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Priya Gulraj

Opinion & Analysis

Chai with Priya Bollywood surprise

Two very different parts of my life were interwoven last week when the bullring in La Linea became the movie set for a big Bollywood production. I never would have imagined that a Bollywood film would be recorded right at my doorstep, or that one of my favourite actors, Shahid Kapoor, would be so close...

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Alice Mascarenhas

Opinion & Analysis

Old postcards are the WhatsApp messages of today: what you did and where you went

This week Alice’s Table is back at the table with Stephen Hermida as we continue to discover some of the images from his large old postcard collection. Last time we visited we took a trip down to the beaches to view what they looked like in the past, and if there had been many changes...

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Guest Contributor

Opinion & Analysis

Creative solutions on Gib’s jam-packed roads

As a member of the Sustainable Transport Action Group (STAG) it is always a pleasure to see active travel initiatives being debated in the local press, helping to raise awareness of alternative transport modes which alleviate congestion, reduce kerbside pollution and encourage a healthier lifestyle. In a recent Chronicle article, Transport Minister John Cortes reaffirmed...

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Richard Cartwright

Opinion & Analysis

Richard’s rendezvous Eateries, comestibles, beauty, accommodation

I simply have to applaud all of those individuals or companies involved in the hospitality, grocery, beauty and real estate sectors for having the courage, determination and ongoing belief to keep going in what they set out to do. There are so many of these businesses set up from long ago but still new ones...

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Guest Contributor

Opinion & Analysis

The Cauldron The Women's Game

By Rebecca Calderon The Women's Super League season starts next weekend, and all six opening fixtures will be shown on television! Why is that my opening salvo I hear you ask? Well, it’s pretty big news in a year that has seen women’s football, both in Gibraltar and elsewhere, turn many a corner and grab...

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Alice Mascarenhas

Opinion & Analysis

Lelo and the Levants, a classic sound from Gibraltar in the early 1980s

We began our journey last week in Turnbull’s Lane where the brothers Aurelio and Albert Danino grew up in the Gibraltar of the 1950s and 60s – a lively bustling area, ‘a hive of activity’, running parallel to Main Street but which sadly today lies mostly abandoned and derelict. From these roots, many years later,...

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Alice Mascarenhas

Opinion & Analysis

Childhood memories in an area of town which once was a trendy hive of activity

Turnbull’s Lane – an area of great activity not that very long ago – where many families lived in a patio environment and which today we find rundown, derelict, and dormant. A walk in the area makes it hard to imagine that this was once a busy hive and thriving part of town with a...

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Guest Contributor

Opinion & Analysis

Not about electoral appeal, it’s about delivery 

By Robert Vasquez  The next general election will not be about the leader who has “the widest electoral appeal”, as suggested by Nigel Feetham, a future candidate for the leadership of the GSLP.   It will be more about the party which will produce a plan for Gibraltar’s good governance and for public finances to work...

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Richard Cartwright

Opinion & Analysis

Richard’s Rendezvous Inconveniences and impatience

Haven’t we heard this so many times, ‘oh, I hate standing in queues,’ as if it was just one person’s misfortune? Does anyone like queuing up for anything? Of course no one likes queues, so why bother saying it? Just recently we’ve had another inconvenience on our roads trying to get from A to B...

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Guest Contributor

Opinion & Analysis

The Cauldron The Homecoming

By Rebecca Calderon I have been asked to write a regular column for the Gibraltar Chronicle, the stuff of dreams! I recall an era when I delivered articles by hand and was terrified to knock on the front door, but more on that later... It is with a sense of quiet excitement that I introduce...

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Alice Mascarenhas

Opinion & Analysis

Old local postcards on the beach and the summer season enjoyed by generation

Most of us when looking back on our summers whilst growing up will have memory after memory of long hot summer days spent on the beach. For many of us, the memory of not just the beach but also the spot where our beach umbrella found its hole and always seemed to find its way...

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Priya Gulraj

Opinion & Analysis

How do you AI?

A colleague of mine recently said he uses AI every night in his attempt to lose the post-wedding weight he gained in recent months. In his prompts, he tells the artificial intelligence the contents of his fridge to find out what to make for dinner and for lunch the next day to reach his macronutrient...

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Chronicle Staff

Opinion & Analysis

Climate change goes to court: What the ICJ just told the world

In my opinion By Prof Daniella Tilbury On 23 July 2025, something quietly historic happened in The Hague: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change. At first glance, this ruling may seem distant from Gibraltar’s shores, decided by judges thousands of kilometres away. Yet in reality, it speaks...

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Guest Contributor

Opinion & Analysis

Raising the bar in broadcasting 

By James Neish  When I returned back home to Gibraltar to take up the role of Chief Executive at GBC in October 2022, I came with a very clear goal: to help raise the standard of broadcasting in our community.  It’s not for me to say if we have been successful.  That’s for you as our viewers and listeners...