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20th January 2026
“What are you reading right now?” is an inevitable question when I meet with some of my closest friends on a regular basis. All of us will pull out our phones, Kindles or books from our handbag and exchange titles and let the others read the blurbs on the back of the book to keep...
18th January 2026
I’ve just finished my latest bedside read, great five-pages-and-snooze stuff, in a small edition to avoid being assaulted by the tome as I doze. It was Alice in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass*. Suddenly, Alice’s stories seem more coherent than many of the events that have been floating past us on our screens...
15th January 2026
I was going to do something very different this week and chat about music, and present to you one of our most active musicians of the moment. But then several of you stopped me on the Main Street and mentioned how much you had enjoyed last week’s column as we stepped into 2026 and asked...
13th January 2026
With the advent of a brand new year – 2026, I’m reminded of how things have changed in terms of `out of the home celebrations,’ during Christmas and the New Year. We always had `live’ bands made up of four, five or even six individuals performing at the very popular yuletide venues of the Calpe,...
12th January 2026
by Denise Matthews Back in 1995, I was named Young Communicator of the Year by the Gibraltar Chronicle, long before hashtags, likes or algorithms shaped how stories travelled. Thirty years on, it would be remiss of me not to reflect on what local media has meant to my career, and to Gibraltar’s business community more...
12th January 2026
In early November 2025, I received a VIP invitation. I have never been sent a VIP invitation in my life, nor have I ever paid to enter a VIP area for anything. When I saw what it was for, the Episcopal Ordination of Monsignor Charles Azzopardi, I was both flattered and excited. I am not...
8th January 2026
Here we go again. Another New Year – 2026. How many New Year resolutions have you signed up for this year? Here at Alice’s Table, we have two; to continue our stories and to keep you both informed and entertained. And now with the festive season over it is once again down to serious business....
6th January 2026
The festive period is over, Christmas trees are being put away and soon decorative lights will be removed from Main Street. Most of us have spent too much, eaten too much and drank too much in the run-up to the holiday period. After busy shopping days and the merriment of the Cavalcade parade, the town...
5th January 2026
By Nick Cruz As I follow the Principal Auditors Report 1 and 2, and the McGrail Report, I ask myself this simple question. Does a government that has so clearly devalued the trust of its electorate really have any democratic legitimacy left? If trust was a currency, they now are well into the red. So,...
4th January 2026
Bah Humbug! Bloody Editors! They call you in the middle of a coffee to remind you about the deadline. I’m just glad I don’t have to do that any more. The easiest thing for a journalist is to write. More difficult is to make sure someone else gets their copy in on time. But what...
30th December 2025
Many will say it will be much more of the same – 2025 has ended and a new one is about to dawn on us. Yes, Christmas wrapping paper strewn all over the lounge (by now picked up and disposed of, I would hope), with the odd present still in its colourful packaging under the...
23rd December 2025
A few years ago I made it my mission to watch as many Christmas movies as I could. At the time I watched around two movies a day. Some of them were old favourites, others modern classics, and some I never thought to revisit again because they were just so bad. At the time I...
23rd December 2025
Most sensible adults can just about cope with one set of Christmas preparations and celebrations. Imagine, then, having two of the most elongated festive cultures merged together, with no stone unturned, no tin of Quality Street left unopened, and no polvoron uneaten. The Gibraltarian Christmas is not for the faint-hearted, and I hereby issue a...
22nd December 2025
When the fence is gone, where will we sit? Change - always a mixed bag - has been coming to Gibraltar for some time. Not just the significant changes of the wider world, which are profound and not areas we can significantly influence: Trump, Putin and a listless EU. But also the impact of Brexit...