltar is at the forefront of some of these areas of research: the Gibraltar Museum and the GONHS Cave Science Unit are, with their international collabo-
Support Groups 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 and Me Breastfeeding Support Group for mums who are pregnant, breastfeeding or have breastfed to get together for coffee, chat and support. Partners and older children welcome. Meets first Wednesday of every 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. Info and advice is free, confidential and impartial. COPE Support group for people with Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Formed to ease day-to-day challenges of individuals, families and care partner. Meetings at Catholic Community Centre Book Shop at 7.30pm first Thursday of each month. Contact Sue Reyes 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
rators, important players in the fields of archaeology, geomorphology and climate science. The local teams and international participants will deliver a farranging, insightful and exciting
Calpe Conference. The Calpe Conference 2013 will be held at The John Mackintosh Hall from 14th to 18th September. Any one wishing to register for the conference should complete
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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 granchildren. Tel: Richard 200 46536, Jason 200 76618, Dominic 54019602. Psychological Support Group, PO Box 161, Nazareth House. Meet Tuesdays at 7pm, Fridays 8pm. Tel: 200 51623. SSAFA Forces Help Gibraltar, is a national charity, to assist serving and ex-Service personnel and their families. Tel: (5)5481. Email: Susan GIB-CSTJSWPA@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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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. 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 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. 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
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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 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
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.
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. Public Holidays 2013 Gibraltar & United Kingdom New Year’s Day Tuesday 1 January Commonwealth Day Monday 11 March* Good Friday Friday 29 March Easter Monday Monday 1 April Worker’s Memorial Day Friday 26 April* May Day Wednesday 1 May Spring Bank Holiday Monday 27 May Queen’s Birthday Monday 17 June Late Summer Bank Holiday Monday 26 August Gibraltar National Day Tuesday 10 September* Christmas Day Wednesday 25 December Boxing Day Thursday 26 December *Gibraltar only
Emergency Services
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 os Emergency N : .............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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