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THE GIRL WITH A GUN

WEDDING GUEST OUTFITS

SHIPPING POLLUTION: DARKER HORIZONS

NEVER TOO OLD TO TRAVEL

MISS GIBRALTAR: NEW DIRECTIONS

GIBRALTAR DRAMATHERAPY

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MAY ISSUE EDITOR’S NOTE

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pring has thoroughly been sprung, and hotter temperatures are on their way (could someone inform the weather man, please?). We’ve got some brilliant articles and features to tide you over until the sun settles in for his summer residency.

Warmer weather means one thing: wedding season! If, like me, the idea of sourcing an appropriate wedding guest outfit fills you with dread, flick to our fashion pages for some sage, sartorial sapience that’ll replace that dread with the desire to hit the shops (pg. 76).

Next month comes the widely-anticipated event of the year, where we gather our friends and our munchies to sit down and watch our next Miss Gibraltar be crowned. This year, Yalta Pons will be taking the reins, and she has a few new tricks up her sleeve… (pg. 45).

This month’s travel feature is by none other than the woman who brought me into this world (and will probably try and take me out of it once she sees the title). Whilst I sat diligently preparing this issue for you, she was off gallivanting around the Caribbean island of Barbados (pg. 71). Alright for some!

And lastly, you may have seen our attempt at an April Fool’s on social media last month, where we told you our April cover would be blank to allow you to design your own. Well! It turns out a few of you quite liked the idea, and so as a compromise we’ve provided you with the opportunity to do just that on the facing page. Grab your sharpies and give us your best shot, and you might see your attempt in print!

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May 2019 Vol. 24 # 07

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THE GIRL WITH A GUN

WEDDING GUEST OUTFITS

SHIPPING POLLUTION: DARKER HORIZONS

NEVER TOO OLD TO TRAVEL

MISS GIBRALTAR: NEW DIRECTIONS

GIBRALTAR DRAMATHERAPY

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8 Hello There: Tell us a joke!

10 What’s on?

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18 Around Town

BUSINESS

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21 Property Investment Abroad:

Denmark

LEISURE

24 eSports – New Business Opportunity?

59 The Girl with a Gun

LIFE 27 Breakfast with Tasmin Griffith

55 Mark in Madrid 63 Gibraltar Dramatherapy 65 Gibraltar Guns: Shetland Attractions

29 Shipping Pollution: Darker

Horizons

67 Wine: Marvellous Manzanilla

33 Profile on a Political Animal

76 Fashion: Wedding Guest Outfits

37 A Zookeeper’s Diary: Parrots 42 Climate Emergency?

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71 Never Too Old to Travel

REGULARS

45 Miss Gibraltar: New Directions

80 Recipes: Coconut Letils and Mamas Minestra

49 A Boat Called Hope

83 Guides and Information

51 Capturing Cultures: The World

Through a Lens

85 #GibsGems 86 Olympus: Project Seagull 90 Schedules 95 Kid's Korner 96 Coffee Time

FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHER: STEPHEN PERERA CREATIVE DIRECTOR: YALTA PONS & DARION FIGUEREDO MAKE UP ARTIST: DEEPAK RAMCHANDANI MODELS: MISS GIBRALTAR CONTESTANTS

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TELL US A JOKE! Cookie & Muffin, 4 & 13, Professional Paw Patrol “What did the dog say to the tree? … Bark!”

Chris Hind, 51, Mechanical Maintenance at Image Graphics "Today at the bank, an old lady asked me to help check her balance. So I pushed her over."

Katherine Grant, 43, Director at Image Graphics “What do you call a deer with no eyes? … No idea.

What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs? …

Still no idea!”

Brendan Roche, Too young to mention, Senior Sales at Image Graphics

John Bell, 25(!), Sales Manager at Image Graphics "Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese.

And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin.

Or my younger brother Ho-Chan-Chu.

Redouane Sorour, 36, Print Assistant at Image Graphics “Two blood cells fell in love.

Alas, it was all in vein.”

"Two guys are playing golf when one of the chaps who is about to drive from the 7th tee sees a hearse going by. The guy stops mid swing, takes off his cap, and bows his head in prayer.

His friend says 'That is the most touching thing I have ever seen, you are indeed a very kind caring person.'

The man replies 'It’s the least I could do, we’ve been married for 35 years.' "

But I think it's Colin."

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WHAT'S ON? MAY 2019 WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY May Day Celebrations Casemates Square, 11:00am - 7:00pm For further information please contact the Events Department, Gibraltar Cultural Services on telephone 20067236 or email: info@ culture.gi SATURDAY 4TH MAY Fund Raising Event Casemates Square, 11.30am - 5.30pm For further information please contact Rachel Goodman on telephone number 20059100.

St Andrews Craft & Collectors Fair St Andrews Church, 10am- 2 p.m For further information please contact 540 23 166.

Re-enactment Society History Alive Parade

MONDAY 7TH MAY – FRIDAY 17TH MAY Art Exhibition by Aaron Seruya Fine Arts Gallery, Casemates square, 10am - 6pm For further information please contact telephone 20052126 or email: finearts@gibtelecom.net

Zarzuela – ‘La del Manojo de Rosas’

For further information please contact Claire Talbot on telephone 20055722

John Mackintosh Hall Theatre, 8:00pm - 9:00pm Tickets £5 from the John Mackintosh Hall as from Tuesday 23rd April between 9am and 4pm For further information please contact telephone 20067236 or email: info@culture.gi Library Storytelling Sessions The John Mackintosh Hall Wednesdays and/or Thursdays – please get in contact first for specific times and age ranges on 20049161 or info@culture.gi

SATURDAY 11TH MAY Yellow Day Casemates Square, 9am - 6pm

Art Dance 2019

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Public Display of Field Gun Crew Casemates Square, 10am to 3pm

For further information please contact Clubhouse Gibraltar on email:

For further information please contact gibraltar.artdance@gmail. com.

For further information please contact the Heritage Trust on 20042844 or visit their website: www.gibraltarheritagetrust.org.gi

WEDNESDAY 8 MAY – THURSDAY 9TH MAY TH

Main Street to Casemates Square, 12 noon

John Mackintosh Square, 8:30pm - 10:30pm

Registration to take place at Heritage Trust Office – Main Guard John Mackintosh Square as from 9.30am

30th Gibraltar Heritage Trust Annual Painting Competition ‘A view from the Rock’ Coaling Island, 9.30am

Re-enactment Society History Alive Parade Main Street to Casemates Square, 12 noon SUNDAY 12TH MAY Relay for Children Casemates Square, 10am Registration at the venue from 9am For further information please contact telephone 20013200 TUESDAY 14TH MAY Mental Health Information stall John Mackintosh Hall, 9am - 2pm For further information please contact Clubhouse Gibraltar on email: admin@clubhousegibraltar.com WEDNESDAY 15TH MAY The Great Velasquez at Court in Madrid Garrison Library GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

what's on For further information please email: gibraltar@theartssociety.org or visit www.gibraltar.theartssociety.org WEDNESDAY 15TH MAY AND THURSDAY 16TH MAY Spring Flower Show John Mackintosh Hall For more information please contact email: ghsmember@outlook.com or via Facebook page – The Gibraltar Horticultural Society SATURDAY 18TH MAY Med Steps 5 Challenge Jews' Gate, 8.30am onwards All proceeds in aid of Cancer Relief Organised by the Prison Service Officers For further information contact 54029073 through WhatsApp or emailMedSteps5Challenge@gmail. com Gibraltar International Classic & Vintage Car Rally Casemates Square, 9am - 6pm Cars will be driving up Main Street and around Gibraltar at approximately 1pm For further information please visit www.gibraltarclassiccar.com Museum Open Day Gibraltar Museum, Bomb House Lane, 10am to 6pm Free Admission Re-enactment Society History Alive Parade Main Street to Casemates Square, 12 noon GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

TUESDAY 21ST MAY TO FRIDAY 24TH MAY Gibraltar London Music Festival Photography Exhibition

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John Mackintosh Hall, 9am - 9.30pm

Photographic Exhibition by Stephen Hermida

For further information please contact email: henryzayas@hotmail.co.uk

Fine Arts Gallery, Casemates, 10am to 6pm

WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY Piano Recital by John Bruzon Garrison Library, 7pm For further information please contact enquiries@ gibraltargarrisonlibrary.gi

For further information please contact telephone 20052126 or email: finearts@gibtelecom.net FRIDAY 31ST MAY Fashion Through Time Alameda Open Air Theatre, 8:30pm For further information please contact sonpat45@gmail.com

WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY TO FRIDAY 31ST MAY Spring Visual Art Exhibition Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, Casemates, 10.30am to 6.30pm, *Saturday 10.30am to 1.30pm For further information please contact info@culture.gi or phone 20067236.

SATURDAY 25TH MAY Re-enactment Society History Alive Parade Main Street to Casemates Square, 12 noon SATURDAY 25TH MAY AND SUNDAY 26TH MAY Gibraltar International Body Arts Festival 2019 Grand Battery House, 1pm onwards For further information please 11

news GDP CHARITY BIKEATHLON The Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) are organising a charity event on 14 September 2019 in aid of GBC Open Day and Little Smiles Charity.

The charity Bikeathlon will consist of individuals or teams cycling within the Naval Base for 12 hours, starting at 0900.

The event will be open to British Forces Gibraltar personnel and the wider Gibraltar community.

Everyone is invited to help the GDP raise funds for these two very worthy charities. In addition, the Ministry of Transport will be providing Redibikes for those participants who do not own a bike but nevertheless would like to form a team.

For more information please visit the event page on Facebook (12hr Bikeathlon Charity Event) or contact bikeathlon@outlook. com. Alternatively, you can purchase your entry tickets from buytickets.gi under the ‘vouchers’ category.

TRAINING FOR MULTI-AGENCY CHILD PROTECTION TEAM A training seminar organised by Gibraltar’s Multi-Agency Sub Training Committee in Child Protection was held last month.

The seminar, which took place at the Gibraltar University, was attended by professionals across various agencies, including the Care Agency, the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA), the Royal Gibraltar Police, Youth Services and the Department of Education.

The Minister added: “I was very happy to have opened this very important training seminar. Our Child Protection Teams work diligently to ensure Gibraltar has the adequate structures and protocols in place to safeguard children and young persons. It is, therefore, imperative that this Government continues to provide our professionals with the right training and support to guarantee the continuous development in the vital area of child protection.”

The training provided professionals, whose work involves direct contact with children, with methods on how to better enhance management structures with regards to safeguarding work. The training is also designed to provide better understanding of Gibraltar’s legal framework, professionals’ roles and responsibilities and referral pathways relevant to safeguarding children.

So make sure you save the date - 14 September 2019 - and gather up your cycling teams the challenge is on! See you all there.

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news THE GHA ENTERS INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD, LEADING HEALTHCARE PROVIDER The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) has entered into a contractual agreement with the Hospiten Group, an international network of private hospitals.

The signing of this agreement follows months of diligent work and negotiations conducted by the Ministry of Health, Care and Justice and the GHA with a number of tertiary groups. In

March 2019, the GHA also signed contractual agreements with two other highly renowned tertiary healthcare companies.

The Hospiten Group is an international healthcare network with 50 years of experience and committed to providing high quality medical service. The Hospiten Group have wellestablished medical centres in Estepona and Algeciras, both in close proximity to Gibraltar. In total, the Group has 1,200 beds,

attends to over 1.7 million patients and employs over 5,000 people.

Dr Daniel Cassaglia, GHA Medical Director, said: “Having a number of contractual agreements with healthcare providers in Spain allows us to choose the best expertise and quality specialist services available. The GHA strives to access the best possible, and in some cases, world-leading speciality expertise for our patients.�

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news ROYAL GIBRALTAR POST OFFICE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT HM Government of Gibraltar is pleased to announce that it has now signed a collective agreement with Unite the Union in respect of the Postal Grades and Post Office employees at the Mail Centre and Parcel Stores. The new agreement introduces further flexibility in working practices which will become more relevant as technology is increasingly used in providing mail related services.

GIBRALTAR ANNOUNCES GIBRALTAR 2020 SCHEME The Gibraltar Tourist Board is launching its biggest trade initiative in over a decade. Calling the scheme ‘Gibraltar 2020’ and working together in the UK with its tour operator and airline partners and in Gibraltar with hoteliers, ground agents and tourist attractions, the Tourist Board will be running monthly familiarisation trips with the aim to bring 200 agents from the UK to Gibraltar over the next 2 years.

Chief Executive Nicky Guerrero explains: “The British public

have long held an affection with Gibraltar often through its historic legacy to the armed forces. Today the destination is appealing to a younger, more youthful generation driven by our great range of events. Vibrant new products are capturing the imagination of the Instagram generation and this is something we hope to further educate the trade about, in addition to Gibraltar’s very important unique selling points to the UK markets, such as its sterling currency in times of currency volatility and its warm British welcome in the heart of the Mediterranean.”

So make sure you save the date - 14 September 2019 - and gather up your cycling teams...the challenge is on! See you all there.

The Chief Minister who hosted the signing of the final agreements said “I am delighted that we have been able to reach agreement in this important area, and I am particularly grateful to the staff at the RGPO mail centre who have been very patient with us as we have worked our way through the detail of these issues. My congratulations and thanks to Albert and his team and Victor and the Unite team for making this a reality.” agreement in this important area, and I am particularly grateful to the staff at the RGPO mail centre who have been very patient with us as we have worked our way through the detail of these issues. My congratulations and thanks to Albert and his team and Victor and the Unite team for making this a reality.”

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news BOOK REVIEW: MALAK Paul OGarra is a Gibraltarian writer whose latest novel, Malak Desert Child, follows the story of a courageous child and her singlehanded battle to protect her family. Her story is interwoven with that of Algeria, and of Spanish Sahara and it´s shameful treatment at the hands of The Spanish government of the day, who abandoned her people to their fate, The Moroccan authorities, the UN, and the western world at large.

“I really enjoyed reading this book. I have been an avid reader over many years now and have come to the point where I sometimes worry about what to expect when I pick up a new book. Is it going to disappoint?

LIBRARY STORYTELLING SESSION Story telling sessions for young children at the John Mackintosh Hall Library started last month, to a great response. The initiative promoted on social media has proved popular with the first few sessions fully subscribed in the space of 24 hours. The scheme is being run on behalf of the Ministry of Culture by Gibraltar Cultural Services, through its Cultural Development Unit, with a group of volunteers delivering these sessions.

Am I wasting my time on it? But this felt so fresh and original.

None of the usual old tropes that we have tread a hundred times over. It took me to a whole new place. It alternately had me on the edge of my seat to entrancing me with beautifully descriptive passages in exotic lands. All the major characters in the book are beautifully realised and draw you into their separate and now intertwined worlds. There is a common thread that runs through them all. A search for purpose and a questioning of existence.

And a certain nobleness they each possess and carry with them. There is a deeper thread underlying the story-line that transcends throughout the book, and it is ultimately a positive and uplifting one. Malak is a very humane book. It keeps you reading and compels you forward, and it never lags or tires. I look forward to reading more from

this author. A breath of clear air in our troubled times.” - Robert Vandeven. Canada.

children to visit the Library.

Although this is being organised on a trial basis, there are a variety of morning and afternoon sessions planned at different times and days, to try and cater for as many people as possible.

The Library boasts a wide collection of books for children of different ages and abilities.

Gibraltar Cultural Services hope the storytelling sessions are fun

and interactive both for the little ones and their carers.

Available on Amazon, B&N, Smashwords and others as (Malak Desert Child). Also available in Spanish as (Malak. Paul OGarra).

For more information, please visit our Facebook page John Mackintosh Hall Library. To book your place at any of the sessions, please contact the Cultural Development Team on 20049161, or email info@culture.gi.

The move is aimed at promoting reading and a love of books at an early age, and encouraging

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news ROYAL SINGLE- SOLAR FRAMEWORK USE PLASTIC AGREEMENT The Department of Environment, Heritage, and Climate Change (DEHCC) is supporting the worldwide movement to reduce, and eventually stop the use of single-use plastic.

In a bid to further reduce Gibraltar’s plastic footprint, TNP urged the GoG to join the #Refill campaign and place water stations along our coastline in time for the summer season.

TNP is pleased to announce that further to their recommendations of installing recycling bins at the beach frontlines, Minister Cortes has now also confirmed that the DEHCC will be joining the #Refill campaign.

As soon as the bathing season commences, all the lifeguard posts will become official refill points offering free water to the public during the summer period. Spokesperson for The Nautilus Project said: “We feel that this is a very important step in minimising our plastic pollution during the summer period and we encourage beachgoers to make full use of it”.

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Towards the end of 2018, HM Government of Gibraltar launched the Sale of Power Tender, for electricity generated via solar Photo Voltaic (PV) technology, in collaboration with the Gibraltar Electricity Authority, as part of its commitment to increase renewable energy production and reduce carbon emissions.

Three companies were successful in their bids and now form part of the Government solar framework agreement, as part of the Government’s phased roll out of rooftop PV systems under power purchase agreements (PPAs). The first competition will take place in May, in which Framework Contractors will have

the opportunity to bid for the installation of solar PV, including their design, installation, operation and maintenance at various sites.

The sites in this first phase will include the Cruise Liner Terminal, the University of Gibraltar, Ocean Views and Hillside, Grand Casemates Block and Mount Alvernia. The production capacity of each site will be determined by the configuration of systems proposed but it is estimated to be over 700 kW for Phase I. Taken together, these could produce a total of 3.5MW, approximately 10% of Gibraltar’s current energy needs. Subsequent competitions will follow in due course as PV systems are rolled out.

This scheme has come as part of HM Government of Gibraltar’s shift to cleaner power and achieving greater self-sufficiency, and is an important step in fighting the climate crisis.

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news MAJOR INHARBOUR RECLAMATION AT COALING ISLAND: VICTORIA KEYS Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar has agreed commercial terms for the creation of a new reclamation project and subsequent development within the harbour, in Port waters, to be known as Victoria Keys.

The reclamation, situated in a prime location to the West of Coaling Island, aims to create up to 60,000 sqm of new land area. This new land will provide approximately 100,000 sqm of residential buildings with leisure,

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community, retail and commercial use for a wide spectrum of local needs.

Together with the Coaling Island site, the Victoria Keys development claims to create significant recreational areas for the community and provide public access along new stretches of our harbour and marinas. In addition, the developer intends, in keeping with the Government’s policy to reduce traffic, to eliminate most of the road traffic by having all the parking and vehicular traffic below ground, thus creating a pedestrianised area which will be an inviting ‘public realm’, open to the whole of our community. shift to cleaner power and achieving greater self-sufficiency, and is an important step in fighting the climate crisis.

NEW RECRUITS FOR THE GDP DOG SECTION Last month, GDP officers PC 68 Mario Johnson and PC 92 Christian Jeffries visited the Defence Animal Training Regiment (DATR), the largest Ministry of Defence (MOD) dog training facility in the UK to meet the potential recruits - three Belgian Shepherds - Rayco, Juno and Robin. The three dogs were viewed undergoing different training scenarios from the National Police Dog Assessment model, where the officers assessed their potential for deployment in Gibraltar.

The three dogs demonstrated their skill and tenacity throughout all training scenarios, which included article and building searches together with use of force situations. PC Johnson and PC Jeffries also had the opportunity to work and interact with the dogs on a social level to assess their approachability.

Police dogs require being approachable but suspicious at all times.

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around town

Inside Outside Last month, local artist Bea Garcia held a flash exhibition entitled ‘Inside Outside’ at the GEMA Gallery on Linewall Road. As Bea explained, “The exhibition is inspired by 80s TV personality Bob Ross. I am using a concept in one of his shows to add a different perspective to cityscapes around Gibraltar”.

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business

PROPERTY INVESTMENT ABROAD Part VI: Denmark.

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e recently covered the fully recovered property market in The Republic of Ireland where rental property yields are extremely healthy and attractive. In this new article we shall move to the mainland of Northern Europe and find another interesting jurisdiction with a good property market. Denmark.

Denmark has somehow become an interesting property market for small to medium size investments as a very safe jurisdiction with fair taxes and little bureaucracy.

In other words, it could well be described as a small gem in the Northern European markets, ideal to make small to medium size investments. Prices are most reasonable in our targeted market of charming Copenhagen.

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start at €3500 per m2 and go up to €4300 per m2. The average price figure in Copenhagen is at present just over €4200 - similar to Gibraltar prime property, or other close by jurisdictions such as Marbella. This is, in general terms, most reasonable if

in Denmark?

The bureaucracy is simple and clear, provided you hire the right business consultant, lawyer or estate agent. There is an extremely important factor to consider for future buyers and that is how to

The average price figure in Copenhagen is at present just over €4200 - similar to Gibraltar. comparing Danish prices to other Northern European jurisdictions like Norway (€8200/m2), Sweden (€7000/m2), Holland (€6900/ m2) or Finland €6500/m2). These properties in Copenhagen would normally yield about 5% per year as far as rental return figures are concerned.

What about the requirements ҇to҇ purchase residential property

structure your property purchase when you decide to go ahead with your investments. The property market in Denmark is not fully open to foreign investors. De facto, in Denmark it is not possible to make a property purchase if you are not a national citizen, or a EU resident in Denmark for the past five years or working full time in Denmark. The answer to 21

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Corporate route. Much has now changed to the benefit of all the communities on both sides of the border.

҇҇ Why Denmark?

this is to follow what is called the corporate route and making your purchase via a Danish limited company locally called an ApS (Anpartsselskab).

If the acquisition of your chosen property is made via an ApS there is complete clearance from the legal point of view and there is no objection to conclude the deal. It is interesting to mention that in the old days Gibraltarians wishing to buy locally in Spain particularly in close by areas to Gibraltar had to do so following the Panama 22

First and foremost, Denmark is an extremely safe EU jurisdiction.

It is a full member of the EU but not part of the Euro currency.

There is nothing wrong with this and, similar to the UK, they keep control of their interest rates and are able to take monetary measures without having to resort to the European Central Bank. The true fact is Denmark has always been 100% within the financial measures dictated by the EU and has one of the most economically and socially developed countries in the world - as well as one of the

highest rents per capita in the world. In addition, it has one of the lowest perceived levels of corruption in the world. Rara avis these days.

Denmark has a sound and growing economy which grew 2.2% in 2017, 1.8% in 2018 and is expected to grow 2% in this current year of 2019.

Steady and stable.

First and foremost, Denmark is an extremely safe EU jurisdiction.

At this point in time, property prices are rising in most of the country but not overly as to make the market burst any time in the future. The rising property market is expected to continue its trend for the next few years.

This is the result of a positive and good economic growth as well as household income together with very low or nil interest rates and fair property prices. All these factors have helped to keep the property market healthy. In

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addition, the banks in Denmark tend to be highly conservative and rarely lend more than 60% of the property value. Credit for buyers is certainly available, but following a responsible and restricted lending criteria. expenses does an ҇investor ҇ Whathave to account for when buying property in Denmark?

Company Incorporation costs between €900 and €2000 depending on whether you do some work yourself or decide to employ a solicitor to do it or to buy off the shelf ready-made companies which much as in other jurisdictions it is more expensive.

Solicitors fees are quite flexible but as a general rule you should account for some 0.5% of the purchase price plus VAT at 25%.

Registry fees are charged at a flat rate €190 plus 0.6% of the purchase value. This is paid at the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

Land Registry Office.

Estate agency fees normally cost between 1.5% and 2% of the value depending on the amount of work involved.

So it is quite clear that purchase expenses are most fair and in fact they are similar to those in Gibraltar.

your tenants once you deduct all the relevant expenses like interest payments, advertising, management and maintenance plus advertising costs.

All the above reasons confirm Denmark - Copenhagen in particular - to be an interesting option to consider when making an overseas property investment.

what about capital gains ҇tax҇ And when I sell on?

At the time of publication of this article the official corporation tax in Denmark stands at a fair 22% levied on gross profit, minus business-related expenses, interest payments and depreciation which are deducted from the gross income of your ApS. about Income Tax on ҇rental ҇ What revenues?

JORGE V.REIN PARLADE MBA Business Consultant +350 54045282 jorgeparlade@aol.com

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ESPORTS

Gibraltar’s next big business opportunity?

E

Sports could be defined as a merge between gaming and sports events.

Players, both in teams and individually, compete against each other in different computer games – an activity that has shown a phenomenal growth in interest the past years. As a reference, over 2.7bn of eSports videos were streamed last year only in North America. eSports began as a way for publishers to build awareness of their games. Now the International eSports Federation is lobbying to have the genre recognised as an Olympic event by 2024 and there are already plans to build dedicated

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eSports arenas at some casinos in Las Vegas.

Traditional sports clubs and federations have also shown increasing interest in eSports – apart from European football clubs’ involvement in the international tournaments of FIFA18, the NBA and NHL are planning to do the same for basketball and ice hockey.

Formula 1 is one of the last examples of sports organizations

venturing into eSports.

Publishers and eSports tournament operators are engaging with broadcasters to leverage the increasing interest in eSports. Especially as a way for broadcasters to engage with younger and online audience that is difficult to attract. Some broadcasters like Sky and ITV in the UK, as well as Sweden-based MTG (Modern Times Group) have

The initial concept of eSports is to connect gamers from around the world, it is also a platform for brands and companies to promote their products.

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business invested in eSports.

SO, WHY IS IT SO POPULAR? There are a number of reasons eSports is reaching its mainstream inflection point. To some extent, it’s been years in the making. Part of it is that the sophistication of the games from both a technology and gameplay standpoint has grown significantly. Part of it is that the PC made games accessible without buying a dedicated console, and the introduction of the internet made it easy to play games with remote friends, meaning gaming didn’t have to be such a solitary experience.

reactions, answering viewers questions, making suggestions, and discussing their process and decision-making during gameplay.

Companies such as Coca-Cola, Taco Bell, Intel, Red Bull, and ESPN all sponsor these tournaments and gamers by providing money, food, resources, and supports to these gaming enthusiasts.

But traditional broadcasters and platforms still have a stake in the game. Experience in producing and broadcasting live events

pouring money into developing their offerings to enhance users’ experience and betting possibilities just as they do on real sports.

Gibraltar can do much more in this space, from hosting international tournaments to attracting eSports technology companies, and much more.

Indeed, eSports is a tremendous occasion to use technology to engage audiences – immersive experiences with the use of cutting-edge UHD technology and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality proposals to visually enhance the eSports coverage.

Gibraltar-based online betting companies are pouring money into developing their offerings.

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEDIA INDUSTRY? For the younger online audience who never had a relationship to traditional television, eSports seems to be a good opportunity for creating long-term engagement.

Having an online origin, eSports have primarily attracted nontraditional broadcast companies.

Focusing on video streaming and especially live video, tech giants like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Amazon have found eSports as a good alternative to create increased growth.

Although the initial concept of eSports is to connect gamers from around the world to enter tournaments and compete with one another, it is also a platform for brands and companies to sponsor these tournaments and promote their products. This experience is made possible through Twitch.tv, which allows players to stream their gaming and viewers to witness the broadcaster focused on the game, seeing their GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

creates an edge when it comes to eSports events. Big eSport events like Overwatch League or Dota (Defence of the Ancients) 2 Championships 2017, are becoming stadium-based events – like the non-electronic sports they were trying to beat. Dota 2 is by itself distributed to over 40 million homes worldwide.

At Benefit Business Solutions, we are already working with some of the leading-edge eSports technology companies working to deliver an unmatched digital viewing and playing experience to millions of eSports fans across the world.

The future is open and promising for eSports. Do you want to play?

HOW CAN GIBRALTAR GET A PIECE OF THE eSPORTS ACTION? eSports is already the fastestgrowing sector in the rapidly expanding sports betting market, and its piece of the pie is only going to get bigger in the years ahead. According to research done by NJGames.org, the total amount bet on eSports competitions is expected to hit $12.9 billion by 2020, compared to the $5.5 billion bet on eSports in 2016, representing a 134% increase in just four years.

Gibraltar-based online betting companies are already starting to embrace eSports betting and are

ERAN SHAY, Managing Director & AYELET MAMO SHAY, Business Development Director of Benefit Business Solutions Ltd. (+350) 200 73669 general@benefitgibraltar.com

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BREAKFAST WITH TASMIN GRIFFITH

The cheerful, youthful, silvery voice that eases you into your Sunday mornings belongs to Tasmin Griffith, the new presenter of the Radio Gibraltar Sunday Breakfast Show. She will help you make the difficult decision between churros and fry-up, or something more exotic altogether…

BY ELENA SCIALTIEL

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he yummiest feature she’s personalised her show with is the ‘Guess My Sunday Brunch’ competition, on air shortly after 9.30am: she will list the ingredients to a popular brunch recipe, and listeners will have to guess what dish it is for the chance to win foodie prizes. It might sound as easy as Sunday morning, but a few recipes feature the same staple ingredients, and you will have to listen carefully and suss out the unique one that allows you to tell croque monsieur apart from egg benedict!

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This isn’t Tasmin’s first time on air, but indeed her first solo flying, after having participated in Andy Coumbe’s Saturday morning show as a spokesperson for the Gibraltar Heritage Trust’s monthly slot. In fact, it was Andy who informed the young PA to Heritage Trust’s CEO Claire Montado about the parttime radio vacancy recently arisen, and he encouraged her to apply, which she did in her own time.

She debuted last 10th March, with enough confidence to make the transition from previous weekend breakfast presenters

quite seamless and actually desirable: she comes across as spontaneous and lively, with the voice modulation of a pro that well adapts to light-hearted segments as well as to the professional enunciation of the news.

Besides reading out the UK papers’ headlines, Tasmin has introduced a ‘feel-good news’ round-up: she scours the internet for positive and unusual news to make your heart go all fuzzy and start your festive day with a smile.

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life “I most cherish the interaction with my listeners, they are the first people I speak to on Sunday mornings, and it feels like family.”

“I must keep a good balance between talking, not too fast, not too slow, and songs playing - after all, nobody wants to hear a presenter who loves too much the sound of her voice so early on a weekend morning!

And I must make sure that the proper segment is played on time, without having to cut songs short just because I am running out of time for the news, or the prize winner is about to be announced.” cherish the interaction with my listeners, who contact me through the Radio’s email, Twitter or Facebook accounts, with dedication requests for birthdays or anniversaries, comments on the news, and any issue that may deserve a mention, such as charitable initiatives, awareness days, and public events scheduled for that day or the week ahead.

They are the first people I speak to on Sunday mornings, and it feels like family.”

If sometimes all that buttonflipping, dial-turning and soundfading may feel overwhelming (“it’s like flying an aircraft!”), she comes well prepared: “I usually make my way to GBC Broadcasting House with plenty of time to spare, as I walk uphill from home, and I tend to be there half an hour earlier to sort out the news, the prizes list and browse for breaking news and content. I settle down at my desk with a cup of hot chocolate, and I am all set up to take your calls.”

She comes across as spontaneous and lively, with the voice modulation of a pro.

The technical side of the job was tackled with extensive training care by radio head Ian Daniels, and morning presenter Lucinda Snape, as Tasmin had to learn how to manage the microphone and all the buttons on the desk to make sure the right recording, song from the playlist, or jingle are broadcast at the right time, and the link with BBC is launched punctually on the hour.

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Born in Germany and raised in the UK and the Falkland Island, before making Gibraltar her permanent home, Tasmin has a busy lifestyle, volunteering for the Duke of Edinburgh Award, going horse-riding and practising yoga. She is always keen on being involved with any charity that may need her participation in a personal capacity or her mention on air, so

she is inviting their trustees to contact her.

Her weekday job at the Heritage Trust, and at the Gibraltar Museum previously, stemmed from her academic career as a geographer and agricultural scientist, foraying in some field research connection. Even if this was a change in direction from university, she is willing to explore the possibilities of urban and vertical farming in Gibraltar, for example, in view of a PhD - an idea she is seriously considering.

She first-hand experienced farming in the Kalahari Desert, where she spent two weeks to learn about, and to study, soil composition, and to research scientific ways to make the desert flourish, for sustainable agriculture and food security. “I’ve always been interested in physical geography, and since adults encourage kids to go study what they love most, I went for it, in Manchester first, and Exeter later, for my masters.” For this, she spent three months in a Devon farm, focusing on organic phosphate fertiliser.

And for a girl who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty to harvest the bounty of rich soils, without relinquishing her sense of style and her elegant manners which transpire through the airwaves, phosphorus is also the metaphor for lighting the infectious flame of positivity, by exquisitely reaching out to radio listeners, Heritage Trust members and charity supporters alike.

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SHIPPING POLLUTION: DARKER HORIZONS

Marilis is back with a second article, this time outlining the problem polluting our skies.

BY MARILIS AZZOPARDI

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t is estimated that in Europe alone, around 50,000 people die prematurely due to air pollution from shipping. 90% of the world trade relies on shipping, and most of the larger vessels use cheaper bunker fuel oil to keep costs down. Ships burn fuel that is 3500 times dirtier than road diesel, yet most have no exhaust abatement technology installed. Bunker fuel is the liquid fuel oil that is left after the fractionated distillation of crude oil. This results in a sticky viscous liquid concentrating many toxic compounds which then get released into the air when it burns or into the marine environment GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

from oil spills. The industry material hazard sheets define fuel oil as highly toxic to aquatic organisms; it does not evaporate easily and takes a long time to biodegrade.

When fuel is burned to provide energy, pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), heavy metals and fine particulate matter are generated and/or released into the surrounding air. One large ship can generate about 5000 tonnes of sulphur oxides in the 280 days that it operates a year. Contrast that with the 101g of sulphur oxides produced annually by a car driven for around 15,000km. These not

only have an impact on air quality; the NOx and SO2 combine with the gases in air to form acids which in turn react with more air to form sulphates and nitrates which ultimately cause acid rain and are deposited in soils and contribute to eutrophication. The bunker fuel exhaust also contains heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are toxic, mutagenic and/or carcinogenic.

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shipping fleet to switch to fuels containing a maximum of 0.5% sulphur. This reduction from the current limit of 3.5% is expected to prevent an estimated 150,000 deaths and 7.6 million cases of

is one of the main components of the soot particles generated by the incomplete combustion of fuels, especially bunker fuel oils, and one of the largest contributors to global warming, second only to carbon

Ships burn fuel that is 3500 times dirtier than road diesel, yet most have no exhaust it does not evaporate easily and takes a long time to biodegrade. childhood asthma cases each year.

The sulphur caps that have already been established in emission control areas in North America, the Baltic Sea and certain areas in China have led to improvements in air quality. In the EU, ships will be allowed to use emission abatement methods such as scrubbers as an alternative to switching to the more expensive low-sulphur fuels.

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dioxide. One study by NOAA and the University of Colorado found that tug boats are one of the worst offenders, emitting more soot for the amount of fuel burnt when compared with other vessels.

When emitted into the air, the sooty particles absorb sunlight, creating a haze that interferes with cloud and rain formation, darkens snow and ice surfaces and contributes to melting of snow in the polar regions (Ramanathan and Carmichael, 2008).

Black carbon plays a significant role in global warming, but the effects

last for weeks as opposed to years with carbon dioxide. This makes it an ideal target in a strategy that aims to tackle the problem of global warming in the short term, and something that will have an effect right now.

According to the International Council on Clean Transportation, the largest producers of CO2 emissions are the larger vessels such as container ships, followed by bulk carriers and oil tankers.

Data from the International Maritime Organisation show that international shipping comprises around 2.2% of all global greenhouse gas emissions and 2.1% of carbon dioxide emissions.

In a 2016 inventory of ship traffic exhaust emissions (Jalkanen et al, 2016), Gibraltar harbour ranked second amongst the European areas with the highest CO2 emissions. Despite Gibraltar’s small size, we have a pretty large carbon footprint.

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PROFILE ON A POLITICAL ANIMAL

In the Gibraltar Technical College, he became interested in drawing... that led him to designing airfield lighting at North Front, converting disused wartime airfields to missile sites in the UK, the diamond tool industry in Canada, importing fishy foods to the Rock, becoming a Government Minister, helping many of those in real need and, with some time to spare surprisingly, painting and writing four books!

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uch of the above, former minister with the Integration with Britain Party (IWBP) Joe Caruana tells me, is due to the fact of his Maltese heritage.

He claims he has always had an eye for a business opportunity, a potential gap in the market, as was the case during the period of the closed frontier. He was struck by the fact he could eat calamares (squid) in the UK and could not find a tapas bar offering that same item here! In no time at all, a Mac fisheries franchise was acquired and many types of frozen fish were imported on board the popular vessels of the Mc Andrew Line which many will GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

remember berthing in the ‘pockets’ at North Mole once a week, “We did very well and ran the business for eight or ten years supplying hotels, restaurants, bars, shops etc.” But yes, he did in fact study to become a draughtsman working for the air ministry in Gibraltar and subsequently transferring to

Canada for 12 years.”

Joe was in the industrial diamond drilling business designing tools.

His was a success story and he ended up running his own business that took him around the world. “There again I could see the potential niche and soon

Joe reluctantly agreed to attend a party meeting. The rest is history. the UK... “That’s right, and whilst there I studied engineering in the London Polytechnic and became a specialist in industrial tool design.

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The autobiographical Spirit of the Phoenician, a true murder on the Rock story - When the Hangman Came, a historical novel - The Iron Knight of Malta, a biography on a former Gibraltar Chief Minister - The Life and Times of Sir Robert Peliza and, recently published, a biography on one of the closest people in his life - Eyes Set on Heaven is all about the late Bishop Charles Caruana, or ‘Father Caruana’ as he was dearly referred to by almost everyone on the Rock. The book is now on sale.

end I was rewarded. We were making drilling bits for Shell, BP, Exxon, Amco and all the other big oil companies. I went into sales for the company and then set up my own business – United Diamond

and dealing with a sensitive issue, was not the ideal place (at that time) to establish a centre, so Camp Emmanuelle was set up in the hinterland which ran very successfully for a number of years.

"I believe having representation in the British Parliament is important."

Drilling Services – which was very successful, but after a few years the recession hit, I sold up, and came back to Gib!” During his time in Canada however, the ‘political bug’ (which had truly taken root in the 60s and evidently still lingers), bit Joe, who joined Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal Party acquiring an appetite for local politics. Also whilst in Canada Joe learned of rehabilitation centres for drug and alcohol addicts and brought over the idea with a view to starting one here, and he did. But Gibraltar, being the close community it is 34

I remember going out there for GBC television and interviewing Joe and some of his clients out en ‘el campo’ where the centre was based. Later, Nazareth House was started up here by him - also where Narcotics Anonymous and Family Support Group meetings were held and are still held every week including AA meetings, “Yes and we’ve also got the Soup Kitchen there and I still do a little one to one counselling from time to time when required.”

However, Joe has somehow found time to relax and for a number of years now has been writing

Politically however, Joe Caruana’s love affair with politics began in the late 60s. The same Bob Peliza invited him to join the IWBP and Joe reluctantly agreed to attend a party meeting. The rest is history: the IWBP won the election and governed between 1969 and 1972. Minister Caruana took charge of Medical Services and Public Works and claimed credit for building the Health Centre and setting up the medical scheme the Primary Care Centre, as we know it today - and began the Sponsored Patients scheme. As Public Works Minister, Joe was responsible for Varyll Begg Estate, the Tower Blocks, St Anne’s School, the Holiday Inn and a number of other projects – all under three years! “That’s correct.” Joe assures, “We were in office just short of three years and through unfortunate circumstances and through a fluke in the world of politics including under estimating the workings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London (FCO), we weren’t re-elected...”

Joe’s biography on Sir Robert tells all!

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Joe Louis Caruana MBE has clearly spent many years at it and never seems to tire. Joe doesn’t allow himself to get bored and with local politics continuing to be as fiery as ever (or more), maybe he’ll tackle another novel on that very subject.

But would he like to enter the political fray once more? “I’d love to.” He quickly responds. “But I’ve now begun my journey through my 80s and hopefully beyond, so I don’t think so... I wouldn’t hesitate though!”

Council of Ministers of the IWBP

So you see, forever busy Joe has still to this day at 81, not sat on his laurels. He’s continued with his pastimes and what many would term as the ‘unsavoury world of local politics’. “I’ve always believed in integration with Britain in some shape or form but over time, and as we enjoy a high level of self government, I’ve been concentrating on endeavouring to have representation in the House of Commons by having our own elected MP. I believe having representation in the British Parliament is important. I lead the Gibraltar in Westminster Movement and recently delivered, with other members of our group, a petition signed by 14,300 individuals (the biggest ever) to No. 10 Downing Street. I feel it’s a worthwhile battle and perhaps we can achieve that, so I intend to keep trying.” He simply put it to me in these words: “You see, I’m still very much a political animal!”

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A ZOOKEEPERS DIARY Our monthly spotlight on the superstars at the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park… and their keepers!

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etirement, spare time or a desire to get back to nature… just some of the reasons many people decide to volunteer at the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park. Long-term volunteers have become the backbone of the park over the years, right from its conception in 1994. Regular and reliable are two assets that are invaluable to a small wildlife park; the regularity of their volunteer work not only enables them to gain a good understanding of the running of the park but also allows the full-time staff regular times during the week to get on with other tasks.

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the bird section. The bird section at the AWCP is mostly a collection of parrots, including some of the original confiscated African Grey parrots, as well as some unwanted pets. Jumbo is one such parrot.

This chatty seven-year-old blue & yellow macaw is renowned among visitors to the park for his greetings and musings. His vocabulary includes nursery rhymes such as “How much is that doggy in the window?” to “Old MacDonald”, much to the delight of the park’s younger guests.

Jumbo was hand-reared from a hatchling and lived in a small flat with his owners for two years before they made the difficult decision to give him up.

Moving to the Wildlife Park took

some adjustment for Jumbo.

Many hand-reared birds have little awareness that they are birds, rather than humans and the adjustment to that reality can be long and sometimes painful. The AWCP has had to deal with this transition with many different species over the years, and some in particular don’t manage it too well. Jumbo is currently undergoing training with the staff at the AWCP, both for enrichment and to enable staff to manage him more easily and safely. He has already mastered cratetraining (for movement purposes) and weight training (so staff can monitor his weight). The keepers are now working on getting him used to the nail clippers, along with a full body and wing check.

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The main important aspect for the volunteers is making sure each parrot has just one of their favourite ‘healthy’ treats, be it a peanut, a piece of fruit or a walnut for the larger parrots, but volunteers also help the AWCP staff to provide enrichment for the parrots too. Eddie Mandleburg has been volunteering at the AWCP for many years, every Monday and Friday. Recognisable to most locals for his two friendly pet cockatoos, often seen on his shoulders around town, Eddie has

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dedicated a lot of his spare time to ensuring the birds at the AWCP have the best possible care, often utilising his DIY skills to help out where possible.

Parrots are very intelligent and social animals. It is now thought that they are potentially more intelligent than monkeys. Birds' brains are similarly proportioned to primates, including apes, monkeys, and humans. Studies of brain anatomy also suggest that while the structure is different from that of mammals' brains, birds may have a higher degree of connectivity between the sections of their brains. This could indicate more intelligence and faster reasoning than previously believed. For this reason, if left alone for long periods of time, or in an unstimulating environment, many pet parrots

can become destructive, either to themselves, feather-plucking, or to their surroundings, destroying furnishings etc. At the wildlife park, the parrots are given access to natural branches so they can exhibit natural chewing behaviours. Where possible they are also housed with, or in close proximity to, other parrots, ideally with the same species.

Eddie has helped to create many natural enrichment devices for the parrots, using his experience of keeping his parrots busy at home.

Whilst keepers and volunteers attend to the needs of the animals in the park, Frances ‘Fran’ Scott helps out twice a week in the office/reception, greeting and

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Fran has utilised these skills lending a hand at park events such as Calentita and Open Days too.

Over the years, the Wildlife Park has gone from strength to strength. As a ‘not for profit', all the income goes directly back into caring for the animals and improving their life at the park. With a subsidy from the government to cover most of the basic costs, any extra income, be it entrance fees or donations, is invaluable for the animals at the park. Any extra income also allows the park to continue its important conservation work too.

Over the years, the number of visitors to the park has increased substantially, through improved advertising and marketing, raising the profile of the park, both locally and abroad. ‘Improving our visitor numbers is important for many reasons, but one of our primary aims is to raise awareness of important conservation issues and issues affecting animal species worldwide. The more visitors we have, the more we can spread this message.’ Says AWCP Manager, Jess Leaper. ‘It seems to be working, the majority of our guests really seem to understand what we are trying to achieve. We don’t have really high numbers of visitors but the visitors we do have appreciate the quality of the work we are doing and the quality of care afforded to our animals’.

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Most of the birds were hand-reared for the pet trade so most are rather friendly with the keepers and volunteers, sometimes a little too friendly! Lynn Swanson, a volunteer at the park for two years now, has taken to wearing a cap to work due to the amorous attentions of a Black lory named Blackie. Sadly, Blackie is the only lory left since his ‘mate’ Waku the Red lory, passed away due to old age a couple of years ago. He has since turned his attentions to his human companions, keepers and volunteers.

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Blackie’s next-door neighbours and companions, the Ring-necked or Rose-ringed and Alexandrine parakeets were also mostly pets kept locally but a couple managed to find their way to

the zoo by themselves. Many of these parakeet species are living feral in Spain and in the UK and have become an invasive species, destructive to local bird populations.

The Rose-ringed parakeet looks almost identical to an endangered parakeet found only in Mauritius. The Mauritius parakeet population had reduced to only five individuals until Durrell Conservation Trust (Jersey Zoo) intervened in 2004 with a successful breeding programme to save this species from the brink of extinction. Although Rose-ringed parakeets are very common, this is a species that can be utilised to raise awareness of not only this endangered species but also of the negative impacts of feral species populations created by irresponsible pet owners, not to mention the important work of zoos saving species around the world.

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All volunteers are invited to help out at Open Days and events and most revel in the opportunity to join the team on what often turn out the be the busiest days of the year. Debbie Taylor has helped out at the AWCP since 2016 and has run the successful craft stall at Open Days for a few years running, also helping out at last year’s Environmental Day stall at the Commonwealth Park. Most Open Days are free entrance so hundreds flock to the park to join in the fun activities put on by the staff and volunteers.

There is usually a bouncy castle, face-painting, crafts and Keeper Talks in the park. Open Days are often themed, with a particular awareness-raising or fundraising cause. All have been a great success, raising funds for conservation projects such as the Barbary Macaque Awareness Conservation Project (BMAC) in Morocco and more recently the Mountain Marmoset Conservation Project (MMCP) in Brazil, but also for the park’s own projects.

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Halloween is always a favourite with families and an event to behold, with freaky goings-on in the park and fancy-dress parades.

On Saturday May 18th this year, the park will hold its first ever fundraiser in collaboration with Ocean Village. This first ever Open Day event to take place outside of the Wildlife Park will be a new experience for all. The event will begin at 11am at Ocean Village. There will be a bouncy castle, fun hoppers for younger children, refreshments, cake stall and entertainment throughout the day until 4pm. The AWCP team will be there with a small selection

of the park’s inhabitants, talking with the public about responsible pet ownership. The aim of the event is to raise funds for the Alameda Overground project to create a system of tunnels allowing the animals at the AWCP more freedom than ever.

If you feel you have the time and dedication to become a long-term volunteer at the AWCP, contact the AWCP at info@awcp.gi or drop by the park and chat to the staff. For more information on upcoming events or volunteering, visit the AWCP website: www.awcp.gi.

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CLIMATE EMERGENCY?

This title alone makes me shake my head in despair; Climate emergency?

Why now? What has changed recently to energise a global movement to pressuring Governments into making serious attempts at tackling climate policy? Well nothing with respect to the science. Bar a number of minor revisions to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predictions, everything else is exactly the way it has been for decades!

Well, mostly!

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n October 2018, the IPCC released its latest climate change predictions and with it came a stark warning to the world – 12 years to try and keep average global temperatures between 1.5 and 2oC before our planet begins to suffer irreversible damage to ecosystems. A sobering thought indeed. “It’s a line in the sand and what it says to our species is that this is the moment and we must act now,” said Debra Roberts from the working group of impacts.

So, what difference will 1.5oC really make? After all it doesn’t sound all that much. For a start, 2oC would mean a complete elimination of global coral reef systems whilst the lower figure will see 90% wiped out. These coral ecosystems are some of the most diverse on our plant and 42

with their loss will follow all the species associated with them.

Further, ocean acidification and increases in oxygen dead zones are predicted to cause a decline in marine fisheries by around 6 million tonnes at 2oC. Grim reading when many fisheries are presently being over-exploited.

Models show that extreme heatwaves and droughts will be experienced by 14% of the planet at least every five years. At 2oC, this figure rises to 33% of the planet. This is likely to mean that crop yields will almost certainly decline and put extra pressure on farming maintain present productions. As things stand the

Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are already predicting that global population will soon overtake the food supply index.

As the ice in the polar regions melt, taking with it important ecosystems, global sea levels are predicted to rise by around 10cm until 2100, with this figure increasing quickly past this point due to the loss of locked in ice melt. Much of the reclaimed land around Gibraltar is barely over 1.5m above present sea-level and keeping the ocean off

The same old guff is repeated about turning off lights and switching to LED bulbs.

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life to 20% of our energy to be generated by 2020 and even analysing with a favourable eye one realises that we have just over 1.5 years to reach this goal.

To achieve this there is going to have to be a huge financial investment and works on these plants would need to start imminently. Indeed, it would be reasonable to suspect that even if works on these renewable plants began today, that they would not be ready for commission by the end of 2020. during storm surges could prove problematic going forward.

Enter Greta Thunberg, a young Swedish political activist campaigning against governments lack of action against climate change. She is responsible for the school climate strikes, one of which took place in Gibraltar in March with over 500 students taking part. Miss Thunberg spoke at the UN COP24 conference where she gave a scathing speech demanding that global governments “pull the emergency brake” and “stop stealing our future!”. Her words have inspired the younger generations to fully engage and mobilised swathes of

Personally, we must collectively pressure governments to make these required changes through realistic policy. Discussions on climate are rarely backed up by meaningful planning and targets, rather, the same old guff is repeated about turning off lights and switching to LED bulbs. The consumer must act. Whilst I do not doubt that these actions can help on a global scale, they tend to misrepresent the global effect that the action has on climate change. Governments need to get real on our climate emergency.

Presently, Gibraltar generates less than 1% of our energy from renewables and whilst the new LNG power station is a step in

Gibraltar generates less than 1% of our energy from renewables; whilst the new LNG power station is a step in the right direction, is it enough in a global climate crisis? youths into action. They have also earned her a nomination for the Nobel peace prize!

So what do we need to do and how realistic are these targets?

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the right direction, is it enough in a global climate crisis? I would say not as it continues to produce CO2.

Local targets have been set

It would seem that local targets should be set for each new building’s renewable generation, say 5%. Grants could also be made available to offset costs to private properties whilst government-owned estates could have a collective generation on roofs. This wouldn’t fix the issue but it is a realistic start. Further targets could be increased over time increasing each buildings potential to generate its own electricity which would start to have a tangible effect. Gibraltar also needs to upgrade its power distribution system to allow users to feed back into the grid and incentivise this movement further.

But this will all take lots of time and, more importantly money.

If Thunberg has taught us anything it is that in the fight against climate change it is that neither resources nor finances are the real issue; it is lack of a global political will which slows everything down and Trump epitomises that. Political egos and aspirations must be put to one side and do what is right, forgoing populism. As we inch closer to the tipping point, I often contemplate if, as a species, we are even capable of such selflessness. Time will tell.

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MISS GIBRALTAR: NEW DIRECTIONS

Yalta Pons is a well-known name in the field of dance, and is no stranger to working around a stage. Now the stage takes on a slightly different format as Yalta takes charge of this year’s Miss Gibraltar pageant…

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hat made you want to get involved with this year’s Miss Gibraltar pageant, and how did it come about?

After nearly 25 years of directing and producing shows and events, Yalta Dance Studio (YDS) felt ready for the challenge to produce the Miss Gibraltar pageant, as it is one of the most prestigious and traditional events in Gibraltar’s socio-cultural calendar. The award of the tender allows producers to use the budget responsibly to create a show that focuses on the contestants and provide top quality entertainment for the audience.

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who consider beauty pageants to be archaic or even damaging?

Honestly, I used to be one of those but seeing the positive changes that are being made in traditional beauty pageants to focus on the individual’s personality, background, intelligence and independence made me reconsider my perceptions, and I have become aware of the positive aspects that this type of event can bring to young women who decide to enter Miss Gibraltar. We have to embrace and admire those who are brave enough to enter as

it is their choice. Each one uses this opportunity as a platform for their own personal development or career path.

Yes, obviously beauty does play a significant part but its more about their overall appearance and not about stereotypical shape or size.

For example, the interview round which is held a day before, behind closed doors, plays a significant part in the final score, so beauty becomes secondary. At the end of the day the Miss Gibraltar show is an event to select an ambassador to represent Gibraltar at the Miss World

I have become aware of the positive aspects that this type of event can bring to young women.

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that is new to the pageant? What are you most excited about?

pageant internationally.

What do you think needed to be changed with the format of previous years?

That’s a difficult question to answer. We have introduced some ideas and changes, such as removing the swimwear round, the contestant number labelling, the anonymous sign up and not unveiling contestants until the closing day, and general changes in making the whole event more contemporary and relatable to young women.

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The vision is to provide a topquality show integrating the pageant with music, fashion and the arts in general. The contestants are actively involved in all of the routines and working hard to bring out the best in themselves with fresh original concepts for the night. Even the official photoshoot has been different and taken them out from their comfort zone.

For the official photoshoot we have worked with photographer Stephen Perera to capture the contestants in a natural look, bare faced, using black and white film with no retouching. We believe this is the first time this has been done.

We have engaged with the contestants from the first day and empowered them to share their views and aspirations. They have a voice and must be heard because they are the ones that make this

pageant possible.

We also have a great team working with us on this project such as Fresh Entertainment for staging, make-up artist Deepak Ramchandani from Mac (Gibraltar), hairstylist Karina Walker from Fringe Benefits, coach Bianca Zammitt, photographers Stephen Perera, Gerry Fagan, Josie Barcelo and Mark Galliano and mentors Davinia Baglietto, Giovanka Afzan and Aysha Pratts.

What is your message for girls thinking of applying in the future?

This is a platform that can be used positively for their own personal development and aspirations.

Those who enter should not be afraid to have a voice and portray their own individuality as they can be a positive role model for young girls in society. Previous contestants have made life-long friendships and it is a unique experience.

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The successful candidate will join a dynamic and growing team of Barristers and Solicitors looking to further develop new areas of legal business. The successful candidate will be someone who, while being confident and individually driven, is also very much a team player.

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A BOAT CALLED HOPE Keen eyes may have spotted street art popping up around Gibraltar in recent times. Here, we speak to one of the people behind the palletes.

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leanor Taylor and Jessica Darch are both practising artists. They met during their Architecture BA Degree in London. Since then, they have worked together on several mural commissions. Jessica works predominantly as an acrylic abstract multimedia artist. Eleanor is an illustrator, printmaker and independent teacher.

We spoke with Eleanor, who reveals: “It started with Octopus House. We bought the derelict building on Castle Steps a few years ago. It has been a gradual development and is very near completion now. My husband is the architect. Jessica Darch painted the glorious octopus across the elevation. It has become a popular symbol on the Upper Rock and was a precursor to other interesting

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public art, including the lovely portraits near The Kasbar.

I entered the Gibraltar Cultural Services Street Art competition in December 2017. I knew that I wanted to continue the project that I had developed in London with school children, exploring the theme of human rights. I wanted to see those rights through the eyes of young people in Gibraltar. (Visit aboatcalledhope.com to see a great video by Davina Barbara, and the explanation of the Gibraltar project on the following page. There is also a gallery.)

Jessica and I completed the mural last month, whilst I split my time between London and Gibraltar. My husband is a practicing architect in Gibraltar and is designing the Island Games stadium.”

The idea for the ‘Boat Called Hope’ project came to Eleanor last year as she strolled along the beaches of Bolonia and Barbate. “While being enthralled by the beautiful wooden boats that sit in the sand along that coast, I was also struck by the human stories that are held in those hulls. The untold stories of journeys and of freedoms. It has been a whole heartedly positive project focussing on the beauty of family, safety, security… everything we hold dear, particularly in these unsettled times. I know that Gibraltar, more than many places in the world is acutely conscious of this.”

For more information visit aboatcalledhope.com and follow @ aboatcalledhope on Instagram.

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SE ENIOR N IOR S TEA F O R T WO AT 2 PM O N T UE S DA Y. Y. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month. (Starts August 13th.)

Help us spread the word about a fantastic new charity community event, set up to benefit our local senior citizens by offering them a place to socialise over tea and nibbles every month.

More info? Want to help? Get in touch! seniorsteafortwo@gmail.com AN INITIATIVE BY: (In conjunction with the Gibraltar Senior Citizens Association.)

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CAPTURING CULTURES: THE WORLD THROUGH A LENS

Carolina Silberman shares the spoils of her travels in the form of her captivating photography. She tells us what it’s like to take photos of complete strangers from different cultures, and inspires us to “fall in love with the magic of seeing”.

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ho gave you your first camera (and which make it)?

I can’t remember exactly where my first camera came from, but I can pinpoint the one that sparked my love for photography. It was a small, cheap, point-and-shoot compact camera – the best my budget could afford as a student at the time.

What got you into photography?

I have always lent towards the arts and appreciated its capacity for expression and connection.

Photography is no different!

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my camera became a treasured tool of discovery and creative exploration. It inspired me to really ‘see’ and take in every detail of my surroundings!

What artist/photographer first inspired you? Who inspires you now?

During my time in Central America, I met a very inspiring female solo traveller in Guatemala who showed me the most breath-taking photographs from her trip so far.

She had one of those big, Canon DSLR’s and I was smitten! I was particularly taken in by her point her view and visual interpretation of the places she had visited. It sparked a sense of excitement and play in me. Nowadays, I’d like to say I still carry that sense of play which is something I embrace fiercely. I’m also endlessly inspired by people I meet, their energy, as well as my surroundings at any

given time. I believe it’s about being mindful and open to the world as it unfolds in front you.

What do you most like taking photos of and why?

Without a doubt, people rank highly on my list – their unpredictability, movement, colour, energy, story. I want to get to know all of it! Taking a photograph of someone can be the starting point of an invitation into their world. It’s also a relationship based on mutual trust and the idea of being seen. Recently, I’ve also really enjoying taking candid snaps of the in-between moments of daily life as well as exploring light and form in city.

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When did it bite you?

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Where have you visited so far?

Central America including Cuba, many South American countries, India and Nepal, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Morocco and Vietnam.

Which were your top 3 places to take photos of, and what/who did you specifically enjoy capturing with your lens whilst there?

greatest teacher – about yourself and the diversity of life in every sense. I think it’s also ingrained in my DNA, my grandfather travelled profusely in the 1950’s and 1960s and my mother grew up in several countries too. The need to break free and explore is a big part of my story.

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What type of camera would you recommend for holidaying/ travelling?

Whichever camera you’re more likely to bring with you everywhere. In many cases, this might be your smartphone. Usually, the smaller the better, as it can be less of a barrier between you and your subject.

What really kickstarted my love affair with this medium was travel and the people I met along the way.

Difficult question!

Everywhere has its particular beauty and quirks, so it’s always a question of perspective.

Probably a combination of Guatemala and India, for their colour and culture.

Recently, I also really enjoyed doing a lot of street photography in Vietnam with my iPhone.

Have you ever encountered any problems when trying to shoot (e.g. cultural issues where locals were unhappy with you taking pictures)?

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that can occur through media depictions of people from different cultures and ethnicities.

It’s also about acknowledging historical power structures such as European colonialism and white privilege - and their impact on the relationship between the photographer and the photographed. I’ve definitely struggled with this and held back on many occasions, making sure I don’t overstep my welcome or invade someone’s right to privacy.

Personally, I’ve found my way around this by striking up genuine connections and conversations with the people I feel drawn to. Ultimately, any photography practice should be grounded in humility, respect and genuine interest.

Describe your favourite photo that you’ve ever

taken.

Years ago, I used to have a compact Panasonic camera that had a double exposure function.

This is where you take two photographs and they are layered over each other. During my visit to McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala in India, I managed to capture some photographs of young Buddhist monks being cheeky and having fun in-between prayer. It’s moments like these that you realise certain aspects of human nature are universal across the globe, regardless of cultural and language boundaries.

What advice would you give to aspiring photographers?

That sense of play is something I embrace fiercely.

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Go shoot.

Everything and everyone! Follow your curiosity.

Have fun. Forget about pretty.

Forget about the technical. Play.

Experiment. Connect with those who share your enthusiasm and collaborate – grow together.

Practice and inspire, as well being inspired. Look around you and fall in love with the magic of seeing.

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MARK IN MADRID

Mark arrives in Madrid for a long weekend stay with the words of Uruguayan songwriter Jorge Drexler running through his mind: Desorientado y confundiendo vocaciones/Yo estaba preso en mi alegría diletante/Yo fui a Madrid con mis guitarras y mis canciones/Haciendo caso a tu consejo delirante…

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ongamos Que Hablo de Martínez’ is a song dedicated to Drexler's friendship with mentor and legendary songwriter Joaquín Sabina. It's a story of leaving and arriving, and of losing and finding. For Jorge, it was about saying goodbye to Montevideo and trying his luck in the music scene in Madrid. It's clear that he is still loved here, as the venue I performed at boasted that Drexler would frequent similar open mics.

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than the Virgin Pendolino from Manchester to London Euston.

The dark grey English midlands were no match for the sights of rural Spain en route. It's history, too, so full of conflict and suppression. It would be a month prior to another general election where the very possibility of rolling back the clock, at least certainly in rhetorical and cultural terms, did dampen my mood somewhat. It was an impressive three hours until I reached Madrid's Atocha station. I made my usual wrong exit, which I'll blame on Google Maps, but eventually I found a camino into El Parque del Retiro.

It was 24 degrees, a stark contrast to the -20s that I endured in Canada a month earlier. Even there, spring was sprung sooner than normal. I'm Gibraltarian, I love the sun and warm evenings by the beach. But the reminder of a planet under a chronic illness makes me feel uneasy. I was significantly more ignorant as far as these daily reminders are concerned. The climate protesters are raising the global consciousness. I was emboldened to be one of them in the London strike in March.

Emboldened, but angry. Because still there are too many in positions of power from America to Australia who are climate

I made my usual wrong exit, which I'll blame on Google Maps.

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Madrid satisfied the contradiction in me. The urban buzz attracted me, but it was compensated by lush green areas for siestas and an afternoon read. London manages this fairly well, but the weather is rarely cooperative. I wasn't cooperative with myself, as I walked for 40 minutes from the station to my hostel. I did, at least, get a brief taste of the Retiro. I also, however, got a brief taste of the Partido Popular, whose headquarters was a block or so down from my hostel on Calle de Sagasta. The political building was adorned with the largest Spanish flag I had ever seen up close. I sent a photo to my Podemossupporting Spanish friend, to which he replied "partido podrido".

I agreed, and walked on to check into my hostel. I didn't have much time to settle in at my six-bed dormitory, then inhabited by one androgynous French individual who had failed to solicit any help from me in opening their locker to which they had lost the key. I suggested "sledgehammer" in my best French accent. It was clear that I'd be totally useless.

noise emanating from the tables around us, making conversation difficult. Six Norwegian male travellers were rather untactfully flirting with two young American ladies, one of them carrying a tiara on her crown. Happy birthdays were sung... several times. I was tempted to try out my basic Norwegian on them, but I quickly became too apathetic to attempt a 'hvordan har du det?', or whatever 'how are you doing?' is. I became apathetic for fear of embarrassment (I was still on caña número uno) but also because my friend had revealed something unexpected. She had grown a tumour since I last saw her.

Non-malignant, thankfully. All that remains now is a large dark scar on her forearm.

My grandfather was a hypochondriac, despite getting close to a full century. I hope I don't get paranoid, but I was getting my dozens of moles checked the morning after I'd eventually returned back to Gibraltar... Yep, definitely paranoid (I was completely fine).

I'm Gibraltarian, I love the sun and warm evenings by the beach.

I was in a rush because I had arranged to see a friend that I made while working in Washington, D.C. last year.

Studying politcal science and communications in San Diego, California, she got herself a semester abroad at their Madrid campus. We got ourselves some tapas that came with our cañas, just like Granada! I suppose the benefit of ignorance is being pleasantly surprised. The portions were generous, but so was the 56

Celina, the Portland-born San Diego student, is shy of 21.

While we were in D.C. she was below the legal drinking age. Her fellow international students that came from San Diego also were able to drink legally in Spain. I still find it weird, perhaps because we can start drinking in Gibraltar as early as 16. There was plenty of drinking to be had in Madrid, as we visited a couple of bars at night with the wider group of Americans. One of them we had later noticed was an uncomfortably patriotic venue, with Spanish flags covering the ceiling, what sounded like

Camarón de la Isla on stereo, and a banner towards the back declaring "somos España y las que no les gustan, que se vayan". I wondered whom they'd be voting for come the end of April.

Unintentionally carrying on with the theme, Celina's school had organised for us to go to a capea, in conjunction with the local business school. The morning bus took us in the direction of Toledo, stopping at a desolate and tiny finca. We were welcomed with the view of dozens of vaquillas on the way to the open bar just outside the bull ring. The goal of a capea, in short, is to enter a bull ring with an angry vaquilla and run away from it. You don't necessarily have to run away from it. Because everybody was boozed up from the open bar, some had built the courage to tauntingly approach the poor and relatively harmless animal in the style of a torero, using their sleeveless gilet jackets as substitute for the bullfighter's red capote. I eventually gave it a go after I had consumed a worryingly uncounted number of tintos and cervezas, accompanied by the odd mouthful of whatever licor was on offer. Outside the ring, I was approached by a madrileño who was patronisingly fussing over what he thought was my gaditano accent. His "Gibraltar español" was met by a joke about the state of Spanish politics, which I would be wise not to repeat here. I made him laugh and we moved on to matters of football.

Anyone can seem pleasant enough in a casual conversation about Ronaldo, until his tax evasion creeps into the exchange.

The irony was that these business school types really looked like the kind who would put funds in a paraíso fiscal somewhere.

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They had come over for Spring Break together. Finally, I might have made a couple of friends. By this point I was again very hungry, so we went for a 5pm lunch by the Retiro. Jacques Derrida, Karl Marx and Rosa Luxemburg, all appeared in our conversations. The political exchanges were, needless to say, far meatier than the capea chat.

The bocadillos at the open bar weren't sufficient by the time we got back to the capital. Now on the decline after a reasonably exciting day, I disappointed myself by pigging out on a Burger King in one of the nearby plazas alone, unable to apply my social antennae and make friends at the hostel before I got too hungry to go for it. All was well in the end, because tomorrow was a sunny day of sushi for lunch and wandering around the Retiro. It was, unfortunately, the last time I would see Celina. I'd have Monday and Tuesday to socially fend for myself again, so I planned to spend a few hours visiting the Congreso and the geographically proximate Museo del Prado. I think it was a Goya on the bottom floor that caught my attention. There

were seemingly infinite paintings in the image of religious figures and biblical events. This particular work was out of that theme, and catchingly vulgar. There wasn't much light in the painting. A dark figure of Saturn, driven by hubris and lust for eternal power, was devouring an inanimate replica of his son to avoid an heir. I devoured my Burger King meal in a similar fashion, but it was motivated by shame instead of ambition.

I became apathetic for fear of embarrassment (I was still on caña número uno).

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I was confused by this painting. I read the descriptive text, but a blond woman next to me held an audio device that presumably explained the piece in greater detail. I asked whether I could borrow it in Spanish, then in English. The latter worked and we got talking, moving swiftly from Goya to

That final night I performed an acoustic version of ‘Montague Street’ by The Kafkas, my band during my degree at the University of Manchester - which reminds me, Franz Kafka also featured in conversation. Bar Calvario was packed, giving the New Yorkers a taste of the live music atmosphere in Spain with the clapping and the 'olé's'. I found a Montague Street in London the preceding week, though the song isn't directly related to it. When I got back to Gibraltar, Emma told me that there's a Montague Street near her home in Brooklyn. I wonder which story I'm going to tell if I ever 'make it'. Whichever one, it's definitely not going to match Drexler's “consejo delirante”.

Instead, as he also describes in the song, it might approximate a "confesión de borrachera en Madrid de los excesos” and the “aquella noche loca que se dio mi suerte”. Regardless to Madrid, “está canción más vale tarde que jamás la escribo para agradecerte...quiero que sabes que el regalo que me hiciste me cambió la vida entera”.

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THE GIRL WITH A GUN Shooting at the Island Games.

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iscovered by fluke, Bettina Manner’s passion for pistol shooting (air and .22) has taken her to several international competitions, and now she is representing Gibraltar at the Island Games for the second time - the first was in Gotland a few years ago, and this coming July on home soil.

“After graduating as a primary school teacher in Budapest in 2011, I went to Denmark for a semester in art school. During that time, my schoolmates and I enjoyed an outing to a shooting range and, despite never having done it before, I came first out sixteen people trying out, so I realised I had a talent for it. When I moved to Gibraltar, I joined the local shooting club at Lathbury GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

Barracks, where I became a regular, and in the past two years I’ve been participating in various international events.”

Alex. They always land at least one medal, she proudly reveals.

One of her proudest moments was representing Gibraltar at the Hungarian Open: “Organisers were delighted that a small country like Gibraltar was present, so I got a warm homecoming. I was there on my own, and I was paired with a male Hungarian athlete for my first ever mixed-team event.”

Bettina is an ambassador for Gibraltar, both in her job as tourist guide and in her commitment to sports. She welcomes and introduces cruise liner passengers to local history and places of interest with passion and friendliness, and, as she says: “My job allows me most afternoons free for target practice, that’s why I’ve come such a long way in a short time.”

She regularly travels to Spain for regional competitions with her fellow small-bore shooters Sasha, Louis, Jonathan, Daniel, Philip and

She is now steadily training for the Games: “I will take part in air-pistol and cartridge-pistol shooting, although my core disciplines

"Sweaty palms don’t do any favours to your grip on the pistol."

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but the upper body must be trained for strength, the arms for steadiness, and the mind for composure and concentration.

“Lots of training is still needed, to improve the technique and to refine aim and hand-eye coordination. The most difficult part is freeing your mind from any random thoughts and keeping total focus on the target, as well as your heartbeat low and steady, while sweaty palms don’t do any favours to your grip on the pistol. Shooters need to work on strengthening core muscles and posture, to be able to raise and lower the one-kilo for over one hour.”

tests consist in taking sixty shots in a maximum time of seventyfive minutes, which they can manage as they like. For example, one can take ten shots at the time, check them on the paper, or screen if using the electronic target, then rest for a while, or one may just find it comfortable to go on shooting all pellets in a regular sequence.

Bettina’s personal best so far is 544, the national ladies’ record in Gibraltar.

are Olympic 10-metre air and 25-metre small-calibre pistol, also known as ‘small bore’.”

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Targets are made of concentric circles, black the inside ones, and the outside white, the centre being worth ten points and decreasing outwards. The central bull in a ten-metre target is the same size of the pellet. The top score possible in a match is 600 points, and Bettina’s personal best so far is 544, which is the national GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

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Not bad at all for thirty-one-year old go-getter Bettina, who reminds us how nerves of steel play a big part: “You must leave any stress at the range door before training and competitions.”

“This is the safest sport there is,” she adds. “We are under the range officers’ orders and supervision at all times, and there is a lot of emphasis and awareness on firearm safety.” She and her teammates can carry their pistols when they fly commercial to international competitions, which may turn out expensive, so shooters prefer travelling by car to venues whenever possible.

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great life in the sun, with plenty of opportunities, culture, and plenty to do for fun. She fell in love with the Rock so she stayed for seven years and counting. Soon after she settled in, she joined the King’s Chapel Choir: “I enjoyed singing with them, and watching the audience’s faces when the song we’re signing clearly taps into their emotions.” She would love to star as a soloist one day, to convey those emotions from the front row.

Bettina is also an eager concert and theatre goer, and virtually any cultural event on the Rock can count on her regular presence, making her quite popular in the community. Haute couture got her ‘shot’, when she was cast as a model for Gibraltar Fashion Week: “Striding along the catwalk in high heels without catching

them in the hem was the difficult part, but I got to pose for fashion photographers and also I got to wear beautiful gowns that I wouldn’t otherwise get a chance to.”

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GIBRALTAR DRAMATHERAPY What are the arts therapies?

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he arts therapies include drama, dance, art and music, and they evolved progressively from the 1940s onwards to the health professions we know today. The profession began to formalise in the UK with training programmes from the 1980s. Locally, there has been a surge in recent years with the younger generations taking an interest in these professions, and locally we have two fullytrained dramatherapists and one awaiting completion of her MA. Arts therapists come under the umbrella of the allied health professionals and are registered in the UK with the HCPC (Health and Care Professionals Council) which enables them locally to join the GMRB (Gibraltar Medical GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

Registration Board) as a health professional.

HOW DOES DRAMATHERAPY WORK?

They work in a variety of settings using creativity as a channel of communication with clients.

They work within schools, prisons, drug and alcohol services, dementia care, mental health, learning disabilities, and in the private sector. The training at MA level includes training in psychology as well as the specialist art form, and inherent in their work is the assumption that creativity and expression leads to good health.

It has been described as the intentional use of drama techniques, roleplay, metaphor, movement, objects, puppets, art materials, music, games, imagination and other creative tools to facilitate positive change in people. A common misconception is that they are a treatment for children, but this is not the case.

The arts therapies are for anyone who feels that they need to work beyond words. Sometimes words are limiting, or do not do justice

Sometimes words are limiting, and this is where creativity can help.

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The story serves as a container to enable us to explore difficult issues within a therapeutic context.

THE ARTS THERAPIES LOCALLY I first begun my journey in the year 2000 by completing a BA in ‘Creative Expressive Therapies’ at Derby University. Back then, very few people had heard about dramatherapy as an alternative means to treatment in Gibraltar.

I was met with blank stares, and a sense of wonder by people as to the value of my work. I had discovered its effectiveness whilst working with children with ADHD, nonverbal severe autism and hyperactivity. I discovered that through role playing I was able to communicate and build sound relationships with children that had challenging and violent behaviours. I noticed that using songs, stories, and play facilitated communication with children and adults, and it was clear to me that in some cases verbal therapy was limited. In 2008 I returned to the UK and completed an MA in Dramatherapy which qualified me to work and call myself a dramatherapist. During my training I worked with clients in care with complex needs; a mixture of mental health issues, learning disabilities and criminal offending behaviours.

GAMPA (Gibraltar Academy of Music and Performing Arts) have supported my work within the LSF (Learning Support Facility) at a number of schools, and by offering dramatherapy to children with diagnosis of autism and ADHD, I have facilitated groups for neurotypical children to learn about autism, and will be facilitating dramatherapy for children within their I AM ME project are all opportunities that I have embraced. The ASG (Autism Support group) has also funded some of my work to provide group work for children to play and develop creative skills with others. The Youth Service have also benefitted from a dramatherapy project exploring respect, as well as providing low sensory workshops two years consecutively at the Youth Day. I have facilitated training for professionals around working with Trauma and Introductions to working creatively with people. I continue to work with individuals and groups as a freelance arts therapist locally and developing my trade. I am currently training in DvT (Developmental Transformations) - an approach

within dramatherapy developed in the USA by working with Vietnam veterans. I form part of an international community of dramatherapists across the globe that meet monthly on Skype to share ideas on culture, dramatherapy and challenges we face within our work.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE ARTS THERAPIES IN GIBRALTAR? I hope that through awareness and people training in these professions we may be able to grow as a community locally, and permeate sectors of justice, education, health and social care where perhaps more traditional medical models have dominated.

I would love to see people that have issues around addictions having access to more dynamic forms of therapies. I would love to see people that have dementia being offered music therapy, which is proven to alleviate some of the terrible symptoms of the illness. I will continue spreading the word of this wonderful profession that has kept me captivated for over 20 years!

In the last 2 years since Gibraltar Dramatherapy launched, many people in our community have seen and experienced the benefits that arts therapies can provide in the community.

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GIBRALTAR GUNS SHETLAND ATTRACTIONS The travel guide Lonely Planet has described the Shetland Islands as one of top regions in the world to visit. For lovers of the outdoors, the archipelago offers a natural paradise while for historians there are archeological digs and the guns of HMS Gibraltar.

BY REG REYNOLDS

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he two 6-inch QF Mk I guns are mounted back to back on concrete platforms on a headland of Vementry, a tiny island located in the mid-west of Shetland, a short distance from the mainland. The guns were removed from HMS Gibraltar during World War I and positioned in order to protect the entrance to the naval anchorage at Busta Voe. An observation post complete with underground bunker overlooks the gun emplacements.

At the time HMS Gibraltar, an Edgar-class cruiser launched in 1892, was obsolete and demoted to service as a depot ship for the 10th Cruiser Squadron, which was responsible for patrolling northern waters. HMS Gibraltar served mainly on foreign stations and during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) was based at Cape Town. The Vementry guns were never fired in anger, abandoned at the end of World War I and left to rust, but are still reasonably sturdy GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

more than one hundred years later. HMS Gibraltar was sold and scrapped in 1923.

A short distance south of the island on the mainland is a small sheep farm, also named Vementry. There is no ferry service to the island but there is a dock and sheep and the farmer will take visitors across on the days when he travels over to work with his flock, except in May, which is lambing season. There is a lovely old main house as well as a traditional Shetland cottage both of which are available for holiday rental.

On the website vementry.co.uk the owner gives a description of what to expect:

be designed by the famous Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer and comes with some of Shetland’s best views…The cottage isn’t quite so pretty. It is a traditional, single story Shetland cottage with two bedrooms, one bathroom and an eat-in kitchen. But what it lacks in immediate glamour it gains in its cosiness (we believe in heating) and its own stunning views.”

The website also points out what there is to do and how tranquil and removed from the hubbub of urban life the farm is:

HMS Gibraltar served mainly on foreign stations and was based at Cape Town.

“The main house at Vementry was built in the early 1900s and is exceptionally pretty; it is reputed to

“What will you do while you are with us? You can fish for hard fighting wild brown trout on our isolated lochs…We’ll also arrange for you to have a license to fish the rest of Shetland should you so wish. Ask us nicely and we’ll also 65

leisure tell you where we last had a big catch of sea trout. You can bird watch for hours on end and we can also arrange for you to go and visit our seals (two large harems have made our beaches their home).”

What won’t you do when you are with us? Anything to do with telecommunications. There is no phone, no TV and no broadband.

We hope that’s the way you like it.

If you must communicate with the rest of the wold there is broadband in Aith and if you walk to the top of one our hills more often than not you will get a phone signal.”

There is plenty to do on other nearby islands and on the mainland, particularly for those looking for healthy outdoor experiences such as sailing, kayaking, hiking, and cycling. Less strenuous pursuits include bird watching, charters to seabird and seal colonies and tours of diverse archaeological and geological sites.

was the host site for sailing at the NatWest Island Games of 2005. Gibraltarians who took part in those games will be familiar with the natural delights of the region and will also be aware of the variety of accommodation, self-catering cottages and quality hotels. As for dining, the area is famous for its shellfish, particularly mussels, and there is always traditional Scottish fare such as Aberdeen Angus beef, Stornaway black pudding, Shetland salmon and of course haggis, whisky, ales, scones and shortbread.

people, mainly crofters, living on the island, which is slightly larger than Gibraltar and composed of red granite and moorland.

Vementry is 50 miles from Sumburgh airport and four miles from Aith. Frequent flights to Sumburgh Airport (LSI) are operated by Loganair. Flights are available daily from Aberdeen, Edinburgh or Glasgow, and from Manchester from May to October only.

There is a modern leisure centre in Aith, which has a main hall, squash court, swimming pool and fitness and health facilities.

Aith Lifeboat Station, established 1933, is the most northerly in Britain. Every year in early June the Aith Lifeboat Gala is held to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution

There is no phone, no TV and no broadband.

Busta Voe has a marina, the Busta House Hotel and a wellstocked general store. Busta Voe

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MARVELLOUS MANZANILLA Manzanilla: Sanlúcar, the Guadalquivir.

BY ANDREW LICUDI DIPWSET

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am old enough to remember when the border with Spain closed. I had just got my first passport and used to pop over to see my grandmother every other day. It didn’t last long as the border soon closed and that was the end of that. I do recall that my passport was stamped with a huge red, rectangular stamp both on entry and exit to Spain. Had the border not closed I would have needed a new passport within weeks as the guards refused to let you through without a clear space for their stamp. Sometimes the guard would be kind enough to carefully place the stamp on the page sometimes they would open the first clean page and place the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

stamp in the middle at any old angle which meant limited stamps on that page!

Spain was quite different then. It was a poor country and with car ownership virtually unknown, the roads were very quiet. Of course, the roads were narrow and everything moved at snail’s pace, especially stuck behind a fish lorry on its way to Madrid. Heavily loaded with fish and ice, they lurched precariously from side to side,

leaving a tell-tale trail of smelly water on the road. There was virtually no development all the way to Malaga. A wild coastline broken up by Estepona, a small fishing town and further on by Torremolinos, with its traditional pitched-roof houses and a railway line which went right through its main street. Tourists, who would return to Blighty red as lobsters complaining about oily food and garlic, were still years away. The old Spain in the Costa del Sol may be a faraway memory, but if you want a flavour

Everything moved at snail’s pace, especially stuck behind a fish lorry on its way to Madrid.

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Bigote’s famous langoustines of old Spain all is not lost.

Sanlúcar de Barrameda, twenty minutes from Jerez, has all the old-world charm you could wish for. Prices are ridiculously low, no tourism to speak of, and its fish and produce perhaps unrivalled in Spain. Best of all it is home to Manzanilla.

I have encountered few things as magical as sipping a glass of Manzanilla overlooking the Guadalquivir estuary in Bajo de Guia, Sanlúcar. Sitting just yards from the golden sands of the beach, as the sun sets, one can gaze at the deserted coastline of the Doñana Park on the other side. A thin golden thread of beach framed with dense green foliage where the Lynx still roam and humans are barred. Look up river and the fishing town of Bonanza is clearly visible, the destination of a never-ending 68

line of smart looking fishing boats taking their catch into Bonanza’s harbour to be distributed all over Spain. The thought that we are sitting at the best tapas bar in the world, Bigote, is never far from my mind, and soon my thoughts turn to deciding which delicacies will accompany our chilled Manzanilla.

Will it be Bigote’s famous prawns, or perhaps their grilled Corvina with slices of tomato, gherkins and mayonnaise capable of making three Michelin star chefs green with envy? Or perhaps their

exactly is Manzanilla?

Manzanilla is a dry white wine made from the Palomino grape, grown anywhere in the Jerez region, but which must, by law, be aged within the town of Sanlúcar itself. The same base wine aged in Jerez would be called Fino and whilst sharing some similarities would, to Manzanilla devotees, be quite different. The relationship between Fino and Manzanilla is complex. Both owe their character to having been matured under

Whatever our food choice, it seems sacrilege to drink anything other than Manzanilla. grilled zamburiñas (baby scallops) with olive oil and lemon juice?

Whatever our food choice, it seems sacrilege to drink anything other than Manzanilla, Sanlúcar’s wine par excellence. So, what

a veil of Flor or yeast which spontaneously grow covering the wine with a thick layer of froth not unlike beer froth or a thick layer of cream. Only after the base wine fermented in giant stainless GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

Grilled Corvina - Bigote Sanlucar de Barrameda

Why Flor was first used for the production of wines in Jerez and Sanlucar is not known. It is generally accepted it must have been first used by accident.

Visiting Bodegas La Gitana, Javier Hidalgo, co-author of La Manzanilla and good friend of mine, points to the floor in the bodega where there are small damp patches as the earth floor is regularly sprayed with water to keep moisture levels up. He tells me to look carefully and sure enough, even after only an hour, milky white Flor can already be seen growing on the water surface!

Why Manzanilla is called Manzanilla nobody really knows.

Some attribute the name to wild apples or manzanas as they say there are nuances in the wine of wild apples. Other say its Manzanilla because its tastes like camomile (manzanilla), others because wines were made in the town of Manzanilla in the province of Huelva.

steel tanks and transferred to the bodegas is it fortified with alcohol and placed in oak butts.

It is then that Flor start to grow and flourish, eating up alcohol and giving the wine its amazing taste and structure as individual yeasts die and sink to the bottom.

After three years or so, the wine will be ready for bottling to be consumed locally or exported all over the world.

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under Flor the whole year. It’s a climate heavily influenced by its proximity to the sea, the estuary and the Poniente winds from the Atlantic or the Levantes from the Mediterranean. Fino’s flor, matured in inland Jerez, dies away for part of the year exposing the underlying wines to oxygen and giving Fino a stronger, more oxidised flavour and a distinctive nutty nose. Both Fino and Manzanilla are matured in American oak barrels, though the barrels should be old enough not to impart any flavours of vanilla, which ironically is essential to the character of red wines like Rioja!

Manzanilla, for those lucky enough to have acquired a taste for this wine born from an accident of nature, remains one of the world’s finest wines.

Its bitter notes and complex flavours at odds with the jammy, fruity and tedious wines we are bombarded with nowadays.

Its remains perhaps the least expensive fine wine in the world. I recall at a tasting I was hosting for beginners, a gentleman asking me what complexity in a wine is. I told him to drink Manzanilla or Fino and eventually it would become crystal clear.

Manzanilla and Fino are widely available in Gibraltar.

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This month we have a special travel feature written by Susan Clifton-Tucker, who’s proving that life begins again after retirement, as she leaves the Rock of the Mediterranean in favour of the jewel of the Caribbean: Barbados.]

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Beautiful Barbados is everything you might expect it to be. White sandy beaches, coconut laden palm trees swaying gently in the West Indian breeze, and azure blue waters. However, there is so much more to this eastern Caribbean island, a former British Colony, granted independence in 1966. Mr Tucker and I are here to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.

BY SUSAN CLIFTON-TUCKER

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his paradisiacal isle, only 21 miles long and 14 miles wide, might be small - but it sure packs a punch.

Talking of which, mine and Mr T’s favourite is a mango, pawpaw and coconut rum punch, if you are asking. Quite the most delicious combination, mixed with Mount Gay rum which is distilled on the island. I would advise some water chasers as the concoction is likely to leave you unsteady on your feet.

Happily, Barbados water is filtered through coral; very pure and a delight to drink.

Barbados derives its name from ‘Os Barbados’, or ‘The Bearded Ones’. It was christened by early Portuguese settlers, who were apparently fascinated by the appearance of the long, hanging aerial roots of the bearded fig trees.

It’s an island of great contrast, from the gently lapping waters on the west coast, to the thundering surf on the Atlantic eastside. From the plush colonial homes mainly owned by wealthy foreigners, to the Chattels: small moveable wooden homes which populate most of the island. They like their colour here; the brighter the better. Lime green, shocking pink, turquoise and proud purple grace the façade of many of these dwellings.

So sunglasses at the ready!

is the local paper (The Barbados Advocate), which makes for an interesting read. The hotel is well located, just a stone’s throw away from St Lawrence Gap, known simply as ‘The Gap’. Quirky bars, cafes, restaurants and music venues throng this area. It’s vibrant and colourful, providing a great choice of food and entertainment.

Our day starts just after 6 in the morning, as the sun beckons us outdoors.

The best time to visit Barbados is between December and April.

Although temperatures are in the 30s, the pleasant trade winds ameliorate the heat.

This paradisiacal isle might be small - but it sure packs a punch.

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travel the island’s economy, is now in decline. This is due largely as a result of plummeting world market prices and the continuing upward spiral of manufacturing costs.

Diversification into alternative sugar products is already underway and a greater quantity of molasses is being extracted to support the growth in the export of rum.

Rihanna's childhood home

It’s worth a visit to the Mount Gay Rum Visitors’ Centre in the island’s capital, Bridgetown, to learn more about the distillation process of what is considered the oldest rum in the world. Entry fee is the equivalent of £5.

affording us the freedom to eat anywhere and at any time. You are spoilt for choice in the variety and quality of the food. There are a number of top-class restaurants, best known of which is The Cliff, in the parish of St James. It’s pricey but the food is impeccable and it’s the perfect setting for a celebratory meal. Freshly caught fish is the star catch. King fish - a meaty white fish - is delicious. Don’t panic if you see dolphin on the menu, it’s actually a popular local fish which goes by the name of ‘mahi-mahi’.

With 10 glorious days stretching ahead of us, we meet up with Chrissy, who left England for a holiday in Barbados 25 years ago and never returned. She is a font of knowledge and information which proves invaluable.

“Use white dollar vans to travel around,” she tells us. The fare is two Barbados dollars, about 65p, wherever you go. Apparently these prices have remained static since 1989 and are due to increase slightly in the coming months.

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Buses are also two dollars and taxis are relatively inexpensive but are not metered, so do negotiate a price before you start your journey.

The local currency is pegged at two to one against the American dollar.

Both are accepted widely as are credit cards, but forget sterling, it is not legal tender on the island.

A full island tour is the best way to start a holiday here. We opt for an excursion which covers all the island's 11 parishes. Tour guide Warren fills us in on the island’s history as we wend our way to a sugar cane farm. He outlines the background to the shameful African slave trade, revealing that there was also a large number of white Irish slaves working on the plantations in the 1600s.

Our trip to Bridgetown was held up, as Prince Charles and Camilla were in town as part of a Caribbean Commonwealth tour.

Quite unusually in the afternoon, the future King of England was spotted on the beach just up from ours, in a natty pair of bathers, just like any other tourist. Whilst the Duchess of Cornwall walked alongside, towel slung over her shoulder, sporting a blue swimsuit.

Away from the beach, a half hours drive inland, Harrison’s Cave is another recommended tour which doesn’t disappoint The geological formation and history of Barbados is detailed in a film before we enter the amazing labyrinth of underground caves in a trolley bus, wearing hard hats.

I am hoping that this is to protect us from the dripping stalactites rather than anything else.

Thankfully that proves to be the case.

Sir Cliff Richard, Simon Cowell and the Rooneys all boast eye-wateringly expensive homes here.

Sugar production, which for decades was the backbone of

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travel to sample platters of freshly caught fish, we opt to visit on Thursday to avoid the crowds. We seek out ‘The Red Snapper’ cheerfully run

by Alicia and Kim. The lobster in garlic butter sauce and the dressed crab are amongst the best we have ever eaten anywhere and reasonably priced. Throw in calypso steel bands and an ubiquitous rum punch or two and it wasn’t just be the palm trees that were swaying that day!

are provided but not flippers.

These wonderful creatures are endangered and there is concern for their safety much as there is for the coral reefs. It’s a truly sybaritic day, enhanced by wonderful food and virtually anything you want to drink on tap. The music was uplifting, the weather was perfect and the sea a millpond. We befriend some lovely Canadians, escaping the torturously sub-zero temperatures at home.

to pack in plenty of sightseeing and activity before returning and enjoying all the water sports on offer at our beach hotel. On lazy hazy afternoons we find ourselves swimming with turtles and snorkelling around coral reefs.

We also walk for miles along the sandy seashore, stopping wherever the mood takes us for a swim and a bite to eat at one of the many beach shacks dotted around the coastline. The Blue Pineapple on Rockley beach in Hastings becomes a particular favourite.

Their food is sublime, enhanced by the beach lounge setting.

A catamaran tour around the island is also well worth doing. We booked a day excursion with Tiami Catamaran cruises. A really professional outfit. Sailing out from Bridgetown heading towards St James, the houses and condos of household names are pointed out. Sir Cliff Richard, Simon Cowell and the Rooneys all boast eye-wateringly expensive homes here. Singer Rhianna’s childhood home, a modest Chattel, is clearly signposted and stands in the recently renamed Rihanna Drive.

This is the Caribbean, so occasionally you can expect a passing shower.

Just do as the locals do, ignore it and carry on. The sun is never far behind.

A visit to Barbados wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the famous Oistins Fish Fry. Although Friday is the most popular evening

We stop off in front of The Sandy Lane Hotel, to get up close and personal with Green and Hawksbill turtles. Life jackets and snorkels

The future King of England was spotted in a natty pair of bathers.

Time, as they say, flies by when you are enjoying yourself. On our last day we sit watching the sun set over our hotel’s beachside restaurant and look wistfully up into the sky. An aircraft flying into Grantley Adams airport reminds us that we are leaving tomorrow. Brilliant weather, food and the friendliest of people, have contributed to a truly magical holiday. We will be leaving the Caribbean with a suitcase full of happy memories.

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WEDDING GUEST OUTFITS

A third of 2018 has already passed us by in what feels like a flash, which means that summer is officially on its way and wedding season is approaching yet again. With our favourite time of the year right around the corner, the quest for the perfect wedding guest outfit has begun for many of us, I’m sure. If not, it’s never too soon to start browsing!

BY JULIA COELHO

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hen it comes to planning a look, we all have to tread cautiously on that fine line between wanting to look vibrant and striking, while also appropriate for the occasion, not to mention trying to ensure that you have a unique outfit to the 300 plus guests also in attendance. It’s one of the more challenging trips to the high-street (or laptop) you’ll have this year, but also one of the most exhilarating, once you hit the jackpot.

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colours and textures that aren’t usually available to us throughout the winter months. Last year, the tropical lemon print was the occasion dress that took the fashion world by storm. This season, sophisticated and classic prints like polka dots and delicate florals will be flocking the racks no huge surprises there really.

I’ve always sneered at the fact that men have it easy; just pop on a suit and any old shirt and tie combo, and voilà, you’re set for the next 4 weddings this year! But in actuality, aside from dealing with the heat, the lack of options must surely be as much of a struggle as the overwhelming abundance of choice

presented to us ladies. Thankfully, retails giants like ASOS, M&S, Next and so on, have all sorts of exciting options for us as always.

Since tailoring is such a huge trend this spring, I have no doubt that a sharp pastel suit will become a much more prominent choice for us women too. I adore them because they nail the smart-yetglam aesthetic, while also edging into the funky realm due to the myriad styling possibilities and colour palettes on offer. They can be paired with a snazzy pair of brogues or feminine court heels, and teamed up with a silk cami, or high neck ruffle blouse. The possible combinations are infinite, GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

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BELOW: NEON KITTENHEEL, ZARA, SANDALS, £29.99

RIGHT: ASOS DESIGN, GINGHAM SLIM SUIT, ASOS, £87.00

which is what makes them so exciting and such a wardrobe staple.

If a suit is a little too out of your comfort zone, you can always fall back on safer options such as gorgeous lace and floaty chiffon dresses. Experiment with brighter hues if you want to try something a little different.

Wrap dresses always look smart and sophisticated, as do figure-flattering bardot styles, particularly when they’re midi or maxi in length. For those of you attending religious wedding ceremonies which may call for a more modest dress code, worry not, because the highstreet is teeming with gorgeous pieces that will be sure to tick all the boxes; think dainty puffy sleeves, sheer overlays with delicate embellishments, and light GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

silk scarves and capes to accessorise.

And to dispel a myth for a second: it’s true that black was once considered a wedding fashion faux pas, for the negative connotations associated with the colour, but these days, it’s become totally acceptable (white is still a no-no though).

ABOVE: OLD SKOOL RED TRAINERS, VANS, £65.00

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fashion perhaps a metallic piece, or an interesting texture to contrast your outfit.

Another key accessory; shoes are often just as important as the rest of your look. There's nothing worse than climbing into a gorgeous new pair of heels only to find yourself hobbling across the dancefloor only a short few hours later. To combat this more than likely possibility, I find mules to be a fantastic option, as they’re not only sensible and comfortable, but they also have an effortlessly classy and chic air about them, and are pretty easy to style too. Lads, the same goes for you; break in your new brogues or loafers before hitting the dancefloor to avoid the nasty blisters.

Clunky totes and bulky shoulder bags don't exactly scream "special occasion" shoes are often just as important as the rest of your look.

BELOW: LEATHER STRAPS SANDALS, MANGO, £49.99

ABOVE: CHARLIE SNAKE WESTERN BOOTS, PUBLIC DESIRE, £39.99 ABOVE: ASOS DESIGN, JERSEY BEACH SUNDRESS IN STRIPE WITH POM POMS, ASOS, £18.00

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fashion It can be easy to feel overwhelmed and lose our heads a little when an important event comes a-knocking, but no matter your gender, age, style, body shape or budget, shopping for a wedding guest outfit shouldn’t have to be stressful. Other than looking smart and feeling comfortable (and keeping the bride happy), there really are no rules. This year, more than ever, we should expect to see an expansive variety of styles and silhouettes at our disposal.

All it takes is a little research and preparation, and you’ll see how fun it can be.

ABOVE: ROXIE VEGAN WHITE BLOCK HEELS, TOPSHOP, £59.00 BELOW: ASOS DESIGN, BUTTON THROUGH MAXI TEA DRESS WITH SPLITS IN DITSY PRINT, ASOS, £35.00

ABOVE: HEELED SANDALS IN BEIGE, OASIS, £35.00

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recipes Recipe by The Gibraltar Vegan instagram.com/thegibraltarvegan

COCONUT LENTILS

Coconut milk sets this meal apart from typical lentil dishes, and combined with leeks you have a delicious combination of sweet and savoury.

THIS DISH IS NOT ONLY EASY TO MAKE, IT IS CHEAP, IT TASTES FANTASTIC THE

1 Leek

NEXT DAY AND YOU CAN MAKE IT AS

5 Cloves Garlic

THICK OR AS RUNNY AS YOU LIKE.

2 400g Cans Of Coconut Milk (i use puro organic)

MAKE A LARGE BATCH FOR MEAL PREP OR TO FREEZE FOR ANOTHER DAY. THIS MAKES SIX BOWLS.

4 tsp Turmeric ½ tsp Garlic Pepper

INGREDIENTS

1,500ml Vegetable Stock (I use kallo very low salt organic)

250G Green Lentils (soaked overnight or for 8 hours)

METHOD

2 Medium Sized Carrots 1 Large Yellow Pepper

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1. Ensure the lentils have soaked overnight or for 8 hours.

2. Cut the carrots and the pepper into cubes, slice the leek and dice the garlic.

3. Place the lentils, vegetables, turmeric, garlic pepper, stock into a pot and boil, stirring occasionally.

4. Once boiled, stir in the coconut milk one can at a time.

5. Leave it to cook on a low heat, such as four on an electric hob for 20-25 mins.

6. Eat by itself or serve with noodles or rice for a more filling meal.

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recipes Recipe by Mama Lotties: www.mamalotties.com Find this Recipe and more in their Mama Lotties: 76 Gibraltarian Inspired Recipes Cookook

MAMA'S MINESTRA

A must for anyone wanting to make a Gibraltar classic. The most curious thing about this dish is not the ingredients but the method, as each Gibraltarian family has their own ways and traditions, some chunky, clear or as with ours, pureed.

INGREDIENTS

Broken Into Smaller Pieces)

1 Kg Runner Beans

Salt

225g Red Kidney Beans (Tinned)

Pepper

4 Large Carrots

Water

1/4 Large Pumpkin

Grated Cheddar Cheese

1 Large Aubergine

METHOD

2 Courgettes

Olive Oil

1.Chop all vegetables, crush the garlic and place together in a large casserole dish with a splash of olive oil (except the red kidney beans). Season with salt and basil and boil with plenty of water.

Spaghetti Pasta (2 Handfuls,

2. Remove the vegetables from the

1 Medium Kohlrabi Fresh Basil 3 Garlic Cloves

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casserole dish and blend together, then pour back into the dish and add the red kidney beans and cook for a further 5–8 minutes.

3. Add your pasta and cook until tender; this should take about 10 minutes. Allow to sit for 2 minutes before serving so the flavours mix together.

4. Grate some cheese and sprinkle on top.the top. Butter the remaining edge and fold over, sealing the edges.

5. Finish off by brushing over with oil and placing in the oven at 180°C for 30–40 minutes.

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restaurants, bars & pubs THE LOUNGE

SOLO BAR & GRILL

ALL’S WELL

Stylish Lounge Gastro Bar on Queensway Quay Marina serving best quality food prepared by passionate, qualified chefs.

Popular quiz on Sundays from 7pm and a relaxed friendly atmosphere. A separate Lounge Bar Area serving a wide range of hot drinks, wines, beers, spirits and cocktails at reasonable prices, with large TV’s for sports and events coverage.

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.

In the fashionable Casemates square stands Gibraltar’s last historical themed pub, named for the 18th-century practice of locking gates to the city at night when the guard called ‘All’s Well’. Their food menu caters to all cravings; whether it’s fish and chips, a homemade pie, or maybe even a delicious sharing platter, they have it all. All’s Well have an amazing range of bottled beers as well as being the only pub in Gibraltar to offer craft beer on tap. Happy hour is daily from 7-9pm. Large terrace. Karaoke Mondays & Wednesdays until late.

Open: 10am-late Mon - Sun Be sure to arrive early to ensure a seat!

The Lounge, 17 Ragged Staff Wharf, Queensway Quay Marina Tel: 200 61118 info@thelounge.gi

Open: 12-8pm. Solo Bar & Grill, Eurotowers Tel: 200 62828

All’s Well, Casemates Square. Tel: 200 72987

CASA PEPE

NUNOS ITALIAN

CAFÉ SOLO

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.

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.

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 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.

Open: Tues-Sat lunch & evening, Sunday lunch only, closed Mondays.

Casa Pepe, 18 Queensway Quay Marina, Tel/Fax: 200 46967 casa.pepe.gib@gmail.com. www.casapepegib.com

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Open: Mon-Sun 1-3pm lunch, 7–11pm dinner Nunos Italian Restaurant and Terrace Caleta Hotel, Catalan Bay Tel: 200 76501

Email: reservations@caletahotel.gi

Café Solo Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 200 44449

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information EMERGENCY SERVICES EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY: ALL EMERGENCIES................................. 112 FIRE...............................................................190 AMBULANCE.............................................190 POLICE.................................................................199

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 12345 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 10am-6pm (Sat 10am-2pm). Admission: Adults £2/Children under 12 - £1.

Exhibitions also at Casemates gallery.

Police 200 72500

Gibraltar Services Police Emergency Nos: (5) 5026 / (5) 3598

Gibraltar Garrison Library Tel: 200 77418 2 Library Ramp Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm. Free Library tour offered every Friday at 11am. chris.tavares@gibraltargarrisonlibrary.gi

Gibraltar Public Holidays 2019

Registry Office Tel: 200 72289 It’s possible to get married within 48 hours. A fact taken advantage of by stars such as Sean Connery & John Lennon.

Good Friday

Rock Tours by Taxi Tel: 200 70052 As well as offering normal fares, taxis provide Rock Tours taking in the Upper Rock, Europa Point etc.

Spring Bank Holiday

Monday 27th May

Queen’s Birthday

Monday 17th June

John Mackintosh Hall Tel: 200 75669 Includes cafeteria, theatre, exhibition rooms and library. 308 Main Street 9.30am - 11pm Mon-Fri.

Late Summer Bank Holiday

Monday 26th Aug

Gibraltar National Day Tuesday 10th Sept

New Year’s Day Commonwealth Day Easter Monday

Monday 1st Jan Monday 11th Mar Friday 19th Apr Monday 22nd Apr

Workers Memorial Day Monday 29th Apr May Day

Christmas Day Boxing Day

Wednesday 1st May

Wednesday 25th Dec Thursday 26th Dec

SUPPORT GROUPS ADHD Gibraltar adhdgibraltar@gmail.com facebook.com/ADHDGibraltar/ Alcoholics Anonymous meet 7pm Tues & Thurs at Nazareth House Tel: 200 73774.

COPE Support group for people with Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Meetings at Catholic Community Centre Book Shop at 7.30pm first Thur of each month. Tel: 200 51469 Email: copeadsupport@hotmail.com

A Step Forward support for single, separated, divorced/widowed people, meet 8pm Mon at St Andrew’s Church.

Dignity At Work Now Confidential support and advice for those who are being bullied at work.

Tel: 57799000.

Mummy & Me Breastfeeding Support Group those who are pregnant, breastfeeding or have breastfed to get together for coffee / support.

Partners and older children welcome. Meets 1st Wed / month at Chilton Court Community Hall at 1.30pm. Enquiries and support 54014517.

Families Anonymous Support group for relatives and friends concerned about the use of drugs or related behavioural problems. Meet weekly on Thurs at 9pm at Gladys Perez Centre, 304A Main Street, Tel: 54007676 or 54014484.

Childline Gibraltar confidential phone line for children in need. Freephone 8008 - 7 days a week 5pm - 9pm Citizens’ Advice Bureau Open Mon-Thur 9:30am-4:00pm, Fri 9:30am- 3:30pm. Tel: 200 40006 Email: info@cab.gi or visit at 10 Governor’s Lane. Free & confidential, impartial & independent advice and info.

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Gibraltar Cardiac Rehabilitation and Support Group meets on the first Tues of every month at 8.30pm at John Mac Hall, except for Jul & Aug. Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group 72 Prince Edwards Rd Tel: 200 78509 Mobile: 54007924 website: www.gdsg.co.uk Gibraltar Marriage Care Free relationship counselling, including pre-marriage education (under auspices of Catholic Church, but open to all). Tel: 200 71717.

Gibraltar Society for the Visually Impaired Tel: 200 50111 (24hr answering service).

Hope miscarriage support Tel: 200 41817.

Mummy & Me Breastfeeding Support: Meets every Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous Tel: 200 70720 Parental Support Group helping parents and grandparents with restrictive access to their children and grandchildren. Tel: 200 46536, 200 76618, or 54019602.

Psychological Support Group, PO Box 161, Nazareth House. Meet Tuesdays at 7pm, Fridays 8pm. Tel: Yolanda 54015553 With Dignity Gibraltar support for separated, divorced/widowed or single people. Meet Weds 9pm, Catholic Community Centre, Line Wall Rd. Outings/activities.

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

Tel: 200 42581 (24 hrs).

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PROJECT SEAGULL How captured seagulls will help fund Zeus’ new political party.

BY PETER SCHIRMER

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oming seagulls... fast, racing seagulls... that’s where there’s money to be made.’ Zeus jabbed an index finger at the pages of the Daily Mail spread across his lap to protect his new cream suit from the inevitable fat and vinegar splatters of his morning snack of fish and chips. His voice, several decibels louder than in usual conversation, set glasses clinking on the cocktail cabinet shelves.

Hermes looked up from Athene’s iPad, (borrowed to play electronic patience while she and Hebe were shopping), and Hera poked her head through the serving hatch between the kitchen and the lounge with its 50-inch plasma TV screen, to stare at her husband. ‘What new fancy had drawn the attention of the Father of the Gods?’ each wondered silently.

‘It says here’ – and again he poked his finger at the paper for emphasis – ‘that a Belgian 86

racing pigeon called Armando has sold at auction for nearly $1.5 million, more than three times the world record after a bidding war between Chinese billionaires. That’s big money in anyone’s currency. And, if a mere pigeon is worth so much, imagine what price a strong racing seagull would fetch...’

If a mere pigeon is worth so much, imagine what price a strong racing seagull would fetch.

‘Sounds good,’ said Hermes. ‘And that sort of money would be more than enough to fund the Codswallop Coalition’s election war chest. It’s a brill idea, Pops’.

The Olympian family was sharply divided over Zeus’ decision to establish a local political party he would lead to campaign in the general election due at the end of the year. Hera, Athene and Artemis were set firmly against the idea, but Hermes and Dionysus were enthusiastic

converts. And, following the failure of Zeus bid to launch the CreosusQuid on GBX, were as desperate as their father to find alternative funding for an election campaign.

‘Could buy quite a few votes as well,’ Zeus smiled, prepared in the face of his winged son’s enthusiasm, to overlook the disrespectful use of the diminutive ‘Pops’.

‘But why can’t you just breed pigeons?’ asked Hera, as ever a voice of moderation and sanity honed by millennia of her husband’s follies. ‘There’s an abundance of the birds in Casemates, and they’ll be far easier to catch and handle than seagulls. Those yellow beaks could do a lot of damage – even to a god or goddess.’

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satire and wings; Dionysus can stir up interest, create a market in the local pubs – perhaps even in Spain - and I’ll get Poseidon involved, too. After all, seagulls sort of fall into his sphere of influence.’

‘And the Casemates pigeons are the wrong kind anyway,’ Hermes pointed out, clearly sharing his father’s new enthusiasm. ’You must have seen them, they hardly ever fly... don’t even flutter... just flop about scavenging bits of food dropped by tourists and other pedestrians.’

‘I think his name is Nigel and actually he’s an expert in “Protected Cell Companies”.

Nothing to do with eggs or shells.’

This from Hermes.

Hera shook her head. ‘Madness,’ she muttered. Then: ‘More madness,’ she rumbled as she looked at some of the labelling on her daughters’ supermarket haul.

She reopened the hatch.

‘A wonderful word, perfect for a political slogan.’

Hera sighed and drew the glass shutter across the serving hatch.

Over countless millennia she had come to accept that when the Father of the Gods embraced a particularly madcap idea, there was no stopping him. Project Seagull would fail; Zeus would become more cantankerous than usual for a fortnight, and then come up with another idiotic project. At least while he was planning political strategies, her husband wasn’t chasing ‘floosies’.

Anyway, he was getting too old for that particular folly.

‘What will those creative conmen think of next?’ she called, her voice dipping disdain. ‘Of course, “100 per cent ground beef” hamburgers are “glutenfree’. So are “oak-cured smoked Norwegian salmon.” You only get gluten in some cereal crops – oats. wheat, barley....

‘Perhaps they feed barley to the cattle, and it’s retained in the animals’ systems,’ Hermes suggested, laughing.

‘Or they feed oatmeal porridge to the salmon. The Scots love their, porridge,’ Zeus chuckled.

The wisest of the Olympians switched her attention to the spread of groceries Hebe and Athene had unpacked on the kitchen worktop – the results of their weekly foray into the shelfmaze of Morrisons.

Hera ignored their frivolities.

Desultory snatches of conversion drifted through the hatch.

‘They’re just catch-phrases, pandering to many mortals’ current obsession with diet... what’s good for them... what isn’t,’ said Artemis coming in from the patio for more sun-cream. ‘No added this or that, or somethingfree. They don’t actually say anything, but they’re reassuring.

‘We’ll set up a captured shell company to collect and market the eggs,’ Zeus rumbled. ‘There’s a world expert here in Gibraltar called Q.C. Feetham and we’ll consult him.’

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‘And “no added sugar” or “sugarfree”, what does that mean? Why would a cannery add sugar to tinned peaches? Or a soft drink be labelled as free of sugar.’

A sort of flummery. Meaningless.’

‘Flummery’, Zeus rolled the word around his tongue savouring it.

‘A wonderful word, perfect for a political slogan.’ He stretched out his hand, forming an O with his thumb and index finger in a gesture he associated with America’s Donald Trump.

‘Our party believes in transparent politics, flummeryfree politics,’ he said firmly, testing the sounds of the words. ‘Lovely... convincing, but meaningless. Just the job.

It sounds good, and that’s what politics is all about. As long as what politicians say sounds good, the words don’t have to mean anything. And “flummery-free” is spot on – it doesn’t mean anything.’

‘Actually, it does have a meaning. Two in fact,’ Athene had recovered her iPad. ‘I’ve just Googled the word and this is how the Oxford Shorter Dictionary defines it: “A sweet dish made with beaten eggs, milk, sugar, and flavourings”.’

‘That’s perfect. No-one is going to bother to look up the meaning of a word like that. The majority, the hoi-polloi won’t be bothered, and it’s their vote that the Codswallop Coalition is looking to win.’

‘There’s also another definition’, said Athene. ‘Meaningless or insincere flattery, or conventions,’ she read from the iPad. ‘Damn. Damn. Damn’, Zeus frowned. ‘That’s far too accurate a description. We can’t use it.’

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

Gibraltar Arts & Crafts Association: Children: Mon&Fri 12.30-2pm, Mon-Fri 3.45-5.15pm Adults: Wed 5.45-7.15, Sat 10.30 to 12.30, Tel: 20073865 email: gibartsandcrafts@hotmail.com Knit and Natter Group: Tues 11am-3pm, Thurs 5.30-7.30pm, at Arts & Crafts Shop, Casemates balcony. Free to join and refreshments provided. Tel: 20073865.

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

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

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

Membership Ian Le Breton 200 76173 ilebreton@SovereignGroup.com Board Games Calpe Chess Club & Junior Club: meets in Studio 1, John Mackintosh Hall Thursday, Juniors: 5p.m. - 7 p.m. / Tuesday & Thursday 7p.m. - 10:30 The Gibraltar Scrabble Club: Meets on Tuesdays at 3pm. Tel: Vin 20073660 or Roy 20075995. All welcome.

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

Dance Adult Dance Classes: Wed evenings at Kings Bastion Leisure Centre from 7-8.30pm.

Contact Dilip on 200 78714.

Art in Movement Centre: Hip-hop/Break Dance, Contemporary Dance, Pilates, Capoeira, Acrobatics, Street Kids & Tods, Modern Dance. Performance and Film opportunities. Judo & Jujitsu Classes: Tue/ Thur with Sensei Conroy. All ages. Budokai Martial Arts Centre, Wellington Front. www. artinmovement.net FB: Art In Movement A.I.M, tel 54025041 or 54007457 Ballet, Modern Theatre, Contemporary & Hip-hop: weekly at Danza Academy. Training from 3 years to Adult Advanced. 68/2 Prince Edward’s Rd Tel: 54027111.

Bellydance Classes, all levels, Tue 8-9pm at the Ocean Village Gym (non–members welcome). Contact 54005593.

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

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

Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Flexibility, Hip Hop & Dance Theatre: Classes weekly at Urban Dance Studio, 2 Jumpers Bastion.

Tel: Yalta 54012212 or Jolene 54015125.

Rockkickers Linedance Club: Governor’s Meadow 1st School. www.rockkickers.com Salsa Gibraltar Salsa: Tues at Laguna Social Club, Laguna Estate. Beginners 7-8.30pm.

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

The Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association: Dedicated to the preservation of Rock’s transport/motoring heritage. Assists members in restoration / maintenance of classic vehicles. New members welcome. Tel: 200 44643.

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

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

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

The Calpe Band: Mon & Wed. For musicians of brass/woodwind instruments of all standards/ages/abilities 7-9pm. Tel:

54017070 or thecalpeband@gmail.com Jazz Nights: Thurs at 9pm at O’Callaghan Eliott Hotel. Tel: 200 70500.

Outdoor Activities The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Gibraltar: Exciting self-development programme for young people worldwide equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their communities and the world. Contact: Award House, North Mole Road, PO Box: 1260. mjpizza@ gibtelecom.net, www.thedukes.gi.

Social Clubs The Rotary Club of Gibraltar meets the Rock Hotel, 7pm Tuesday evenings. Guests welcome. For contact or info www.rotaryclubgibraltar.com Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes: (Gibraltar Province) meets RAOB Club, 72/9 Prince Edward’s Road - Provincial Grand Lodge, Thu/month, 7.30pm. William Tilley 2371, Thurs 8.30pm. Buena Vista 9975, monthly, Social Lodge. www.akearn1.wix. com/raob-gibraltar, william.tilley.lodge@ hotmail.co.uk, Clive, tel: 58008074 Special Interest Clubs & Societies Creative Writers Group: meets up on Tuesday mornings at 10.30 in O’Reilley’s Irish Bar and it is free to attend. Tel: Carla 54006696.

Gibraltar Book Club: For info Tel: Parissa 54022808.

Gibraltar Horticultural Society: meets 1st Thurs of month 6pm, J.M. Hall. Spring Flower Show, slide shows, flower arrangement demos, outings to garden centres, annual Alameda Gardens tour. All welcome.

Gibraltar Philosophical Society: devoted to intellectually stimulating debate. Frequent lectures and seminars on a range of topics.

Tel: 54008426 or Facebook: facebook.com/gibphilosophy Gibraltar Photographic Society: Meets on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Wellington Front.

Induction courses, talks, discussions, competitions etc. For details contact the secretary on, leslinares@gibtelecom.net Harley Davidson Owners’ Club: www.hdcgib.com Lions Club of Gibraltar: Meets 2nd and 4th Wed of the month at 50 Line Wall Road. www.lionsclubofgibraltar.com St John’s Ambulance: Adult Volunteers Training Sessions from 8-10pm on Tues. Tel: 200 77390 or training@stjohn.gi The Royal British Legion: For info or membership contact the Branch Secretary 20074604 or write to PO Box 332.

UN Association of Gibraltar: PO Box 599, 22a Main Street. Tel: 200 52108.

Sports Supporters Clubs Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Club: Meets at Star Bar, Parliament Lane, when Spurs games are televised - call prior to matches to check game is televised. Great food for a lunch if KO is early or an early supper if the game is later.

Gibraltar Arsenal Supporters Club: Meets match days upstairs at Time Out Café, Eurotowers. Gooners of all ages welcome.

For info/news visit www.GibGooners.com Tel: 54010681 (Bill) or 54164000 (John).

Gibraltar Hammers: Meets on match days at the Victoria Stadium Bar, Bayside Road. All league games are shown live. All West Ham supporters and their families are welcome.

For details visit www.gibraltarhammers.com or gibraltarhammers@hotmail.com Sports & Fitness Artistic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Artistic Gymnastics Association. Tel: Angela 200 70611 or Sally 200 74661.

Athletics: Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association holds competitions through year for juniors, adults and veterans. Two main clubs (Calpeans 200 71807, Lourdians 200 75180) training sessions at Victoria Stadium.

Badminton: Recreational badminton weekdays at Victoria Stadium (Tel: 200 78409 for allocations). Gibraltar Badminton Association (affiliated to BWF& BE) junior club/tournaments, senior leagues/ recreational. www.badmintongibraltar.com Ballet Barre Fitness: Adults on Wed 10am & Fri 6pm at The Arts Centre. Tel: 54033465 or pilatesgibraltar@hotmail.com Basketball: Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association (affiliated FIBA) leagues/ training

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for minis, passarelle, cadets, seniors and adults at a variety of levels. Tel: John 200 77253, Randy 200 40727.

Boxing: Gibraltar Amateur Boxing Association (member IABA) gym on Rosia Rd. Over 13s welcome. Tuition with ex-pro boxer Ernest Victory. Tel: 56382000 or 20042788.

Cheerleading: Gibraltar Cheerleading Association, girls and boys of all ages.

Cheerleading and street cheer/hip-hop at Victoria Stadium. Recreational / competitive levels. Tel: 58008338.

Canoeing: Gibraltar Canoeing Association.

Tel: Nigel 200 52917 or Arturo 54025033.

Cricket: Gibraltar Cricket, National Governing Body & Associate Member of ICC. Governs International & Domestic Men’s, Women’s, Boys’ & Girls’ cricket- league & cup competitions and in-school coaching. www.gibraltarcricket.com, info@gibcricket. com, Twitter: @Gibraltar_Crick Cycling: Gibraltar Cycling Association various cycling tours.

Darts: Gibraltar Darts Association (full member of WDF & affiliate of BDO). We cater for men, ladies & youth who take part in leagues, competitions and a youth academy for the correct development of the sport. Tel: Darren 54027171 Secretary, Alex 54021672 Youth Rep, Justin 54022622 President. Email: info@ gibraltardarts.com Football: Gibraltar Football Association leagues/competitions for all ages OctoberMay. Futsal in summer, Victoria Stadium. Tel: 20042941 www.gibraltarfa.com Gaelic Football Club (Irish sport): Males any age welcome. Get fit, play sport, meet new friends, travel around Spain/Europe and play an exciting and competitive sport. Training every Wed on the MOD pitch on Devil’s Tower Road at 7pm. Andalucia League with Seville and Marbella to play matches home and away monthly. Visit www.gibraltargaels. com or secretary.gibraltar.europe@gaa.ie Hockey: Gibraltar Hockey Association (members FIH & EHF) high standard competitions/training for adults/juniors. Tel: Eric 200 74156 or Peter 200 72730 for info.

Iaido: teaches the Japanese sword (Katana), classes every week. www.iaidogibraltar.com Ice Skating: Gibraltar Rock Stars Figure Skating Club lessons every Tuesday evening & Saturday morning, all levels including adults. Contact grsfsc@gmail.com or 58700000 Iwa Dojo, Kendo & Jujitsu: Classes every week, for kids/adults. Tel: 54529000 www. iwadojo.com or dbocarisa@iwadojo.com Judo and Ju-jitsu: Gibraltar Budokai Judo Association UKMAF recognised instructors for all ages and levels at Budokai Martial Arts Centre, Wellington Front. Tel: Charlie 20043319.

Ju-jitsu: Gibraltar Ju-jitsu Academy training and grading for juniors/seniors held during the evening at 4 North Jumpers Bastion.

Tel: 54011007.

Karate-do Shotokai: Gibraltar Karate-do Shotokai Association - Karate training for junior & seniors at Clubhouse, Shotokai karate centre, 41H Town Range. Monday: 9:30 p.m. & Wednesday 9:45 p.m.

Karate: Shotokan karate midday Mon beginners, other students 8.30pm. Thurs 8.30pm. In town at temporary dojo or privately by arrangement. Contact Frankie 54038127 or info@fhmedia.co.uk.

Motorboat Racing: Gibraltar Motorboat Racing Association Tel: Wayne 200 75211.

Muay Thai and Muay Boran Club: Tues & Thur at Boyd’s Kings Bastion Leisure Centre at 6:30pm, Tel: John – 54024707 FB: Gibraltar Muay Thai Netball: Gibraltar Netball Association (affiliated FENA & IFNA) competitions through year, senior/junior leagues. Tel: 20041874.

Petanque: Gibraltar Petanque Association.

New members welcome. Tel: 54002652.

Pilates: Intermediate Pilates: Tues & Fri 9.30am, beginners Pilates: Fri 10.50am at the Shotokai Centre, 41H Town Range. Tel: 54033465 or pilatesgibraltar@hotmail.com Gibraltar Pool Association: (Member of the EBA) home and away league played on Thurs throughout the season, various tournaments played on a yearly basis both nationally and internationally, Tel: 56925000 gibpool@ gibtelecom.net, www.gib8ball.com

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Rhythmic Gymnastics Association runs sessions from 4 years of age, weekday evenings. Tel: 56000772 or Sally 200 74661.

Rugby: Gibraltar Rugby caters for all ages from 4 years old to veterans (over 35’s). It organises competitions and sessions for Juniors; 4 x Senior Clubs; Veterans team; Touch Rugby and a Referees Society. Email admin@gibraltarrfu. com or visit www.gibraltarrfu.com Sailing: Gibraltar Yachting Association junior/ senior competitive programme (April - Oct) Tel: Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club at 200 78897.

Shooting: Gibraltar Shooting Federation. Rifle, Europa Point Range (Stephanie 54020760); Clay pigeon, East Side (Harry 200 74354); Pistol, near Royal Naval Hospital (Louis 54095000).

Snooker: Members of European Billiards & Snooker Association - facilities at Jumpers Bastion with 3 tables. Professional coaching for juniors/seniors. Organised leagues/ tournaments and participation in international competitions. Tel: 56262000 / 54000068, or info@gibraltarsnooker.com Squash: Gibraltar Squash Association, Squash Centre, South Pavilion Road (members WSF & ESF). Adult and junior tournaments and coaching. Tel: 200 44922.

Sub-Aqua: Gibraltar Sub-Aqua Association taster dives for over 14s, tuition from local clubs. Voluntary sports clubs: Noah’s Dive Club and 888s Dive Club. Tel: 54991000.

Commercial sports diving schools available.

Time - Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m..

Telephone, Jenssen Ellul - 54027122 Swimming: Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association (member FINA & LEN) opens its pool for leisure swimming. Junior lessons, squad for committed swimmers, water polo.

Pool open Mon&Thurs: 7-10am, 12.30-4pm.

Tue, Wed, Fri: 7-10am, 12:30-5pm. Sat: 3-5pm.

Sun: closed. Mon to Fri from 5-6pm groups training. 6-7.30 squad training. Mon, Wed, Fri 7.30-8.30 swimming joggers, Tues & Thurs 7:30-8:30 junior Water polo. Mon, Tues & Thurs 8:30-10pm Adult water polo. Tel: 200 72869.

Table Tennis: Gibraltar Table Tennis Association training and playing sessions, Victoria Stadium, Tues 6-10pm and Thurs 8-11pm with coaching and league competition. Tel: 56070000 or 20060720.

Taekwondo: Gibraltar Taekwondo Association classes/gradings Tel: Mari 20044142 or www. gibraltartaekwondo.org Tai Chi: Tai Chi for children and adults. MonThur 6.30-8pm at Kings Bastion Leisure Centre and Sat 9am-1pm at the Yoga Centre, 33 Town Range. Tel: Dilip 200 78714.

Tennis: Gibraltar Tennis Association, Sandpits Tennis Club. Junior development programme.

Courses for adults, leagues and competitions.

Tel: Louis 200 77035.

Ten-Pin Bowling: At King’s Bowl in the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre every day. Gibraltar Ten Pin Bowling (members FIQ & WTBA) leagues, training for juniors and squad. Tel: 200 52442.

Triathlon: Hercules Triathlon Club organises swimming, running and cycling training sessions and competes regularly in Andalucia and Internationally. Contact chris.walker@york. gi or Facebook “Hercules Triathlon Club” Volleyball: Gibraltar Volleyball Association training, indoor leagues, beach volleyball competition, 3 v 3 competition, juniors and seniors.

Tel: 54001973 or 54885000.

Yoga: Integral Yoga Centre runs a full programme of classes from Mon-Fri at 33 Town Range. Tel: 200 41389. All welcome.

Theatrical Groups Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association: Meet at Ince’s Hall Theatre Complex, 310 Main Street.

Tel: 20042237.

Trafalgar Theatre Group: Meets 2nd Wed of month, Garrison Library 8pm. All welcome.

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CHESS COLUMN BY GRANDMASTER RAY KEENE OBE One of the most creative and innovative games from the 2018 Tradewise Masters in Gibraltar was a loss for the Ukrainian Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk.

Following a well-established defensive variation, Ivanchuk was shocked by a tidal wave of opening preparation that seemingly cast the line into doubt for Black.

Nevertheless, until the very end, Black still retained some chances to resist.

White: Chanda Sandipan

The point of Black’s conduct of the opening is to prevent White from advancing his queenside pawns.

Black’s 11th move is designed to meet b4 in the future with the en passant capture ... axb3, disrupting White’s pawn chain.

12 Nxa4!

A most unexpected innovation.

Normal is 12 Bd3.

12 ... Rxa4 13 Bb5+ Bd7 14 Bxa4 Bxa4 15 Qb4 White has liberated his queenside pawns. The cost is the trade of a rook and pawn for two minor pieces, normally considered a modest advantage for the side with the minor pieces.

Black: Vassily Ivanchuk Gibraltar Masters 2018

15 ... Qd7 16 0-0 Qb5

Nimzo-Indian Defence

This results in Black’s forces becoming entangled, although the inspired fashion in which the white player exploits this was almost impossible to foresee. More natural is 16 ... 0-0, when there is plenty of fight left.

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 c5 5 Nge2 The knight move strengthens c3 and is played to avoid the doubling of White’s pawns.

5 ... cxd4 6 exd4 d5 7 c5 Ne4 8 Bd2 Nxd2 9 Qxd2 a5 10 a3 Bxc3 11 Nxc3 a4

17 b3 Qxb4 18 axb4 Bb5 At this moment Ivanchuk must have thought that he had the advantage. If White moves his attacked rook with, for example, 19 Rfe1 then 19 ... Kd7 establishes a complete blockade, after which Black would round up White’s scattered pawns. Instead there comes a spectacular blow.

pawn and keeps Black’s king near the centre. The main line is 22 b5 Nxd4 23 b6 Kd8 24 Ra7 Nc6 25 Rc7 Nb4 26 Ra7 Nc6, and Black holds a draw by repetition.

22 b5 Na5 23 Rc7 Black resigns After 23 ... Nxb3 24 b6 Na5 25 c6 g5 26 b7 Kg7 27 Rc8 Nxc6 28 Rxc6 Rb8 29 Rc7 although material is level, Black is hopelessly tied down by the b-pawn after which the white king advances decisively.

PUZZLE White to play. This position is from Sajjadi-Lercel, Gibraltar 2018.

Despite the level material, White has very active pieces in this game.

His next enabled him to set up a winning tactic.

How did he continue?

19 Ra7 Bxf1 20 Rxb7 Nc6 21 Kxf1 0-0 This final error loses Black the game. Black’s only defence is 21 ...

Rf8!!, which both defends the f7GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MAY 2019

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