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t’s that time of the year again when we prepare our pens and notebooks for a fresh new term, and frantically search for our only piece of white clothing that’s somehow survived multiple mixed washes to pair with its red counterpart.
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The new size is brilliant the initiative is an all round brilliant. Saves paper, more practical to take with you and everyone I spoke to loved it!
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Love new format of mag. So much handier to carry in handbag. Hope you keep it.
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Adorning our September cover is none other than influential grime rapper Stormzy, who will be headlining this year’s MTV Presents: Gibraltar Calling Music Festival. Head on inside for a bio on the man behind the mic (p. 57). This issue, we delve into the background of start-ups (p. 23), and take a look at the nature of family-owned businesses (p. 28). Also in this section, we take a look into how we can keep our money safe with a little help from the GFSC (p. 26), and interview new head of underwriting at PUL, James Andlaw (p. 30). When you think of Japan, skiing probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, and yet the north island of this incredible country is perfect for just that! Even during off-season, Hokkaido can offer some reprieve from the hectic and eclectic prefectures of Tokyo or Osaka (p. 69). Ever wondered what it’d be like to climb Everest? Joe takes us from the Rock to a hard place as he talks about his expedition (which saw him become the first local to reach such a height on any mountain) ahead of his plans to reach the summit (p. 33). Also in leisure, we unearth an old Spanish treasure - namely a very large, very old collection of riojas (p. 82) whilst Julia investigates some ethical, sustainable alternatives (p. 79). And as you may have noticed by now, we’re not quite ready to say goodbye to our summer ‘digest’ size just yet, and neither were you! Due to all your lovely messages pouring in over summer, we decided to stay just the way we are. Handbags, briefcases, and tired arms rejoice!
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8 Hello There: What’s your National Day tradition? 10 What’s on? 12 News
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20 Around Town
BUSINESS 23 The Business of Starting Up 26 Keeping Your Money Safe 28 It’s a Family Affair
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30 Q&A with James Andlaw
LIFE 33 The Ascent to Everest 39 Back from Berlin: Naomi Martinez 42 More than a Radio Face: Stefan Borge
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69 Highlights of Hokkaido 76 The Importance of Rosia Bay 79 Sustainable Fashion 82 Rioja: Old Spanish Treasure
REGULARS 84 Recipes: Lunchbox Spread & Patriotic Popsicles 86 Guides and Information 91 #GibsGems
45 Let’s Get Gibraltar Talking
92 Olympus: Fake Fur Fury
46 Pondering Politics: Jeremy Sacramento
97 Coffee Time
94 Schedules
48 Return to the RAF 51 The Ghosts of the Ghetto 54 A Zookeeper’s Diary: Macaques
SCENE 57 In the Eye of the Stormzy 60 Wedding Dress Competition
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WHAT’S YOUR NATIONAL DAY TRADITION? Patrizia Imossi, 27 Art Teacher at Bayside School
The GBC Newsroom Team Unfortunately, in the GBC newsroom, the National Day tradition is to work! That said, it’s hard not to get into the spirit of the day when you’re surrounded by all the red-and-white-clad people celebrating in the sun!
Gulliver, 41 Frankie Hatton Sensei, 28 years karateka Normally the wife and I go up the Rock on the Cable Car, have breakfast at the top of the Rock and then walk back down. Lovely!
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When I was younger I would always spend my National Day enjoying the local bands. Now I like to thank Gibraltar for the bank holiday and spend my weekend away, outdoors in the campo.
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I used to spend the festivities coughing up red and white balloons, but now I can poop on people with nothing blocking my view!
Director of Vero Cover LTD, 5 years karateka Every National Day I love going to the beach with all my family and friends, drinking beer and swimming… I also try and sneak into the Lopez’ tent!
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Gibraltar Fair 2018 Rooke site, Queensway 7:00pm onwards For further information please contact the SDGG on mobile 56641000, email: forty@gibtelecom.net or alternatively contact the Gibraltar Cultural Services Events Department on 20067236.
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The Eliott Hotel - Flamenco Night The Eliott Hotel, Veranda Bar & Terrace, 8:00pm For further information please contact: +350 20070500 EVERY THURSDAY Jam Session Lord Nelson, Grand Casemates Square 10:00pm THURSDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER National Celebrations Classical Concert St. Michael’s Cave 8:00pm Tickets £20.00 at Sacarello’s Coffee Shop, Irish Town, The Silver Shop at 222 Main Street. Senior citizens/student tickets at £10.00 from John Mackintosh Hall Reception 308 Main Street For further information +350 200 72134 or www.philharmonic.gi SATURDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER
asemates Square C 9:30am WEDNESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER Psychic Mediumship Show afe Solo, Unit 3, C Casemates Square 7:00pm With Ms Starlight from Spiritual Events Ltd Psychic agency. Plus Private tarot readings. Tickets £15.00 For further information info@spiritualevents.co.uk or www.spiritualevents.co.uk THURSDAY 13TH – SATURDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER Neanderthal: The Conference niversity of Gibraltar, U Europa Point 9:00am-5:00pm For further information and registration please contact the Gibraltar Museum on 200 74289, visit the Gibraltar Museum website or call at the Gibraltar Museum reception. Registration is free for Gibraltar residents. SATURDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER The Eliott Hotel - Phillip Borge he Eliott Hotel, T Veranda Bar & Terrace 8:00pm For further information please contact: +350 20070500
Sea Procession of Our Lady of Europe Bay of Gibraltar, 7:30pm
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The Eliott Hotel - Michelle Daniels The Eliott Hotel, Veranda Bar & Terrace, 8:00pm For further information please contact: +350 20070500
ictoria Stadium, V 3:00pm For full line-up details and ticket prices head to www.gibraltarcalling.com
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Garden Tours of the Botanic Gardens George Don Gates, at the south end of Grand Parade, 10:30am Price: adult £5.00, children free. Guided tour of the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, The Alameda. For further information contact: +350 20041235 The Eliott Hotel - Phillip Borge The Eliott Hotel, Veranda Bar & Terrace 8:00pm For further information please contact: +350 20070500 WEDNESDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER GibCyber 2.0 Back Brighter Cyber Security Show University of Gibraltar, 9:00am–5:00pm Tickets £25.00. For further information connect@gibcyber.com or www.gibcyber.com FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER Gibraltar Wine Festival Chatham Counterguard, 5:00pm–11:55pm For further information www.gibraltarwinefestival.com SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER St Andrews Craft & Collectors Fair St Andrews Church, Governors Parade, 10:00am–2:00pm There will be a variety of stalls offering vintage and antique items, bric-a-bac and collectables. Entrance £1. For further information please call 54023166 The Eliott Hotel - Flamenco Night The Eliott Hotel, Veranda Bar & Terrace, 8:00pm For further information please contact: +350 20070500 GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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GIBRALTAR’S ACCESSIBLE BEACHES The summer season is now in full swing and our community is enjoying spending time at our various beaches. Since 2012, our beaches have been improved tremendously to also make them accessible to people with disabilities and many facilities have been introduced so that everyone can enjoy the beach just as much. In addition this year, Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar, has provided disability awareness training to all beach personnel. The beach improvements ensure that many people, who physically were unable to enjoy our beaches before are now able to do so with their families. The quality of life of many Gibraltarians has been improved. Needless to say, these improvements also make Gibraltar more accessible as a whole and tourists also make use of the facilities. This has been mentioned in the past, has not gone unnoticed and the UK travel company, Enable Holidays, an award-winning disabled holiday specialist features Gibraltar as one of its accessible destinations. Indeed, when compared to many other beaches throughout Europe, Gibraltar 12
beaches by far offer more facilities than most. The accessibility features at our beaches include ramp accesses from the road to pergola units which provide direct access to the shore at the beaches via “mobi-mats” (synthetic walkways specially designed for the transit of amphibious chairs on the beach). These can be found at Eastern Beach, Catalan Bay and Western Beach. Furthermore, at Camp Bay, an accessible ramp leads to the shore and another ramp and wider steps are also available at the main swimming pool. Accessible toilets are available at Catalan Bay, Eastern Beach, Camp Bay, the Bathing Pavilion and Western Beach, with Changing Places also available at Eastern Beach, Camp Bay and the Bathing Pavilion. Changing Places offer the same facilities as Accessible Toilets but also provide extra equipment in the form of overhead hoist systems and height adjustable sized benches and extra space in the room. The Department of Equality has very recently carried out Disability
Language and Etiquette training for members of staff who work for the Department of the Environment at our beaches. Lifeguards, Beach Attendants, Toilet Attendants at all beaches, as well as officers from the Department of Environment were trained. The training was delivered by Jason Belilo, an Equality Officer from the Department of Equality. Jason was certified by Attitude is Everything (a UK Charity) after successfully completing his training last year. This training will no doubt improve the customer service offered by staff at beaches, especially for those people with disabilities and make it altogether a more enjoyable experience. Minister for Equality, the Hon. Samantha Sacramento, MP, said: “I am very pleased with the accessible facilities available at Gibraltar’s beaches, the facilities are second to none and we can also offer the beachgoer the choice of a number of different accessible beaches. Beach culture is very important to us Gibraltarians and with the improvements we have made, I can say that the beach experience can now be offered to more Gibraltarians and tourists alike and this makes Gibraltar more accessible all round. I would like to thank each and every one who has been involved in making this project a reality and making our beaches some of the most accessible in Europe, we should be very proud of this.” The Minister for the Environment, the Hon. John Cortes, MP, said: “We are working hard to ensure that our beaches are available for all the community to enjoy and are very proud of what we are achieving. We will continue to look at what further improvements we can introduce.”
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GIBRALTAR CRICKET SENIOR SQUAD IN EUROPE QUALIFIER The Gibraltar Cricket Board has selected the National Squad for the ICC T20 Europe Qualifier to be held Rotterdam, Netherlands from the 29th August to 3rd September. Gibraltar has been placed in Group C alongside Guernsey, Norway, Sweden, Israel and the Czech Republic. Groups A and Group B see the likes of Portugal, France, Italy and Jersey to name but a few. The top two teams from each of the groups will play to qualify in the
ICC World T20 Europe Qualifier in 2019. The Minister for Sport, the Hon S Linares wishes the team well, adding that: “it is extremely gratifying to see that ten of the squad have come through the Gibraltar Cricket Development system. This is a testament to the hard work of the GCA and its Development set up. HMGoG is committed to continue supporting the development of local cricket. Best of luck to the team!”
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news ADOPT A RESCUE DOG Hello, my name is Tilly. I am a young female recently abandoned but I was lucky and have been taken to private kennels. I am already in love with everyone I meet and can’t stop giving hugs on my walks with the volunteers. I hope someone will take me home soon so I can have cuddles all the time. If you’d like to meet me and take me for a walk, find me online! ainf.gi/dogwalking A nimals in Need Foundation
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WHO DARES SLIMS BOOT CAMP IN LOS BARRIOS This September, the Who Dares Slims Boot Camp will be coming to the Gibraltar area. The ladies only fitness and weight loss boot camp, run by ex-British forces, is designed to motivate you and give your body the boost it needs to shift unwanted weight. The programme is made up of continuous low impact exercise, along with yoga, aqua-aerobics and hiking to make it diverse and enjoyable. Downtime can be spent by the pool or getting a sports massage from the on-site therapist.
They will be running two boot camps - one this September and another in May 2019 at the Larios Estate in Los Barrios. Prices for the full-week boot camp start at £850 and include 6 nights’ accommodation, 3 meals and two snacks each day, as well as all equipment and materials necessary. Contact info@premierbootcamp.com or go to www.whodaresslims.co.uk for more information.
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news DANZA ACADEMY’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD Danza Academy staged its bi-annual production A Whole New
World in the magical setting of The Alameda Open Air Theatre from 3rd-6th July. Based on the traditional story of Aladdin, the production involved over one hundred dancers, of all ages, who gave it their all and received standing ovations on the first and final night. Our students know well that the glamour and magic of the stage
is created with sheer hard work and passion and somehow we all enjoy the pressure. As a teacher and choreographer I felt that everyone gave it their all and this was perceived by the appreciative audience who gave us the standing ovations on several nights,� said Danza Director Anne Marie.
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news BRONZE CUP TO SOTOISOLA The Sotogrande International Polo tournament held at the Santa Maria Polo grounds was held last month. The final of the Bronze Cup, sponsored by ISOLAS, was played by the Brunei team and the SotoIsola team. Lawrence Isola, playing with the SotoIsola team, was thrilled to have come away with a strong 13-8 win to secure the Bronze Cup. The tournament now moves into its next and final phase as the teams toil away for the Silver cup honours. Congratulations to Team SotoIsola for the great win!
THE MED GOLF MASTERS 2018 In a close run competition, Matthew Charlesworth takes the 2017-18 Med Golf Masters Trophy as Frank O’Hara sweeps away the opposition to win the Med Golf Corporate Trophy by some margin. The course was in great shape with tees and pins set up to provide a real but sensible challenge. In the Masters Trophy challenge, Matthew Charlesworth narrowly overcame Paul Nash. Both scored 31 points but, as ties in Stableford competitions are decided on handicap, Matthew, handicap 5, took the Trophy from Paul, handicap 12. The Corporate Trophy was won by Frank O’Hara, handicap 12, with 37 points. The best score of the day and beating his nearest rival by 5 points. Frank also appeared on the nearest the pin prize list below. Nearest the pin prizes comprised a sleeve of balls and voucher for a round of golf on the San Roque Club Old course with a member
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of Jyske Bank. Winners were: Roy Azopardi, Frank O’Hara, Jordan Brown and Matthew Warner. Matthew was also nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 hole and James Barr was nearest the pin in 3 on a par 5 hole. The longest drive was won by Javi Hunter. Before moving on to the business of the day, Javi raised a toast to Mike Goodson who started Med Golf in 1992 alongside Andy & John Hunter and passed away recently. Mike was a great friend, a valued member of the Med Golf family and an absolute star. May he rest in peace. The Med Golf 2018-19 season will begin on Sunday 2nd September at the Benalup Fairplay 5-Star Golf and Spa resort. Summer offer: Join Med Golf for just £20 before 2nd September. More details can be found on www.medgolfmembers.com.
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news NEW AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE VEHICLES The Airport Fire and Rescue Service was formed in October 2015, becoming a Government entity. The Government and the MoD agreed at the time to co-finance the fire vehicle and equipment replacement project on a 50/50 basis. We are pleased to announce that this is now coming to fruition. In late 2017 the vehicle specifications were drawn up and an EU Tender issued. Rosenbauer UK were awarded a contract to supply four Airfield Rescue and Firefighting Vehicles (Panthers) and Angloco Ltd UK would supply one Light Rescue Pump. Separately, Rock Motors will supply two Volkswagen Amarok Command and Operational Support Vehicles. All these vehicles are fitted with the latest Euro 6 engines and will replace the present MoD fleet once they are commissioned and become fully
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operational. The training on the Panthers is underway since they are very different vehicles to the existing fleet and will entail a radical change of tactical strategies when tackling an aircraft fire incident. This change will considerably enhance the firefighting capability and bring the AFRS into the 21st Century, providing commonality with the mainstream aviation firefighting industry and future proofing for the next 15 to 20 years. The training is expected to be completed by the end of August. This is a concerted and very comprehensive programme, which needs to be fully undertaken by all operational firefighting staff before being able to put these vehicles into operational service and be able to meet our mandated aviation regulatory requirements.
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news ENVIRONMENT MONITORS THE SPREAD OF HARMFUL BACTERIA AFFECTING PLANT AND TREES The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Climate Change is closely monitoring the recent discovery of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa on Myrtle-leaf Milkwort Polygala myrtifolia plants in Andalucía, Spain. This disease is native to the Americas and was discovered in Europe for the first time in 2013 near southern Italy. It devastated olive plantations and destroyed more than a million specimens, either by their succumbing to the disease itself or as a result of the precautionary destruction
MINISTER VISITS REFURBISHED SCHOOLS Minister for Education John Cortes, accompanied by officials from the Department of Education and staff from the schools, has visited three schools that are seeing extensive renovation works over the summer. The Government has stated that it will refurbish and improve all those school buildings that are not being replaced, and work on delivering this commitment has started and is progressing well. St Mary’s School, which has in the past suffered from water ingress and flooding, is being
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by authorities in an attempt to prevent the bacteria from spreading. Although no trees appear to be affected in Gibraltar, officials are placing conditions on the importation of some species of plants, including Myrtle-leaf Milkwort, Almond, Oleander and Olive. Xylella fastidiosa is transmitted exclusively by insects and there is presently no known remedy, which is why it is usually deadly to some plants and trees. Symptoms include the drying out of leaves and branches. Infected plants may, however, show no evident symp-
re-roofed and a new drainage system installed. In addition, extensive rewiring is taking place in order to improve heating during the winter. In St Joseph’s first and middle schools a number of refurbishments have been carried out to classrooms and toilets, and the guttering in the halls is being totally replaced. New benches are being provided in the playground at the first school. Work is progressing also at St Paul’s where classrooms are being redecorated and redesigned to improve them for teaching and enable better use of space. Commenting on the works, Minister for Education John Cortes said, “This summer has seen tremendous activity in these schools. We made a
toms, especially when the infection is at an early stage. The importation into Gibraltar of plants that are considered potential carriers will not be allowed unless accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. More detailed information on Xylella fastidiosa is available on the European Commission’s website: https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/ plant_health_biosecurity/legislation/emergency_measures/ xylella-fastidiosa_en
commitment to teachers that those schools staying in their present locations would be extensively improved and we are keeping this commitment. The programme will continue, and the benefits to teachers and pupils will be very tangible. This unprecedented investment in education will make a huge and important positive difference in the lives of pupils, teachers, staff and parents. We are proud in the GSLP/Liberal alliance to be making this investment with taxpayers’ money into the education of our children. It’s the right way to invest in our future. In the case of each school, we have contingency plans in place in case works are not finished exactly in the time available, which we do not envisage will be the case but which we do have to be prepared for!”
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EIGHT ADDITIONAL REGISTERED GENERAL NURSES FOR THE GHA Eight nursing students from the School of Health Studies have completed their three-year programme of study, concluding with the award of Registered Nurse as well a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Adult Nursing. The eight students have undertaken their degree in Gibraltar. The degree is awarded by St George’s University of London and Kingston University London and they will be eligible to register locally with the Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitor Registration Board Gibraltar. The three-year full-time honours degree programme has required these students to work fifty percent of their time, ‘hands on’ in clinical practice across the GHA, as well as Elderly Residential Service and the Care Agency. The remaining fifty present of the degree is theory-based. The degree is a challenging programme that demands extremely high practice and academic standards, as these students are continually assessed
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in clinical practice by clinicians, with service users also making a contribution on how the student had performed in practice. Professor Ian Peate, Head of the School of Health Studies, praised the standard of work the students have produced. He commented that the students should also be proud of their outstanding achievements, as they have demonstrated the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes, which will enable them to provide care that is safe, effective and patient centred. Mrs Sandie Gracia, Acting Director of Nursing, said she was delighted with the students’ achievements, adding: “All eight students have been successful in being offered employment with the Gibraltar Health Authority. I wish to welcome the newly qualified nurses to the GHA, and to thank the GHA nurses, who, along with a range of clinicians, have been closely involved in preparing the eight
nurses to take up their posts. As Registered Nurses, we are honoured to provide care to patients and families; it is indeed a privilege. We know that these eight nurses will be walking in the footsteps of other Registered Nurses before them, as they work day in and day out, to provide care that is safe and compassionate.” The Minister for Health, Care and Justice, the Honourable Neil F. Costa MP stated: “I would like to convey my warm congratulations to the eight newly qualified Registered Nurses on their excellent achievements and their commitment to the degree programme. I am delighted that they will soon take up their new posts, and take this opportunity to welcome them to the GHA family. I would also like to take this opportunity to personally thank Ron Coram, Ian Peate and his great team at the School of Health Studies, for their work and dedication in helping the students fulfil this great achievement.”
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THE BUSINESS OF STARTING UP
The founders of Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett Packard and even Disney ALL got started in a garage. This is not the only common thread they share as they struggled through the early stages as disruptors; all of these companies started with little investment capital and small physical space.
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ikipedia’s definition of a start-up: “An entrepreneurial venture which is typically a newly emerged, fast-growing business that aims to meet a marketplace need by developing or offering an innovative product, process or service.” In the late 1990s, some of the billion dollar internet-based companies were founded during the dot-com bubble. These are now household names, and in the news last month Apple (which nearly became bankrupt in the 1990s) became a trillion-dollar company hitting a market capitalisation that is bigger than the GDP’s in all but 15 countries. And how did they get started? In a garage. Any entrepreneur will tell you the journey is never stable, the product will need constant reinvention, failure needs to be overcome swiftly, money GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
a 42% rise as the flexibility for start-ups to sub contract makes it financially more sensible at the same time enabling the hiring of talent for individual business Maintaining and ensuring the surneeds. A report by Lawrence Katz vival of start-ups is essential even of Harvard and Alan Krueger at as it becomes harder to innovate Princeton established that in the before being swallowed up by past decade the alternative work the rulers of the tech universe. category increased the Start-ups emerged as net job growth by 94% thought leaders in the Maintaining due to the rise of conbusiness world changand ensuring tracting freelance work. ing office culture in the survival an endless number of of start-ups is Nowadays with the tech positive ways including giants ruling the industry social responsibility in essential. most start-ups are built their business models, for sale not scale but there are diversity and empowerment, some exceptions Airbnb, Uber, project and results driven work Slack and Revolut are a handful as a few examples of the changes of examples that have survived being adopted. Another boom for and become giants in their own entrepreneurship referred to as right. There is little opportunity to the ‘Gig Economy’ is freelance or compete on their own so inveson-demand work which is creating tors and start-ups have started to a huge impact on small businesses. explore new cyber spaces thus the In the US alone there has been will be scarce, but hard work and unwavering dedication can lead to huge success as we know today.
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start-ups April 2018 they successfully completed their ICO sale raising ten million through institutional and private investors. “We are taking a proactive approach towards regulation by engaging and working with global regulators and policymakers to encourage measures designed to protect consumers and investors. We are also working to hold ourselves accountable to governance policies and procedures for financial services and have applied the DLT license in Gibraltar as a first measure. We are also establishing a code of conduct which allows us to adhere to any available best practices.” of this emerging new business boom for decentralised technolostream is Specifix. In 2017 they gies. Today investor and Venture moved to the World Trade Center, Capital interest has shifted toward the timing of the move was perfect DLT, blockchain, crypto-currencies and has enabled the business to and the alternative for start-ups continue its growth in Gibraltar, to raise capital ICO’s. But the offering a complete range of IT giants are starting to pay more Services including IT infrastructure attention. Daily we hear news of the adoption of these technologies and development resources, in particular for Blockchain projects. of those who at first criticised Already they have worked with and even banned them, includmany of the leading businesses ing Governments. Rumour has it such as Holiday Inn Express, for Facebook wants to buy Coinbase, example, but also further afield a cryptocurrency firm. This is working with clients such as an important development for Sainsbury’s, Barclays Bank and Gibraltar’s DLT regulatory frameBUPA developing comwork as companies seek plete software solutions out the jurisdictions that Another that are accessed by can provide the legal boom for millions of users each infrastructure including entrepreyear as they continue banking as well as an neurship is to build an exceptional understanding of the freelance or reputation. industry.
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As we approach the And they are truly work. announcement by the emerging locally with GFSC of at least seven DLT licenswell-known blockchain investors es, the applications keep coming. and accelerators like Coinsilium One of those applicants has been Group becoming household names quoted by Forbes as “One start-up to our legal, IT, finance, insurance that is perfectly positioned to and other services industries also capitalise the migration of financial bringing with them some of their services from the institutional emerging start-ups. One of the world to the world of crypto assets companies that has made a swift is London-based Lendingblock.” In move to accommodate the needs 24
As we see the local start-up industry surge, even other industries are making use of the new tech revolution. Ezylet.com set up its Gibraltar base in 2013 and raised capital through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). One of their new products is the rent guarantor service they provide ideal for local students looking to move to UK. They recently entered into a partnership with Revolut, the leading pre-loaded contactless payment card now processing £1.29bn through the platform each month. Throughout our series, Startup Grind Gibraltar founders and CEO’s of different lucrative companies around the world all having raised capital in the millions share their experiences at the “Fireside Chat” and one message truly resonates. Becoming successful depends on determination, faith, and hard work. No matter where you start your business, or how much money you originally put into it, passion, commitment, and courage are often all you need to make your company succeed. For more on our monthly events visit: www.startupgrind.com/gibraltar. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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KEEPING YOUR MONEY SAFE The Gibraltar Deposit Guarantee Scheme.
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come extremely important to proe all have lots to vide some security and protection think about when to our money held in banks. You it comes to our may be surprised, but a Deposit money – budgeting Guarantee Scheme has been in for the perfect holiday, spending place in Gibraltar for a number of money on home improvements or years so this is nothing new. The buying the dream house, or even only change has been that there saving for a rainy day. Yet do you have been significant ever worry about what We live in improvements to ensure would happen to your your money is sufficientmoney if your bank were a financially to go out of business? volatile world. ly protected. Deposit Guarantee Schemes are Thankfully, that is not just EU requirements but are one question you do not need globally accepted practices. to spend too much time thinking about as here in Gibraltar a The Gibraltar Deposit Guarantee Deposit Guarantee Scheme exists Scheme provides the automatic to keep your money safe. protection of your money, up to €100,000 or currency equivaUnfortunately, we live in a finanlent, in the unlikely event of your cially volatile world and, especially bank, one who is licensed by since the banking crisis, it has be-
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the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, going out of business. All currency accounts are protected and would be converted at the relevant exchange rate on the compensation date. And guess what? It’s a free service! The scheme is funded by the banks in Gibraltar themselves, so you do not need to do anything to be part of it. Who and what is covered by the scheme? Individuals Sole Traders Partnerships Clubs, associations, GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
moneywise schools and charities Companies oney held in trust or in cliM ent accounts by professionals may be covered Money held in all currencies mall Self-Administered S Pensions emporary high balances e.g. T when you have money from the sale of your house that is in excess of the maximum limit What compensation is available? The maximum compensation for each depositor per bank in Gibraltar is €100,000, irrespective of the number of accounts you have at that bank or the currencies these are held in. It is important to note that compensation is calculated per depositor i.e. per individual, company etc. and not per account. Even though the limit is in euros, compensation payments would be made in pounds sterling. You actually do not have to be resident in Gibraltar to be entitled to the above protection. You could live anywhere in the world and, as long as you have money at a bank in Gibraltar and one that is licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, you are covered. Any compensation payable on eligible balances will include any interest on an account that is due to you as at the compensation date and joint account balances would be divided equally between each account holder, unless you have another arrangement that is explicitly in place with your bank. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
What do you need to do? Generally nothing. In the unlikely event that your bank in Gibraltar were to go out of business, we will pay you your eligible compensation according to the account information received from your bank, subject to you meeting the necessary requirements. Any compensation will generally be made available without it being necessary for you to make a request. The timeframe for us to make compensation available to you is currently 20 working days, although a transitional timeframe is in place to eventually reduce this to 7 working days as from 1 January 2024. However, the length of time for repayment can often depend on a number of factors, some of which are entirely outside our control - the type and complexity of the claim and the level of extra information required following the receipt of initial account information. There may be circumstances when compensation payment needs to be delayed e.g. for trust accounts, existence of temporary high balances (e.g. when you have money from selling your house), dormant accounts. However, until 31 December 2023, if we can’t make the compensation payable
within 7 working days we will ensure that, upon request, within 5 working days you have access to an appropriate amount to cover the cost of living. This amount will then be deducted from the total compensation due to you. How can we provide further help and information? The Gibraltar Depositor Awareness Programme will be coming to you in September and October to raise awareness of the local scheme, so look out for our friendly team on the street and in the banks – ask questions, pick up some leaflets and, most importantly, be confident that your money is safe! For more information, please visit our website: www.gdgb.gi.
PHILIPPA BALDWIN Resolution and Compensation Specialist – Gibraltar Deposit Guarantee Scheme 27
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IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR
Gibraltar is one of those unique places where the economy is dominated by family-owned businesses rather than multi-national conglomerates. Indeed, perhaps in every sector of the economy we can identify dominant family businesses, some of which have been around for over 200 years, passing from one generation to another.
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ost businesses start out under family control - the exceptions are those started by, or spun out of, established public companies. Most of them also remain within private and family control; they never reach the size where they are confronted with the prospect of dealing with other shareholders. Yet, there comes a time in the family business when selling the family business is the best answer. In some cases, it may be the only answer. That said, many families consider selling their businesses at some point in their careers. For
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those who have invested years of work, financial capital and often their identities in the legacy of the business, letting go is very difficult. Reasons to sell the business tend to fall into three categories: •
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cuss it as an ownership group. At that point, it may be appropriate to bring in outside help. If you have already used a family business consultant and have not been able to resolve the dissension or come to compromises the family can live with, sale may be the best option. Even if the family owners get along, it may be that preservation of the business is impossible under current ownership. The inability to support a viable business can come from a number of sources: •
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business not provide the funds. In this companies outperformed public case, the next generation can markets by 55% between 2006 step up to the plate to buy and 2017. This was despite having the business from the current slacker governance standards and a generation. But if next-genconservative attitude to risk-taking. eration members do not have Consequently, there are plenty of the ability to secure strategic buyers, large funding, then the corporate companies, Don’t underbusiness may need estimate your and investment houses to be sold. who would love to buy company’s family businesses of value to these scale and size. Don’t The last but probably buyers. the most important underestimate your comreason to sell is if owners pany’s value to these no longer have a strong passion buyers who struggle to develop for the business. Particularly for The business may not be able cutting edge entrepreneurial businesses that require a great to compete in the current businesses on their own. It is easier deal of owners’ attention, it is environment. If you have conand quicker for them to buy the crucial that owners maintain cerns that the problems your business you have spent your life enthusiasm for the business. If business faces are beyond the building. owners’ commitment wanes, it is abilities of the current owntime to consider whether holding ership group to manage, you Having advised on selling numerthe business makes sense. At this may want to consider selling ous family businesses, we can point, the decision to sell becomes to someone who has the skills say this is multi phased process a purely economic one. or resources to iminvolving tax planning, valuing If keeping the business is prove the business. and marketing the business, price It is crucial more financially lucrative negotiation, due diligence and docthat owners than selling, absent If the family would umenting the sale. Don’t wait until maintain enother issues, maintainlike to maintain you are near retirement, under thusiasm for ing the business with ownership, you can extreme competitive pressure or the business. non-family management and should consider in financial difficulties. Try to time makes sense. But, even bringing in outside the sale so you exit in a benign in this situation, if owners have management. But, if the economic environment when there shareholder group is not up to other interests and the desire to is generally more appetite from unlock capital to invest in those the challenge of changing the purchasers. interests, selling the business can business to meet the current make sense. One test of passion competitive environment, it is to have owners identify the may be time to sell. benefits they perceive from the business. If they cannot identify The business may require benefits beyond money that make a capital infusion to remain the business worth keeping, it is viable. If current owners do time to decide if selling would be not have access to the capital more lucrative than keeping the necessary to maintain the ERAN SHAY, business. business, either through adManaging Director & ditional equity from family or AYELET MAMO SHAY, According to the Financial Times through debt or equity from Business Development (Dec. 13th 2017), despite their other sources, then selling to Director of Benefit image of being cautious and someone with access to those Business Solutions Ltd. inward-looking, family-owned busiresources may be best. nesses on average perform well. (+350) 200 73669 Current owners require capital Credit Suisse research found that general@benefitgibraltar.com to retire and the business can- the returns of 1,000 family owned the culture and values of the organisation, it may be best to sell to other owners who are. This notion seems counterintuitive, since one of the reasons families stay in business together is to perpetuate their business culture. However, in certain cases the next generation may not be good stewards of the asset, particularly if they have been unable to internalize the values and sense of stewardship. •
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Q AND A WITH JAMES ANDLAW
Peninsula Underwriting Limited (PUL), part of the Callaghan Insurance Group, and a leading Gibraltar-based insurance intermediary specialising in Property and Casualty as well as Financial and Professional Lines insurance, has recently appointed a new Head of Underwriting and Director: James Andlaw.
BY SOPHIE CLIFTON-TUCKER
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ames was born and brought up in London, but with both parents being Gibraltarian, spent all of his holidays during his formative years here on the Rock along with his extended Gibraltarian family. James relocated to Gibraltar with his family at the beginning of this year, and brings with him a wealth of experience having been underwriting Financial Lines insurance for more
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than a decade, and working in the London insurance market since 2002. Having held senior underwriting and managerial positions within large insurance firms, QBE and Zurich, and more recently a Lloyds Syndicate start-up, Probitas 1492, James brings both London market and international commercial underwriting experi-
ence to PUL and further strengthens their experienced team. Q: How is work and how are you enjoying Gibraltar? A: There is so much happening here it is very exciting. With the Government of Gibraltar and the Financial Services Commission’s introduction of the Distributed Ledger Technology Framework GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
business and regulations at the beginning of this year it is evident that Gibraltar is way ahead of the game and has quickly emerged a leader in the Blockchain, DLT, Fintech space. Gibraltar is agile, and innovative, and able to adapt and make change quickly. ‘Quickly’ is the operative word. With the speed of technological developments and the eruption of new businesses in this fast-moving sector, Gibraltar too has responded quickly resulting in many of the more reputable start-ups seeking regulation wanting to establish themselves here in Gibraltar. This will be further accelerated with the imminent introduction of the Token Regulations that cater for ICO’s. It is fair to say all parties involved are very busy, but pulling together to succeed. Q: How does insurance play a part in this fast moving space? A: Even though the underlying technology facilitating these business has changed, the need for businesses and their executives to bolster their risk management practices and protect themselves hasn’t. Traditional and newly emerging commercial risks can be mitigated with viable insurance solutions, and is further supported by the requirements under the Gibraltar DLT regulations that stipulate the need for entities to be covered by adequate insurances. Company directors and officers operate in an extremely difficult and complex environment from a corporate, legal and regulatory perspective - particularly in areas such as corporate governance, trading standards and health and safety. The increase in corporate GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
and cyber fraud and a growing compensation culture means the need for protection has never been greater, especially in the Fintech space. Q: How does PUL play its part in this exciting space? A: The key covers to protect businesses, the individuals running the businesses and their customers, include: Professional Indemnity, Directors and Officers, Crime and Cyber. It is important, however, to highlight that the general appetite of insurers in this space is limited. PUL have in-
vested in people and collaborated with industry leaders in London, Paragon Insurance Brokers, who specialise in Financial and Professional lines insurance and the Fintech space, and we are working tirelessly to educate insurers about the regulations, those involved and significant due diligence undertaken to protect Gib plc, to ensure that we can consistently provide insurance solutions that cater for business risks and satisfy the regulatory requirements. I consider PUL to be insurance leaders in the Blockchain, DLT, Fintech space here in Gibraltar. 31
Everest North Col Expedition 2018: The first in a two-part series on Joe Celecia’s expedition to Everest via the North Col route. He is the first local to reach such a height on any mountain, and is next setting his sights on the summit.
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ountaineering has been my passion since a young age and Everest has been my impossible dream. Everest, the impossible dream? I have always been fascinated by the whole history surrounding Everest, the highest mountain in the world. If I could have reached the summit based on the number of books I have read on the subject I would have been on the summit many years ago. The early pioneering climbs in the 1920s, the mystery of Mallory and Irvine, lost high on the mountain and never knowing
in high altitude mountaineering, whether they reached the summit whilst juggling my family responor not (recent discoveries seem to sibilities, work commitments and point to the latter) and the brilliant financial and time constraints. A reply by Mallory, when the questypical commercial expedition to a tion of why climb it was posed to 7000m mountain in the him, to which he replied Himalayas takes the bet“Because it’s there”, and This time ter part of a month and so giving all future climbI was going costs several thousand ers a good excuse! to attempt pounds. An expedition to reach the to climb Everest, which So yes, at the back of my is 8848m, takes around mind has always been North Col of two months and costs the desire to try to sumEverest. about thirty thousand mit Everest and to that pounds. end I have progressively climbed higher and higher, through the So it was that I found myself in years, getting priceless experience 33
life Kathmandu in early April this year. This city, the capital of Nepal, is the starting off point for most of the mountaineering in the Himalayas. It is an amazing place which ‘breathes’ mountaineering (the smog is quite bad) and has an incredible feel to it, particularly for mountaineers.
Fig. 1 - Border crossing into Tibet
Fig. 2 - The Rongbuk Monastery
Fig. 3 - Everest Base Camp
It was my third mountaineering trip to the Himalayas and the second with the British adventure company, Adventure Peaks, who specialise in organising commercial trips to mountains worldwide and the Himalayas in particular. My group was composed of myself and two others who were going to attempt the North Col only and three others going to the top plus the expedition leader all of whom were British. This time I was going to attempt to reach the North Col of Everest, at a height of 7050m on the North side of the mountain in Tibet, which is now an autonomous region of China. The North Col is part of the normal route, along the North Ridge of the mountain. It is also the route attempted by Mallory and Irvine on their fateful pioneering attempt and is also the last place from where they were last seen alive, heading for the summit. Getting to the North Col is a sort of test for those who harbour summit aspirations. The first hurdle was to obtain the Chinese visa for Tibet, a process which takes four days. As it turned out it was a blessing in disguise for me as I got some time to recover from some sort of respiratory virus I picked up, either on the flights to or in Kathmandu, and from a cut foot sustained whilst trying to alleviate my blocked nose. We left Kathmandu to the border
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life crossing with Tibet, (fig. 1) which took two days, and then proceeded to drive into and through Tibet for a further four days. We stopped at several towns on route to Everest Base Camp North, progressively gaining altitude until our arrival at Base Camp, aka BC, at an altitude of 5200m. We arrived at BC, which is located on the Rongbuk glacier, just past the Rongbuk monastery, (fig. 2 & 3) which is the highest monastery in the world. There are wonderful views of Everest from BC (fig. 4 & 5) and the mountain dominates the surrounding scenery, even though it is still at 16km distance. I helped in setting up my personal tent (fig. 6), which essentially was going to be my home for a couple of weeks or so. It was a three person tent so, in terms of outdoor mountain accommodation it was luxury, as there was adequate room for the two expedition bags worth of kit and equipment, plus ample room for my sleeping space. Routine at BC is a mixture of feeding, hydrating, resting and managing the hours in camp (fig. 7), whilst you allow the body to acclimatise to the altitude. After two days at BC, we began making acclimatisation treks (fig. 8) to increasing altitudes, up to around 6000m, but always returning to sleep at BC. By that time, the cut on the sole of my foot had healed sufficiently to allow me to join my fellow team members on these acclimatisation walks. These walks are essential in order to acclimatise the body to function at altitude, with the time proven maxim of climbing high and sleeping low. Without your body adapting to this process you would be unable to progress further up the mountain. It went well for me and I had a good appetite, my blood GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
Fig. 4 - Everest from Base Camp
Fig. 5 - Telephoto shot of Everest with snow being blown off the summit
Fig. 6 - My personal tent at BC
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Fig. 9 - The puja stone altar with the items of kit to be blessed
Fig. 10 - The Gibraltar flag at the Puja altar with Everest in background
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Fig. 8 - The team on an acclimatisation climb
pressure, heart rates and oxygen saturation levels were normal and I had no headaches at all, plus I was sleeping really well. All of these are good signs that the body is acclimatising well. Between these acclimatisation days, a Puja ceremony was held in BC for the expedition. The Puja is a Buddhist ceremony to ask the mountain gods for a safe passage. All those venturing further up the mountain The Puja is a Buddhist cer- place items of equipment emony to ask like boots, ice axes and harnesses, on a makethe mountain shift stone altar, (fig. 9) gods for a to be blessed by the safe passage. Buddhist monks. It is also customary to place national flags on the stone altar, which gives the ceremony, a truly international flavour. This time it included the Gibraltar flag, (fig. 10) proudly flying in the wind at BC. The ceremony goes on for a couple of hours with various religious verses and chants, the burning of Juniper twigs and throwing of tsampa (flour) in the air three times (fig. 11) then smearing the paste on your nose and cheeks. Finally we drink rakshi (homemade Nepali firewater) which is lethal and tastes GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
life awful. I was able to finish my glass with just a little bit finding its way into my mouth. Six days after arriving at BC we are ready to proceed to Advanced Base Camp, aka ABC. This camp is at an altitude of 6400m and at a distance of 20km from BC. This trek takes two days covering about 10km each day, with an overnight stop at Intermediary Camp aka IC and dubbed ‘Yakshit’ Camp, at 5800m. The curious name for this camp is due to the fact that the Yaks, (fig. 12) beasts of burden who carry most of the expedition equipment, stop overnight at this camp to rest too and are not provided with toilet facilities as such! As the yaks carry most of our kit we only have to carry a daysack with some food extra clothing and plenty of liquids, which is crucial, as proper hydration is arguably the single most important aspect to successful climbing at altitude. The trek to IC is pretty straightforward and I travel on my own as navigation is based on following the trail of Yak dung. The scenery is spellbinding with Everest dominating the skyline. The trek takes me about six hours, well within the average times, taking it very easy so as to save on efforts for the harder days yet to come.
Fig. 11 - Tsampa throwing at Puja ceremony
Fig. 12 - Yaks moving along trail to IC
Fig. 13 - Interim Camp at 5800m
‘Yakshit’ camp (fig. 13) certainly lives up to its name and I could not wait to depart the next morning, to the relative comfort of ABC. *** To be continued next month! If you would like to support Joe and work with him on his next venture to the summit of Everest, contact him on +350 54006190 or by email at seljosh@gibtelecom.net. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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BACK FROM BERLIN NAOMI MARTINEZ
The Berlin art residence exchange programme is a cultural development initiative organized by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, together with Lichtenberg Studios. As she returns from the art exchange programme in Berlin, we nab Naomi, the local artist chosen to represent Gibraltar, to ask her what she thought of the experience.
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my fingers as I just wanted to stick my hand into wet paint and play. It was fun; the smudging, the mess, the sensory experience. I suppose I was experimenting and exploring paint as a new tool for discovery and self-expression. Who/what inspires you most, and why?
Many things inspire me. One thing that intrigues me is seeking to understand not only the mechanism of sight but “In I was coloring and the limits and possibiliLichtenberg watching films from the ties of individual percepage of 4 and won some I noticed tion. The light and space school art awards. In my this element movement of the 60s teens during my GCSE’s of someand 70s. Artists such and A-Level art classes thing being as Larry Bell, Richard I started using acrylics. Serra, Olafur Eliasson, incomplete.” I made large boisterous Ann Veronica Jassens, paintings in full vibrant James Turrell, Bruce Nauman. surreal hues with flicks of paint All investigating light, space, and dramatic high and lowlight distance and colour. Bringing art effects. These were done with GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
into nature. Being concerned with how geometric shapes and how the use of light could affect the environment and perception of the viewer. Have you won any prizes or been involved in any projects locally before this one? In 2006 I was given the Young Painter of the Year (Highly Commended) award. I came away with a ‘Highly Commended’ for the Gibraltar Spring Festival 2007, and the following year, ‘Best Work by a Young Artist’. You were recently selected to represent Gibraltar at the Berlin artist residency. How did you find the experience? In Lichtenberg I noticed this element of something being incomplete, not fully finished. 39
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Like a job half done. But I couldn’t quite place my finger on what it was. I then became more aware about the history between the East and the West, just how recent the wall had come down. Loads of construction sites had insulation leftovers on the side of the buildings. This inspired me to play on the idea of INSIDE OUT: How something that is meant to be inside of a building could be extracted from its ‘normal original’ setting and adapt to another surrounding. That’s when I started experimenting with expanding foam; a material that changes from soft to hard. I used a whole can and got ten different sized sculptures. They partly remind me of body shapes, partly of more random, chaotic natural forms. I spray painted them a vivid cadmium yellow, just like the colour on most street signs, road markings, and bins in Berlin. I wanted to make more but on a bigger scale, playing with sizes up to my height. The cans weren’t that cheap so I decided to buy a more erect moldable material – chicken wire: light and easy to move. I temporarily placed the works on the streets, in parks and metro stations, and in front of GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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several buildings in Lichtenberg in different scenarios and situations, relating to architecture and the urban environment. Using such transferable material made it easy to move around the district also with the idea in mind of bringing some of the works back with me to Gibraltar for the exhibition, in which I would like people to move them within the space just like I did in Lichtenberg. I personally think they are quite nice and intriguing to hold. What are your plans now that you’re back in Gibraltar? I am looking for a full-time job to support my artistic practice as well as helping others seek compassion towards meaningful work full of adventure and well-being. You have mentioned campaigning for revamping abandoned buildings into artist studios. Could you tell us more about how you think Gibraltar could go about this, and the benefits it would bring? Yes I am extremely keen on Gibraltar having a space to create the conditions in which art can be GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
made, experienced and appreciated by everyone. I want people to realise how investing in this with the idea of a lasting return is key. Kitchen is an example of a group of local artists currently affect by this. We need to draft up something that we can all sign, and ask for a meeting ASAP, to be added to the list of empty premises. There is no reason, with all the empty buildings there are in Gibraltar that one couldn’t be adapted for open artist studios. I want to get this petition going amongst artists and artist groups and form a focus group to deal solely with the issue of developing artist studios in Gib before taking it to the Minister. I want to keep a public momentum in the press also until my exhibition come October. Now that I’m back from Berlin I have more time on my hands to move around and get this going, but I need all the help and support I can get! If we all rally together we can make a big difference to our community and its art culture. To keep up to date with Naomi, find her on Instagram: @i____moan
BENEFITS OF REPURPOSING BUILDINGS FOR ARTISTIC USE Increasing artistic production Animating deteriorated historic structures and/ or underutilised spaces Bringing vacant and/ or underutilised spaces back on the tax rolls and boosting area property values Anchoring arts districts and expanding public access to the art Attracting additional artists, arts businesses, organisations, and supporting non-arts businesses to the area Building better communities through the arts mental health awareness
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MUCH MORE THAN A RADIO FACE Stefan Borge on curious news and charity work.
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fresh and friendly voice bubbling with natural Yanito lilt without sounding vernacular, Stefan Borge is the young radio face that keeps Gibraltarians home and abroad entertained between weekdays afternoon news bulletins. With his lively selection of music, social media gleanings, banter, and competitions, Stefan involves his audience on the school run, at work or at home, in fun and games to wind down the day or gear up for a beach par-tee. “Unlike the news that has to be concise but informative, radio is what you make it, whether that be serious or light-hearted, and I like to keep my show a varied and casual blend of information and entertainment,” 29-year old Stefan says about his programme. Having started his broadcasting career as a reporter, when ‘no two days were the same’ and when he attended NO6 press conferences as much as sporting events, Stefan 42
quirky news that may stir audihas switched to the lifestyle of ence’s participation or just put a studio presenting while still enjoysmile on their faces. Once we coming the occasional live interview mented on some revellers trying to on radio and some Newswatch break the record for drinking beer presenting on TV. Some twenty in as many countries as possible months on, his role is well meain the shortest time possible, so suring up with Paul Grant’s legacy we came up with the suggestion which indeed left big shoes to of doing something similar in fill, but Stefan has revamped the Gibraltar, Spain and Morocco, with ‘afternoon show’ format, personthe added intercontinenalising it to his fun style tal bonus.” and introducing new “I like to interactive segments keep my show Stefan’s busiest times are with his colleagues. a varied and 3:15pm-4:44pm, when casual blend the phone lines overheat Floating presenter Glen of informawith contestants in his Thomson barges in the tion and en‘3 at 3’ game, a comstudio every day just before 3pm, declaiming tertainment.” petition inherited from Paul Grant’s show, and ‘Fact or Fiction’ (with an ‘People, Places, Things’, which is echo, of course), presenting Stefan Stefan’s invention and is rising in with three curious facts which popularity, partly because of its athe must pick out as indeed facts tractive prizes, and partly because or cheekily made up on the spot it is way easier than the morning’s fiction. “Usually, the more bizarre competitions! they are, the more likely it is they have actually happened some‘3 at 3’ requires participants to where, but there always is a twist,” think out of the box and to pay Stefan says. “We also comment on GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
life attention to the three off-playlist songs played consecutively, in order to suss out the connection between their titles or artists, often so cryptic that it harvests only a handful of correct answers, but more often being so obvious to turn tricky. Stefan debuted on the radio in February 2017, on a Saturday morning show when he recalls he was very nervous, but he managed to keep his voice confident and steady, also thanks to the comforting assistance of head of radio Ian Daniels. In hindsight, his first show may sound ‘cringey’ but he has come a long way since, with plenty of live and road shows under his belt, usually paired with Lucinda Snape, with whom he worked at last Literary Festival and Museum open day coverage. He also covered National Day with Michelle ‘The Rouge’ Rugeroni, sitting just outside Waterport Gates.
related. When reporter Michael Beltran fills in for Kelly, then the Borge-Beltran duo becomes the ‘B Team’, a modest play on the usual breakfast time Ben’n’Kelly ‘A Team’. Charity events often see Stefan’s keen participation whether in his personal or presenter capacity: “Last year I was a compère at Cancer Relief’s Walk for Life at the Stadium with other GBC presenters. I had to introduce the Zumba segment and join the dancing group on stage in front of everybody. That was out of my depth… but it was all for good fun and charity!” Personally, he was involved in a fundraising sporting event in memory of a friend who passed away: “The Maurice Coelho Trophy is a five-a-side tournament happening this September, in aid of Gib Sams, so I would like it mentioned in the media.” He also supports the Kili Crew, who is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this October in aid of Gib Sams too.
Previously to his GBC stint, English Literature graduate Stefan enjoyed a one-year internship at JP Morgan But it isn’t all song and dance in New York: “I was actually in for Stefan, who’s ready to don New York when I applied and was his reporter cape and mic, when interviewed for GBC, because my mid-afternoon breaking news call student visa was about to expire. for an urgent update: It was my mother who “Last winter, when heavy alerted me that a vacanIt was a rains caused a serious cy had come up, and I dramatic rock fall, I interrupted should’ve considered a yet proud the program to set up a career in broadcasting moment for live link with Jonathan journalism.” Stefan. Sacramento who had dashed on site to keep Later, he filled in for the population informed about Christine Clifton-Psaila on the damage to property and traffic Breakfast Show - and in fact he arrangements.” It was a dramatic still covers for Ben Lynch when he yet proud moment for Stefan, who is off paired up with Kelly-Anne claims that people in the street still Borge, aka Captain News, in an don’t recognise him as a presenter, alternative show that has been except a couple of occasions when quickly dubbed as ‘Breakfast with he was out partying on Friday the Borges’. He points out that the nights and his voice was picked out homonymy is merely coincidental, by drunken co-patrons. as he and Kelly’s husband are not GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
Fun and games as eager beach goers take part in a game of ‘Lots of Lolly’
Stefan and Harriet live at Eastern Beach in the first of this summer’s radio roadshows
The Borge’s on breakfast
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LET’S GET GIBRALTAR TALKING
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Local Charity GibSams are launching two new initiatives to promote suicide prevention awareness and to change the conversation from suicide to suicide prevention.
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ibSams went live last October. The service offers callers an anonymous and confidential Freephone service. Trained volunteers are there to take your calls and listen without prejudice. Callers can phone 116123 Monday to Friday from 4pm-midnight and on Saturday and Sunday from 7pm-midnight. Suicide Prevention Awareness Month is our chance to stop and assess ourselves and those around us and to make sure someone who desperately needs our help isn’t missing out. The first initiative, Let’s Get Gibraltar Talking, will launch on the 1st September with an event at The Piazza. GibSams believe that if we can break the stigma surrounding mental health and get everyone talking, we can improve mental wellbeing for all. Whether you are young or old, male or female, at some point in our lives we
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will all feel sad, depressed, lonely and scared for what the future may hold or events that are taking place in our daily lives. This is the time for us to reach out to others and say it’s “OK not to be OK” or it’s “OK to talk”. GibSams are collaborating with other charities and voluntary organisations to showcase the services which are available locally to our community with an Awareness Day on the 1st September, running from 10:00 -2:00pm. We will be there to help those in need and spread the message of hope. The second initiative is the Chatty Café scheme, which was launched in the UK to great success and which we are now rolling it out in Gibraltar. Local establishments are offering up a ‘Chatter Natter’ table at different times and days that will have the Chatty Cafe information on the table. When you sit down at a Chatter Natter table, you are agreeing to chat with oth-
ers sitting at that table at the same time. Any cafes, bars, restaurants wishing to take part in this scheme should email info@gibsams.gi for more information. Other events planned for the month of September include Green Week, running from the 1st to the 7th September, with Green Day taking place this year on the 7th September. We are asking companies and individuals to wear green for the day to show their support for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. GibSams are looking to close the month of awareness with a very special open concert in Casemates, with local musicians of different genre taking part. Let’s Get Gibraltar Talking and make a positive difference to our community. Use the hashtags #letsgetgibraltartalking or #itsoktotalk when using social media platforms to share the love and open the communication channels. 45
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PONDERING POLITICS JEREMY SACRAMENTO
How obvious is it to claim we don’t live forever? You’ve done your bit, and even though still very sharp and witty are well past retirement age. Yes, you will be remembered and even revered in some cases, but smart, younger minds are required to fill your shoes. The thing is... where are they?
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he above could well apply “Despite my serious interest in local politics, as well as what to many top appointgoes on politically in the UK, ments, but I’m thinking Spain, Denmark, and to a lesser of a career in politics in degree the USA, my childhood a tiny place like Gibraltar. Who dream was that of becoming a wants to take the bull by the civil servant believe it or not,” horns and go for it, considering International Politics post-graduthe inherent responsibilities ate, Jeremy Sacramento, tells me. being a politician brings? Not “I believe Gibraltar needs to play to mention the bumping into its best people to their strengths, constituents and others down so there is traction in our Main Street, and getting talent into the the often very nasty “Gibraltar service at a higher level, social media comments politics is a to avoid having to climb you’d have to contend fascinating the ladder from the very with whether you read beast.” bottom.” Jeremy informs them or not, because in me there are very few a small town like ours, countries that don’t have a syssomeone will tell you about them! tem of individuals joining the civil Well of late, there are up and service pegged in at an appropricoming youngsters showing keen ate level, not unlike choosing a interest Gibraltar politics, very career as an army officer entering seriously suggesting they could through the Military Academy well go down that route at the at Sandhurst for example, but right moment in the future. Jeremy’s aspirations as a child
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were more than probably influenced by his father Tony, who now heads the Gibraltar Audit Office. He managed to retire those thoughts, at least for now, unless that Fast Stream structure is implemented. Recounting his time at Bayside, Jeremy admits that despite attaining very good GCSE grades, his passion for rowing led him to rather more average results at A-level. He recalls, “I was more interested in being an oarsman at the Med so I didn’t study as much as I should have.” But he made it and off he went to the University of Surrey which at the time was in the top 10 list of educational institutions in the UK. “But look, even there I had the lowest A-levels in my class because quite a few of my classmates were Oxbridge or London college rejects, you might say, those that GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
life politics and affairs from Denmark, didn’t quite make it to the crème ed. Having an MP, you’re down to and I’m sure would do so from de la crème of UK universities, one fighting our corner.” Timbuktu, if he were based there! but still very well qualified for Surrey. I felt the weakest one So where do Jeremy’s allegiances “Gibraltar politics is a fascinating of the lot.” Clearly not, he came lie? “Well, at the moment I’m flybeast. The political scene is one out of it with a First Class and an ing solo, trying to keep a balanced of extremes: on the one hand it appetite for more, going on to do commentary in my Chronicle is tribal and dangerously personhis MA in Public Policy at King’s article. I was president of the al, but on the other, London and later taking Conservative Party in university when it really matters, on summer work in the but my politics have moved more “It is all too all factions seamlessly Civil Service when back to the centre since. Ideologically, common to come together in unparon the Rock. I suppose I would call myself a point at the alleled unity.” Reflecting Social Democratic Meritocrat” Government on the more social 27 year old Jeremy is side of things Jeremy married to Mia who is Well it’s true we do have a and forget highlighted that “there from Denmark, and with relatively young batch of MPs our individual needs to be greater whom he has a six year at present in our parliament, but responsibiliownership. It is all too old daughter, Leonora. time moves on and retirements ties.” common to point at the He became a dad at 21 do occur, so would Jeremy Government and forget as a student, a life he Sacramento face the challenge our individual responsibilities - I continues to lead still whilst Mia and commit to politics at 27, or think social awareness generally goes out to work, not unusual in is he still too young? “I underneeds to widen. We cannot be Scandinavian countries. “With my stand Adolfo Canepa and Peter so expecting, we need to reflect non-existent Danish language and Montegriffo came into politics on what we have and how we get passion for international politics, at a similar age, quite young, and it. In Denmark it’s not unusual it was inevitable that I would opt we all know both did quite well. to pay close on 50% tax but for further studies, so it was Mia But as much as I’m interested in Danes realise they get a lot back who leaped into a business caGibraltar politics it isn’t somereer. But being a student gives me as we do here paying thing I’d do now, but less. In effect, we need a lot of time to be at home with the challenge might be “I suppose to keep an eye on the Leonora, and of course to do a bit there one day, so the I would long term sustainability of dusting here and there. It also answer for now must be call myself of our model.” On the allows me to continue studying no… not yet!” a Social foreign and potentially and researching Gib history and Democratic politics and so on, the contents of `hostile’ front from the hinterland, Jeremy which are useful but I feel don’t Meritocrat.” says it’s a blessing we have real enough impact, which have a PSOE government back I find quite frustrating. I want to in power but that we can’t rest contribute in practice!” Jeremy on our laurels. There’s Brexit and wife Mia did spend some looming and our Government is time here working in Deloitte and doing all it can, and hopefully the PWC respectively but returned to UK won’t leave us clutching at Denmark for Leonora’s schooling. straws. Especially now it would be more than sensible to have a Meanwhile, I think it’s safe to sustainable model in place to see say the, ‘political animal’ – albeit us through possible bad times. presently tame and naive, he may Would an MP in the Commons say – is certainly safely caged in help? “I don’t really think we need Jeremy’s consciousness. At presan MP in the House of Commons. ent he contributes political and We have the Gibraltar Group in social comment in his fortnightly Parliament with 20 or 30 MPs column in the Gibraltar Chronicle who highlight issues when needand closely follows Gibraltar GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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RETURN TO THE RAF
A former Chief Technician takes us on a trip down memory lane as he is invited back to the RAF for a graduation ceremony.
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left the RAF in 2005 after my Weapons Mechanic course, 28 years’ service, and being post recruit training in 1977. I’d in Gibraltar there isn’t much first seen it at the age of 16 and chance to connect with forthough I had attended other mer workplaces and colleagues. courses this was to be a first as I Luckily for me, friends made in was invited to see a recruit graduthe service are friends made for ation ceremony; something I’d not life. I was invited last month to seen since my own in July of ’77. I RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire was also excited because in those by close friends James and long gone days we would have Veronica Brayshaw; it was great our cross country runs around to see them and their children the environs, sometimes passing Alex and Millie, both of which I the beautiful looking Officer’s hadn’t seen since they holidayed Mess - an old Rothschild mansion. near Nerja some years I’d always wanted to see ago. inside. Friends
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James and I met in 1998 Michelle and I were service are at the RAF recruiting picked up at Wendover friends made office in London during Station and taken to for life. one of my stints away the house for a quick from the armament catch up before James’ world I generally lagged in. He car arrived to take him to review was a junior officer and I was a the parade dress rehearsal. He sergeant. Thankfully the tables reviews the parade to ensure have now turned as I am the all recruits and standards are more senior ‘Mr’ whilst he, a reached before allowing them Group Captain with 3 tours of through into the RAF proper, past Afghanistan under his belt. I was the watchful eye of the reviewing excited because RAF Halton was officer invited for their special day. once the No1 School of Technical In this case, Air Vice-Marshal Sue Training, a place I had completed Gray CB OBE MSc CENG FIET 48
RAF, the Air Officer Commanding Number 38 Group. The following day suited and booted we headed to the Officers Mess for a pre-ceremony lunch with the AVM Gray and other guests in the ‘gold’ room of the mess followed by a drive to the parade ground to watch the ceremony proper accompanied by the Band of the RAF Regiment. Nos 11 and 12 Flight equipped themselves excellently with several marches past in varying formations with the band playing superbly. Their first tune sent a laugh through the two stands of spectators as they tunefully began with that classic movie song “The Great Escape”, fitting as the recruits finally get out of training. This culminated in a general salute to the AVM by the recruits and the parade executives as an emotional flypast roared just above our heads by a Hawk T2 from 4 Squadron. During the parade there were a number of awards for recruits that had excelled in certain areas. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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I suppose it gave the men a better chance of winning something.
I saw several female recruits gaining awards which was brilliant. In my time, men and women trained apart in different camps. I suppose it gave the men a better chance of winning something because the ladies did better than average. After the parade the families that had been loudly cheering their sons/daughters, brother/sister and grandchildren all came together for lunch and plenty of congratulations. It was a lovely day and a rare experience back in the fold for us ‘has-beens’.
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THE GHOSTS OF THE GHETTO The iron workers’ Venetian island was a melting pot for European Jewry.
BY PETER SCHIRMER
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hosts - some tragic, some heroic - lurk in the porticos, narrow lanes and waterways of the world’s first ghetto, established in Venice five centuries ago. Yet, despite a history of persecution, repression and the bloody fingerprints of the Holocaust, the Jewish enclave offers an island of calm and tranquillity in a noise-embattled city thronged with tourists, under whose weight (and the impact of global warming) it is slowly sinking into the Adriatic. And, like the city of which it is part, the ghetto - established by decree on March 29, 1516 - is a place steeped in history and marked by contradictions.
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Typifying the racial diversity Of Venice’s 500-strong Jewish of both its Jewry and the city, population today, fewer than half Venice’s controversial Chief Rabbi, have their homes on the caScialom Bahbout, was born in nal-fringed island. This comprises Libya. For like Venice – and like the Ghetto Nuovo and the Ghetto Gibraltar – over the past Vecchio and, contrarily, 500 years, the ghetto the ‘new’ ghetto is the The ghetto has been a melting pot older of the two. is a place of peoples and culsteeped in tures. An appropriate Even the ghetto’s most history and imagery, for the name famous kosher restaumarked by ‘ghetto’ derives from rant has its own quirk, ‘gietto’ – a foundry in the for the chef is a gentile contradicVenetian dialect. It drew from Bangladesh, as tions. Sephardic Jews fleeing I discovered when from Spain, others from North I popped into the GamGam’s Africa and the Levant, as well as kitchen to compliment the staff scholars and philosophers from on a memorable lunch at the the Germanic states and from restaurant’s outdoor tables along France. the Cannaregio Canal. 51
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Canalside hors d’oeuvres, prepared by a Bangladeshi chef
During the Middle Ages, Jews until the 1525 decision to confine were accepted as valued members them to the iron workers’ island. of the city’s multi-cultural society, as doctors, teachers, shop-own‘At first they were not permitted ers, or money lenders - at the to live in Venice, and with the heart of the financial establishment of the services for which need ghetto they were forced In 1385 the grew as the Serene to live in a designated Senate decid- area,’ Bahbout explains. Republic (Serenissima) ed to expel waxed even fatter on ‘It was like a prison.’ them from international trade. But And at the peak of their success as bankers the Jewish presence the city. and the influence it gave more than 3,000 were them proved their undoing, and in crammed into it. And as in today’s 1385 the Senate decided to expel Gibraltar, accommodation could them from the city and certain only grow upwards. The aparteconomic activities. ment buildings of the ghetto are among the tallest in Venice. But even then, Venice’s economic growth depended on its Access to the ghetto was across Jewish bankers, for in Medieval two iron gated iron bridges which Europe (from the 11th to the 15th were closed from dusk until dawn centuries) the Catholic Church and during Christian religious fesbanned the charging of all finantivals. The residents were allowed cial interest. However, for the to work only as money lenders Serenissima’s international trade or second-hand dealers and – in to flourish, it needed easy access what could be seen as an ominous to the steady flow of funds, which precursor to the events in Nazi the Jewish bankers could provide. Germany four centuries later, they Jews also still traded in Venice, were compelled to wear symbols but they were barred of their faith, initially a from owning property or yellow cloth star and, Even though even having homes withlater, yellow hats. we are a in the city’s boundaries small commuBut they enjoyed freenity, we have dom of worship, and at deep roots. the peak of the Jewish presence the ghetto was home to nine synagogues, each the spiritual home of a separate ethnic or cultural group, only five of which remain in use, but each a hidden architectural and artistic gem. Among the professions prohibited to Jews were architecture and construction, so the designs and decorative work were carried out by the craftsmen of Venice and were both elaborate and beautiful a mix of semi-rococo and baroque more ornate than I One of two high bridges to the ghetto have seen in other synagogues. gated from dusk to dawn, barring entry to the rest of Venice
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life Constrictions on space also influence their build, and synagogues were incorporated into existing structures rather than as standalone buildings so that many of the temples were built several storeys above ground – above shops or apartments – and behind exterior facades of domestic architecture. On a floor above one of these remarkable creations - the Scola Ponentina, or Spanish synagogue built by Sephardic Jews exiled from Moorish Spain in 1580 Rabbi Bahbout has his office. The synagogue has an elaborately carved wooden ceiling, huge crystal chandeliers, and a mosaic stone floor. It is one of the few at ground level and one of three open to visitors touring the Jewish museum. ‘Like the city of Venice, our community is becoming more and more of a museum,’ Bahbout argues. ‘We need a city that is alive... that reinvents itself. Even though we are a small community, we have deep roots. We need to reinforce and strengthen those roots.’ He believes that Venice’s Jews today are searching for a deeper cultural and religious experience. ‘It is difficult because most young people are leaving for places where they are assured of a more comprehensive Jewish life,’ he told a recent interviewer. In Italy, that meant Milan or Rome. Many also move to Israel, Paris or New York. In a sense, and paradoxically, this would require almost a return to the past, for as the Serenissima flourished, Jews from Germany, Portugal, Spain, France and southern Italy found refuge in the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
ghetto and not only established synagogues that reflected their different ethnicities and languages, but also turned Venice into a centre of learning, renowned for printing and publishing Jewish books and manuscripts. ‘Life in the ghetto was vibrant because the Jews were not homogeneous. It was a melting pot,’ wrote historian Riccardo Calimani in a book about the ghetto. And the former president and vice president of the Jewish community in Venice added: ‘Through publishing they attracted intellectuals from abroad and the community became a bridge between northern Europe and Constantinople. But today they say the community is dying like the city of Venice. It is not easy.’ The gates to the ghetto and the restrictions they represented remained closed until 1797 when Napoleon’ troops captured Venice and the civil rights of the Jews were restored and again they played an important part in the city’s cultural and intelBut today lectual development. Several were promithey say the nent players in Italy’s community is unification. dying like the
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But in 1938 under the fascist regime of Mussolini, they were again deprived of their civil liberties. Their numbers, too, had dwindled as Italy’s Jews fled the jack-booted regime, and by 1943 when Nazi Germany occupied Italy, fewer than 400 remained in the ghetto - 246 of these were deported to the death camps. Only eight returned. Today in the tranquil plazas and narrow lanes, you can sense the ghosts...
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A ZOOKEEPERS DIARY The local flagship species, the Barbary Macaques, have been an pot ! integral part of Gibraltar’s tourism AKA Tea a Vieja, L growth for many years now, luring in curious travellers from all over the world to observe them in their natural habitat. At the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park you can find two species; eight long-tail macaques and three Barbary Macaques.
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nlike the monkeys (and they are monkeys, not apes - they do in fact have a tiny vestigial tail that can be best seen on babies on the rock), the resident Barbary Macaque group experienced a rough start at life after being abandoned on their way to a zoo in Sri Lanka. Similarly, the Longtailed Macaques were confiscated from ships making their way to Europe from Indonesia and Africa. It is suspected that they were en route to laboratories, given their status as one of the most highly trafficked animals in 54
the world. Thankfully, the fate of these animals turned around dramatically when they were rescued by Gibraltar Customs and brought to the park.
keeper which has been his main interest for many years now.
“Once you get to know them, their different personalities and characters come out Long-tailed and that’s what’s really Steve Perry, senior interesting. Some are keeper, has been Macaques – more submissive - like working at the park one of the La Chica is with Peachy for almost two years most highly Lou. She runs the show now following a long trafficked in terms of the females. zoo career which animals in the The others will run began in 2000. He’s world. away from her if there’s worked with an array food around.” La Vieja of species, from gorillas is the Grandma of the group and and wolves to chimpanzees and one of the original confiscated bears. Primarily, he was a primate GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
life macaques. She is thought to be approaching 25 years old, but still acts like a youngster, and is affectionately referred to as ‘Teapot’ by Steve and the rest of the staff due to her squat and portly 11 12 1 appearance. 10 2 9 3 9:00am - On 8 4 a typical day, 7 6 5 after ensuring everything in the park is in order, Steve will prepare breakfast for the Macaques. “They love their porridge balls,” he says. “They’re long-lasting food, much like you or I would eat porridge for the day.” Sometimes he will add some olive or coconut oil and maybe the odd sultana to mix 11 12 1 things up. 10 2 9 3 11:00am 8 4 1:30pm - At 7 6 5 lunch time they’ll be given their main chop which is an assortment of fruit and vegetables to keep their diet as healthy as possible. This diet is a staple throughout the week, however, they do alter it based on what’s in season. It may be leeks, spring onions, peppers, apples or even pears. Later on, maybe some olives or whatever is around gardens to forage on and keep occupied. On hot days they are sometimes given frozen ‘lollies’ made from fruit juice, fruit, seeds and nuts.
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lated and occupied. Food is a very integral part of that. “If you place something just there in front of them, that’s not very interesting. But if you scatter it around it will keep them busy,” says Steve. In their enclosures, the macaques have natural bark substrate which allows them to pick through and carry out foraging behaviours. Sometimes, for enrichment they’ll be given a raw egg as a treat: “They love that and it’s interesting to see the individuals breaking it in different ways. Some lose most of the eggs, others drop theirs.”
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Another way to keep them stimulated self-consciously is by numbers. “Put an animal on its own and it’s not as easy,” says Steve. “The afternoons when its warm is their favourite time. That’s when they do their social grooming and bonding.” The Alameda Conservation Park is now raising money to create a local biodiversity area where they can house the Barbary Macaques along with other local species. This will be a useful tool in furthering their education efforts, giving greater opportunities for schools and children to learn more about the species. Although in Gibraltar they are plentiful, the Barbary Macaques are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In the past, the park has raised money for BMAC in Morocco, a conservation project that helps fight the illegal wildlife trade and raise awareness on the plight of the species. Their overall goal is to safeguard the future of the Barbary Macaque, a goal the park itself wishes to assist in.
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IN THE EYE OF THE STORMZY
Ahead of the MTV Gibraltar Calling Music Festival, we delve into the background of one of the headlining acts, Michael Omari Jr – AKA ‘Stormzy’.
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was meant to go to Oxford University,” laughs Stormzy, AKA ‘The Problem’, AKA ‘Big Mike’, AKA ‘Stiff Chocolate’. “I got the best grades at A-level, and the owner of my school was a governor at Oxford. He wanted me to go and it looked like it was going to happen. My mum thought I was going, my friends thought I was going. Then I started making videos and going on YouTube and stuff and...” his voice trails off, and then he grins and winks. Stormzy might have traded off a first-class education for a life on the music grind, but it’s not working out so bad. Since releasing his debut EP, Dreamers Disease, only two years ago, the 22 year old South London artist has scooped up two MOBOs, toured the world, won Best International Artist at the BET Awards, performed on Jools Holland, become the first GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
tastes quite a bit. They made me unsigned rapper to feature on the appreciate soulful sounds and song BBC Sound Of... list, sold almost a writing. But the main music effect million records, and made history on me was external.” by sending two grime freestyles into the UK chart top 20 for the Stormzy had his own little crew, first time in history. You only need named DDB, and his first experito wind the clock back to March ences of clashing came thick and 2014, to find Stormzy tweeting fast. It was in these adolescent a freestyle at Wiley and asking if years that the themes, styles and he’d watch it - so how did young swagger of the Stormzy Michael Omari go from “I would you hear today were spitting bars in the forged, the all-out attack schoolyard, to packing reply in the bars that mix cheeky, out venues from Camden third person” cocky and fiery in a to Japan, in just eighteen formidable MC concoction. “…I got months? that style from an older MC called Charms. He was like my mentor “As a kid, my mum used to play and he used to spit like that. I Ghanaian hiplife, gospel and clashed him once outside a youth afrobeats,” says Stormzy, who grew club, and he schooled me.” up in Croydon, and while he insists he didn’t come from a ‘musicians’ Music at this point was just a household’, there were still tunes hobby though, something he did blaring out on the regular. “My with his mates. He was a one-man sister used to play proper R&B band, doing his own promotion slow jams, and that shaped my 57
scene and taking his own bookings (“I godfather of the UK scene, labelled acted out each line, got my mum in would reply in the third person”). Stormzy “the #1 grime don”, conit, got the Adidas creps in it.” It’s a But, aged 20, he decided to make cluding, “Please take it where we DIV aesthetic that has informed althe leap, and do music for real. couldn’t my brother.” most all of Stormzy’s visuals since, He launched a YouTube freestyle from the subsequent “Wicked series titled “Wicked Skengman” Going into 2015, Stormzy was Skengman” freestyles to the video in late 2013, in which he would sitting pretty as one of the most for “Shut Up”. The only notable spit over classic grime hyped MCs of the past difference is that the crowd around beats and put the decade, raking in plaudits him keeps growing and growing, “The adrenvideos online. A debut with no label support, no to almost a carpark full in “Wicked aline got EP, Dreamers Disease, radio support and a team Skengman 4”. us through. soon followed in 2014, made up of his close Once I’m showcasing a range of friends and family. 2015 Despite their DIV feel, both “Shut spitting, I’m styles that epitomised started exactly how Up” and “Wicked Skengman 4” his artistic open mind. 2014 had finished, as both went on to chart in the UK gunning.” The EP also contained he became the first ever top twenty - the former beating “Stormtrooper”, one of his most unsigned rapper to make the BBC that year’s X Factor Christmas sinconscious tracks to date, the lyrics Sound of... shortlist. And that was gle - breaking records as they went of which trace a tale of salvation quickly followed by an invite from and transforming Stormzy from via the harsh realities of domestic Kanye to join him onstage at the a rising star to the young king. abuse. “I wanted to show I could Brit Awards. He finished 2015 with his own do big R&B records, big afrobeat show on Apple Radio, aptly titled records, and deep ones too,” says “By this point,” begins Stormzy, #Merky, making him the youngest Stormzy. “I wanted to get all those “it was overwhelming. Now I’m presenter on the roster, alongside sounds out of me and show I’m not standing next to all these major names like Pharrell Williams, Dr just grime.” label acts. I thought, ‘Rah, this is Dre, Ezra Koenig and more. mad.’ These people had become The promise on Dreamers Disease my peers but also my competition.” Whilst Stormzy was working on his was enough to win him a shock critically acclaimed debut album, invite onto the British music teleAfter hearing the Z.Dot instru“Gang Signs & Prayer”, which vision institution that is Later with mental on Wiley’s “BMO Field”, topped the chart on week one, it Jools Holland. “That was the most and realising he needed to put a didn’t stop him from dropping a nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever track out with all this new buzz, few surprise tracks here and there, done,” explains Stormzy. “We had Stormzy went into the studio and like “Standard”, “One Take” and a rehearsals. We did four. I messed recorded a frenetic grime number verse on Chipmunk1s “Hear Dis”. up every single one. Then came what would become the live bit, and I had to get it right. “Know Me From”, a song For many who only know That was I was thinking in my head, ‘Get it jammed with lyrics that Stormzy as the six-foot quickly right, or you’re f****d.’ And we did had appeared in a few MC who spits fire on followed by it. The adrenaline got us through. freestyles previous, most YouTube, the debut an invite from album may come as Once I’m spitting, I’m gunning.”, and notably: “Peng tings on Kanye to join beamed the downright nastiness of my Whatsapp and my something of a pleasant him onstage “Not That Deep” into an unsusiPhone too”. The track eye-opener. pecting nation’s living rooms. hit BBC Radio Xtra hard, and Stormzy’s team, by this point “I’m not always going to draw the Stormzy’s rise in 2014 might not known as Team #Merky, decided to emotions, soul, feelings and sounds have been an exclusively grime make a video. that I want to convey, exclusively flavoured one, but when placed via grime,” explains Stormzy. “As alongside his freestyles and remix“I thought I should make a proper a human, I feel a lot of different es, it was enough to win him Best glossy studio video. But it wasn’t emotions. Yeah, I want to make a Grime Act at the 2014 MOBOs me. We decided, let’s just hit the record that my mandem can play just a week after his Jools perforroad and shoot a video and make it in the car and get gassed to. But I mance. That same week, Wiley, the as fun and stupid as possible. We also want to make a record for the 58
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quieter times, when you’re alone with your thoughts. To make a record like that, you need different sounds and styles.” In just two years, the cocksure Croydon MC has defied all expectations, not only of what a grime artist can achieve but of what a completely independent artist from the streets of South London can achieve. In addition, he made his big screen debut in 2016, starring in Brotherhood, the final instalment of Noel Clarke’s movie trilogy. His mum might still think about what could have happened if he’d gone to Oxford, but when he’s getting invited back there to give talks about his DIV music career, like Stormzy was on March 7th, then who needs first class education dreams?
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“For some people where I come from, what I’ve done is already unbelievable,” says Stormzy. “But we can all do it if we focus and cut out all the bullshit. You can go on the be something when all odds are against you. You can do it quick, and effectively. Just make your mark and step in the game.”
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THE WEDDING DRESS COMPETITION This year marks the 13th consecutive edition of The Wedding Dress Competition. Over the years it has managed to hold the attention of hundreds with their creative entertainment and the ever-beautiful group of brides this year was no exception.
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his year’s competition had a total of 10 brides competing for the title at the Alameda Open Air Theatre, this year decorated for the occasion by Sweet Treats. The chosen winner was Zyra Jane Tobelem, who seemed to have won the hearts of those in the crowd from the very beginning of the show - their cheering could no doubt have been heard for miles! Louise-Anne Baitson was awarded 1st runner-up and Amanda Ramagge was awarded 2nd runner-up. The challenging task of picking the lucky three was bestowed upon the judges: Samantha Yeo, Sean Acris, Nicole Montovio, Noelle Lopez and Kimberly Bautista.
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With fashion, entertainment, and dance routines, the night was a huge success, and further pushed the creative boundaries, raising the bar for the next year’s competition. The brides took to the stage one by one: Katrina Avellano, John Byrne, Kyra Cerisola, Adrianne Sene, Amy Infante, Amy Jane Gavito and Kyrane Lia. Adnan Laoudy, the evening’s presenter, gave a short description of their wedding dress, a little backstory on the man of their dreams, and reminisced about the mishaps that each bride encountered on their wedding day – such as one of the bride’s venue catching on fire! Not sure how you could top
that one. The lovely Rafa Anaya had the pleasure of ushering the brides carefully down the stairs and onto the stage. The night began with an exquisite dance piece by William and Jacqueline Ignacio and after each group of brides took to the stage, an entertainment piece shortly followed. Urban Dance blew the crowd away with two contemporary dance pieces, ‘Lost Girls’ and ‘The Dawn’. We were also given a final glimpse of the Little Divas 2018 summer collection before they made way for their newest collection Winter and Christmas 2018. As part of a glamorous ending, GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
scene the brides were once again brought onto the stage in the last showcase of their magnificent gowns. Accompanied by her daughter, the director/founder of the show, Bianca Zammit, handed the brides their prizes, assisted by the 2017 Wedding Dress Competition winner Elouise Asquez. During the evening, a raffle was also held for the audience to take part in. It is thanks to Glamour Creations, a production company founded in 2003 by Bianca Zammit, that this competition was created and has flourished over the years. All the shows to date are non-governmental and non-profit events with the proceeds benefiting local charities.
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BIG MOUTH ON THE ROCK
The Rock of Gibraltar has been associated with many places and things through the centuries: mountains, rivers, towns, buildings, golf courses, carpets, drinking glasses, coffee, cheese sandwiches, cocktails… and now an adult cartoon movie. I recently discovered the world’s most famous rock featured in a sex-orientated Netflix series.
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he short film is part of adult cartoon politically correct an American animated and socially acceptable. series called Big Mouth. I don’t subscribe to The students that feature in the Netflix, so I watched it at my sisepisode are given an assignment ters’ house and fortunately none to do a book report on a novel of the grandchildren were visiting of their choice, but it must be at the time. I was expecting sex historical fiction. One of the would be involved because the girls, Jessi, reads a steamy novel episode, (part of Series I), is titled entitled Rock of Gibraltar and as Girls Are Horny Too. a result decides to exBut I admit I was quite plore her own sexuality. My genersurprised by how much When she declares that ation tend emphasis on sex there “girls are horny too” to keep such was considering most of the boys are left totally matters under confused. She explains the main characters are covers, so to high school students. to the boys, “girls are as speak. There was plenty of horny as boys they just colourful language, don’t talk about it so including more swear words than much”. Soon all the students and on your average rap record. their parents are talking about and reading the book. All in all, it was quite funny, but the sex is a bit too explicit, even The novel tells of the romantic for my jaded eyes and ears. My relationship between handgeneration tends to keep such some Gibraltarian Gustavo matters under covers, so to and Moorish Princess Fatima. speak. I imagine, however, that Bizarrely, the plot has Gustavo many millennials, consider themturned into a horse, and so the selves to be more open-minded relationship with Fatima remains and hip than us baby boomers, romantic but sexless. Weirdly, and probably find this type of there is a real book Rock of 62
Gibraltar (Cutting Edge Press) by Martin Hannan, but it is a non-fiction history of the famous racehorse Rock of Gibraltar owned by former Manchester United FC manager Alex Ferguson. Coincidence perhaps? The voice of Fatima is provided by Nasim Pedrad, a Muslim born in Tehran on November 18, 1941 who emigrated to the United States with her family when she was just three years old. She grew up in California and graduated from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television. She is an accomplished actress and comedian and was a regular on the satirical television show Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2011. Pedrad performed dozens of impressions on SNL including Kim Kardashian, Sharon Osbourne, Marilyn Monroe and the rapper M.I.A. Besides Fatima she has voiced many film characters; Jillian of Despicable 2 and Dalia of Aladdin, being two examples. Gustavo’s voice comes from the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
scene versatile Carlos Jaime Alazraqui, who is a stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, singer, impressionist, producer and screenwriter. Alazraqui was born July 20, 1962 in Yonkers, New York and grew up in Westchester Country. His parents Bizarrely are from Argentina the plot has and his surname is of Gustavo Sephardi Jewish origin. turned into a He went to university in horse. Sacramento, California where he began competing in open mic contests. In 1986 Alazraqui won the San Francisco International Comedy produced a 365-second film Competition and used the prize titled, A Year to Think, showing money to move to Los Angeles. one second of each day of their He is a hugely popular choice trip. Gibraltar doesn’t appear in as a voice actor and has worked the video but there is one shot for Nickelodeon, Disney and the of the Straits of Gibraltar as the Cartoon Network. Among his family cross by ferry from Spain more notable performances are to Morocco. So, at the very Loco in A Bug’s Life, Bill in Finding least they saw the mighty Rock, Nemo, Doom and Bane in Justice and quite possibly that was the League and multiple voices in the inspiration for the name given to movies SpongeBob Square Pants, the romantic novel in Sponge Out of Water, Toy Story 3 this episode. The travel and Planes and television series On the video is available on American Dad, Rugrats and King of street ‘Rock YouTube, Facebook and the Hill. of Gibraltar’ at HuffPost. is slang for Mouth” and added Jennifer Flackett was co-creator ‘three grams There are some inthat the series fictionand writer of the Girls Are Horny alises bits and pieces Too episode and her collaborators teresting reviews and of crack’. comments on the interof personal memories were her husband Mark Levin, net regarding Girls are Horny Too. from the entire creative team’s Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg and One commentator revealed that teenage years. “Our policy in our Emily Altman. I tried to contact writers’ room is we are extremely Flackett through Facebook to find on the street ‘Rock of Gibraltar’ is slang for ‘three grams of crack’, open to sharing”. out why Gibraltar was chosen and another pointed out that the as the setting for the book. I reUrban Dictionary has ‘Rock of Regarding the Girls are Horny Too ceived no reply to my request for Gibraltar’ as a term for a person episode, Flackett told HuffPost, information, but I did find that in with a large forehead. I had never “There’s a lot of stuff especially 2012 Flackett and Levin left their heard either expression before. for girls that goes really underhome in Los Angeles and spent ground. It was a chance to say, one year travelling the world with In an interview with Variety ‘You don’t need to be ashamed’”. their children, Franny, 13, and Magazine Kroll and his childhood Finn, 9. Together they crossed six friend Goldberg explained that “Everyone’s always surprised it’s continents, visited 38 countries they drew on their adolescent a very emotional show in the and 110 cities. They videoed experiences for the “…raunmidst of being filthy”. their experiences and when the chy coming of age comedy Big trip was over Flackett and Levin GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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THE WORLD THROUGH A PALETTE
What at first glance looks like the umpteenth collection of picture-perfect postcards painted by some romantic British watercolourist, at closer inspection reveals itself as a panoramic retrospective on a passionate traveller’s life.
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etired GP Adam Galloway surprised and wowed his former patients and all art lovers with his first ever solo exhibition showing some fifty relatively small framed paintings, half of which were inspired by Gibraltar and the nearby region. His work was well received, hailed as fresh and innovative yet traditional. Adam traces on paper and board in acrylics and watercolours, his memories made under Australia’s clear skies, amidst Baltic mists, and across Mediterranean blues from Gibraltar, Malta, and the stony Greek temples of Agrigento or the baroque architecture of cream-coloured Palermo. With skill, he effortlessly turns cliché holiday snapshots into artwork of classic calibre, with contemporary highlights and sometimes an abstract twist. With vibrant colours worthy of abstract post-modern work, mar-
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ried with realistic cityscapes and landscapes, Adam’s pictures are attractive and easy on the eye and complement any style, while their affordable prices – no more than £300 including frame and glass – make little snippets of the world accessible to almost everyone.
greenery beneath his window. The human shape seldom features, and when it does, it is always blended in the scene, like in the case of the divers from rock formations or the ‘Cefalù Fishermen’, with two delightful exceptions: the portraits of ‘Luke and Sparky’ and ‘Father and Son’, from the Finland series, capturing intimate family moments at the fireplace of the just sketched wooden cabin.
As mentioned above, a large chunk of Adam’s attention is dedicated to Gibraltar, which he describes as his never-ending inspiration because of its ever-changing light and its vibrant colours. Elsewhere, nature is the He claims that he always He describes focus, whether quiet hunts for the unusual Gibraltar and gentle or swelling angle or light, avoidas his into a storm, like the ing the over-exploited never-ending view of Tarifa beach profile of the Rock in inspiration. under leady clouds, its totality, and instead so different from the going for details like the summery views we’re addicted to, halo of light around a streetlamp or wild and uncontaminated like in a rainy night, or the corrugat‘Barbate Marismas’ and ‘Sirpa’, or ed tin rooftops at Catalan Bay coy witness to man’s past glory, opening towards the azure sea, or like the vegetation embracing the the sharp green of prickly pears, columns of the Greek temples in and even the blocky presence of Agrigento, Sicily. grey tombstones scattered in the 65
art The artist relishes how the light bounces on everything it bathes, whether with the grayish transparent tinge of northern latitudes or the saturated energy of the tropics: the Australian series transmits a lively sense of warmth with luxuriant trees tempering the hotness of the day and the stark contrast of shadows, while the Baltic is crepuscular but not melancholic, communicating a sense of peace and stillness like one may feel right in anticipation of Saint Lucy’s candlelit procession striding past. All paintings but one – the snowfield, from a picture by a professional photographer friend – are the development of Adam’s original pictures which he snaps aplenty whenever he scouts a view that could potentially be ‘paintable’: “If I am really inspired, I start painting as soon as I can after having seen it, not to lose the vibe.” And all paintings, but one, are landscapes: the notable exception is a group portrait of his son’s football team - aptly titled ‘Team’ - lined up in a pep-talk collective hug right before the match, their red uniforms standing out on the green and on the overcast sky. Doctor Galloway, as he is mostly known in Gibraltar for having practised as a physician at the Health Centre for decades, started painting in his childhood and continued in his teenage years, when he mused about pursuing Nature is a career in architecture, but eventually the focus, chose to become a medical doctor, and
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art so his artistic flair was put on hold. “I was born in Cumbria, in the Lake District, and moved to London for medical school,” he recalls. There I met my wife Marguerite Vassallo, a doctor herself. She is from Malta and introduced me to the island and to Sicily.” In fact, Malta plays a big part in Adam’s art with his most genuine compositions, oozing affection for the land and its people’s traditions. He continues: “Marguerite is of Gibraltarian ancestry, so we drove here to spend some time on our way to New Zealand, but posts became available locally – and we stayed ever since!” And if you think that a doctor’s frame of mind, so aseptic and clinical, may be incompatible with the flourishes of fine arts, think again: “Doctors are trained to observe, so I like to scout and pick out the beauty around me.” To view and purchase Adam’s art, visit adamartgalloway on “I like to Instagram.
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leisure HIGHLIGHTS OF HOKKAIDO This month’s travel feature takes us to the north of Japan, where ski-lovers flock during the winter months. But what about off-season? Chris illustrates why Hokkaido is the place to visit once the snow has cleared.
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apan’s northernmost main island is best known for its delightful combination of mountains and snow, which form some classic Japanese-style ski slopes. But the skiing over there is different to what you may be used to; it’s slower, more relaxed. The winter months also mean that it’s tourist season, which sees a hike in prices, so why not give the off-season a chance, when the snow and the crowds have thawed and the hotels lower their prices? Now you are free to explore the natural beauty of
Hokkaido. The volcanoes, natural hot springs, and fields of lavender await you. Unlike the thousands of years of history that the rest of Japan is soaking in, Hokkaido has only been under Japanese rule for about 150 years. The indigenous Ainu people were forcibly assimilated into Japanese culture, leaving behind their own language, culture, and religion. In 2008, Japan formally recognised the Ainu as indigenous to the land as well as the years of discrimination
that followed. Nowadays, less than a hundred people speak the native language. Sapporo Getting to Hokkaido is simple enough, with the easiest option being to take one of the many flights between Tokyo and Sapporo - apparently one of the busiest flight paths in the world. Sapporo is the biggest city on the island (and Hokkaido’s capital), and is relatively relaxed when compared to Japan’s megacities
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of Tokyo and Osaka. Most of the city centre is built in blocks, which makes getting around nice and easy. Humans tend to enjoy finding the highest structure in any given city to peek out from the top and snap that obligatory panoramic pic, and Sapporo offers this in the form of its 150 metre high TV tower. It also doubles up as a handy point of reference for if you somehow manage to get lost! Off-season:
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The best thing about the city is its ambience. Spend a few days walking around, breathing in the fresh air, admiring the bright blue skies, and chatting with the friendly locals. There are plenty of parks around with one of the main attractions, Odori Park, stretching across the city centre from east to west, with an array of greenery, flowers, and fountains. If you find yourself here in February, you’ll be able to catch the ice and snow sculptures that attract a couple of million visitors each year for the Sapporo Snow Festival. Your exploration of the city should take you to the government office; a picturesque red brick building with a few free exhibition rooms inside. If you’ve been traipsing around Japan for months on end wondering where all the beer museums are, you’re in luck. The converted factory is Japan’s only one, and entry is free! The beer, regrettably, is not. Otaru About an hour’s train ride west from Sapporo lies the idyllic port town of Otaru. A stroll along the town’s canal during the day makes for pleasant passing of time, but you’ll also want to return after sunset where the walkway is
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travel illuminated by gas lamps which reflect romantically off the water. The Otaru Music Box Museum is high on the list of things to do for tourists, which exhibits the development of these boxes and displays a variety of artistic designs. There’s also the enticing option of having a crack at making your own. Outside the museum is the Steam Clock, powered entirely by… you’ve got it, steam! The clock chimes every fifteen minutes, and sounds its steam whistle on the hour. Before you leave this beautiful port town, head to Kitakaro, where downstairs you can pick up any food-based souvenirs you might want to buy. Even if you’re all souvenir-ed out, go anyway and head straight upstairs for a pretty cheap and very delicious cream puff and a coffee. The best in Hokkaido… maybe the world.
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Niseko Further on from Otaru is a place that’s becoming well known during the winter months for people who love their snow sports but in the summer months you will find that everything is a lot more tranquil and friendly on the wallet. Niseko’s main event in the warmer months is Mount Yotei, which has obtained the nickname ‘Ezo-Fuji’ (‘Ezo’ was the name historically given to Hokkaido and the lands north of Honshu) because of its striking resemblance to its better known big brother. The Why go by best thing about visiting bike or foot the area outside of the when you can winter season isn’t the go on horsedeflated prices, nor back, zip the fact that you can wire, or hot climb Yotei. The reason is Pure. Pure at Niseko air balloon? Village is the place to go to fill out all your outdoor adventure based needs. Hiking and biking through the countryside is Blue Pond in Furano GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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always great in areas of natural On your way back up into the beauty, and of course you should centre, stop off at Noboribetsu, partake in a spot of this, but why where you can fulfil all of your go by bike or foot when you can onsen-based desires. (‘Onsen’ go on horseback, zip wire, or hot traditionally refers to Japanese air balloon? It’s also home to one hot springs, but now more widely those treetop trekking paths made refers to the numerous bathing faup of elevated platforms and cilities offered around Japan. You hanging bridges, allowing might even find one in you to view nature from your place of stay! Ease The water a fun, new perspective. yourself in… the water is usually hot is usually hot enough to enough to relieve you of a layer of South of Niseko, and relieve you skin.) A main attraction your point of entry if of a layer of here is Hell Valley, a netyou’ve decided to take work of steaming geythe underwater railway skin. sers and volcanic pits. from neighbouring island The name is apt considering you Honshu, is the city of Hakodate. can relax yourself in water varying Once the capital of the Republic Otaru in temperature from really quite of Ezo (albeit a republic that lasted hot to roughly the temperature of only six months or so), Hakodate the deepest circle of hell. These was one of the first Japanese citonsens are traditionally public and ies that opened its doors to trade separated by gender, but if you’re after their long period of seclufeeling shy, there are options to sion. Nowadays the city boasts have one to yourself. If you stay numerous tourist attractions. At overnight, don’t be alarmed at the foot of Mount Hakodate is the the sight of everyone sauntering historical district of Motomachi, about the place in bathrobes, it’s where you’ll find a shrine to the customary to wander around the imperial warriors who died in the town wearing your yukata (a lightbattle of Hakodate, the old public weight kimono). hall, and a smattering of churches. The top of the mountain apparently holds the coveted title of being in the top three best night views in Asahikawa the world. There are also a couple Further into the mainland of of forts and the Goryokaku tower, Hokkaido lies another potential which offer an insight in to the hub for your travels. Asahikawa history of Hokkaido, including the is used by many visitors as just short lived Ezo Republic. The local that, but while you’re in the area, dish is squid stuffed with take the opportunity to check out rice as part of a ramen some of the city highlights. Most There’s also dish, or however else Japanese tourists head straight a market you want it, but there for the zoo, but zoos are someincluding are a couple of rogue thing you can find in any country, the island’s restaurants in the area whereas sake brewing museums famous ‘hairy who offer alternatives to aren’t! I know you’ll make the squid and seem to have right choice. The Otokoyama sake crab’. no limit on how spicy brewery lets you in for free and food can get. Approach with care. gives you a little taster of Japan’s There’s also a market crammed world-famous rice wine. Couples with lots of seafood, including the should head to the so-called island’s famous ‘hairy crab’. Romantic Road leading in from the 72
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travel nearby Kaguraoka forest which, in season (which is off-season in broader Hokkaido terms), sees the trees on either side meet above the road in the middle, creating a tunnel of greenery. Various traditional izakayas (Japanesestyle bar/restaurants) are dotted around the city to quench your hunger for the Japanese version of tapas, dubbed by some (me) as ‘Jappas’, and sate your thirst for beer.
Mount Yotei, Shikotsu-Toya National Park
Furano A bus ride from Asahikawa is an area made up of little farming towns - Furano. Finally, an area which receives more tourism during the summer than the winter (although Furano too is a hotspot for snow sports).The reason for this is its valleys of flora, in particular the vast fields of lavender that usurp the landscape. Being Hokkaido, there are plenty of hiking trails to pursue, but make sure one of your treks ends at the Furano Winery. Meander through the vineyards, up the hill, and into the main building where you can find out more about the production of the wine in this area. Once done, nip up to the restaurant overlooking the vineyards while you enjoy a bottle of the local good stuff. Don’t expect it to be particularly good stuff though. It’s the experience that counts. Elsewhere in Furano you can visit the cheese factory, where again, you can view the production downstairs and sample the goods upstairs. The speciality here is a kind of cheese coloured by cuttlefish ink, and in true keeping with other attractions in Hokkaido, you can have a crack at getting your hands dirty and making your own. Furano is located in the centre of Hokkaido, and therefore known as the ‘belly button’ of the island. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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Lesser-visited places on the island include two cities of geographical superlatives: Japan’s easternmost city of Nemuro, and northernmost Wakkanai, Nemuro boasts views of the Kuni islands, and the opportunity for a quaint postcard photo with the lighthouse against the sea. Wakkanai, the northernmost city in Japan, is known mainly for its transit connections to Russia. There are a few tourists site spread out throughout the area, and a couple of onsens for
you to visit while you’re up there. Yoichi Anybody who is interested in their whiskey knows that Japan has the tipple to topple Scotland from the top spot in the world. About a hundred years ago, Masataka Taketsuru went to Scotland to learn the art of whiskey making, picked himself up a nice Scottish lass, and headed back to Japan, where he realised his dream of opening a distillery. Evidently he chose the sleepy town of Yoichi because it looked and felt like Scotland, as well as experiencing similar weather. Nowadays we have the option of visiting this distillery and sample a taste of Taketsuru’s dream. A must-do for all whiskey lovers. There’s an extensive list of things to do considering this is a part of Japan that isn’t always on people’s radar, and during a time of year which is considered ‘off-season’. If you’ve already seen the traditional highlights of the country, or are simply looking to explore Japan from a different perspective, Hokkaido is the place for you. Jozankei
Japanese (Nihongo 日本語)
POPULATION: 5.5 million
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ROSIA BAY After the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Nelson’s body was brought into Rosia Bay aboard his ship HMS Victory. Local legend has it that he was brought inside a barrel of brandy, a claim that the Royal Navy vehemently deny, and was quickly shipped back to London for his state funeral.
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f there is any truth to the story, then Rosia bay is already as crucially important to our local British heritage as a site like the Moorish Castle. Yet Rosia Bay seems to have fallen out of the local consciousness and, as a result, is in quite serious disrepair. The old jetty has been practically breached by recent winter storms and it is doubtful it will be able to endure many more batterings before it collapses altogether. Inside the bay one sees a similar pattern with the
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old dock wall pretty much ready to fall into the sea. The walkway to the tiny beach is not much better, and this lack of maintenance increases the risk of an accident happening any day. The site has been earmarked for more luxury developments and heritage to one side, it is important to highlight a few good reasons why environmentally it is very important that this doesn’t happen. The giant limpet, Patella ferruginea,
is a locally protected species which has disappeared from many regional coastlines. These animals are sequential hermaphrodites starting as males and transitioning to females after they reach around 3cm in length. The fact that sex ratios can be so easily skewed by harvesting the largest individuals, which inevitably are all females, has historically decimated the reproductive capacity of established populations. Fortunately, Gibraltar has a stable population and the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
environment these species a safe haven which they have taken full advantage of. Consequently, losing the mole would mean losing the bay, and that would likely mean losing these Another species which is being researched intensively is the Yellow species. The unique habitat that Star Coral, Astroides calycularis. The was created by the British in the construction of the mole would distribution of this jellyfish relative no longer be afforded and Rosia is now limited to the western would change quite draMediterranean and the matically for the worse. Adriatic Sea. This species This lack of forms colonies of polyps maintenance Another factor to conthrough asexual reproincreases sider is that many of the duction meaning that the risk of an local dive clubs specifiall the individual polyps accident. cally use Rosia Bay as a are clones of the original good place to train new settler. Consequently, it divers. The plethora of life can be follows that the whole colony is eiquite distracting especially if you ther male or female. During harsh are feeling uncomfortable about winters the colonies can become being underwater for the first dislodged from their position and time. All too often it can make the once on the seabed have little difference between being able to hope of surviving. This can inevikeep a novice diver underwater or tably have huge consequences on local populations depending on the them taking the emergency exit up the invisible ladder to the surface. ratio of male to females which are The slow currents, shallow depths lost during the storms. and abundance of life make Rosia the perfect training ground in that Gibraltar is home to two species of regard. seahorses, Hippocampus hippocampus and Hippocampus guttuAll factors considered, Rosia Bay latus, the short and long snouted has some very good things going seahorses respectively. These for it but is in desperate need of strange fish are terrible swimmers investment. It requires the vision and lead quite sedentary lives proto reinstate its heritage credentials tecting a local territory in the case at the same time as safeguarding of the males. These fish are very the natural ecosystem vulnerable to habitat which has developed destruction as they rely This species over the last couple on local seagrasses to is doing well, of hundred years. The prevent them from being locally at idea of leaving it to be swept away by currents least. reclaimed by the sea is which locally can be pure negligence on the pretty strong. They wrap scale of allowing the castle to their prehensile tail around the crumble; simply inconceivable. Yet, grass blades and can waft in the it seems increasingly likely that this currents searching for shrimps and is what is in store for the future. copepods as they get swept by. Once gone, it would pave the way for another luxury development All these species are extremely that seem so fashionable these special in their own ways and can days; Nelson would be turning in be found in Rosia Bay. The protechis grave‌ or in his barrel! tion offered by the mole has given anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that this species is doing well, locally at least.
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Yellow Star Coral, Astroides calycularis
Patella ferruginea
Long snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus
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SUSTAINABLE FASHION
Sustainable fashion is a massive topic of debate these days, and it seems that nobody can agree on how best to tackle it. While some preach for the use of organic materials and Fair Trade garments, others denounce the high price tag that naturally comes with pieces of this nature. Some advocate only buying from charity shops, so as not to further contribute to the fast and irresponsible production and consumption of fashion in this day and age. Others, however, maintain that we should support small and independent designers who are making conscious efforts to make a change. All the above have some validity to them, but either way, the fact that we’re even debating this subject to begin with is a great sign.
BY JULIA COELHO
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here’s no denying that there’s been a recent wave of environmental consciousness in Gibraltar, from the championing of the ban of plastic straws, to the recent initiative introduced by the government for a more ‘clean’ disposal of cigarette butts at our beaches. It seems that the constant news articles about the dire state the world is in, as well as our sense of responsibility as a very small yet capable country, has really started to hit home. It’s easy to maintain a disconnect, but the fact is that animals are still among the most commonly used materials in the fashion GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
travel and transport industry industry. From leather shoes combined, as well as accounting and sheepskin jackets, to woolly for the use of more than 30% winter knits, every year over 60 of the land on Earth, and a vast billion land animals are reared, amount of global water use. mostly in awful conditions, and then slaughtered, to At the end of the day, meet the increasing Consumers every piece of clothing demands of the human absolutely we buy will have an race. This, of course, hold the pow- impact on the environcarries many moral er to demand ment in some shape issues, but the enviand make or form. For most of ronmental impacts us, it’s easy to remain alone are jaw-dropping. change. blissfully ignorant, but I Believe it or not, the think it’s worth at least educating fashion industry is the 2nd most ourselves on the basics regarding polluting industry in the world, the production and disposal of and shockingly, animal agriculture the fabrics we use on a day to contributes to a higher level of day basis, so that we can then go greenhouse gases (approximateon to make informed decisions. ly 18% in total) than the entire 79
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COTTON Cotton is a material that we absolutely take for granted, but it is in fact, a natural plant-based fibre, which constitutes an entire quarter of all fabric used across various industries. As consumers, we love it because it’s breathable, durable and extremely versatile, but it’s also biodegradable. In a similar vein, waxed cotton has been on the scene for a good while now, and is currently being used by many designers as a leather alternative. Visually, it’s extremely similar to patent leather, but unlike real leather, it requires minimal upkeep, and is easy to wash. The main issue with cotton is that it requires a great amount of water, pesticides and land for its production, which makes it a substantial drain on resources.
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WOOL Wool, despite being an animal product is actually a fairly environmentally friendly option, so it all depends on where you stand on that particular issue. Wool can happily replace many of the environmentally damaging synthetic materials we wear throughout the winter months; many of those which are vegan, but environmentally-speaking, can wreak absolute havoc.
many companies, scientists, and entrepreneurs who are absolutely committed to this issue of sustainable fashion, and the creation of non-animal and non-toxic alternatives.
Scientific developments in biotechnology, coupled with the need to The main issue with wool is, like meet growing demands for ethical most animal-derived products, be fashion, means that it for clothing or food, we may have several the animal in question Every year tangible solutions in the also contributes to this over 60 billion not-too distant future, industry’s carbon footland animals and our succeeding print, by way of methane generations will be emissions. are slaughtered, to meet able to experience a completely different Unfortunately, if you’re increasing reality when it comes to environmentally condemands fashion and its damagscious, the majority of the fashion ing consequences. options available to us industry is on the high-street won’t do much to benefit your the 2nd most cause. Most leather polluting alternatives are currentindustry in ly made from plastic the world materials like PVC or Polyurethane (PU), both of which create a great deal of toxic chemicals in their production, as well as taking hundreds of years to break down once discarded. Faux leather isn’t the only culprit; faux fur, too, is mostly made of chemical-based, non-biodegradable synthetic materials such as nylon and polyester. It can often feel like we’re in a catch 22 no matter what we decide to do. But you’ll be happy to know that there are in fact
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PINEAPPLE LEATHER Piñatex
MUSKIN Muskin is a biodegradable vegetable ‘leather’ alternative, made from the mushroom caps of a certain inedible mushroom native to subtropical forests! Aside from the obvious, it has many other advantages over animal leather, from its non-toxic tanning process (which massively diminishes environmental impact), Muskin is a to its breathability, and biodegradits sheer softness, which able vegetameans it can often closely resemble a suede-like ble ‘leather’ texture. alternative, Muskin
made from the mushroom caps.
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Piñatex was developed by Spanish designer, Carmen Hijosa; founder and CEO of socially-conscious textile company Ananas Anam. It is made purely from the waste plant fibres of pineapples, and has the leather texture we all desire. Not only is piñatex much more cost-effective than animal leather, it is also extremely durable, environmentally friendly, and of course, biodegradable. International giants like PUMA and Camper have already started introducing piñatex, and we can expect their products to hit the market soon. It’s easy to lose hope and feel overwhelmed by the issues at hand, but I think all we can do as individuals is educate ourselves, and begin taking small steps to a more sustainable future. Every material has its advantages and disadvantages, but the two key aspects we need to consider are its toxicity, and end of life - i.e. what happens to it when you throw it away. If you really like a brand this is by no means perfect, but is making steps to improving in the sustainability department, continue to support the brand while voicing your opinion. We all have to start somewhere! If you can afford to opt for organic fabrics occasionally, buy them. As a society, we need to break free from the shackles of fast fashion, buying copious amounts of disposable clothing every season to keep up with trends - and in many ways feed our addictions - which end up causing a huge burden to the environment. Ultimately, we need to remember that consumers absolutely hold the power to demand and make change.
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OLD SPANISH TREASURE
A friend discovers a treasure trove of old Riojas.
BY ANDREW LICUDI DipWSET
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t was seven o’clock when my wife and I arrived at my friend’s house for dinner. Somewhat early by Gibraltar standards, but amongst wine friends we have evolved an early dining ritual, allowing several wines to be tasted with accompanying food and still able to get back to our respective homes by midnight at the latest. The following day is therefore not impinged unduly by the previous evening’s activities which would not be the case with a later start. My friend, like me, is fairly pre82
dictable in wine choices and will always start proceedings with either Champagne or off-dry German Riesling. As usual we will make polite conversation about this and that until we are ready to go down to his dining room when he will ask what we think of the wine and if we have any idea what the wine is. Inevitably both Champagne and Riesling are fairly easy to identify, but when it comes to the year and producer it becomes a hopeless task. After this little ritual we will go down to dine and further wines will be served (mostly old Burgundies)
and similar questions asked with the occasional lucky guess on our part as to grape variety or wine region. On this particular occasion the ritual was broken and before we had finished our Champagne, my friend asked me to go down to his basement as he wanted to show me something. I assumed we were on our way to his wine cellar but it was not wine he wanted to show me, instead his PC which I noted was already switched on and ready to go. It turns out he had stumbled on a small auction GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
wine would be delighted that his wines house, unrelated to wine, but loved or reviled him depending will, in the end, provide help for which was offering a large collecon his scores. He seemed to like those in need. tion of very old Riojas. The wines full-bodied, almost bombastic from the 1940s, 50s, 60s and wines and his detractors comI have always been a great fan of 70s, offered in single bottles, had plained that subtler, but still Rioja. For me traditional Riojas like very modest estimates with many exceptional wines, were being Tondonia represent the best Spain no more than £20 per bottle. We penalised by Parker. Little by little produces. These wines are light in decided that the wines numberwine producers started to change colour and are lean and complex. ing more than one hundred must their wine styles hoping that Very long-lived, which after sevhave been put together by a keen Parker would give their wines a eral decades in a bottle can stand collector who would have ensured high score. side by side with the very best that the wines would have been wines of Burgundy. In properly cellared. If In the late 80s Parker tasted fact, were it not for the they had been impropPesquera, a then little-known proThese obvious American oak erly stored the wines ducer in Ribera del Duero, Spain. wines are taste of Riojas it would would be undrinkable He rated Pesquera above 90 light in colour be hard to distinguish and would need to be points describing the wine as the and are lean one from the other. poured down the sink. Chateau Petrus of Spain, propelling and Today’s consumers The labels however the owner Alejandro Fernandez demand more approachseemed in good condito stardom and riches! The rest is complex. able wines made in a tion and levels of most history, as they say, with Ribera modern style and which are darkof the wines seemed commensuexploding as a wine region to er in colour, heavier, fruit driven rate with their age. We decided what it is today. Mostly unexciting, but, in the end, simpler wines. no keen collector would sell such fruit-driven, heavy wines served treasures for so little money and in just about every restaurant Modern Riojas first made their the person must have surely died and bar in Spain. Rioja producers appearance in the early 90s. Many however wanted in on the act and with his or her wonderful collecpeople believe that the reason tion put up for auction by a teetohoping for some Parker attention for this can be attributed to an tal family member. There and then started to make wines which American lawyer turned wine critwe placed our bids and several today are almost indistinguishable ic Robert Parker. Parker became days later we were proud owners from Ribera wines. interested in wine as a young of several cases of very old Riojas. man during a holiday in These included: Monte Real Riojas potential for seToday’s France, eventually giving Reserva ‘50, ‘65 and ‘67; Monte rious, world-class wines up his legal business to Real Gran Reserva ‘70; Vina is enormous with ageing consumers start a publication which Albina Reserva ‘42 and ‘56; Cune demand more capability of traditionhe called The Wine Imperial Gran Reserva ‘46, ‘48 and approachable ally made wines second Advocate. His speciality ‘55; Cune Reserva Especial ‘51; to none. Regretfully the wines made was Bordeaux wines, Bod Berberana Gran Reserva ‘50; authorities there seem in a modern and after tasting he Bod Pomeral Gran Reserva ‘53; to want a homogenous, style. would rate these out of Rioja Alta Reserva 890 ‘62 and generic wine and will 100 - a rating system Bod Ramon Bilbao Vina Turzaballa not allow individual then unknown. The US is a critical Elaboracion Especial ‘66. vineyards to be identified and part of the Bordeaux wine trade marketed as such. Good and bad and Parker managed to increase The wines we have tasted so far wines are sold as Rioja without his followers to such an extent have turned out to be exceptional distinction with an emphasis on that his scores begun to dictate and we have decided to have a regional production volumes rathwine prices in Bordeaux. The charity event where the best of er than quality. French producers proud Bordelaise were less than the bunch will be opened. Each no doubt hope that this will conhappy! participant, including ourselves, tinue for a long time; after all, they will contribute £150 with all prodon’t need any competition for Parker became a kingmaker able ceeds going to charity. I am sure their exalted Burgundies or their to make or break producers who whoever the original collector was super expensive Bordeaux clarets. GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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recipes Recipe by The Gibraltar Vegan instagram.com/thegibraltarvegan
BACK 2 SCHOOL LUNCHBOX SPREAD Chickpea mayo sandwich filler and cassava crisps.
As the kids head back to school, a lunchbox that both they and you can tuck into is ideal. The sandwich filler can be placed into any type of bread, whatever is easier for those small hands. The cassava crisps are both tasty and healthy as they are baked in the oven. Warning, this lunchbox may cause food envy! CHICKPEA MAYO SANDWICH FILLER INGREDIENTS 1 large jar of chickpeas ½ red onion finely chopped 10 cornichons finely chopped 2 tsp wholegrain mustard 2 tsp apple cider vinegar ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp turmeric 2 tbsp vegan mayo This can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for two days. METHOD 1. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Place in a large bowl and using a potato masher, smash them until they are almost smashed leaving some rough peas.
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2. Add all the other ingredients and mix well. CASSAVA CRISPS INGREDIENTS 1 large cassava root 2 tbsp avocado oil (or your oil of choice) ½ tsp coarse pink Himalayan salt METHOD 1. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees celsius 2. Peel the cassava root and slice into thin (or thick if you prefer) slices 3. Toss the cassava slices in the oil and salt 4. Lay them out flat on a baking tray that has been lined with greaseproof paper, do not overlap the crisps 5. Bake for 15-20 minutes, flip them over and bake for a further 5-10 minutes until golden GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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STRAWBERRY, RHUBARB & COCONUT MILK PATRIOTIC POPS Sweet, tart, creamy, and refreshing – these dairy free frozen treats will keep you cool all summer.
INGREDIENTS 6 rhubarb stalks (chopped) (about 2 1/4 cups) 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries 1/2 cup pure maple syrup about 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk TOOLS 10 serving popsicle moulds METHOD 1. Place chopped rhubarb, strawberries and maple syrup in a small pot over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, turn heat to low and simmer for 15 min until rhubarb is tender. 2. Blend until pureed. Place in the fridge to cool. 3. Pour 1 tsp of coconut milk into the bottom of each popsicle mould & stick in freezer. 4. Once the strawberry rhubarb mixture has cooled, take pops out of freezer and layer 1 tbsp onto the coconut milk. Place pops back in freezer and the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
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restaurants, bars & pubs CASA PEPE
NUNOS ITALIAN
CAFÉ SOLO
A delightful terrace, bar, restaurant on the prestigious Queensway Quay Marina. Wonderful location for business meetings, weddings, anniversaries and other special occasions. Specialising in fresh fish caught locally with daily specials including seabass, dorada, sole, and bream, plus a very comprehensive a la carte menu. Also available are tapas and raciones (double size tapas) to share (or not!) prior to a main course. Mixed paellas also available, as well as fish cooked in rock salt, whole suckling pig and baby lamb to order.
Nunos Italian Restaurant, overlooking the Mediterranean, is popular with hotel guests, tourists and local residents. This 2 rosette rated, AA restaurant is renowned for its eclectic interior, intimate atmosphere and fine cuisine. Savour a wide selection of freshly prepared Italian delicacies, including bread, pasta, meat and fish, followed by delicious desserts. In the summer months, the hotel offers alfresco dining for private parties in the Garden Grill. Sitting nestled in the colonial garden you can enjoy a mouth-watering menu of charcoal-grilled meats and freshly prepared salads in candlelit surroundings.
Modern Italian eatery set in lively Casemates square. Everything from chicory and crispy pancetta salad with walnuts, pears and blue cheese dressing, or king prawn, mozzarella and mango salad to pastas (eg: linguine with serrano ham, king prawns and rocket; smoked salmon and crayfish ravioli with saffron and spinach cream) to salads (eg: Vesuvio spicy beef, cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers and red onions; and Romana chorizo, black pudding, egg and pancetta) and pizzas (eg: Quatto Stagioni topped with mozzarella, ham, chicken, pepperoni and mushroom) and specialities such as salmon fishcakes, beef medallions and duck. Daily specials on blackboard. No smoking.
Open: Tues-Sat lunch & evening, Sunday lunch only, closed Mondays. Casa Pepe, 18 Queensway Quay Marina, Tel/Fax: 200 46967 casa.pepe.gib@gmail.com. www.casapepegib.com
Open: Mon-Sun 1-3pm lunch, 7–11pm dinner Nunos Italian Restaurant and Terrace Caleta Hotel, Catalan Bay Tel: 200 76501
Café Solo
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THE LOUNGE
SOLO BAR & GRILL
JURY’S CAFÉ-WINE BAR
Stylish Lounge Gastro Bar on Queensway Quay Marina serving best quality food prepared by passionate, qualified chefs. Popular quiz on Sundays from 7pm and a relaxed friendly atmosphere. A separate Lounge Bar Area serving a wide range of hot drinks, wines, beers, spirits and cocktails at reasonable prices, with large TV’s for sports and events coverage.
Solo Bar and Grill is a stylish and modern eatery — perfect for business functions or lunches — and part of the popular Cafe Solo stable. Serving everything from Goats’ Cheese Salad, Mediterranean Pâté and Cajun Langoustines to Beer Battered John Dory, or Harissa Chicken, and Chargrilled Sirloin Steak. This is a delightful venue in Europort with a cosy mezzanine level and terrace seating. Well worth a visit, or two! Available for private functions and corporate events — call 200 62828 to book your function or event.
Next to the Law Courts, with a terrace seating area, Jury’s has a selection of Ciabattas, paninis, baguettes and wraps, plus popular sharing dishes, such as Your Honour’s platter. Jacket potatoes, main courses, pasta and some innocent salads too. For those with a sweet tooth, there are tantalising homemade desserts, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, as well as Lavazza coffees and frappes.
Open: 12-8pm. Solo Bar & Grill, Eurotowers Tel: 200 62828
275 Main Street. Tel: 200 67898 www.jurysgibraltar.com
Open: 10am-late Mon - Sun Be sure to arrive early to ensure a seat! The Lounge, 17 Ragged Staff Wharf, Queensway Quay Marina Tel: 200 61118 info@thelounge.gi
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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
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Traditional pub in fashionable Casemates area. Named for the 18th century practise of locking gates to the city at night when the guard called ‘All’s Well’. All’s Well serves Bass beers, wine and spirits plus pub fare. English breakfast all day, hot meals such as pork in mushroom sauce, sausage & mash, cod & chips and steak & ale pie plus a range of salads and jacket potatoes. Large terrace. Karaoke Mondays and Wednesdays until late. Free tapas on a Friday 7pm.
Gibraltar’s oldest bar, just off Main St. Small cosy and famous for its full English breakfast from 8am (9am on Sunday). A full menu including fish & chips, until 10pm. The home of Star Coffee, draught beers include Heineken, Old Speckled Hen, Murphys and Strongbow cider. Managed by Hunter Twins from Stafford, England, also home to Med Golf & Tottenham Hotspur supporters club.
On Main Street opposite the cathedral, enjoy a meal, coffee or a cool beer on the terrace and watch the world go by! Bar decorated with rare military plaques from regiments and navy ships visiting Gibraltar. Full breakfast menu served from 7am, draught beers on tap include Old Speckled Hen bitter, Murphys Irish stout, Heineken lager and Strongbow cider.
All’s Well Casemates Square. Tel: 200 72987
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Star Bar Parliament Lane. Tel: 200 75924 Visit: www.starbargibraltar.com
Gibraltar Arms 184 Main Street. Tel: 200 72133 Visit: www.gibraltararms.com
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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.
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Gibraltar Cardiac Rehabilitation and Support Group meets on the first Tues of every month at 8.30pm at John Mac Hall, except for Jul & Aug. Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group 72 Prince Edwards Rd Tel: 200 78509 Mobile: 54007924 website: www.gdsg.co.uk Gibraltar Marriage Care Free relationship counselling, including pre-marriage education (under auspices of Catholic Church, but open to all). Tel: 200 71717.
Gibraltar Society for the Visually Impaired Tel: 200 50111 (24hr answering service). Hope miscarriage support Tel: 200 41817. Mummy & Me Breastfeeding Support: Meets every Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous Tel: 200 70720 Parental Support Group helping parents and grandparents with restrictive access to their children and grandchildren. Tel: 200 46536, 200 76618, or 54019602. Psychological Support Group, PO Box 161, Nazareth House. Meet Tuesdays at 7pm, Fridays 8pm. Tel: Yolanda 54015553 With Dignity Gibraltar support for separated, divorced/widowed or single people. Meet Weds 9pm, Catholic Community Centre, Line Wall Rd. Outings/activities. Women in Need Voluntary organisation for all victims of domestic violence. Refuge available. Tel: 200 42581 (24 hrs).
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The Gibraltar Magazine is published and produced by Rock Publishing Ltd, Gibraltar. Tel: (+350) 200 77748
NON-URGENT CALLS: Ambulance Station 200 75728
BY DANIEL GHIO
TAKEN A GREAT PHOTO OF GIB AND THINK EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT? Email your high resolution photo to editor@thegibraltarmagazine.com and you might see it published here!
satire
‘Don’t bother to come in on Monday’
FAKE FUR FURY
Fake furs are a manmade excuse for the poor to envy their betters.
BY PETER SCHIRMER
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here are times when the mind processes of these mortals beggar belief.’ Artemis jabbed a delicate finger at the sheet of newsprint spread across the glass coffee-table to protect it from the bright emerald varnish she was applying to her nails. ‘
‘Do many of them have minds that they actually do use? Zeus raised a quizzical bushy eyebrow. His own thoughts – dulled to a complacent hedonism by the 21st century comforts of a luxury penthouse flat in Marina Bay – seldom stretched beyond the menu of his next meal, and constant amusement at the antics of the humans who were now his neighbours on the Rock – neither of which required mental effort. ‘You’re probably right... but what are they up to this time?’ asked Hera looking up from the Kindle, which had replaced the stack of recipe books and cookery guides gathered over the months since the Olympian gods had arrived in Gibraltar. 92
Artemis held up the newsprint. ‘FAKE FUR FURY!’ a heavy black headline announced.
Job’ website she had Googled as part of her daily routine since being made redundant by the bank. (In a post-Brexit world, no longer ‘They’re protesting because some would there be French, Spanish, clothing manufacturers are using German or Italian wines on which real animal fur, while claiming it to she could give her valued investbe fake. Yet, not all that ment advice, said the long ago, the same peoFriday email announcing Her passion ple were complaining her redundancy and for the chase that imitation furs made bluntly adding: ‘Don’t – with spear, from polyester or polybother to come in on propylene – whatever Monday’). or bow and that is – were being sold golden arrows as the genuine article ‘You must remember,’ - had been culled from real living she continued. ‘You legendary. animals... well, actually were furious when no longer living by the you heard about those time the fur was removed. first attempts in Britain to have fox-hunting banned. You had just ‘It’s all so illogical and contradiccome back from hunting Kris-Kris tory. Not long ago they found a in the Peloponnese. Olympus new piety in wearing leopard-skin shuddered under your anger.’ coats and crocodile leather boots made from factory material Artemis blushed. Her passion for instead of taken from the real the chase – with spear, or bow animals.’ and golden arrows - had been legendary, and early mortals had ‘But surely those fakes were worshipped her as Goddess of created in response to protests the Hunt. Even temples had been by the anti-hunting campaigners,’ dedicated to her, but as mortal said Hebe, busy with the ‘Find-afaith in the Olympian pantheon GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
satire was diluted by time and rational philosophy, all that had changed and, by the time the gods moved from Olympus to the Rock, her followers could have been counted on the fingers of one hand. Anyway, in mainland Greece few wild creatures still foraged the dwindling forests or grazed what small stretches of grassland that remained. There had been little to hunt after decades of economic deprivation, and with the later influx of refugees, most edible prey had ended in the pot. On the Rock there had been even fewer opportunities to enjoy bow or spear. The apes were a nuisance but were neither edible nor a challenge to the huntress’ skill. And the seagulls, though a constant irritant, didn’t merit her attention. So, like many mortals before her, she had discovered a new passion, a cause – the Women’s Liberation Movement, which Dionysus mockingly described as ‘the burn the bra brigade.’ And hunting, or the slaughter of any animals whether for fur or food, was an immutable NO-NO among the Sisters – as grievous an error as it would be to express a liking for Donald Trump. Almost certainly it would be grounds for expulsion from the Sisterhood. So she lived with a niggling fear that someone might uncover her past, and thanked that goddess of all gods, Gaia, that members of the movement were more concerned with racism, sexism, and global inequalities than with the Classical past. ‘We all have made mistakes, and some of the things mortals found acceptable a few centuries ago are no longer considered valid,’ GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2018
food - and their skins, which kept Artemis replied primly to her them warm and dry. Furs were sister. ‘I’m sure we can all still rethe friend of the common man member when, through the Fates - whether a Neanderthal or the and the Furies, we could – and human we know today. It was only often did – intervene in the affairs when new forms of clothing came of mortals. That would be quite to be worn and fine furs inappropriate today. were rarer, that ermine There’s a new morality, She lived and mink and sable a belief in the ethics of with a became valuable comright and wrong.’ niggling fear modities which only the that someone rich could afford. So the ‘Codswallop and poppymight uncov- poor envied them their cock and gobbledygook,’ er her past. symbols of wealth.’ rumbled Zeus who had followed the conversaHera, Hebe and Artemis listened tion desultorily. ‘It has nothing to to the Father of the Gods with do with killing animals or wearing growing astonishment. Instead plastic imitations... it all boils of his brief and usually irrelevant down to an envy prompted by comments, Zeus was actually the rise through human society of talking as though he gave some the second rate individual – that thought to what he was saying. and the fact that mortals believe And he hadn’t finished. what they want to, regardless of any evidence to the contrary. ‘And gradually the envious poor It’s happened all the way down have found a voice, directing mankind’s history. For countless their envy into action... opposcenturies they endowed us with ing fox-hunting, fussing about celestial powers, surrounded us wearing furs... then accepting with legends which they wanted fake furs as something they to believe but had little to do with could afford, and disguising their fact or truth. actions and reactions as “social concerns”. They’re always looking ‘That idiot Jason who went off for something to complain about... chasing for a non-existent Golden something or someone to resent. Fleece – a ‘fake fur’ if ever there That’s human nature. was one - is a typical It’s always been human example of man’s envy A nonnature. And, mark my and stupidity – someexistent words, nothing’s going thing concocted by Golden Fleece to change it.’ one Greek king to – a ‘fake fur’ make another envious. if ever there And Zeus stomped off Actually, it was only the to collect a handful of woollen side of a ram’s was one. small thunderbolts to skin which the gold use on the hunt for wild boar miners of Sparta used to collect in the Alcornocales, to which a the gold dust which they washed from their diggings. Nothing magic Spanish MP had invited him. Now that he was beginning to feel his about it, but it provoked massive age, he thought a walking stick envy. with a wild boar’s tusk as a handle would be suitable on one of his ‘Same thing with real and fake infrequent progresses down Main furs. For millennia men hunted Street. and killed creatures for their 93
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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:
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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 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’ cricketleague & 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 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. Mon-Thur 6.30-8pm at Kings Bastion Leisure Centre and Sat 9am-1pm at the Yoga Centre, 33 Town Range. Tel: Dilip 200 78714. Tennis: Gibraltar Tennis Association, Sandpits Tennis Club. Junior development programme. Courses for adults, leagues and competitions. Tel: Louis 200 77035. Ten-Pin Bowling: At King’s Bowl in the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre every day. Gibraltar Ten Pin Bowling (members FIQ & WTBA) leagues, training for juniors and squad. Tel: 200 52442. Triathlon: Hercules Triathlon Club organises swimming, running and cycling training sessions and competes regularly in Andalucia and Internationally. Contact chris.walker@york. gi or Facebook “Hercules Triathlon Club” Volleyball: Gibraltar Volleyball Association training, indoor leagues, beach volleyball competition, 3 v 3 competition, juniors and seniors. Tel: 54001973 or 54885000. Yoga: Integral Yoga Centre runs a full programme of classes from Mon-Fri at 33 Town Range. Tel: 200 41389. All welcome. Theatrical Groups Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association: Meet at Ince’s Hall Theatre Complex, 310 Main Street. Tel: 20042237. Trafalgar Theatre Group: Meets 2nd Wed of month, Garrison Library 8pm. All welcome.
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CHESS COLUMN
BY GRANDMASTER RAY KEENE OBE At the award ceremony of the Tradewise tournament in Gibraltar 2013 it was revealed that a vote amongst the membership of the Association of Chess Professionals had identified the Gibraltar Masters as being the world’s most popular open tournament. The players’ enthusiasm carried over into the creation of a significant number of interesting and decisive games. Here is a victory by the UK’s top ranked player, grandmaster Michael Adams. White: Michael Adams Black: Jaan Ehlvest Gibraltar Masters, Caleta 2013 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 d6 This is the antiquated Steinitz Defence, popular until the 1920s, when vigorous methods were discovered to exploit its lack of flexibility.
impossible. The game Tarrasch-Marco, Dresden 1892 saw 5 ... Nf6 6 0-0 Be7 7 Re1 0-0 8 Bxc6 Bxc6 9 dxe5 dxe5 10 Qxd8 Raxd8 11 Nxe5 Bxe4 12 Nxe4 Nxe4 13 Nd3 and White is winning a piece. The game concluded 13 ... f5 14 f3 Bc5+ 15 Nxc5 Nxc5 16 Bg5 Rd5 17 Be7 Re8 18 c4 Black resigns 6 Nxd4 g6 7 0-0 Bg7 8 Bxc6 bxc6 9 Re1 Ne7 10 Bf4 c5 11 Nf3 f6 12 Qd2 White makes the correct strategic decision to trade off Black’s dark-squared bishop. 12 ... 0-0 13 Bh6 a5 This is a perilous waste of time – advancing the a-pawn achieves nothing. 13 ... Rb8 is stronger. 14 h3 a4 Compounding his previous error. 15 Rad1 Be6 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 e5 This bold stroke blasts Black’s central bastions.
CHESS PUZZLE 9 White to play. This position is from SandipanMenna, Gibraltar 2015. Clearly White will regain the pawn on d5. However, he managed to do this in such a way that he won a lot more than a pawn. What did he play?
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