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13th January 2020

The life of famous film director Alfred Hitchcock will be detailed in an illustrative talk this Wednesday. The talk will be presented by John Francis, an inspirational speaker who has delivered lecturers, workshops in the US (Texas, California, Massachusetts), Beijing, Malaysia and the UK. Alfred Hitchcock is known as the ‘master of darkness’ and has...

11th January 2020

The person who sits with us this week never sat at Alice’s table but it is true he sat at my table throughout my life. He was a family member, a teacher, a friend, a mentor. Someone who inspired many generations of Gibraltarians to venture out of their comfort zone, to search and not be...

11th January 2020

It was called ‘The Match of the Century.’ The reigning world champion, Boris Spassky, 35 years old, from Russia, faced 29 year-old American Bobby Fischer. Their neutral meeting ground was symbolically mid-Atlantic: Iceland. The Cold War was on. Henry Kissinger, foreign policy advisor to President Nixon, famously rang Bobby to urge him to get on...

10th January 2020

The local environmental group ESG continues to express its concerns over the roll out of a 5G network by Gibtelecom in Gibraltar. Due to these concerns it has arranged for a public debate on the technology to be held on Friday, January 24 at 7pm in the Lecture Room in the John Mackintosh Hall. This...

10th January 2020

I wanted to wish you and your families a happy and healthy 2020. This year opens a new decade and brings new challenges for Gibraltar. We enter 2020 knowing with certainty that we are leaving the EU. The re-election of the Conservatives in the UK with a big majority has now put paid to any...

10th January 2020

By Tony Jones The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not consult the Queen or the Prince of Wales about the contents of their bombshell statement saying they plan to "step back" as senior royals and divide their time between the UK and North America, it has emerged. It is understood Harry and Meghan had...

9th January 2020

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent The National Trust is planning to create new woodland equivalent to 42 Sherwood Forests as part of efforts to achieve "net zero" emissions by 2030. The organisation, which cares for countryside, coasts, castles and stately homes, is aiming to plant and establish 20 million trees over 10 years to...

9th January 2020

By Sarah Marshall Sharing approximately 98% DNA with humans, chimpanzees are intelligent, emotional and have a sense of humour. They also, crucially, feel loss and pain. In West Africa, bush meat poaching and an illegal pet trade have been catastrophic for the species, now classified as critically endangered in this region, and many baby orphans...

9th January 2020

What do Boris Johnson’s controversial adviser Dominic Cummings and the Gibraltar Government’s Chief Secretary Darren Grech have in common? Not much it would seem at first glance. One arrives at No 10 wearing low-slung jeans and trainers the other at No 6 suited and booted. But, away from their distinguishable fashion styles lies a significant...

9th January 2020

By Hannah Stephenson As we turn over a new page for 2020, what will you be reading? Could it be the hugely anticipated Hilary Mantel or the no-nonsense John Bercow? The latest contemporary tales from Marian Keyes or the tomes to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War? Whatever you...

7th January 2020

The 63rd anniversary Three Kings’ Cavalcade saw a focus on the environment last Sunday with crowds of people lining Main Street to catch a glimpse of the floats. Those in the crowds were also treated to witches, wizards, mermaids and Barbarians who made their way through Main Street along with Gibraltar’s young athletes. The Three...

7th January 2020

By Sam Russell, PA A little girl who needed a feeding tube until she was five-and-a-half years old has won a karate medal after taking up the sport aged six. Emily Norris, now aged seven, was born with a lung malformation that was detected during her mother's 20-week scan, and doctors asked her mother to...

7th January 2020

By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo I hope you have all enjoyed restful and uneventful Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year celebrations. Our Hindu and Muslim brethren have also peacefully enjoyed their Diwali and Eid festivals respectively throughout the year. Once again, it has been a year of plenty in most of our homes. Children delighted with...

6th January 2020

Isn’t it sad that we no longer have a bookshop in Gibraltar? We have a literary festival, prolific writers, poets and playwrights, we self-publish texts galore and there are still some places that sell books. But we don’t have a shop dedicated solely to the written word, a place to enter in search of a...

6th January 2020

Mario Finlayson, one of the Rock’s most prominent sons, doyen of Gibraltar’s art world, passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Respected and much loved by all, when it was announced Gibraltar’s national gallery would carry his name the community at large gave its approval. This spoke volumes of the man who for decades...

6th January 2020

Gibraltarians are concerned about Gibraltar’s post-Brexit future but cautiously optimistic that the Rock will make a success of life outside the EU, according to a poll conducted by Your Say for the Chronicle. The results point to deep unease about political developments in Spain and a firm determination that Gibraltar should walk away from any...

6th January 2020

Crowds of people lined Main Street yesterday evening as the 63rd Three Kings’ Cavalcade was held in Gibraltar. Ten trailer floats impressed people of all ages with intricate designs featuring everything from childhood favourites such as the Wizard of Oz and Harry Potter to the new cult classic, Minecraft. This year’s floats also focused on...

5th January 2020

Mario Finlayson, the doyen of Gibraltar’s art world and a defining influence in this community’s cultural life spanning generations, has died this morning. He was 92. The Gibraltar Cultural Services expressing its condolences to the Finlayson family, said: “Today our cultural community has lost one of its greatest maestros.”

4th January 2020

My star sign says those born under the sign of Taurus don’t like change. That is true but I have learnt that there are times when change is welcomed. As we enter a new year and a new decade there is nothing more certain than the fact that everything will keep on changing. Seasons will...

4th January 2020

The past year has been challenging for Gibraltar Cultural Services, which saw its bustling events calendar slashed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The first event cancelled was the Drama Festival, then over the weeks and months key dates in the local community’s calendar including National Day moved online. The team at GCS did not rest and...

3rd January 2020

By Luke Powell A tribunal judge has ruled he is "overwhelmingly satisfied" that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and is therefore a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. Jordi Casamitjana said he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports after raising concerns that its pension fund was being invested into companies involved...

3rd January 2020

By Jemma Crew, PA Health and Science Correspondent A short film narrated by the Duke of Cambridge will be played at the start of FA Cup matches in a "historic first" encouraging football fans to look after their mental health. Kick-off for 32 third round matches will be delayed for 60 seconds to encourage fans...

3rd January 2020

By Ben Mitchell, PA The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for the UK to "start healing divisions" in his New Year's message. The Most Reverend Justin Welby says he has been inspired by the example of "heroism and hope" provided by RNLI volunteers at Dover lifeboat station which he visited recently. In his message which...

2nd January 2020

I was sent a link to a video over Christmas that gave me food for thought as we headed into 2020. The grainy footage showed a man calling for action on climate change. Humanity, he said, was in danger of disappearing due to the fast and progressive destruction of its natural living conditions. Developed societies...

2nd January 2020

Have you broken your new year resolution yet? It’s 2020 – it has a futuristic sound to it. The year we finally leave the EU, an abortion referendum in Gibraltar and who knows what else the next 12 months will bring. There will be ups and downs. No matter what one thing is for certain....

2nd January 2020

In this week’s travel feature Shaun Yeo explores East Africa and takes a dive by the Sawabi Islands. The Horn of Africa is a Peninsular in East Africa made up of four countries; Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. The region is inhabited by approximately 115 million people. The “Horn” also extends out hundreds of kilometres...

2nd January 2020

By Hannah Stephenson Christmas may have wreaked havoc on festive houseplants scorched by central heating, battered by draughty doors opening and closing due to the influx of visitors, and left to go without water for days. It's clear some care is needed to get houseplants through to January and beyond - but what can we...

2nd January 2020

By Magdalena Mis From hit songs about sausage rolls to the world's first odour map, here are 10 of the more offbeat news stories from 2019: 1. Sausage rolls hit No.1 again in UK Christmas charts British YouTuber LadBaby scored his second consecutive No. 1 Christmas hit, this time with a version of "I Love...

27th December 2019

Gibraltar’s Attorney General, Michael Llamas, QC, has been appointed by the Queen to be a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for Services to Gibraltar. Mr Llamas, who heads the Gibraltar Government’s Law Offices, has played a key role in advising the government during the Brexit negotiations, participating directly in...

27th December 2019

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Climate change-related extreme weather hit every populated continent in 2019, harming and displacing millions of people and costing billions, Christian Aid has said. A report from the charity identifies 15 of the most destructive droughts, floods, fires, typhoons and cyclones of the past year, which each caused damage of...