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10th December 2022

There are several stories I have wanted to tell on these pages. Many of them related to local music, bands and singers. My interest in local music begins at home with my parents who followed the music scene and whose conversations were filled with names which over the years have become familiar to me and...

8th December 2022

REVIEW The idea for Queen’s ‘We will Rock you’ was first discussed by Robert de Niro and the band in 1996. De Niro’s daughter was a huge fan of the band and Brian May with Roger Taylor and comedy writer Ben Elton developed the musical in 2002. Since then over fifteen million people in seventeen...

6th December 2022

The Gibraltar Government has urged the GSD to make constructive proposals to any changes it wishes to see in draft legislation to set up an Anti-Corruption Authority, rather than adopt a “negative and unconstructive” stance. It was reacting after the GSD said the Bill published last week by the Government was “half-hearted and flawed” and...

5th December 2022

Friends of UK charity, Bone Cancer Research Trust, have launched an appeal in a bid to raise funds. The group, based in the UK, have appealed for Gibraltar’s support to raise funds by sending any stamps to them. “We are a group of people throughout the UK who are raising funds independently for this wonderful...

2nd December 2022

This Saturday Benji Borrastero, a young wheelchair bound user, who is among the first active parasports persons in Gibraltar will be attempting to complete an eleven hour ultra-marathon by the forecourt of the ICC. After weeks of training Mr Borrastero, who recently completed his studies in the UK and has returned to Gibraltar to now...

30th November 2022

Former BBC journalist Nick Higham introduced Jess Phillips MP to the gathered audience in the Mayor’s Parlour in City Hall on Saturday. Ms Phillips, Birmingham Yardley’s representative in the House of Commons and Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, had come to the Rock to attend the Gibraltar Literary Festival and talk about her...

30th November 2022

For the ninth year in a row, the EV Foundation will be aiding families in need during the Christmas holidays. Last year the foundation helped over 120 families, including over 300 children, who needed help making ends meet. But the issue continues to grow, and this year as inflation rises and essentials become more expensive,...

29th November 2022

On Saturday afternoon, speakers Lord Peter Ricketts, Dame Mary Beard and Andrew Mitchell MP, discussed their non-fiction books in this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival. Lord Peter Ricketts described how currently the world is facing more simultaneous crises than at any time since the end of the Cold War and how the international order put in...

29th November 2022

I used to be apologetic about my complete lack of interest in football. I would have an entire conversation planned, about how none of my family were ever much into football and that was passed on to me. Which is all true. But it was always in the tone of deference, because what man isn’t...

28th November 2022

Writers Maggie Gee and Patrick Gale were quizzed by literary journalist Suzi Feay on Gibraltar featuring in their books during a Friday session of the Gibunco Literary Festival in City Hall. Ms Gee was unable to be there in person due to health issues following Covid and joined the others via video link. Mr Gale’s...

28th November 2022

By Elena Scialtiel The grandeur of seventeenth-century Rome, capital of the Papal secular territories and Catholic stronghold in a Protestantism-swept Europe, was resurrected in a lively talk by Loyd Grossman on the last morning of the Literary Festival. The Boston-born author, broadcaster and heyday Master Chef mastermind presented his book about Italian artist Bernini, aptly...

28th November 2022

By Elena Scialtiel Novelist Charlotte Philby detailed fictionalised biography of her paternal grandfather Kim and his complex relationship with Edith Tudor-Hart, during her Literary Festival talk. Former ‘The Independent’ reporter, editor and columnist, Ms Philby spoke about her book ‘Edith and Kim’, which carries the subtitle ‘to betray, you must first belong’, at the Garrison...

28th November 2022

Dr Alastair Santhouse opened the Gibunco Literary Festival at the Garrison Library on Friday morning titled ‘What does it mean to be well’. He is the author of the book ‘Head First – how the mind heals the body’ where he explores the question if being well is in a person’s body or whether it...

28th November 2022

by Jason Kurt Easter “Time-honoured, beautiful, solemn and wise. Noble, sacred and ancient…” Anon I titled this short article with a superhero flavour (replacing Galaxy for Trees), not because I’m a fiction author and writer, but to highlight that we should all be guardians to the trees. The quote above quote is both quaint and...

26th November 2022

Willa Vasquez was the first president of the Gibraltar Fine Arts Association which next year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Back then the hub of the Rock’s artistic community was the John Mackintosh Hall. Willa worked side by side, the then Director of Culture at the Ministry Manolo Galliano, and together they would hang and curate...

25th November 2022

The Gibraltar Government is in talks with Professor Patrick Geoghegan, the Director General of the GHA, with a view to extending his contract, Parliament was told on Wednesday. Prof Geoghegan was appointed in December 2021 on an 18-month contract to lead a process of reform at the GHA. "The Government would like to extend the...

25th November 2022

November marks diabetes awareness month and to raise awareness local charity Diabetes Gibraltar has written articles highlighting the symptoms, treatment and stories of those living with diabetes. Being a mum to a Type 1 child is challenging. At diagnosis you’re thrown right into the deep end. Even with a wonderful diabetic nurse supporting you, nothing...

24th November 2022

GSD MP Roy Clinton thanked medical staff and Calpe House on Wednesday as he returned to Parliament after undergoing open heart surgery earlier this year. In a personal statement during Wednesday’s session of Parliament, Mr Clinton described his ill health earlier this summer and commended the GHA, the NHS and Calpe House for their care....

24th November 2022

Parliamentarians paid their respects to the late William Scott with a minute’s silence during Wednesday’s session. William Scott died recently aged 81 and served as a member of parliament between 1980 and 1984. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo expressed condolences on behalf of the Government and people of Gibraltar to his family. "Willie was a member the...

24th November 2022

Operation Encompass is an early information sharing partnership that is already in place in every police force in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland that enables schools to offer immediate support for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. The Minister for Justice, with responsibility for Children and Safeguarding, Samantha Sacramento opened the first training session...

24th November 2022

Gibraltar’s Maritime Academy, which is based at the University of Gibraltar, was launched onboard Windsurf cruise ship docked in the port on Wednesday morning. At the event were distinguished guests such as the Governor, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, Government ministers Dr John Cortes and Vijay Daranyani, the Captain of the Port John Ghio, the...

23rd November 2022

There will be a new event next International Women’s Day, March 8 2023, with author Ayelet Mamo Shay launching the ‘Ladies that Rock the Rock Award program’. The Award aims to celebrate and recognise the women of Gibraltar, from all walks of life, who whose achievements and efforts contribute to the city. The public are...

22nd November 2022

By Dr Alex Menez Part 2 The second day of the Calpe Conference began with a lecture by Dr Ugo Mellone, a freelance photographer and Research Coordinator of the Mediterranean Raptor Migration Network. Focusing on raptors, he explained that in the Mediterranean basin “species and population-specific migration strategies of raptors appear to be influenced by...

22nd November 2022

Domestic Abuse survivor and campaigner Rachel Williams has been announced as an additional speaker at this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival. Ms Williams is the author of ‘The Devil at Home’ where she gives an account of the domestic abuse that she endured and resulted in her attempted murder. Ms Williams was in an abusive relationship...

21st November 2022

Dr Alex Menez Part One In my reportages of the Calpe Conferences for the years 2020 and 2021, I mentioned the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact this had had on those conferences. This year there will only be a brief mention and that is to highlight that people were carrying on as they had done...

19th November 2022

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust announce the recipients of this year’s Heritage Awards on Thursday night during an event in the University of Gibraltar. This year five properties and projects received a Group Award, one person received an Individual Award, and two projects and groups received a Junior Award. The awards were presented by the Dr...

19th November 2022

Although there are no statistics, the number of different editions of early picture postcards of Gibraltar, and the wide range of publishers, is believed to be a testimony to their popularity. Gibraltar’s active port has over the centuries helped to create a cosmopolitan society so it will come as no surprise to read that some...

18th November 2022

November marks diabetes awareness month and to raise awareness local charity Diabetes Gibraltar has written articles highlighting the symptoms, treatment and stories of those living with diabetes. The articles will be published weekly on Fridays throughout the month of November. This article is Paul’s personal experience. He had a momentous wakeup call when he was...

17th November 2022

Gibraltar Literature Week has hosted a variety of school talks and workshops this week and authors were invited to be a part of the event and speak to different year groups. The UK-based author Ele Fountain addressed Westside and Bayside’s Year 8 cohort, telling them stories about her writing and what inspires her. Using her...

16th November 2022

With Remembrance Sunday just past, the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, Lt Col (Retd) Francis Brancato looks at the Gibraltarian soldiers who paid the ultimate price in service to their country. November is the month of Remembrance – and it was only last week that we stood in silent remembrance of those that...