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5th September 2020

Until this week I had never heard of the British author Edmund Cooper (1926-1982). His passion was for science fiction, with an output of at least forty short stories, and some twenty novels. It is also said that he wrote over 850 poems. At age ten he discovered among his father’s books ‘The Time Machine’...

4th September 2020

The Gibraltar Government’s plans for the beautification of Line Wall Road, to be named Line Wall Boulevard, were discussed at Friday’s virtual meeting of the Development and Planning Commission. These works do not fall under the definition of development under the Town Planning Act and therefore permission for this Government project is not required by...

4th September 2020

By Jamie Gardner, PA Chief Sports Reporter Lionel Messi has reversed his decision to leave Barcelona this summer, saying he could never go to court against the club to secure a move. The Argentinian forward had informed the club on August 25 that he wanted to leave this summer and intended to utilise a clause...

4th September 2020

Three men have challenged themselves to a charitable swim around the Rock where they hope to be joined by up to 30 more swimmers. The challenge will see Matt Coulthard, Gary Evans and Wayne Warwick enter the water at Western Beach and swim over 11.5km to the shore of Eastern Beach in early October, all...

4th September 2020

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is pictured above with Sir Philip Barton, the new Permanent Under Secretary at the newly named Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office in King Charles Street in Westminster, London. As the new Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [FCDO] was inaugurated this week, the Foreign Secretary pledged to use the UK’s diplomatic levers...

3rd September 2020

Gibraltar’s business owners today launched a plan to help revitalise Main Street and the surrounding business areas. They hope the Main Street Business Improvement Plan, or BID, will have long-term benefits for businesses in town, making it more attractive to both tourists and locals. Speaking at a restricted gathering of under 20 people in the...

2nd September 2020

By Jamie Harris, PA Science Technology Reporter Tech firms have 12 months to ensure their platforms adhere to new UK child privacy protection measures. The Age Appropriate Design Code sets out 15 standards that companies must build into any online services used by children, making data protection of young people a priority from the design...

2nd September 2020

With Gibraltar in lockdown, many are spending more time at home and looking for distractions. Kim Pecino is a librarian with experience in public and school libraries, and today she shares three book recommendations. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank – This book does not need much introduction. I would argue it...

2nd September 2020

By Rod Minchin Bronze Age man kept human remains as relics and turned them into things like musical instruments, according to research. Academics said that while the findings may seem eerie or gruesome by today’s standards, they show a way of honouring and remembering the dead. Radiocarbon dating and CT scanning was used to examine...

2nd September 2020

By Nick Carey, Richa Naidu and Siddharth Cavale Instant coffee, ketchup, Lululemon yoga pants and Nike Air Max sneakers are all in. Bottled water, pricey diapers and Burberry luxury trench coats are out. Welcome to America's pandemic consumer economy. And it's like nothing we've seen before. "Everything we knew about supply and demand, we can...

1st September 2020

British street artist Banksy is funding a boat to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean attempting to reach Europe from Africa, the Guardian newspaper reported. The boat rescued 89 people, including 14 women and four children, at sea last Thursday, the newspaper said, and the crew were seeking to transfer them to a European coastguard vessel...

29th August 2020

Now in his eighties, Ivor Nicholas, stationed at RAF Gibraltar in 1954, describes the Rock as a paradise. With many good and vivid memories of his time here for him Gibraltar remains a slice of Britain in constant sunshine. One, he was to return to after he left Gibraltar in the late sixties, and some...

28th August 2020

By Brian Reyes and Gabriella Peralta The Gibraltar Government said on Friday it was “strongly recommending” that children aged over 11 and their teachers wear masks in corridors and common areas in schools. The statement, made by Education Minister Dr John Cortes during a live discussion chaired by Ros Astengo on Radio Gibraltar, represented a...

28th August 2020

By Liz Connor Stuck at home with pubs and restaurants closed, schools on hiatus and a looming global pandemic on the horizon, it’s little wonder many of us leaned on a tipple or two from the drinks cupboard this year, to ease the uncertainty and help us through. Figures from Alcohol Change UK suggest that...

27th August 2020

Competition entries are now on display at the annual ‘Our Gibraltar’ exhibition at the Fine Arts Gallery in Casemates. The competition was produced by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group and is in association with the Fine Arts Association and the Gibraltar Photographic Society. Over 200 works were submitted...

27th August 2020

By Lisa Salmon Childhood should be carefree and full of fun – but sadly that’s not always the case for modern kids, who can struggle with emotional issues they don’t have the experience to deal with. The difficulties today’s children can encounter are tackled in a new book, Happy, Healthy Minds written by The School...

25th August 2020

Artist Chris-Anne Alcantara won the coveted Ministry of Culture Award at this year’s annual ‘Our Gibraltar’ competition was presented by the Minister for Culture, Dr John Cortes. The competition is produced by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group and is in association with the Fine Arts Association and the...

25th August 2020

With Gibraltar in lockdown, many are spending more time at home and looking for distractions. Kim Pecino is a librarian with experience in public and school libraries, and today she shares three book recommendations. The Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire – This wonderfully addictive fantasy series is comprised of 5 books, following the Eleanor...

25th August 2020

By Hannah Stephenson Your dahlias and nerines may still be going strong, but if other annuals in pots are past their summer best, there’s a huge range of plants that can offer stunning autumn container colour. From chrysanthemums and violas, to heathers, autumn cyclamen, ornamental grasses and evergreen foliage, not forgetting the stunning autumn leaf...

24th August 2020

The Minister for Education’s surprise decision to step down just days from the start of the new school year is, as the Chief Minister acknowledged today, “a blow” to the Gibraltar Government, more so when it comes against the backdrop of the uncertainty and worry generated by the Covid-19 crisis. The start of the autumn...

24th August 2020

The Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi, stepped down from his ministerial role on Monday, in a surprise decision described by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo as “a blow” to the GSLP/Liberal government. Mr Licudi, who plans to return to private practice as a lawyer, cited personal reasons for his decision but said he would remain in...

24th August 2020

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Fines for parents who refuse to send their children to England’s schools will only be used as a “last resort” as classes resume after the coronavirus shutdown. UK School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said there was a “moral imperative” for children to attend classes when they return next month....

23rd August 2020

Kosovo league club Prishtina have rejected the Gibraltar Governments response against their claims that it was the ‘local authorities that had stopped the match from being played. The Gibraltar Government on Saturday offered their clarification of events, after Prishtina’s first salvo following the cancellation of the match against Lincoln Red Imps. At the time Number...

22nd August 2020

As I discovered only this week, the Austrian National Library’s digital archives include a complete run of one of the world’s important early chess magazines, the ‘Wiener Schach-Zeitung’ (Vienna Chess Paper.) Every issue is available to browse freely online. A treasure chest! For a while I didn’t understand why certain years were missing, but further...

22nd August 2020

There are times when stories land on your lap. This story is one of those occasions. A few weeks ago, Chronicle Editor Brian Reyes, asked me if I would chase up a story about a photographer based in Gibraltar back in the early 1950s. Little did I know then what a couple of emails and...

22nd August 2020

By Rina Chandran Bangkok tourist destination Khao San Road is usually heaving with people on weekends, its cheap beer bars, tattoo parlours, street vendors, hostels and buzzing nightlife drawing budget travellers and tour group alike. On a recent Saturday evening, the street was deserted except for a few dozen locals who wandered past boarded up...

21st August 2020

By Ed Elliot “It’s believed the body may lie beneath the old tennis courts,” states John Saunders. “The truth of where he is or whether he will ever be recovered is difficult.” John may be a former police officer, but this is far from a routine missing person case. Weaving between medieval ruins and flowerbeds...

20th August 2020

Students at Prior Park School excelled in their GCSEs with 71% attaining grades between 9 and 7, the equivalent of an A** to an A grade. For overjoyed students and parents, the relief of results day followed a turbulent year academically, with schools shut and exams shelved. Instead the students waited with bated breath as...

20th August 2020

By Sarah Marshall Ongoing travel advisory chaos and confusion has spurred a wave of staycation bookings. Splendid weather has been the icing on the cake. But rather than settle for a sunbed on an overcrowded beach, many holidaymakers are sensibly seeking relaxation in more remote corners – scaling mountains, scrambling across moors or wandering through...

20th August 2020

Grade U. That’s what many would give the UK Government and exam regulatory body Ofqual over their handling of the exam results fiasco. An issue that’s brought stress and anxiety across Gibraltar’s education system too. As pupils and teachers continued to protest about the A-level results awarded following the cancellation of exams, senior Conservatives called...