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20th September 2024

The first ever Sky Arts Awards show presented a challenge for Gibraltarian artist Christian Hook who was asked to paint his musical heroes during the course of the live televised show. Held in London at the Roundhouse on Wednesday Christian, who won Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2014, painted a never-before-seen rock...

20th September 2024

The Dream stands out supreme above all other religious poetry as an expression of deeply felt personal faith. As we mentioned in the first part of this article, some lines from the poem are carved in runes in the eighth century stone cross at Ruthwell. Two lines also survive in the tenth century Brussel cross....

20th September 2024

Sobering thoughts from Britain’s Alzheimer’s Society: one in three people born in the UK today will be diagnosed with dementia in their lifetime, while 1.4m are expected to be living with the disease by 2040, a startling statistic which will have real consequences for businesses. As a race humans are living longer and, apart from...

19th September 2024

Alan Perez is currently exhibiting in The University of Cadiz, in Jerez, at La Sala de Exposiciones de la Asuncion. The exhibition runs until September 27 and is open Monday to Friday, from 10am to 7pm. The exhibition focuses on the Strait of Gibraltar as a source of inspiration and the artist has collaborated with...

18th September 2024

The presence of Sindhis in Gibraltar comes long before the Partition of India, and can be traced back to the 1870s after the Suez Canal was opened. With merchants no longer having to sail from India around the continent of Africa to arrive in Gibraltar, they took advantage of the busiest ports along the Mediterranean...

18th September 2024

An exhibition called Rock and Paper II, showcasing portrait and figurative art from 13 international and three local artists, opened at the Fine Arts Gallery on Tuesday evening. Organised by Ace Art founder John-Paul Bautista, the exhibition featuring some 80 artworks and is a continuation of last year’s ‘Rock and Paper’ exhibition, which was birthed...

17th September 2024

The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) has unveiled three new ambulances, marking a significant upgrade to the local emergency services fleet. These advanced vehicles are set to replace older models that have served the community for over seven years, ensuring that Gibraltar remains equipped to handle a growing demand for medical transport. The ambulances were unveiled...

16th September 2024

By Elena Scialtiel Three local fashion designers, Charlene Figueras, Jane Langdon and Poonam Rupani, displayed their original creations at the Model for a Day event held last September 4 in aid of the Bosom Buddies charity. This marked the return of homemade and handmade haute couture after Runway went on a hiatus during the pandemic,...

12th September 2024

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor The NHS must reform or die, Sir Keir Starmer will say, as a major report on the health service is published. The Prime Minister will set out his plans for tackling long waiting lists, improving the nation’s health and shifting the focus towards community services after a damning report...

12th September 2024

At the makeshift bar, there’s a pricelist... Heineken - 2 shillings, a shandy - one and six and Coke - 6 pence! You have 192 pence left to spend out of a whole, ‘old’ pound note! It’s September 1967 and it’s Referendum Day... and I hope you had a great one in 2024. In 1967,...

10th September 2024

King Charles III on Tuesday described Gibraltar as “a treasured member” of the UK family, in a National Day message read to the crowd at Casemates by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, who also read a letter from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer underscoring the UK’s double-lock sovereignty commitment to the Gibraltarians. Against the backdrop of...

6th September 2024

The Duke of Edinburgh International Award ceremony was held on Wednesday evening in the Convent with 46 young people receiving their rewards for their hard work. The Governor, Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst, presented the certificates as Patron of the Award on the Rock to the present recipients before their families, sponsors, volunteers, and members...

6th September 2024

Eco’s novel has been described as a Gothic novel, medieval chronicle and detective story. But it is so much more: an ideological narrative, a puzzling ‘whodunnit’ and a theological and philosophical debate with a penchant for discussing and analysing abstruse topics like the subtleties of heretical movements which were particularly prolific at the time. It...

5th September 2024

The Gibraltar Government has published “pathways” for children with neurodevelopmental conditions on Wednesday, in a move supported by the Opposition, that aims to provide tailored support to parents seeking help. The pathway documents provide route maps for parents explaining the help available in assessing their children locally through various bodies including the GHA, the Care...

4th September 2024

Around 63% of voters in their 20s and 64% of those under 20 voted in last October’s election, but despite this low turnout, there is a wave of young activists making sure youngsters are represented in local politics. Just over 14% of registered electors were under the age of 30, totalling around 3,500 people out...

4th September 2024

I was 16 years old when I had to give up my own bedroom so that my aunt and uncle could stay with us while she underwent tests. A formidable woman who was known for her excellent arithmetic skills and was able to count up your shopping quicker than a calculator, she had begun forgetting...

3rd September 2024

Gibraltar enters a new phase in its international football development this Wednesday as it prepares to take on Andorra in a friendly match at Europa Point. This marks a return of international football to Gibraltar after having played its Euro qualifier group matches in Faro. The return to playing in front of a home crowd...

3rd September 2024

Local dance studio Stylos is organising a special night of entertainment to raise awareness and funds for the Cancer Relief Centre Gibraltar this Wednesday at John Macintosh Hall. The brainchild of 18-year-old Nathan Villalba, the show, titled ‘Keep the Faith’, aims to provide comfort, joy and gratitude to those affected by the devastating disease. For...

3rd September 2024

Environmental groups have reacted to the rescue on Sunday of a distressed dolphin caught in a fishing line, calling for tighter controls to protect marine mammals in British waters around the Rock. On Sunday morning Stuart Mason, a coxswain on the Gibraltar Pilots launch, jumped into the sea in the Bay of Gibraltar to help...

3rd September 2024

I am thousands of feet up in the air, enjoying an afternoon tea at a time I am not entirely sure is afternoon. Halfway across the Atlantic and inside a plane, there is a sense of a reality of choice. Is it about 5pm, the time at my destination in Washington DC, or is it...

1st September 2024

A normal day at work quickly changed for Stuart Mason, who works on the Gibraltar Pilots boats, when he jumped into the water in the Bay to aid a dolphin that was entangled in braiding line from its mouth to tail. "I heard through the VHF radio one of my friends, who works on another...

1st September 2024

A group of youngsters spent a week submerged in art and creativity during a GSLA summer programme event with artist Geraldine Martinez. Taking place in the studios of the doyen of art in Gibraltar, the late Mario Finlayson, each day the children were introduced into different style and forms of art. "It was wonderful to...

31st August 2024

Even now as I look around Gibraltar it is alarming to see just how much has changed in my own lifetime. Looking back to my childhood, whilst taking a walk-in town, I can’t help thinking just how much Gibraltar has grown and progressed in some areas (especially outside of the town area) and not in...

29th August 2024

By Storm Newton, PA Health Reporter, and Chronicle Staff Health officials in the UK have issued a warning over a potential surge in measles cases ahead of the beginning of the new school year, with the GHA echoing the message in Gibraltar. In the UK parents are being urged to ensure their children are fully...

28th August 2024

Artist Derek Duarte took the overall winner prize in this year’s National Day ‘Our Gibraltar’ competition for his piece ‘Always a part of us’, a stylised illustration of a tin of Hereford Corned Beef. Mr Duarte won £1,500 for his painting, with one judge, photographer and artist Naomi Martinez, commending the different take on Gibraltar....

22nd August 2024

GCSE students from Westside, Bayside and the College celebrated their results on Thursday morning in a moment of relief and joy for their achievements.  The students sauntered into the schools having already received their results electronically via email hours earlier.  At Westside and Bayside, the students shared their results and celebrated each other’s successes.  This...

21st August 2024

The Spanish have a phrase for it: ‘serpiente de verano’. It means the easy, often irrelevant stories that all newspapers churn out to fill pages during what British journalists refer to as ‘the silly season’. In Spain, when you read article after article about Gibraltar, few of them flattering, you can be relatively sure that...

20th August 2024

Oxford University cadets recently took part in extensive exercise in Gibraltar, which aimed to attract young students into the army. The two-week programme called Exercise Barbary Warrior saw students from Oxford University’s Officer Training Corps (UOTC), as well as some students from Northern Ireland, Southampton, Exeter, and London, take part. The aim of the initiative...

20th August 2024

Like many Gibraltarians, I have very good memories of spending my summers on the beach. I wish I could feel that sense of time again, where July and August stretched out forever in the daily rhythm of picking up la sombrilla, la nevera, folding chairs for each adult and a couple of other bags and...

19th August 2024

Three authors, Guillem Balague, Nedum Onuoha and Louisa Treger have been confirmed for this year's Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival.  The Gibraltar Tourist Board has announced the authors on Monday, and they will join Sir Graham Brady, Asad Qureshi, Deb Bunt and Peter Berry.  The Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival will take place from November 11 to...