The Gibraltar Magazine August 2020

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Fashion

DRESSING UP AFTER LOCKDOWN

KILLER THRILLER ROBERT DAWS

POST COVID HACK 2020

GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN HACKATHON

SWIMMING FOR VICTORY 100K TO NATIONAL DAY

ART CLUB

DRAW WITH US!

LUNGS & HEARTS GIBRALTAR’S THESPIANS

STAYCATIONS IN ANDALUCÍA DESTINATIONS ON YOUR DOORSTEP

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AUGUST ISSUE EDITOR’S NOTE I’ve sat down to write this month’s Editor’s Note approximately 4 times so far, but I think the most apt way to sum up the past month is ‘ ’.

How have you all been getting on?

LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE SWIM IN THE SEA DRINK IN THE WILD AIR. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I haven’t been wearing much makeup this summer (mostly because it immediately slides off my face in this heat) but I’m making a pledge to check that all my future cosmetic purchases are crueltyfree. Want to find out how? This month, our beauty guru Alex talks ‘beauty with a conscience’ (p. 70).

One thing I have been making more of an effort with is my wardrobe. Sure, the lockdown-pyjama days of yore were fun, but it was time to put together something a little more Main Street appropriate. As ever, our sartorial savant, Julia, is on hand with the latest in fashion - and it involves pleats, prints, and playsuits (p. 78).

(She’s also kindly agreed to be our cover model this month - Thanks Julia!)

People often ask me what my favourite part of being Editor for Gib Mag is, and it has to be the privilege of sitting down with some of the interesting individuals that make up our melting pot community; listening to their latest endeavours, gripping personal stories, and thought-provoking opinions. One such person is Selena Victory, who has taken on a 100km swimming challenge in aid of RifCom (p. 76). Or Sonia de la Rosa, cookbook author and local YouTube star (p. 35). Then there’s Marie Fox, whose compassionate nature led her down the path of Art Therapy (p. 30). And let’s not forget Oliver’s Nan, Patricia Griffiths, whose beautifully designed bottles are raising money for a good cause whilst adding a sparkle to our homes (p. 74).

Do you know someone who deserves to be featured? Get in touch – I always love hearing from you!

Enjoy the issue,

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content 08 Hello There: What are your beach must-haves?

54 Lungs and Hearts: Gibraltar’s Thespians

10 Around Town 12 News

58 You Stupid Limelight! – Geri Cummings

BUSINESS

LEISURE

19 Certain About Uncertainty: The New Business Market

61 Staycations in Andalucía

22 Post Covid Hack 2020: Global Online Blockchain Hackathon

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26 Cutting Costs Without the Pain

70 Confessions of a Beauty Addict: Beauty with a Conscience

29 New Partner for ISOLAS LLP: Sarah Miles

72 Vaccination and Immunisation

LIFE

76 Swimming for Victory: 100km to National Day

30 Hearts of Gibraltar: Marie Fox

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66 Fine Wine: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

74 Granny’s Bottles: Lockdown Entrepreneurship

32 Working Minds: Riding the Waves of Change

78 Fashion: Dressing Up After Lockdown

35 Gibraltar’s Queen of Lockdown: Sonia de la Rosa

REGULARS

38 Yesteryear on the Beach – Covid-Free!

43 A Honey Buzzard and a Birdman

SCENE 46 Killer Thriller: Robert Daws’ New Crime Novel 49 Art Club: Drawing the Temple of Concordia 52 Bookish: Monthly Book Club

84 Recipes: Sumac Tofu Salad and BBQ Squid and Mango Salad.

86 Information 90 Schedules 93 #GibsGems 94 Kids Korner 95 Coffee Time

on't forget to find the D Hungry Monkey!

COVER PHOTO PHOTOGRAPHER: Alastair Sanchez (@alastair_sanchez_photo_video) MODEL: Julia Coelho (With thanks to Ocean Village for kindly allowing use of the Resort Area.)

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hello there

WHAT ARE YOUR BEACH MUST-HAVES?

Sarah-Lee Baglietto, 20, Linaya Ocaña, 30, Senior Company Administrator at GITCO "I go to the beach as much as possible! If I get home early, I’ll pop down for a couple of hours. My favourite time is early morning or late at night when everyone’s leaving.

One of my favourite things is napping on the beach - all I need is a towel and I’m happy."

Student/Receptionist at TSN Law "This year I’ve been going to the beach more. My beach musthaves are a pillow and a towel, because I always fall asleep to the sound of the waves!"

Phillip Vasquez, 28, Associate at TSN LAW "I never leave the house without my sunglasses. And when I’m allowed, I like to nick my cousins SUP board.”

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hello there

Brenda Ocaña, 53, Company Administrator at GITCO "Most definitely The Gibraltar Magazine. I can’t get through the whole day without reading it! Any my bag of pipas to go with it."

Fiona Neish, Compliance Officer at GITCO "My beach buddy, Dante! He loves it and never wants to leave.

Dante really misses the beach with all the new restrictions."

Nick Pitaluga, 51, Managing Director at GITCO "My beach essential is my wife - she’s the one that remembers to bring everything!”

Paul Grant, 34, Associate Lawyer at TSN Law "Apart from the usual towels, sunblock etc. - a book. Most of my beach time is spent on my own, so I like to read. I’m the kind of person that always has 2 or 3 books on the go!"

Want to see yourself or your team featured here?

Get in touch at editor@thegibraltarmagazine.com and we'll send you our monthly question!

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around town The Calendar Club

Photos provided by Bianca Pisharello

Andrew Yeats, Daniel Benitez, James Noguera and Jamie Robba raised £45,000 for Calpe House, running a combined total of 1860km throughout June!

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around town For The Glory of God

An exhibition of original paintings by Wanda Bush.

Contact Wanda at Gibraltarwanda@outlook.com, or visit Gibraltarartists.gi or BushArt on Facebook.

Photos provided by Elizabeth McCarthy and Wanda Bush'

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news CLARIFICATION OF 10% IMPORT DUTY ON PERSONAL IMPORTS

• Medical aids and accessories;

Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar recently announced a measure whereby a 10% import duty would be levied on personal imports for the third quarter. This measure is aimed to encourage the ‘BUY LOCAL’ campaign. Clearly this should not detract from the importation of necessary items where this import duty would affect those who most need certain products that are not easily sourced locally or on medical and associated grounds.

• Books;

To clarify the position, under this scheme import duty will not be paid on personal imports of the following : • Medicines;

FREE PARKING FOR RESIDENTS IN MIDTOWN FOR 3 HOURS Following consultation on the use of Midtown Coach and Car Park, HM Government of Gibraltar has announced the introduction of 3 hours free parking to existing Gibraltarian ID Card holders.

This time frame will allow users to use the facility to visit family, friends and elderly relatives nearby particularly when access is restricted in Line Wall Road on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

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• Sanitary products • Any items to assist those with disabilities;

• Educational products; • Clothing clearly labelled as children’s clothing; • Imports totalling less than £25; This is a new policy in which the Government is exploring a different approach in order to support local business as we emerge from the current crisis and at a time when businesses locally are seeking to find their feet. It is aimed at encouraging people to shop locally and it may be necessary to adapt this list and to issue further clarifications from time to time. The above list is therefore not finite.

In any event, the Collector of Customs already has wide discretion generally and if the situation should present itself whereby a product is necessary and not available in the local market, the person seeking to import it can always write to the Collector of Customs to seek his discretion to waive the duty. The Collector has been empowered to do this for many years.

Furthermore, as is customary for changes of duty, if anyone can show that they ordered an item before the introduction of this scheme, they also can apply to the Collector for him to exempt the item from duty.

During this quarter the Government will assess the impact of this policy and seek ways to rationalise the existing tariff to consider the best ways to harmonise rates and make it more understandable.

In keeping with the launch of "Keep it Local" campaign, the HM GOG are delighted to support the business community providing a concession of 3 hours free parking at Midtown, which allow the public to visit the town centre be it for commerce or leisure.

The Minister for Transport, the Hon. Minister Daryanani said, “I am delighted to announce this provision for residents. We are constantly listening to suggestions and feedback from the Public.”

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news GIBRALTAR NATIONAL TRAILS The Government has published a Command Paper for a Bill for an Act to set up the Gibraltar National Trails. This is a Manifesto commitment which sets out to encourage walking and protect rights of way into the future.

The National Trails cover many of the popular routes for walkers and both well-known and less well-known paths within the Nature Reserve. Some of the trails will be open as at present, other new ones will be opened up in the future. Further trails may be added at a later stage.

The trails are intended to establish walking routes in and around Gibraltar. They include established walks such as Mediterranean Steps and Martin’s Path on the Upper Rock. Less well known may be the area of Blackstrap Cove on the east side and Devil’s Tooth Path in the South District, which will be opened at a later date when some clearing works have been carried out. The path around Europe Point will be re-opened as soon as the works to the sports facilities are completed. All those paths that are currently openly accessible will continue to be so.

In the case of some of the newer paths were may be different arrangements in the interests of security.

The Government proposes to provide signposting and interpretation and to use them not just to encourage walking by Gibraltar residents, but also to attract visitors to the Rock.

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news ADDITIONAL TRIAL BUS ROUTES All new trial services will be provided IN ADDITION to the full current schedule of services.

New Route A will run from the Trafalgar Cemetery via Line Wall to the Sun Dial roundabout and return in a continuous loop. This service will see 2 buses running from 8am till 1.15pm Monday to Friday to provide further capacity for those seeking access to or wishing to cross the city centre via Line Wall Road. This service will not operate on weekends.

New Route B (B for Beaches) will run from Trafalgar Cemetery via Queensway and the Europort area, on to the beaches and then return via the same route. This service will be operated by 4 buses running from 1pm to 7pm daily, with weekend services covered by 6 buses running from 11am to 8pm.

New Route C (C for Circular) will be a circular route servicing town and the West side/Europort area on a loop from Trafalgar Cemetery via Line Wall Road, Corral Road, Waterport, returning via Bishop Caruana Road and Queensway back to the Trafalgar Cemetery. This route will operate on 2 buses from 8am till 1.15pm Monday to Friday, with services running from 8am till 2pm on Saturday and Sunday.

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news INCE’S HALL: PHASE ONE OF WORKS COMPLETE The Ince’s Hall Theatre is undergoing refurbishment to keep in line with Government’s commitment to accessibility.

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, can confirm that Phase One of the works have now been completed. The works entailed essential underpinning along the southern external wall to the Ince’s Hall Theatre, in the interests of safety.

The second phase of the project will include new accessible toilets on the ground floor, refurbishment of the ground floor changing rooms, installation of an outdoor lift direct to the auditorium and the installation of a stair lift to the sound and lights control room.

The project is set to be completed by the end of August.

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news SAFETY AT SEA – PADDLE BOARD USERS There has been a significant increase in the use of paddle boards by the general public from our local beaches. Some of these paddle boarders are venturing further away from the coastline every time. This can be a very risky thing to do, especially when you take into account that from a distance a person standing on a board may not be that visible, particularly to a vessel traveling at some speed.

like to advise those members of the public using this type of personal water craft that they should limit their use to within the area marked out by the beach marker buoys. For those members of the public wishing to venture further out, the strong advice is that they should wear a high

visibility floatation device so that they can be spotted at a distance.

The Gibraltar Port Authority would also like to remind small pleasure craft users to be vigilant at sea regardless of whether they are using a power driven vessel or not.

The Gibraltar Port Authority would

CLUBHOUSE GIBRALTAR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT With COVID-10 restrictions easing, Clubhouse Gibraltar are happy to announce that they are now able to open their doors up to a maximum of 20 people.

Clubhouse are able to provide this space to allow non-members to drop in and talk about things which may be troubling them, or that are impinging on their mental health and wellbeing.

Monday drop-in times are from 11:00am-1:00pm, at 304a Main Street, Gibraltar. For more information, call +350 200 68423 or email

support@clubhousegibraltar.com.

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CERTAIN ABOUT UNCERTAINTY

The new business market.

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he only certainty about business in the immediate future is uncertainty.

Every new successful business is normally well-planned ahead. It is quite fascinating to see that the best business ideas succeed because of the need of a certain product or service, and there are hundreds of examples throughout the business and trade history that can prove this.

business districts and not at the airports. Warren was a pilot and he simply could not get proper land transport at the airports where he landed. The need for this simple service made him establish his car rental business operating from airports. Avis was hugely successful and he sold his business in the mid-50s for a sum of some $77,000,000 USD in today’s money.

In the early 1950s, Warren Avis of America was the founder of The Avis Car rental business; he started renting cars out of major USA airports like Miami International and Michigan because there were not any companies doing this. There were car rental companies, certainly, but they were located in the

With modern technology everything is different, some entrepreneurs may think. I completely disagree I’m afraid.

Technology, if anything, makes us all speed things up to an incredible degree. But the basics of a business idea remain much the same as decades ago. Even centuries ago. It is very difficult

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"But the basics of a business idea remain the same." to sell something that people do not need and far easier to supply the consumer with something he really needs - like face masks during the pandemic. I can guarantee some companies have done remarkably well during the lockdown because of the high demand for their products. Some companies have had very serious problems of delivery on time due to a disproportionate demand by consumers.

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trends if compared to other times of the past, but the basics are all still there. People dress, wear shoes, do sports, travel, buy houses and cars. Rent property whilst on holiday, eat out in restaurants and one hundred other things. Just look out for the gap or the market niche. Spend time thinking what is missing.

Being a copy cat in business can work out fine, but if you enter the chosen field alone and nobody has touched that area before, your chances of a major success are far greater.

A friend once told me a story of a shoe company in Northampton, England. They sent two salesmen 20

"The first thing I do when I check in at a hotel is ask for an upgrade." to Africa in the early 20th century to study the market and eventually start a business over there. One of them came back to the boss and reported that the local Africans did not fancy European leather shoes and had their own sandals made by natives, so he thought little of any possibility of marketing shoes in East Africa. The other fellow, a

clever Yorkshire lad, just remarked to his boss that the Africans did not really have proper shoes and that he thought the possibilities of marketing leather shoes were excellent and he had decided to stay in Africa and sell British shoes to the locals. He was highly successful. This historical example shows us that there are always two sides to the story, and if you pick up the right one you may have hit a lucky spell.

Business in pre-pandemic days and post-pandemic days have a common denominator: the need for a product or service at the best possible price; value for money is what people want at GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020

business "Presentation is essential." can. You shall be amazed at your savings.

the end of the day. If they can get it via an application on their smartphones, so much the better.

In the old days, when I was in the hotel business, I used to travel and make all my hotel bookings via telephone. Now I simply use one of the various hotel booking companies. Time is priceless, so just let the applications do the job.

The first thing I do when I check in at a hotel is ask for an upgrade in lieu of a discount. My success rate is not bad.

There is one thing I know people do not do anymore. Haggle.

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online, in their view this is no longer the case. But I do it all the time. I had a French Basque client years ago who explained to me that he asked for discounts all over the place - even when shopping in Hermes in Paris! And he always got something. He was a very well-off entrepreneur who drove a Rolls Royce and dined at Maxim’s. As a self-made man, he knew hardship as a youngster and was a great believer in the old motto of ‘a penny saved is a penny earned’. Just ask the banks, who are kings of small commission charges and what have you. Copy them. Haggle as much as you

Every business idea has different ways of working out its development, but the basics are not that different from those in the past. Presentation is essential.

Today, being in this digital world it is of paramount importance.

There is a general feel amongst the public of wanting better quality even if you have to pay a little more. We are all aware that certain products made in some far away jurisdictions may be cheaper, but if the quality factor is not there this product will not last in the market. It may attract certain customers but the right approach is to obtain the right product at a good price. And do bear in mind that in Asia there are different levels of quality. From very low third class to top of the range which comes at a higher price obviously. The future may be closer to the higher end.

JORGE V.REIN PARLADE MBA Business Consultant +350 54045282 jorgeparlade@aol.com 21

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POST COVID HACK 2020 The global online blockchain hackathon.

BY DENISE MATTHEWS

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he challenges posed by the current health crisis around the world have shone the spotlight on the inability of some of the systems in place to cope with a pandemic like Covid-19. Blockchain technology is one of the industries that has actively provided solutions to some major issues faced in the supply and demand of medical products, for example, but there are many more. The online and mobile payment platform Alipay, part of Alibaba Group, created a blockchain-based solution to assist charitable organisations track donations of relief supplies efficiently and transparently.

This has motivated two of the most experienced companies in this field, Indorse and Coinsilium to come together and organise the Post Covid Hack 2020, a global 22

online blockchain hackathon where teams worldwide will create open solutions to overcome the health, economic, social and privacy challenges of the post-Covid19 era.

They have conducted a series of large and successful online hackathons for Dell, Rolls Royce and Grab.

Coinsilium relocated core operations from London to Gibraltar in March 2019 identifying the jurisdiction as one of the most developed in the regulation and licensing of companies using Distributed Ledger Technology.

events over the years.

Bringing the global blockchain community together since its inception, Coinsilium, the listed London-based investor, is one of the most well-connected institutions in the blockchain industry. The team at Coinsilium also has deep experience in organising and conducting successful Bitcoin and Blockchain

Indorse, along with their partners have conducted a series of large and successful online hackathons for Dell, Rolls Royce and Grab amongst others. A pillar of the blockchain community in Singapore since its early days, they bring unique experience and perspective in conducting online hackathons GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020

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and attracting teams and talents from within the global blockchain community. Indorse is well known for its global community of expert blockchain developers. These experts will act as evaluators to help review and identify the most promising projects.

The Post Covid Hack is a global initiative and is looking to unite approximately 200 participants from around the world. Together they will seek to attract highquality teams and talent, with an emphasis on hidden teams and talents.

They have also been active on the Gibraltar scene with their CEO Gaurang Torvekar participating in the Startup Grind panel discussion on ‘Blockchain Technology and Opportunity for Gibraltar’ hosted

by Coinsilium in January. The Indorse team were also selected as an exhibiting ‘Growth Startup’ at the San Francisco Global conference this year after being recommended by the local chapter.

Some of the areas in which the Post Covid Hack can make a difference are enabling financial inclusion and helping reduce the

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digital divide, promoting diversity in the tech community and creating inclusive identity systems.

One of the main hackathon tracks, Financial Inclusion, is led by IIOVlabs, a Gibraltarregistered blockchain company focused on developing various implementations of the RSK Blockchain and RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF).

“We are delighted to be part of

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business this initiative as enabling financial inclusion through our platforms is our mission. We really hope that coming together as a community to the service of humanity throughout these challenging times in order to foster creative solutions based on blockchain and RSK technologies will help make a difference”, said Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar, IOVlabs CEO.Locally on the 19th June, the Gibraltar Government launched the contact tracing app ‘BEAT Covid Gibraltar’. Contact tracing is another important part of a public health response to the COVID-19 virus and provides valuable support to the work in fighting the virus.

One of the major concerns of the use of this type of app is personal data collection, in this case

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remaining completely anonymous.

Albert Isola, Minister for Digital and Financial Services said at the time of the launch, “The app is designed with your privacy in mind. This means that the app will not process any location data or any other information about you or your contacts. In our fight against this virus, it is essential that people support our efforts by downloading the app. The more people that download the app, the more effective it will be.”

As the local Government continues to successfully provide Gibraltar with the resources and solutions to respond to the health crisis, the World Health Organisation

congratulated local officials adding a great deal could be learned from their approach.

Using Blockchain technology to further these efforts through supporting the Post Covid Hack, HMGoG’s Gibraltar Finance is the official government partner. This is a great opportunity to unite with leading blockchain companies and builders to fight the post-Covid risks and work towards building a better future.

The first online events for the hackathon's track partners will start end of July 2020. The official launch date of the Post Covid Hack is August 10th. For more information visit www.postcovidhack.com.

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CUTTING COSTS WITHOUT THE PAIN

The COVID-19 downturn is already underway and the long-term economic impact remains uncertain. Businesses have been exposed to unforeseen risks that range from loss of revenues and profits to the total shutdown of operations. Cost reduction is currently at the forefront of many business managers’ list of priorities, whilst maintaining a cautious growth strategy.

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hen considering cost reduction, we often tell our clients to forget about finding a single idea that would radically change the cost structure of their business or department, thereby solving their problem in one go. Instead, you should plan to reach your goal with a combination of 10 or more actions. Second, the degree of disruption caused by your reductions will usually be proportional to the degree of cutting you do. Therefore, you should tailor the reductions you pursue to your savings goal.

Incremental ideas with minimal impact on the business can allow you to trim up to 10% of costs. Re-organisation ideas often eliminate the lowest-value activities, with moderate impact on the business and can help cut expenses by up to 20%.

Cross-department and programelimination ideas are usually necessary when you’re aiming for 30% or more, but they have the greatest potential to be organisationally disruptive.

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WHAT COSTS TO CUT FIRST? The 80/20 principle states that 80% of the outcome is caused by 20% of the effort. You can apply this powerful principle to limit expenses on those 80% activities that are not generating enough income for you. Examples of simple to implement costs savings ideas include: Use Freeware and Cloud Computing: Almost every computer program you have purchased or subscribed to, has a free alternative - you just need to look for it. From free accounting and invoicing programs to web design, marketing and legal document preparation tools.

You can save a lot of time and resources by adopting cloud computing. Employees can work remotely and use online collaboration tools to get the work done. For example, you can use Dropbox to share files, ProfitBooks for managing finances

online, WebEx or Skype to have virtual meetings.

Go Green: Going green is not only a great PR move, it’s also a smart financial move. Simple moves such as keeping equipment on a power strip and turning it off when not in use will reduce your energy costs. Maximising use of online document sharing, signing documents electronically and printing on both sides of the paper, will reduce paper waste and cost.

Reduce the number of landline phones: If you are one of those businesses that still using landlines, it’s time to think again.

There was a time when a landline phone was a necessity, but it’s no longer the case. Mobile phones are cheaper and offer much flexibility. You can use cloud telephony system to route calls between mobile numbers.

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business 80% of the outcome is caused by 20% of the effort.

70% by buying used computer equipment, copiers and office furniture. You can find some great deals in local Facebook groups listing second hand items, or in local press listings.

REDUCING OPERATIONAL COSTS Once we are done with the ‘cosmetics’, it’s time to tackle some of the more costly operational items, for example: Pool Purchasing Power: Find other small business owners and collaborate with them to save money on supplies and other goods. You can even save money while importing goods from another country, by partnering with other businesses to share the cost of a container or delivery truck which is normally accessible to only big businesses that have a large order.

Don’t Buy in Bulk: Often, small business owners buy things like office supplies in bulk because it seems less expensive to buy that way. For instance, if you buy a 100 sets of printing paper, your cost per set will be less than if you bought them one at a time.

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you’d either lose them or find that most of them worn out before you get around to using them. As a small business owner, you could greatly reduce their expenses by buying only what you need today – not what you think you’ll need tomorrow. The focus should be to improve the cash flow.

Track inventory closely: If you run an inventory-based business, carrying less inventory means having less money tied up and more money in the bank.

Begin monitoring inventory more closely to make sure you aren’t spending more than is really needed. If you manage inventory manually, consider adopting an inventory management software to keep better track.

Outsource NonCritical Tasks: There are a lot of tasks that can be outsourced these days. Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, our company has been providing outsourced CFO services, non-executive directors, compliance outsourcing and HR related support particularly with employee relocations. Nowadays you can hire freelancers online through sites like Upwork or Fiverr who can take up various short-term projects to design company logo, do social media

promotion, maintain accounts, generate sales leads and much more.

There are plenty of other areas in the business in which to reduce costs including banking & financing costs, treasure management, recruitment, logistics and more. With little imagination and experience, you can find out the way to cut costs and save money in your business.

It always helps to talk to fellow entrepreneurs and business advisors and understand best ways to save money from their experience, and remember: doing it right costs less than doing it over!

ERAN SHAY, Managing Director & AYELET MAMO SHAY, Business Development Director of Benefit Business Solutions Ltd. (+350) 200 73669 general@benefitgibraltar.com 27

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NEW PARTNER FOR ISOLAS LLP ISOLAS LLP promotes Property and Private Client Practitioner to Partner

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SOLAS LLP has announced the appointment of popular property lawyer Sarah Miles to Partner, as Gibraltar continues to ease lockdown restrictions and boost the economy.

Sarah, who joined the firm in December 2012, has been instrumental in developing the firm’s property and private client areas. She is acknowledged by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading property practitioners in the jurisdiction.

Sarah regularly advises banks on lending facilities for residential and commercial matters and is the go-to person for property-related advice. She has built up a strong client portfolio over the years and is praised for her ‘efficiency and client orientated approach’.

Sarah also drafted the legislation in relation to the Lasting Powers of Attorney & Capacity Act 2018 which removed a lacuna in our legislation and brought us up to date with modern international legislative practice.

Commenting on the appointment ISOLAS LLP Senior Partner, Peter Isola, said “I am delighted to welcome Sarah to the partnership, a well-respected lawyer with a strong positive attitude.

This appointment, at this time, demonstrates the firm’s

confidence in Sarah and our determination to retain our status as a market leader in the property and private client sectors. In the challenging economic times currently being faced both internationally and in Gibraltar, Sarah further strengthens ISOLAS and brings the high work ethic required to be a partner at ISOLAS LLP. I look forward to continuing to work with Sarah, as part of the team at ISOLAS, for many years to come.”

In addition to her property work, Sarah has been active in the introduction of key new legislation acting for HM Government of Gibraltar in the drafting of the Fair Trading Act and the legal framework required for the establishment of an Office of Fair Trading in Gibraltar, including the Code of Conduct for Estate Agents.

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BY ROMINA MAYANI NANKANI, CYE-CYL

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o you embrace your originality and individuality on a day to day basis? Imagine how free that would feel… to actually do what you like and express yourself as you are without dampening your personality.

I loved this conversation with Marie. I learnt so much from her journey and her perseverant nature that at the start of the conversation, I was in limbo of a course I wanted to take, and by the end of it, I was very sure!

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at the beginning but narrowed it down to this one. “I want to know what drove your compassionate nature to want to help people.”

“I was involved in art from a very young age. I was a quiet child and was constantly colouring or drawing with my colouring pencils always handy. I knew from a young age I wanted to be an art teacher.

“Funnily enough, as life flew by with its fair amount of challenges and experiences, I somehow attempted a course at university

"Imagine how free that would feel…" which wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do and didn’t draw me into the world of art and teaching as I had hoped for. The university I was in was completely the wrong choice I had made to pursue the career I was so passionate about.

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"It ignited a beacon within me to go for something that could help people overcome." quite disheartened and packed my passion aside of continuing with art. I went on to become a Certified Accountant and kept on that career path for a number of years.

It wasn’t until quite a few years later, that I came across an article written by a lady called Edith Kramer. She was a pioneer for Art Therapy in the USA. I read up on her more and more and understood how she worked to help children and young people to express their feelings and emotions through the use of art.

That’s when I realised that I had underestimated the value art had in my life. Edith’s journey ignited a beacon within me to go for something that could help people overcome so much and discover so much as well.

given me full access to paint and draw expressively on my walls and ceilings. Once I began working on Art Therapy courses, it reinforced my desire to want to facilitate tools to people so that they too can discover how great they are through expressing themselves and letting go of their own inhibitions through drawing and painting. I have always been very different and always looked for ways to do things without being confined to societal restrictions. I encourage people to do the same and discover their own strengths and passions respectfully setting aside what others may feel is good for them ( with this I refer to their passions of course).”

Wow! I loved her energy. It was contagious throughout the conversation.

Marie is also married and has to gorgeous kids who together with her husband have been her driving force to keep trying and pushing to achieve her goals (as well as her family of course).

Contact Marie at artfulremedy77@gmail.com. She will be carrying out courses during August 2020 for teenagers called ‘Express Yourself’, which I highly recommend! Find Marie’s page, Artful Remedy, on Facebook.

I undertook courses under the online tutelage of Cathy Malchiodi and also attended workshops in counselling to understand more about how to incorporate and apply art in helping people in need of support.”

I didn’t intercept with questions as I was listening attentively to what she had to say.

“Romina, I grew up in the 90s where the world was changing drastically and young people struggled to cope. They didn’t have the effective strategies that have become available today. I was not a social person and took refuge in the art studio at school or at home where my mum had GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020

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Riding the waves of change.

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hat is required to navigate the rapidly changing world we are living in?

Our world is changing constantly, now more than ever, and with the increased levels of connectivity the speed of change in our personal lives, our work, and the world we live in is more apparent to all of us.

From the direct effects of COVID-19, the knock-on effects to the economy, to the rapidly approaching future effects of bioengineering and biotechnology plus the changes to our climate and environment; we cannot rely on history to tell us how best to navigate all of this.

Fear and worry are affecting many, from governments and business’s to individuals.

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an Event by Auxilium Not knowing what the future will look like, but knowing that significant change is occurring, we need to focus on how best to adapt and actively direct this change.

Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity are skills that are fundamental to navigate change even more than knowledge and experience.

Whether on a business level, personal level, government or global level, the skills required to utilise this change as an opportunity for a greater future lay present in each of us.

CRITICAL THINKING

The skills to navigate change first come from acknowledging our own ignorance and allowing ourselves to be comfortable with not knowing - this is the foundation to experience change positively.

Becoming aware to what we pay attention to and take responsibility for how we experience is second.

Is the ability to thinking outside our current model of the world, and outside our conditioned and current ways of working and living, the status quo. For this we need to put aside our preconceived ideas and bring curiosity to every aspect of life and work.

Whilst being broad in our view, looking at the bigger picture, and looking for positives and solutions within everything we encounter, we can stay aligned with ourselves and be open for new possibilities and ideas to arise.

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An environment conducive to creativity is one of trust, focused on possibilities and taking action without attachment to the outcome.

COMMUNICATION Communication is 90% listening and 10% speaking. How often do we think of the answer whilst listening, or even before a conversation has even taken place?!

perspectives, enables us to more fully connect and collaborate. And the same is true for being selfaware of our own limited views, bias’s, conditioning, perceptions and perspectives COLLABORATION

"Human beings do not succeed in isolation; we are at our best when working together."

Perpetuating our own limited and ignorant view, instead of truly listening for something new, something useful, a different perspective or asking a question that focuses our attention on new possibilities is merely a habit that can be changed. When we listen beyond words we allow the expression of another to reverberate within us before responding, and allow space for new and greater understanding.

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The evolution of humanity was not an individual’s feat, but through collaboration and collective change has humanity evolved and progressed. Human beings do not succeed in isolation; we are interconnected and are at our best when working together.

Cavemen eventually realised that it was more effective to operate as a tribe to provide sustained safety, food and shelter. From there, humanity developed into what is now a complex system of interdependencies and connections that has enabled humanity to progress and live at a higher level.

CREATIVITY Creativity requires space and action. Playfulness, asking questions and being open to not knowing and trying again and again creates a space for new ways to solving problems, implement solutions and develop

Cultivating critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity increases our ability to learn new things and maintain our mental balance, I call this stepping up and leading from within.

Through awareness we can take responsibility of how we show up in the world and understand our deep drivers, our purpose and values. This enables us to make better choices that are less influenced by conditioning, beliefs and stories to navigate change effectively.

We can then stay connected to who we are, our core values and a future with all its possibilities, at which point innovating and re-inventing ourselves, business’s and society becomes effortless.

Kerstin Andlaw www.auxiliumctc.com Kerstin Andlaw is an Executive, Performance and Wellbeing Coach, mindfulness facilitator and founder of Auxilium CTC - a Performance and Wellbeing Consultancy and founder of Working Minds.

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GIBRALTAR’S QUEEN OF LOCKDOWN

BY DAVID REVAGLIATTE

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et’s face it. The last few months have been a rollercoaster, haven’t they?

We ended last year just about getting over what had been an interminable Brexit-themed soap opera and many of us had started 2020 with a little more clarity about the future, feeling somewhat hopeful about what this new year would bring…

And then the coronavirus started to emerge from the East. And with it came a whole raft of uncertainties, a fresh wave of alarming headlines, stark warnings about the economy, a closed frontier and a strict lockdown for our over 70s. Everything that we took for granted - we were told - could no longer be guaranteed and for some time in late March, the future looked bleak. So we set about figuring out how to adapt.

Our living rooms became home offices, Zoom became ‘the’ place to be on Friday and Saturday nights and we became experts at washing our hands and practising the very un-Gibraltarian trait of keeping our distance.

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of the news. For many - myself included - that comfort was found in the kitchen. With my favourite bars and restaurants closed and food deliveries saved for special occasions, I had no choice but to chop, mix and create my own Russian salads, slow-cook my carne en salsa and make my own pasta-soaked rostos. In need of recipes, I took to the internet for inspiration and that’s when I came across Sonia de la Rosa.

COMFORT IN FOOD Sonia de la Rosa has become somewhat of a celebrity during the pandemic. Through the weeks Gibraltar was in lockdown, she started to share videos of herself cooking some of Gibraltar’s bestloved dishes on Facebook to the glee of people everywhere. In just three months, her Facebook group named ‘Sonia’s Recipes’ has amassed just under 5,000 members - that’s more than Hungry Monkey by the way - and her book, Mama Sonia’s Cooking with Passion has been sent all over the world. Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, she’s just launched a YouTube channel.

In order to get the lowdown behind one of the lockdown’s

"It was so lovely seeing people share pictures of their own dishes." biggest success stories, I recently met Sonia at the home she shares with her husband. Greeting me at the door with a smile, she waves and says “Come in, come in” and walks me past the kitchen in which she films her videos and into her living room. “I’ve just finished making a stuffed chicken for lunch - if you’re not in a rush you could stay and eat as there’ll be plenty!” she says.

Totally gutted that I was in fact in a rush, we both take a seat on her comfy leather sofas. As soon as I sit down, I feel right at home; Sonia’s living room is familiar and welcoming, her television is on and showing the news, there are family photographs on the walls and along the mantlepiece - it feels like I am visiting my auntie rather than someone I’ve just met.

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life "I used to help her in the kitchen every day" socially distant greeting or in reaction to the news headlines showing on a now-muted television, our conversation kicks off with mention of the pandemic.

“It’s absolutely terrible what’s happening isn’t it?” she says. “At the start of this all I really didn’t know how things were going to turn out - one of the biggest scares for me came when I found out about the extra graves being created at the cemetery - it really had an impact on me.” In the same breath, she flipped it to a positive saying, “seeing Gibraltar come together has been so good, we have a strong sense of community here and that helped us all through I think - I did my part and started baking and cooking for the care workers and GHA staff, I sent them all some treats - I saw that they posted it on social media - I hope they enjoyed them!”.

On the subject of the lockdown, I asked Sonia about how she decided to start posting recipes and videos of her cooking, “I was encouraged to do it by my family!

I had been posting recipes on the Facebook group ‘Gibraltar’s Home Cooking’ by Yvette Casaglia and I had started getting some comments and requests so back in April my grandchildren said, “Mama why don’t you start your own group?” and that was how it started. I then started getting requests for recipes and started to film myself cooking them in my kitchen - it was so lovely seeing people comment and share pictures of their own dishes, it 36

makes me so happy knowing that people enjoy cooking as much as I do.”

ACCIDENTAL AUTHOR One of the parallel successes to the Facebook group has been her book Mama Sonia’s Cooking with Passion book which has become a welcome addition to many a llanito kitchen. “Well, the success of the book took me by surprise,” she smiles, “in fact, the whole thing was a bit of a surprise, including the book itself! Liam Baldachino, my granddaughter’s boyfriend called me up one day and said: ‘Sonia, I have a surprise for you’ - I had thought that maybe he was calling to tell me he’d passed his exams at university, but he had actually gone and made me the book! It’s such a lovely gesture, considering the fact I didn’t choose the recipes featured myself. It includes a great selection of home and restaurant favourites.”

My natural next question was for what recipes she felt were missing from this book, her eyes lit up and she showed me a huge ring binder file. Almost full-to-bursting, each page included photographs and carefully written recipes, “I have been writing and keeping recipes for years, I am planning another book of classic local dishes - you know, the dishes we have all grown up with the ones that we all remember and love.

I hope to get onto getting the book ready soon!”

Sonia’s love of cooking is palpable, I wanted to know where the passion for the kitchen came from, “Ever since I was a little girl, I remember enjoying it. I come from a humble family and when I was very young I used to watch my Spanish mother cook - I used to help her in the kitchen every day and that’s where I started picking up techniques and recipes - even when we went to see my auntie I would head into the kitchen and help them prepare meals by with things like peeling potatoes, chop vegetables - pretty much anything they needed help with.” I asked her whether she thought that some traditional dishes are being lost through the generations, “Yes, absolutely, that’s what people tend to write when I post my videos and recipes, it’s like nostalgia for a different time most of my recipes are so simple and I am just so proud and happy to help preserve that little bit of Gibraltarian tradition.”

If this feature’s left you wanting more, search ‘Sonia’s Recipes’ on Facebook to access loads of tasty local recipes. You can also place an order for her book.

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YESTERYEAR ON THE BEACH ...COVID-FREE! We’re well into it now; summer is the season and, on the beach, it’s: ‘Respect my space’, ‘Not too close, please’, ‘Keep to the rules’... Or, at the time of reading this article has it all gone back to normal - albeit the new one?

BY RICHARD CARTWRIGHT

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es, we’re into August now but there are still quite a few weeks of summer left, beaching it well into September and for some, beyond that. The dreaded virus has been a nuisance in so many ways, hasn’t it? And as we’ve moved into beaching season, I’m sure it’s become a bit of a headache trying to enjoy our summery weather, fingering the sand out of our toes, joining family and friends at the seaside, all whilst endeavouring to stick to the rules. Hopefully by now, Covid-19 has drifted out to sea never to return, things have settled down and we can all take a dip, sit on the sand for a chat and be free of infection.

As I thought about all the dos and don’ts handed down to us at the beginning of the season on how many allowed on the beach at one time for just 30 minutes and not to group together and so on, reminiscences of the happy, halcyon days of beach going in the 50s and 60s came flooding back: 38

The beaches were in the same place of course and still there today also, The Calpe and Mediterranean rowing clubs and the Yacht Club, but we also had the Montagu Sea Bathing Pavilion (now an office building next to the entrance to Montagu Gardens, where the facade of the building has been kept) and the MOD had their private swimming venues too.

‘El Montiqu’ was a very popular place to go to in Queensway which was within walking distance if you lived in town as I did. Four ‘old currency’ pennies (4d) would get you in and if you turned up early you would be given a key attached to a chunky piece of wood (in case you dropped it in the sea) for your cubicle. There was a ladies side and a men’s side and an area for mixed bathing and chatting in the centre of the building. Sunning terraces were separate also. As the season got into full swing all of our sandy (and one or two more stony) shores became overwhelmed with bodies seeking the sun’s rays and

a well-deserved fresh dip in the sea.

There were those who, apart from spending summer in their respective rowing and yacht clubs, would go to beaches and hotel pools in Getares (just past Algeciras), Palmones and up the east coast in Spain. Estepona and Marbella were just fishing villages in the 50s and 60s and travelling up to the Costa del Sol today has become very popular also.

Everything imaginable was carted down to the beach.

But closer to home, what clearly comes to mind is the passionate way in which lovers of summertime and spending the day (the whole day and every day) at the beach took to the exercise GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020

life – yes exercise - of preparing, planning and mobilising to their favourite sand spot or plot at their chosen beach. For some, even today, the trend of old remains, like rising at 7am to get food ready (much of it probably prepared the night before) and setting off ASAP, getting there nice and early and staying till the sun has well and truly gone to bye-byes.

Everything imaginable was carted down to the beach and for many in those days - there not being as many car owners as we have today - catching a bus was a logistical undertaking, whilst others would haul everything down on foot. Items would include everything - almost including the kitchen sink! Beach tents, tables, comfortable beach chairs and umbrellas, rubber rings, the odd lilo, board games, wine, beers, soft drinks, gallons of water, cooler bags, water melons to be buried in the sand washed by the cool (or warm) Mediterranean

Sea, and did I forget to mention food? Morrison’s would be put to shame!

"It would look ridiculously embarrassing… but nobody cared!"

Extras might include binoculars, fishing tackle, and a radio. It was a military operation indeed, which would (and still does for some families) run right through the season and continue past the new school term in September - especially if the weather was good. Today, many (and especially the younger element of our community) will order takeaways from the delivery services we now enjoy, even spending National Day on the beach where the event may have to be celebrated

this year individually or in small groups due to Covid-19 in order to cut down on the thousands which normally congregate at Casemates.

But there were other marked differences spending the day at the beach in the 50s and 60s.

Swimwear looked so different then. Most ladies wore swimsuits or two-piece bathing costumes, and skinny dippy bikinis were nowhere to be seen, slowly appearing sometime later in the 60s. Many men wore tight fitting Jantzen swimming trunks. The less privileged could be seen wearing an old pair of shorts or even a modified piece of exclusive swimwear, namely, a bespoke pullover worn upside down sewn together where your head would come through with the wearer’s legs pushed through the arm ‘holes’ and pulled up to your waist. When returning from the sea your pullover-cum-swimsuit would weigh down heavily with a

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Multi-coloured lilos and other beach toys were rare. You may have seen a couple of boring olive green lilos here and there and perhaps the odd large aircraft

undercarriage inner tube or car tyres used as rubber rings spotted lying on the sand. Ice cream vendors on their tricycle carts, the cake man and his baskets selling japonesas and milhojas who would do the rounds at teatime, as did the Calentita guy, and the man with his hot water cauldron full of boiling water where thirsty beachgoers would line up with their saucepans, kettles or thermos flasks ready to fill up for an old penny or two and enjoy their must-have afternoon tea...

Teatime is a must for us on the Rock, isn’t it?!

So what is, or will be, the ‘new normal’ on our beaches now? Or will there be a need for changes to include different practices which we will have to become accustomed to? Will it ever be as carefree and unrestricting as in the past? Maybe not, but summer has truly arrived, here to

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"Extras might include binoculars, fishing tackle, and a radio." be enjoyed by all and if there are changes to abide by, the beach can surely still be a fun place to be as it was in the 50s, 60s and every decade leading up to the present.

No doubt every patch of sand somehow, with increased numbers attending, needs to be taken up sensibly but swimming and splashing in the abundant, open sea will require fewer restrictions – the Med is generous. So enjoy the sun and sea and have fun, but please... no ugly, olive green lilos!

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A HONEY BUZZARD AND A BIRDMAN

Birds that fly long distances over water will often stop for a time on a boat to rest, but they aren’t usually raptors. So, crew of the Norlift were surprised when an exhausted European Honey Buzzard flopped onto the deck as the pipe-laying ship worked in the Hudson oil field of the North Sea.

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he female Honey Buzzard, so named because of their diet of bee and wasp larvae, had been caught up in a fierce storm and was near death when it found the Norlift.

Crane operator and animal lover Kevin Burton was assigned the task of nursing the bird back to health. Because Honey Buzzards migrate from Europe to the warmth of the jungles of western and central Africa each winter it was determined that once the bird was healthy, she would be taken to Gibraltar and then released.

Honey Buzzards (Pernis apivorus) like to soar and require thermals for easier, long-distance flight.

They avoid large bodies of water and so pass over the Straits of Gibraltar when migrating between Europe and Africa.

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The story of the rescued Buzzard was picked up by the Aberdeen Evening Express and Burton was interviewed for the November 10th, 1998 edition of the newspaper.

"His left shoulder became her preferred perch."

“I’ve been called the Birdman of the Norlift for this”, said Burton.

“The bird was absolutely on its last legs and I am sure it wouldn’t have made it if we hadn’t done something. I’ve certainly never

seen a bird of prey on a vessel before, so it’s a pretty unique event.”

The bird was too tired to resist Burton’s attention and once it realised it wouldn’t be harmed it became quite tame. Burton fed it by hand and after a few days she hopped onto his arm and then onto his left shoulder, which became her preferred perch.

After twelve days at sea, the Norlift arrived in Scotland and the Buzzard was taken to the SSPCA, the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, at Dundee.

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SHOULDER HIGH: Kevin Burton with the honey buzzard he nursed back to health.

protected bird. In fact, it took three experienced handlers to identify her as a juvenile honey buzzard as they are so rare in this part of the world.

“She was quite thin and fatigued when we took responsibility for her. If she had been released in Scotland, she wouldn’t have made it. But thanks to British Airways we were able to fly her to a bird sanctuary in Gibraltar and she now has a very good chance of survival. The bird is expected to be released into the wild just after Christmas.”

I have been unable to find a follow up on how the release went, hopefully it was fine, and our Honey Buzzard enjoyed a warm winter in Africa. A Honey Buzzard was seen on the Rock as recently as June 20th this year. It 44

could have been the bird of our story as the species’ average life expectancy in the wild is 29 years. She would be about 24 now, and after her experience in the North Sea I am sure she wouldn’t be averse to hitching a ride on a passing ship.

Anyone interested in the migration of birds via Gibraltar and their welfare should contact the Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society at Field Centre, Jews’ Gate, Upper Rock Nature Reserve, PO Box, 843, info@gonhs.org.

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KILLER THRILLER Crime never sleeps. Nor do crime writers.

BY ELENA SCIALTIEL

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fter a literary vacation which left fans longing for more adventure and perhaps romance, no-nonsense British detective sergeant Tamara Sullivan, demoted to a punishing secondment with the Royal Gibraltar Police, and her gentlemanly local chief inspector Gus Broderick, armed with aplomb and bonhomie, return in a new page-turner by Robert Daws, British TV and theatre actor and screenwriter (as well as ‘trumpet player and bewildered tweeter’, according to his Twitter account).

Gibraltar with the only intention to clear her reputation and reinstate her rank to be posted back home ASAP, but also how, while professionally handling two cliffhanging investigations, she warmed up to the sense of community, and the fondness for the place that goes above and beyond the weather. So they will not be surprised to learn that, at the end of her mandatory spell on the Rock, Tamara decides to stay a little longer, just on time for an international puzzle coming her way.

Gibraltarians are familiar with him not only on screen, watching him playing iconic roles in Casualty, Poldark, The Secret of Sherlock Holmes or Yes Prime Minister, just to quote some, but especially for his participation as a speaker and Just A Minute live contestant in past editions of the Gibunco Literary Festival.

Like the previous stories, Killing Rock is set in the summer of 2015, but it expands across the border and across the continents, weaving together events seemingly unrelated in space and time. It reaches out to Spain, the United States and the Far East, as two initially separate investigations – one into the discovery of a mummified body at a demolition site in Gibraltar, and the other into the massacre of a family in a Puerto Banús mansion - collide and cooperate, thanks to both police forces’ professionalism and competence, as well as

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personal friendships quickly forged and solidly established.

When it becomes clear that the ‘gruesome, dangerous and elusive murder investigation’ is unravelling as a ‘nightmarish quest to stop more killings’, Sullivan and Broderick find themselves tangled in ‘the ghosts of murders past and a very real threat to their own lives in the present’.

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literature "Gibraltar draws me back with the friendliness, kindness, and humour of its people." mysteries in the past and makes his characters dig deep in history.

He says this plot was inspired by facts he learnt about, and something that happened to him, when he was in the States during the 80s.

Fact or fiction, the truth about this novel is that Tamara is here to stay, to learn how the past affects the present in mysterious and sometimes murderous ways, and to appreciate togetherness and friendship, no matter if she and Gus actually spend most of the enquiry apart.

“Gibraltar draws me back again and again with the friendliness, kindness, and humour of its people, who have been through a lot and have developed a sense of stoicism that leads to optimism,” the author says. “This story wouldn’t be the same if it was set elsewhere. Gibraltar is my motivation to write these books, as I am a regular visitor when I can. And so, Tamara is warming up to the Rock and will eventually stay. In Gib and with me.”

He notes that there is a tradition of setting crime novels in Gibraltar, mentioning as an example Thomas Mogford’s dapper lawyer Spike Sanguinetti: “So I am following the trend, with big shoes to fill.

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of having multiplied the murder rate in Gibraltar, but this pure entertainment, and I hope to be forgiven for that,” he jokes.

No worries, though: after staring down the chasms of danger, Sullivan, Broderick and their new pals will live to see another day, and in fact will soon embark in their fourth adventure, Blood Rock due in early 2021.

“The plot is ready; the research is done. Now I only have to write it,” Robert says, planning to make the most of the free time landed in his otherwise busy schedule during the lengthy suspension of theatre performances and TV productions filming, which he expects to last for the best part of, if not all, this year.

He says to be relieved that Covid-19 hasn’t severely hit Gibraltar, and he wishes Gibraltarians a safe passage through these unusual times - killing time by reading Killing Rock, of course - but he mourns how the UK is paying a high price in terms of human lives lost as well as the inevitable economic recession sparked by lockdown.

As an artist, he’s felt the crunch, when his company’s tour was cancelled overnight: “One night we were on stage in Yorkshire, last show before packing up and moving elsewhere, when we were told the next theatre we were due at was closing down until further notice, and we were sent home to self-isolate.”

He continues: “It immediately felt like extraordinary times with something unpleasant going on.”

But the sense of foreboding was mitigated by the perks of spending more time with his family: “It felt

as if time had stopped. Being a family making the most of lockdown with Scrabble, and other traditional pastimes, mitigated the effects of this ghastly episode in our lives.”

"I am following the trend, with big shoes to fill."

To him, one of the lessons to be learnt from the pandemic is that people and countries work so much better when they work together than when they work against each other.

Killing Rock is published by Hobeck Books and is now available online.

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How to draw the Temple of Concordia in 8 easy steps.

BY BEA GARCIA This month we are at the ancient Greek Temple of Concordia, which surprisingly sits not in Greece but in Sicily! This beautiful temple is one of 7 collectively called the Valley of Temples. Happy drawing!

STEP 1: Lightly draw a rectangle 13.5cm across by 11.25cm down.

Your temple will sit within this rectangle.

STEP 2: We are going to start drawing in dividing lines to separate the different parts of the temple.

2.25cm up from the base line of your initial rectangle, draw a dashed horizontal line 13.5cm long. This is where your steps end and the columns begin. For the area of the columns draw in another dashed horizontal line 5.6cm above it. Draw a final horizontal line, 1.1cm above this one. Your drawing should now look something like this.

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art STEP 3: From the topmost line of the initial rectangle you drew, make a mark at the central point (6.75cm in). Then draw 2 diagonal lines on either side of the central point, down towards the first dashed horizontal line. Make the first dashed line solid. We have marked out the top of our temple.

STEP 4: Below this triangle, draw a horizontal line 11.5cm long on the next dashed line. Leave a 1cm gap on each side of this line.

STEP 5: Now for the columns. In ancient Greek architecture there were typically 3 types of columns that they used to use: Corinthian, Doric, and Ionic. You can tell which type they were by the decoration at the top of the column. In this case, we will be drawing Doric columns which have a square slab at the top of the column and no slab at the base.

We will first mark out where each column will sit. Each column will be 1.5cm wide, and each gap between the columns, 0.5cm.

Starting at the far left hand side below the horizontal line that you have just drawn, make a mark 1.5cm in. Measure 0.5cm from that mark and make another mark.

You have now marked out where the first column will sit as well as the space beside it. Next to that mark, make another mark, 1.5cm along from that one. Keep going till you reach the end of your temple. You should have 5 spaces and 6 columns. See the drawing for reference.

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art STEP 6: For each column we will now draw the stone slab. 0.3 below the marks you made for each column, draw a 1.5cm long horizontal line.

Join up the horizontal lines to make up the rectangular square slabs.

Below the stone slabs draw a curved bowl shape. Below this draw 2 vertical lines for each column, ending at the next horizontal dashed line. The lines should taper gently outwards. The columns should be a smaller width than the bowl shapes you have just drawn.

STEP 7: For the steps leading up the temple, draw a solid line 11.5cm below your columns. Below this line drawn another 0.5cm below.

This line should also be 11.5cm long. Join up your two horizontal lines to create your first step.

Draw a second step 0.5cm below the first, this one, 11.7cm in length. Then a third, 0.6cm below, 12.5cm in length. The final step should be 0.6cm below and 13cm in length.

STEP 8: For the finishing details, draw a smaller triangle within the larger triangle to create some depth. For the columns, draw in vertical lines at even intervals. And finally, for the section above the stone slabs, draw in a horizontal line halfway down that section.

As a final touch, why not add a splash of colour?

We would love to see your finished entries! Tag @thegibraltarmagazine and @b_garcia_art on Instagram for a chance to be featured. We look forward to seeing them!

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BOOKISH...

Join us for our monthly book club!

BY JOEL FRANCIS

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hat does 1970s Brooklyn, a dystopian Britain where the population is held captive in massive citadels, and conspiracy theories about 12'' shape-shifting reptiles have in common?

Not much except those are part of the stories that I've read in the past month. These three books are varied in genre and tone but are all fantastic, and I hope there is something that will pique your interest and make you want to pick up one of the books.

Enjoy your reading!

ANOTHER BROOKLYN Jacqueline Woodson Genre: Historical Fiction What’s in the pages? In the 1970s there existed two versions of Brooklyn. One version is one that August and her friends know, having fun, sharing confidence and ruling the city streets. They believed that Brooklyn was part of why they were so beautiful, talented, brilliant, and they thought that their friendships would last forever.

But the other version of Brooklyn is a seedier, more dangerous place. Full of men who grab for young girls in the safety of darkness, mothers disappeared, and the monsters aren't just under your bed.

Why should you read it? What a beautiful book; seriously, it's stunning.

Essentially, this book is a 177-page poem. Woodson does a fantastic job of transporting you back into the 1970s and capturing the experience of childhood naivety and carelessness while also transposing it against the backdrop of the protagonist August's adult life. There is plenty to go back to in this short novel - coping with loss, the black experience in the 1970s, how the things we go through and the memories we have shape us as individuals... it is a remarkable exploration of the human spirit and the human condition. I can't wait to reread it!

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THEM: ADVENTURES WITH EXTREMISTS Jon Ronson Genre: Non Fiction/ Humour/ Politics What’s in the pages? When Jon Ronson started Them, it was a mission to meet the world's extremists. Through doing that he learns that Islamic fundamentalists, neoNazis and the Ku-Klux-Klan all share a bizarre belief - that a tiny group of the shadowy elite run the world from a secret room.

His book then took a different turn; he was on the hunt to try and expose ‘them’, whoever ‘they’ are.

As a Jewish journalist, he's often considered part of their group, but he has never been invited to a meeting. Until he manages to infiltrate one in the forests of northern California where he witnesses CEOs and politicians take part in a bizarre owl ritual.

Why should you read it? In a hilarious tale of the hatred that men can harbour, Jon Ronson takes on the people at the fringes of society. He talks to extremists, hate groups and conspiracy theorists (most notably Alex Jones) and highlights their different factions and the infighting they have against each other.

When most people think of conspiracy theories about the Bilderberg group and the ‘ruling elite’, they often think about 12'' shape-shifting lizards.

Still, the truth is much more rational, but also, more bizarre.

Jon Ronson manages to approach a delicate subject with such a level headed calm that his writing comes off as almost humorous since a lot of what he sees doesn't seem to faze him. If you are looking for a fun book about an insane subject to pass the time, I would highly recommend this one!

UNDERDOGS: TOOTH AND NAIL Chris Bonnello Genre: Young Adult/Dystopian Sci-Fi What’s in the pages? Set three weeks after the events of Underdogs (read my review in last month's issue if interested).

The heroes of Oakenfold Special School remain as the British population's last chance at freedom.

As the population are kept captive in giant Citadels throughout the nation, by Nicholas Grant, the Underdogs must face the unimaginable horrors of his new research as they try to save the British People...

But will they be able to do it?

Why should you read it? In last month's issue, I talked about how these books have fantastic representation for people with disabilities so I won't repeat myself.

In this review, I wanted to talk about how amazing these books are, especially Tooth and Nail. With his second book, Bonnello shows his chops as an author and comes into his own.

While his first book was a real page-turner, this one is even more suspenseful, thrilling, enthralling and heartbreaking. What is interesting about his writing is that Bonnello writes all of his characters as threedimensional people (even the ones with lesser roles), and this allows the reader to feel the real stakes of the missions that the Underdogs undertake.

Underdogs: Tooth and Nail is a fast-paced page-turner, that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend it!

For more book recommendations follow Joel’s Instagram @neurodiversebookworm.

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LUNGS AND HEARTS Young thespians live and breathe drama.

BY ELENA SCIALTIEL

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wenty-year-old whiz kid Louis Emmitt-Stern has made the most of his lockdown in London and Gibraltar by directing and acting in a small but mighty production with colleague and long-time friend Christina Linares, and… writing, writing, writing.

Playwriting, actually.

The pair has just wrapped up Lungs, the October 2019 version of Duncan Macmillan’s radical play whose premiere they attended in London, were mesmerised by, and so decided they just had to bring it to Gibraltar. “We saw it, we enjoyed it, we gasped at it. But mostly we were in tears.

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hearted way helps the memory imprint and will have its emotion, if not its plot, resonate with the spectator for a long time.”

They add: “It was election time in the UK and Gibraltar that month, and in Gibraltar both environment and abortion were high on manifestos, so this play felt topical. When it was first written in 2011, it was ahead of the times, and its revised version raises topical issues which are here to stay in the forthcoming future,” the young actors say. “Also, it well portrays our own voice in the local drama scene, a first step to establish a new generation of performers.”

The challenges of staging it in Gibraltar in post-lockdown times were brilliantly met by

"We saw it, we enjoyed it, we gasped at it." a minimalistic set designed by John Evans, with the twentystrong audience arranged in a squared U-shape around the performing area, marked by two solar panels, on the backdrop of the Charles Hunt room’s longer wall.

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scene The passage of time within the play is marked not by intermissions, set or costume changes, lighting, curtains or props, but clues in the dialogue itself, as the two actors own the stripped-back stage for the entire duration, and rely on cues within the script, sometimes as subtle as proposing to have cake for dinner and in the next line commenting on how yummy it was, for example.

Christina - who debuted at just twelve playing the child victim in Christian Santos’s original We’ll Never Know, against Davina Barbara as the abusive mother, and most recently was involved in the Women’s Day avant-garde project at the Magazine Studio just days before lockdown was declared - is currently on a sabbatical in preparation to her embarking a university career in political sciences.

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She describes her time off busy despite the lockdown, and this role challenging but rewarding: “My character is a fast thinker and seems to follow at least two trains of thought at once, so she interrupts her speech, jumps to unrelated topics crossing her mind, but her lines are so raw and yet so masterfully written that the audience will have no trouble in following her, and will find the dialogue authentic, hyper-realistic, as if they were a fly on the wall in the intimacy of this couple throughout their years together.”

Christina Linares

and safety regulations permit it.”

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scene "The common thread in my work is loneliness." for an eight-month writers’ programme at the National Theatre, led by Killing Eve screenwriter Elinor Cook, which opened my eyes on the technique and art of playwriting.

This prompted me to review my previous work and produce new one,” he says. “Most importantly, it made me realise how the common thread in my work so far is loneliness, and the infinite ways it can be explored.”

Lungs is about an extreme eco-friendly couple deciding whether their having a baby is impacting the environment, and how severely, and their living with the consequences of this decision for the rest of their life together, inevitably impacting if not the environment, surely their relationship.

Louis is partial to thoughtprovoking topics posed in hypothetical scenarios. In his own writing, he likes to dissect the taboos of our society and the prospective ones, with sardonic humour and desecrating insight, without passing judgement and without asking the audience to – just reminding you that so-and-so is indeed happening, and it is human nature, and you cannot sweep it under the carpet.

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actors, his shocking black comedy about the nitty-gritty of the porn industry and the downfalls of a new partner’s baggage from previous marriage, All the Blue Areas - world-premiered two years ago in Gibraltar with rave reviews.

Now he is working on some new amoral brain-picking material about traditional and futuristic elephants in the room, in two short plays we hope to see staged in Gibraltar soon, after they experimentally did in the UK, and two full-length plays in the pipeline, I F***ed You in My Spaceship, exploring (pre-, during, and post-) romantic relationships in a commitment-shy and freechoice world; and Sleep Factory, ninety minutes in real time, about a widow(er, not decided yet) longing for intimacy after the loss of a long-time partner.

“I was one of the few lucky students selected nationwide

His twenty-minute piece Breeding was selected out of over four hundred entries to be showcased in a professional production in London. Fast/Food is another short play that Louis wrote about a not-so-distant future.

It is about the human side of being a grown-up ‘designer baby’ resenting the choices his parents made for him (don’t we all? Louis asks) and questioning how much of his lifestyle as an athlete with a successful love life is down to his own achievements, and how much is predetermined instead.

Louis theatrical credo as an actor is: “Learning your lines is not the talent. It is the job”, i.e. the talent lies in becoming the character that concocts those lines. And his tip for good playwriting is, quoting William Goldman’s mantra: “Always come in late and leave early”, i.e. don’t present the action chronologically from beginning to end, but leave to the audience to carry out some of the guesswork, to piece together the jigsaw and fill in the blanks.

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YOU STUPID LIMELIGHT!

Back in Gibraltar after what she describes as a hiatus, Geri Cummings is ready to tread the local boards under the direction of Daniel Strain-Webber, in a dramedy earmarked for ‘the fall’.

BY ELENA SCIALTIEL

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eri Cummings will play Frances, a heavily pregnant 39-year old helpline call-centre operator in You Stupid Darkness!, the new play by Sam Steiner, whose Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Daniel entered in a past Drama Festival.

“No matter how different from you the character you are cast to play seems to begin with, you always connect with it, and they become a part of you and you a part of them,” Geri says.

“There always is a part of you in the characters you portray. You never lose yourself completely in them, and you pour a bit of yourself in them, that’s why in my opinion each actor plays the same character differently, well beyond their obvious differences in physicality.” She adds: “The bond you develop with your character during any production is real, and you grieve them when they’re gone.”

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Geri also points out how the bond with characters and other actors on stage becomes an addiction: a good addiction to the escapism that theatre provides, for both cast and audience, because theatre transports both into a different world where the rules are separate from everyday reality, and once the play is over and you leave the theatre premises, part of that world still stays with you.

for an opulent background, and can concentrate on the journey of the four Brightline volunteers who juggle their personal and professional life with distress calls from strangers.

"They become a part of you and you a part of them."

“You Stupid Darkness is a challenging play, but I believe it is the right one to break the ice after lockdown and attract spectators,” Geri says. She read reviews which claim that there are several emotional layers in this play, so the cast will have to convey this in ways that respect and fulfil the director’s vision.

“It’s not only about the characters on stage, but also those at the other end of the telephone line. The audience doesn’t hear their voices, but can glean their conversations from the way the characters on stage respond to calls.”

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scene "A good addiction to the escapism that theatre provides." in her native Canada when she was in sixth grade, although she admits that singing is not really her thing. And when she first landed in Gibraltar while touring southern Spain in her early twenties, she fast became one of the oldest members of students’ group Dramatis Personae.

She would like to see more impromptu theatre in Gibraltar, perhaps short plays or excerpts performed in the open air, perhaps in Casemates or Piazza, a dramatic permutation on flashmobbing as well as a novel way to promote forthcoming productions.

Geri introduced The Mouse Trap to Gibraltar, directing the famous play locally, after having starred in it back in Canada, and having enjoyed it so much that she felt she should give it a go from the darker side of the proscenium, so to speak. “Despite being the longest-running play ever, I hadn’t seen it in theatres prior to being cast in it, or directing it, but I did so afterwards. Each production is different and it is always a new experience.”

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live, and that wasn’t the kind of message I wanted my children to grow up with.”

Her day-job is sales manager for recently formed environmentallyfriendly cleaning products’ distributors Green Rock, but her curriculum includes a stint at Rock Radio, drama teacher at Stagecoach locally and at an Ontario summer camp with 3,000 kids to entertain and four plays to stage!

In Canada, she flew high on the amateur dramatics radar, cruising the festivals scene, so her ‘hiatus’ is really referring to her Gibraltar activity. And here, she picked up where she left it, rejoining

the drama community with this script that tickled her fancy and prompted her to give Daniel’s auditions a go.

Geri is ganging up with Sam Vatvani, Carmen Anderson, and Kaigan Garcia, all of whom she had never worked before, to bring to life a production that she pitches like so: “If you want a place to escape yourself and your troubles for two hours, we are here for you. We are a helpline after all. We can help you.”

Finally, is Frances giving birth on stage, in a theatrical crescendo?

“Ha! You’ll have to buy a ticket!”

Geri cunningly teases.

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STAYCATIONS IN ANDALUCĂ?A

Three ideal destinations on your doorstep.

BY PENELOPE BIELCKUS

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hile we can indeed travel more than we could a few months ago, longhaul travel still generally remains off the cards. Flights present a risk due to the time spent in close proximity to others onboard the plane, as well as risk found in the airport itself due to time spent in queues, checking in, getting food and so on.

This summer is the perfect time to enjoy a staycation either in Gibraltar itself (fewer tourists means that locals can enjoy the attractions and make the most of what there is to do here) or a little further afield across the border.

Since the border is now open to everyone here in Gibraltar, trips to Spain are once again a possibility.

A staycation can either be a long day trip (or a weekend of day trips from your home) or a small vacation not far from home.

So, is travelling to AndalucĂ­a safe?

Well, it carries a risk, as does any form of travel right now. Your risk is increased if you travel on public transport (e.g. bus or train) as well as if you travel to larger cities or other busier locations.

- Do you have a mask? Check whether masks are mandatory - many regions of Spain are bringing back the requirement to wear face masks when out and about. Washable fabric masks are a great way to accessorise (as much as one can with a protective face mask, anyway) and are better for the environment than disposable ones. Just make sure you wash them after each use with hot water!

- Where will you be staying? Whether it's a hotel or an Airbnb, contact your accommodation provider to check what their safety and sanitation measures are.

- Pack hand sanitiser and sanitising wipes for cleaning shared surfaces (e.g. in a restaurant or your hotel) - Do you have a condition that means you have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms? Consider postponing any

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> Do you have a mask? Check whether mas ks are manda tory many region s of Spain ar e bringing back the requ irement to w ear face masks w hen out and about.

Washable fa bric masks ar e a great way to access orise (as muc h as one can with a protec tive face mask, anyway ) and are bett er for the environm ent than disp osable ones. Just m ake sure you wash them after ea ch use with hot water! > Where will you be st aying?

Whether it's a hotel or an Airbnb, cont ac t your accommodati on provider to ch eck what thei r safety and sa nitation mea sures are. > Pack hand sani tiser and sanitising wip es for cleani ng shared surfac es (e.g. in a rest aurant or your hotel)

> Do you have a condition th means you ha at ve a higher ris k of developing se vere symptom s?

Consider po stponing any nonessential trav el and ensure you're avoiding crow ds wheneve r possible.

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non-essential travel and ensure you're avoiding crowds whenever possible.

STAYCATION LOCATIONS RONDA The city of Ronda is a stunningly beautiful place and, unlike other cities in AndalucĂ­a, has a small population (very similar in size to Gibraltar, in fact). Ronda is also almost entirely walkable, meaning that once you are there, you don't need to use any form of public transportation to get around.

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also has the benefit of being located in the mountains, meaning that the summer heat isn't so bad here!

Places to visit in Ronda: - Puente Nuevo, including the viewpoints 'Mirador de los

viajeros romĂĄnticos' and 'Mirador de Aldehuela'

> Jardines de Cuenca and the spectacular viewpoint 'Mirador de Cuenca'

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travel "What would summer be without a beach vacation?" > Baños Arabes (Archaeological

museum of the 13th-14th century Arab baths)

> Plaza de Toros (the oldest bullfighting ring in Spain)

- Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor Ronda

> Palacio Mondragón If you plan to stay in Ronda, the Soho Boutique Palacio San Gabriel is a beautiful 4* hotel in a renovated 18th-century family home and is within walking distance of the major sights.

TARIFA What would summer be without a beach vacation? Well, a normal summer actually, if you're like me and don't much like beaches (I know I know, blasphemy for someone living in Gibraltar).

However, if you ARE a fan of beaches or watersports, Tarifa is an excellent choice for a getaway.

Whether you opt to go hiking near the city along the Ruta del Buda or you plan to stay in Tarifa itself and go kitesurfing, relax on the beach, go whale-watching, or explore the old town, you'll definitely have a great staycation.

Best of all, you can get there within an hour (slightly more if you're unlucky with traffic)!

Where to go in Tarifa: GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020

> Puerta de Jerez

> Playa de los Lances

> Southernmost post of

> Los Alcornocales Natural Park

Continental Europe (because that's not in Gibraltar, it's actually in Tarifa!)

- Playa del Bolonia and the Roman ruins of Baelo Claudia

> Castillo Guzman el Bueno > Iglesia de San Mateo

> El Estrecho Natural Park If you opt to stay in Tarifa for a few days, La Residencia is a beautiful hotel with a rooftop terrace and an infinity pool. They have both studios and apartments as well as a hotel with 55 rooms, a spa and a restaurant.

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"Vejer is considered to be the inspiration for Chefchaouen in Morocco."

CONIL & VEJER DE LA FRONTERA The towns of Conil de la Frontera and Vejer de la Frontera are perfect for a dual getaway. Conil has everything you would want from a coastal town, while Vejer is a beautiful Pueblo Blanco up in the hills.

Getting to Vejer and Conil from Gibraltar takes around 1.5 hours by car and the route goes through the beautiful Parque Natural Los Alcornales. An alternative route takes you along the coast road via Algeciras and Tarifa, and is barely any different in driving time. You could even take one on the way there and one on the way back and get the best of both!

While Conil is often mentioned for its coastal location and beautiful beach, it also has a charming old town that is well worth a visit.

Red tuna of Almadraba is the local delicacy and you can enjoy a meal at a local restaurant with incredible views of the town and the sea.

In comparison to Conil, Vejer is known for being culturally and historically a highlight of AndalucĂ­a. However, it is generally less visited than Conil and isn't quite as well known. Vejer is considered to be the inspiration for the town of Chefchaouen in Morocco (check back in February's 64

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travel issue for this story!) and is the perfect spot for a romantic getaway.

Sights not to miss in Conil de la Frontera:

> Church of Santa Catalina > Guzman Tower > Cala del Aceite > Roche Coves Make sure to visit these spots in Vejer de la Frontera:

even expand your trip to really

> Plaza de España

make the most of this region!

> Casa del Mayorazago

Whether you decide to stay in

The villages of Caños de Meca and Zahara de los Atunes are also located within 30 minutes from both Conil and Vejer, so you could

there are many beautiful boutique

Conil, Vejer or somewhere nearby, hotels in this area and you really are spoilt for choice.

Where will you choose to go for a

"The perfect spot for a romantic getaway."

summer staycation? Take your copy of Gib Mag with you, and send us a snap for a chance to win a week’s

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> Playa de la Fontanilla

- Molinos de Vejer

worth of meals at Supernatural! #ShowUsYourMag

> Iglesia Parroquial del Divino Salvador

> Castillo de Vejer

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY Long gone are the days when mere mortals could open the odd bottle of Chateau Lafite or Haut Brion. Increasing number of millionaires worldwide, wanting nothing but the perceived best, have pushed fine wine prices into stratospheric levels and prices aren’t going to come down. All is not lost and the world is awash with great wines still at very affordable levels! It’s also awash with nondescript, boring wines made in industrial quantities. So how do you separate the good from the bad and the ugly?

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ake the daft email I received recently from a wine merchant discounting a wine by 30% because of some minor damage to the labels, describing the discounted price of £20,000 for 6 bottles as an unmissable bargain!

So, are the rich mopping up all the fine wine in world and leaving the rest of us with undrinkable plonk? The answer is absolutely not and with increasing advances in vineyards management and technical know-how in the wineries, wine quality has never been higher.

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what you actually drink from a £4 or £5 bottle of wine after taking packaging, transport, taxes, profit margins etc. will be worth only a few pence. Spend £10 or more and the quality of the liquid should be considerably better as the above costs will remain roughly similar. Winemakers, receiving higher margins, will have a vested interest in making the best wine they can, perhaps investing in new oak barrels every few years or able to cut back on grape yields to ensure more concentration in finished wines. Spend slightly more on our wines and our palates soon get used to more subtle flavours and nuances and soon that £4 bottle of Cabernet we enjoyed a few months back will no longer seem such good value for money.

Regretfully, spending more on wine is no guarantee of better

"Are the rich mopping up all the fine wine leaving the rest of us with undrinkable plonk?" quality. After about £40 the law of diminishing returns kicks in and you may be paying more for perceived status or perhaps because demand from the latest fashionable winemaker exceeds the quantity he or she can produce. So how do we go about getting value for money or finding that elusive wine before its priced out of our budget? The answer turns out to be surprisingly simple.

The internet.

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I admit I rarely buy wines without first consulting how others perceive the wine. Here we have two choices: either subscribe to a pay site where the latest tasting notes on thousands of wines are listed by so called professional tasters or go for one of the free sites where anyone can post their tasting notes usually accompanied with a score out of hundred.

"That £4 bottle of Cabernet will no longer seem such good value."

I subscribe to a couple of sites including Jancis Robinson which is an excellent site with notes on tens of thousands of wines and hundreds of hugely informative articles. This will set you back about £80 a year. If you feel you can’t justify this expense then I would try something like Cellartracker (free) where just about every wine made has comments by non-professional tasters. I have found Cellartracker to be just as good when it comes getting a guide on wines I intend to buy. A huge advantage with Cellartracker is that most wines will have been tasted recently, whilst professionals may have tasted the wines when they were released and notes may be years old. As we all know wines mature and change even within fairly short time spans. There are a host of other free sites like Wine Searcher so I would advise you to do your homework and get the best possible value for money from your wines.

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Whilst for copyright reasons I can’t reproduce tasting notes from any particular site, I have taken some wines now available locally (a tiny sample for illustration only) and noted the general consensus by wine drinkers online. The prices are approximate only and wines are rated out of one hundred as follows:

80/100 Should be very good.

Getting interesting.

Should provide drinking pleasure.

75/100 Don’t bother buying there are better wines out there.

85/100

90/100 95/100 Very few wines can achieve this quality level.

Demand for these wines will have pushed prices to silly levels.

Now we are talking!

100/100

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wine I hope you find this helpful. Remember these are only guides and the ultimate arbiter is you! Happy hunting.

Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut Champagne

80/100

£44.00 Surprisingly low score for such a prestige house!

Viña Ardanza Seleccion

Bollinger Rose Champagne

Especial Red 2010

£57.00

94/100

£20.00 This has been highly rated by wine drinkers both professional and amateur. I recommended this wine in a previous edition. Don’t expect this rating too often for a £20 wine! Buy!!!

89/100

£19.60.

I was surprised to see this wine so highly rated. Perhaps I shouldn’t be. General consensus was for a wine which is not overly-complex but still very enjoyable.

£14.00

Why is Rose so expensive. Surely a marketing ploy as it’s just normal wine with a dash of red wine added! This practice is only legally allowed in Champagne!

Vega Sicilia Unico 2009

95/100

£384.00

Marques de Caceres Gran Reserva 2004

Viña Pomal Reserva 2012

85/100

Highest score in this mini sample of wines. At almost £400 a bottle it should be. Is it worth it? A question for your bank manager rather than a wine critic!

Abadia Retuerta Seleccion Especial 2011

85/100

£23.90 85/100

Another high mark by wine drinkers online. Rioja continues to turn out outstanding value for money.

Good producer. Very rich wines.

Yellow Tail Shiraz 2015 75/100

£6.00 Made in huge quantities. Not highly rated.

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CONFESSIONS OF A BEAUTY ADDICT Beauty with a conscience.

BY ALEX ORFILA

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s we try to steer towards a kinder and more conscientious world there has never before been a greater focus on where our products come from.

We now ask ourselves whether they are ethically sourced or cruelty free. The fact that these terms have become buzz words is promising and serves to fill us with hope for a future where we will hopefully be more compassionate to our planet as a whole.

Today more than ever we see more and more people opting to go vegan; a lifestyle with a focus on cruelty free consumerism.

Traditionally we may have thought of the term ‘vegan’ as relating mainly to one’s diet. However true, veganism goes well beyond that with a commitment to excluding any animal products from our lives completely. This of course relates to cosmetics also and vegan beauty has made serious waves in the beauty world in recent years.

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we ensure that we are making informed choices when trying to buy vegan or cruelty-free cosmetics?

"There has never before been a greater focus on where our products come from."

There are a number of certifications to provide guidance on this. One of the most recognisable will undoubtedly be the leaping bunny symbol - the marker that a product is cruelty free - meaning that it has not been tested on animals.

There is also a separate certification for vegan products, the symbol for this takes the form of a

sunflower with the word ‘vegan’ literally written below it.

Perhaps less well known is the certification for organic products, this being the Soil Association certification which is the leading farming and organic certification in the UK. It takes the form of a triangle with swirly points and is an indicator that products have been ethically sourced and grown.

But it is important to remember that these certifications mean different things, and that the very symbols that have been introduced to help us make informed decisions can sometimes be easily misinterpreted.

For example, just because a product may be labelled ‘crueltyfree or feature the leaping bunny symbol, this does not necessarily mean that it is vegan. The leaping bunny symbol only relates to products or ingredients which have not been tested on animals.

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beauty Perhaps more confusingly, by the same token some products which may be vegan are not necessarily cruelty-free, although it is easy to see why you might make that connection. This means that those with a desire to opt for compassionate and ethical products will be encountering a bit of a minefield of labelling jargon.

Thankfully there are many websites that offer guidance on this, most notably PETA. The well-known animal protection activist keeps lists of approved brands on their website which is reviewed and updated regularly as they keep a close watch on the changing policies of many companies. They take things one step further by also publishing specific lists such as ‘Vegan companies that don’t test on animals’ and ‘Companies working for regulatory change’ which make it easy to see how committed particular brands are to this cause.

Many think that animal testing is a thing of the past, or not a problem associated with the developed world. Sadly, this is not completely true, although admittedly serious headway has been made in the past couple of decades. Cosmetic testing on animals was banned in the UK in 1998 whereas shockingly the EU implemented this much later, as recently as 2013 in fact. The US followed in 2014 when congress passed the Humane Cosmetics Act which not only banned the testing of cosmetics on animals in the US but the selling of any cosmetics which had been tested on animals.

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thinking that most, if not all of the cosmetic brands we buy do not test on animals. Unfortunately, this is not entirely true and the reason why is strongly linked to the laws of countries which have not yet followed suit.

are proudly displayed on their high quality and effective products.

Most notably, laws in China require that all imported cosmetics be tested on animals, regardless of where they are manufactured. This means that many global brands – unless they choose to exclude the selling of their products in China altogether – will have tested on animals on some scale.

This trendy American brand has taken the beauty industry by storm, not only because of its sleek and beautifully packaged products (most notably their multifunctional colour sticks) but because of its ethical approach.

Light Work Rose Hip Cleansing Oil 145ml £36 Best for make up: Milk

The sheer size of the country and the scale of consumerism means that tapping into the Chinese market can be very lucrative indeed. But at what cost?

As consumers we collectively hold the power and by choosing cruelty free brands we can do our bit and support companies that are truly against animal testing. A quick glance for the certifications on products can help you do this. If a brand is silent about their animal testing policies then chances are that they haven’t eradicated this altogether. If you’re not sure then do a quick Google search on a brands anti-cruelty policy. As always research is key and we are fortunate to be empowered by the accessibility of information nowadays which makes it that bit easier to make more informed decisions.

Best for a full skincare routine: Pai Pai skincare ticks all the boxes.

This brand is organic, cruelty free and vegan. All three certifications

Glow Oil Lip & Cheek in shade Astro £19.00 Best for body care: The Body Shop A high street giant who has been against animal testing from the very beginning.

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VACCINATION & IMMUNISATION The World Health Organization (WHO) stress the two greatest public health interventions to impact global health involve access to clean water and vaccinations.

Vaccines help the body’s immune system to recognize and fight pathogens like viruses or bacteria; they protect against more than 25 debilitating or lifethreatening diseases, including measles, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, meningitis, influenza, tetanus, typhoid and cervical cancer.

Vaccines prevent around 3 million deaths worldwide every year.

Why the concern about vaccination?

Vaccination coverage is the best indicator of the level of protection a population will have against vaccinepreventable communicable diseases. As the level of uptake decreases the risk of local epidemics, or the return of once eradicated diseases, rises.

A worry is that many more illnesses, disabilities and deaths would occur without vaccines! For example: •

Diphtheria causes a sore throat which develops into a thickened coating, making it hard to breathe or swallow, and killing one in five chid that contract it.

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Polio causes flu-type symptoms that can progress muscle weakness or paralysis of the limbs, in some cases up to 40 years after the initial infection appeared to clear

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Measles causes a high fever, rash, and can progress to pneumonia, encephalitis (an infection of the brain), blindness or death.

among the very safest. Side effects from a vaccine are usually minor and temporary, the most common side effects include soreness at the injection site or fever and feeling unwell.

It is rare for anyone to have a serious allergic reaction to a vaccination. However, if this does happen, it usually happens within minutes and can be promptly dealt with by the person who vaccinates you or your child (who is trained to deal with allergic reactions).

It is necessary to weigh up the risks of any short-term side effects against the long-term consequences that may arise from contracting certain diseases.

Vaccination protects you and your children against potentially severe ill health.

With the influenza (flu) season imminent and the uncertainty of how the COVID-19 pandemic will steer, the public are advised to take advantage of the flu vaccine when offered.

Influenza is a highly infectious disease with symptoms including fever, chills, headaches, fatigue, and joint or muscle aches; symptoms on par with the COVID-19 infection. Even those who are normally in good health are left feeling quite unwell with the flu; this is exacerbated for those with lowered immunity.

Research shows that globally up to 650,000 people die each year due to flu or flu-associated complications.

Read more on vaccines and vaccination in Gibraltar at: healthygibraltar.org/infections/vaccinations/

Why do I need to be vaccinated?

Having a vaccine benefits the whole community through ‘herd immunity’. If enough people are vaccinated, it is harder for the disease to spread to those people who cannot have vaccines. For example, people who are gravely ill or have a weakened immune system.

WHO recommend on a national basis at least 95% of children be immunised against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) to ensure sufficient protection.

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GRANNY'S BOTTLES Lockdown entrepreneurship.

BY OLIVER COX

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he Dark Spring of 2020 has kept many of us at home twiddling our thumbs and not knowing what to do with ourselves. My personal solution to the ongoing issue was to seek refuge in my room for two months on a binge of long-forgotten X-BOX games from the early '10s.

My Nan, however, royally put me to shame when she announced over one of our many Facetime calls that she had beautifully decorated another 3 bottles in just one day.

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My Nan has always been the creative type, filling her time with either baking or beautifying her garden. Her endevour of choice throughout lockdown was decorating bottles. She had begun this new hobby of hers even before lockdown began, simply asking friends to bring fancy looking bottles round for her to decorate and add twinkling lights to. This began to happen more as her newfound hobby became more well-known with the neighbours.

Then lockdown began, and Nan's production rate trebled.

Throughout lockdown, more and more bottles were produced. Nan revelled in her creativity, her style and intricacy improving with every iteration.

Before she knew it, lockdown had ended and Nan had too many bottles to know what to do with; her cupboard was bursting at the seams with all of her new masterpieces. Her storage space was not keeping up with her production rate and as more of her friends started to visit her they would find themselves taking home more of her new creations.

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hobbies "Her cupboard was bursting at the seams with all of her new masterpieces."

Not wishing to stagnate, Nan started to diverse her creations to wine glasses as well, making friends their very own glasses for when they would visit her. Once again, inevitably, she had started to build up a mass of decorated wine glasses. This lead her to the idea of selling the bottles and glasses that she was beginning accumulate more and more of. Of the money she raises, Nan plans to give half to a charity of her choice and the other half to fund her for further creations. Her further aim is to simply carry on decorating and beautifying items.

If you have any creative ideas or would like a beautiful bottle or glass of your own, contact Nan! patriciaanngriff@hotmail.com.

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SWIMMING FOR VICTORY Selena's 100k to National Day.

BY JO WARD District nurse Selena Victory has taken on a 100km swimming challenge to raise £2,000 in aid of RifCom, a charity assisting communities by improving healthcare and education in the Rif mountains in Morocco, which for someone who admits that she is not an avid swimmer is quite a task.

The Rif Community Foundation (RifCom) was started in 2008 by a group of like-minded individuals from Gibraltar and Spain who, after witnessing first-hand the poverty existing in the Moroccan Rif Mountains on a corporate challenge trek, decided to reach out and help their neighbouring communities.

“I have participated in RifCom fundraising challenges for the past two years,” she explains. “Last year we climbed Toubkal and the year before that we did some climbs in the Atlas Mountains, along with other fundraising challenges that I have participated in.”

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It was when a call came in from charity partners in Morocco that Selena decided she had to immediately do something to help.

“Because of COVID-19 nobody had been able to go over to see what the situation was, but it was

Selena decided she had to immediately do something to help. evident that the collapse of the area’s tourism industry meant that funds had dried up and people were struggling to provide even basic commodities for their families, such as food,” Selena explains.

Selena says that she was first attracted by the fundraising challenges that took place in Morocco. “RifCom is a low key charity and they don’t get a lot of publicity,” she states. “It is

entirely run by volunteers who do amazing work and have set up some great projects that benefit the impoverished communities of the Rif.” These projects include providing educational and vocational training programmes for women.

In one rural village, 25 young women graduated a sevenmonth training course in sewing and dressmaking, which, with assistance from RifCom and their local association, then led to the setting up of a sewing cooperative to enable them to create a sustainable source of income.

“The charity has helped build schools and they have also held football tournaments that have given them the opportunity to carry out educational projects where the kids learnt about dental hygiene and environmental conservation courtesy of Dental Mavericks and Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation,” Selena says. “It tends to be a holistic way of supporting the community and I really like that.”

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“There was a plan to go to Jordan in November to trek across the desert,” Selena says, “but due to the coronavirus pandemic it is unlikely to go ahead now, so I decided I had to do something on my own that was challenging, but also something that I would be able to do.”

The plan is for Selena to swim 100km from 1st July 1 to 10th September - National Day averaging 10km a week. “My swimming is getting better all the time,” she comments. “I started slowly and have been gaining strength, and although I am usually a bit of a plodder in some of the challenges that I partake in – I’m always the last one on a hike or up the mountain - this is GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020

something I am doing on my own and at my own pace so I don’t have to compete with anybody.”

One of the hardest parts of the swim is fitting it in around her work commitments. “That is the toughest bit really, and I either have to go after work, early in the morning or at the weekends, but the biggest obstacle for me is getting myself down into the cold water,” she admits. Keeping fit is crucial and something that Selena has to keep in balance. “I have to make sure that I keep myself injury-free and that I am able to swim for the whole ten weeks in a very measured way - there is no point trying to do it really fast.”

Selena wold like to stress that if

anybody was thinking of going over to Morocco for a trip this year that they now can’t do, please could they put the money towards a donation for her swimming challenge. “RifCom works primarily around the province of Chefchaouen and if we want to carry on enjoying the pretty blue town and the wonderful, peaceful countryside in the future, we need to support the local community now.” She adds that whenever anybody takes part in the fundraising trips with RifCom they pay all their own expenses. “Every penny of the money we raise goes to charity,” she states.

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DRESSING UP AFTER LOCKDOWN

Events may still be cancelled, but that doesn’t mean your wardrobe choices have to be!

BY JULIA COELHO

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h, summer! A word intrinsically imbued with the promise of good times, and a whole line-up of events, with some of our Gibraltarian favourites including weddings and outdoor festivals. The greater part of 2020 has presented us with a few global-scale plot twists so far, and this year’s unforgettable circumstances mean that the majority of us have no such events to attend.

A simple scroll through our Instagram feeds is enough to indicate how this pandemic has changed our fashion choices and the industry as a whole. In view of this shift, it is natural to suspect that fashion will perpetually continue on its current trajectory of informality as a result of this sustained period of ‘dresseddown-ness’ throughout lockdown and beyond. But it’s also very possible that the post-pandemic sentiment will shift towards the opposite end of the spectrum 78

more than ever before. The eventual return to ‘normal’ life, and along with it, a return to ‘normal’ clothing may very well inspire a renewed urge for getting dressed up.

So, yes, our calendars may remain somewhat eventless aside from a whole string of dinners and family BBQs, but this definitely doesn’t mean that we can’t dress up in

LEFT: PLISSE TIE FRONT JUMPSUIT IN SPOT PRINT, ASOS DESIGN, £35.00 RIGHT: PLEATED CULOTTE TROUSERS, MANGO, £25.99

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up without the involvement of only an LBD and some sky-high heels.

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spite of that fact.

Leandra Medine, best known for her wildly popular fashion website, The Man Repeller, recently started a trending hashtag - #GoingNowhereButF*ckItImGettingDressed - which encouraged many to dress up for the sheer fun of it, even if only as a form of brief escapism. Sure, we may not be able to manifest our longing for a snazzy weddingguest maxi dress at a Friday night dinner at Chatham, but there are still ways of injecting some pizzazz into our looks and dressing GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020

Often referred to as ‘plissé’, pleats may not necessarily be a trend that stands out alongside its louder counterparts.

More minimal and unassuming, definitely, but by no means any less transformative, pleats possess a timeless elegance as well as an unmatched ability to make a piece of clothing look more expensive than it really is. Take a basic top that you otherwise wouldn’t assign with ‘dressy’ status, now add a delicate pleated fabric, and voilà, it suddenly looks premium and luxe.

SHORT SUITS What with our mostly trackiebased status over the past few months, and now with the sweltering heat we’re experiencing in the thick of summer, there have been few

reasons to opt for a pair of jeans as of late. If you’re itching to explore a cooler alternative with a more refined vibe, look no further than short suits. Linen, in particular, seems to be the fabric of the moment and this year’s linen suit comes in many iterations. There are plenty of polished two-pieces that wouldn't look out of place in an office (the perfect desk to drinks choice, perhaps), but an aesthetic that seems to be garnering more attention is the art of mixing and matching linen blazers and trousers, paired with funky separates for a quirkier final look.

A long trouser version is a buy worth considering towards the later summer months, as we start heading into autumn.

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JUMPSUITS & DRESSES

MIDDLE: MALLORY DOTTED SLIP MIDI DRESS, URBAN OUTFITTERS, £52.00 RIGHT: FLORAL BELTED PLAYSUIT, URBAN OUTFITTERS, £52.00

A good old jumpsuit will forever be a favourite of mine, not only because it stands alone as a complete outfit, but also because jumpsuits have a way of making you look dressed up with minimal effort. I’ve been keeping my eye on the styles that are versatile enough to carry me right through autumn, and in the dress category too.

Effortless slip dresses are slowly becoming a trusty wardrobe staple of mine, as they’re so easy to style and effectively transcend occasion.

Milkmaid styles with delicate straps are all the rage this season, which I’m absolutely loving.

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PRINTS Rarely does a season goes by without the prints of decades past influencing our current wardrobes.

Vintage floral prints in all shapes, sizes and colours seem to be the print of the moment. Gingham, too, is a perennial summer favourite of mine and has a way of making an outfit feel feminine and youthful, yet smart and put together in equal measure. While I often find it difficult to resist the allure of minimalism, prints have a way of making you feel more dressed up than you really are, as well as injecting instant doses of positivity, which definitely doesn’t go amiss these days!

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ACCESSORIES Last year, you literally couldn't take a peek at social media without seeing those coveted barely-there strappy sandals; a style that quickly garnered cultlike status due to its meteoric rise in popularity. This year, while still popular of course, they’ve made way for the introduction of 90s style mules; an arguably much more comfortable and wearable style of heel, and one that has the ability to take pretty much any outfit to the next level.

If you’re usually someone who likes to go all out, you’ll find that many times it’s a case of adding a little something extra to your usual attire.

Statement jewellery is the perfect addition to any simple outfit and has an undeniable transformative power. Gold chains are my go-to recently, as they go with literally everything in my wardrobe but also look slick and dressy. Whether you pair one with a crisp white blouse and linen suit shorts, or with a louder floral dress, it's the ultimate lift for an outfit that needs a bit of zhoosh.

TOP RIGHT: LEATHER LOOK STILETTO MULES IN OFF WHITE, NEW LOOK, £19.99 TOP LEFT: HEEL LEATHER MULES, MANGO, £49.99 MIDDLE: VIENNA CHOKER, £45.00, CREATURE JEWELLERY BOTTOM: T BAR NECKLACE WITH COIN IN GOLD TONE, ASOS DESIGN, £6.00

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PHOTOGRAPHER: Alastair Sanchez (@alastair_sanchez_photo_video) MODEL: Julia Coelho

SUMAC TOFU SALAD

Recipe by The Gibraltar Vegan, follow http://www.instagram.com/ thegibraltarvegan for updates

Tofu divides people as much as Marmite; people either love it or hate it. Regardless of which side you are on, this sumac tofu is one to try and maybe the one to convert the haters into lovers.

I’m a massive fan of different flavours and textures in salads and have a theory that everything works in a salad.

INGREDIENTS

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1tbsp pine nuts

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300g extra firm tofu (I like Tofoo Co Naked)

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2tbsp granola mix (I like Lizi's High Protein Granola)

3. Sprinkle the hemp, pumpkin and sunflower seeds over the above.

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10g sumac

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1/2 bag rocket lettuce

Some vegan parmesan shavings (I use Violife)

4. Add the goji berries, pine nuts and granola mix.

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1/4 yellow pepper

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2 spring onions

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6 plum tomatoes

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1 tbsp hemp seeds

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1 tbsp pumpkin seeds

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1 tbsp sunflower seeds

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1tbsp dried fruits such as goji berries (or add fresh fruit like a kiwi if you prefer)

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METHOD 1. Cut the tofu into cubes and sprinkle the sumac evenly over 2. Place the rocket in the bowl, cut the yellow pepper into small pieces and add. Slice the spring onion and add, cut the plum tomatoes in half and add.

5. Fry the tofu on a medium heat until the sumac becomes somewhat crispy.

6. Top the salad off with the tofu and add the parmesan shavings.

Tip: If you think you are not a fan of sumac you can substitute this for any spice or spice mix of your choice - we also like katsu.

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REFRESHING BBQ SQUID AND MANGO SALAD

Recipe featured on MamaLotties.com

When you think BBQ Salad is not usually the first thing that comes to mind, and I’m sure seafood is even further down the list. Well guess what, we combined both!

INGREDIENTS:

METHOD:

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2 squids

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1 bag of salad leaves

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Olive oil

1. Make sure your BBQ is hot but not flaming. Pierce and coat the long peppers with oil and place them on the BBQ.

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2 large long red peppers

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1 mango

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Fresh chilli

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1 red onion

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1 tin mixed salad beans

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1 garlic clove

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2. Rise your squid, slice them into half rings and crushing the garlic clove, rub them with the garlic and oil. Place these on the bbq near the peppers.

3. Whilst those are cooking, empty the leaves onto a large bowl, drain and empty the beans

on top, slice an onion into strips and finally peel and dice a mango.

4. Once the peppers are charred and soft. remove them from the heat and flip your squid over. Cut the peppers into strips removing the seeds and lean them our on the salad sparingly.

5. Now remove the squid from the heat, and place them directly onto the salad. Finish off by slicing some fresh chilli and dressing your salad with oil and seasoning with salt.

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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 Family and Community Centre, Mid Harbours Estate, Bishop Caruana Road. 54007676 or 54014484.

Gamblers Anonymous Telephone: 54001520 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: dyslexia.gi Gibraltar Hearing Issues & Tinnitus Association Voicemail: (+350) 200 66755, Text Message (SMS): (+350) 54066055, Correspondence Charity P.O. Box 90220, Gibraltar. Email: info@ ghita.gi, Facebook: Gibraltar Hearing Issues & Tinnitus Association (GHITA & BSL Club), Our support group meets the first Monday of every month at Suite 3, Kings Bastion Leisure Centre as from 5pm.

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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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 Arts Society Gibraltar: Monthly illustrated talks open to the public.

Registration from 6:30pm every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Guest fee £12.

We meet at The Garrison Library. Contact gibraltar@theartssociety.org or Claus Olesen on 54036666. Website with all informaiton is gibraltar.theartssociety.org 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 Leeds United Gibraltar Supporters Club.

Meet at The Trafalgar Sports Bar 1 Rosia Road when live matches are on. All Leeds United supporters and their families are welcome. Join Leeds United Gibraltar Supporters club at: facebook.com/luscgib 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

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Ballet Barre Fitness: Adults on Wed 10am & Fri 6pm at The Arts Centre. Tel: 54033465 or pilatesgibraltar@hotmail.com Basketball: Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association (affiliated FIBA) leagues/ training for minis, passarelle, cadets, seniors and adults at a variety of levels. Tel: John 200 77253, Randy 200 40727.

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

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

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 and Paddle Tennis: Sandpits Club.

Junior and adult training available. info : www. sandpits.club. Tel (Louis) 20077035 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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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

NUNOS ITALIAN Nunos Italian Restaurant, overlooking the Mediterranean, is popular with hotel guests, tourists and local residents. This 2 rosette rated, AA restaurant is renowned for its eclectic interior, intimate atmosphere and fine cuisine. Savour a wide selection of freshly prepared Italian delicacies, including bread, pasta, meat and fish, followed by delicious desserts. In the summer months, the hotel offers alfresco dining for private parties in the Garden Grill. Sitting nestled in the colonial garden you can enjoy a mouth-watering menu of charcoal-grilled meats and freshly prepared salads in candlelit surroundings.

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

Email: reservations@caletahotel.gi

CAFÉ SOLO Modern Italian eatery set in lively Casemates square. Everything from chicory and crispy pancetta salad with walnuts, pears and blue cheese dressing, or king prawn, mozzarella and mango salad to pastas (eg: linguine with serrano ham, king prawns and rocket; smoked salmon and crayfish ravioli with saffron and spinach cream) to salads (eg: Vesuvio spicy beef, cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers and red onions; and Romana chorizo, black pudding, egg and pancetta) and pizzas (eg: Quatto Stagioni topped with mozzarella, ham, chicken, pepperoni and mushroom) and specialities such as salmon fishcakes, beef medallions and duck. Daily specials on blackboard. No smoking.

Café Solo Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 200 44449

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BY GRANDMASTER RAY KEENE OBE During the Coronavirus crisis the BBC screened a programme on How to win at Chess. I am pleased to say that the two stars were Grandmaster Daniel King and myself. The programme featured an instructive game illustrating key elements of chess strategy and tactics.

The game was in fact a mock up where I exercised my Thespian skills by playing the role of the loser. Those who have seen the programme described my look of apparent dejection at “ losing” the game , as highly realistic.

In real life, when I faced Danny King across the board, this month’s game was the outcome.

Danny King v Ray Keene London 1982 King’s Indian Attack 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 The development to f5 with Black’s queen’s bishop is also possible, but the text is more flexible. White is often tempted to chase the black bishop, which is a double-edged weapon. White’s kingside pawns may become a bludgeon or a weakness.

5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8.

Re1 0-0 9. h3 Bh5 There is no obligation to trade.

Black prefers to maintain the tension. White’s next manoeuvre seeks also to mobilise his queen’s bishop in fianchetto, but it is rather time consuming and Black seizes

the opportunity to expand in the centre and on the queen’s flank.

10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 d4 Locks the white queen’s bishop out of play for some time to come.

12. a3 c5 13. Nf1 b5 Black has won the queenside skirmish, so White turns his attention to the other wing. He seeks to regain the initiative by hounding the black queen’s bishop.

14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Bc1 Ne6 Black prepares to fasten onto the debility of f4 in the wake of White’s bold advance.

17. Nf5 Bc7 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. h4 h5

W________W árDW1rDkD] à0WgnDp0W] ßWDWDnDbD] switch of fronts takes place. ÞDp0W0NDp] 23. a4 N8e6 ÝWDW0PDP)] White lunges at Black’s queenside, Ü)PDPDNDW] but Black ignores it. ÛWDPGW)BD] Ú$WDQ$WIW] 24. axb5 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26.

WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW Ng3 Qh4 27. Bd7 W________W árDWDrDkD] à0WgBDp0W] ßWDWDWDbD] ÞDP0W0WDW] ÝWDW0PhW1] ÜDPDPDWHW] ÛWDPGW)WD] Ú$WDQ$WIW] WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW 27...Re6!!

W________W W________W The key move in Black’s counterattack. By sacrificing rook for árDW1rDkD] áWDWDWDkD] bishop, Black gains control of à0WgnDp0W] à0WgWDW0W] f-file as a future avenue of ßWDWDpDW4] ßWDWDnDbD] the aggression and simultaneously ÞDp0W0NDp] ÞDP0WDWDb] annihilates White’s command of the kingside light squares, which ÝWDW0PDP)] ÝWDW0P0W1] ÜDPDPDPDW] Ü)PDPDNDW] derives solely from the existence of his light squared bishop. ÛWDPGW)BD] ÛWDPDQ$WD] Ú$WDQ$WIW] Ú$WDWDWIN] 28. Bxe6 fxe6 WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW White now tries to reduce Black’s attacking force - shooting down A key defensive stroke.

White’s W________W one of the vultures hovering pawns must not be allowed to ominously around his king. árDWDrDkD] become a mobile juggernaut.

W________W áWDWDWDkD] à0WgBDp0W] à0WDWDWDW] 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Nh1 Bh5 31. f3 ßWDWDWDbD] ßW0nDNDW4] 20. Bh3 hxg4 21. Bxg4 Nf4 22.

Rf8 32. Rf1 Rf6 Ng5 Nf8 ÞDP0W0WDW] ÞhWDp)pDb] However, the concentration It appears that White is massing his of Black’s energy now proves ÝWDW0PhW1] ÝWDW)WDWD] forces for a direct attack against too powerful. White’s defences ÜDPDPDWHW] ÜDW1BDWDW] the black king, while Black is crumble. ÛWDPGW)WD] hoping to block the enemy efforts ÛWDPDW)WD] there, whilst expanding on the Ú$WDQ$WIW] Ú$W!W$WIW] 33. Rf2 Rh6 queenside. Now, though, a sudden WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW Lining up for the sacrificial kill.

W________W GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020 áWDWDWDkD]

WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW à0WgnDp0W] ßWDWDnDbD] W________W ÞDp0W0NDp] árDWDrDkD] ÝWDW0PDP)] coffee time à0WgBDp0W] Ü)PDPDNDW] ßWDWDWDbD] ÛWDPGW)BD] ÞDP0W0WDW] Ú$WDQ$WIW] ÝWDW0PhW1] WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW White overlooks the finish, but by ÜDPDPDWHW] now there was little he could do. ÛWDPGW)WD] W________W Ú$WDQ$WIW] 34.

Qe2 árDWDrDkD] And Black announced mate in WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW à0WgBDp0W] three. ßWDWDWDbD] W________W ÞDP0W0WDW] áWDWDWDkD] ÝWDW0PhW1] à0WgWDW0W] ÜDPDPDWHW] ßWDWDpDW4] ÛWDPGW)WD] ÞDP0WDWDb] Ú$WDQ$WIW] ÝWDW0P0W1] WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW ÜDPDPDPDW] ÛWDPDQ$WD] W________W Ú$WDWDWIN] áWDWDWDkD] WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW à0WgWDW0W] ßWDWDpDW4] W________W 34...Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 Bxf3+ 36. ÞDP0WDWDb] Kg1 Rh1 Checkmate áWDWDWDkD] ÝWDW0P0W1] à0WDWDWDW] ÜDPDPDPDW] ßW0nDNDW4] ÛWDPDQ$WD] ÞhWDp)pDb] Ú$WDWDWIN] ÝWDW)WDWD] WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW PUZZLE: ÜDW1BDWDW] ÛWDPDW)WD] W________W Ú$W!W$WIW] áWDWDWDkD] WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW à0WDWDWDW] ßW0nDNDW4] ÞhWDp)pDb] ÝWDW)WDWD] ÜDW1BDWDW] ÛWDPDW)WD] Ú$W!W$WIW] WÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈW Van den Berg v Keene Amsterdam 1973 How could Black (to play) have won quickly?

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