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16th June 2023

By Charles Durante On the 16th June, 1904 a young Dublin intellectual met a feisty, red-haired chambermaid. They fell in love and eloped to the continent to live a life of adventure, occasional penury and high literary achievement. James Joyce, the author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, had met Nora Barnacle, the Galway girl who...

10th June 2023

The name Joe Carseni will forever be linked to the Gibraltar Song Festival. Those of a certain age and generation, when they hear his name will more than likely burst into song and sing a few lines of the 1968 winner ‘Hoy Como Ayer… al igual que manana’. You could say he left his lungs...

7th June 2023

Last week the Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association celebrated World Athletics’ ‘Kids Athletics Day’ with some success, attracting runners from across the Campo area. Joining young runners from Gibraltar, the GAAA welcomes a contingency from Algeciras and La Linea adding to the competitive nature of what was a day celebrating athletics. World Athletics dedicated the 7...

5th June 2023

Nearly £60,000 and counting was raised for Cancer Research UK by the Relay For Life Gibraltar, a 24-hour event held last weekend at Lathbury Stadium. Hundreds of people covered thousands of kilometres as they walked a seemingly endless loop of 400m around a track, raising both awareness and money in the process. The relay started...

31st May 2023

After months of project participation, members of the Mingle and Youth Café who attend the Youth Centre enjoyed a day trip to the town of Ronda. “This group have been working on their life skills, teamwork and independence since the start of the year and the outing was a taster of a more extensive trip...

23rd May 2023

The Cancer Relief Centre hold thousands of consultations annually, aiding patients across Gibraltar with counselling, clinics and end of life care. The team at Cancer Relief are compassionate to their patients and are present in some of the brightest and darkest moments of their lives. The team of around 20 staff see between 500 to...

22nd May 2023

The annual Relay for Life in aid of Cancer Research has returned after a three year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has drastically cut their fundraising efforts. Chairwoman of the Cancer Research UK (Gibraltar branch), Giovanella Vinales, said the charity was over the moon to bring back the event after a three-year break....

22nd May 2023

Francesca Makey was diagnosed with cancer at age 17, and this year she will join the Relay for Life in a celebration of survivors. After a three-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Ms Makey is looking forward to raising funds and celebrating life, in the emotive event. “Relay for Life would not be what...

20th May 2023

Football is our national sport. I hope we can all agree on that. And even if you don’t follow the beautiful game there is still that element of pride and achievement when the Gibraltar National Team is out there displaying their skills in an international friendly or competitive match. Does it matter? Not really because...

12th May 2023

Two Royal Gibraltar Police officers were involved in one of the UK’s biggest policing operations during the coronation of King Charles III last Saturday. Thousands of people arrived in London for the big event and the RGP officers were part of a record deployment of more than 29,000 police officers from across the UK, the...

15th April 2023

We do dance in a big way on the Rock. We have more than a handful of dance schools and hundreds of dancers with many of our young dancers finding success away from our shores. For our size of population our success is quite remarkable. My guest on Alice’s Table this week always believed Gibraltar...

30th March 2023

Emergency services carried out a live exercise on Wednesday to test their response to an accident in the airport tunnel, which is due to open on Friday. Firefighters, police, ambulance crews and tunnel operators trialled an emergency plan that has been in development “for a number of years”, No.6 Convent Place said. “Today’s LIVEX followed...

22nd March 2023

Today is World Water Day and this year the focus is on Accelerating Change in a bid to solve the global water and sanitation crisis. “And because water affects us all, we need everyone to take action,” said the UN. “That means you. You and your family, school and community can make a difference by...

14th March 2023

By Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent The King has issued a rallying call to the family of nations urging them to “strive together” to achieve a “global common good” in his first Commonwealth Day address. Charles highlighted the institution’s “indispensable role in the most pressing issues of our time” in his speech delivered during the...

27th February 2023

An exhibition of all women artists from local collective Kitchen Studios will open this evening at the GEMA Gallery in Montagu Bastion. The exhibition forms part of a programme of events organised by the Gibraltar Academy of Music and Performing Arts. The programme will see two weeks of events also including a music recital, immersive...

25th February 2023

There is an old furniture, carpentry and antique shop in town where Robert Sanguinetti, furniture restorer – for the past 46 years, is surrounded by memories of more than 150 years of family history. In many ways his home and business are unique, telling the story of three generations of his family – his grandfather...

2nd February 2023

A derelict former military structure called Alexandra Battery could become an integral part of the wider Gibdock facilities if plans for a heritage-sensitive refurbishment are approved by the Development and Planning Commission. The battery dates back to 1878 and is located at the southern end of the South Mole near the yard’s largest drydock, forming...

30th January 2023

The Relay For Life in aid of Cancer Research UK will return this year, with the event set for June 3 and 4 at the Lathbury Sports Centre. The Relay will consist of members of different teams walking around the running track over 24 hours. At least one member from each team must be on...

26th January 2023

February is heart month and the Gibraltar Cardiac Association #WearRedDay campaign will take place on Friday, February 3. “The Gibraltar Cardiac Association is once again supporting this very worthy initiative, especially after a very successful 2022 campaign,” said a statement from the charity. The Association was established approximately six years ago with the aim to...

29th December 2022

Engineers from Gibtelecom and Telefonica were working on Thursday to fix a fault in a telephone line that resulted in commercial flights to Gibraltar being diverted for two consecutive days. The fault is on the Spanish side of the network, according to the Ministry of Defence, but its impact has led to disruption affecting hundreds...

28th December 2022

By Elena Scialtiel Not just spectacular pictures, but an eye-opener on how nature photography goes beyond the exquisite art form that it undoubtedly is, to become a tool in wildlife research and conservation. In a well-attended seminar opened by the Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Dr John Cortes, the Gibraltar National Museum team...

19th December 2022

Today sees the launch and a signing of the fourth book in the series of Alice’s Table by Alice Mascarenhas, former deputy editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle, which will take place at the John Mackintosh Hall from 11am to 3pm. The book is once again a collection of the last year of Alice’s Table Saturday...

19th December 2022

One recent night at 3am as my mum lay on her deathbed and I dozed on the sofa near her, I opened my eyes to see a hospice nurse from Cancer Relief sitting by her side, gently stroking her hand as he silently watched over her. It was just the three of us and she...

16th December 2022

By Elena Scialtiel A new publication was launched in an intimate gathering at the John Mackintosh Hall on a dark and stormy night last Wednesday, to celebrate the life and times of the Trust’s founder. Featuring an elegant royal blue and gold front cover, with geometric patterns and flourishes reminiscent of Rococo or Arabesque styles,...

15th December 2022

The fourth book in the series of Alice’s Table by Alice Mascarenhas, former deputy editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle, will be launched next week at the John Mackintosh Hall. The book is once again a collection of the last year of Alice’s Saturday columns which are published weekly in the Gibraltar Chronicle. Four years on,...

3rd December 2022

Even now as she prepares to turn 80 this Christmas (on Boxing Day) Bathsheba Peralta still finds excitement when splashing oil paint on a canvas – she remains passionate about her art and creates new works almost every day. Bathsheba is the last of the Serfaty sisters to feature on these pages. To sit at...

1st December 2022

By Norbert Sene, Trustee Friends for Life In Gibraltar, Friends for Life (the HIV/AIDS awareness and support group) will this year once again be distributing free the now traditional Red Ribbons as well as information leaflets together with the Gibraltar Health Authority’s Infection Control Team and the Well Person Unit and the LGBT+ group outside...

11th November 2022

The Peter J Isola Foundation held its 2nd annual five-a-side football tournament recently, raising £2,050 for GBC Open Day. The event took place at Bayside Sports Complex Facilities. The series of matches was once again a fierce and friendly competition with teams from various local companies, including ISOLAS LLP and Fiduciary Group. Each team contributed...

8th November 2022

By Richard Garcia Everybody knows the name John Mackintosh. We use it all the time: when we mention John Mackintosh Square or John Mackintosh Hall. We connect the name with John Ward and Victoria Ward at St Bernard’s Hospital. The old St Bernard’s Hospital had a John Mackintosh Wing. Mount Alvernia and the Jewish Home...

2nd November 2022

Historian Tito Benady was presented with the Ministry of Culture Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cultural Awards ceremony held in the John Mackintosh Hall on Wednesday evening. Mr Benady was awarded the accolade due to his dedication to documenting Gibraltar’s history and heritage, which has also earned him an MBE, amongst other accolades. “I have...