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GIBRALTAR LITERARY FESTIVAL 2018 MACAQUES ON THE MED STEPS DIARY OF A NOVICE BOOT CAMPER MENTAL HEALTH A SILENT STEP

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NOVEMBER ISSUE EDITOR’S NOTE

his month’s editor’s letter is coming to you from underneath a very warm, very welcomed manta, and con el frio que hace, we thought you’d need some suitable reading material to accompany you under yours.

Last month I decided to send my mother, a woman in somewhere in her early 60s (though I enjoy life too much to tell you exactly where), to boot camp for a week. All for you guys! When it comes to our articles, like a mother and her children, I never have favourites. But I must say I was particularly looking forward to this one. By the end of the trip, I think my poor mum was less ‘Who Dares Slims’, more ‘Who Cares If I Win’ (p. 68).* In October, our reigning Miss Gibraltar took to the Med Steps with a team of willing walkers to climb them an almighty 3 times (that’s 3 times up, 3 times down – my legs ache just thinking about it!) in aid of charity ‘Clubhouse Gibraltar’. But if you’re planning to tackle them yourself, it’s not just the inclement weather you need to think about – it’s the furrier of our fellow residents, the macaques. (p. 40) This is a public service announcement: stride confidently towards your wardrobe, grab a handful of clothes, and immediately throw them out. Then flip to Julia’s article on what we SHOULD be wearing this winter (p. 76). (Checks are back in - yippee!)

Who Dasres Slim

This month we get thinking about thinking. We nab local neurologist Trevelayne Faller, and pick her brain about our brains. Or more specifically, about how they function. Or stop functioning altogether (p. 31). And finally, although we may not usually celebrate Thanksgiving here in Gibraltar, there’s no reason why we can’t join in on the feasting! Turn to our recipe pages to learn how to make an easypeasy-pumpkin-squeezy pie (p. 85). (Or, according to our local supermarket’s endearing labelling, ‘pumpking’ pie. It is, after all, the king of all pies.)

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61 content 8 Hello There: Which book character first inspired you? 10 What’s on?

12 News 20 Around Town

BUSINESS 23 Jonathan Garcia to GFIA 24 Gibraltar Day in Tel Aviv 26 Your Property Portfolio

LIFE 28 Mental Health: A Silent Step 31 Cognitive Neuroscience 34 Menorcans in Gibraltar 38 Patrizia Imossi: A New Leaf on Art 40 Macaques on the Med Steps 46 The 2018 Jellyfish Bloom

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48 Marms and Tams: A Zookeeper’s Diary

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LEISURE 61 Travel: Born of Silk and Spices 68 Health: Diary of a Novice Boot Camper 72 Man of the Moment Joseph Chipolina 76 Fashion: Winter Trend Report 80 Wine: An Inconvenient Death

REGULARS 84 Recipes: Alubias Stew & Perfect Pumpkin Pie 86 Guides and Information 89 #GibsGems

51 Gibraltar Literature Festival 2018

90 Olympus: Pillars of Politics

56 Curtain Call: November in the Theatre

97 Coffee Time

94 Schedules

58 The Poisoned Rock: Lights, Camera, Murder!

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WHICH BOOK CHARACTER FIRST INSPIRED YOU? Bailey, 3 months Guard Dog.

Justin Bautista, 28 Andrew Arias, 30 Network Analyst at Ladbrokes Coral. Do comic books count? If so, then Batman! No explanation needed.

Designer & Author of Mama Lotties. I’m not sure which character inspired me first, but I’ve always liked Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter series. She always looks on the brighter side of things!

ALL the ones in Dog’s Don’t Care, Dogs Poop Everywhere. It’s a book that really speaks to me. And a percentage of all sales goes towards rescuing homeless dogs!

Chris Hedley, 31 Co-owner of the Little English Language School.

Daniel, 29 Account Manager at Continent 8. Willy Wonka inspired me at a young age. It was all down to his strange yet genius-like and creative passion for chocolate! 8

Ronnie Alecio, 28 Professional Flâneur. Enkidu from the Epic of Gilgamesh. I identify with his humanity.

The protagonist of Gulliver’s Travels. He first inspired me to get out there and experience different places and cultures. As an adult, I can now appreciate the satirical commentary on society and politics too!

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EVERY THURSDAY

TUESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER

Jam Session

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J ohn Mackintosh Hall, 6:30pm Hosted by Giordano Durante

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THURSDAY 25TH OCTOBER UNTIL SUNDAY 11TH NOVEMBER

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Centenary of The First World War

WEDNESDAY 7TH NOVEMBER UNTIL TUESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER

outh Centre, Line Wall Road Y Wednesdays 12:30pm–2:00pm Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30pm–4:30pm An alternative safe place for young people aged 15 + For further information please contact Mark Zammit, Principal Youth Officer on mzammit@gibraltar.gov.gi or call +350 20078637.

J ohn Mackintosh Hall, 9:00am–9:00pm TUESDAY 30TH OCTOBER UNTIL SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER Eurafrica Trail Strait of Gibraltar, 3:00pm For further information www.eurafricatrail.com THURSDAY 1ST NOVEMBER Gibraltar Horticultural Society Members Meetin ecture Room, L John Mackintosh Hall, 6:30pm–8:00pm Admission is free, and nonmembers are welcome. For further information please contact through email on ghsmember@outlook.com FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Charity Talk Cancer Relief Centre, 3:00pm Cancer Relief is delighted to be hosting Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Charity’s next event. This talk is open to everyone who may wish to attend, just contact Cancer Relief or Pancreatic Cancer Awareness for more information

45th Gibraltar International Art Exhibition ustavo Bacarisas Gallery, G Grand Casemates Square Entrance is free of charge. For further information please contact info@culture.gi SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER St Andrews Craft & Collectors Fair t Andrews Church, S Governors Parade, 10:00am–2:00 pm Entrance £1. For further information please contact 54023166 WEDNESDAY 14TH NOVEMBER UNTIL SUNDAY 18TH NOVEMBER Gibraltar Literary Festival 2018 Various Venues, 10:00am For further information www.gibraltarliteraryfestival.com THURSDAY 22ND NOVEMBER Christmas Decoration Workshop J ohn Mackintosh Square, 10:00am–7:00pm For further information please contact ghsmember@outlook.com GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

what’s on FRIDAY 23RD NOVEMBER Christmas Festival of Lights 2018 J ohn Mackintosh Square, 5:30pm–8:00pm For further information please contact the Events Department at GCS on 20075669 or info@culture.gi

International stage shows, close-up Magic, Magic Lectures and workshops.

Garden Tours of the Botanic Gardens

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For further information contact: +350 20041235

Ince’s Hall Theatre, 8:00pm

John Mackintosh Hall

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Price: adult £5.00, children free. Guided tour of the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, The Alameda.

‘Lets Go Purple’ Variety Show

Magic Festival 2018

SATURDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

George Don Gates, at the south end of Grand Parade, 10:00am

FRIDAY 30TH NOVEMBER

MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER UNTIL SUNDAY 2ND DECEMBER

Convent Christmas Fair 2018

Entrance is £2

Tickets priced at £10 at the John Mackintosh Hall from 4-7pm as from Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th November. For further information please contact 58008530 or 54000600

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SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER Gibraltar International Jazz Festival St Michael’s Cave, 8:00pm For further information please contact info@gibraltarinternationaljazzfestival.com

Christmas Menu Complimentary glass of bubbly on arrival

STARTERS Chicken liver pâté (D.F) (G.F optional) £5.95 Served with ginger infused orange and toasted pelayo Prawn and papaya salad (D.F) (G.F) £5.65 Sautéed prawns marinated in lemon mayonnaise with papaya Homemade cod croquettes £4.95 Served with aioli

Trio cheese parcel £5.45 Feta, mozzarella, cream cheese with walnuts and spinach filled in filo pastry with pink honey dressing Falafel (V.G) £6.25 Served with muhammara sauce

MAINS Turkey breast roulade (G.F optional) £16.45 With chestnut stuffing, served with grilled asparagus, baby potatoes and port sauce Retinto sirloin £15.95 On a bed of rosemary mash potato and pepper sauce Grilled salmon (G.F) £15.95 Served with sautéed vegetables and Béarnaise sauce Rack of lamb (D.F) £17.95 On a bed of vegetable quinoa and thyme jus Wild mushroom and roasted chestnut risotto (G.F) Drizzled with truffle oil

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DESSERTS Baileys cheesecake £6.95 Christmas crumble £5.95 Chocolate mousse with pomegranate (G.F) £6.45 Christmas pudding £5.95 Mini selection of all the above £7.45 Selection of vegan desserts (V.G) £5.95

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news LAUNCH OF WELL PERSON UNIT

Clinic Two and One focus on sexual health, one offering advice on contraception to men, women and couples, and the second diagnosing, treating or referring to secondary care any pathologies in a discreet environment. A team of specialist nurses, both male and female, are available for any concern the patients may have, while contraception advice is administered by Dr Linsey Dunckley. Self-referred Appointments can be booked by ringing 20007842 Monday to Friday or at the front desk located on the second floor of the ICC just to the right of the escalator, next to Audiology.

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Clinic Three offers a medical MOT aimed at screening patients’ general well-being, with early detection of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hyper or hypoglycemia, abdominal aortic aneurisma, vitamin deficiencies, early screening for prostate cancer and any other conditions being diagnosed at the very early signs.

The Well Person Unit was launched last month at the primary care Centre and is now fully functional with three clinics.

Dorcas Hammond, International Fashion Designer has had over 20 years’ experience in the industry. Dorcas has won several design competitions over the years, showcasing her work in Gibraltar, Madrid, Morocco, Marbella and London. The most important award was achieved in 2004 in Portugal for the best design at the agulha du ouro (Golden Needle). She recently took part in Marbella Fashion Week 2018 at the Gran Melia Don Pepe Hotel. The fashion show consisted of her AttraXione Collection, which includes exclusive designs that conveys elegance, with a twist because of their unique and edgy qualities, along with her bespoke couture gowns. Her garments are made with meticulous care and attention to guarantee a high quality finish to all her pieces.

The evolution of the little black dress brought inspiration for the AttraXione Collection. A LBD is intended to be versatile but rather than a simple black dress, Dorcas pushed the idea further, using fabrics that brought sophistication and sex appeal to her pieces. Her collection includes pieces that are interchangeable and can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

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THE GOURMET CATERING AND EVENTS TROPHY The 2018-19 Med Golf season got off to a cracking start at the Benalup 5-Star Fairplay Golf and Spa resort. Winner of the Gourmet Catering and Events Trophy and a â&#x201A;Ź60 Med Golf voucher was Andrew Brown (handicap 27) with 35 Stableford points, beating Nicholas Farr on handicap (handicap 28) also with 35 points. The best gross score of 79 was posted by Matthew Bruce-Smith, Category 1 winner with a score of 34 points with best gross score on the Par 3 holes of level par and won a nearest to the pin prize. John Hunter had the longest drive and also won a nearest to the pin prize. The best senior was Mike Cowburn with a score of 32 points. Our handicap category prizes were GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

won as follows: Category 1 (handicaps 0 to 12): The runner up with a score of 34 points was Mark Henderson (handicap 11) with a score of 34 points and the winner on handicap, also with 34 points was Matthew Bruce-Smith (handicap 4). Category 2 (handicaps 13 to 22): Matthew Robinson was runner up with a score of 31 points and the winner was Jason Roberts with 33 points. Category 3 (handicap 23 and above): Lee Scares took the runner up prize with 30 points and the winner with 35 points was Nicholas Farr. Nearest the pin winners were: Matthew Bruce-Smith, Russell Eldridge, John Hunter, and Nick

Pyle. Anthony Bull was nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 and Michael Byrne was winner of nearest the pin in 3 on a par 5. Med Golf Order of Merit The top 10 players will qualify for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Masters at San Roque. Andrew Brown, Nick Farr, Matthew Bruce-Smith, Mark Henderson, Jason Roberts , Mike Cowburn, Matthew Robinson, Matt Charlesworth, Simon Dyson, Roy Azopardi Anthony Bull, Graeme Powrie, Nicky Sanchez, Micheal Byrne, Lee Scarse, Richard Atkinson, Paul Nash, Eddie Diaz, Neil Cotter, Matthew Warner For more information visit medgolfmembers.com. 13

news ADOPT A RESCUE DOG Hi my name is Ben. I was recently abandoned but I am very confused and don’t know why. I’m great with kids and other dogs, I can sit and give paw. I can learn lots more too if someone would give me a chance. If you can’t adopt me, please consider sponsoring me so I can go on walks with volunteers and get some cuddles on the weekend. For more information or to sponsor a pup, visit: ainf.gi/sponsor Your kindness will change lives. ainf.gi/sponsor A nimals in Need Foundation

DANZA ACADEMY EXCELLENT EXAM RESULTS Danza Academy recently received impressive Classical Ballet results from The Royal Academy of Dance and Modern Theatre Dance Exams results from The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. The Academy prides in being the only local dance school in Gibraltar to provide the two prestigious exam systems under the one roof under the guidance of qualified teacher Ms Anne Marie Gomez. These exam systems are those used by most major vocational dance schools in the UK. Ms Gomez is also qualified as a Secondary School dance teacher. Danza Academy students took over 200 exams in early June. The Academy’s students have achieved a 100%

pass rate with Merits and Distinctions. Classical Ballet students as young as two and a half took the Pre-School Assessment Class and Exams were taken up to the last Grade 8. The Ballet Examiner was Eileen Reeve and the Modern was Ms Fotinaki. Ms Fotinaki was particularly impressed with the work at Danza commenting that the final pieces of some of the dancers was like watching America’s ‘So You Think you can Dance’. Ms Fotinaki asked Miss Gomez to send her videos of the work as she trains dance teachers in Greece, and she wished to show them what could be achieved by children with great determination of both students and teachers.

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news UNIVERSITY’S CLIMACT PROJECT SUCCESS The ClimACT project has won second prize in an EU-organised event, which was held on the 10th October in Brussels. The ClimACT delegation included staff from University of Gibraltar and a local student, as well as students and representatives from the partner institutions across Portugal, France and Spain. ClimACT presented a short video followed by an on-stage performance in which students stressed the impacts of climate change, and gave examples of actions undertaken at their respective schools to reduce their carbon footprint. Amaia Fernandez, International

and European Funding Officer at University of Gibraltar, said: “Being at the event in Brussels really brought home what combining research and educational approaches can do to influence schools’ ethos and curricula. ClimACT is an excellent example of international collaboration and shared school experiences. Achieving the 2nd Prize award in a still ongoing initiative recognises the tangible results it has attained already. ClimACT works alongside schools and we could not have had better ambassadors of the initiative than the students themselves”. Find out more about ClimACT: unigib.edu.gi/climact-project.

WWII TUNNEL TOURS The Command Centre inside the rock was built during the Second World War, and is the location where General Eisenhower commanded the American-led Operation Torch (the invasion of west North Africa to prevent the Germans taking control of the territories occupied by the French, then under the control of the Vichy French Government) with significant support from the UK. Continent 8 has opened up these tours to the public as part of an initiative to raise funds for the GBC Open Day. To book a tour, contact daniel.ghio@continent8.com or luis.garcia@continent8.com.

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news COMMAND PAPER ON ABORTION – EXTENSION OF CONSULTATION PERIOD In his capacity as Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Abortion, the Chief Minister has written to Bishop Zammit on the subject of the consultation period in respect of the Command Paper on Abortion. Bishop Zammit had requested a four-week extension of the time period in which submissions might be made. In his reply, the Chief Minister explained that the Inter-Ministerial Committee had considered the Bishop’s request and had agreed to grant a further four weeks for the relevant consultation. As a consequence of this extension, HM Government of Gibraltar can confirm that the closing date for submissions is now Friday 23 November. The Government encourages anyone who wishes to contribute to the important discussion to submit their views before this date.

THE MINISTRY OF EQUALITY LAUNCHES WOMEN’S MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME The Ministry of Equality officially launched the Women’s Mentorship Programme with an information evening at the Garrison Library. The event was very well supported by the local business sector, including the Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses, the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce, Women in Business and Girls in Tech (Gibraltar). Minister Sacramento said, ‘I am delighted to mark the official launch of the Women’s Mentorship Programme with this information evening. Mentorship

is a successful strategy in promoting under-represented groups into senior positions of leadership and management. This is key in order to ensure that there is greater gender diversity in the workplace. Not only is this an equal opportunities issue, it also makes sound financial sense as research and studies have clearly demonstrated that businesses and organisations with more diverse teams do better. An equal representation of women at all levels will also help to reduce the overall annual earnings gap.

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news BREXIT CHIEF SECRETARY WRITES TO ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS The Government’s Chief Secretary, Darren Grech, has written to all public servants to update them on matters relating to Brexit. With Gibraltar’s departure from the EU only four months away, Mr Grech’s memo explains that negotiations between the UK and Gibraltar and EU institutions and partners are progressing well, and that a scenario in which the UK

and Gibraltar leave the EU without an agreement still remains unlikely as both parties have mutual interests in securing a negotiated outcome. Mr Grech goes on to stress that it is the Government’s duty “as a responsible Government to cover all eventualities and have contingency and mitigating plans, including for a ‘no deal scenario’, until we are satisfied of the certain outcome of the negotiations.” The memo also makes clear that “the nearer to March 2019 we get, the more accelerated preparations the Government would need to make. This does not, in any way, point to a greater likelihood of a ‘no deal’ scenario. All this work is to ensure that the contingencies

are in place in the unlikely event that they should need to be relied upon.” Finally, Mr Grech thanks everyone involved in Brexit work for the efforts they are making “as our departure from the EU will be the biggest issue we as public servants will encounter during our careers. We should all take pride in the work that we are doing and its cross generational effect on our community.”

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ISOLAS HOSTS A BREAKFAST BRIEFING FOCUSING ON LASTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY Recently, ISOLAS LLP, Gibraltar’s longest established law firm, hosted a breakfast briefing event at its offices focusing on Lasting Powers of Attorney. Part of an information campaign with which the firm is engaged online and on radio, the event brought together a group of guests from the corporate and charity sectors in order to offer them some insight about the advantages of having a lasting power of attorney or, as it is also often referred to, ‘a living will’. Sarah Miles, a Senior Associate with ISOLAS LLP, delivered the presentation. Sarah is well-placed to advise on all aspects relating to Lasting Powers of Attorney, having assisted the Government of Gibraltar in the drafting of the Lasting Powers of Attorney and Capacity Act 2018. The effect of a Lasting Power of 18

Attorney, is that you are able to legally appoint someone to look after your affairs for you, whether financial or in respect of your health, while you’re still alive but have lost the capacity to make decisions for yourself. Sarah Miles explained, during the presentation, that ‘the once traditional and accepted course of life is often interrupted by factors we neither control nor foresee, but we are now able to set out our instructions and preferences to be followed in those circumstances. It’s a useful planning tool for anyone over the age of 18, to assist with day-to-day matters like banking and personal care. People often put a Will in place, to set out how their assets are to be distributed once no longer here, but in today’s society, where life expectancy is increasing and there is more awareness of mental health conditions like dementia, we need to also plan for the years when

we are still around, but may need assistance with decision-making. It’s common for a person’s mental capacity to deteriorate with age, but it can also be lost suddenly and unexpectedly in the case of accidents, contact sports and familial medical conditions.” Investing a little time in putting a Lasting Power of Attorney in place now, can save you and your loved ones a significant amount of stress, money and heartache should the worst come to pass – it’s not pleasant to contemplate of course, it never is, but it is certainly quicker and less cumbersome than making an application to court once capacity has been lost, in order to appoint a deputy to manage your affairs. For an information leaflet or for more information, contact Sarah Miles on +350 2000 1892 or email her directly at sarah.miles@isolas.gi

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GFIA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ISOLAS Jonathan Garcia appointed to the Executive Committee at GFIA.

onathan Garcia, a partner in the DLT/Fintech team at ISOLAS, Gibraltar’s longest established law firm and home to the market’s leading blockchain legal practice headed by Joey Garcia, was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the Gibraltar Funds and Investments Association to serve for the period 2018/2019. “The Gibraltar Funds & Investments Association (GFIA) is the association representing the interests of the funds and investments sector in Gibraltar. This includes the interests of investment managers, investment dealers, banks, brokers, fund administrators and fund directors. GFIA’s objective is to develop and maintain Gibraltar as a specialized investments jurisdiction of choice within Europe, and to promote the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

awareness of Gibraltar as one of Europe’s premier financial centres. We promote this through regular dialogue with our members and cooperation with local government and regulatory bodies. On the election of the new executive committee, GFIA declared that “in an era of Brexit uncertainty, GFIA will venture to establish Gibraltar as the pre-eminent jurisdiction for funds and management of crypto assets.”

share practical knowhow amongst its members. Appointed to the ‘Lawyer Committee’, Jonathan Garcia explained that he was looking forward to participating in the Executive Committee for the coming year and that he was “excited” about the potential that Gibraltar offers as a centre for funds business both generally and, certainly, specifically in the context of the burgeoning DLT/wider fintech space.

GFIA plans a variety of initiatives designed to achieve these aims, key amongst which is the creation of a think tank which will analyse the funds and investment credentials of Gibraltar as a jurisdiction for funds and investment solutions, develop plans for Gibraltar’s further development as funds and investments business centre of excellence and to develop and 23

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GIBRALTAR DAY IN TEL AVIV

London, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore, and now Tel Aviv. Last month, the Government of Gibraltar Finance Centre Department held the first historic Gibraltar Day in Tel Aviv, in cooperation with the Gibraltar-Israel Chamber of Commerce (Gibrael). And boy what an event that was!

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t all started just a few months ago, when I presented the idea of holding a Gibraltar Day in Tel Aviv to the Minister of Commerce of Gibraltar - Mr. Albert Isola,” says Ayelet Mamo Shay, Chairwoman of Gibrael Chamber. “No, I did not invent the wheel, such amazing Gibraltar Days have already become a tradition in places like London, Zurich, Singapore and Hong Kong, but as a proud patriotic Israeli who loves Israel on the one hand and Gibraltar on the other, I thought it a must to bring such event to Tel Aviv. Minister Albert Isola and his amazing team, including the lovely Mr. Paul Astengo, were very enthusiastic about the idea and so we put the wheels in motion.” Indeed, according to Minister Isola, such event has been “long overdue”. So what did the event comprise of? 24

Minister Albert Isola arrived in Israel for a series of meetings and was present at the various events. In total, more than 100 people arrived from Gibraltar to Israel making it the biggest ever attendance of Gibraltarians in Israel. There was a lavish cocktail reception evening, hosted by Minister Isola, at the Crowne Plaza Azrieli Centre hotel at the heart of Tel Aviv’s financial district. The reception was attended by hundreds of top business people who enjoyed a brief video presentation of Gibraltar along with sumptuous food and our very own Gibrael Twister cocktail! A busy Gibraltar Day conference focusing on the cryptocurrencies and Blockchain sector, with panels featuring 24 top speakers and moderated by the super energetic lady, Meirav Harel. The conference day attracted some of the leading

names in the Blockchain sector, including professionals from Israel’s biggest blockchain investment group: Alignment-Singulariteam Group; Israel’s biggest crypto exchange- Bit2C, Deloitte Israel, Meitar Law Firm, the Israeli Bitcoin Association, Shine Law Firm as well as dignitaries from the Israeli Ministry of Economy. A networking lunch which was over-subscribed, so much so that we had to turn people away. Plenty of B2B meetings in the specifically designated meeting room. To coincide with the Gibraltar Day events, a friendly rugby match was held between the national teams of Gibraltar and Israel at the Wingate Sports Centre in Netanya. “It seems that the buzz about Gibraltar was all over Israel. Business people were flocking to GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

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the event from all corners of the country and we had to put people on waiting lists as the demand completely exceeded capacity,” says Gibrael President Eran Shay. From the Gibraltar side too, there were plenty of companies present, including some of the sponsors of the event such as Hassans International Law firm, ISOLAS Law Firm, Continent 8, Sovereign Group, Rockolo, Gibtelecom, Ramparts Law Firm, Benefit Business Solutions, Sodi-Connect, and the GSX/GBX Group.

accelerators. The delegation was then hosted for lunch at the Haifa City Hall where they met with several city councillors. In Jerusalem, the delegation visited the offices of Yigal Arnon & Co, one of Israel’s largest law firms, followed by a tour of the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) and a meeting with the Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce. They then visited some of the world renown holy sites in the Old City. Delegates were amazed by the Israeli hi-tech ecosystem and business community and vowed to come back to Israel in the nearest future.

The Israelis could not have found a friendlier partner to do business with than the Gibraltarians.

The Gibraltar Day events were complemented by a business delegation headed by Gibrael Chamber who visited the cities of Haifa and Jerusalem. In Haifa - home to Israel’s largest hi-tech park, delegates have visited the offices of one of Israel’s leading fintech law firms - Doron Tikotzky Kantor, and then visited MATI one of the city’s key technology GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

With plenty of Israeli companies already doing business on the Rock, be it in the online gaming sector, Blockchain ICO/DLT sector, software development, renewable energy, funds and others, Gibraltar is certainly enjoying the stream of Israeli businesses coming over and the Israelis could not have found a

friendlier partner to do business with than the Gibraltarians. Such relationship is bound to continue and strengthen and the plans for the second Gibraltar Day in Tel Aviv have already began!

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

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YOUR PROPERTY PORTFOLIO How to build your own buy-to-let portfolio.

t is quite interesting to see how some investors put their funds into stocks and shares in a chosen stock market in London, Frankfurt, New York or Tokyo, normally using their own funds and expecting to make money over a period of ten years. A good stockbroker will explain to his client that the best approach is to just invest the money, or use it whilst it is invested and give it the right amount of time to yield income and increase in value. Property is no different.

there are some cases in which bank finance or other forms of borrowing can achieve successful goals, but not often in a start-up. If the project does not fly outright from the start it could put you - even on a personal level in an extremely delicate position, and I do know that from my own personal experiences. Not to be recommended. We are talking about cash flow problems, personal liability and a long etcetera that should be avoided. I repeat the same phrase to all my new clients: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paying off your debt is a powerful wealth-building tool.â&#x20AC;? The minute you become debt-free, you are building wealth for yourself whilst decreasing stress and improving state of mind. This gives you a tremendous advantage over those that have to be fighting to pay off their capital debts. Naturally, this works where possible. I am not saying some form of bank exposure is bad. Au

The first golden rule is capital. Like in most businesses, cash is king.

First Golden Rule: Capital. Like in most businesses, cash is king. My first piece of advice to a would-be buy-to-let investor, no matter how realistic and painful it may sound, is that you do need cash in the bank to start off your portfolio of properties. Less cash, less properties; more cash, more properties. It is that simple. Yes, 26

contraire, it could in some cases help you to expand your portfolio, but you should try and avoid it in the early stages. Ideally you should work with your own funds. I have known many highly successful investors who sold a family business or a large farm or property. They all had something in common, and that was wise investments in the right markets using personal capital. The larger the amount of money you have ready to use, the easier it is to invest properly. Money talks. And this is of particular relevance when market corrections occur along a possible market recession. Second Golden Rule: The Business Plan. How often does an entrepreneur use a business plan? The answer is difficult but the correct answer is a business plan is essential to reach the desired goal. As much as you need a map or a GPS to motor from A to B without getting lost. Important questions come up GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

property when starting The Plan: When will I make money? How to fund? Which area or jurisdiction should I invest in? The first question is not easy to answer but as a rule always buy the best you can afford with a guaranteed or almost guaranteed income. Make sure there is proof of income given to you with the relevant contracts and even tax returns or VAT returns where applicable. Do not be soft or oversee this. Your business consultant can do this for you if you are abroad or have no time to do it. It is normal to make money within the first six years. Less, perhaps, than in the case of investing in the stock market, and much less volatile. And it is fully yours, because you own it outright. Time will also correct most mistakes in property. Not always the case in other investments.

an area like the Upper Town in Gibraltar. Some gorgeous renovated Colonial buildings have been put on the market and some interesting deals have been closed.

mortgage and keep the balance to buy something smaller with no debt. So this really means one can pick up good deals without the usual ‘catch’.

Gibraltar or abroad? Property resembles love. No particular location is better than another. Gibraltar is good, but so is Portugal, or Spain, or mainland UK. Look into the tax exposure with your consultant. Even Germany provides excellent investments. If you wish to have your portfolio closer, why not do Gibraltar and Spain? Make sure you avoid seasonal markets. Stick to larger cities or towns. Student accommodation is on the rise. Buy close to a University Campus. And your income is nearly guaranteed.

Another good source is some quick in - quick out investor who has bought a lovely apartment in a new building in Gibraltar, or somewhere along the coast. He most likely bought off-plan and wants out with a quick return. A blessing for some investors as there is no risk buying a ready to move in property, and the price can often be attractive and give us room for future profit plus an interesting rental income. La Linea has a few buildings where apartments yield as much as 10%. Not my choice, but still money makers. Malaga seems to be extremely in. Getting a little pricy and possibly too much going on, but still very good in some areas. It really went from being a smelly old town in the 70´s to a beauty in this new century. A bit like Montpellier in France where a complete transformation took place. Marbella has some good deals as well.

Paying off your debt is a powerful wealth-building tool.

Finally: Which Area? Location, location, location are, and always will be, the three most important things in property. Look out for best spots, possibly an old building being renovated. Try and get a good view to the sea if possible. People will pay a premium for this. I always say that anything close to the sea is worth a lot more than anything miles from the sea. Light is of paramount importance. Darkness is a killer - it will not sell or rent quickly. Run-down areas with derelict buildings nearby where people are hanging their laundry outdoors… no good at all. But there are exceptions, such as GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

This really means one can pick up good deals without the usual ‘catch’.

How much yield? You must make sure the property yields at least 5%, ideally 6% upwards. Sometimes more can be achieved. Stay away from promises of double figures yields of return promised by some unstable country. Very dangerous indeed. Residential, Commercial, or Industrial?

50% residential, 25% commercial, 25% industrial. You can play around with figures. There are always clean deals out there in the markets to be picked up. For example, I was offered a lovely shop in the Golden Mile of Marbella, fully rented yielding 6% per annum. Why did the landlord wish to sell? Because he is wisely cleaning up his debt and wishes to pay off the

No rush, and a good amount of research is most certainly the answer.

JORGE V.REIN PARLADE MBA Business Consultant +350 54045282 jorgeparlade@aol.com 27

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A SILENT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Awareness of the importance of mental welfare has been increasingly evident not only in Gibraltar, but across much of the western world. A subject historically relegated to dark corners and discussed in hushed tones; the concerted efforts of various groups around Gibraltar have pushed the matter to the forefront of the collective conscience, mirroring a wide spread international trend.

BY IAIN TRIAY CLARENCE

he message that mental health issues affect the majority of people’s lives, directly or indirectly, and that these issues must be open to discussion, has permeated the press, social media and the daily lives of an increasing number of people. United by the rallying cry that, ‘it’s okay not to be okay’, signs of positive change and the evolution of the general attitude towards mental welfare have been encouraging - but recent events in Gibraltar must, yet again, make us stop and question 28

whether we are doing enough as a society. Mental health issues at the centre of suicide cases are the subject of a worrying trend in recent years and part of a wider problem on the rock. Self-harm amongst young people is an issue causing serious concern, and for all it helps to be able to discuss these matters with family and friends, professional help and intervention is every bit as important as it is in the case of physical injury or ailments.

To once again draw a parallel which must continue to be emphasised, we shouldn’t ignore psychological issues any more than we should ignore a broken bone, and by the same measure, most of us are not any more equipped to deal with serious issues of mental health than we are to deal with serious issues of physical health. To mark this year’s Mental Health Day (October 10th), a silent walk was arranged in order to highlight the shortcomings GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

health of the current system. Keen to impress that this was a social, not political issue, and the collective responsibility of all administrations to date, the Gibraltar Mental Welfare Society used this day to make the statement that mental health urgently requires significant investment.

Changing World’. For this reason the GMHS focused on specific services that would benefit young people: counsellors in schools, as well as a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service – which many have been pushing for in Gibraltar for years.

Recent events in Gibraltar must make us stop and question whether we are doing enough as a society.

The walk started at the Piazza and made its way to No.6, where Minister John Cortes, standing in for the Chief Minister, received a written copy of the Society’s suggestions. Minister Cortes then extended an invitation to the Society’s representatives, Conchita Triay and Mark Montovio, to discuss their concerns, which was gladly accepted. This year’s theme was ‘Mental Health in Young People in a

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A government announcement earlier in the week had therefore been warmly received, with a new GHA Child and Adolescent Psychology Service set to commence in January 2019. By specifically catering to young people, the hope is that mental health issues will be addressed at an early enough stage that they can be more effectively man-

aged, and the GMHS welcomed the move as a very positive step in the right direction. It is their hope that it will be followed by the addition of counsellors within the education system so as to provide even more immediate help at schools to children in less acute situations. While all progress should be celebrated, it’s important that we never become desensitised to the tragedy of those we fail to save, to those that slip through cracks in the system, to those we look back on who cause us to wonder if enough was done. A lot of work has gone in to the cause, but much more remains ahead; it is only through a united front that progress will continue to be made and pulling together in a community like Gibraltar to work towards common goals is well within our capabilities.

We shouldn’t ignore psychological issues any more than we should ignore a broken bone.

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COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE We sit down with neurologist Trevelayne Faller to pick her brain.

hat is Cognitive Neuroscience?

Cognitive Neuroscience is the science that deals with the structure/function of the brain, and its relation to behaviour and learning. What led you to study Cognitive Neuroscience?

Psychology is a very broad field, and within it there are many different subfields (social, developmental, evolutionary and so on) which I learnt about as an undergraduate. It was during this time I also developed an interest in neurological disorders (Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, depression etc.) and became focussed on studying human behaviour through brain behaviour, rather than through people’s actions. More specifically, I wanted to understand how the brain responds to challenges in neurological disorders – to find ways of developing better rehabilitation techniques (ways of restoring someone to health

Everything we think, feel, or do comes from a function in the brain.

Before studying Cognitive Neuroscience, I studied Psychology, which developed from wanting to understand more about human behaviour. What makes us different from each other? What shapes our perception, and how does this influence our interactions?

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through training/therapy). This led me to shift from Psychology into Cognitive Neuroscience. Why is Cognitive Neuroscience relevant to us? Everything we think, feel, or do comes from a function in the brain. In other words, there’s a process behind all our thoughts, feelings and actions. To provide a simplified example, there are several structures in your brain that are being activated while you read these words; your visual cortex is sending visual information to various areas of the left side of your brain. These structures are processing the meaning behind the words you are reading, and the area of your brain responsible for processing language (Wernicke’s area) is generating the auditory representation of the 31

health pathways connecting and relaying messages back and forth between multiple sub-structures. These neural connections are what allow us to move, think, and feel as we do. During our development, every time we learn a new behaviour a new neural pathway is carved out in the brain. The more we repeat that behaviour, the stronger that neural connection becomes. Every time we think in a certain way, practice a certain task or feel a certain emotion, the neural pathways used to carry out these functions are strengthened, and by the time we’ve reached adulthood, our brains have built up large repertoire of mastered skills and abilities that we perform more automatically from memory. words. This is just one example of how multiple cognitive and neural mechanisms (which we are unware of) contribute to our simple everyday functions. A better understanding of the brain allows us to have a better understanding of ourselves – as well as each other. This deeper understanding can also contribute towards treating various diseases and illnesses. For example, the way we understand depression largely shapes our perception of it, as well as the way we treat it. During ancient times, depression was thought to be caused by demons and evil spirits, and was treated with methods such as beatings, shackles or starvation to drive the demons out. Today we understand that depression is largely caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain, as well as other factors: genetics, envi-

ronment, and personality. Because of this deeper understanding, more appropriate treatments can be offered compared to previous centuries where many depressed people were treated with lobotomies (a surgery that severs the connections in the frontal part of the brain), which were proved to be ineffective. What are the advancements you’ve seen/experienced in Neuroscience? Advances in technology have allowed us to study the brain in ways that weren’t possible before, making what we thought was only imaginable a reality. One important scientific discovery was neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to be flexible and reorganise itself based on changes in its environment. Our brains are made up of billions of neural

During ancient times, depression was treated with methods such as beatings, shackles or starvation to drive the demons out.

Over the past two decades, scientists have continually found new ways to explore how these structures and pathways shape our behaviour by looking at what happens after a disruption to the brain. For example, what happens to the area of the brain representing a body part once it’s been lost? This phenomenon has been explored through research with amputees and has been largely shaped by advancements in technology. Twenty years ago, the answer would have been that the area becomes an empty space. This is because during this time, it was thought that our brains stopped developing once we reached adulthood – so the structures/pathways the brain uses to carry out functions become fixed. Ten years later (following the discovery of neuroplasticity) the answer would have been that structures in the brain reorganise themselves depending on changes in input/output to the brain. With this theory, the area of the brain representing the missing body part would be taken over by neighbouring regions. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

health Today’s answer is mixed. While some researchers still believe that a structural reorganisation happens, others think it’s the neural pathways connecting these structures that change. Once a body part is lost, the pathways connecting it to the brain are also lost – but they can also be recreated. Advancements in technology have allowed scientists to be able to reconstruct these neural connections by attaching a robotic limb to the missing body part and having it send signals to electrodes implanted in the brain. From this, someone who was previously paralyzed from the chest down could feel sensa-

tions with a robotic limb. What would you like to see happen next? The above is just one example of how understanding more about the structure and function of the brain could help to utilise its flexibility. Combined with the continued advancements in technology, this could have huge benefits. This deeper understanding could shape the development of rehabilitation for stroke patients, patients with neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease or epilepsy,

What happens to the area of the brain representing a body part once it’s been lost?

people with depression or autism – or even slow down the effects of an ageing brain. As well as being a means to provide solutions to our problems, scientific research is also driven by the natural curiosity of human beings to create knowledge. Our constant need to know more is shaping the way the world moves forward – and this is mediated by the information we’re being exposed to. I would like to see topics in neuroscience being broken down and better communicated to the world, to create more awareness and eventually more funding in research – so in another ten years, an amputee could be given a prosthetic limb that they can use and feel as if it were an extension of themselves.

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MENORCANS IN GIBRALTAR The Menorcan input in our community.

BY MARTÍ CRESPO i SALA (TRANSLATED BY MANOLO GALLIANO)

hen the subject of large emigrations from the Island of Menorca across the ages is broached, most people will undoubtedly mention the small fleet of ships which departed for Florida in 1768 or the massive colonisation of French Algeria which took place as from 1830. Likewise, if in Gibraltar the same question arises regarding the communities which now form part and parcel of the present Yanito identity, apart from those of British and Andalusian origins, it is certain that Genoese, Jewish, Maltese and even Portuguese elements will be referred to. What is 34

not likely to be mentioned, either in the Island of Menorca or on the Rock, is the unknown and long forgotten emigration and input of Menorcans in Gibraltar during the course of the 18th century, up to the commencement of the 19th century. This was at a time when the two territories shared a common British sovereignty as a result of Articles X and XI of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, which officially endorsed the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. In essence, as in the case of Margarida Trémol of the Ciutadella of Menorca, who was already residing in Gibraltar in

1727, up to the time of Catherina Pratts, who was registered in the 1868 Census as a ‘British Subject born in Menorca, there were huge numbers of Menorcans, in their hundreds, whose names appear in the Church Registers and in official Gibraltar Government records. In most cases, all these individuals were forced to leave their island, either due to over-population, severe economic reasons or merely because of the constant changes in British, French and Spanish control which took place in Menorca from 1708 until 1802. All these Menorcans, together with Ligurians, Sephardic Jews, and other inhabitants from GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

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Mediterranean countries, were attracted by the essential need of imported labour in the besieged fortress of Gibraltar during the first century of British rule.

Furthermore, during much of the 18th century, there were a number of Menorcan priests serving the needs of the principal Church of St. Mary the Crowned; although, it must be said that they carried out these duties with lesser or greater success. These priests consisted of the Vicar of Gibraltar, Francesc Ignasi Ximenes (1734-1743), Antoni Fontcuberta (1747-1749), Joan Febrer (17491750) and the two brothers Rafel Messa (1771-1773) and Francesc Messa (1773-1792).

Menorcans were attracted by the essential need of imported labour in the besieged fortress of Gibraltar.

At the same time, and taking into account the relevant and intense military relationship between Menorca and Gibraltar during this period, the commercial and, above all, demographic flow between these two strategic British fortresses in the Mediterranean, was also intrinsically important. There were, for instance, many native persons from the area surrounding the port of MaĂł (especially from the nearby Arrabal del Castillo de San Felipe) who had arrived on the Rock to take up a number of occupations. There were the tailors Joan Netto and Miquel Pons, the painter Pere Orfila, the shopkeeper Josep Victori, the nurse EulĂ lia Netto, the musician Joan Comellas, the cook Antoni Henrich and the lawyer Joan Pratts.

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Menorcan documents), previously of Neapolitan extraction, which had close links both with Menorca and Gibraltar. So much so that in 1756, Jaime Scarnichia, born in the Arrabal de San Felipe, took refuge on the Rock together with his father and the rest of his family just before the capture of the island by the French. In Gibraltar, the family flourished economically as a result of their involvement as corsairs; subsequently, Scarnichia put himself at the service of the Portuguese Royal Navy, where in a few years he climbed from practical pilot to the position of Admiral of the fleet.

All these Menorcans who had settled on the Rock underwent all the experiences and events of their fellow citizens.

There were many Menorcan mariners who sailed between these two ports in the Royal Navy, and also later as privateers under the British flag. Chief amongst these were members of the wealthy Scarnichia family (known as Escarnitixi in

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Rock perished due to one such epidemic.

All these Menorcans who had settled on the Rock, either permanently or temporarily, underwent all the experiences and events of their fellow citizens, which afflicted the embryonic British colony situated at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. These included the harsh taxes and duties imposed on the population by the military 36

governors and the interminable blockades and sieges by FrancoHispano forces (it must be noted that the only civilian diary of the 1779-1783 Great Siege was written by the Menorcan Chaplain Padre Francesc Messa). At the turn of the century, they also suffered the havoc caused by the Yellow Fever epidemics and typhus outbreaks which coincided tragically with the advent of a large increase in population living in significantly insalubrious circumstances. Diego Preto, Thomas Alaw, Miquel Pratts and Magdalena Pax were some of the very first Menorcans who died in the fortress as a result of the various mortal infections afflicting Gibraltar in the first part of the 19th century. In the year 1804, a third of the population of the

Most of these Menorcans in Gibraltar were able to survive this arduous way of life of sieges and epidemics, and their vestiges live on till the present day in the more than twenty surnames which still predominate in the community. These include such illustrious personages as the painter Gustavo Bacarisas and the syndicalist and politician Sir Joshua Hassan, both of whom had links with the small Mediterranean island. In order to assist in a proper recognition of this emigration process never before researched in Menorca, and as a revindication of its input in Yanito society, a book, in Catalan, has recently been published, entitled ‘Els ‘minorkeens’ de Gibraltar’ (PAMSA 2018). This publication is intended to complete and further enhance the sole works available on the subject which were written by the local prolific author Tito Benady and appeared in ‘Revista de Menorca’ (1992) and ‘Gibraltar Heritage Journal’ (2015).

In the year 1804, a third of the population of the Rock perished due to one such epidemic.

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Power plant: Patrizia Imossi turns a new leaf on art. BY ELENA SCIALTIEL

rtist and art teacher Patrizia ‘Pat’ Imossi is participating in the collective exhibition ‘Easterly Winds’, to be held in very early 2019 at the Palacio de la Diputación Provincial de Cadiz and featuring a selection of Gibraltarian artists. She will showcase her Botanical Series, described as her ‘exploration of plants’. “For this project I have collected a variety of plant samples, which I have either sliced or pressed in order to make slides viewable under a microscope, revealing the different types and layers of cells,” Patrizia explains. “Thanks to these observations, I’ve created an abstraction of each slide. Each study has been created on large watercolour paper, making use of acrylic inks, watercolour, pencil, marker and oil pastels.”

into pattern and colour. Down this road, she recently contributed to the Calentita Press magazine, with yummy sketches scattered all over the pages of the culinary street fest’s funky newsletter. On the subtle difference between fine artist and illustrator she contributes with her personally balanced stance: “I have spent all five years of my further education studying visual art and, despite completing my bachelor degree in illustration, I wouldn’t necessarily say I have chosen illustration drawing as my practice. I really enjoy experimenting and exploring a range of possibilities and do not like to identify myself with one or the other exclusively.”

“I studied ancient Basque folklore, which mainly consists of pagan spirits, monsters, witches and subterranean animals.”

Patrizia is an accomplished and eclectic artist and illustrator with a penchant for scouting the beauty of textures in leaves and vegetables, abstracting their close-ups 38

She also participated in a collective held at Space 92 as part of the Bright Med Festival and the Gibraltar World Music Festival organised by Ian and Fatosh Delgado. The project involved members of the young artists’ association Kitchen Studios, an initiative she founded with Christopher Tavares and Stefano Blanca Sciacaluga,

with the support of local art guru Alan Perez. The artists responded individually, but Patrizia opted for a collaborative piece: “I wrote an art brief inviting artists to explore and investigate the themes of ‘identity’, and released it internationally through social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. I selected twenty-seven responses, and included one of my own. The catalogue connected artists from a place without borders and ideological barriers, and brought together international artists. I have put together an online book, which may be viewed on my website, where all the contributing artists are named, and their websites and contact details are listed.” Kitchen Studios organise regular alternative art exhibitions at the quaint venue of The Kasbar, a vegan eatery nestled in Castle Street. Their latest ‘pop-up’ flash Friday night show spilled onto the iconic Calle Comedia’s steps and the roundabout tree, crowned for a few hours by Patrizia’s impressive installation ‘Abre Los Ojos’, created together with art photographer Lizanne Figueras. The installation comprised a number of oversized eyes and GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

life one bright, red mouth printed on a rigid support, placed around the tree and visible as from Cornwall’s Parade. “The inquisitive eyes are made from enlarged black and white photographs we took of our own eyes,” Pat explains. “They are of varying sizes and placed with the largest at the forefront, while others were scattered unevenly from the tree, conveying a sense of monumental force. We initially intended to leave the installation there, but we decided that we would like to find a suitable location to place it, hopefully for a longer time.”

dark and not necessarily aimed at children exclusively, but she also praises its naïve and surrealistic edge, with a valuable lesson to learn about prejudicial reputation, diversity and loneliness. Although the text is not finalised yet, the illustrated layout can be viewed online at patimossi.com, where her best artwork is published.

As an illustrator and writer, Patrizia is working on a children’s book titled Tartalo, inspired by Basque mythology: “This is an area of interest for me, as my grandmother was Basque. Material on this subject is scarce, yet I gathered relevant information from books, conversations with my relatives, interviews, online research, and family photo albums. Furthermore I studied ancient Basque folklore, which mainly consists of pagan spirits, monsters, witches and subterranean animals.”

She is currently working on her Ripples, a multimedia project about the details in nature, from shadows to wood grain to cloud formations: “I am exploring water, feeling, movement and layers. A ripple is not just a small wave or slight movement, a ripple is mainly a feeling which is slight, but still noticed. I explore concepts with a variety of materials. My most laborious piece is made from multiple layers of resin. On each layer a different stroke or mark has been created or placed to make the larger image.”

and draw a lot of my inspiration from its endless source of energy. I enjoy observing arrangements in colour, pattern and textures and use these to create dictionaries of marks and colour palettes. My mixed media pieces are continuous abstract narrations of what I observe and experience outside of my studio.” One thing is sure: since going through her magnifying glass, onion, beetroot and lettuce have never looked fresher!

“A ripple is not just a small wave or slight movement, a ripple is mainly a feeling which is slight, but still noticed.”

Tartalo is the common or perhaps proper name for a primitive giant who lives in caves and feeds on sheep and sometimes lost travellers, bearing striking similarities with Homeric Cyclopes. However, Patrizia reinvented him through her original filter for a short story that carries echoes of the biblical episode of Jonah, and turns him into a positive hero of solitude. She admits the book to be quite GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

Busy with her botanical series, Patrizia declares herself an outdoorsy person in love with wildlife: “I’m attracted to nature 39

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MACAQUES ON THE MED STEPS

The ‘Med Steps’ have arguably never been more popular, with hundreds making short work of them, mainly in the evenings, as part of their weekly exercise routine. These days there are two macaque troops whose territories encompass areas of the Med Steps footpath.

BY BRIAN GOMILA

hilst not wanting to sound alarmist, neither discourage anyone from walking what is the Upper Rock’s most scenic and dramatic footpath by some distance, I would advise Mediterranean Steps walkers to exercise caution and to embark on their walk in the knowledge that, unlike in previous years, there is now a high probability of encountering macaques along certain areas. Walkers should be aware that bumping into macaques on a narrow, at times steep, winding, and relatively secluded footpath, 40

is not the same as coming across them on the roadside or at Apes Den, and the macaques can exhibit some territoriality if felt threatened or startled. The following points hope to provide practical advice that should equip you with sufficient know-how to minimise any potential risks.

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Luckily, one is not likely to encounter macaques throughout the entire course of Med Steps, but rather in distinct areas where the macaques tend to congregate. The first area you are

likely to come across macaques, assuming one is climbing the steps from Jews Gate to O’Hara’s Battery, is along the stretch past the bend above Levant Battery. This is where the Royal Anglian Way splinter pack (also known as the Lathbury Barracks Troop) can be found. This troop spends most of the day much further down the cliff face in and around the refuse tip but tend to roost and forage beneath Levant Battery in the evening.

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LEVANT BATTERY AND STRETCH JUST PAST THE BEND WHERE THE LATHBURY BARRACKS TROOP ARE LIKELY TO BE ENCOUNTERED.

The Prince Philip’s Splinter group’s territory ranges all the way up the cliff face to O’Hara’s Battery and along the ridge north to Spy Glass Battery, so these are the ones that are normally seen at the top of the Med Steps. The troop is further composed of 2 adult males which emigrated from the Royal Anglian Way Troop, photographed here at O’Hara’s looking rather scruffy during their annual moulting phase. (Please note that once the new coat grows fully their appearance will change dramatically and they will look all together far more impressive.)

evidence of macaque activity. Learning how to recognise these tell-tale signs might help you prepare for the presence of macaques so that they might not catch you by surprise. Macaque faeces can be easily identified as they tend to be peppered with remains of indigested seeds/grain and other plant matter. They are also usually deposited on parapet walls or rocks, i.e. not on the ground, so cannot be mistaken with dog faeces, for example. Slightly less common but equally as telling are small areas of disturbed soil or dug up holes next to the footpath where the macaques have been foraging in. One can be almost certain that a macaque has dug them up if there are remains of the cusps of seeds, which the macaques expertly peel with their tongues and discard.

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area of the old Pumping Station and the small tunnel. The macaques found here belong to another sub-group which has splintered off from the Prince Philips’ Arch Troop.

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AREA AROUND THE PUMPING STATION AND MED STEPS TUNNEL WHERE THE PRINCE PHILIP’S SPLINTER TROOP CAN BE FOUND WITHIN THE LOWER REACHES OF ITS TERRITORY.

likely to encounter macaques, we now need to understand how they might react to us. For this it is essential to understand the difference between a) seeing macaques at a traditional tourist hotspot - often a relatively wideopen space, usually by the roadside, where the macaques have come to expect a certain type of encounter with humans, often involving some attention and in some instances a reward in the form of a treat and b) bumping into them on the Med Steps Clearly both these human v macaque interfaces are very different, not least because Med Steps users have not gone to Med Steps with the intention of 41

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going to see the macaques, but also crucially neither have the macaques set out to ‘socialise’ with humans here but rather can often be found foraging or even ‘chilling’ in these secluded areas.

LEARNING TO RECOGNISE MACAQUE ACTIVITY CAN ALERT YOU TO THEIR LIKELY PRESENCE BEFORE COMING ACROSS THEM. ABOVE: DISTURBED SOIL WHERE THE MACAQUES HAVE BEEN DIGGING UP SEEDS. ONE CAN USUALLY FIND CUSPS OF SEEDS DISCARDED BY THE MACAQUES (NEXT TO ARROW). BELOW: TYPICAL MACAQUE FAECES PEPPERED WITH REMAINS OF SEEDS.

Let’s just say then that human v macaque encounters in secluded areas such as Med Steps, in which neither humans nor macaques stand to necessarily benefit from, have the potential to go wrong. Think of it as both of us getting in each other’s way! The fact that Med Steps is a narrow footpath further aggravates the sense of getting in each other’s way particularly if the macaques are on or directly next to the path.

notice so as not to startle them. One should therefore make it a point of announcing themselves in a confident but non-threatening manner so as to give the macaques as much notice of what you are about to do (namely pass by them) before you actually get to do it. I find that coughing assertively various times as you continue to approach them usually works.

In order to prevent the macaques reacting in a threatening manner towards us it is imperative that one tries to give them as much

One golden rule is never to enter an encounter with a macaque (proceed to walk closely past it) which you don’t feel suf-

One can be almost certain that a macaque has dug them up if there are remains of seeds, which the macaques expertly peel with their tongues.

AT THE TOP OF MED STEPS BY O’HARA’S BATTERY WHERE THE PRINCE PHILIP’S SPLINTER TROOP IS MORE LIKELY TO BE ENCOUNTERED AND WHOSE MEMBERS INCLUDE THE 2 MIGRANT ADULT MALES ORIGINALLY FROM THE ROYAL ANGLIAN WAY TROOP.

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THE HUMAN V MACAQUE INTERFACE AT MED STEPS IS VERY DIFFERENT TO A TRADITIONAL TOURIST/MACAQUE HOTSPOT SUCH AS APES DEN AND BECAUSE OF THIS, HUMANS AND MACAQUES CAN GET IN EACH OTHER’S WAY MORE EASILY AT THE FORMER!

ficiently confident you can win; and by this I mean accomplish without reacting to it sheepishly or worse still, having to backtrack from at the last minute. In other words, if you decide to go past a macaque, do so assertively. If you show the macaques unnecessary fear or hesitate, chances are they will end up threatening you or in the very least confront you, i.e. you will attract them on to you.

attention and you have decided not to go past it at that moment. Please note that whilst this may sound strange we do this all the time without realising in similar social situations when we are hesitant about something and we resort to things like casually fidgeting with our smart phones, yawning, scratching etc. These sorts of behaviours are collectively called self-directed behaviours.

In other words, if you decide to go past a macaque, do so assertively.

In instances when you are not confident enough, such as when a macaque might be on the footpath monopolising the available space, you are much better off buying some time surreptitiously – and I must stress it absolutely has to be done in a way that it is not obvious to the macaque that you have hesitated going past it, otherwise it will not work. This can be achieved by pretending something else has caught your GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

Throughout all of this remember, the next best thing to losing an encounter is not to get into one in the first place. If you are patient enough the macaque will, in its own time, move out of the path almost to ‘accommodate’ you after which you may pass, hopefully without an incident.

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So what does an ‘inconvenienced’ macaque look like? When threatened, macaques will

DURING TIMES WHEN MACAQUES ARE ON THE FOOTPATH ITSELF, ONE IS BETTER OFF BUYING SOME TIME AND ONLY MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO WALK PAST IT WITHOUT HESITATING ONCE THE MACAQUE HAS HAD TIME TO ‘ACCOMMODATE’ YOU.

give a warning gesture which resembles a pouted mouth. This is known as the Round Mouth Threat (RMT) in which the macaque will look you straight in the eye with raised eyebrows to gain your attention. The gesture is usually silent, but for the occasional ‘pant’ and could loosely be translated to ‘stop’, ‘don’t’, ‘or else’; in other words, don’t stop and there will be consequences! The tone of the threat can be intensified by the morphology of the gesture and by leaning into the ‘offender’ if the macaque feels sufficiently aggrieved. If a 43

environment the terrain, with so many ‘blind corners’ gives rise to plenty of opportunities in which to startle unsuspecting macaques. It therefore pays off to try and announce oneself by coughing assertively coming up to blind spots particularly within the 3 main areas identified earlier in which macaque are more likely to be encountered so as to give any would-be macaques as much warning as possible.

LEARNING TO RECOGNISE SOME IMPORTANT MACAQUE FACIAL GESTURES. LEFT: ROUND MOUTH THREAT WHICH LOOSELY MEANS ‘STOP’, ‘DON’T’, ‘OR ELSE’. RIGHT: FEAR GRIN USUALLY PERFORMED BY SUBORDINATE INDIVIDUALS WHEN OVERWHELMED BUT WHICH CAN THEN GO ON TO EMIT AN ALARM CALL TO RECRUIT OTHER MACAQUES.

macaque directs a RMT at you, you should stop making any further advances, and look down, but under no circumstances turn your back to it at that point and panic. If you do, chances are the macaque will charge at you and could end up biting. The idea is to try and diffuse the situation. Eventually the macaque should feel reassured and will stop displaying its threat gesture and calm down. Macaques are likely to feel threatened and resort to react in a defensive manner when one makes direct eye contact with them. If you stop to think about it, making eye contact with a macaque can be compared to making eye contact with a complete stranger. Generally speaking I can only think of a handful of situations in which this might happen: - There is an attraction (so in a flirtatious way, you want them to notice you). 44

- You don’t trust someone so you can’t take your eyes off them. - You might feel sufficiently curious about someone to the point that you may stare in a disrespectful manner until you inevitably lock eyes with them.

Another reaction that a macaque can have when being startled is a ‘fear grin’, which involves baring their teeth with jaws locked in a closed position and lips retracted so that the front teeth are fully exposed. Please note this is not to be confused with teeth chattering which is usually an affiliative greeting. The fear grin is often displayed out of fear usually in response to being startled. Because it could be described as a submissive gesture, there are certain individuals which are more likely to display this behavioural gesture such as females and juveniles, usually if they find themselves relatively isolated. Even though this gesture in itself is not threatening, the fear grin might then be followed by the macaque being displaced by you and then raising the alarm, calling for back up so again it pays off not to intentionally startle or surprise macaques disrespectfully.

The macaque will look you straight in the eye with raised eyebrows to gain your attention.

In the case of making eye contact with a macaque, it is unlikely to be the first. The other 2 scenarios will likely provoke a negative reaction from the stranger and/or in this case the macaque. So whilst one can look at them it is not advisable to make eye contact for the simple reason that we are strangers and this will provoke reaction from them usually a defensive one. Also, macaques may feel threatened if startled. The nature of

Brian Gomila, Master of Research in Primatology, manages the page Monkey Talk. Visit facebook.com/ MonkeyTalkGibraltar for more information. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

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THE 2018 JELLYFISH BLOOM Lewis addresses the sudden increase of jellies to our shores this past year.

BY LEWIS STAGNETTO, THE NAUTILUS PROJECT

any people would have noticed that this summer has been particularly bad with the frequent influxes of Pelagia noctiluca, the mauve stinger, and numbers reaching plague proportions. Cast your mind a little further back to Easter time and there were swarms of Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; war, and other siphonophores littering the beaches. Whilst it is true that we have always suffered the effects of jellyfish blooms over the course of the year, it is also true that 2018 has been one of the worst years for a long time in Gibraltar. Why? The first thing to note is that this is a global phenomenon which is indicative of our changing oceans. Warmer waters, driven by climate changes, do in fact favour jellyfish reproduction. This is partially due to an increase in food availability because of longer summer seasons which increase the chances of young Mauve stingers reaching 46

adulthood. Already here things can begin to get a little complicated. Plankton are made up of two groups; phytoplankton are the plants and zooplankton, which include the larval stages of most of the coastal species on our coastline. As jellyfish numbers increase then the amount of plankton being consumed also increase and consequently plankton abundance decline; here lies the rub. The zooplankton will include many species that once out of their planktonic stage actually eat jellyfish and hence the suppression of zooplankton numbers is not a great outcome.

this delicate balance in favour of the jellies. Warmer, more acidic waters and lower dissolved oxygen levels, all associated with climate change, are bad for most marine animals, but favour jellyfish. But jellyfish have their predators too. Turtles, tuna, swordfish, salmon, triggerfish and sunfish are all consumers of them, so why are the consumersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; respective numbers not increasing in line with the rise of jellyfish?

In the case of tuna, swordfish and salmon, the answer is glaringly obvious.

All things should be taken with a pinch of salt, after all, a healthy ecosystem should be in balance. Typically, this is the case but climate changes are indeed tipping

In the case of tuna, swordfish and salmon, the answer is glaringly obvious, as at one point or another they have ended up on our plate; overfishing. Industrialised commercial fishing techniques have been incredibly efficient at outsmarting these animals and the availability of them at restaurants throughout the year is alarming.

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environment Perhaps limiting such destructive fishing practices throughout the Mediterranean would be beneficial, but it would clearly require co-operation from many different Governments. In truth, there is probably no real will to establish and co-ordinate such an agreement anyways as different countries have opposing vested interests.

ingest the bag they can suffocate on it and this often happens with the greens and the loggerheads whilst they are sub-adults, taking them out of the food web early. Consequently, the predation pressures commonly exerted on jellyfish are removed allowing the plague populations to grow.

They have been affected greatly by plastic pollution as they often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish.

The three Mediterranean turtles are the loggerhead (Caretta caretta), the green (Chelonia mydas) and the leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) - and they all eat jellyfish! In the case of the loggerhead and the green, they tend to eat jellies whilst they are hatchlings and juveniles but tend to consume less in adulthood. By contrast, the leatherback eats jellyfish constantly throughout its life. All three species are very important with respect to controlling jellyfish numbers and recent declines in their populations are a worrying trend with all three species presently classified as vulnerable or endangered. Within the Mediterranean, one can find green and leatherback nesting sites in the eastern basin around Greece and Cypress. The leatherback has no known nesting sites within the Med and the closest breeding spots are along the coast of the North West Atlantic. As ocean dwellers they do often visit the Mediterranean searching for food, of which recently, there has been an abundance of. These three species have been affected greatly by plastic pollution as they often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish. On attempting to GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

Unfortunately, there is a similar story with the Grey Trigger fish (Balistes capriscus) and the Sunfish (Mola mola) whose populations are similarly affected by plastic ingestion. A final point to consider, which has been underrepresented in all discussions on this topic, is the effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Briefly, there is a permeant low pressure system over Iceland and a high-pressure system over the Azores. The interaction and relative positions of these systems control the strength of the westerly winds into Europe. In a positive NAO, the Azores high pushes the Atlantic storms towards Northern Europe where it dumps all the rain and keeps the South relatively dry. Inversely then, in a negative NAO year the Azores high pressure system is weaker and so the Atlantic storms hit Southern Europe, making it a wetter winter in Gibraltar but a dryer one in Northern Europe. Some scientific studies have suggested that in the years where we suffer a Negative NAO, like 2018 has been, the subsequent summer suffers more heavily with jellyfish. An interesting observation indeed but worrying should it turn out to be correct as we are likely to see

PHYLUM: Cnidaria

CLASS: Scyphozoa

HABITAT: Coastal and Pelagic region

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INTERESTING FACT: Jellyfish have survived 650 million years without a brain

a repetition every 2nd summer. So, in the spirit of scientific investigation I would propose the following prediction: If the science is correct then summer 2019 should be a positive NAO which should mean a dryer, storm free winter and should also see less jellyfish in the summer time. Here is to hoping it turns out to be correct, or the reaction from the public could be more stinging than the jellyfish! 47

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

BY AIMEE GABAY

t the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park, all of those involved in its care and maintenance continuously strive toward maintaining a strategic plan in order to ensure the survival of many different species. This includes not only the Animal Keepers, but also the volunteers with their continual support, who take time out of their lives to make a massive contribution to caring for these animals every day. One part of the park’s mission is to raise awareness of important conservation and biodiversity issues both locally and globally. There are two common marmosets at the 48

park - Rommie and Djump - both of whom were rescued from the illegal pet trade and brought us from a sanctuary in the Netherlands. They now act as ambassadors for the Mountain Marmoset Conservation Project (MMPC), a project to save two highly-endangered and little heard about marmoset species, the Buffy-headed marmoset and the Buffy-tufted-ear marmoset. The Common marmosets at the park, both victims of the illegal pet trade, help to raise awareness of this issue and the far reaching implications of this trade. Another goal is to protect endangered species by taking part in European breeding programmes.

with e AWCuPrs th t a r e A volunetreing tailed lem th Their Cotton-Top Tamarins are part of one of these breeding programmes and all the individuals in the park have been bred there. Jess Leaper, Manager of the AWCP, said: “We have been offered pairings for two of our Cotton tops, one of the pairs (Kenco and his future girlfriend) will breed at the park.” In the future, the AWCP is working towards creating a breeding facility at the park for this species. Through the help of volunteers, the running of the park and care for animals like the Common Marmoset and Cotton-top Tamarins is made that little bit easier for AWCP’s keepers. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

life 9:00 am - At food – mealworms - inside to arrival, volunencourage foraging behaviours. teers usually In the wild, Marmosets feed assist Animal from the sap of trees using their Keeper Emily adapted incisors to gouge the Parslow tree bark to access the with the gum. At AWCP they are Lemur given log gum feeders 11 12 1 10 2 enclosure, cleaning the to replicate this walkthrough area and 9 3 behaviour. hosing the plants whilst 8 4 7 6 5 breakfast is being pre4:00 pm - In the lead pared for the Marmosets up to this, volunteers and Tamarins. Their first would have assisted feed of the day is a breakfast ‘porkeepers in more cleaning and ridge’ used as a reservoir for vital feeding as well as jobs like vitamins. walking Katie (a large Sulcata Tortoise) around the lemur 12 11 1 12:00 pm enclosure, to give her some 10 2 The rest of exercise and ensure she doesn’t 9 3 the morning fall into the pond! At the end of 8 4 will be spent the day, volunteers will give the 7 6 5 preparing fruit Marmosets and Tamarins their and vegetable final vegetable and pellet mix. chops for the rest Not always an easy task as volof the animals and feeding. That is unteer Oliver Victor, a Summer usually followed by some garden Student at the park this year maintenance until lunchtime when had a few unexpected experithe Marmosets and Tamarins are ences: “As I was hanging up the given their vegetable feed of the shell on one of the enclosures day. Cian Green who spent some branches, one of the females time at the park this summer that was watching me lunged said his experience was “brilliant towards my hand, grabbing to say the least,” he found that and biting my finger”. This was “working with all the different most likely Rommie, the female animals helped [him] learn a lot.” marmoset, who Jess describes His highlights were feeding the as “quite a character”. animals, interacting with them and also getting to “Djump, the male, is smaller know the other and tends to take a back seat. 11 12 1 volunteers and When we first introduced them 10 2 keepers. to the iguanas during the sum9 3 mer months, Rommie would 8 4 2:00 pm run up to the iguanas and 7 6 5 After lunch the scream pretty much every time Marmosets and she spotted them, for about a Tamarins will be week!” given their protein meal of the day which usually consists of insects, The AWCP will be fundraising for or even chicks or quail eggs. In the MMCP for their Halloween order to keep the animals stimuOpen Day. Visit awcp.gi or lated, volunteers fill little baskets email info@awcp.gi for more with straw and hide their favourite information.

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GIBUNCO GIBRALTAR INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL THURSDAY 15 to SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2018

The Lower Reading Room, Garrison Library, Gibraltar. Festival Headquarters and Venue

For tickets and information visit WWW.GIBRALTARLITERARYFESTIVAL.COM

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FOR THE LOVE OF LITERATURE Profiling some of the speakers from this year’s upcoming Gibraltar Literary Festival.

BY VICTORIA LOCKE

t’s all too easy to fall into a digital wormhole these days. I just spent 10 minutes watching a Facebook video of a cat knocking things off a table. Or what about those oddly satisfying videos on Instagram of people cutting soap? Oh! Well, let’s rise up and get off Instaspam, Twitbook, and Myface. Instead of having a furious row on Speak Freely about how the new cycle lanes are making you grind your teeth or ranting about the neighbour’s music being too loud on a Saturday evening, why not pick up a good book? Now, while I do often get sucked into the vortex that is the interweb, I must admit I love a good gripping thriller or a soppy romance novel or a sci-fi or a… I like reading put it that way, so it fills me with delight to be able GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

to introduce this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival: a captivating four-day event that opens the gates to literature heaven. You will have the opportunity to meet your favourite author, listen to them read excerpts from their book(s) and get up close and personal across a range of topics, as well as engage in activities such as the writing workshop and later peruse a selection of books available for purchase on-site, and if you’re lucky, have one signed by the author themselves! Gibraltar’s 6th International Literary Festival brings to the Rock some of today’s leading writers, thinkers and cultural observers to explore the burning questions and issues that surround us. Among these are Bettany Hughes award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, Levison Wood British explorer,

writer and photographer and Pooky Knightsmith a passionate ambassador for mental health. Dr Bettany Hughes Having spent the last 25 years hungrily digging up the past she has built herself an illustrious career doing what she loves. The beacon was lit after she watched a BBC documentary on Tutankhamun over 30 years ago, “I still remember the frisson - the realisation that the stories I’d heard; of boy-kings dripping in gold; of hidden burial chambers and court intrigue could, sometimes, be true.” Turning findings into books, her first book Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore was translated into 10 languages which lead her to write her second book - a New York Times bestseller. And writing 51

literature for BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, PBS, The History Channel, National Geographic, Discovery, BBC World and ITV you could say she is a well sought-after historian.

to walk the entire stretch of the river Nile in 2013-14; an adventure consisting of 4,250 miles which took 9 months and became Channel 4’s most successful factual series of the year. He’s quite the explorer, to say the least.

Lev’s thirst for travel has led him to walk the entire stretch of the river Nile.

When she is not out researching the world’s greatest mysteries for her newest film on the life story of Aphrodite, she is at the New College of the Humanities as Visiting Professor.

Catch Bettany for an hour at John Mackintosh Hall 17th November at 2:00 pm as she delves into her newest book Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities, which won the debate on the greatest cities in the world. Levison Wood British From the up and coming city Stoke on Trent, Levison - nickname Lev - studied history at the University of Nottingham before doing a U-turn and joining British Parachute Regiment which led him to where he is now. Writing in the depths of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Pakistan just to name a few. His work has been featured on many big named publications such as Forbes Magazine. Lev is known for pushing the boundaries, squeezing out every last drop of information, his most recent expedition was aired to the public in 2017 From Russia to Iran: Crossing Wild Frontiers, a gripping 4-hour series split into four parts. However, his most ambitious expedition to date is a 5000-mile circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula from Iraq to Lebanon – I can’t wait to read that book! Lev’s thirst for travel has led him 52

Lev’s work has taken him all around the world and landed him smack bang in Gibraltar’s John Macintosh Hall. Catch him talking about his latest adventure in his book Arabia: A Journey Through the Heart of the Middle East 16th November 6:00 pm. Dr Pooky Knightsmith Pooky is a spirited soul who has overcome and is overcoming the world around her and its challenges. She is a mum of two who works hard every day to win her own battles against PTSD, anorexia, self-harm and depression. Whilst this is her first time at the Gibraltar Literary Festival, she has left her stamp in Gibraltar. From someone who has personally attended her lectures on mental health awareness, her talks should not be missed!

around her. Other Key Moments Thursday 15th: 12:00 pm, Rock Hotel - The Oldie Lunch. Join Harry Mount, James Pembroke and Robert Hardman at this year’s legendary literary lunches. Sit down to a lovely three-course meal, and then enjoy the wit and wisdom of our three wonderful speakers 7:30 pm, Caleta Hotel – Festival Opening Dinner. Come one come all and enjoy the exquisite food prepared for you by none other than this year’s Gibraltar literary festival speaker and chef Matt Tebbutt. Trained under culinary greats including Marco PierreWhite, Alastair Little, Bruce Poole and Sally Clarke you are in good hands! So sit back relax and enjoy. Friday 16th: 10:00 am, The Gibraltar Garrison Library - A ‘Game of Thrones’ fans Carolyne Larrington is coming! Have you ever wondered how George R R Martin constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle Ages? Well, Carolyne did and she wrote a book Winter is Coming, which you could consider a guide, to enlighten the world wondering the same as she.

Simon Weston tells his journey of being in the front line of war, and of being on the edge of death.

Her work has led her to find other ways of expressing herself, and poetry is one of them. Pooky is an accidental poet, and over the course of three years wrote at least one poem a day, which has helped spark discussion, understanding and healing to herself and those

2:00 pm, John Mackintosh Hall – ‘One Man’s Journey...’ Simon Weston tells his journey of being in the front line of war, and of being on the edge of death whilst trapped in the burning RFA Sir Galahad after it was bombed

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literature during the Falkland’s war in 1982. After losing his comrades and suffering burns to 46% of his body, he found ways of being a happy and contented father, grandfather and national treasure. Saturday 17th: 12:00 pm, John Mackintosh Hall – Story building workshop. Do YOU want to be a writer? Let this workshop get your creative writing juices flowing as Alison Gardiner takes you into her fun interactive session. 12:00 pm, John Mackintosh Hall – ‘Are you a writer? Take the challenge’. So, you think you’re a writer? Let’s put your skills to the test with Christina Oxenberg’s one-hour session designed to challenge and push your limits, with quick improvisational-style writing drills – She’ll give you a topic and with pens at the ready, it’s GO GO GO! Sunday 18th:

year’s festival holds many renowned authors who have written and published books on Gibraltar. In his second year at the Gibraltar Literary Festival, author and local M. G. Sanchez compares his growing up in one of the world’s smallest micro-territories to a subcontinental megalopolis in his latest book From Gibraltar to Mumbai: a crash course in culture shock and intense living.

Do YOU want to be a writer? Let this workshop get your creative writing juices flowing.

7:30 pm, The University of Gibraltar – Festival Closing Dinner. What a better way to wrap up such a fine four days than with a beautiful dinner, graciously presented by The Oxford Cultural Collective? This year’s dinner will be hosted by acclaimed food writer Diana Henry, and the menu will be drawn from her latest book, How to Eat a Peach. So, grab your tickets now because you won’t want to miss this mouth-watering feast! Inspired by Gibraltar Following last year’s trend, this GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

Professor John B. Hattendorf discovers the unfiled naval histories and accounts for the 1911-1927 period, which enlightens the world on the U.S’s role during World War One in Gibraltar to be more specific in his book The U.S Navy at Gibraltar During the First World War. Roy and Lesley Adkins give an illustrated sketch of the Battle of Trafalgar, in their book The Battle of Trafalgar, which highlights Gibraltar’s vital role “including the hospital, prisoners-of-war and the Gibraltar Chronicle’s scoop in publishing the first report of the Battle of Trafalgar”.

This year’s festival holds many renowned authors who have written and published books on Gibraltar.

Another author, Dr Alex Menez, fascinated by the history of natural history in Gibraltar, has written The Gibraltar Skull: an updated historiography of Gibraltar’s most famous fossil based on Gibraltar’s portal (the skull) into the world of the Neanderthals.

The 2018 Gibraltar Literary Festival will take place from the 15th-18th November. Tickets available for purchase on gibraltarliteraryfestival.com, buytickets.gi, and the Festival Box Office at the Garrison Library. 53

BY KEN ASTOLE

THE EMPEROR’S NEW TOKENS There once was an Emperor down on his luck He hadn’t a dime, he hadn’t a buck But the one thing he had, he had an idea Not very formed and not very clear An idea to bring him both fortune and fame An idea to ensure things were never the same It would change the whole way that the world would revolve He wasn’t sure how, but ideas do evolve But the one thing he needed, he needed some cash And the way to obtain it, it came in a flash Perhaps he could borrow, but the banks would say no They would laugh in his face and just tell him to go Sell shares to his friends so they each had a stake But to give that to others he just couldn’t take. “I know what to do” came the flash in his mind “If I don’t want investors and a loan I can’t find I will simply sell my idea’s grand conclusion No investments or loans or all that confusion I will sell them a token to use my idea Which is not very focused and not very clear But will be quite brilliant of that I am sure And no one will care I’ve not had one before”. So the token was born and was given a name One that would give him both fortune and fame A name that was clever, a name that was smart

His plan wasn’t clear, but the name was a start He then found some people to help find out How tokens were made and how names get about Then lawyers and others all helped him to steer his idea, not focused and not very clear to launch his new token with its cleverest name And the people all bought, bringing fortune and fame The Emperor now had lots of dollars and dimes The idea still not formed, but no one seemed to mind His tokens were traded, their value grew higher as each one was traded from seller to buyer The name was so good that the people were sure The price would go up from what they bought it for But one day a boy from this crowd gave a shout “I know I am young but what is this about? These tokens you have, are they dollars and cents?” “Of course they are not” cried the crowd quite incensed. The boy undeterred continued his tone “Then what are you owed or what do you own?” The crowd grew quite silent and started to fear That the thing that they owned was not very clear. Did they even want what the token had bought? Until now of this they had not given a thought They had looked at the name, they had looked at the price But of the token itself they hadn’t thought about twice Their decision to buy as they started to fear Was not very focused and not very clear. They sold in a panic, value fell in a flash But tokens are tokens and tokens aren’t cash. The tears there were many, and no sounds of laughter Except for the Emperor, who lived happily ever after.

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CURTAIN CALL

As we enter into the penultimate month of 2018, we can expect to be treated to 4 weeks of thought-provoking entertainment as two theatre productions will take place: one to make us think about the deeper questions of life, and the second a performance about a life with Alzheimer’s. The former is to be Julian Felice’s next step in his career in theatre as he partakes in performing six of his original plays over the course two nights, and the latter is a Rock Theatre production, by award-winning director, Angela Jenkins, starring Monica Ritchie as the protagonist.

BY JEREMY GOMEZ

ithin the last few years, Julian Felice has written and directed a number of plays, including work that has gained recognition as far the U.S. On this occasion, he will be handing over his role as director to six handpicked new ones, who will each be directing one play, with Julian playing a part in each, bringing his own characters to life. In changing tactic with using guest directors for each of his 10-15 minute short plays, Julian is hoping that each director will add new ideas and treat each play as a unique, individual piece. Julian noted that each of the plays is a self-contained piece, two of which could be fleshed out into full-length plays in the future. According to Julian, writing short

plays as opposed to full-length ones allows the writer to experiment with ideas that may not be workable as a full play, but are nonetheless interesting and entertaining. These six plays take on a vast array of ideas, from what it would look like if the Messiah returned in our modern day, to a poetic monologue walk through Main Street towards Casemates. Within the six plays, there will, no doubt, be something for all members of the audience. Political and philosophical questions are tackled, which may interest fans of Black Mirror or the famous

playwright Samuel Beckett, whilst another play involves the audience themselves in the performance. In writing six short plays, Julian will hope to have his works showcased in other theatres, something that has already happened as his play Happy Birthday will not only be performed on the night in November, but will be showcased in London by a theatre company in March. Julian’s showcase will take place 21st and 22nd of November inside Bayside School’s theatre. Priced at £5 each, tickets will be available upon entry to the theatre but can be reserved via Julian’s Facebook

Julian is hoping that each director will add new ideas and treat each play as a unique, individual piece.

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theatre page: “Julian Felice – Playwright”. Likewise, the troop from Rock Theatre are back with another performance with their rendition of Gail Young’s tragic-comedy, Bothered and Bewildered, that first premiered in 2014 and tells the story of Irene (Monica Ritchie), a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s, and her two daughters. The play seeks to express the difficult effect that the disease has on their lives; a difficulty that Angela notes would be close to the heart of many people in Gibraltar. Though dealing with a sensitive topic, the play does have a comedic element to it, including a cameo from a world-famous romantic novelist who Irene regales with long-kept family secrets. Bothered and Bewildered

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was inspired by the playwright’s real-life experience of encountering Alzheimer’s within her family, and tickets will be sold in hope of raising funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. This play is likely to be another successful performance by the company who, since being founded in 2009, have brought performances such as: Blood Brothers and Not About Heroes to local stages. This performance will open on the 23rd of November and will be held in the GADA Studio and will continue through till the 27th of November; though an extra night may be added on the 28th, if

tickets sales have a good response (buytickets.gi). With Gibraltar’s theatrical schedule showing such good opportunities this month for intelligent and entertaining theatre, you will no doubt be wanting to plan a few November nights at the theatre. Tickets and reservations will be available shortly for both productions and, as with previous performances by Julian Felice and Rock Theatre, are likely to go very quickly. So, as we make our ways into the cold winter nights, make sure you get your ticket whilst it’s still warm!

The play seeks to express the difficulty close to the heart of many people in Gibraltar.

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THE POISONED ROCK Lights, camera, murder!

BY ELENA SCIALTIEL ibraltar, a land of contrast and harmony, is fast establishing itself as one of the favourite playgrounds for Anglophone crime novelists such as John Paxton Sheriff (Death Warmed Up) and Thomas Mogford (Shadow of the Rock, Hollow Mountain), who are contributing to popularise it as a thrilling holiday destination by taking poetic licence in causing an exponential spike in the murder rate of this actually safe British territory. One of the novelists piling up the fictional body count is actor and screenwriter Robert Daws, known to the British public as the on-screen doctor in The Royal and Poldark. Daws will be back for the Gibraltar Literary Festival to present his novel Killing Rock, the third episode of a series of crime investigations by brilliant (and beautiful) detective Tamara Sullivan who, in Robert’s debut novella The Rock, landed in Gibraltar on a career-stopping three-month secondment (read: punishment) to the Royal Gibraltar Police, after she breached protocol to successfully solve a tough kidnapping case with the Metropolitan Police. Here, the 58

young go-getter hits the ground running when is paired with less young, grumpy but gold-hearted ‘colonial’ hardboiled softie chief inspector Gus Broderick, to solve a sensitive case breaks close to home - the apparent suicide of two young and promising uniformed officers, recently involved in a fatal motorbike incident. In a talk scheduled for Friday 16th November at 4pm, titled “Mystery, Murder and Ghosts on the Rock”, Robert’s wife, actress Amy Robbins, will read his ghost story Tunnel Vision; an Amazon best-seller in which Tamara is prompted to reopen a Gibraltar cold case by a supernatural occurrence.

mander and bureaucrat façade, thus scoring popularity points with the readership against cool-as-cucumber Tamara, a fish’n’chips permutation of the beyond-thepond police procedural drama’s hot brunette heroines – is it just me, or have you noticed how TV female detectives are hardly ever blondes? In Daws’ books, ‘whodunnit’ literary clichés are shredded, and nobody is what it seems, although the reader cannot help wonder how much of a victim the perpetrator is, and about the personal toll exacted on police officers when torn between upholding the law and being human - the very dilemma that has in the first instance caused Tamara’s loan to the RGP.

Daws concocts the co-protagonist that readers will love to hate.

Daws concocts the co-protagonist that readers will love to hate: Superintendent Harriet Massetti, top-cop with a penchant for early-bird press conferences, algid and business-like in The Rock, but in the sequel suffering an accident that makes her human, showing her vulnerability beyond the com-

Hailed by rave reviews, Robert sharpened his pencil to deliver a full-length spy story spanning seventy years and thousands of miles, where facts and fiction are astutely woven in a tapestry of intrigue and deceit, peppered with Hollywood glitz. If Sullivan’s first closed case GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

scene on Gibraltar soil was literally a cliffhanger, her second chance to unleash her intuitive and deductive skills is lifting the veil on the tragic burden of a ghastly secret taken (almost) to the grave.

her tragic life in an orphanage and ends it in a nunnery - the epitome of the Machiavellian dilemma about the ethics of the end justifying the means. Her life story is explored with lucid realism peering into the abyss of mental illness and its consequences on oneself and the people one may stumble upon during their frenzied search for justice or revenge, sparked by the desire to keep their parents’ memory untarnished, deservedly or not.

In Daws’ books, ‘whodunnit’ literary clichés are shredded, and nobody is what it seems.

In The Poisoned Rock, we meet a gallery of quirky characters of the local Tinseltown, from dramatist Josh Cornwallis, victim of his own scruple in researching the accuracy of his historical blockbuster Queen of Diamonds, to shifty producer Gabriel Isolde and diva Julia Novacs, who gives us a guided tour of her villa in Marbella, on loan from nonetheless than Antonio Banderas - yes, there’s a bit of nonchalant namedropping in this book! Later, when she flees to Paris after being assaulted, she is greeted at the airport by former first lady Carla Bruni (and why not? All is fair in fantasy and war). Don’t be put off by this overindulged diva: the rest of the troupe is way more credible artistically as it stays put to contribute more or less eccentrically to the investigation that at one point seems to converge on the bed-hopping habits tritely attributed to the showbiz scene, until a wicked twist in the plot threatens to squeeze not just the professional, but also the personal life out of the usually level-headed fatherly figure of Broderick. Similarly to Thomas Mogford’s A Thousand Cuts, in which WWII espionage bears consequences on Third Millennium Gibraltar, The Poisoned Rock plot unfolds in three different decades: the 40s, the 60s, and present day, seamlessly joined together in the lifetime of an intense character who starts

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Despite the Yanito flavour being almost absent (no stuffy levanter, no summer hours, no cervecita y calentita, and absolutely no vernacular - only articulate English dialogue with the occasional Andalusian interjection), the story is set in a city that never sleeps, whose topography is a stickler for detail. Enjoy the hectic drive to St. Bernard’s Hospital around the Evacuation roundabout, the insider tour of New Mole House, the bougainvillea-draped walls of Upper Town villas and the steel-and-glass skyscrapers on reclaimed land; remark at the explicit mentions of some of Gibraltar’s landmark pubs, where the author must have enjoyed a pint or two while getting in character, and even a nod to the banner advertising the Beatles memorabilia exhibition that used to stretch across Casemates balcony a few years ago.

al, with Pakistani and Nigerian doctors at the local hospital, Polish tourists who are not who they seem, Brit expat policemen who won’t shun blackmail to gain leverage on shady Algeciras lawyers, wishy-washy law enforcement across the border and the bonus of the loosely related murder of an Asian transsexual embezzler whom the shrewd reader may deem unnecessary to plot advancement, and dismiss it as just another body to shovel over the pile - as if three in a single day were not enough! To top it all, a nonagenarian bed-ridden South-African holds the key to MI6, KGB secrets and has one hand in Nazi’s pies... tickled your fancy yet? With so much on the plate, there’s still room for a sneak peek into Broderick’s family, when we meet his sister Cath and his teenage daughters: a moody gap-year student and the sweet-sixteen daddy’s girl with Down syndrome. The rest of the police force strictly keeps family and professional lives separate, with Tamara focusing on her early-morning fitness regime and on dodging the not-sosmooth pick-up lines of young, handsome and cocky careerist officer Calbot, who turns out to be her competitor in a promotion pivotal to seal Tamara’s bivalent relationship with her workplace.

No stuffy levanter, no summer hours, no cervecita y calentita, and absolutely no vernacular.

The atmosphere is internation-

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leisure BORN OF SILK AND SPICES Where the silk and spice roads merged with the King’s Highway, a rose-red city was born.

BY PETER SCHIRMER

tanding on the verge of the millennia-old ‘King’s Highway’ which linked Damascus to the Red Sea, the vast emptiness of southern Jordan stretches across rocky and barren sands to distant mountains of the Jebel Ram - a seemingly unlikely setting for what in Biblical times was a commercial empire that would be the envy of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet or Richard Branson. For nearly four centuries, from rock-hewn Petra – described by

one Victorian poet as the ‘rosered city half as old as time’ – the Nabataeans (former prates who had been driven from the seas by the Egyptians in 340BC and took to desert marauding instead) controlled all commerce between the Orient and the West.

kingdom stretched from Damascus to eastern borders of the Red Sea, contracting to the southern part of modern Jordan under the military pressures of first Greece and then Rome - and finally undone by its own greed. By contrast modern Jordan - though rich in tourist attractions and breath-taking archaeology - is the

Camel caravans carrying spices of India, the silks of China and the incenses of Arabia all crossed its lands.

At its height, the Nabataean

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cusp of Third World status, yet paradoxically, in a region where poverty and youth unemployment equates with violence and unrest, Jordan is probably the ‘safest’ of destinations. In the kingdom’s rich history, camel caravans carrying spices of India, the silks of China and the incenses of Arabia all crossed its lands. Initially, the caravans were raided and looted by Nabataean brigands, who mounted their attacks from the safety of a protected valley which could only be reached through a narrow high-sided gorge - Al Siq - easy to defend and today’s dramatic approach to an amazing city.

wealthy traders. They also charged tolls - as much as 25% of the value of the goods, according to Copty - on foreign traders, for crossing into their territory. For centuries, these vast profits helped pay for the Nabataean state, including its spectacular capital. Between 100 BC and 106 AD (when Nabataea fell to Rome’s legions) they grew ever richer. Part of this new wealth was spent on carving graceful tombs, temples and shrines into the red sandstone cliffs surrounding Petra. They even paved the floor of Al Siq – a pavement providing a bone-jangling ride for an unwary visitor (such as I) who makes the 2-kilometer trek from the Visitor Centre to the ancient city through the gorge on a horse-drawn ‘carriage’.

Neither words nor pictures can fully do justice to the spectacular explosion of light and colour at the end of the narrow gorge.

THE FIRST VIEW OF THE MAGNIFICENTLY CARVED MAUSOLEUM, INCORRECTLY DUBBED ‘THE TREASURY’.

poorest of all the Middle East’s Arab nations, importing oil for its energy needs, desperately short of water for its 10% of arable land, and a high level of unemployment among the young. A nation on the 62

But, according to academic lecturer Aziz Copty, who was my guide in Jordan, the Nabataeans soon found it more profitable to provide shelter and water at settlements along the trade routes and extract ‘protection money’ from the

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travel SOUTHERN JORDAN’S DESERT FROM THE KING’S HIGHWAY. PETRA IS TUCKED AMONG THE MOUNTAINS ON THE RIGHT.

stone set on ledges or in niches, which archaeologists believe to represent the gods of Neolithic and Iron Age tribes, and there are petroglyphs – rock carvings attributed to even earlier inhabitants of the area. Copty pointed these out and explained - as we traced their remnants along the walls - of a water management system that led through pipes, cisterns and rock-cut channels from springs near Wadi Mousa to support the city’s population, which is estimated to have topped 20,000 in the city’s peak years Neither words nor pictures can fully do justice to a trek through Al Siq and the spectacular explosion of light and colour at the end of the narrow gorge. For perhaps five minutes one has walked between the towering cliffs in a nocturnal gloom in some parts never reached by the sun. Then, turning a final corner – where the walls, more than 150m high, are only a couple of metres apart – the space is filled with part of the golden-pink, Grecian-style facade of Petra’s most photographed structure, the 45m-high Al Khazneh, the ornate temple and mausoleum also known as ‘The GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

THE MAUSOLEUM ITSELF – THE MOST FAMOUS OF PETRA’S LANDMARKS.

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Treasury’, carved from solid rock.

THE JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES GAVE THE BEDOUIN LICENSES AS THE SOLE SELLERS OF SCHLOCK TO THE THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS WHO VISIT THE SITE.

Although it is the first of the many structures the visitor uncovers, the mausoleum dates to the later part of the city’s story. Beyond another narrow defile between lower cliffs, Petra’s great ruins regarded by the UN as one of the world’s biggest and most important archaeological sites - spreads out, half built from local stone, half carved into the rock. The main valley stretches for a further 1.5 km and in places is some 800 m wide, surrounded by mountains pock-marked with caves and riddled with narrow passages. Its inhabitants built at least 25 classic tombs and temples marked by intricate carvings as well as countless shrines and houses; the structures reflect a range of architectural and artistic influences of Assyrian, Greek, Roman, and even Egyptian styles. There are also countless little shrines and rocks bearing graffiti of the early occupants and passing merchants. Early Christians also worshipped there and added symbols to some of the temple carvings. There are ruins, too, of two Crusader castle dating from the 12th century.

The space is filled with part of the goldenpink, Grecianstyle facade of Petra’s most photographed structure.

“Small rooms – tombs, really – are carved into the stone on either side of the huge entrance columns,” Copty explains. “On the left were placed those who faced an uncomfortable afterlife, while on the right those who had been good were assured of a place in heaven.” He pointed to what appeared to be a ladder, carved halfway up at the edge of the structure: “That represents the stairway to heaven.”

But it was the Roman-style theatre which Copty was keen to discuss, for it symbolise the greed which, combined with the power of Rome, proved to be Petra’s undoing. “The Nabataeans squeezed and squeezed the merchants for more and more tolls and duties, and with the rise of the Roman Empire, other routes both maritime and overland become possible – routes which offered the passing

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merchant caravans more than protection and water,” Copty explains. “There were improved caravanserais, tolls cost less, and most importantly the new routes offered entertainment... brothels, theatres even gladiatorial combats. Documents suggest that some traders were still prepared to use the Nabataean routes – if they could offer similar facilities. “So Petra carved and built its theatre at the foot of the High Place of Sacrifice, but it took more than 30 years to build, and by the time the 4,000seat stadium was complete, the new routes had become so well-established that no one wanted to travel through Petra and the south. The theatre was never used.

Arabs kept the area hidden from the outside world for nearly a millennium,” Copty revealed. “But in 1812 a Swiss explorer named Burkhardt, disguised as a Moslem sheik, was led to Wadi Musa on the pretext of visiting the grave of Moses’ brother Aaron, and was later led through the Siq to the Petra valley. Even so, it was not easily accessible until the road from Amman to Aqaba was opened in 1961...”

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As a teenager, I had read and been fascinated by ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ - Lawrence’s accounts of his part in raising the Arab revolt against Turkish rule in World War I - and decades later had seen the David Lean film starring Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif, part of which had been shot in Wadi Rum – the 720 square kilometre stretch

THIS REMARKABLY DETAILED MOSAIC 14TH CENTURY

of desert with dramatic mountainous outcrops of sandstone and basalt over which Lawrence frequently enthuses. So from Petra we set off down the Kings Highway – now a tarred but steeply curving auto-route – for Bait Ali Camp, the traveller’s gateway to Wadi Rum, a mock Bedouin village established as a tent site for back-packers 20 years ago, but which has since developed into a hotel complex where the tents are wired for electric light and some even have TV sets (which we eschewed). There is an 65

travel open-air restaurant, a giant palmthatched rotunda containing a bar, a shower and toilet block (finding the loo by torch-light after dark is an adventure in itself) and a swimming pool – taken over while we were there by a particularly rowdy group of Jordanian army ‘squaddies’ who had come in from a fortnight’s desert patrol.

of Byzantine architecture to this irresistible place: this processional way greater than imagination... Later, when we were often riding inland, my mind used to turn me from the direct road, to clear my senses by a night in Rum and by the ride down its dawn-lit valley towards the shining plains...” Lawrence said it all, and Lean’s film did justice to the magnificent emptiness. But it also attracted the attention of other film-makers and – perhaps appropriately, for one of its Arabic names in ‘The Valley of the Moon’ – its crags and dunes have been the setting for space and lunar adventures, as well as for a string of adventures set in deserts or on a post-Apocalyptic Earth.

The new routes offered entertainment... brothels, theatres even gladiatorial combats.

By noon temperatures can reach 40°C, so after an early breakfast our Bedouin guide collected us for a threehour journey to some of the main features of the Wadi. Lawrence’s description of his first visit can’t be equalled:

Travel Titbits LANGUAGE: Arabic

POPULATION: 20,000

SPECIALITY: Falafel and hummus and ‘Zarb’

CURRENCY: Dinar (JOD)

PLUG SOCKETS: Type C (2-pin)

“The ascent became gentle, till the valley was a confined tilted plain. The hills on the right grew taller and sharper, a fair counterpart of the other side which straightened itself to one massive rampart or redness,” he writes. “They drew together until only two miles divided them: and then, towering gradually till their parallel parapets must have been a thousand feet above us, ran forward in an avenue for miles. “They were not unbroken walls of rock, but were built sectionally, in crags like gigantic buildings, along the two sides of their street. Deep alleys, fifty feet across, divided the crags, whose plans were smoothed by the weather into huge apses and bays, and enriched with surface fretting and fracture, like design. The crags were capped in nests of domes, less hotly red than the body of the hill; rather grey and shallow. They gave the finishing semblance

‘Lawrence’s Spring’ marked on the sloping scree of a towering, rocky bastion by a rather woebegone tamarisk has featured in six epics, our guide told me. Empty Coke cans and plastic take-away food wrappers marked a relatively recent gathering – though whether from a film crew or package tour one could not tell. But, at a stone shelter at the foot of Wadi Rum’s only giant red sand dune – a mere child’s seaside plaything compared to the dunes I have climbed in the Namib and Kalahari deserts – a film crew had been at work the previous week, leaving behind not only litter but a spread of cigarette butts that would have qualified for the ‘world’s biggest ashtray’ in the Guinness Book of Records. Lawrence must be spinning in his English grave. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

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DIARY OF A NOVICE BOOT CAMPER

Susan heads to her first luxury fitness boot camp, ‘Who Dares Slims’, and lives to tell the tale.

BY SUSAN CLIFTON-TUCKER

o you want me to go to a boot camp, why?” I ask the esteemed editor of this magazine, my very fit daughter. I reason that it would be more up her street, or more aptly mountain, than mine. Sophie has been invited to the inauguration of ‘Who Dares Slims’, a luxury fitness week in Spain, but is conveniently unable to go. She assures me the company caters for women of all ages and fitness levels. So feeling the fear and not sure if I want to do it anyway, I agree. “

‘Who Dares Slims’ a clever play on the Special Forces motto ‘Who Dares Wins’ is run by Nicole Alcantara, Head of Operations and everything in between, and her partner Jamie. Jamie is a personal trainer and fitness instructor in the Army Reserves. He used to train Royal Marines and now puts Special Forces recruits through 68

their paces. Now I’m really worried. A quick call later and Nicole reassures me that it will be great fun. The Premier boot camp is heralded as a luxury residential week to boost fitness and kick-start weight loss. I am very happy to ‘do’ luxury, and could do with some toning up. Not so happy to learn that there will be no alcohol served. My lame plea that wine is made from grapes, so should technically form part of our five-aday, falls on deaf ears.

that whilst I will be dined, if not wined, he will have to cater for himself for the entire week. “Blame our daughter,” I respond, hugely enjoying the moment. The appointed day arrives and I set off to reach the boot camp destination at 17:00 as instructed. A mere 20 minutes after leaving Gibraltar and I am driving into The Larios (gin family) estate in Los Barrios. It is an imposing structure brimming with period features. Swimming pool, tennis courts and ballroom sized accommodation all form part of the package.

My lame plea that wine is made from grapes, so should technically form part of our five-a-day, falls on deaf ears.

My husband Andrew is very supportive and laughs heartily at the prospect of me running, jumping and climbing. However, his face falls when the realisation dawns

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J, THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR, TAKING A AQUACISE CLASS IN THE HUGE OUTDOOR POOL

of boot campers. Partner Jamie is on the airport run to ferry back those guests who have flown in. The dynamic couple have a wealth of experience. Jamie has run very successful boot camps in Scotland, which is where he met Nicole, and they subsequently set up boot camps in Bristol. I am intrigued, nervous, and excited to meet the people I will be working out with, and living alongside, for the week.

Finally, yours truly, a Gibraltarian in her ‘very early 60s’, completes the lineup.

Our eclectic group is comprised of seven women of different nationalities, ranging in age from early 30s to mid-60s. This is a special inaugural session so numbers are much lower than usual.

The real work starts tomorrow, so for now we are free to explore the house and grounds and help ourselves to books, have a swim, or play tennis and get to know each other.

Scottish Kirsty in her 30s is a college lecturer. Nandita is an analyst with the OECD. Also in her 30s, she hails from India and has been living in Paris for 13 years. 40-yearold Laura is a Spanish businesswoman in the catering trade. Inge, in her 50s and from Holland, is a therapist and counsellor with a loud and contagious laugh. Then there is English Mandy in her 50s, a boat captain. Also forming part of the group is boat broker Lynda in her 60s who is English/Scottish.

We are weighed and measured prior to a very early supper, salmon with chilli flakes, a small portion of couscous, and a handful of tasty green beans. “Is that it?” pipes up Miss Holland. “I knew I should have smuggled some food in.” We nod sympathetically as someone suggests we fill up on herbal teas. I learn that there will be a knock on

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There is tea and very worthy water on offer as we all introduce ourselves. Everyone looks happy and confident, so I adopt my best ‘happy and confident’ look. So far so good. The girls are a terrific bunch and I feel myself relaxing by degrees.

our doors at 6:30am. I go to bed already feeling much lighter. So this is boot camp! DAY 1 I wake up with a cracking headache as I have not had any coffee since arriving, but am relieved to see there is coffee on offer at breakfast (our one and only for the day ). I tuck into scrambled egg, rye bread and a cherry tomato and Nicole hands out ‘Who Dares Slims’ water bottles. I am now ready for action. “Right, give me 10 star jumps and 10 jumping jacks!” bellows Jamie, after the torturous moves are deftly demonstrated by Mike. I gasp in horror as he adds, “Then run to the yellow marker, return and run back to the red marker”. Both look miles away. “We need to get your heart rates up!” …I can honestly say I didn’t think it would be long before I might be in need of medical attention. Exercise after exercise, burpees, press ups, mountain climbers, squats and lunges,

It’s a hoot, even though I swallow a mouthful of chlorinated water.

leisure two classes to go now: pushing a wood-laden wheelbarrow across a field (brutal), and some mat work (a walk in the park by comparison).

THE LADIES START A HIKE IN THE SPANISH COUNTRYSIDE A GREAT ACTIVITY FOR BURNING FAT.

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J, THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR OF WHO DARES SLIMS

planks and sit-ups follow. Then it’s a cross country run, followed by a 4-hour hike, another snack break and full-on boxing. I really enjoy the boxing, although I am feeling very shaky and my heart rate is definitely up. So day one is over. The food we’re served is excellent; nutritionally balanced, but measured. Scottish Kirsty tells me she wants to lose weight to find a nice man. Dutch Inge says she has enjoyed the day, but is against boxing. As you can imagine, there is a lot of shared laughter. 70

We are allowed a lie in this morning and don’t get our wake-up call until 7:00am! Breakfast is porridge with bananas, almonds, and cinnamon, after which it’s straight outside and for high-intensity training class. This is followed by military training. We are divided into two teams and given detailed instruction on how to ‘foil the enemy’. The exercise involves lots of running, memory retention and dragging objects across a field. Afterwards, I am almost too exhausted to lift my snack of 2 apple slices topped with crunchy peanut butter. Then it’s on to team races in the pool. It’s a hoot, even though I swallow a mouthful of chlorinated water. Naturally I blame the opposing team for putting me off my stroke. The afternoon comprises AMRAD, which I learn stands for as many repetitions as possible. I am beginning to feel as if my legs are going to buckle. We are also signed up for band resistance training. Just

The team is remarkably bright this morning as we are off on a hike, mainly on the flat. Anything has to be better than yesterday’s wheelbarrow challenge. Breakfast at 7:30am is chilli, lime and coriander-infused guacamole on rye – delicious! We hike for three and a half hours through the scenic Parque Arconocales. Following a light lunch of spicy Thai soup, we are in the pool for more aquatic training and team races. Then it’s military training: ‘approaching the enemy’, zigzag running, throwing ourselves down on the ground, and crawling on command. The lovely Mandy is worried that her new sports leggings will get ruined. All is repeated again and again. The programme includes strength training, pulling ourselves up on ropes, pulling a weighted rope and lifting heavy bars. A self-protection class concludes the day. This is definitely boot camp, not holiday camp.

It’s challenging, and I have learnt what ‘breaking through the wall of pain’ means.

DAY 4 I am feeling as if I belong here now. The others feel the same. Although the regime is challenging, it is amazing how quickly the body adapts and improves. At 8:30am am (yes, always an early start), we are en route to the beach for running and boot camp games. It’s all so much tougher on the sand. Weighted ropes and a 10kg ball are set out to challenge us. Lunch is on the beach today: 2 rice paper GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

leisure wraps stuffed with prawns, bean sprouts, nuts, herbs and spices, with an amazing chilli dip. In the afternoon we play an energetic game of rounders on the beach fantastic exercise, but incredibly tiring. Then it’s back to camp, a short break, and self-defense training. Various moves are demonstrated which we practice repeatedly. Hopefully we will never have to use them. In complete contrast, the day ends with a gentle Pilates class and a comprehensive talk on nutrition.

ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE BOOT CAMP, THE LADIES TOOK ON MEDITERRANEAN STEPS!

DAY 5 Lynda is sitting beside me at breakfast today and is looking discernibly toned. All this exercise is definitely paying dividends. Nandita has been to boot camp in Scotland and tells me she lost 4kg in a week. As the sun rises I am outdoors for a HIT class. 100 reps of 10 moves, running across a field between each set. It’s challenging, and I have learnt what ‘breaking through the wall of pain’ means. The rest of the morning is taken up with strengthening our biceps and triceps by pulling ourselves up on bands suspended from a tree. Lunch is delicious as usual and portions are more generous. Lots of vegetables, in a spicy tomato sauce. In the afternoon it’s off on a gentle hike up to the tower on the Monte de la Torre estate where we are staying. Family retainer Sergio leads the way in his tractor. Soon after, we are on a treasure hunt, all on foot. One of the clues lies at the bottom of the pool. As

we discuss how to retrieve it, Inge and I think we should look for the pool net, whilst Mandy jumps in fully clothed and does the deed to much applause. The last riddle/ clue, leads us to the barbecue and two boxes of quails eggs. They are uncooked; we are instructed to build a fire from what’s lying around on the farm. Finally the day concludes with a HIT Tabata class. Massages are available from Fenton. Can’t help thinking about the dog in Richmond Park by the same name, that became an internet sensation. DAY 6 (LAST DAY) Into Gibraltar and a climb up Med Steps. I have done this before, so am on familiar territory. Some in the group have never visited the Rock and are impressed by the trail and the spectacular views. We move on to the super Skywalk, where an ape tries to pull Linda’s rucksack off her back. Finally we return to camp. The last challenge is a timed

Waists are slimmer, bottoms well-toned and our skin looks healthier.

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run - our trainers know we are very tired, yet we manage to beat our personal best. Result! We are offered a G&T prior to supper and happily accept. Boot camp is now over and it would be rude to refuse! Before leaving the following morning, we are weighed and measured. Everyone in the group has lost weight. Waists are slimmer, bottoms well-toned and our skin looks healthier. We have also grown in confidence and feel much stronger. It’s a bittersweet moment as we say goodbye. It has been an incredible week. Hard work, but also lots of laughter. The food throughout (breakfast, lunch and supper, plus two snacks a day) has been first-class and immaculately presented. Nicole is a great chef and is working on a cookery book, which I shall definitely buy. Jaime and Mike made all the workouts fun and varied, whilst pushing us to the limit. It has been an awesome week; a week that I will never, ever forget. For more information visit whodaresslims.co.uk. 71

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MAN OF THE MOMENT JOSEPH CHIPOLINA

We speak to Joseph Chipolina, whose historic, match-winning goals have taken Gibraltar to 2nd place in their UEFA Nations League group.

BY SOPHIE CLIFTON-TUCKER

id you have a good feeling about the match prior to stepping on the pitch?

When it comes to internationals, we know it will be difficult due to the nature of how we have been brought up compared to the other footballers we play against. This does not mean we feel inferior - on the contrary, it makes us want to prove ourselves more to the world. We always go out to the field with a positive attitude. What’s the point of going out there and not believing in anything? 72

Do you, or any of your teammates, have any prematch rituals? (I have also been ordered to ask you whether you have a lucky pair of pants!) In a way, we must all have our own pre-match rituals. I for one will always have a black coffee just before the game and will always place my left shin pad on first. I do always try wear the same ones – yes! I have various of the same kind, but yes, those are the only ones I will use for games including my Under Armour shorts.

Which of the two winning goals felt best? I can’t really comment on this as both goals have been really special to me. The first one was a penalty, and was my first goal since joining UEFA and FIFA. Yes, it gave Gibraltar its first ever win at an international competition, so that is one to remember, but then I managed to get my second ever goal at home to give us our second win in just 3 days, so to be fair both are really special to me. Maybe the second one slightly more as we came from behind in the game, and it was also on home turf. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

leisure Was there any question who was going to take the penalty against Armenia? We all know who the penalty taker is in the squad. If I’m on the field it’s clear that I’ll take it unless the coach says otherwise, but for now in the Champions League and internationally, I have a 100% record – and I hope to keep it that way! Where do you think Gibraltar will finish in the UEFA Nations league? This is a funny question as who knows, it is all open and there for the taking, so I guess we will just have to wait and see. I am not a person who thinks ahead, I prefer to take it game by game and then at the end we shall see where we are placed, but for now I am happy with how the team have performed. What significance do these wins have for the future of Gibraltarian football? What do you want for the future of the Gibraltar team? Well, step by step. Yes these wins are very important, but they are important for the players for the tech team and for the whole of Gib as it gives us that little extra edge when it comes to confidence, and shows we can also perform and rise to the challenge. I want all the best for the future of Gibraltar football; I want every young person who is taking part in this beautiful, emotional sport to enjoy and be brought up with good sporting opportunities. Now we are on the footballing map, who knows what the future holds for our younger generations? I wish this GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

would have come way before, and so would many others who I have played alongside such as the likes of Kevin De Los Santos, Colin Ramirez, Keith Menea, Al Paul Hamilton Green and many other great footballers. So I just hope the new generations work hard and sacrifice themselves in trying to enjoy what they have in front of them, and also try make a life out of it. What is your trademark celebration? How did it come about?

What has the new coach brought to the team? What effect has he had on the overall morale? I think the results speak for themselves. He gives us a great deal of motivation and also psychologically feeds us positivity and information which will get us going. He has learnt the history of Gibraltar and has kept on telling us on how our families have suffered on many occasions, whether it being the evacuation or the time when the border was closed, how they had to fight and struggled to have us here today. All we have is thanks to how strong they were, and every time we go out on that field we make it a battle to show how

“I get down on one knee facing the Rock and point as if I was shooting an arrow towards it to let everyone know where we come from, and how strong we are for such a small population.”

Well this is a funny one! I normally get down on one knee facing the Rock and point as if I was shooting an arrow towards it. I do this basically to let everyone know where we come from, and how strong we are for such a small population.

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much we appreciate what they left behind for us. We basically leave our skins out on that ground to show our appreciation for what they did. I think he is a great motivator; the team really needed a good lift up in morale and confidence, and he has managed to do so.

putting in the work and training hard and doing as best as we can. Our dreams are to try get as far as we can. Who knows? Dreams are there for you to dream about; no one can control them, so this is what we are all doing - dreaming of things that we hope will come, if not now, then in the following generations. But if we do not dream then there is no point in participating in anything, as you don’t have a goal in mind.

“Who knows? Dreams are there for you to dream about; no one can control them.”

How do you feel about (technically) being 4 wins away from a place in the Euros?! I can assure you if you go out to the streets and ask anyone if they thought we would be here today where we are, they would all turn around and say ‘not a chance’. But here we are, and we can only keep improving by 74

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and other work duties within the Gibraltar prison. This does not really affect my role as a footballer, as my colleagues are very helpful. Obviously anyone who has a job but then has to go and train 4 times a week has it difficult, as the recovery is not the same and the sleep is maybe not adequate. Even what you eat is not always the appropriate food, but we make do with it because most of us do this not only for a revenue at the end, but because we have passion for the sport. When you have passion for a sport you will enjoy it, meaning you will train and play even if you are unhappy, unwell, or even knackered.

You will always find a way to go do your best. Who do you base your style of play on? Who is your inspiration? This is going to sound a bit weird but I have not really watched much football in my life until the age of 26. That’s when I started watching more football; before it was just the odd matches like Barca and Liverpool when they had good games. But if I had to aspire to someone, it would be Messi. He is just from another planet, and the most amazing thing is that he is really humble.

“When you have passion for a sport you will train and play even if you are unhappy, unwell, or knackered.”

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WINTER TREND REPORT

Summer is officially over and autumn has comfortably settled in to take its spot, accompanied by shorter days and chilly evenings. It’s the season of party planning and cosy movie nights, but best of all, a much-needed wardrobe refresh.

BY JULIA COELHO

ith some of autumn and winter’s key trends already beginning to flood our favourite shops, it can be tempting to splurge wildly without much prior thought, but if you’re keen to invest in some quality pieces that will stand the test of time in your wardrobe, then it may be worth knowing the trends to look out for before you embark on your online rampage.

years, belt-bags, bumbags, and cross-body bags have become acceptable male accessories, and even though they’ve always been a bit of a thing in Gibraltar, I’ve definitely seen a rise in the man-to-bag ratio. This season, we can now add camera bags to that gradually growing list.

As always, no matter your personal style, whether you’re a minimalist or more out there, or even if you’re not trend-led whatsoever, there’s something for everyone.

Practical, small, and stylish, they were all over the autumn runway shows a few months back, and as the name may suggest, they’re not actually for lugging your camera around, but roomy enough for all the personal belongings you’d otherwise have in the form of bulges in your jeans pockets.

Camera Bags

High-shine jackets

For too long, men were made to feel that carrying a bag in some way made them feminine or unmanly; an absolute fashion faux pas in the male world!

As we all know, slim micro shades and patent boots reigned supreme in all their Matrixvibes glory last season, and this season is no different. This time we’re taking it up a notch with oversized, long glossy coats. As someone who couldn’t quite get on board with the micro shades aesthetic, to me, this season’s iteration feels slightly more refined and wearable. It’s all about chic

Thankfully, times are changing and long-gone may be the days where I have to carry my boyfriend’s extra weight in the form of wallets and house keys in my own handbag. Over the past few 76

high-shine mystery, and I have to say I’m kind of into it. Checks Checks are, without a doubt, one of my favourite trends ever, and a constant staple in my wardrobe. From tartan trousers and checked shirts and coats to gingham dresses, this year there are endless variations to choose from, and the more they clash, the better! The high street is teeming with 90s-inspired Clueless styles and funky tartan co-ords in a huge range of vibrant colours and textures. Corduroy Corduroy enjoyed its status as a key winter staple in the 80s, 90s, and even early noughties, but somewhere along the line, it fell off the bandwagon and was nowhere to be seen for quite some time. This year, it’s back with a vengeance! Although it can be quite an intimidating fabric, it’s much easier to style than you’d think. The key is to keep it simple; thanks to its texture you really don’t have to do all that much to create an eye-catching look. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

Belt-bags, bumbags, and cross-body bags have become acceptable male accessories. CAMERA BAG IN MONOGRAM ASOS, £12.00

PULL&BEAR – COLOUR BLOCK CORD SKIRT ASOS, £25.99

CROCODILE EMBOSSED COAT, TOPSHOP, £79.00

CHECK JACKET ZARA, £49.99

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DOWN PUFFER JACKET ZARA, £69.99

FAUX VINYL TRENCHCOAT WITH BELT, BERSHKA, £89.99

MIXED CHECK PEG TROUSERS TOPSHOP, £49.00

CHECK BUCKLE PINAFORE DRESS TOPSHOP, £35.00

FILA CAMERA BAG SHOPBOP, £53.05

TOMMY JEANS CAMERA BAG ASOS, £70.00

CORDUROY AND FAUX SHEARLING TRUCKER JACKET, BERSHKA, £49.99

POLO RALPH LAUREN – SLIM FIT TARTAN CHECK OXFORD SHIRT ASOS, £105.00

fashion BLINK – HIKER ANKLE BOOTS ASOS, £55.00

REGULAR FIT MIX & MATCH ANIMAL PRINT SHIRT ASOS, £25.00

Although it can be quite an intimidating fabric, it’s much easier to style than you’d think. 1460 SMOOTH IN CHERRY RED DR MARTENS , £130.00

ZEBRA PRINT DUSTER JACKET, TOPSHOP, £59.00

FAUX FUR JACKET BERSHKA, £45.99

SNAKE PRINT DENIM SKIRT TOPSHOP, £32.00

ANIMAL HIKER BOOTS TOPSHOP, £89.00 TOMMY JEANS – HIKING BOOT WITH CAMO PRINT ASOS, £140.00

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fashion Animal Print

Hiking Boots

Arguably one of the more dominant themes in this year’s autumn/winter runway shows, leopard, zebra and cheetah prints are set to be all the rage this season yet again. Animal prints come back almost every winter in one way or another, but I just can’t help being sucked in every time.

One trend I did not expect to see making a breakthrough this year was hiking boots. It seems so random, but then again, after last year’s heels & trackies combo trend, anything is possible. From Louis Vuitton, to Tom Ford and Gucci, quite a few designers featured hiking-esque boots in their collections this year. The majority weren’t full-on Kilimanjaro styles of course; many teetered on that fine line between fashion and function, which seems to be a trend in and of itself this year.

Long gone are the days when animal prints had trashy connotations; this season they’re as chic and funky as ever, and are able to jazz up any simple look with ease. Play up to their boldness by clashing with other patterns, or choose standout pieces to pair with otherwise minimalistic looks; you really can’t go wrong with a classic animal print.

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I’ve actually spotted many wearable styles on the shelves in the past few weeks, and I suppose they’re sturdy, long-lasting and fairly easy to style. I’ve been

obsessed with my Doc Martens since I bought them around 8 years ago, and I think that’s the closest I’m going to get to a pair of hiking boots to be honest. If you’re going to make one investment this season, I would recommend a good solid pair of boots. Refreshingly, the key aesthetic this year leans towards real, wearable clothes, free of gimmicks and nonsense. It’s all about comfort and practicality, while still not forgoing the sense of fun and individuality that fashion brings to the table season after season. It’s time to embrace the chill and have fun with your winter wardrobe.

The Good Hair Guide to Winterizing your hair

As we now start to wrap up warm for the cooler months we should be aware of the affects of the Winter wind and atmosphere and how it can change our hair. Just like throughout the sizzling Summer months when we needed to protect our hair from the sun as it dried and lightened our hair we also need to be mindful of the need to protect it from the cold. Whilst we tend to retain our hair colour throughout the cooler months as the Suns rays are not at their strongest and therefore don’t lighten our hair, they can still have a drying effect if we don’t take the right steps for prevention. Many of us will notice a change to our skin as it can sometimes break out in dry patches and in particular we tend to notice the need to use more hand and facial creams than the norm. So don’t forget to treat your hair regularly with professional moisture and protein treatments as these are essential throughout the year to maintain the integrity, condition and lustre. To replenish the necessary proteins and moisture to the hair we recommend “While you sleep” from Bumble and Bumble which can be applied to the hair before bedtime and is left on to it works it’s magic through the night, it is then rinsed, shampooed and conditioned in the morning.

For very dry or damaged hair or simply for extra protection we also recommend the use of “Save the Day” which is applied before your styling products. This Bumble and Bumble duo also smells amazing too! And can be used in conjunction by alternating with Olaplex No 3 for optimum conditioning results. Remember that hair has a natural ability to absorb moisture from the atmosphere which will change the shape of our hair, so if you are styling your hair from wet it is really important to ensure you use the correct surface conditioner for your hair type to close (the cuticle layer) the protective surface of the hair, as this will help to lock in the much needed moisture to prevent the hair from becoming dry, and don’t forget to use a styling product as this will create a light barrier on the surface which will help to protect the hair from absorbing the humidity and your blow-dry from collapsing. Always ensure your hair is dried throughly before venturing outdoors. The wind can be very drying as strong winds can damage the cuticle and cause the hair to knot so a new Winter hat is also an option for the hat lovers! If you suffer from dry scalp it is important not to wash your hair too often during the Winter so keep washing to a minimum to allow the natural oils to nourish the scalp and avoid having the water too hot. For more information on services and to book your complimentary Winter consultation call us on +350 (200) 75913

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AN INCONVENIENT DEATH

Ask any wine enthusiast how their love affair with wine begun, and inevitably you will hear how unexpected events or an improbable coincidence sealed their fate - a girl’s toxic relationship with a sommelier boyfriend, a wine gift after helping a stranger in trouble, or even the unusual circumstances of a neighbour’s death…

BY ANDREW LICUDI DipWSET

r Palka, our Polish neighbour, was to die in very unusual circumstances. His death turned out to be inexorably linked with my eventual and lifelong love of wine. Edinburgh New Town has hardly changed since the late seventies, when we first moved into a small flat in a hilly, but attractive, cobbled street named after the Earl of Dundonald. A world away from the exotic, sun-beaten kasbah-flavoured streets we left behind in Gibraltar. Let me explain that there is nothing new about Edinburgh New Town. Chronic overcrowding and the uncontrolled, stinking effluence of the old city led to the construction of a new town over two hundred

years ago. Our flat was built for the servant classes, having none of the usual Georgian features of high ceilings, elaborate cornices or black marble fireplaces. Above us, however, in typical New Town grandeur, lived Mr Palka our Polish neighbour.

neighbours longer than social etiquette demanded, and rarely did the subject matter get beyond the weather or some perceived fault in a communal part of the building. From the music wafting down from above and regular deliveries of wine, always in wooden cases, Mr Palka was clearly a man who enjoyed fine living. It was not uncommon to see Justerini and Brooke’s van outside our building, nor the owner of the long-defunct Howgate Wines in Cumberland Street gingerly carrying a wooden case across slippery cobbles to Mr Palka’s flat.

Like the shiny and self-assured black cat he kept for company, he was always immaculately turned out.

Mr Palka, in his early sixties, lived on his own. Like the shiny and self-assured black cat he kept for company, he was always immaculately turned out. A red silk handkerchief and impeccable shoes, his overwhelming trademarks. He was polite to a fault, but never stopped to chat with

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wine Should you visit the New Town, your attention will be drawn to the fine stone work, the astragal windows with their shimmering glass, stately doors with imposing locks and ominous-looking door knockers. What you won’t see are thousands of arched cellars beneath the wide pavements. Their wooden black doors invisible from street level, each flat allocated a cellar scrupulously recorded in property deeds. Mr Palka, however, appeared to own all our cellars and over the years many owners had consulted their solicitors only to be told that indeed all the cellars had been allocated to Mr Palka’s flat over two hundred years before, and there was nothing to be done about it. His five cellars, guarded by unusually heavy doors and double mortice locks, were rumoured to be filled with expensive French wines.

look after his cat? I did not answer. My silence, I hoped, expressing my thoughts without having to be over-familiar. In any case, I was confident that his doctor would dissuade him from embarking on such a foolhardy journey as his symptoms appeared more serious than Mr Palka cared to admit. I was impressed none-the-less with his lack of self-pity and determination.

His five cellars were rumoured to be filled with expensive French wines.

Mr Palka’s problems started on a fine Saturday morning in early summer. Answering our doorbell, I found him dishevelled, smiling, and holding a set of car keys. He wanted me to drive him to his doctor as his right arm had gone dead. His smile did not hide his embarrassment at his unkempt appearance and undone shoe laces. Once underway in his classic VW beetle, long before this iconic vehicle had its gender realigned and flower vases placed within, he told me he was confident that his limp arm was a minor problem and he had no intention of cancelling a long-planned holiday with friends who had chartered a sail boat in Ecuador to visit the Galapagos Islands. Would our son GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

The following week, after arranging for our 10-year-old son to look after his cat, Mr Palka departed for South America where he suffered a stroke on the high seas and died. He is buried in the British cemetery in Lima. For a few days our dead neighbour became the central theme of conversation in our building. Had he died suddenly? How far away from land where they? Would the heat have made on board living intolerable with a dead body? Would the sharks have eaten him had they buried him at sea? Did he have any relatives? Questions which were never answered.

solicitor, a jovial overweight man, came to the door and introducing himself, thanked us for looking after the cat and asked if we would we consider taking it in for a few days until permanent arrangements were made. He asked us to come upstairs and take whatever dishes or paraphernalia cats required which we did. As we were about to leave the lawyer called me back. “I think you will find that that Marcus is partial to fine wine!” The lawyer winked and smiled taking a heavy-looking bottle of white wine from one of several cases stacked in the corridor. That weekend we drunk the wine and toasted our former neighbour. If my Spanish grandmother’s sweet Oloroso set me off on a slow path to vinophilia when I was five, Mr Palka’s white Burgundy pushed me firmly over the edge into wine geek territory when I was past twenty. The wine was a 1966 Meursault from a producer I have long forgotten. I was amazed that a grape could sing such an intricate song of liquid gold, whose lyrics, unaided by added spirits, could easily stand shoulder to shoulder with those Sherries whose words I knew so well.

Answering our doorbell, I found him dishevelled, smiling, and holding a set of car keys.

After our initial shock, our attention turned to the cat. What were we to do with him? Mr Palka had given us a set of keys to his lavishly appointed flat for our son to carry out cat-keeping. He was to be paid on Mr Palka’s return! A few days later Mr Palka’s

The cat was collected a few days after the solicitor’s visit. We left for Gibraltar on holiday and when we returned Mr Palka’s empty flat had been placed on the market. We never found out if his cellars were full of expensive French wines. If I am ever in Lima, I will take flowers to Mr Palka. After all, his gift is lasting me a lifetime. 81

DitzyB is the exciting new arts and craft supplies shop now open in Gibraltar. With a selection of supplies ranging from Paints and Clay to sewing kits and woodcraft as well as everything in between. You can learn new crafts too with our complete ready to make starter kits, or join one of our workshops. For children, our Busy Bees Club on a Saturday is very popular, and we have sessions for adults on Tuesday evenings. With one to one, and group bookings also available to learn new skills or help with an existing project. There really is something for everyone, for all ages and abilities. We even offer birthday party bookings! The people behind DitzyB are mother and daughter duo; Philippa & Amanda. Both have a keen passion for handicrafts and love creative pastimes. We came to realise that handicrafts have been booming in popularity worldwide for the last decade, with the return of the ‘makedo-and-mend’ mentality, so we thought it was about time Gibraltar had its own hobby haven to acquire all the supplies people need for their own craft projects; the response has been overwhelming. DitzyB has been open for 4 months now at the current location on the first floor of the ICC, and we have had great feedback from customers who are now happy to have somewhere to buy those elusive craft supplies! We receive lovely comments on a daily basis from customers saying how happy they are that we have opened, and how it has been a long time since there was somewhere like our shop in Gibraltar. We couldn’t be happier! We have seen people of all generations start learning new skills and making things for themselves, skills which are sure to stay with them for life. DitzyB is a bright & colourful Aladdin’s cave of crafting goodies from essential supplies like paper, paints & glue as well as cross-stitch and sewing materials, plus much, much more, including our the very popular craze with youngsters, our ‘Slimery’! If you have an interest in arts & crafts then stop by and pay us a visit, we’re sure you won’t be disappointed.

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ALUBIAS STEW with dumplings

Winter is hurtling around the corner, the literary festival is upon us, what better way to combine both the need for warm nourishing food and the desire to read books penned by talented authors than with a stew that practically cooks itself. This recipe makes six hearty bowls of stew. FOR THE STEW 250g dried alubias beans 1 chopped medium sized white onion 4 chopped cloves of garlic 1 diced small yellow pepper 200g chopped mushrooms 100g cherry tomatoes 200g baby carrots 50g peas 400g can of chopped tomatoes 1tbsp vegan Worcester sauce 4tbsp tomato puree 1tbsp thyme 1tsp oregano 1tsp paprika 800ml vegetable stock FOR THE DUMPLINGS 180g plain flour 100g trex (or other vegan suet) 2tbsp rosemary 1tbsp wholegrain mustard 1tsp lime juice 84

METHOD 1. Soak the beans overnight and rinse well before cooking (this helps remove the ‘fart’ from the beans) 2. Boil the beans for 15 minutes, remove from the heat and let them rest in the water for two hours if you like a bit of bite in your beans, three hours if you prefer your beans to be softer 3. Chop or dice the onion, garlic, pepper and mushrooms and sauté them in a large saucepan 4. Add the cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, peas, can of tomatoes, tomato puree, Worcester sauce, thyme, oregano, paprika and vegetable stock. Bring to the boil 5. Add the beans that have been soaking

6. Place all the ingredients into a casserole dish and place in the oven at 130°C for three hours 7. Make the dumplings while the stew cooks 8. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the Trex, rubbing the two ingredients together with your fingers 9. Add the rosemary, mustard and lemon juice until all the ingredients have been mixed 10. Roll the dumplings into small balls, place on the side ready to put into the stew 11. When the stew has been cooking for the three hours, increase the oven heat to 170°C and gently place the dumplings in it 12. Cook for a further 45 minutes or until the dumplings are fluffy GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

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PERFECT PUMPKIN PIE

We may not commonly celebrate Thanksgiving in Gibraltar, but that won’t stop us from enjoying some of the holiday’s more delectable desserts!

INGREDIENTS 1 (425g) tin pumpkin 1 (395g) tin Sweetened Condensed Milk 2 large eggs or egg substitute (e.g. ‘flax egg’) 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp salt 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust

METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan oven). Whisk pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs/egg substitute, spices and salt in medium bowl until smooth. Pour into crust. Bake 15 minutes. 2. Reduce oven temperature to 180°C (160°C fan oven) and continue baking 35~40 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from crust comes out clean. Cool. Garnish as desired. Store leftovers covered in refrigerator (if you don’t eat it all in one sitting!). GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

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

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

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

New Year’s Day Commonwealth Day

Monday 1st Jan Monday 12th Mar

Workers Memorial Day Monday 30th Apr May Day

Tuesday 1st May

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 Christmas Day Boxing Day

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.

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

CRACKS IN THE PILLARS OF POLITICS Arthritic fingers aren’t much fun to lick.

BY PETER SCHIRMER

t was the time of sniffles and snuffles, of coughs and chills. In their old home on Mount Olympus, the gods had enjoyed a mild climate throughout the year, and, even when the Boreas blew cooler winds from the icy north, the air was dry, unthreatening. But as autumn drew to a close in their new home, Gibraltar’s humidity was playing havoc with Zeus’s joints, while thickening knuckles pointed to the first signs of what the Father of the Gods had dubbed ‘arthwrongis’. This digital awkwardness not only affected the accuracy of the smaller thunderbolts which his tantrums provoked, but interfered with the tactile enjoy-

ment of licking his fingers after a tuck-in of fish and chips. ‘The government should do something about it,’ he frequently thundered – though quite what ‘it’ was, he did not explain. His natural grumpiness - even in the most halcyon and trouble-free days - was aggravated by the frequent levanters and the constant damp rising from the ill-drained streets around Ocean Village.

Hera had bowed to the inevitable and sent her husband to St Bernard’s Hospital.

As her husband’s coughs and snuffles worsened, a concerned Hera had pondered the potential of half-remembered ancient remedies. A potion of dictamon and mandrake root (regarded by

the Furies as a universal panacea); an unguent of myrrh, beeswax, balsam and young laurel leaves to ease swollen finger joints – a remedy as old as thyme itself; or a decoction of honey, aloe vera and herb-rich hyrax droppings. She would have dispensed and tested each of them, but half the ingredients were not available at this end of the Mediterranean. Nor could she remember the vital proportions of each recipe. So Hera had bowed to the inevitable and sent her husband – grumbling and more cantankerous that usual – to St Bernard’s Hospital for the free flu jab offered to elderly mortals by the GHA as a caution against pneumonia... or worse. Persuasion had not been easy, for Zeus’s dislike of crowds was equalled only by an openly GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

satire expressed distaste for anyone who was ahead of him in the stolid queues, which seemed an inevitable part of anything related to Gibraltarian bureaucracy. But Hera, with millennia of experience to draw on, gradually had overcome his resistance – stressing the likely presence of ‘plenty of pretty young nurses’ in the surgeries and wards. Zeus, she knew, was a sucker for a well-turned calf or ankle...

Prime Minister. She’s been given...’ Hermes started to explain. ‘I’d have thought she was too busy with Brexit, the Chequers Plan, that dreadful Junker man, and her dance steps to have time for games,’ said Hebe.

‘I’d have thought she was too busy with Brexit, the Chequers Plan, that dreadful Junker man, and her dance steps to have time for games.’

‘At least for a few hours we’re spared Pop’s coughs and complaints,’ Dionysus whispered as the door of the penthouse apartment closed behind his father.

Hera smiled and flipped placidly through the pages of ‘Hello’, enjoying a spell of quiet celebrity spotting - free from Zeus’s customary chauvinist appraisal of hair-styles and cleavages of the famous, offered with his usual stridency as he peeked over her shoulder. What bliss. But among the Olympian family, silences seldom last long. ‘Which game does Theresa play rugby or soccer?’ Hermes tossed the question towards the futon where Hebe and Aphrodite sat comparing the decorations on a set of false nails bought in a sale earlier that morning. ‘Who on earth is Theresa, and why should it matter what games she plays?’ wondered Aphrodite. ‘Theresa May, of course... Britain’s GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2018

Hermes jabbed at a news photograph in the Chronicle in which a portly local politico presented a red sports shirt emblazoned with the numeral 10 to the British premier.

‘If it’s for rugby, the number indicates that she is to play fly-half, the pivotal position in the team. A good fly-half can dominate the game,’ Hermes explained. His sisters yawned. But he went on; ‘If, on the other hand it’s a football strip it could indicate any position on the field – except goalie, though probably a defender’.

studying on his iPad and joining the conversation for the first time. ‘She’s hardly a right-winger and that jumped-up Commie Corbyn would be the left-wing of any team...’ ‘There’s nothing wrong with Corbyn, he is dedicated to making the world a better place for everyone – refugees, unmarried mothers and down-trodden railway workers.’ Since being made redundant by SG Hambros, Hebe’s political views had switched dramatically from enthusiastic capitalism to underdog socialism. Her enjoyment of the famous interrupted by the rising strident voices of her brood, Hera closed out aside her magazine. ‘It’s just a gimmick to tickle the interest of Gibraltar’s electorate,’ she announced. ‘The number 10 represents Theresa May’s Downing Street address and the portly Chief Minister thinks the gesture – a present of a Gibraltar international football shirt – will charm her into continued support for Gibraltar in the Brussels Brexit talks.’

Since being made redundant by SG Hambros, Hebe’s political views had switched dramatically.

The word ‘strip’ had caught Aphrodite’s temporary attention. ‘If it’s a piece of clothing, why call it a strip? That means taking things off, not putting things on.’

‘Well, you would know,’ muttered Dionysus, ‘you’ve done it often enough’ – and drew a baleful glare from his sister. ‘It could be symbolic; a sort of political pun,’ said Apollo looking up from the met report he had been

‘In other words, it’s a sort of bribe,’ Dionysus remarked. ‘A bit like the offerings which mortals used to leave for us in the old days of Olympus,’ added Apollo. ‘Yes,’ said Hera. ‘That’s what politician’s do – they bribe the electorate. Only they have a euphemistic phrase which makes it sound less crude. They call them “manifesto promises.”’ 91

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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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