The Gibraltar Magazine January 2019

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t’s time to detox yourself, and detox the environment. Ditch the chicken, pick up those chickpeas. Go cold turkey…

Tofurkey? (Sorry.) But whether or not ‘going green’ is for you, I’m sure we can all agree our planet would benefit from a little less consumption and a little more gumption. (Okay I’m done now, I promise.) Read about how you can help reduce your carbon footprint by participating in Meatless Mondays or Fruity Fridays (p. 80).

Also helping to pave the vegan path is Wagamamas, who last month launched their new vegan menu. (I took my dad along, a happy meat-eater who was even happier to devour most of my dishes!) (p. 18).

Have you ever heard of chia seeds? These mighty little seeds pack a punch with a tonne of calcium, potassium, magnesium, fibre and omega 3 as well as other minerals and nutrients. Flip to our recipe pages to see how you can create a delicious pudding out of them (p. 82).

You probably don’t want to think too much about alcohol after a thoroughly festive past month, but our monthly wine article is as informative as ever as Andrew asks: is classical Rioja becoming an endangered species (p. 78)?

A tidy home is a tidy mind. We’ve roped in none other than the TGCO herself to help share some Christmas clutter kitchen tips (say that 5 times in a row) and some of her favourite products to help with this (p. 40).

Have you ever wanted to pack a bag for one and go see the world? This month, our travel feature takes you to Australia as one solo backpacker reveals what it’s like to take the plunge and head down under (p. 65.)

And finally, we’ve teamed up with our friends over at Supernatural to get you lovely readers 25% off Juice Cleanses ordered via Hungry Monkey using code GibMag. Here’s to 2019!

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8 Hello There: How Do You Beat the January Blues?

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LEISURE

18 Around Town

65 The Solo Backpacker

BUSINESS 23 Through the Eyes Of… 26 The View from Washington 30 Purchasing Property 35 Property Investment Abroad

LIFE 40 This Girl Can Organise 42 Hogar Betania 47 A Zookeeper’s Diary 50 Ecosystem: Coccolithophores

71 Health Trends for 2019 74 Knitwear for the New Year 78 Rioja: Follower of Fashion 80 Venga, It’s Veganuary!

REGULARS 82 Recipes: Chia Seed Pudding & Baked Garlic Pepper Polenta Fries 86 Guides and Information 87 #GibsGems

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88 Olympus: Parking, Prices, and Promises

53 Cosqui of Many Colours

92 Schedules

57 Michele Attias

96 Coffee Time

60 Marching for Music

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HOW DO YOU BEAT THE JANUARY BLUES? Nora Brown, 62 Retired Nurse and Volunteer.

Navin Mayani, 32

Zoe Stagnetto, 31

CEO at CYE-CYL.

Optometrist at the GHA.

To be honest I love January because it’s a great opportunity to gear up for the year ahead. But if those positive shenanigans don’t work, an avocado toast and a detox smoothie from Supernatural always makes me a happy man!

How do I beat the blues?

Stop over eating!

And try to start exercising regularly again.

It gives me pleasure to buy some things in the January sales, and I take down the decorations on the 6th. I get a lift from going to the beach or countryside – this brushes away all the Christmas stress. Most of all, a daily routine and granting myself permission to relax.

Chris Harris, 29 Founder of ProYou.app.

Dulcie Edwards, 31 Teacher at Bayside School.

I go out for walks in nature with my dog, Hendrix!

I don’t think I experience those to be honest, January’s cool! But if anything, by appreciating all the time in the year remaining to learn, do, and become.

Conchita Triay, 63 Retired teacher. Active in GMWS and ESG. I don’t normally get the January blues, but if I did, I’d choose to go for a walk in the countryside.

If you’re feeling low and need someone to talk to, book an appointment with your GP who will refer you to the right people.

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WHAT'S ON? JANUARY 2019 UNTIL MONDAY 14TH JANUARY Christmas Fun Fair Attractions 2018 John Mackintosh Square For further information please contact Gibraltar Cultural Services at info@culture.gi THURSDAY 3RD JANUARY New Year’s Classical Concert GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

John Mackintosh Hall, 5:30pm–11:00pm For further information please contact 200 72134 or www.philharmonic.gi.

FRIDAY 5TH JANUARY 62nd Anniversary Three Kings Cavalcade 2019 Main Street, 7:30pm For further information please

contact Eric Abudarham on Tel 57586000 or email: eabudarham@gibtelecom.net.

SUNDAY 20ST JANUARY UNTIL THURSDAY 31ST JANUARY Gibraltar Chess Festival 2019 The Caleta Hotel, 12:00am For more information: www.gibchess.com/contact

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ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT ON:

Christopher Tavares OF THE KITCHEN STUDIOS COLLECTIVE A local artist who, along with his peers is campaigning for more usable artist studio space in gibraltar.

If you’re interested in taking part in the open work space and creative workshops at The Magazine Studio Theatre, email gibkitchen@gmail.com

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news 2019 ANNUAL ART COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ARTISTS Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture is inviting local artists to participate in the annual Art Competition for Young Artists that will be held in February 2019. Closing date for receipt of entries is 6pm on Friday 15th February 2019.

The competition is open to Gibraltarians and residents of Gibraltar attending school in years 9 to 13 (or College equivalent), as well as to young Gibraltarian artists aged up to 24 years old as at 25th February 2019. Works must be original and not previously entered competitively, with the exception of non-winning entries in the 2018

Spring Visual Arts Competition and 2018 International Art Competition.

The Fine Arts Gallery, Casemates

Artists may submit a maximum of three paintings/drawings and two sculptures. Unframed artworks will also be accepted. All entries will be exhibited at the John Mackintosh Hall from the 27th February to 8th March 2019.

The GEMA, Gibraltar Exhibitions of Modern Art, Montagu Bastion, Line Wall Road

Entry forms and full conditions are available from: Bayside and Westside Comprehensive Schools

Entries may be handed in at the John Mackintosh Hall as from Wednesday 13th February 2019 from 3.30pm to 6pm.

Gibraltar College of Further Education

Closing date for receipt of entries is 6pm on Friday 15th February 2019.

Mario Finlayson National Art Gallery, City Hall

John Mackintosh Hall, 308 Main Street Or via email from: info@culture.gi or on our website www.culture.gi .

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CLUBHOUSE APPEAL Many individuals and organisations will have spent a lot of money during the Christmas season on unnecessary or unwanted gifts. Clubhouse Gibraltar would like to invite you to consider starting the new year by giving the most valuable gift of mental health support. You can do so by making a donation towards the renovation of their new premises at 304a Main Street, to enable them to provide mental health support in a better environment.

The building works will commence shortly and your contribution towards building works, building materials, a room, disability access, furniture, kitchen appliances and so on would be greatly appreciated.

THE GII HOLDS ANNUAL BUSINESS LUNCH The Gibraltar Insurance Institute (GII) held its annual Business Lunch on Friday 7th December at Nunos @ The Express. The event

was well attended with a number of companies donating raffle prizes for nominated charity, Childline Gibraltar.

Donations can be made through justgiving.com/ clubhousegibraltar.

For more information about the support we provide please get in touch with us to arrange an appointment. Call 20068423, email admin@clubhousegibraltar.com or visit clubhousegibraltar.com.

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news THE ADMIRAL CASINO TROPHY The champion of the day, winner of the Admiral Casino Trophy and a â‚Ź60 Med Golf voucher was Gavin Grimes with 41 points, 2 points clear of his nearest rival.

Relatively new to Med Golf, Gavin has already stamped his mark on the Order of Merit and shown great potential for lowering his handicap.

The best gross score was 75 by Matthew Bruce-Smith, a great achievement on the day off handicap 3. Mathew was also runner up in Category 1 with 36 points and nearest to the pin in 2 on a par 4 as shown below.

The best gross on the par 3s was won by Jordan Brown with a score of one over par and the best senior was Norman Savitz with a score of 31 points.

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The best pair was Andrew Shore and Aidan Connelly with a combined score of 73 points. Andrew was also the Category 1 winner, the longest drive winner and featured in the nearest to the pin list. Aidan also won the prize for nearest to the pin in 3 on a par 5.

Handicap category prizes were won as follows: Category 1 (handicaps 0 to 12): Matthew Bruce-Smith was the runner up with a score of 36 points and the winner was Andrew Shore with 39 points.

won at the previous event, and the winner was Alex Ashmore with a score of 36 points.

The Hunter Properties Order of Merit (qualifiers for Med Golf Masters): Matthew Robinson, Nick Farr, Matt Charlesworth, Anthony Bull, Roy Azopardi, Nicky Sanchez, Matthew Warner, Louis Calvente, Matthew Bruce-Smith, James Barr.

Category 2 (handicaps 13 to 22): Joe Sanchez with 34 points was runner up for the second event in a row and Matthew Robinson, following his success at winning the Hunter Properties Trophy at the last Med Golf event was the winner with 38 points.

Category 3 (handicap 23 and above): Nicholas Farr took the runner up slot with 35 points having

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news ADOPT A RESCUE DOG Hello there, my name is Johnny. I was rescued a few weeks ago and was taken to kennels where I am now safe. I’m really easy-going and gentle and people love to touch me because I am so soft.

I don’t need much, just a bit of company and some walks to stretch my legs. If you think you might have the home for me, I would love to hear from you. Please send an email to info@ainf.gi and someone will get in contact.

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STTPP – THE GIBRALTAR BLUE BADGE SCHEME PILOT SCHEME As part of the implementation of recommendations contained within the Sustainable, Traffic, Transport and Parking Plan, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning have worked with the appointed Transport Planner, Technical Services Department, The Ministry for Equality and IT&LD to deliver a Pilot Scheme that aims to improve how parking opportunities are afforded to holders of Blue Badges. This follows recommendations arising as a result of common abuse and inconsiderate use of Disabled Parking (Blue) Bays.

In the delivery of the Pilot Scheme, an application has been to ensure an even distribution of Disabled Parking Bays throughout Gibraltar. The application takes into account the topography and

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distance from Disabled Parking Bays to populated areas where they are often most needed.

The Pilot Scheme will also see the introduction of new additional time restricted Disabled Parking Bays throughout Gibraltar that aim to provide turnaround of blue bays, so these specific spaces are shared and not predominantly taken up by one user for long periods of time. These time restricted accessible parking bays will feature signage showing the maximum ‘3 Hour’ stay, where Blue Badge holders will be required to display a new feature which is a blue parking clock in addition to the Blue Badge.

Digital copies of the information booklet and application forms will be available for download shortly at: gibraltar.gov.gi/new/ GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

news SPECIALIST COMMAND TRAINING FOR GIBRALTAR’S EMERGENCY SERVICES Last month saw a team from the UK National CBRN Centre deliver a 5-day Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Operational and Tactical Command Course to 18 members from across Gibraltar’s Emergency Services, responding partners and the military.

The training was arranged by HM Government of Gibraltar’s Office of Civil Contingencies.

The National CBRN Centre, which forms part of Counter Terror Policing brings together all three emergency services at a national level and exists to support, strengthen and assure a consistent emergency response to a CBRN incident. After moving its operations into the Counter Terror Policing network in 2016, National CBRN Centre works to reduce the risk of a CBRN threat

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within the UK and overseas.

The Head of the National CBRN Centre, Superintendent Lee Kendrick, addressed the students on their last day of the course and said that whilst there is no suggestion of any threat to Gibraltar or its residents, it is essential that first responders remain prepared for every eventuality. He spoke about his organisation’s continued commitment to support the local emergency services in developing their ability to respond to a suspected CBRN event. Superintendent Kendrick recognised that training courses such as these serve to strengthen closer working relationships with National CBRN Centre and Gibraltar’s Emergency Services and reassures the community of the efforts taken to put their safety first.

NEW CHESS INITIATIVE FOR 2019 16 young chess players from Gibraltar will be participating in the first ever Chess Seminar with Chess Professionals as part of the lead up to the 2019 Gibraltar International Chess Festival. The three day event (17 to 19 January) will be the first of its kind to be held at the University of Gibraltar. Some of our promising juniors will take part in this one to one seminar with former Women’s World Champions, Ukraine Grand Masters, Anna and Mariya Muzychuk. Organisers would like the seminar to become part of the annual events offered by the festival which continues to be the world leader in all open tournaments. This year the festival is again at the Caleta Hotel, 21 to 31 January, with some of the top players in the world ready to battle it out in the main event, The Gibraltar Masters. Over 400 players will travel to Gibraltar for the 10 day festival.

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EDUCATIONAL VISIT FROM FINLAND GIBRALTAR’S FIRST TIKI COCKTAIL COMPETITION Last month, local Tiki and Pizza Bar and Lounge, Paradise, held Gibraltar’s first cocktail competition. The competition consisted of 3 rounds, including a ‘Tiki Christmas’ cocktail as well as a signature cocktail.

The event included a flair show from some of Gibraltar’s talented bartenders, including the world’s 4th best female flair bartender.

Lower Primary School staff welcomed Finnish educationalist Ms Leena Heinila to their schools last month. Ms Heinila’s visit has cemented the cultural and educational ties established by the Department of Education after their visit to Helsinki earlier this year. Teachers have attended presentations, taken part in collaborative discussions and have enjoyed workshops where they have been able achieve a better understanding of what has made the Finnish educational model a point of reference for outstanding edu-

cational philosophy, practice and achievement throughout the world.

The Department of Education will continue to engender these cultural and educational learning exchanges by extending them to all teachers in other school sectors in the near future.

Keep an eye out for more workshops, competitions and bar events coming in the new year!

For more information and to get involved with the local bartender association, email gcgbartenderassociation @gmail.com.

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news CHAMP: COMMAND PAPER TO BAN THE SALE OF ENERGY DRINKS TO UNDER 16-YEAR-OLDS The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers poor weight management in childhood as one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century.

The WHO report that the number of overweight or obese infants and young children, (aged 0 to 5 years), increased from 32 million globally in 1990 to 41 million in 2016, and state that, without intervention, obese infants and young children will likely continue to be obese during childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

CHAMP (Children, Healthy and Active! Multi-agency Programme) seeks to engage children and their carers through various planned events around the year in order

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to raise awareness on and promote healthier lifestyle choices in Gibraltar. The event launch of the winter programme, which will run into 2019, was titled ‘CHAMP About Town’. Children and families enjoyed a treasure hunt, starting at Casemates, along Main Street and back via Irish Town, with multiple educational ‘quiz stops’ stationed along the route.

‘Lucky draw’ prizes were handed out to participants on successful completion of the treasure hunt.

Another main feature on the day was the ‘Guess how many steps?’ game. Participating children and families were asked to state how many steps it would take to complete the roundtrip during the treasure hunt, with prizes award-

ed to those with the nearest or correct answers.

Further, the consumption of energy drinks has been reported to be particularly detrimental to a child’s health, frequently containing high and unregulated amounts of caffeine. These drinks have been associated with serious adverse health effects, such as, diabetes, mood and behavioural issues. It is also proven to contribute towards tooth decay. To demonstrate its unwavering support towards this extremely worthy initiative, HM Government of Gibraltar has published a command paper on the banning of the sale of energy drinks to under 16 year olds.

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news ISOLAS ANNUAL CLIENTS RECEPTION ISOLAS LLP held their annual client Christmas reception at their offices last month, which was a great success with over 200 guests attending the event.

ISOLAS would like to thank their clients for their continued support, and look forward to this continuing in 2019.

WAGAMAMAS LAUNCHES NEW VEGAN MENU Her Majesty’s Government of Last month, Wagamamas launched their brand spankin’ new vegan menu, tweaking some of their vegetarian favourites such as the Mixed Mushroom and Panko Aubergine Hirata Steamed Bun to be 100% vegan, as well as adding some new tasty treats.

comes to the mains. Our favourite was the Yasai Itame: rice noodles in a spicy green coconut and lemongrass soup with tofu and vegetables, topped with stir-fried beansprouts, red and spring onions, bok choi, peppers, mushrooms and chilli and garnished with coriander and fresh lime.

Choose from a selection of starters, such as the Edamame with chilli garlic salt, Yasai Gyozas or Wok-Fried Greens - perfect for sharing before the main event.

Don’t worry, they haven’t left out dessert! Cleanse your palate with a beautifully refreshing sorbet.

Choose between pink guava and passionfruit, or lemongrass and lime.

You’ll be spoilt for choice when it

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news GOVERNMENT LAUNCH MAJOR HOUSING PROJECT ON THE EAST SIDE Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar is delighted to announce the launch of the sale of flats in the next phase of its affordable housing scheme. Hassan Centenary Terraces will be located on the east side of Gibraltar and will provide 665 homes in total. This is part of the continuing policy of the Government to provide homes for our people. It will be recalled that 564 homes have been constructed at Beach View Terraces, 331 at Mons Calpe Mews (including 69 for the elderly at Sea Master Lodge) and a further 73 flats for the elderly were also provided at Charles Bruzon House. In addition to this, a further 266 homes, mainly former MOD properties, have been put out to tender. This takes the total to 1234 homes which have been made available for our people so far. Construction of these new homes will commence in the new year.

The estate, which is comprised of 6 blocks, will deliver a total of 665 flats, including maisonettes and duplexes. Broken down as follows:

҇​҇ One-bedroom flats – 4 ҇​҇ Two-bedroom flats – 158 ҇​҇ Three-bedroom flats – 296 ҇​҇ Four-bedroom flats – 174 ҇​҇ Five-bedroom flats – 6 (mixture ҇​҇ Maisonettes/duplexes of 1, 2 and 4 bedrooms) – 27

properties range ҇​҇ One-bedroom from £89,100 to £117,700 (4 types)

properties range ҇​҇ Two-bedroom from £131,300 to £178,400 (7 types)

flats range ҇​҇ Three-bedroom from £203,300 to £257,800 (6

types) o Four-bedroom properties range from £274,400 to £323,500 (4 types)

flats range from ҇​҇ Five-bedroom £336,100 to £339,100 (1 type)

The above figures are the purchase prices on 100% basis and all can also be purchased on a 50/50 basis with no advantage being derived by purchasing 100%.

MAYFAIR ON MAIN OPENS NEW ‘CHAMPAGNE BLOW-DRY BAR’ “We’re very excited as regards to the opening of our new hair salon, Mayfair Hair Gallery, Gibraltar’s first Champagne Blow-Dry Bar.” The blow-dry bar offers 6 styles from meeting to red carpet ready as well as express and bespoke options. Mayfair on Main’s trademark massage backwashers and exceptional service ensure you sit back, indulge, and leave feeling revitalised and ready for your day ahead.

Mayfair on Main and Mayfair Hair Gallery are the official and exclusive Olaplex suppliers for Gibraltar, now offering the greatly anticipated No. 4 and No. 5.

Mayfair on Main give their thanks to Minister Cortes for coming to support them on their special evening, and for officially opening their new salon.

To book an appointment, call 200 75913.

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business THROUGH THE EYES OF…

Former BBC correspondent Nick Higham visits the Rock ahead of his piece for BBC Radio 4 programme, ‘From Our Own Correspondent’, in which he discusses all things Gibraltar and Brexit. Here, Nick reveals his thoughts on Gibraltar, as well as those of some of our own.

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s a first time visitor to Gibraltar I was at sea.

What was this place where the shops were British but the buildings looked Mediterranean? Where the local branch of Mothercare boasted a delicate wrought iron balcony that might have been in Majorca?

Where people spoke English and Spanish (or was it Llanito) more or less interchangeably? Where you knew you were abroad, yet the fish and chip shops and police uniforms belonged in an English seaside resort?

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discovered the Edinburgh Estate on Queensway Road, formerly married quarters for British military personnel.

to house them are now surplus to requirements. So the Edinburgh Estate has been turned into government-owned social housing.

What was this place where the shops were British but the buildings looked Mediterranean?

Once one of Britain’s most important overseas garrisons, Gibraltar is no longer an armed camp. The airport is run by the RAF but there are no planes; the dockyard is run by the Royal Navy, but there are no ships. The squaddies and the tars have gone, and the quarters built

And under the archway at the entrance were a series of plaques commemorating distinguished 20th century Gibraltarians, whose names told a story.

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politics Mascarenhas, Mifsud, Mosquera, Noguera, Olivero, Thomson: the names were British, Portuguese, Maltese, Genoan, North African, Jewish – as well as Spanish.

It was then that I realised quite what a melting pot British-ruled Gibraltar has always been... and why Gibraltarians don’t want to be part of Spain. It’s because they’re not Spanish.

You may think that blindingly obvious: to someone from distant Britain it came as a revelation.

profession) referred to as “sovereignty simpliciter”. Instead there had been fruitful discussion of issues which Spain and Gibraltar don’t usually talk about: the environment, exchanging information on tax, police and customs co-operation. He himself had led the negotiations and indeed “for the first time in history” there had been bilateral talks between Gibraltar and Spain with no-one from the UK in the room.

“For the first time in history” there had been bilateral talks between Gibraltar and Spain with no-one from the UK in the room.

I was in Gibraltar at an interesting moment. Negotiations over Britain’s withdrawal agreement from the EU were reaching a climax. Gibraltar too would be leaving the EU, against the wishes of 96 per cent of its people, and Gibraltar’s position was set out in a special protocol to the agreement.

I thought a piece for my old employers at the BBC might be timely, looking at how Gibraltarians view Brexit and what it might mean for this tiny territory which, like Northern Ireland, has a UK land border with the EU. So I bid for an interview with the chief minister, Fabian Picardo, and was granted an audience. He was upbeat. Negotiations over the protocol had gone well. There had been fears that Madrid would try to use the Brexit negotiation as leverage to win concessions from the UK on Gibraltar’s sovereignty, but apparently that hadn’t happened.

Spain had not tried to progress its case on what Picardo (a lawyer by 24

I said I supposed that dealing with a left-wing government in Madrid made things easier – they would after all be conscious that La Linea, with some of the highest unemployment in Spain and plenty of socialist voters, was heavily dependent on the Rock. He agreed, but surprised me by saying that the improvement in relations had first come under the previous administration. He revealed that he had met the foreign minister in the Partido Popular government, Alfonso Dastis, by chance in London. “We must talk,” he had said – and some time later Dastis had taken him up on the suggestion.

It was all tremendously positive.

So I went off to talk to other Gibraltarians. They told me about the day-to-day importance for the territory of a fluid border across which goods and people flowed smoothly.

I was told about the truckloads of foodstuffs and other essentials that come across each day; and

about how dependent Gibraltar was on the 13,000 people who cross to work, most in service jobs. I was also told about the advantages to Gibraltar of being inside the EU single market but outside the customs union, with no VAT and a three per cent tariff on luxury goods. Perfumes sell on Main Street as a result for prices comparable to airport duty free shops. One Main Street trader impressed on me the importance of maintaining that competitive advantage, and pointed me to the low-tax regime operated by Spain in the Canary Islands as a possible model for Gibraltar in the future.

We talked of what might happen if, heaven forfend, negotiations with the EU collapsed and the UK (and therefore Gibraltar) left Europe with No Deal. I wanted to know if Gibraltar could survive a border closure, and I was told it could. Fabian Picardo said he was confident there would be sufficient foodstuffs (though less confident about prescription drugs), and that “all systems are in place for a very hard Brexit indeed.”

Gibraltar had after all survived more than 15 years between 1969 and 1985 when there was no cross-border road traffic at all.

The closure of the border had led not only to something of a siege economy but also to a way of life remarkable both for its closeness and its suffocating narrowness.

No-one (including the chief minister) said they wanted to go back to a time when teenagers drove round and round the Rock at weekends just for something to do.

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they would rather leave than face the prospect of being indefinitely caged in. But we were talking hypothetically – or so I thought, until I checked the news at the end of the day and discovered that shortly after my meeting with the chief minister there had been rumblings from Spain.

The government in Madrid had decided on a little patriotic showboating in the run-up to regional elections in Andalusia, and had belatedly taken a hard line on Gibraltar. They were threatening to block the UK’s withdrawal agreement if they didn’t win concessions. The Brits (and the European Commission in Brussels, desperate not to see the text of its hard-won agreement unravel) were resisting. Tension rose as the week wore on.

I wrote my piece for the BBC... and then rewrote it, as it began to look distinctly possible that there might be no agreement. In the end the crisis was resolved by an exchange of letters just a couple of hours. The Spanish side claimed a significant concession; the Brits claimed they were merely restating the status quo.

The incident illustrated something else which as an outsider I had not fully appreciated: how much influence Spain wields in the affairs of the territory, and how nervous that makes Gibraltarians feel.

More than one Gibraltarian told me that people might be less suspicious of Spain if it took a softer line, and stopped making life difficult for the Rock by imposing periodic delays at the border. They might even be

If Brexit proves anything, it is that half of us still aren’t convinced.

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willing to discuss sovereignty. As it is, I fear they see Spain as a bully, and the grandstanding over the withdrawal agreement will merely have reinforced that.

In any case, I’m not so sure that even 30 years of unfailing accommodation by Spain could undermine Gibraltarians’ attachment to their own sovereignty.

After all, we in the UK have had 45 years to get used to the idea of being Europeans. If Brexit proves anything, it is that half of us still aren’t convinced.

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THE VIEW FROM WASHINGTON

Across the pond, Theresa May has just lost three vital parliamentary votes in a couple of hours. At the time of writing, this UK government is the first administration in British history to be declared, by its sovereign elected body, to be in contempt of parliament. You couldn’t imagine a government in a weaker position. Everything’s possible, from a no deal to another referendum (and possibly an exit from Brexit), from a new Conservative leadership to a Corbyn-led Labour government.

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eanwhile, Spain’s far-right has found success in Andalucía.

Replicating the trends across western capitalist democracies, the neo-liberal centre is collapsing. Motivated by Steve Bannon, Trump’s authoritarian populism has been translated across oceans and borders. There is an international nationalism, and instability is the order of the day.

The Mirror Theory I’m sat in Washington – the capital of a country that is hardly 26

more stable than the aforementioned. The Republican-majority Senate is finally at odds with the President on Saudi Arabia.

The Congress is divided, with a Democratic-majority House of Representatives now infused with a greater number of women and minority representation.

Investigations and indictments feel like a daily occurrence, as do administration resignations and musings of admiration from the White House to the Kremlin and the House of Saud.

Absurdity is rife, but hope is

alive. Trump has held a mirror up to America and its politics, with its corporatism, its corruption, its complacency – he is merely a vulgar symptom of a deeper political ecosystem. In response, his opposition is uniting. On climate policy, foreign policy, and systemic reform, socialists and moderates now have a lot in common.

They also have an abundance of talent, with the potential list of Democratic presidential nominees extending beyond a couple dozen.

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politics to Beto O’Rourke. Trump could very well be the president that America needed; like a wake-up call to show exactly the path that should be avoided. But political predictions are a fool’s game. A ‘feeling’ isn’t always fact… and maybe someone should tell the President.

Aunque America Es Muy Grande

“Crazytown”, as former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly is quoted in Bob Woodward’s newest book called Fear. Just this morning I’m reflecting on a well-spent night out with journalists, many of whom have it as their day job to monitor far-right conspiracy theories and personalities in Trump’s base.

The Washington Center tasks interns with filling out reflection forms on their professional experiences in the city. Reminiscing on my trips to senate and congressional buildings, getting the inside perspective at the BBC studios, meeting with individuals that I see on TV on the regular – you can’t help but be (literally) close to power in Washington.

It’s a hustle.

That’s what makes success sweet when you eventually taste some of it.

It has been over three months in D.C., and it feels like home. When I miss my sunny, rocky paradise I am reminded of the song “Llevame Done Nací”, which is essentially a letter of longing from America. But the taste is bittersweet. It is, for now, my final week in Washington.

While I’m certain I’ll be back, a break from the daily chaos of D.C. will be well-received. It has been a fantastic semester, meeting Senators and Representatives, working and writing, and making friends from across the globe.

Every day has been full and every week has been fulfilling.

But it has been accompanied by a backdrop of bowed heads in mourning. On the week of my arrival, Senator John McCain passed away. On the week of my departure, President George Bush Sr is lying in state. The media coverage has largely placed them as relics of a bi-partisan panacea where division was rare and nation was above party. This is, of course, a simplification. Even so, it reflects the death of the old America, for better or worse. We shall see in due course.

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It only adds the absurdity of the wonderful capital. But power is being challenged. As the old ‘swamp’ has been replaced with the Trump swamp, young Americans everywhere are frustrated and are making it known.

Even in D.C. there has been criticism of the cost of living and the revolving door of unpaid internships that keep sons and daughters of elites in the bubble of the establishment; after all, working-class students cannot afford to work without pay.

reward. Many work hard for little reward. Many don’t even get the opportunity to work hard. The perception of Washington as a highly educated, wealthy web of social and political climbers is only half true. It is also, like other major cities, a place of great inequality.

Poverty and homelessness is relatively rife. Gentrification is not necessarily leading to increased diversity, but is kicking out many working-class families of colour who can no longer afford to live in the area.

In some ways, Washington is a microcosm of the wider societal problems that urban America faces. Issues of race, wealth, housing and employment all intersect. Yet the District of Columbia has very limited representation. There are no senate elections because it is not considered a state, and there are no house representatives. This means that there is no elected official with full voting rights that gets to negotiate for the budget of D.C. and its neighbourhoods, making progress within the communities here a challenge.

At the office, working weeks for me have tended to consist of pitching articles to opinion editors across the country, attending and note-taking at relevant hearings and panels on the Hill and researching ongoing projects for the firm. Those projects have been diverse, involving anything from advocating for legislative bi-partisan progress on net neutrality, to modernizing copyright law and promoting rights of musicians in the digital sphere. Through conference calls and meetings with coalitions

Issues of race, wealth, housing and employment all intersect.

Work, Work, Work, Work, Work It’s a hustle. That’s what makes success sweet when you eventually taste some of it. America is about having the privilege to work hard for the possibility of a

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paign, which took to social media and culminated with a concert in California featuring CAKE and House of Representatives candidate Andrew Janz. We have worked with Beto O’Rourke’s campaign that captured the nation (and almost captured Texas) and also with Lauren Underwood who became her district’s first black representative in congress. All in all, it has been a productive eye in to the political machine in Washington.

American involvement in the Saudi Arabian war in Yemen. Fall in Washington has been full of surprises. For starters, the polls were actually right about the midterms. The end of November’s senate vote, though, is one that shouldn’t be understated. The resolution on the Yemen war, sponsored chiefly by Sanders, was most definitely a crushing rebuke to Trump and the Saudi regime.

The wealthiest 1% in the nation write the rules that keep a fairer society at bay.

in these areas and completing research or communications tasks, we help them to achieve their targets in Washington.

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My Take on Politics in D.C. Like everyone else, I’ve been thinking of what the elections might mean for the state of play in Washington. Unlike everyone else, I think a sign of that came from the shock resolution over

But it was also indicative of the left (for once?) taking leadership on foreign policy. The vote on the resolution shows that the left can engage with the institutions it correctly criticises over its inaction, not just in terms of campaigning for a green new deal in the House, but on foreign policy GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

politics too in the Senate. It is a signal of a rigorous left-wing platform that manifests in policy areas where the left has traditionally been perceived as non-existent.

The midterm elections were a success for Democrats, but specifically for the progressive wing, too. The Progressive Caucus is set to expand from 78 to 96 members.

In the days and weeks since November 6th, the likes of Alexandria OcasioCortez have been front and centre with the Green New Deal campaign catching a snowball of momentum as the winter approaches. Her social media savvy, collaboration with other House members and representative-elects, and her integrity, has got her platform consistent national media attention. Both in style and substance, she is ‘slaying’, and there’s no greater evidence of this than when your detractors are in desperation mode to pick on anything to try to undermine you.

of American society as intertwined into modern neo-liberal capitalism.

But what does the left have to say about foreign policy? Is the left weak on foreign policy or just silent, seeing its responsibility as exclusively domestic? Political theorist Michael Walzer asks this question in A Foreign Policy for the Left, published at the start of the year. It’s an amorphous question. This is because there are often many lefts and arguing on foreign policy on ideological lines doesn’t necessarily lead to the same results. For the modern mainstream American left, however, Walzer considers that it is largely a mindset of isolationism. A predisposition to isolationism is understandable, particularly when one is reminded of the American imperialism of the Kissinger years in Central America, or, more recently, the Iraq intervention.

Washington, the epicentre of all that is admirable and all that is deplorable.

This influx of leftist political clout has been a long time coming.

Sanders’ 2016 primaries set the left in motion to where it is now, particularly on domestic policy and economics. The platform has been coherent on the American political and corporate system – the wealthiest 1% in the nation write the rules that keep a fairer society at bay. The critique of 21st century capitalism runs smoothly into the healthcare agenda, housing issues, and green policy. Sanders’ democratic socialism provides a basis on which to draw policy across the board that recognizes all long-standing crises GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

Now that there is a revival of the left that is beginning to be reflected in Washington, so is an opportunity to discuss how the foreign policy element of the democratic socialist platform should look like. The aversion to American imperialism is not the only thing that should drive this.

It must also entail the context of President Trump and his admiration for despotic strongmen.

Trump is a hereditary capitalist who has benefited from neoliberalism, and his ideal world is there for all to see in the friends he keeps. The zero-sum game, injected by the steroids of today’s capitalism, is Trump’s foreign policy that Senator Warren has

alluded to as a cause of global instability, remarking that “efforts to bring capitalism to the global stage unwittingly helped create the conditions for anti-democratic countries to rise up and lash out… we need to refocus our international economic policies so that they benefit all Americans, not just wealthy elites”. For the sake of the planet, exacerbated inequality, and democratic solidarity, the leftist foreign policy can be at once anti-imperialist and anti-Trump.

It’s a start. The resolution on Yemen is years too late, but finally there is a recognition of this atrocious situation. It proved that stances that begin on the left can sometimes get sufficient support at the upper echelons of political power. Yes, it is a victory for bipartisanship to a degree.

Fundamentally, it is a victory for a wider political narrative that is now achieving results to back-up the message. With momentum building on every policy front for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, the left can no longer be dismissed on foreign affairs.

I’ll Be Back My Washington diaries are as eccentric as life is in the city. But there’s hardly a dull moment. To this profoundly interesting and afflicted nation, I’ll be back. To Washington, the epicentre of all that is admirable and all that is deplorable, I’ll be back. I came to get a snapshot of the world’s oldest living democracy. I’ve learned the ways in which it continues to fall short. I’ve been closer to the people who are making the next steps in the march to equality. Best of all, I’ve found some hope where, from afar, things looked hopeless.

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THE PROPERTY PURCHASE ADVISOR The Role of the Property Purchase Advisor.

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ff-plan property buying has become highly popular in Gibraltar’s booming real estate market. The high demand relative to the limited supply of properties in Gibraltar has meant many developments are being sold out off-plan within matters of weeks if not days.

Government too has last month announced the commencement of the off-plan sale process of its latest affordable housing scheme – Hassans Centenary Terraces, consisting of some 665 apartments.

of times in a lifetime. There are a lot of factors to consider when purchasing a property, especially when buying off-plan. Buying your future home is not just about finding a property and agreeing a price and completion date, etc. As a buyer you may face unexpected issues. Most of us would inspect a car before buying it. Thus, you minimise the risk of being duped. And of course, when you buy a property, this interest is even greater!

The Purchase Advisor then takes care of the sourcing the right property, due diligence and negotiating on the client’s behalf.

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Many people don’t know that a property agent can only represent either the buyer’s or the seller’s interests, but they cannot represent both. However charming and

obliging the agent may be during your viewings of the property or the off-plan simulations, the agent has instructions to sell the property for the highest possible price.

Here comes the role of the Real Estate Advisor or Purchase Advisor. A Property Purchase Advisor is a person who acts on behalf of the buyer to find and negotiate on properties that the buyer wishes to purchase. The buyer sets a list of criteria with the Purchase advisor, which includes; purchase price, location, desired yield, old or new, type of construction, financing (mortgage) structure etc.

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property and negotiating on the client’s behalf.

From our experience as Purchase Advisors, we see clients seeking our services for diverse reasons: For example, a homeowner who’s trying to decide whether to ‘move or improve’ and wishes they could get objective counsel… Buyers who aren’t clear on whether they should buy now or later… Buyers who don’t know if the developer is sufficiently reliable… Or buyers who are not sure if they can obtain the necessary financing package.

developer to achieve the maximum sales price. Through industry experience, current market knowledge, research and access to the appropriate historical records, a Purchase Advisor will evaluate and appraise the value of the property, how it stacks up as an investment and provide this report to their client. Then, through negotiation skills, a Purchase Advisor should negotiate the best possible purchase price, potentially saving many thousands of pounds for the client. It is important to remember you make money when buying property rather than selling. Many people lose money in property by not being so concerned about the purchase price, rather thinking they will make money on the sale of the property due to its capital growth over time.

Today’s busy lifestyles makes finding the time to research, locate and negotiate your next property purchase very difficult.

The benefits of using the services of a Purchase Advisor include: To save you time: Today’s busy lifestyles makes finding the time to research, locate and negotiate your next property purchase very difficult. This burden of not having the available time and resources often leads to people delaying their purchase decision, which may result in poor timing or indeed making a decision around your schedule, or compromising on various aspects, rather than buying the right property.

Reducing your risks: A Purchase Advisor carries out the necessary due-diligences to minimise any risks to the buyer. This includes analysing the financial health of the developer to ensure it has a solid financial base to see the construction through to successful completion and beyond. Further due-diligence may involve examining Town Planning’s future development plans to the area to assess the possibility that future construction may negatively impact on views, or that an adjacent plot may be earmarked for a facility less desirable by residen-

It is important to remember you make money when buying property rather than selling.

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tial purchasers such as a petrol station or any other construction that may have a negative effect on the future value of the property.

Further due-diligence may include research on expected rates of return, rental yields in similar properties, and other market trends.

Financing package: A Purchase Advisor assesses your financial health and can advise on the right financing package to match your payment ability. Besides advising on the best available mortgage plans at local banks, the Purchase Advisor can also assist in sourcing non-bank financing and advise on ways to maximise your tax allowances post property purchase.

Objective & Professional: Above all, a Purchase Advisor provides the buyer with an objective, neutral opinion on the entire transaction, looking after the buyer’s best interests and helping make the purchase decision in a professional, non-emotional manner.

Whether you are looking to buy off-plan or general resale, as your Purchase Advisors we will look after your best interests, ensuring you buy the right property, at the right time and at the right price.

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Ski & Spa

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he Sierra Nevada’s most exclusive, boutique retreat, El Lodge Ski & Spa, threw open its doors last month, welcoming guests closer to the natural beauty and rich culture of this diverse Spanish region.

Located within the Sierra Nevada National Park at 2,300 metres above sea level, El Lodge is a sumptuous, cosy hideaway in the mountains with the only ski-in/ski-out facilities and heated outdoor pool in the Sierra Nevada. The exclusively designed interiors bring an elegantly informal approach to traditional alpine style with cowhide rugs, bright Moroccan textiles and bespoke Chesterfield armchairs adding colour and texture to the Finnish timber-clad bedrooms, while playful touches such as vintage posters and antler chandeliers adorn the walls. Each of the hotel’s nine rooms and 12 suites boast private terraces and sweeping picture windows that frame exquisite views of the

snow-capped mountains beyond, and let in the ever-changing sunlight that is so prominent in Europe’s most southerly ski resort.

Guests at El Lodge can indulge in three dining options. The Sun Deck - the only ski-in/ ski-out restaurant in the Sierra Nevada - offers traditional tapas, light lunches, warming hot chocolates and panoramic views on an outdoor terrace. The Grill serves up hearty fondue, raclette, grilled meats, fresh fish and locally sourced Riofrio Caviar - the first organically certified caviar in the world.

The Lounge is the spot for bar snacks and a hot toddy by the fire whilst enjoying a game of pool, backgammon or vintage arcade machines. The Bar, with its eclectic style and whimsical vintage ski décor, offers a snug refuge to hole up in for cocktails on cold, snowy evenings.

El Lodge also offers its guests an extensive spa featuring indoor and outdoor pools, sauna,

two treatment rooms, a gym, Turkish bath and jacuzzi, whilst younger visitors aged 0-14 years can keep themselves busy in a dedicated playroom brimming with toys, games and films.

WINTER WELLNESS IN THE SIERRA – NEW FOR THE 2018/19 SEASON This three-night holistic mountain programme aims to enhance overall wellbeing combining an enriching outdoor activity each morning with afternoons on the slopes. Guests will check into their suite with private hot tub and spend their first morning partaking in a dynamic mountain-top yoga class followed by a personalised aqua-fit session in El Lodge’s outdoor heated pool to prepare the body for the days of skiing ahead. Guests will also explore the Sierra Nevada National Park by horseback in the snow and go hiking in Los Cahorros - a pristine network of gorges, rock pools, waterfalls and historic

acequias knitted together via hanging bridges and winding trails, particularly beautiful on a blue but wintry day. The afternoons will be spent skiing, while each evening guests will end their day with a unique experience; an unforgettable stargazing excursion led by trained astrologers, private access to El Lodge’s spa for a sleep-inducing spa ritual and a Snowcat ride to watch the sun set over the mountains.

Prices start from €4,656 per person for three nights, based on two sharing.

SKI & CULTURE IN THE SIERRA – NEW FOR THE 2018/19 SEASON This three-night experience will give guests the chance to combine time on the slopes with the rich culture that is so prevalent throughout the Granada province. Embark on a tour of the Alhambra and the Nasrid Palaces with local expert, Luisa Corral, who will bring to life the

history of Spain’s Moorish jewel in the crown. The day will end with a hot air balloon ride, providing privileged aerial views of the Alhambra, before returning for dinner at The Grill. The next day will be spent on the slopes with an alfresco lunch on The Sun Deck, before being whisked off to a real Sierra Nevada institution – Ruta del Veleta – to sample its tasting menu, a gastronomic journey through the most traditional and innovative tastes of Andalucía. The final day will be spent exploring the picturesque white villages of the Alpujarra, seldom visited in the low season but even more magical during the winter. These tiny mountainside enclaves offer charm aplenty, while the surrounding farmland remains emerald green year-round thanks to the melting snow that trickles down from the mountains. A beautiful spot to delve into the Moorish history of the region and contemplate the magnificence of the majestic peaks that tower above.

Prices start from €4,070 per person for three nights, based on two sharing.

A less obvious choice for a ski break, the Sierra Nevada offers one of Europe’s longest seasons with operations running until late April, making it likely to accommodate 2019’s unusually late Easter holidays. Guests at El Lodge can hit the resort’s 45 pistes and six off-piste routes in style with clothing from Bogner and equipment from Stöckli, taking advantage of the hotel’s boot warming and slipper service in between runs.

Just one hour from Granada and two hours from Malaga, skiing at El Lodge can easily be combined with time on the beach and the property’s sister hotel, the legendary Marbella Club, provides the perfect base.

Rates start from €350 per room, per night, breakfast and VAT included.

For more information or to book, visit www.ellodge.com.

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PROPERTY INVESTMENT ABROAD Part II: Portugal - The Algarve and Lisbon.

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n my previous article we had a close look into the French property market with the Côte d’Azur and its enchanting surroundings. We shall now head a long way south and venture into charming Algarve in Portugal, located some three hours away by car from Gibraltar on very good roads, and then drive up and have a look into Lisbon and its healthy property market.

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attracts a good number of Northern Europeans including British, Irish, German, Dutch, Scandinavians and even Russians. It is an extremely attractive location because of several good reasons.

Amongst them:

beaches in Europe with pristine waters.

It is perhaps one of the least polluted areas in Europe.

We know the reason why it has become a highly desirable holiday destination.

You have 300 hundred or more days of sunshine per year.

Probably the best sandy

Mild winters.

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fish and very good Portuguese wines at great value prices.

The beaches are miles long with golden sand and dunes.

The best example is Praia da Marinha, which is rated amongst the top 100 beaches in the world. Faro has also got a handy airport with direct flights to the main European countries.

A modern motorway departing from there links all of Portugal North to South with this city.

companies like Airbnb.

Taking these valuable points into account, we know the reason why it has become a highly desirable holiday destination, with not only the local Portuguese from the North and inland, but with a very important number of foreign visitors who either rent short term or settle full time in Portugal.

There are different locations starting from the beautiful pueblo of Vila Real de Santo Antonio, located on the right bank of river Guadiana just 36

before it flows into the Atlantic Ocean, and all the way till you reach Punta Sagres on the far West side of the Portuguese country. The Colonial charm and Moorish ancestry of Faro City with its cobbled streets and whitewashed houses is difficult to match. There are excellent restaurants serving fresh local

And now down to business.

Why Portugal, apart from its obvious charm and excellent weather?

Portuguese housing prices continue to rise, quite strongly fuelled by a healthy surging demand as well as improved economic conditions.

The right answer is great value, good yields and a house property market on the rise.

Portugal had a rise of 4.8% in the year of 2017, which is very attractive considering the slow years it had up until 2014 when the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

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housing market started its gradual recovery. In the last year an increase of 23% took place in Portugal totalling over 24.000 transactions in 2017.

The economy is growing steadily - 2.6% in 2017 - and it is expected to grow up to similar figures this year.

Prices are still quite attractive in Lisbon where one can find a good flat located in an elite area with say 85m2 for as little as â‚Ź200,000. A larger Lisbon apartment of 120m2 could set you back some â‚Ź300,000 again in a very good location.

These apartments yield 5% on average when it comes to long term rental returns. If you settle for short term rentals via an OTA of your choice it can easily double or even treble but so does the work involved in marketing and management.

A similar situation is found in The Algarve. Rental income in The Algarve varies between 4.5% and 6% and considerably more if you do short holiday lets.

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And what about taxes? There is a transfer tax for the buyer which at present stands at 6.5% if the property is Urban, 5% if it is an agricultural property or farm, 0% to 6% if the buyer intends to live in it permanently, and 10% if the buyer resides in a lower tax jurisdiction like Gibraltar.

A Registration fee is charged at 1.20% as a maximum, although it could be less depending on

the type of house. Stamp duty stands at 0.8%. In all cases the value on which the taxes are paid is the purchase price.

Income tax in the case of rentals stands at 28% for nonresidents, and the same figure of 28% is what you would pay as nonresident in the way of capital gains tax when you sell on to another buyer.

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would only pay 19% when you sell or about the same on any rental income, it is higher. But lower than in France where you pay over 30%. And much higher than in Gibraltar where there is no capital gains tax.

Portugal has no inheritance tax or gift tax.

Portugal, along with other mediterranean countries like Spain, grants a 5 year residency status to any individual that buys a property worth at least €500.000. This allows the buyer to live and work in Portugal and to travel freely in all Schengen Countries.

There are a lot of wealthy Asian or Russian buyers very keen to make the move into such an attractive, stable and low cost of living jurisdiction.

Portugal grants a 5 year residency status to any individual that buys a property worth at least €500.000.

If looking into the Portugal market in depth, one could say that Portuguese housing prices continue to rise, quite strongly fuelled by a healthy surging demand as well as improved economic conditions.

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When considering property investments home or abroad one has to think of two quintessential factors: value for

money, which you do get in Portugal where the average price still stands at a mere € 1.500 per m 2 - much lower than in other jurisdictions like Spain or France, and a decent yield when it comes to rental income. Portugal with yields upwards of 5% is a first choice to consider in Europe.

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

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THIS GIRL CAN ORGANISE

Professional declutterer and organiser to the stars, Nicola Lewis (better known as ‘TGCO’ with over 50,000 followers on Instagram), shares her tips for a post-Christmas kitchen that will help you to start off your year right.

BY NICOLA LEWIS

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appy New Year everybody! So, who’s taken down their Christmas stuff already?

Traditionally, Christmas decorations are taken down before the 12th night (which is the 6th January). However, I like to make a start on 1st January. I feel it’s a great way to start the new year off clean, tidy and focused for the year ahead!

I place everything into containers or Christmas storage bags ready to be labelled and then placed back into our loft. This year, I am parting with a few items as we’ve had them a few years, so will be donating them to a charity or whoever would like them by the end of this week. I encourage everyone to get all hands on deck 40

and clean the house.

The next stage is the fridge and freezer. You may have hosted or attended a Christmas dinner/party, and either way you’re sure to have been stuck with lots of leftovers in your fridge. Most of the contents now won’t get eaten, and some have probably gone bad. Start by cleaning out your fridge thoroughly, remove all the Christmas/out of date food and then organise back to normal. Start the new year clean and fresh - literally!

Next it’s the kitchen food cupboards. By simply dividing your kitchen cupboards into zones, you will not only be able to keep your food organised, but it will also reduce your meal-preparation time. Another huge benefit is,

when writing your shopping lists each week, you’ll be able to keep on top of what you need and keep costs down.

First, identify food and cooking categories that suit your lifestyle (weeknight dinners, portable lunches, baking, etc.) and then designate an area for each category with the most often-used zones in reach. If you don’t have the space, then you can use cupboard organisers to help. This will prevent waste, as everything will be visible inside. I like to declutter my cupboards every quarter, removing out of date cans and jars.

Remember, what makes a kitchen great is not always about the size or space, it’s about how you organise it. Good luck!

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HOGAR BETANIA

The little place making a big difference.

BY CONCHITA TRIAY

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ou only need to speak to Begoña Arana Alvarez for a few minutes to realise just how passionate she is about her work with Hogar Betania. Begoña was already working for a charity, catering for a small group of twelve to fifteen homeless people, when the organisation decided it had to close down for lack of funds.

There was no doubt in Begoña’s mind that this could not be allowed to happen and she determined to keep the Hogar open, whatever it took. And what it has taken is complete dedication to 42

the project and an enthusiasm that knows no bounds. Begoña was twenty-five when she took over the management of the Hogar.

She worked without a salary for 18 months, after which she applied for some remuneration through EU sponsorship.

What she has achieved since then is nothing less than impressive.

The Hogar has grown from catering for 12-15 people to a much bigger venture which provides a home for sixty people and which also provides cooked food for over 300 people, on a daily basis.

This increase in residents was possible when Begoña got the Ayuntamiento in La Linea to give them a large building, behind the old hospi-

The Hogar provides a home for sixty people and provides cooked food for over 300 people, on a daily basis.

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life tal, which had once been an old people’s home. The building was derelict and had to be completely refurbished; a job which took three and a half years to complete, as well as constant work on Begona’s part to get the necessary funds to cover costs. Dozens of firms and individuals from the area helped out – many from Gibraltar. In fact, Begoña makes it very clear when you speak to her that without the help they get from Gib, much of what they do would not be possible.

And Hogar Betania isn’t just a roof over the heads of some of the most vulnerable and marginalised people in society. It also offers all the support required to reintegrate these individuals into society by helping them to find employment and accommodation. And as if this wasn’t enough the Hogar undertakes other important social projects: it acts as a Summer school for some of the most under-privileged children in La Linea, providing them with breakfast, lunch and “merienda”, as well as fun activities and outings; it supports the rehabilitation of ex-prisoners; it has recently welcomed several immigrant women who were pregnant – some of whom have already given birth in the short time since they arrived. These women and their babies have been set

It offers all the support required to reintegrate these individuals into society by helping them to find employment and accommodation.

up in a house which was recently ceded to Betania. There, the women will be supported in whatever way they need to bring up their children and helped to eventually become independent. It’s worth mentioning that many of these women have been trafficked and are often pregnant as a result of rape.

For these reasons, living among others in the same circumstances, in a safe place, is of crucial importance.

It’s only when you try to work out how much money it takes to provide all these services, for all these people, that you realise how much it must cost to run the place. And none of it comes from the government or official sources; Hogar Betania relies en-

The home’s continued existence is a testament to human perseverance and kindness.

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tirely on donations. It’s only the ongoing support from residents of the Campo de Gibraltar, on both sides of the border, which make it possible for a place like this to exist.

Toiletries, non-perishable goods, nappies etc. are always very welcome. The home’s continued existence is a testament to human perseverance and kindness, and if you would like to help ensure its future, their doors are always open to whatever help can be offered.

For further information on the work done at Hogar Betania, visit hogarbetania.es or visit their Facebook page. For further information locally, contact Conchita Triay on 54028074.

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CAMBRIDGE WEIGHT PLAN

BY JEREMY GOMEZ

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hen we are ill we seek medical diagnosis and treatment. With “chronic” medical conditions, there is often a strong sense that there is not much we can do once the disease is diagnosed.

Recent research has shown that when it comes to the third highest cause of death in the U.S.A and Europe, Diabetes, up to 80% of those affected can reverse its effects by simply changing their lifestyle.

This is what a number of key stakeholders met to discuss on the 23rd of October last year at The Convent.

The meeting coincided with the World Diabetes Day on the 14th of November and this year’s theme is ‘The Family and Diabetes’.

The event was hosted by local surgeon and director of the Specialist Medical Clinic, Mr David Deardon.

The guest speakers were Dr Rene Beguelin, Chairman of the Gibraltar Diabetes Association, Sr Julie Parker from the Gibraltar Health Authority’s Diabetes Team and Professor Tony Leeds a Bariatric Physician based at Central Middlesex Hospital London and Medical Director of Cambridge Weight Plan a world leader in Formula Food diets.

Dr Beguelin explained the work of the Gibraltar Diabetes Association and highlighted the effect that Type 44

2 Diabetes had on families. He said that type 2 diabetes affects over 400 million people worldwide and that about 2,250 Gibraltarians are currently living with the disease and that as many as 6,500 may be living with pre-diabetes, which if untreated is likely develop into Type 2 Diabetes. Most worrying is that many of these individuals have no idea they have the condition!

Mr Deardon, explained that over 80% of type 2 diabetics are overweight and that weight loss is the biggest tool we have to reverse its effects. He explained that bariatric surgery, though successful at helping the super obese patient (of which there about 450 in Gibraltar) lose weight, did not address the underlying psychological aspect of obesity, food addiction. Surgery for the Gibraltar’s super obese patients alone would possibly cost £4.5 million (excluding corrective plastic surgery to remove the excess skin) plus an additional £315,000 annually for follow up and monitoring.

Sister Parker shared her research findings and explained the specific initiatives that she has implemented in the hope of tackling the problem locally. She suggested that in Gibraltar misperceptions about obesity could have been influenced by our recent history and may partly explain the huge increase in the

number of Gibraltarian residents affected by Type 2 and pre-diabetes.

The war evacuation and the closure of the frontier were identified as historic thresholds when food was scarce and which may have influenced our relationship with food and our perception of healthy weight.

She reported that the GHA has been working with families who have diabetes and helping them to ‘walk away from diabetes’ by encouraging them to increase their exercise and adopt a balanced diet.

Professor Leeds provided evidence from 3 major studies which have recently been published in leading medical journals and highlighted the UK media. These studies utilised Cambridge Weight Plan’s low calorie meal replacement products as a tool to promote weight loss. The DiRECT trial achieved 46% remission in type 2 diabetes with just 10kg weight loss maintained at 1 year whilst the PREVIEW study confirmed that 10kg weight loss in 8 weeks was possible and reversed prediabetes in 35% of patients and improved sugar control in the other 65%. These results were reported in many UK papers and TV programmes such as the “Big Crash Diet” followed the stories of a number of people on the diet. Indeed the results have been so convincing that in December 2018, the NHS announced that it was incorporating low calorie formula food diets

into its weight loss programmes to combat type 2 diabetes.

The Cambridge Weight Plan provides clients with healthy balanced formula food as part of a controlled plan which utilises real food at the weight is lost. The plan provides food education and aims for a balanced diet at the end of the weight loss programme. Professor Leeds highlighted the importance of dealing with the psychological part of the disease because as he noted: “we all have problems with food choices and portion control”. I met with all three speakers to discuss the studies: How does the CWP work?

CWP provides a nutritionally balanced, calorie controlled tool which helps people break their addiction to food and begin a controlled weight

loss journey. The products are provided by trained assessors who provide the psychological help and support necessary.

The products are available at the Specialist Medical Clinic in the ICC building. There are 4 trained Independent Consultants.

What is the difference between CWP and a regulated diet?

How long do you need to be on the plan to see the result of type 2 diabetes being reversed?

Regulated diets are essentially instructions on how to eat healthily.

CWP is a stepped programme which provides the tools necessary to start the weight loss in a safe, scientific and evidence based way and then educates the slimmer how to modify their lifestyle to adopt a balanced healthy calorie controlled real food diet to maintain the weight loss attained and remain healthy Where do you find it in Gibraltar and do you need to be referred to it by a GP?

The client begins to see benefits after losing and maintaining more than 5% of body weight. Some clients achieve this in a few weeks and some take longer.

What costs can we expect?

The products cost between £2 and £3 per meal depending on choices.

Some clients start on 4 products per day and some need just one. The consultations are free but medical investigations may carry charges.

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

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BY JESS LEAPER

ince its very beginning, the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park has relied heavily on the hard work and dedication of volunteers. For the past 5 years, the park has also run an internship programme. This programme has proved to be beneficial not just to the park, but also to the budding animal keepers who have taken part. Placements are usually anywhere between 3 months to a year, and they are usually self-funded. This may seem a lot to expect, but jobs worldwide are notoriously competitive. Many require experience with a range of exotic species and, increasingly so, specific academic training as well as higher education.

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Internships and work experience placements like those offered at the AWCP, enable people to gain these important skills and experience with a variety of species.

Being a small zoo with a small staff-base, interns are generally given more responsibility and an opportunity to gain a broader range of skills than those in larger zoos. Since the beginning of the programme, most of the AWCP’s interns have gone on to gain employment at some of the best zoos in the UK or further afield.

At present the park has one intern, Linda Simenstad from Norway, who is now nearing the end of her 6-month stay. Linda has a varied experience in animal

care and husbandry, mostly in a rescue centre in South Africa and wolf sanctuary in Portugal.

Prior to starting at the AWCP, she had taken a break from travelling and was working in the gaming industry in Malta. When she saw the internship come up on the BIAZA (British & Irish Association of Zoos & Aquaria) website, she couldn’t resist the opportunity to get back to nature again.

All interns undergo a training period of a week or two, where they will get to experience working on all sections of the park and with almost all of the species. After this period most will have a preferred section to specialise in, be it primates, reptiles, birds, or small 47

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mammals. They will then get the chance to work more closely with these species, often taking part in training, enrichment and routine medical procedures.

In a small, but busy park, it is very easy to gain a variety of skills very quickly. Linda says: “I have really enjoyed the level of responsibility I have been given during my time here, it really pushes you to learn quickly and to gain more skills and 11 12 1 knowledge.”

10 2 9 3 9:00am 8 4 Linda arrives 7 6 5 at the same time as the majority of the keepers and starts the day by 48

preparing the daily feeds for the animals, alongside Lucy, the section keeper. Linda has dedicated her time to work mostly on the small mammals section, but also regularly helps out with birds and the lemurs when required.

One of the filthiest jobs is the cleaning out of the potbellied pig pen - especially in winter when the ground is wet and muddy.

The three potbellied pigs, Wally, Vallete, and Serranito (or ‘Ham’) have been at the park for many years. All were once, rather surprisingly, household pets in Gibraltar. As Vallete and Ham are both un-neutered males, they have to be kept separately to prevent conflict. Ham also suffers from a skin condition which is likely the result of underlying issues caused by improper diet in his previous life. Wally is the largest specimen, but was brought to the AWCP as a ‘miniature pig’.

Most recently he was suffering from an overgrown tusk to the point that it was causing him pain when eating (his favourite pastime), so Lucy and Linda were

faced with the awkward task of trimming them down. Fortunately, Wally loves a belly rub and will fall to the ground at the slightest tickle. So while Linda occupied him with a belly rub, Lucy was able to remove the offending tusk with a strong pair of cutters. Wally is recovering well and is now far more comfortable with his shorter tusks. Male pigs (or boars) tend to have large tusks which normally do not need trimming, the problem normally occurs in neutered males or can be caused by injuries to the mouth area often during fights.

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11:00pm After a brief break time with the team, Linda will finish off any enclosure cleaning required. Often this means spending a while in with the Egyptian fruit bats, sieving their sand substrate. “It’s a laborious task, but in wintertime when it’s cold outside, spending time in the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

life warmth makes it a more pleasant occupation,” says Linda. “I have grown surprisingly fond of the Egyptian fruit bats, I just find them so cute and fascinating. It’s the unexpected personalities of animals that you begin to realise when you work so closely with them, you get to know their individual ways.”

scenes. The park has a 5-year strategic plan that will run until 2020. One of the park manager’s jobs is to ensure that the park is meeting its goals and objectives written out in this plan. “The next exciting plan for 2019 is the ‘Alameda Overground Project’ says Jess. As the 1-acre wildlife park is limited in space, this project overcomes this obstacle by building up. “A series of tunnels, platforms and tree-top walkways will take some of our animals back into the trees, creating more space, adding enrichment and flexibility to the enclosures. The concept is based on the London Underground system: local companies can ‘buy’ and name a tunnel, station or platform that forms part of the Alameda Overground network. Each station will have a name, either named by us or by the sponsoring company.” states Jess. Linda has used her knowledge of corporate companies in order to help tailor this concept to attract sponsorship. “It’s a fantastic opportunity to use all my skills to help the park to drive its projects forward,” Linda says.

Working with the animals at the park is something many of the Interns (and staff) relish. The opportunity to work with the animals every day gives an amazing insight into their lives and individual personalities - it is very easy to get attached. Prior to working at the AWCP, Linda had not worked with many of the species before and certainly was not able to be so hands on in her previous volunteer positions. “I feel I have gained so much experience and a variety of skills, from helping to train the otters, to assisting with routine medical procedures. It has been a real eye-opener. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the job has been working with like-minded people who are as passionate about conservation and wildlife as I am. It is a real This must have worked because privilege to work with professionwithin days of the first email going al zoo keepers out, GVC Holdings bagged the who are willing first line, station, and platform!

12 11 1 to take the This project will run into the new 10 2 time to year, with the tunnel building due 9 3 share their to commence at the 8 4 knowledge end of January.* 7 6 5 11 12 1 and teach 10 2 others.”

4:00pm - At the 9 3 Wildlife Park, there 8 4 2:30pm - After the 2.00pm are usually a few 7 6 5 feeds are distributed to the projects on the go. animals, Linda is also able to One of the camutilise her other skills to help the paigns run by the park, park manager, Jess Leaper, with of particular interest to Linda, is some of the park’s other projects. the Conscious Eating/Cut Meat: Taking care of the animals is just Not Trees Campaign. “I am not one aspect of running the zoo; vegan, or even vegetarian, but I there is a lot going on behind the love wildlife and nature and it’s so GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

important that people understand the link between what we eat and the devastating effects on the environment from eating too much meat and dairy.” The IPCC report on Climate Change released last year clearly states that our addiction to meat and dairy is slowly killing the planet.

The Conscious Eating Campaign has been running for 3 years now and aims to encourage people change their eating habits, for the good of their health and for the environment. A recent event that the Conscious Eating team attended in December was the CHAMP Winter Finale. CHAMP (Children Healthy & Active! Multiagency Programme) which aims to get children active and healthy through exercise, contact with nature and healthy foods. Reducing meat and dairy dependency in children diets is crucial for their future health and also the health of their planet. Conscious Eating will be introducing Meat as a Treat and encouraging Meat Free Mondays in Schools throughout 2019. “We served tasty meat and dairy-free pizza bites at the Winter Finale, they went down really well with the kids and it just shows how flexible kids can be if given the right opportunity,” says Linda. The pizzas were provided

by Georgia & Máté’s Kitchen, a plant-based takeaway service just over the border in Spain that provides delicious deliveries to Gibraltar and the Campo area (and the delivery is free!). *Any companies wishing to sponsor this exciting project or to find out more about any of the AWCP’s other projects, email info@awcp.gi.

The AWCP is open every day from 10am-4.45pm. More information can be found on the website: www.awcp.gi.

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COCCO LITHOPHORES Messing up your visibility.

BY LEWIS STAGNETTO, THE NAUTILUS PROJECT

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hilst learning to dive in Gibraltar, one common complaint which constantly annoyed local divers was the lack of visibility compared to other parts of the world.

“When I was in the Caribbean, I had twenty-five metres visibility!” was a popular pronouncement which seemed to imply that there was a problem with our local waters. After all, the coral reefs were the healthiest ecosystems on the planet evidenced by the number of species that live there, right?

Not exactly!

From a human perspective, what is in the water is stuff which simply interferes with our vision, and this negatively affects our dive experience. But, take a water sample and look under the microscope and everything changes.

The ‘stuff’ that we typically find is testimony to the wealth of 50

life in our water from an algal perspective. One group which is of particular interest to researchers and are ubiquitous throughout the planet’s oceans, are the coccolithophores.

From the phylum Haptophyta, coccolithophores are single cell eukaryotic algae whose name is derived from coccus meaning spherical, lithos meaning rock and phore meaning carrier; spherical rock carrier. The reason for the strange name is down to their ability to take calcium carbonate from the water and turn it into beautiful plates which float on their cell membranes. The exact reasons they do this are not entirely understood, but light reflection

and protection from predation are widely accepted theories.

There are around 300 known modern coccolithophore species with each one identifiable by the design and shape of the plates.

Some are spoked like the wheels of a bike whilst others resemble the interlocking plates from a knight’s armour.

Some species have trumpet like projections whilst others are simply a ball of spikes. The wide range of forms is simply breathtaking and certainly merit a quick Google search.

Take a water sample and look under the microscope and everything changes.

Being photosynthetic, Coccolithophores form the very base of the food web and play a crucial role in keeping the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

environment abundance of animals around Gibraltar’s coastline high. Similar to the role that grasses play in the great plains of Africa, these single cells are grazed on by predators like Copepods and consequently energy is transferred up the trophic levels, supporting more and more organisms.

By way of example as to how effective this carbon sinking can be, one must consider the white cliffs of Dover which have been built over millions of years by coccoliths accumulating in the sediments below surface blooms.

Pretty impressive natural structure when considering they measure around ten microns.

Despite our insistence at rainforest destruction, there are some organisms we will find hard to harvest, thus preserving some of the planet’s oxygen producers.

They also play a vital role in carbon sequestration, much like terrestrial plants. Carbon dioxide freely transfers across the atmospheric oceanic boundary and the two are completely in equilibrium. As we increase anthropogenic carbon into the atmosphere, so are we increasing its concentration in the oceans. The net effect of carbon build-up is an acidification of the sea which is most widely publicised through the plight of coral reefs.

Coccolithophores, unbelievably, actually help regulate the build up of this carbon because they use it to make the plates on their membranes. This, combined with grazing pressures and natural mortality, create particulate matter commonly called ‘marine snow’ that sinks to the sediments far below the euphotic zone. This process removes the carbon from the surface waters and is a powerful force in regulating its build up.

Their presence in the fossil record demonstrates that they have been helping to regulate Earth’s climate early into its natural history, and providing they survive this latest spell, are likely to continue its regulation well after we are gone.

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These algae also play a significant role in producing approximately 50% of all the oxygen we breathe. It is comforting to know that despite our insistence at rainforest destruction, that there are some organisms which we will find hard to harvest in quite the same way, thus possibly preserving some of the planet’s oxygen producers.

These algae also have an interesting lifecycle; certainly if algae are your thing. They begin a growth phase as haploid holococcolithophore cells, typically in low nutrient concentrations. With time they develop into diploid hetrococcolithophore cells, normally as a result of higher nutrient availability. It is at this last stage that the cells switch from being K strategists to r-selected meaning their reproductive rate increases dramatically. Uniquely, they are ready to asexually reproduce in both stages of their lifecycle.

So, whilst it is true that algae mess up a diver’s visibility, it is also a testimony to more productive waters which support a high abundance food web. That certainly is good for divers! Further,

PHYLUM: Haptophyta

CLASS: Prymnesiophyceae

HABITAT: Open Ocean

DIET: Autotrophic

INTERESTING FACT: Although Coccolithophores are spherical cells about 5–100 micrometres across, they are the most abundant primary producers in the ocean.

increases in coccolithophores are associated with higher albedo for surface waters, which helps prevent heat absorption. That by itself is a climate change fighting strategy, and a hefty reason for appreciating the murky visibility - a thought well worth pondering over the next time you are in the water.

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COSQUI OF MANY COLOURS

“Artists must not play safe when they’re creating: they cannot afford to be afraid of making mistakes, but they must dare to take their work to the edge. It is only when it plummets over the edge, when you think you’ve just ruined it that the actual magic happens.

When you fan your hands over your head and shriek, because you believe you’re beyond the point of no return and you’re about to go into damage control mode, it is only there that the miracle happens.”

BY ELENA SCIALTIEL

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hus painter extraordinaire Paul Cosquieri, ‘Cosqui’ to the art world, reveals his secret for rising above the mediocrity of mass production in the “ruthless art world”, in order to create memorable masterpieces of true art. Paul will spearhead the new Culture Services initiative to boost the GEMA gallery space with monthly exhibitions held in its historical settings at Montagu Bastion with his solo opening in February, featuring much anticipated new work in his unique style, departing from his GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

iconic Rock face textured abstract extravaganza. He will show - and sell - a handful of very large paintings in the style of his opus magnum permanently exhibited in the University’s lounge.

This was commissioned to him because of his ability to work larger than life, under the large theme Gibraltar, the only rule being it had to feature the color scheme blueteal-yellow, chosen by the interior decorators for the soft furnishing in the hall – with the added bonus of a splash of burgundy, just

because “the painting was asking for it”.

“This work is targeted at students with unadulterated minds, who will spend a lot of time in that room. It is designed to be a picture that they can explore day in day out and always discover new information in it - whether a photograph, a headline in the Chronicle snippets, or a telephone number from the yellow pages, so that they can continuously learn history from the different stories it is made of,” Paul says.

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The idea burst out of Paul’s mind so naturally and spontaneously that he needed no preparatory sketches – but he had to carry out extensive research at the National Archives and the Gibraltar Museum, thanking Anthony Pitaluga and the Finlaysons for granting access to their material: “I took photographs of exhibits, copied old newspapers and telephone directories and printed them in A3 format to paste them on the panels.”

The painting is a whopping 8 by 2.38 metres and it is made up of seven panels that Paul lay 54

down on the floor of a studio that Culture Services purposely allocated to him: “It fitted just right, with a few centimeters to spare for me to walk around it and ‘attack’ it with a long brush, and sometimes a broom.” After three coats of primer, Paul covered the entire surface in torn Chronicle pages, painted over it and added more Chronicles, torn yellow pages and telephone directories (and just to prove that great minds think alike, let’s mention how Our Identity National Day exhibition’s winner Michele Stagnetto applied a similar technique in her prophetic Progress).

After another coat of paint to give it texture, Paul eventually went for the cameo photographs of pivotal moments in Gibraltar’s history,

from Nana to Sir Joshua Hassan.

Paul cannot stress enough how this is not a mural but a painting: “A mural is a small idea blown to bigger proportions with the help of a grid, while my painting is born large to be able to bear a lot of detail.” If there is a nod to Jackson Pollock in the style, there is a perhaps subconscious ambition to make it long-lasting, if not immortal, like Picasso’s Guernica. In fact, a mural’s life is just as long as the wall’s, while these panels are secured by carpentry and can be translated elsewhere in a few hours.

“Artists must not play safe when they’re creating: they cannot afford to be afraid of making mistakes.”

It doesn’t end here: COSQUI will also enjoy a solo of smaller GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

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artwork at the Fine Arts Gallery in Casemates, and he’s spent the last months of 2018 around the United Kingdom to participate in exhibitions and art fairs. In late November, together with fellow cutting-edge geniuses Ambrose Avellano and Shane Dalmedo, Paul travelled to Manchester, sponsored by the Kishin Alwani Foundation, and later to Edinburgh for its art fair. “This is like any trade fair, but focusing solely on art, and it gives artists and the general public the chance to see what is cooking in the art world, exchange ideas, network, and of course give exposure to their own.”

to paint the portrait of former Bayside headmaster Joe Romero, as part of teacher Peter Parody’s project to display portraits of past Bayside headmasters painted by high caliber artists in the new school’s hall.

COLD GOLD

“To me Peter is the top artist, second only to Christian Hook.

He is very technical and precise, unlike me, as I work more on a whim. Given the nature of the commission, this won’t be my usual in-yourface abstract, but I will not forsake my style, in capturing not just the likeness, but the character as well.”

“To me Peter is the top artist, second only to Christian Hook.”

And if you assumed that Cosqui would take a break after March, you are wrong: it fell on Paul GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

No sneak peek now alas: the public will have to wait for the September unveiling – so watch this space.

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prophet with honour in her hometown, life coach, international speaker and author, Michele Attias, brought her selfhelp know-how to the Literary Festival, where she promoted her first book Look Inside: Stop Seeking Start Living.

was yes traumatic, but at the same time it carried a liberating sense of inner freedom. Proving that less is more in your mind as much as around your closet, Michele was poised for a change in direction, leaving behind all the material attachment that wouldn’t be stuffed in the proverbial emotional baggage.

Here, she was faced with either sitting around feeling sorry for herself, or looking ahead to the infinite possibilities to become whoever she wanted to be and not whom others expected

She describes this pivotal moment as being reborn, the second chance that not many are afforded in life.

In an intimate talk at the Garrison Library on the opening morning, Michele bared her soul to a close circle of friends, relatives and fans, candidly acknowledging how losing it all GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

her to be. She describes this pivotal moment as being reborn, the second chance that not many are afforded in life - and those who are should indeed treasure it.

“As soon as I learnt how to read confidently, my older brother Isaac advised me to read two books: Watership Down and The Hobbit,” Michele recounted. “I resisted reading them as a child, but I eventually read these books as an adult and I appreciated how they both told wondrous adventures.

I particularly identified with the Hobbit, a humble person from a protected village who goes out in the wide world on a hazardous journey, slays ogres and dragons 57

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Michele has encountered her fair share of dragons in her life, which she’s slain with the flaming sword of inner balance. With a nod to fantasy novel style, or perhaps downright biblical, the ‘revelation’ about how to channel the inside-out power came to her while standing at the top of a mountain: “I travelled to Morocco, to re-familiarise myself with the colours, sounds and smells of my childhood,” she says. “I went on a daytrip to the Atlas Mountains, stopped at an outlook, stepped out of the vehicle, and roamed about for a while, immersed in thought.

Besides the infinite views across the valley and the almost cliché company of a couple of goats, what really struck me was the immense silence there. No sound at all. Except a voice, the inner voice, that ordered to me to start publishing my writing. The inner voice that one can hear only when one can isolate oneself from the surrounding static.” This is meant both metaphorically and practically: turn the volume down, slow down, make time for leisurely walks alone, when you can think and focus, practice mindfulness, don’t abide to toxic people, don’t live up to others’ expectations, but build your own goals, while always keeping grounded in the present moment.

Michele worked in corporate banking at the beginning of her career, but enjoyed a sharp change of

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scene direction in her thirties and forties becoming a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and eventually a life coach: “I started off becoming interested in personal development, and while speaking to a man who was going through a difficult time, he observed how I was actually really good at listening and pinpointing the best way forward, and should consider pursuing therapy professionally.

Yes, I’d always loved connecting with people, making them feel acknowledged, validated and worthy, so I decided to make a career out of it, and switch to this line of work. In my thirties, alongside bringing up my young daughters as a single parent, I embarked on attending university to study psychotherapy, and in my late forties I steered my acquired mental health experience towards already functional business clients and professionals, identifying the root of their issue and surgically selecting the best way forward towards the life and business they wanted with less stress, anxiety and overwhelm.”

in the way,” she says.

The most obvious tell to the shrewd listener is indeed that she refers to the first as ‘patients’ and the second as ‘clients’. “My clients seek a coach to motivate them with openness and honesty; my expertise is geared around guiding them to remove the fog, gain clarity and become more authentic whilst giving them a space to reassess their life so they can make positive decisions moving forwards.”

“I travelled to Morocco, to refamiliarise myself with the colours, sounds and smells of my childhood.”

Her second contribution published a mere six weeks ago is also featured in Fit for Purpose Leadership #4, a book written with twenty international experts in leadership coaching. And what about fiction? “I have thought of it, and drafted a novel with a female protagonist, but I’ve noticed that what touches my readers is that my stories on self-development are based on real life experiences, and writing about a fictional character might not have the same impact.”

“My expertise is geared around guiding them to remove the fog, gain clarity and become more authentic.”

Psychotherapy mostly deals with patients facing acute or long-term crises, like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and sometimes it makes little progress with the patient returning to therapy, while life coaching focuses on the positive, supporting already successful confident clients in progressing even further without all the limitations that were previously getting GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

Visit MicheleAttiasCoaching.com to be inspired by her blog, full of great original advice such as ‘drop resistance and embrace surrender’, ‘take meteoric action like a hyena’, or ‘three crucial lessons I learnt when carjacked’. She also has a Youtube Channel ‘Michele Attias Coaching’ featuring her public talks.

TIP: he month of January is alT ways a great time to re-assess where you are in your life and reflect on ‘what would I like to have in my life 1 year from now?’

Once you have clarity on what you want; ask yourself ‘What small actions could I start taking today, to get me to where I want to be 1 year from now?’

This question will inform you of all the small actions you can start doing daily to take you closer to your goal. This is effective and totally manageable. Change does not become created overnight, it happens through deciding what you want, then taking small steps daily to take you from where you are, to where you want to be.

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MARCHING FOR MUSIC

Marching bands on our streets have been a common sight for as long as anyone can remember. Some have come and gone, but on the military side there have always been colourful uniforms parading the city in tuneful procession. Now, we welcome another: The Gibraltar Band and Drums Association. It seems... ‘Once a bandsman, always a bandsman’!

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he music bug for some individuals, however, begins when the contents of the family biscuit tin have long been devoured.

Grab a couple of drumsticks from somewhere and bash away on the noisy, empty biscuit tin, and a potential Drum Major is in the making – at the expense of irritating everyone else in the family home of course! “Well yes, I must’ve been seven or eight when I started bashing away on my biscuit tin,” Jason Walker tells me, “In later years I’d go along with my dad to the army barracks and watch him practice. He was a drummer in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band and later became 60

the Drum Major leading the band.”

As a teenager Jason joined the Sea Scouts Group, but always intended on becoming a band member. However, he preferred the Land Scouts kind of drumming which apparently is entirely different to the Sea Scouts band way of playing. He joined the 1st/4th Scouts and became a drummer in the group’s musical marching outfit. Substituting the biscuit tin for a `proper’ drum, his drumming career began. Drumming was certainly in the blood and from becoming a scout, Jason went on to join the RGR band as a TA soldier until he became a regular in 1988 and yes, you’ve guessed it, drumming continued.

However, life for Jason in the army was not just marching along Main Street bashing his beloved drum skins. His role in the Corps of Drums was a part-time commitment, whilst his army career progressed in a number of roles from Regimental Policeman, to a recruiting Senior Non Commissioned Officer (NCO), moving on to become Motor Transport (MT) section and Technical Store Manager and eventually retiring as a Colour Sergeant in 2010. He was forever frontline drumming through all of those years, and eventually took over Dad Robert’s job, grabbing the mace and leading the band as their Drum Major. During Jason’s GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

music army career, his drumming and Drum Major attributes have been appreciated abroad too: “I attended the All Arms Drill Wing School of Ceremonial Course in 1994 and ended up teaching whilst there. I then returned as an instructor. That was followed by attachments to the Royal Anglians, the Scots Guards and the Army School of Drumming at Catterick for 18 months.”

Happily retired, drums and bugles have clearly continued to ring in his ears during his dreams and right through the daylight hours too no doubt. “Well for the past three or four years I’ve been toying with the idea of forming a marching band, so chatting to another army colleague Anselmo Ochello - we decided to get the ‘drums rolling’, contacted a number of other retired army bandsmen who showed a genuine interest in the idea of starting a marching band and we got started.” The only other marching bands presently active are the RGR Band and corps of drums and the Sea Scout Band.

The 1st/4th Scout band disbanded quite a few years ago (there have been attempts to re-start the group - so far unsuccessfully) and the St John Pipe and Drum band is no longer around either. GAMPA has appeared in the Three Kings’ Cavalcade with their Drum Ensemble which will no doubt develop further and that’s about as close as we’ve got to drumming bands on our streets.

Grab a couple of drumsticks from somewhere and bash away on the noisy, empty biscuit tin, and a potential Drum Major is in the making.

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Dedication and commitment from all is vital when agreeing to take on a project such as this one, so band practice – drums and bugles, as well as marching drill are a must. You do it again, again, and again until it becomes second nature... “That’s right, we’ve been doing all of that up at the Entrenchment Block area near Lathbury Barracks, practicing our bugle marches for a number of weeks now.” In a way I suppose, it’s a little like riding a bicycle – once you’ve learned how to ride, you never forget. All the bandsmen

are experienced drum and bugle players so it’s just a question of blowing off the cobwebs and getting rid of the rustiness followed by a serious regime of practice, playing and marching as you go: it’s like being back on the parade ground and the fruits of all that work will evident on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany on January 5th, when they parade up Main Street together with the other bands during the annual Three Kings’ Cavalcade event. The new marching band - `The Gibraltar Band and Drums Association’ will proudly and smartly march along, adding a welcomed new addition to the final yuletide spectacle.

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Robert will be returning to the parade formation picking up the ‘long stick’ (the mace) leading the ensemble as Drum Major once again, and Jason will be thumping the ‘fat drum’, better described as the bass drum from somewhere in the middle!

Their uniforms are eye-catching in Gibraltar’s red and white, shiny boots will be a must, and their head dress will be in the shape of flat caps with the castle and key crest badge embraced in a laurel leaf. All in true military tradition which is innate in the men’s psyche, having served in the Armed Forces for many years.

work put in by all, the project would not have been possible without the financial help received from the many sponsors who have contributed so generously towards the setting up of the band.*

A couple of the band’s buglers however, have already performed at the Cross of Sacrifice playing the Last Post to commemorate the war dead on the 11th of November. It can’t be left unsaid though, that apart from the hard

*(Rosana Olivares (Jewel Box), Dennis Ratcliffe (D&H Ceramics), Lewis Stagnetto, B Sacarello, Matrix logistics, Ernst & Young, JBS, Arturo Lavarello, Oxy, Finsbury Trust, Swift Cleaners, BIA, Gibtelecom, Eroski, The Paint Shop, DHL.)

You do it again, again, and again until it becomes second nature...

members will be joined by 15 or 16 other bandsmen including Richard Perera, Patrick Canessa, Edwin Reyes, Andrew Rowbottom, Nicky Darby, Craig Philby, Mark Alantara, and there may be others coming on board as I write. Dad 62

And so we’ve broken into a new set of digits: it’s 2019 – the dawning of a new year has begun, which no doubt brings new beginnings for some, but a new marching band for all in Gibraltar to enjoy.

So good luck in the Cavalcade; here’s looking forward to the next Gibraltar Band and Drum Association event!

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THE SOLO BACKPACKER

Wanderlust; a word defined to describe a strong desire to travel.

Many perceive travelling as an extended holiday or a motive to escape the responsibilities of adulthood, but is there more to travelling that is made out to believe? Cliché phrases such as ‘all those who wander are not lost’ and ‘finding yourself’ are used, as well as describing a person to have caught the ‘travel bug’ after one adventure. Are these overused phrases creating an annoying stereotype, or is there more substance behind such expressions?

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e are all guilty of scrolling through social media comparing our life to those we see online. We are saturated with people getting engaged, pregnancy announcements, job promotions, buying a house... All these images influence our beliefs that this is the ‘correct’ way to live, where certain life achievements should be metaphorically ticked off an age associated timeline.

It is a structural routine that has played out over generations leaving the notion that everyone

should follow suit. In contrast, we see photos of adventures shared by a minority of people who have instead skipped the settled life and chosen to travel the world.

I don’t consider life to be one specific rule book compromising of a checklist; a conventional life classifies as a dream for some, whereas others prefer a more adventurous one. No one is right, no

one is wrong; ultimately we are all individuals who seek our own version of happiness. However, many will constrain themselves to this routine life solely because society tells us to, but if travelling is on your mind, I encourage you to take that plunge.

We are all guilty of scrolling through social media comparing our life to those we see online.

Watching others travel the world may leave you questioning how that could ever become your real-

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be the driving force to succeed; only you can make it happen. This implies sacrificing items on that metaphorical timeline, for example a mortgage. Purchasing your flight ticket and informing your employer that you are quitting to go travelling is when it all becomes real.

The build up of emotions before leaving is a mixture of excitement and worry as you get closer to the unpredictability of what’s to come.

A fear of failure is inevitable, but even if you decide travelling is not for you, there is still a great deal of pride in having had the courage to even try.

A fear of failure is inevitable, but there is still a great deal of pride in having had the courage to even try.

ity. It may seem completely out of reach and the understanding of making it a possibility seems too farfetched.

Commitments at home prevent you from leaving, and how anyone could ever afford it becomes baffling. However, it all comes down to priorities and how badly you want it. Shifting your end goal to ultimately be to travel will 66

Unlike a holiday, travelling gives us the ability to learn more about a country by truly understanding the locals and embracing their culture. People might travel by backpacking for several months, whereas others implement a work and travel lifestyle. I chose to live in Australia GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

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for two years by adopting a nomadic lifestyle. What does this mean? I don’t have a specific home in Australia and lived out of a backpack. I have never stayed in one place for longer than three months, but instead, I have used the last two years to work in different parts of the country and then used that money to travel again. I have often resorted to living in less than luxurious circumstances, such as sleeping in the back of my car, on sofas, in fourteen bed dorms and free campsites with no amenities. This alternative way of living will allow anyone to incorporate a very minimalistic and cheaper lifestyle which means you can afford to travel for longer periods of time.

The fear and challenge of travelling on your own can be daunting.

However, it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made!

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travel Learning about different cultures and how the world functions beyond our home walls is important as it provides the gateway in being more consciously aware and open minded. At times I have missed home, but during those moments it is crucial to remember why you initially chose to travel and reflect on everything you have experienced by being away.

but yourself to rely on to plan and make every decision - you soon become amazed by your own capabilities. These are all attributes that would never have been achieved by staying at home. On a day-to-day basis we unknowingly conform and compromise ourselves, often rendering our own happiness to please others. As a solo backpacker, you are able to put you first. I don’t imply this as a means to be selfish and escape responsibilities, but instead it teaches you more about your self-worth and value. Travelling solo enables you to choose your own path and live a life that you consider to be fulfilling. If you start to feel unhap68

py, having no obligation to remain in that location means you have the power to move on. This is extremely liberating and having such freedom is the foundation of a nomadic lifestyle. Additionally, being by yourself forces you to talk and meet new people. Hostels are a great way to meet fellow travellers and the friendships made are often lifelong. The travelling community is special as you find yourself constantly surrounded by like-minded people to talk to and share experiences with. In reality, you are never truly alone. It is also important to acknowledge that sometimes you do fail to make any friends, but you quickly learn how to enjoy your own company and have the self-assurance in being alone.

I would highly recommend Australia for any first time solo traveller. Being a first world, English speaking country occupied by a huge backpacker community makes meeting people and travelling very easy. Australia further offers a vast variety of landscapes and diverse settings. The East Coast varies from big cities to small beach towns consisting of beaches, waterfalls, rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef. The West Coast and The Red Centre offer a remote, outback adventure where gorges, red sand and wildlife are in abundance. Tasmania also serves to be one of my highlights as the nature and hikes are incredibly beautiful.

I believe there is a misconception to travelling; it exceeds beyond the beautiful photos but rather entails of a lot of hard work physically and mentally as you constantly challenge and push your own limits.

Nevertheless, the journey of self-discovery and personal growth is irreplaceable, along with all the memories, experiences and friends made.

Underestimating your own capabilities and fear itself are often what stop people from travelling, but you can certainly do it. If you never go, you will never know.

Having such freedom is the foundation of a nomadic lifestyle.

I consider Gibraltar a fortunate and great place to live. However, it has become apparent through travelling that we live a very comfortable and sheltered manner.

This can make the rest of the world seem like a much scarier place and in turn makes it harder to leave as a solo backpacker.

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HEALTH TRENDS OF 2019

Keep an eye out for the health trends set to burst onto the scene this year.

Sooner or later many of us will be looking to shift those few festive pounds, so let’s get fit and kick off the new year with good intentions. With so many new trends emerging on the health and fitness scene, it can be hard to keep up with them all. So let us give you the ultimate guide to the trends we think will be worth taking note of in 2019.

BY RESHAM KHIANI

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SMART CLOTHING FOR WORKOUTS A growing number of products allow you to track numerous parts of your exercise routine, all through the materials you’re wearing. From biometric measurement for an enhanced workout, to self-regulating materials that adapt to temperature, it’s predicted that consumers will increasingly turn to wearable technology to enhance their exercise routine. Best of all, setup is minimal with many items working without the need for you to regularly look at your phone or smartwatch. Like with any effective wearable technology, it’s effortless, ensuring you can focus on what you’re doing.

Items such as Ralph Lauren’s PoloTech shirt (which monitors heart rate, stress and energy output), and Supa’s smart powered, heart rate monitoring sports bra are becoming increasingly popular. Big-name brands like Google, Samsung, Hexo Skin, OMSignal, and Under Armour are now thinking of ways to make the clothes on your back as smart as the phone in your pocket.

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device is now available. Smart jewellery is ‘bling’ with a multifunctional purpose. In many cases it is an extension of your smartphone. It can provide you with a range of information and notifications to stay on top of the things that matter in the most stylish ways.

many health benefits. The diet, which is actually nearly a century old now, is making a comeback in 2019 with health enthusiasts and high performance athletes embracing it all over Instagram and Snapchat.

The fat-heavy foods change the way the body burns energy, making people feel energetic, especially during the afternoon slumps. Keto dieters will turn to healthful snacks while on the go, like smoothies, keto bars, coconut chips and grain free crackers. However, do your research; this isn’t a one-size-fits-all diet, and lack of preparation and research could have adverse effects.

Big-name brands are thinking of ways to make the clothes on your back as smart as the phone in your pocket.

Smart jewellery comes in many forms: rings, bracelets, necklaces, and brooches are the most common. Some pieces have specialised technology installed to provide you with call, text and email notifications. Others have the ability to track fitness (in a similar way to a FitBit), track your sleep, and issue silent alarms through LED lights or vibrations.

The beauty about this is big brands are also incorporating a ‘wellness focus’, where the device prompts you with mindfulness or meditation reminders.

It can track your activity and stress levels, active minutes, calories burned, distance travelled, and even sleep duration.

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REDUCTION IN SUGARY DRINKS

Smart jewellery is ‘bling’ with a multifunctional purpose.

THE RETURN OF THE KETOGENIC DIET The ketogenic diet (or keto diet, for short) is a low-carb, highfat diet that supposedly offers

Beverages fit a convenient niche that is able to be customised with nutritious ingredients in ways some foods can’t be. Drinks that promote healthy gut bacteria and gently boost energy levels, such as kombucha and protein drinks, are in vogue.

2019 will see manufactures incorporate protein, fibre, whole grains, and fruit and vegetable servings from natural sources into your drinks.

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START COUNTING YOUR MESONUTRIENTS In Greek, macro means big, micro means small, and meso means literally inside. So, what we want to know about now are not only the nutritious foods we’re eating, but about how to get more of the active compounds inside those foods that make them beneficial to you. For example, curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, delivers the anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing benefits that the super-spice is famed for. The rise of the mesonutrient means we are looking for ways to function at optimum capacity by being more aware of what we are looking for in our nutrition and supplementation.

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That’s why it is so important to scrape away these toxins before doing anything else upon rising. Otherwise, they will get reabsorbed by the body and can lead to digestive issues and a compromised immune system.

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Drinks such as kombucha and protein drinks, are in vogue.

CRYSTAL INFUSED WATER Forget your humble lemon-infusion; the latest thing to carry around are water bottles with a ‘healing crystal’ soaking in it.

We’ve never heard of anyone sticking a lump of stone in their water before, and now everyone seems to be doing it. Crystal healing has been around for years but adding stones to water bottles seem to be a relatively new phenomenon. As with all crystal healing, different stones are associated with different properties, so, one might sip from chalcedony water to support expression, or smoky quartz for stress relief.

One might sip from chalcedony water to support expression, or smoky quartz for stress relief.

TONGUE SCRAPING An Ayurvedic self-care ritual and oral hygiene practice that you can do daily to remove toxins, bacteria, food debris, and dead cells from the surface of the tongue is scraping. When we sleep, our digestive system removes undigested toxins from our body bringing them to the surface of our tongue.

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There’s a growing realization that relentless, punishing, long workouts aren’t always better—particularly if they trigger a wave of cortisol, AKA the stress hormone.

Cortisol sends your body into fight-or-flight mode, so it temporarily hits pause on regular bodily functions and slows metabolism (it can also prime your body for injury, or signal it to store fat). Translation: Those last dig-deep reps can actually backfire on you, slowing your progress toward a fitness goals. For this reason - as well as a mindset shift toward working out for your brain as much as your body - many fitness lovers are starting to take a more measured approach, turning to sweat sessions that are more hormone-conscious than painful.

SLOWER WORKOUTS In 2019, 30 minute training sessions will become the new norm.

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TOOLS FOR LESS PUFFY EYES There is an ancient Chinese skincare tool that seems to have the millennial generation smitten. Using a jade roller can do wonders for eliminating puffy skin. How do you use it?

Apply gentle pressure while rolling the tool away from the centre of your face in upward and outward motions. Ideally, chilling the roller in the fridge overnight or using it to apply oils and serums will give your skin a peachy glow.

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NEW KNITWEAR FOR THE NEW YEAR

I adore a bold statement purchase just as much as the next person, but as experience continues to teach me, you just cannot underestimate the power of a good old staple.

You may fall in love with a pair of whacky trainers or fluffy heels, or even a pair of show stopping animal print trousers, but ultimately, it’s those failsafe buys - the key pieces - that act as the glue in our wardrobes, that we will always return to, time and time again.

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hile good quality knitwear falls under this category for me, I find that it can be a particularly tricky category to navigate throughout winter; somewhat ironic right?

The Christmas period is a time of embellishment and pageantry; one of the few times in the year when sporting chunky, colourful jumpers to work is absolutely acceptable, and even welcomed.

But every year, as January lurks around the corner, I decide that it’s time to get my act together, turn it up a notch, and attempt to

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shift my knitwear-centred looks into the realm of ‘feminine’ and ‘put-together’.

What I’ve learned is that no matter how hard I try, I am absolutely incapable of achieving this aesthetic; I just really don’t know how people manage to look smart and polished throughout the winter months. In my experience, there seems to be a very inevitable trade-off at hand; you either look perpetually boxy and casual, or you freeze to death while looking perfectly chic. There are no two ways about it! Getting

workwear right can be tricky at the best of times, not to mention throughout these earlier months, as temperatures take a plunge, and the idea of stripping off your pyjamas and even having to get dressed at all seems like a major effort.

But as my ambitious ‘new year, new me’ disposition began to kick in once again towards the end of last year, I decided to properly analyse this issue of mine in the hopes of finding a solution, as well as sharing my newfound wisdom with anyone who may also GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

fashion As the weather becomes bleaker, we often find our workwear wardrobes tend to mirror this.

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As the weather becomes bleaker, we often find our workwear wardrobes tend to mirror this and become a little more lacklustre and tired. But I’ve realised that there are a number of ways you can look smart and stylish even when you’re in hibernation mode. Firstly, colour is key! For instance, a camel-coloured cashmere jumper will instantly make you look more put together, and will never go out of style.

Sticking to one colour palette from head to toe is a great way of refining and streamlining a look that could otherwise look a little clumsy, particularly when layering is involved. Think cream and camel tones, paired with a smart trench coat in a complementing hue, complete with some brown boots. You really can’t go wrong!

Number two: silhouette is everything. Polo necks are a must in the glam knitwear pursuit. A switch up in neckline styles can be enough to take an entire look from casual to elegant. Tuck a high-neck ribbed jumper into a pair of high-waisted trousers, or layer a neutral polo neck under your favourite dress and finish off the look with tights and smart ankle boots. In a similar vein, cropped crew-neck styles that hit you just below the waist are gorgeously flattering and are perfect for tucking into jeans and high-waisted skirts. Ditch the oversized boxy styles and opt for form-fitting and lightweight pieces.

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fashion checked suit with crisp white trainers. The key here is to simply swap out your typical blouse or shirt (which can make a suit feel even more restricted and dressy) with your favourite jumper. Not only will it make your work wardrobe feel fresh again for the winter months, but it’ll also be perfectly weather-appropriate.

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Watch your entire outfit instantly go from bland to perfectly post-work-drinks appropriate with only a few simple additions.

Last but certainly not least, accessorising is crucial! I’ve become a huge accessories advocate over the past few years, as I’ve realised that a simple choker necklace or belt can totally transform an entire look. If you’re not too sure about a particular jumper and jeans combo, whack on a pair of gold hoop earrings, some funky stacking rings, and finish off the look with some smart patent loafers. Watch your entire outfit instantly go from bland and non-descript to perfectly post-work-drinks appropriate with only a few simple additions.

Considering that jumpers feature in 90% of our outfits for a good few months, it’s no wonder that knitwear fatigue and lack of inspiration starts to kick in at some point. Cosy, while also stylish and practical, jumpers tick so many boxes when it comes to versatility, but they can often look frumpy and too casual; perfect for a cinema outing perhaps, but not quite hitting the mark for the office. It’s not too difficult to keep the spark alive, though. All it takes is a switch up in colour palette and styling, and you’ll have a total wardrobe refresh.

Luckily for us, the high street’s knitwear offering is out of this world - flattering, high-quality pieces in a huge range of colours and textures, for absolutely all shapes and sizes!

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RIOJA: FOLLOWER OF FASHION

The wine landscape in Spain has been changing since the 80s, Many claim it’s made Spain one of the most exciting red wine regions on the planet. Others that its wines are mostly strong, over extracted, indistinguishable from each other, and ultimately simple. Classical Rioja is increasingly difficult to find in Spain which, like sherry is no longer fashionable.

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he sight of Africa shrouded in swirling mists, as our plane veers sharply away from Spanish airspace, reminds me that winter is well and truly here. After landing in Edinburgh following a second flight from London, an attractive young woman in a short tartan skirt and an eastern European accent welcomes passengers at the terminal exit. I head for the taxi rank.

My destination is out in the sticks and pitch black when we get there. Not until a light is turned on and the door answered does my thoughtful driver disappear into the night. Warmth, the smell of food and familiar voices discussing fine wine greet me like an old friend.

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and provenance confirmed. I can’t help noticing the well-scavenged bones of a roast turbot on the side board. The poor beast washed down, before my arrival, with several vintages of Louis Michel’s Grand Cru Chablis, judging by the empty bottles.

As I sit down, two glasses of red are placed in front of me.

Their provenance already known to my companions who talk amongst themselves whilst I go through the ritual swirling, sniffing and tasting.

Certainly not New World. Medium body and light in colour, restrained nose reminiscent of sea shells, very fresh with marked acidity.

Understated fruit, but very classy, and a savoury finish that’s in no hurry to go away. Surely Pinot

Noir. Top-notch Burgundy.

Impassive faces suggest I am hopelessly wrong. I have missed the unmistakable echoes of dry oak and me living downwind from Jerez! My now smiling companions kindly agree that mature Burgundy and old Rioja can be indistinguishable, give or take the odd stave of American Oak. The wines are Viña Albina Gran Reserva 1952 and Marques de Riscal from the same vintage. Not shabby for sixty-five-year-old wines!

We thought that Artadi’s Pisón was the best Spanish wine we had ever tasted.

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wine ered Riojas and Sherries from tiny bodegas long-disappeared into oblivion.

When the 80s arrived and Alejandro Fernandez’s Pesquera is described as the Château Petrus of Spain by the Wine Advocate, the more curious amongst us quickly went north for Alejandro’s inky-black Ribera del Duero.

After all who didn’t want to taste Petrus?

Like Japanese Knotweed in a formal garden, Ribera del Duero begun to change the wine landscape in Spain and we stood mesmerised. Willingly we sunk into the luscious embrace of super-concentrated reds without any help whatsoever from Australian or Californian wines.

New Ribera producers joined the battlefield almost daily, eager to show us their wines in expensive, paper-thin glasses, turning our teeth purple and making us feel inadequate as their faces dropped when we told them we didn’t know Robert Parker.

Much later, when friends in Edinburgh introduced me to red Burgundies, old-fashioned clarets, and Savagnin whites from the Jura, I welcomed classical Rioja back like an old friend. Tasting wines back in Gibraltar became good-natured encounters with my friends here. They remained vehemently loyal to ripe fruit and assertive extraction, bringing out palate-busting, nuclear weapons like Pingus to pitch against my Mortet’s Lavaux St-Jacques or Domaine de Chevalier to prove I had taken leave of my senses.

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creasing cold soaking and lengthening skin contact to produce expansive, opaque wines, high in alcohol and intensely fruity. All the while hoping they would be described as the Chateau Lafite of Spain, though I never saw empty bottles of Grand Cru Classé wines in their small laboratories, which seemed logical if they wanted to take on the Bordelaise.

We never sold Pesquera in our tiny shop as the winery, having more orders than wine, closed its doors to newcomers who kept coming and rattling their locks like the half-dead in a horror movie.

Rioja often returned as being ‘not quite right’, and we didn’t argue, but exchanged them for modern versions of Rioja Alta or Rioja Alavesa - or if they could afford the premium, Vega Sicilia - and they would go away happy and return regularly for more.

Like Jerez, Rioja has always been volume-dominated yet looking at France’s trophy wines with a mild touch of envy. Ribera del Duero appeared to find the Philosophers Stone in the 80s and many in Rioja followed suit. This has largely turned out to be a dead end if the object is to challenge France’s best. In the meantime, classical Rioja has been pushed aside in the rush to produce and promote modern styles.

Many bodegas started making expensive bottlings like a gambler intent on making up losses.

We had no trouble with the likes of Roda, Artadi, Mattaromera and AllendeI, who were practically unknown and happy to sell their wines to fledgling wine merchants. We thought that Artadi’s Pisón was the best Spanish wine we had ever tasted and amazed at stratospheric prices it now achieves – unrivalled for a modern Rioja. Allende’s beguiling qualities also captured our imagination at a fraction of the price, and its white the best we sold.

Many bodegas, when international success eluded their new style, started making expensive bottlings of even darker and more intense versions of their regular wines like a gambler intent on making up losses. These wines, matured in all manner of oak, overwhelmed food and tired the palate like dogs fighting in the mouth. Perhaps they needed time.

We still sold old bottles of classical

Recent rules in Rioja mean that wines, like in Burgundy, can now be labelled to include vineyard of origin. Up to now Rioja wines could only be sold as Rioja without any reference to a vineyard. There is widespread optimism that single-vineyard Riojas could elevate the region to new heights. There is sound logic in this as the wine world delights in the rare and we know Rioja is capable of producing complex wines. I just hope that single-vineyard Riojas don’t turn out to be more-of-the-same, over-extracted, mouth-busting, 99/100 wines so beloved of the Spanish press. There are plenty of those already. I hope these new wines will be seductive, terroir-driven siblings of long-lived classical Riojas able to challenge France’s best at affordable prices.

This would be truly revolutionary.

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leisure

VENGA, IT’S VEGANUARY!

If you’re still burping stuffed goose, jamón serrano, pigs in blankets, shellfish galore including a whole lobster thermidor, salmon en croûte, polvorones and mantecados, perhaps it is time to go cold turkey and embrace the fad of Veganuary, a breath of fresh hair for your arteries and the environment.

BY ELENA SCIALTIEL “

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eganuary, whaddat?”

The pre-Millennial reader may quip. “Ain’t no fan of no fads,” you may add for good measure, if you fancy butchering grammar as much as livestock. Well, first of all, Veganuary has already been around a number of years, so it has passed the fad test with flying colours (and flavours) and is being established as a tradition. If more and more health professionals recommend it as the potential antidote to the animal-protein bombardment that the Twelve Days of Christmas tend to be, Veganuary is however easier said than done, because it calls for

meat, fish, honey and lacto-ovo restraint - and, as added bonus, alcohol-free nights out – although this is not strictly required, since most wines, beers and spirits are indeed vegan, except for some isinglass-filtered beers and carmine-coloured spirits.

As its portmanteau name suggests, Veganuary demands you stick to at least 31 days of vegan meals throughout the month of January to get a taste of the lifestyle, while also counterbalancing the animal-protein overload, detox your system and discover that veganism is all but ruminating on bitter herbs or dining on rye crackers slathered

The mental picture of veganism is still associated with neo-hippy cattle-hugging types in wovenhemp apparel and cork-oak bark sandals.

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in avocado mousse. Perhaps you’ll take it a step further and abide to it all year round, if not every single day, at least once or twice a week, acknowledging its bearing on personal wellbeing and carbon footprint.

While the mental picture of veganism is still associated with neo-hippy cattle-hugging types in woven-hemp apparel and corkoak bark sandals, or linen-suited neo-yuppies tottering ahead, cardamom rooibos soy latte’s recycled-paper cup perennially in hand, the philosophy of ditching animal protein and introducing more pulses, nuts, avocado, and chia in one’s diet is gathering proselytes from all walks of life.

Strict veganism undoubtedly requires sacrifice, consistency, willpower, unfaltering determination and major adjustments, but one can compromise by introducing it GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

leisure in a checkerboard fashion in one’s dietary planning, whether by adhering to ‘Meatless Mondays’, ‘Fruity Fridays’ (do you remember when it used to be ‘Fishy Fridays’ at pious Grandma’s table?), or by regularly banishing meat, or animal produce altogether, from a significant number of meals.

Given that many people make meat the centerpiece of all their three square meals (sometimes five, including elevenses and teatime snacks), going vegan for a month may feel more traumatic than going celibate, yet benefits will be reaped soon. While a vegan diet can indeed help to manage diabetes hypercholesterolemia, it is a common misconception that it will make you shed the extra pounds in a heartbeat, as if you were peeling off a ‘fat suit’: its recipes are still hearty and rich, so you must count the spoonfuls of hummus on your pumpernickel bread or complement lentil soup with a generous serving of rocket salad – and go easy with snacking on goji berries, bitter chocolate and nuts, all green-light supplements to any diet only if consumed in moderation.

Source www.peta.org

Another stereotype is that veganism is a recent invention, and hence unnatural to human’s alimentation: a quick research into Mediterranean, Middle and Far

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Eastern, Mesoamerican cuisines will return a plethora of tasty recipes than can indeed boast how ‘no animal was harmed in the making of this dish’. Radical veganism is virtually as old as civilisation, as preached and practised by Jainism for instance, with its strict policy of non-violence against all living beings, seen as the path of victory to elevate one’s soul above the cycle of metempsychosis.

To a lesser extent, most temperate, sub-tropical and tropical climates countries liberally exploit veganism in their everyday diet, saving meaty dishes for high holidays and festivities: Mexico enjoys its frijoles and guacamole, Thai hotpots are coconut-milk based, Indian curries bank on the richness of vegetables and spices, Middle-Eastern and Greek feasts are renowned for their selection of starters and salads - falafel, taboulé and dolmas being perhaps the most recognisable - and most Italian pasta recipes are strictly vegetarian if not vegan altogether, with Sicily’s finest export being salted capers, a tiny bud with grand nutritional content when happily sprinkled on pizza, forsaking the gooey mozzarella for extra tomato and oily black olives.

Good news for the sweettoothed vegan-to-be: Moroccan

confectionery is animal-produce free, and so are its sister’s sospiri from Sardinia. British classics like carrot or red velvet cake can be effortlessly converted to veganism by substituting butter with margarine and milk with almond drink.

Speaking of vegan alternatives to butter, a debate is raging over palm oil: not at all toxic per se, its intensive cultivation in insular South-East Asia is detrimental to the orangutans’ natural habitat with the unsustainable current rhythm of jungle deforestation - that’s why several countries have already banned palm oil importation.

And if PETA took political correctness a step too far into wise-cracking territory with their Christmas campaign to ban cruelty towards animals even from idioms, suggesting alternatives likes ‘taking the rose by its thorns’ or ‘bringing home the bagel’, in 2019 Malibu and Tarifa surfers alike may be required to yell ‘soyabunga!’ when riding the waves.

Vegan meal options are available at most restaurant and takeaway establishments on the Rock, with a few consecrated to the most orthodox standards – and for anti-speciesism’s sake, honey is replaced by maple syrup.

HARMFUL

HELPFUL

Kill two birds with one stone

Feed two birds with one scone

Bring home the bacon

Bring home the bagels

Beat a dead horse

Feed a fed horse

More than one way to skin a cat

More than one way to peel a potato

Put all your eggs in one basket

Put all your berries in one bowl

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recipes Recipe by The Gibraltar Vegan instagram.com/thegibraltarvegan

CHIA SEED PUDDING

It’s January, the month where adults all over the globe promise to atone for the December indulgences and to ‘eat better’. My chia seed pudding is perfect for an easy breakfast that can change flavour everyday depending on what fruit you use.

Chia seeds are full of calcium, potassium, magnesium, fibre and omega 3 as well as other minerals and nutrients.

INGREDIENTS 1 cup chia seeds 500ml unsweetened roasted almond milk (or your go to plant based milk) 1 small pinch of salt ½ tsp vanilla extract intense (I use ndali as it has no added sugar or glycerine) 1 kiwi, passionfruit or fruit of your choice such as any of the berries METHOD

and is beginning to look like a pudding.

1. Place the chia seeds, milk, salt and vanilla extract into a jug or a large jar and stir until well mixed and it starts to thicken.

4. If you find the mixture in one jar has too much liquid feel free to add more chia seeds to thicken it up.

2. Either keep it in the large jar or transfer to smaller jars.

5. Pop a lid on it and put it in the fridge.

3. Give it a stir to make sure the mixture is not too liquidy

6. It will take around three hours for the mixture to really set and

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become pudding like, ideally leave it overnight so you have an easy breakfast the next day.

7. Place whatever fruit you desire on top of the pudding and eat it from the jar (saving on washing up too!).

Tip: You could also use cocoa or agave if you wanted a sweet dessert option.

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recipes Recipe by Kristen Wood for moonandspoonandyum.com

BAKED GARLIC PEPPER POLENTA FRIES Incredibly quick and easy 5-Ingredient Baked Garlic Pepper Polenta fries!

INGREDIENTS 1 18oz tube of polenta 2 tbs olive oil 1 tsp freshly ground pepper 1 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp sea salt METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside.

2. Cut your polenta in half widthwise. Halve each half lengthwise. Then, cut each fourth into thirds length-wise. Finally, slice each third length-wise into 3-5 fries.

3. Place your fries in a single layer on your parchment lined cookie sheet. Sprinkle with seasonings and drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 20 minutes, remove & flip fries. Bake for an additional 20 minutes or until desired crispness is achieved.

4. Serve alone, or with a favourite condiment (I like marinara).

Enjoy!

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restaurants, bars & pubs CASA PEPE

NUNOS ITALIAN

CAFÉ SOLO

A delightful terrace, bar, restaurant on the prestigious Queensway Quay Marina. Wonderful location for business meetings, weddings, anniversaries and other special occasions. Specialising in fresh fish caught locally with daily specials including seabass, dorada, sole, and bream, plus a very comprehensive a la carte menu. Also available are tapas and raciones (double size tapas) to share (or not!) prior to a main course. Mixed paellas also available, as well as fish cooked in rock salt, whole suckling pig and baby lamb to order.

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

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

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

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

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

Café Solo

Email: reservations@caletahotel.gi

Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 200 44449

THE LOUNGE

SOLO BAR & GRILL

JURY’S CAFÉ-WINE BAR

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.

Next to the Law Courts, with a terrace seating area, Jury’s has a selection of Ciabattas, paninis, baguettes and wraps, plus popular sharing dishes, such as Your Honour’s platter. Jacket potatoes, main courses, pasta and some innocent salads too. For those with a sweet tooth, there are tantalising homemade desserts, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, as well as Lavazza coffees and frappes.

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

275 Main Street. Tel: 200 67898 www.jurysgibraltar.com

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

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Open: 7am-midnight Mon-Sat, 9am-midnight Sun.

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restaurants, bars & pubs BRIDGE BAR & GRILL

O’REILLY’S

LORD NELSON

Located on the water’s edge, Ocean Village, just across the bridge from O’Reilly’s. This bar & grill is a fusion of an American themed menu with Tarifa chill out style. Open for breakfast from 9am serving healthy options, freshly squeezed orange juice and Italian Lavazza coffee. Try the spicy Caribbean rum ribs, southern fried chicken bucket, the popular Texas burger or a selection of tasty salads and homemade desser t s. London Pride, San Miguel & Carling beer on draught, live sports.

Traditional Irish bar with full HD spor t s coverage and Irish breakfast from 8am (Sunday from 9am).

Guinness on draught. Food includes salads, jackets, beef & Guinness pie, Kildare chicken, chicken brochette, gourmet burgers, wraps, children menu, homemade desser t s, daily specials and more. And just like in Ireland there’s no smoking inside, so a great atmosphere for all.

Situated in the corner of Casemates Square, the bar is a celebration of the life of Lord Nelson. See the collection of nautical art & memorabilia, including a brass pin from HMS Victory itself. HMS crews’ breakfast served from 10am, full menu including steak & ale pie, traditional fish & chips & much more served all day until 10pm.

Bridge Bar & Grill Ocean Village Tel: 200 66446 www.bridgebargibraltar.com

O’Reilly’s Ocean Village. Tel: 200 67888 www.oreillysgibraltar.com

Jam session Thursday, live top local band on Friday & Karaoke Saturday nights.

Lord Nelson Bar Brasserie

10 Casemates Tel: 200 50009 Visit: www.lordnelson.gi

ALL’S WELL

STAR BAR

GIBRALTAR ARMS

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.

Gibraltar’s oldest bar, just off Main St. Small cosy and famous for its full English breakfast from 8am (9am on Sunday). A full menu including fish & chips, until 10pm. The home of Star Coffee, draught beers include Heineken, Old Speckled Hen, Murphys and Strongbow cider.

Managed by Hunter Twins from Stafford, England, also home to Med Golf & Tottenham Hotspur supporters club.

On Main Street opposite the cathedral, enjoy a meal, coffee or a cool beer on the terrace and watch the world go by!

Bar decorated with rare military plaques from regiments and navy ships visiting Gibraltar. Full breakfast menu served from 7am, draught beers on tap include Old Speckled Hen bitter, Murphys Irish stout, Heineken lager and Strongbow cider.

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

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Star Bar Parliament Lane. Tel: 200 75924 Visit: www.starbargibraltar.com

Gibraltar Arms 184 Main Street. Tel: 200 72133 Visit: www.gibraltararms.com

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

Business Information Financial Serv. Commission Tel: 200 40283/4 Chamber of Commerce Tel: 200 78376 Federation Small Business Tel: 200 47722 Company Registry.Tel: 200 78193 Useful Numbers Airport (general info.) . Tel: 200 12345 Hospital, St Bernards. . Tel: 200 79700 Weather information. . Tel: 5-3416 Frontier Queue Update Tel: 200 42777 Gibraltar Museum Tel: 200 74289 18/20 Bomb House Lane 10am-6pm (Sat 10am-2pm). Admission: Adults £2/Children under 12 - £1.

Exhibitions also at Casemates gallery.

Police 200 72500

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

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

Gibraltar Public Holidays 2018

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

Good Friday

Friday 30 th Mar

Easter Monday

Monday 2nd Apr

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

Spring Bank Holiday

Monday 28 th May

Queen’s Birthday

Monday 11th June

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

Late Summer Bank Holiday

Monday 27th Aug

Gibraltar National Day Monday 10 th Sept

New Year’s Day Commonwealth Day

Monday 1st Jan Monday 12th Mar

Workers Memorial Day Monday 30th Apr May Day

Christmas Day Boxing Day

Tuesday 1st May

Tuesday 25th Dec Wednesday 26 th Dec

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

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

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

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

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

Tel: 57799000.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hope miscarriage support Tel: 200 41817.

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

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

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

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

Tel: 200 42581 (24 hrs).

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satire

£29,990

PARKING, PRICES AND PROMISES No New Year’s resolutions in the Olympian diary..

BY PETER SCHIRMER “

W

ho do they think they’re fooling?!

Do they really believe that mortals won’t spot what they’re up to?

That they can get away with it?”

Apollo punctuated each rhetorical question with the thump of a fist that rattled the dishes on the breakfast table and threatened to topple Zeus’ carton of Coco Pops to join the other breakfast debris spattered across the front of his robe.

The Father of the Gods stretched out a liver-spotted hand to protect his favourite cereal from the potential cascade, and glared at his son. “Shouldn’t you be off on your daily rounds? Let the rest of us eat our breakfasts in peace...”

to three teaspoons of tomato juice – his latest mix in a lengthy attempt to find the perfect cure for the head-splitting hangovers which most mortal alcoholic drinks seemed to induce. He was less surprised by Zeus’ hypocrisy – all the Olympic family took that for granted – which was at the disruptive core of most meals. It was the venom in the old goat’s glare.

A chilling glare that switched to Dionysus as he spluttered towards an automatic defence of his brother.

Dionysus almost spilled his Bloody Mary – two tots of vodka

“Who are ‘they’ and what are ‘they’ supposed to have done?”

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Hera enquired softly to defuse her husband’s eruptive rage, the anger which had simmered ever since Zeus’ Boxing Day encounter with a young Gibraltarian who had cursed him roundly for the disappointing string of Christmas gifts which hadn’t coincided with those demanded in a letter addressed to Santa at the North Pole.

Dionysus almost spilled his Bloody Mary – the perfect cure for the headsplitting hangovers which most mortal alcoholic drinks seemed to induce.

“I am not a b***dy Father Christmas,” the Olympian had thundered, searching in his satchel for a mini-thunderbolt.

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satire er, on New Year’s Eve, the boy’s mistake of the god’s identity still rankled...

“Who and what?” Hera repeated.

“The Government that’s who,” Apollo retorted.

“They’re selling off 250 residential parking spaces in the Glacis estate area.

Just around the corner from us, in fact.”

conversation. “Shops charge £9.99 for something instead of £10... it just looks cheaper.

Check out what’s happening with the post-Christmas sales.

Debenhams and Marks & Sparks do exactly the same thing.”

“It’s not the places it’s the price,” her brother retorted.

“They’re asking £29,990. That’s as good at thirty Ks. Who do they think they’re kidding by making it seem cheaper?”

“But surely that’s a good thing,” said Aphrodite as she fiddled with the glittering false nails which she had found in her Christmas stocking. “After all, there’s a desperate scarcity of parking spaces everywhere on the Rock.

Look at the trouble Poseidon is having finding somewhere to leave the Mini-Cooper he won in the Rotary Club’s raffle...”

“It’s not the places it’s the price,” her brother retorted. “They’re asking £29,990. That’s as good at thirty Ks. Who do they think they’re kidding by making it seem cheaper? If they really wanted to help local motorists they’d insist that developers – including their own J and B operations – make provision for parking of at least one car for every new home they build. If Pops ever gets into Parliament, I hope he’ll do something about it.”

“Naah! Everyone selling something juggles prices like that; it’s probably a Gibraltarian tradition going back to the day of Nelson or something,” Hebe joined the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

“Compared to what some of the private developers charge, even thirty Ks is not a bad price.

Yesterday someone offered me a garage space down Devil’s Tower Road for £55,000.”

Poseidon had been hunting for a permanent parking spot ever since winning the Christmas raffle – a quite unexpected pleasure, as he had not bought the winning ticket, but had spotted it blown among a drift of litter near Europa Point... either dropped by an angler or university student.

“If No6 and their conies really want to do something for local motorists they should offer parking spaces at cost – not try to profit from us” the sea god added. “And just look at the way the Government have let the petrol price ride up and up in the past year.

Fifteen months ago it was less than 80p a litre; now it’s at the pumps for £1.07.”

ering the joys of a jet-ski soon after the gods had arrived on the Rock.

“Perhaps someone could persuade No6 to make a New Year’s resolution to consider the punters’ purses rather than cater to the Government’s coffers,” quipped Demeter. “After all, today’s the day for resolutions.”

“I can think of some useful resolutions that this family could make,” said Hermes pointedly.

He cast a sly glance at Dionysus.

“Isn’t this when people resolve to stop or reduce their alcoholic intake? And to cut down on or give up smoking?” This time a pointed glance at Hephaestus and the box of Cuban cigars beside his coffee cup. “They’re the most frequently made resolutions... and the most frequently broken.”

“Actually, neither tops the list,” Artemis told the breakfast table.

“I Googled the resolutions on my tablet, and I can tell you which the most frequently taken resolutions are as well as the percentage of people taking them.” And she proceeded to read out: “Exercise more (38%); lose weight (33%); Eat more healthily (32%); Take a more active approach to health (15%); Learn new skill or hobby (15%); and spend more time on personal wellbeing (12%).

“They’re the most frequently made resolutions... and the most frequently broken.”

Although Poseidon had acquired his Mini-Cooper only a few days before Christmas, he had been a ‘petrol head’ ever since discov-

Zeus looked up from the Sudoku puzzle on the back of his cereal box. “You won’t catch me doing any of those,” he announced.

And, for once, everyone agreed with him.

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Would you like to meet other people with a Hearing Loss?

If you are deaf or hard of hearing, have Tinnitus or Meniere’s, life can be challenging and you may feel isolated.

The Hearing Loss Support Group includes people like you, who share information and friendly advice over coffee.

Join us for a chat on the last Monday of every month from 5pm at the Atlantic Suites Coffee Shop.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contact Dilip on 200 78714.

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

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

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

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

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

Tel: Yalta 54012212 or Jolene 54015125.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gibraltar Book Club: For info Tel: Parissa 54022808.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canoeing: Gibraltar Canoeing Association.

Tel: Nigel 200 52917 or Arturo 54025033.

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

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

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

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

Tel: 54011007.

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

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

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

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

Petanque: Gibraltar Petanque Association.

New members welcome. Tel: 54002652.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Commercial sports diving schools available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Courses for adults, leagues and competitions.

Tel: Louis 200 77035.

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

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

Tel: 54001973 or 54885000.

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

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

Tel: 20042237.

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

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CHESS COLUMN BY GRANDMASTER RAY KEENE OBE As the prestigious Gibraltar Masters gears up this month at The Caleta Hotel, the game I have chosen is a stirring battle from the London World Championship, between two Grandmasters who are no strangers to Brian Calllaghan OBE, the spiritus rector of Gibraltar chess and Gibraltar chess fans in general.

World champion Magnus Carlsen missed several chances to win with black in the first game of his title defence. A black win right at the start is by no means ultimately a match winner, but is rather like breaking serve in the first set of the Wimbledon Final.

coffee time In this case, Carlsen built up a dominating position after some highly original opening strategy and an inspired temporary pawn sacrifice and now came the time to reap the rewards.

creates the possibilities of Qxc6, Nf6 and Qxf4. After 33 e5 Kb7 34 Nf6 Qh4+ 35 Ke2 Black is better but White is in the game.

33 ... Qg5 34 Nh2 34 ... h5

attack. White is unable to defend against this plan.

40 Nh2 Bxc3 41 Qxf4 Bd4 42 Qf7+ Ka6 43 Qxg7 Rxg7 44 Re2 Rg3

Caruana-Carlsen; World Championship, London (Game 1) 2018; Sicilian Defence

In the following play Black wins a pawn but the position becomes too simplified for him to win.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 4 Bxc6 dxc6 5 d3 Bg7 6 h3 Nf6 7 Nc3

45 Ng4 Rxh3 46 e5 Rf3 47 e6 Rf8 48 e7 Re8 49 Nh6 h3 50 Nf5 Bf6 51 a3 b5 52 b4 cxb4 53 axb4 Bxe7

The two players have actually contested this line previously.

Caruana-Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2015 continued 7 ... b6 8 Be3 e5 9 0-0 0-0 10 a3 and Carlsen went on to win in a complex struggle.

7 ... Nd7 8 Be3 e5 9 0-0 b6 10 Nh2 Nf8 11 f4 exf4 12 Rxf4 Be6 13 Rf2 h6 14 Qd2 g5 This is a new move and seems to be good. Previous play had seen 14 ... Nd7 in order to quickly establish this piece on e5.

15 Raf1 Qd6 16 Ng4 0-0-0 17 Nf6 Nd7 18 Nh5 Be5 19 g4 f6 20 b3 Bf7 21 Nd1 Nf8 22 Nxf6 Ne6 23 Nh5 Bxh5 24 gxh5 Nf4 25 Bxf4 gxf4 26 Rg2

The only way to try to make progress.

54 Nxe7 h2 55 Rxh2 Rxe7 56 Rh6 Kb6 57 Kc3 Rd7 Carlsen starts to drift. 34 ... Qe5, with the intention of invading on the queenside dark squares would have been led to a winning position as White has no way to organise his defences, e.g. 35 Qh1 Qc3 36 Rc1 Rg3 37 Nf3 b5! and ... c4 will follow ripping White apart on the queenside.

The game is now dead drawn.

Carlsen continued to probe but Caruana defended accurately and a draw was agreed on move 115.

35 Rf2 Qg1 36 Nf1 h4 37 Kd2 Kb7 38 c3 Be5 39 Kc2 39 ... Qg7

Black to play.

This is a mistake probably brought on by shortage of time. 33 e5 keeps White in the game as this GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE JANUARY 2019

This position is from CarlsenCaruana (Game 2), London 2018.

White has forked the black bishop and queen.

How should Black react?

Caruana decides to take his chances in the middlegame. He could instead have tried 26 Rxf4 Bxf4 27 Qxf4, when he has a very solid position in return for the exchange as his knight will quickly arrive at the excellent outpost on f5 26 ... Rhg8 27 Qe2 Rxg2+ 28 Qxg2 Qe6 29 Nf2 Rg8 30 Ng4 Qe8 31 Qf3 Qxh5 32 Kf2 Bc7 33 Ke2

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Carlsen misses his last chance to maintain a serious advantage. He should play 39 ... b5, planning ... b4 softening up the queenside dark squares after which Black will quickly obtain a decisive

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Wa l k i n g d i s t a n ce to a i r p o r t, tow n c e n t r e a n d O c e a n Vi l l a g e

S U P E R B L O C AT I O N B A S E D AT 2 1 - 2 3 D E V I L’ S T O W E R R O A D

Included in room rates

E N G L I S H A N D C O N T I N E N TA L B U F F E T B R E A K FA S T

Including interconnecting and accessible rooms

120 STYLISH AND C O M F O R TA B L E B E D R O O M S

Generation 4