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21st March 2023

In my first week at university, the entire year group studying English and Creative Writing were summoned to what was pitched as a very important lecture by a very important writer on all the secrets of writing. We crammed ourselves into the auditorium, notebooks in hand, eager to find out what exactly the formula might...

20th March 2023

The Gibraltar Government has finally published planning guidance for new developments on Devil’s Tower Road, where tall construction is changing the landscape dramatically. For some years now, members of the Development and Planning Commission tasked with approving – or not – the design of new projects had been calling for guidance on how this area...

20th March 2023

Three years since first the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed, the Director of Public Health has attributed Gibraltar’s ability to bounce back from the virus to a high vaccination rate among the vulnerable and the elderly. From a public health perspective, protection is key for these individuals as Gibraltar returns to its pre-pandemic ways. Looking back...

20th March 2023

Local artist Beatrice Garcia’s artworks are currently being displayed in Venice after she was invited to show her works in an international art fair called ‘Its Liquid’. Ms Garcia took part in a group exhibition called ‘Mixing Identities’ and participated with three paintings exploring how the food forms part of culture and identity. “As Gibraltarians...

18th March 2023

I sat to chat to Eddy Adamberry; for a brief moment I shut my eyes. It was just like listening to his brother Joe who sat at Alice’s Table last week. Had I been blindfolded I certainly would have been fooled for Eddy expresses himself in almost the same way, carries an almost identical rhythm...

17th March 2023

MPs on Thursday paid tribute to a former parliamentary colleague and the world’s longest-serving lawyer, Louis Triay, KC, who died last month at the age of 94. A minute’s silence was held in his memory as the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, Leader of the Opposition, Keith Azopardi, Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, Together Gibraltar...

15th March 2023

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Jeremy Hunt promised a major expansion in state-funded childcare and tax breaks for businesses in Budget measures aimed at boosting economic growth. The Chancellor said a recession would be avoided and inflation would fall dramatically as the economy was “proving the doubters wrong”. In an effort to remove barriers...

15th March 2023

The newly appointed Duke of Edinburgh has said it is an honour to become patron of the award to which his father Philip gave his title. The King handed his late father’s title the Duke of Edinburgh to his brother Prince Edward in celebration of his 59th birthday on Friday. Philip wanted his son to...

14th March 2023

Dr Eric Shaw, an environmentalist who was instrumental in delivering nature conservation projects in Gibraltar over five decades, died last Saturday aged 76. Through his work on land and at sea, Dr Shaw helped raise awareness of the beauty of Gibraltar’s natural environment in a way that was accessible and effective, placing a spotlight on...

14th March 2023

Local photographer Stephen Hermida will be exhibiting 30 of his works at the Art Revolution exhibition organised by Ace Art at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery in Casemates. Mr Hermida will be showing works focusing on humanity from his travels across the globe where he captures the lives of people in places such as New Zealand,...

13th March 2023

Floyd Swift is undertaking five gruelling challenges in a period of seven weeks to raise funds for Cancer Relief Gibraltar in honour of his mother Rose Brashier (Porro). “I just thought ‘what can I do to make it different? What can I do to make it hard? What can I do to put myself out...

13th March 2023

By Holly Williams, PA Business Editor The UK arm of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank has been bought by HSBC after the UK Government and Bank of England stepped in to “facilitate” a private sale. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that all customer deposits have been protected under the deal, with no taxpayer cash involved....

13th March 2023

Sifting through her late grandfather’s old photographs, Naomi Martinez finally understood where her creativity came from. She had no relationship with him, Manolo Aguis, in life but in death she had found her connection. Both had loved photography without ever knowing of the other’s interest. The relationship between her grandmother and grandfather had severed years...

13th March 2023

Last week’s International Women’s Day 2023 was celebrated with a gala dinner and The Ladies That Rock The Rock Award. Organised by Ayelet Mamo Shay, the event celebrated the achievements and contributions of women to society in general and to the community of Gibraltar in particular. The event brought together women and men from different...

11th March 2023

I was researching this week’s Alice’s Table when I came across one of my old Radio Gibraltar programmes from the early 1980s – Musical Rock. I had forgotten I had interviewed the very popular band of the time, Horizon. One of its members would go on to become one of my working colleagues both at...

10th March 2023

By Sam Blewett and Patrick Daly, in Paris, PA Political Staff Britain will pay France nearly half a billion pounds over the next three years to step up efforts to prevent small boats from crossing the Channel, Rishi Sunak has announced. The Prime Minister praised the “unprecedented” £478 million (541 million euro) package to fund...

10th March 2023

Some 20 residents in Mount Alvernia have tested positive for Covid-19 this week, with a total of 29 new cases recorded on the Rock. According to Government statistics published on Friday, 20 cases are in Elderly Residential Services and one person remains in the Covid-19 ward in hospital with the virus. A spokesperson for No.6...

10th March 2023

By Elena Scialtiel For International Women’s Day 2023, the Gibraltar Academy for Music and Performing Arts organised an immersive theatre experience that was written, directed, choreographed and performed by women. ‘Womanhood’, which premiered on Wednesday, March 8, at the GEMA Gallery, was an ensemble of three productions (dance, monologue and stand-up/physical comedy) set before a...

9th March 2023

Angela Ferguson has returned from the Republic of the Gambia where she delivered nearly 4,000 bras to women and girls. Bras are expensive in Gambia and not wearing one is seen as a sign of poverty, which increases the risk a female may be sexually assaulted or even raped. Before she Ms Ferguson said: “In...

8th March 2023

The developer behind a proposed 15-storey mixed-use development on Devil’s Tower Road has filed a full planning application after receiving outline permission last October. The development is situated between Devil’s Tower Road and Forbes Road on the former Coviran site. When outline permission was granted six members of the DPC voted in favour in a...

8th March 2023

It was after yet another family visit from the in-laws abroad (our life has been a revolving door of visitors since Noa was born – or as I like to call them, obligate babysitters) that my attention turned once again to our offerings as a jurisdiction, in particular our town centre. Their arrival fell, as...

7th March 2023

Last Saturday 25th February, I was invited to be a featured writer at a workshop for young creative people in a weekend of events organised by Accord Literary and The Rock Retreat, in conjunction with Gibraltar Cultural Services. Which is quite a fancy way of saying I spoke to a group of children via Zoom,...

5th March 2023

Like most heavily built-up areas in the world, Gibraltar has a rat problem. Most of the time we do not see them, but not always. Who can forget the video filmed last year on Line Wall Road, in which rats scurried from bins being emptied of rubbish? Or the other clip of a rat strolling...

4th March 2023

Aged seven, Victor Bossano experienced his first flight. He flew to London for the first time on a BEA Vanguard with his parents. You could say he got the bug and there was no looking back after that. His future was determined. The impact of London was so great he knew he would one day...

1st March 2023

The launch of the Gibraltar National Book Council will mean Gibraltarian writers will no longer be “the poor relation” of Gibraltarian arts, Gibraltarian author Mark Sanchez said on Wednesday. He was speaking at the launch of the Council by the Minister for Culture, Dr John Cortes, on Wednesday, the eve of World Book Day, where...

1st March 2023

The world’s longest-serving lawyer on record, Louis W Triay, KC, died yesterday. At age 94, Mr Triay was a highly regarded barrister, the doyen of the Gibraltar legal community who had served in Government in the 1960s and whose career spanned over seven decades. In 2020, he was awarded a Guinness World Record for the...

28th February 2023

At a press conference in Madrid back in May 2022, Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, and his then Irish counterpart, Simon Coveney, were at pains to stress that UK/EU talks on Gibraltar and Northern Ireland were “two separate negotiations”. “They have nothing in common other than the fact that on the other...

28th February 2023

By Elena Scialtiel Author, cancer survivor and charity fundraiser Sonia Golt is publishing her seventh book this month. ‘Seeking Inspiration’ is being launched today at a poetry recital held at the Mayor’s Parlour, with readings by Sonia and some of her fellow poets and friends. Proceeds are pledged to the Bosom Buddies Cancer Trust, the...

24th February 2023

In Ukraine, Gibraltarian Blythe Victor hunkers down with his family at home, shielding themselves from Russian missiles. All around them, death and destruction. They live in constant fear of bombings as sirens blare at all hours and missiles and kamikaze drones crash devastate homes nearby. From their windows they can see scenes of war. Today...

24th February 2023

Ukrainian refugee Julia Vaskovych spent almost a year in Gibraltar with her son and parents waiting for the news of peace, a hope she continues to hold on to tightly. Julia had to return with her family last December to sort out new travel documents after they lived for months in Government supplied accommodation in...