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CONTENTS 08

DEALING WITH RISK

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SMOOTH OPERATOR AT OMEGA PHARMACY

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THE LEXUS RANGE

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AUTOSPORT NOW AT THE ‘DUTCH MAGAZINE’

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AN OVERVIEW OF THE REFORMATION

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MADRE MIA, SE NOS CASA LA NIÑA

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WINNING INTERVIEW TIPS

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ONCE UPON A ZOMBIE

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BACKSTAGE AT THE GMF

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THE GIBRALTAR MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 – THE SATURDAY SESSION

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THE GIBRALTAR BEER FESTIVAL 2015

Stylist & Headpiece: Charlene Figueras

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AT THE WINE FESTIVAL WITH SKYE

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WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWN TOWN?

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ANOTHER VINTAGE YEAR FOR THE GIBRALTAR CHARITY CARDBOARD BOAT RACE

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TRIBUTE TO CLIVE ‘FINGERS’ YEATS

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GIBTELECOM’S CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF HOME GROWN TALENT

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SOMATICS

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HOLIDAY’S OVER

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THE 2015 GIBRALTAR FAIR

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THE FIDUCIARY TROPHY

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Dealing with Risk Aren’t shares just too risky for ordinary savers? Shares and risk seem to go hand in hand. Every day there is a story in the papers about someone who lost an inheritance in the stock markets, or borrowed to buy shares and now can’t repay the loan. The papers are full of horror stories about profit warnings, unexpected losses, and various other events that can harm companies and destroy the savings of those who invest in them.

Yet, handled properly, the stock market is a good home for some of our savings.

Not the money you will need tomorrow or even next year, but the kind of long-term cash that can really grow in value if spread widely across the whole market, and left for a decade or more; shares have a superior long-run performance to almost every other place you can put your money.

Are stock markets a casino? If you wanted a profit the day after you bought, then stocks markets are a casino, make no mistake. Share prices go up and down, sometimes by 10 per cent or more a day. If risk is the chance of an unexpected return, then any individual share may be quite risky. A whole share market will vary less, because every day some share prices rise while

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we don’t need for everyday expenses into the stock market. Like dieting, investing really only works in context with the rest of your life. Those who don’t yet have a foot on the housing ladder might want to think about that before going gung-ho into shares, while those who are running up big credit card bills might find a better return from eliminating debts which are costing them 25-30 per cent a year rather than pushing cash into shares which may return 5 per cent. others fall, making a daily movement of more than three per cent fairly rare.

Yet on an annual basis, entire markets still have a huge range of movements. In the case of the United Kingdom shares, over the last hundred years, there have been occasions when the market has either halved or doubled in a single year, according to the Barclays Gilt-Equity study.

Even though the average return is 5 per cent a year over that century, the possibilities in any given year are wide. Clearly, you can’t rely on having more money by the end of a given year than at the start.

Time eases risk: Fortunately, risk drops dramatically as we add extra years to our investment horizon. It isn’t rocket science to realise that years of

sharp stock market falls are often fallen by sharp rises, extreme peaks by big drops. Based on the historical record, the chance of shares bringing you better returns than savings accounts rises from 67 per cent over any two years, to 93 per cent over any ten. So, if you make sure that you hold shares for at least a decade then you can be pretty sure of doing better than with a savings account. Take any twenty year period and there has never been a time in the last hundred years when U.K. shares didn’t produce a superior return to cash. Clearly, if you are saving for a distant retirement then the stock market is the right place for some of your money.

Investing assets: That doesn’t mean that we should sock every penny that

Likewise, given that shares work best if left undisturbed, we want to make sure we have a fat cushion of cash in a high-interest savings account for inevitable everyday problems, whether it be needing a new car or a new roof. Those who are within 20 years of retirement probably need to have a substantial piece of their investable capital in income generating assets whose prices are less volatile than shares.

Traditionally, government bonds or ‘gilts’ have performed this function, though the more competitive national savings schemes, permanent income bonds, and cash mini-ISAs are also good. These decisions, what are known as asset allocation, are crucial to the future investment performance you will get.

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Smooth Operator at Omega Pharmacy Text by Joe Adambery

If this new century, which is now fifteen years old, has brought us something, it has brought about a revolution in communication and with that an acute interest in how we perceive ourselves.

We are bombarded with media information about how we should look, what we should weigh and what we should and should not be eating in order to remain healthy for longer.

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Mostly, we all know the red lines not to cross but misleading or hidden information about food content can lead us astray. Our biggest food battles are fought against sugars - they alone can keep the scales going up until we become obese and fighting back from that condition is a difficult battle. There are no miracles but there are well balanced, healthy and energising, alkalising and tasty ‘smoothies’, which can turn your life around.

Enter Omega Pharmacist, Louis Calvente, who has thoroughly researched diets that can detoxify you, energise you and revitalise you. Certain fruit and vegetables have been selected locally to produce a revolutionary kind of ‘smoothie’, which is both tasty and importantly, alkalising; a term used to mean that the body breaks down fats and helps weight loss.

Pop down to Omega Pharma-

cy at Fish Market Road, next to Ocean Heights, and see how Louis has shed the weight.

Once you have him talking to you about the absorbing subject of fighting sugars and winning and also the properties and benefits of what he infuses into his home produced line of ‘smoothies’, you will be tempted to think differently about how you can change your diet, feel energised, sleep better at night and generally get your

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life (excess kilos) back on track.

I spent half an hour watching and listening to him and a steady stream of interested would-be customers discussing all the pros and cons of what to do and how to do it. Believe me, when it comes to kick-starting your efforts to lose weight or simply getting a healthy lower intake of sugars, Louis is the ‘smooth operator’ in the best sense of the word. He produces a range of well balanced natural ‘smoothies’, which are selling like there’s no tomorrow.

Ask Debbie, his wife, who is a bit miffed at missing her training with ‘The Wild Team’ as

her mornings are now so busy helping hubby keep topping up the supply of the healthy drinks. Louis will be the first to tell you that you don’t have to believe him. He will point you in the direction of many satisfied customers. They will be happy to bear witness to the sensible and credible claims made by him, a man, who I could clearly see, is visibly happy to help everyone as he has helped himself and many others seeking enlightenment and a smaller waistline.

Omega Pharmacy is at 17 Fish Market Road (adjacent to Ocean Heights). You can contact Louis on Tel: 200 44544 or email: louiscalvente@gmail.com

‘We proudly present to you, our latest energizing, alkalising and tasty ‘smoothies’! Packed with 100% pure, nutritious fruit and raw vegetables, its contents are specifically selected for their alkalising properties that detoxify our bodies and boost our immune systems. As a result, these ‘smoothies’ will make you feel energized and revitalised, also serving as an aid for weight loss... all at an extremely low introductory cost! Come in and get yours today!!’

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The Lexus Model Range The broad range of Lexus models available enables you pick the one that suits your requirements exactly. The current selection includes the sporty CT, the confident and capable RX, the compact SUV NX and the spacious and luxurious IS

LEXUS CT

TECHNOLOGY

Acceleration to 60mph is accomplished in 10.3 seconds, thanks to the CT’s hybrid power system – a pioneering fusion of a 249bhp petrol engine and a 73kW electric motor with the VVT-i valve mechanism. Above and beyond the expected economy and emissions from a petrol/ electric hybrid, the vehicle delivers a stunning 74.3mpg combined.

The Lexus CT claims the title of the world’s first full hybrid luxury compact. Showcasing the manufacturer’s revolutionary engineering advances and the most functional style qualities, it stands apart from other compact cars with grace, pride and understated confidence.

Award-winning safety is one of the CT’s most famous and defining aspects. A strategically placed driver’s knee airbag supplements the dual-stage system throughout the interior, which incorporates braking, traction and stability controls that assist by providing lightning responses and intuitive support.

DESIGN

Clean lines sweep from the

LEXUS IS The third-generation Lexus IS range more than matches its European contemporaries for performance, build quality, interior comfort, and driving dynamics.

Available with an extraordinarily powerful petrol-electric hybrid power-train, the IS is a powerful statement of the manufacturer’s desire to be at the forefront of luxury car design.

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model’s subset air vents and matt black front grille over the gently sloped roof to the integrated rear spoiler, joining each contemporary design aspect in aerodynamic harmony. LED daytime running lights form a strongly defined arrowhead shape within the angled headlights, and the standard 15-inch alloy wheel rims can be increased in diameter to enhance the

confident and purposeful aura The CT can be operated in any of four carefully modiof the vehicle. fied driving modes to naviThe CT roars into life at the gate more challenging roads: touch of a single button ope- Normal, Eco, Sport and EV. rated from the leather-covered Independent front and rear telescopic steering wheel. Op- suspension systems underpin tional navigation, sports and the vehicle’s agile handling, multimedia packages are pro- automatically levelling the vided to tailor the interior spe- lightweight chassis on rougcification to individual require- her terrains. ments.

Introducing full hybrid technology to the IS range for the first time, the new IS 300h is powered by our very latest Lexus Hybrid Drive, delivering 223 DIN hp yet with CO2 emissions from just 99g/km and up to 65.7mpg (combined). This combination of power and efficiency is a breakthrough achievement.

and active safety measures. The occupants receive excellent allround protection from eight airbags, whilst whiplash-reducing front seats and active headrests also do their part to prevent physical injury in case of a collision.

SAFETY

The IS boasts the latest passive

A host of stability-enhancing functions, meanwhile, are aimed at avoiding such a situation. Standard active safety features include ABS, active brake

lights, Brake Assist, Hill Start Control, Traction Control, and Vehicle Stability Control. Optional extras, such as a Blind Spot Monitor or Rear Cross Traffic Alert, may also prove useful for drivers who frequently deal with hectic situations on the roads.

DESIGN

A number of alterations to the bodywork has given the newest version of the IS an even bolder

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and more energetic appearance than its predecessor. The flared wheel arches, prominent bonnet and gaping grille, accentuated by the LED daytime running lights, give the vehicle an imposing profile. At 4665mm long and 1810mm wide, this IS is slightly larger than the previous model; and the wheelbase has also been extended to 2800mm, allowing extra legroom to passengers in the rear.

A refined and sumptuous interior ensures that the vehicle’s occupants will remain comfortable and refreshed even on very long journeys. The manufacturer’s consistent focus on a high-quality yet simple layout is evident in the clear and

LEXUS NX First seen at the Beijing Motor Show in April 2014, the Lexus NX is the manufacturer’s new compact SUV, available with a variety of powerful yet frugal petrol-hybrid engines. Together with its elegant, angular looks, outstanding ride quality, classleading loadspace and wealth of sophisticated convenience and safety equipment, the NX is more than a match for any competitor in the premium crossover segment.

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The NX provides a supremely stable platform, with all specifications (with the exception of the entry-level 300h S) being equipped with all-wheel drive as well as myriad active safety measures to prevent any loss of control. The Pre-Crash Safety System and Adaptive Cruise Control is common to all mo18 SEPTEMBER 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE

during urban journeys or lengthy motorway trips, the IS range offers a four-cylinder 178bhp petrol engine to a rear-mounted electric motor supplying 141bhp.

The hybrid engine achieves 0-62mph acceleration in 8.3, while returning combined fuel consumption of 65.7mpg and CO2 emissions of just 99g/km.

accessible controls and dials, as well as a supportive driving position and easily adjustable steering column to give you maximum comfort behind the wheel. Along with the aforementioned improved legroom, dels, with more highly-specified editions adding even more proactive features such as Lane Keep Assist and Rear Cross-Traffic Alert. The All-Speed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control ensures that you never find yourself too close to the rear of the road user in front – a feature particularly useful when negotiating congested traffic situations.

If a collision should occur, however, eight airbags shield

the new IS offers increased storage space of 480 litres (450 litres in the hybrid model).

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As well as sheer performance, the third-generation IS has had its driving dynamics improved by the use of highertensile and lighter steel in the chassis, in addition to a new multi-link rear suspension to increase ride quality.

Equally smooth and swift the vehicle’s occupants from harm. A 360-degree panoramic parking camera, meanwhile, makes avoiding minor bumps and scrapes easier.

DESIGN

At 4630mm long and 1845mm wide, the NX is a vehicle of substantial size – and its authoritative road presence is further enhanced by the sculpted

bodywork, gaping grille and menacing split headlights. The styling at the rear of the vehicle is equally bold, with sharp LED lights and the rising angle of the car’s underside contributing to its poised, aggressive look. The superb ride quality familiar to Lexus drivers is enhanced even further by the Adaptive Variable Suspension, which makes damping more precise and reduces body roll to a minimum.

A spacious and driver-focused interior provides a high standard of comfort for five occupants. Electrically-powered rear seats can fold directly into the rear floor, contributing to the class-leading maximum loadspace, possible load length and legroom in the compact SUV class. Dual-zone climate control is standard on all specifications, whilst the relaxing ambience of the vehicle is increased by a minimum of wind, road or engine noise. The dome lamp and map lamp flood the cabin with light,

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and are quick and intuitive to use thanks to capacitive touch switches.

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The Lexus NX’S engine combines an Atkinson 2.5 litre, fourcylinder petrol unit with an electric motor fitted to the rear axle (two systems, one on the

front axle and one on the rear, are available if the customer selects a four-wheel drive model). A substantial combined power output of 195bhp results in an accomplished performance, while such energy-saving methods as regenerative braking and a selection of different driving modes further reduce combined fuel consumption and

carbon emissions to 54.3mpg and 120g/km.

Aside from its vigorous engine, the NX supplies buyers with an eight-speaker sound systemand a DAB digital radio. The Lexus Media Display allows you to control your music selection, as well as navigation and communications functions, with the so-

LEXUS RX Futuristic design and technical innovation combine with impressive space and plush upholstery in the fabulous RX. Attention has been paid to luxurious hospitality throughout - from the welcoming ambient lights that illuminate key controls to the intelligent climate control system that maintains optimum temperature. Contoured, adjustable leather seats ensure comfort throughout the journey.

And should you need extra space, the rear seats offer versatile folding options. In fact, it’s noticeable how generously spacious this car is; there’s plenty of boot capacity to easily accommodate ample luggage – with extended room available at the touch of a lever.

rough. The RX has redefined the crossover vehicle in every sense.

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protection, impact avoidance and driver aid technologies. The dynamic control systems that deliver the most confident drive are there to provide assurance, whatever the conditions. The entire body also uses high tensile steel for a lightweight, but rigid structure.

A sweeping, ergonomic dashboard – with its centrepiece LCD display – is a wonderful blend of innovative technology and uncluttered functionality. Plus the superb Mark Levinson sound system* provides incomparable audio and DVD experiences. Wherever you may journey, the RX will always make you feel at home and in the lap of luxury.

Advanced features like Remote Touch and a Head-Up Display (HUD) on the windscreen allow the driver to remain focused on the road. Meanwhile, no less than ten airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners help to protect the people inside the car. Plus our Pre-Crash Safety system is there not only to warn of potential hazards, but to aid with evasive action too, if necessary.

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DESIGN

In the development of the RX, Lexus engineers crashed over 200 vehicles to test, innovate and perfect. The result is a raft of occupant

The RX is quite simply a revelation.

All of the traditional weaknesses of a vehicle in this class have not only been addressed - they’ve been

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phisticated touchpad’s Remote Touch Interface. Notable options on higher-specification versions of the car include a wireless charging tray for smartphones and iPads and a “heads-up” display which shows you vital information such as speed, rpm and fuel consumption without having to check your instrument panel.

revolutionised. Fuel economy is remarkable – more comparable with a modest sedan than a car as spacious as this. Emissions are also astonishingly low. And all this is down to the innovative Lexus Hybrid Drive. Its two high output electric motors power the car at low speeds (and so no fuel is used), whilst still delivering an exhilarating acceleration from a powerful 24-valve V6 petrol engine when you need it.

Powerful performance is enhanced by exceptional control and handling too. The RX will smoothly negotiate city corners just as easily as it can tackle more challenging terrain. And hundreds of hours have been spent perfecting its sleek, aerodynamic shape to arrive at a car that is unhindered by wind resistance even at top speed. A highly advanced suspension system also makes for a supremely comfortable drive even when the going gets

For the RX 450h we challenged ourselves with creating the best, most innovative, luxury crossover ever built - a car engineered without compromise, and capable of resetting benchmarks for performance, comfort and craftsmanship. The RX 450h delivers amazing performance, yet is incredibly easy to drive.

Powered by a potent second generation Lexus Hybrid Drive, this Lexus SUV intelligently unites a 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine with two high-output electric motors.

All the controls are instantly to hand from the driver’s seat, and cutting-edge features such as Remote Touch and a windscreen Head-Up Display (HUD) ensure that your attention can be concentrated on the driving experience.

A leather steering wheel with audio, telephone, cruise control and multifunction switches all come as standard. You’ll also find 40/20/40 split, moveable and foldable rear seats for maximum convenience, as well as dual zone climate control to ensure complete comfort.

The Lexus Range can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, distributors in Gibraltar for Lexus.

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Autosport now at the ‘Dutch Magazine’ Living a healthy life is what we would all like and hopefully always aim for...Equally, being aware of maintaining a healthy mode of transport is something we frequently overlook and often only realise when all of a sudden your car or bike says, ‘I’m taking you nowhere!’

Maintenance...is, of course, the answer! And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to fathom that out, but it happens and when it does, you’re late for work and your kids for school or worse...you’ll miss your flight! Like shopping for food, clothes or visiting your favourite eatery, reliability and good service is what you want. Your car or bike can be your lifeline and ‘reliability’ is the key word there. Garage workshops 22 SEPTEMBER 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE

are many but finding one you can trust and rely on is not so easy...Autosport (Gibraltar) Ltd ticks all the boxes...For starters, great customer care and attention when approaching reception by the very knowledgeable brothers, Gonzalo and Nico Cintado, ably assisted by Douglas Payas and Andrew Busson.

We’re talking about, service maintenance, mechani-

cal works and all there is to know about paint and body work jobs at which they excel.

Workshop manager Gonzalo brings with him years of professional experience having worked at, amongst others, Cesvimap, Centro Zaragoza, Centro de Formacion Dupont, Ticplus and Multimark and prestigious car dealers like Seat, Mitsubishi, Chevrolet and Kia. The above named are a young motivated crew at Autosport, well trained and providing the highest quality level on the Rock. Installations and equipment are top class, always keeping abreast of the latest innovations and work processes... Managing Director Jose Luis Bonavia tells me since they moved from Trafalgar House, where the Trafalgar Interchange now is, clients and potential customers are beginning to realise Autosport is very much alive and kicking at the Dutch Magazine which is easy to find...It’s bang opposite the RGP’s HQ on Rosia Road.

The old dockyard South Gate is the way to enter and it’s the first on the left.

The business is split into two with the Trafalgar site now a motorbike and minivan showroom and workshop for

motor cycles. At the ‘Dutch Magazine’ opposite the ‘cop shop,’ workshops are spacious and mechanics are busy remedying or servicing cars and bikes. Servicing comes in three forms: ‘Bronze’, which

gives you a basic service, a ‘Silver’ will give you more checks and services and ‘Gold’ steps up to an extensive and super thorough checklist. Prices are more than reasonable and it doesn’t end there: special

offers of ‘Express,’ ‘Premium’ and ‘Executive’ are also to be asked about when visiting their reception. Whilst your servicing is ongoing, an itinerary of what’s been undertaken is recorded and any other defects that require seeing to will be noted in your service history chart and regular servicing is highly recommended.

Bodywork and spray paint jobs are guaranteed and checked on, year on year. Prepared estimates are as accurate as you can get with every detail of works and parts required clearly listed for your perusal.

Should there be any unexpected issues arising during the job process, you would be advised before any extra costs are incurred. ‘Yours truly’ has had body and paint work done on his Fiat Punto, servicing and other jobs and results have been A1 all the way!

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blet and all be will explained in a ‘Guarantee for Life’ booklet, which will soon be produced and published containing very useful information... Also worthy of mention is their spare parts and accessories department, which is yet another

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service available at Autosport: parts not in stock are ordered and installed or presented to you in no time. Broken down bike collection from the hinterland is another facility you can inquire about at Autosport!

Gibraltar’s major insurance companies rely on Autosport to carry out works and their private client list is ever increasing. You can rely on them too! What’s on offer is simply, ‘highest quality services at the most competitive prices.’ That’s

the message from Autosport...

Put another way... ‘It’s all good at The Dutch Magazine!’

The Autosport , Dutch Magazine workshops can be contacted on: Tel: +350 200 65324 or by email: workshop@autosport.gi

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An Overview of the Reformation ROOTS OF THE REFORMATION It’s one of those things everybody’s heard of but nobody really quite understands. The culmination of centuries of Catholic corruption or a bit of a fluke? The consequence of a European power vacuum or grand theological debate? A reasonable quest for a son and heir or simply a result of Henry VIII’s lustful nature?

Well, it is down to all of those, really.

If it were as simple as any one of these options, there would be little mystery.

They were all necessary for the English Reformation, but not one by itself was sufficient to bring about the chain of events that would eventually alter England and Englishness forever.

So much in history is a bastard child of both long-standing, simmering emotion and the opportunistic seizing of a moment. By its nature unexpected, it is also unpredictable, and shaped as much by environment and chance as by its progenitors. The Reformation was no different.

The story really begins over a hundred years earlier, when the Papacy began to reap the effects of centuries of compromise. The Great Schism saw two, even three individuals claiming to be the Pope,

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King Phillip II of Spain

church carried on unabashed and proud, selling offices and indulgences, a political plaything for princes and a useful source of income for second sons and men on the make. And forget celibacy.

THE WIDER PICTURE

King Henry VIII

Martin Luther

and the Council of Constance in the early fifteenth century saw a power struggle between Bishops and Pope. Combined, they hindered Papal government and harmed the reputation of the Church in the eyes of the laity. They led early sixteenth century popes to resist reform and bolster their own position by using their spiritual power, along with war and diplomacy, to become territorial princes in Italy, building their bank accounts on the way.

Quen Elizabeth I of England

In England, the same period saw John Wyclif, an Oxford academic, anticipate the arguments of Martin Luther over a century later, and also produce the first English Bible. Piers Plowman, a popular poetic satire, attacked abuses in the entire church, from Pope to priest. But nothing happened. Wyclif ’s supporters, the Lollards, were driven underground after their failed rebellion of 1414, and remained a persecuted minority for another hundred years. The

So European anticlericalism was nothing new; it had been seething for centuries. What was new this time round was a by-product of the infant capitalism: wealth, urbanisation and education. Whilst still a minority, the literate laity were no longer confined to those in on the game, and were better educated than many priests who claimed to be the path to salvation (while taking their money in taxes). It rankled somewhat.

Criticism was stepped up, at home and abroad, by the Humanists. Led by Colet, More and Erasmus, they went back to basics, studying the Scriptures as they would any classical text. Yet they remained Catholics, attacking corruption but keen to reform from within, stressing toleration and man’s inherent dignity. It was a depressed German cleric, Martin Luther, who lit the fuse for the first, European, Reformation. Provided no comfort

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by Catholic ritual and horrified by abuses in Italy, he concluded that salvation was a personal matter between God and man: traditional church ceremonial was irrelevant at best and at its worst - the sale of indulgences, for example - fraudulent.

Nailing his 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany, he prompted massive theological debate and was condemned as a heretic and an outlaw.

It is one of history’s great ironies that the man who publicly refuted him was none other than Henry VIII, rewarded with the title of Fidei Defensor - Defender of the Faith in 1521. But it was too late. Luther’s ideas were white hot and they spread fast. They soon reached England and were discussed by academics here, most notably the White Horse Group who were named after a Cambridge pub where scholars would meet, drank and put the world to rights.

Some things don’t change.

THE BREAK FROM ROME So England by the mid 1520s was hearing grumbles of lay dissatisfaction, grumbles that remained. Catholicism addressed many important needs and enjoyed general popular support. Even though the grumblers could point to Europe as a lead, the same situation existed in France, yet that remained Catholic. What France didn’t have

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Pope Clement VII

Thomas Cromwell

was a Defender of the Faith; it didn’t have a Henry. King since 1509, England’s Renaissance Man lacked but one thing in his life - a son.

Catherine of Aragon had produced six children but only a daughter, Mary, survived. Henry had become convinced that God was punishing him for marrying the wife of his dead elder brother, Arthur. He had also become infatuated with Anne Boleyn, daughter of a well-connected London

Thomas Cranmer

merchant whose family he knew well: her sister had been a mistress. No beauty but no fool, Anne insisted that she be Queen or nothing. Henry was keen. He was also married. It was his search for a solution that triggered the break from Rome.

In 1527 he asked Pope Clement VII for a divorce on Scriptural grounds.

But unfortunately for both Clement and Henry, Rome was surrounded by the Emperor Charles V of Spain, Catherine’s nephew. Unsurprisingly, Charles was unsympathetic to Henry’s requests, which meant the Pope had to be as well. Henry had to find another way.

It was Thomas Cranmer, one of the ‘White Horse Group’, who in 1530 suggested a legal approach. The Collectanea argued that Kings of England enjoyed Imperial Power similar to that of the first Christian Roman Emperors. This meant that

the Pope’s jurisdiction was illegal: if Henry wanted a divorce, he could have it, as long as the Archbishop of Canterbury agreed. But William Warham didn’t. Henry applied some pressure, charging the clergy with Praemunire, the unlawful exercise of spiritual jurisdiction. In 1532 they had capitulated, and the next year a new Act asserted England’s judicial independence. By now, matters were pressing: Anne was pregnant.

Henry had to marry for the child to be legitimate. Luckily, Warham had just died. Henry replaced him with Cranmer and the divorce came through within months.

DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES The Act of Supremacy (1534) confirmed the break from Rome, declaring Henry to be the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

But the Reformation was far from over. The Protestant Anne Boleyn had the motivation, the power and the intelligence to push reform as far as it would go. She also had the means: Cranmer and Cromwell.

In the Orwellian atmosphere of the Tudor state, Cranmer was the thought, Cromwell the police.

Thomas Cromwell combined managerial genius with Machiavellian ruthlessness. The years to 1540 saw his hitsquads travel the country, assessing the church’s wealth. Once he knew how much to take, he took.

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The Dissolution of the Monasteries lasted four years to 1540. Two thirds of all the land was sold to the laity and the money squandered in vanity wars against France. With the destruction of priceless ecclesiastical treasures it was possibly the greatest act of vandalism in English history but also an act of political genius, creating a vested interest in the Reformation: those now owning monastic lands were unlikely to embrace a return to Catholicism.

was always going to have a tough time undoing twenty years’ work.

Although Protestantism remained patchy and its followers a minority, this minority was entrenched and substantial at least in London and the South East. Mary did her best, reinstating Catholic doctrines and rites, and replacing altars and images, but she handicapped herself by martyring almost 300 ordinary men and women, as well as bigger names like Cranmer.

nervous kingdom where Catholicism dominated everywhere but the major cities, the South East and East Anglia.

She had to inject some stability. The religious settlement of 1559 was intended to be inclusive. It restored Royal Supremacy and the Act of Uniformity but, in a conciliatory gesture, reintroduced clerical vestments and a more Catholic Eucharist. Altars were allowed, and clergy had to get permission to marry.

But for all the work carried out in his name, Henry was never a Protestant.

Further doctrinal reform was halted by the Act of Six Articles in 1539 and following Cromwell’s sudden fall the next year the court hung between religious conservatives and radical reformers with the Reformation stuck in the mud. But on the quiet, Henry’s young son, born to Jane Seymour (wife number three), was being educated

by Protestants. Edward was only ten when he became king in 1547 but his two regents accelerated the pace of Protestant reform considerably. The 1539 Act was repealed, priests were permitted to marry - creating another vested interest - and more land was confiscated. Altars and shrines were all removed from churches and the stained glass was smashed.

The burnings were unpopular and immensely counter-productive, and she compounded her errors by marrying Philip II of Spain, son of Charles V who had so successfully thwarted Henry in 1527. Burning bodies, Spanish courtiers and Philip’s awful English all fuelled further Protestant propaganda and confirmed fears of the Catholic menace that had been threatened since 1534. Fighting France for Philip, Mary’s loss of Calais in 1558 - England’s last territory in France - helped turn distrust into hatred and xenophobia. Tension mounted, Thomas Wyatt was rebelling in Kent, and religious civil war seemed not too far away.

A LASTING LEGACY In reality, however, the settlement was very Protestant: it reissued Cranmer’s Prayer Book of 1552 and its 39 Articles were closely modelled on his work in 1553. All but one of Mary’s Bishops were removed from office after refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, replaced by men handpicked by Elizabeth’s chief minister, Robert Cecil. Most were far more radical than their Queen, as were the clergy who filled the parishes vacated by resigning Catholic priests. While altars were theoretically allowed, in practice they were removed by church commissions that toured the country to check compliance.

However, chance rolled the dice once more. After two phantom pregnancies Mary died childless in November 1558: the only heir was Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn’s daughter. A moderate Protestant, she inherited a

The church was further bolstered in 1563 when another Act of Uniformity made refusal to take the oath, or the defence of papal authority, a treasonable offence. But this time the foreign threat was real: a revolt in

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1569, the papal invasion of Ireland, Elizabeth’s excommunication and the arrival of priests from France all underlined the insecurity of the Anglican Church. The severity of the Treason Laws increased alongside anti-Catholic sentiment, effectively killing it as any real force by driving it underground for the rest of her reign.

And it was the length of her reign that secured Anglicanism and established it as Protestant. After the stop-start policies of Edward and Mary, it had 45 years of Elizabethan rule to bed down. Had she succumbed to smallpox in 1562, a religious civil war might easily have followed. But luck struck again, and by her death in 1603 the country was united as had not been possible in the previous century, both by a common religion and a common enemy. Patriotism and Protestantism were two halves of the same coin, a coin baring Henry’s title, ‘Fidei Defensor’. They still do.

So why is the Reformation important?

True, it happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but it established in English minds the image of an island nation, separate and supreme, still resonant today. English policy became increasingly repressive in Ireland, importing Protestant landowners to oppress the locals, who resisted conversion. That legacy still lingers, and the abiding sense of anti-Catholicism remained potent enough to be a cause of the Civil War a century later.

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Madre mía, se nos casa la niña!

When an audience is totally engrossed in what’s happening on stage and is ‘all ears’ for about two hours at a performance, that surely means you’re onto a winner...Pre ‘sold out’ seats for six performances over five days due to reputation and previous achievements at delivering the goods, must also count for something... So once again to summarise, top marks to all involved!

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achieve success in the form of two or three hit records and then fade away, invariably, due to their bankruptcy of ideas to write more hit material...

The Beatles, Stones, Bee Gees,

Elton John and others come to mind proving the opposite... their reservoir of inspiration is plentiful and consequently success prevails. Why the analogy? Because when you’ve

produced two or three comedies - a difficult genre to write for and then perform convincingly – it’s a task and a half to come up with what’s required to make your next comedy funny,

again. Well, Santos and Mor keep on proving they can do it over and over again very, very successfully, hence it being analogous to my pop music example...The Lennon and McCartney of Gibraltarian comedy perhaps?

Abba music continues to be popular and their ‘Mamma Mia’ film helped to cement that popularity. ‘Madre Mia’ takes that film idea on board, ‘y hace cajas de bolillas’ with it, set in our very own Catalan Bay, well, the Catalan Bay of the Caleteños, which they so much treasure as highlighted in the show. Melissa Galliano’s character ‘Donna,’ runs the ‘Village Wave’ restaurant, has had a number of man friends in the past – three especially and is mother to the supposed bride to be ‘Chiquitita,’ played

by Tanya Santini McLelland...

So who is the dad, who’ll give his daughter away on that impending wedding day? ‘Juan Ovas,’ played by Richard Mor, ‘Fernando,’ Dylan Trenado and Christian Santos aka ‘Walter Loo,’ – clearly the girl’s dad with matching tee shirt, hair, missing tooth and laughter - are the lucky trio, one of whom will be named ‘dad’ by ‘mum,’ when she eventually comes clean and

different scenes, which, for the most part, they succeeded in doing.

who in fact, ends up marrying Chiquitita’s dad (Walter Loo) because the girl’s husband-tobe, fails to turn up! Supporting the goings on, Chiquitita’s close friend ‘Honey,’ Nicole Jones, then there’s mum’s, ‘always full of advice mates’ `Karisse,’ played by Nathalie Saccone and Sylvia,’ Sueanne Avellano,

eagerly seeking relationships themselves. Minerva Santini is ‘Titi’, who’s full of advice also, albeit with her head a little in the clouds and completing the ensemble, another half dozen ladies, who have non-speaking parts but need to act, by adopting the ‘looking interested pretence role’ required in

Laughing at oneself and the traits that define us is a great medicine and for this play, a whole pharmacy was prescribed and taken...

Laughs came in heavy doses and were barely spread out!

Contemporary characteristics and habits of our dear populace were plentiful, from the parking of umbrellas to secure spots on the beach, the controversy over the Europa Point football stadium – an area, which not many locals visits any way, it was claimed – keeping up with the Joneses, the power cuts, the fact so many are going ‘green crazy’ but yet not many of us have visited the Alameda Gardens in the past 50 years and loads more cracks, jibes, political digs and idiosyncrasies particular to our way of life! The whole plot was played to everyone’s enjoyment and it showed. Christian is a great comedy actor and stays in character throughout whilst simultaneously aware of holding back his lines till laughter (or clapping) subsides, which is a point I’m always going on about and some of the other players needed to bear

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in mind. Tops in the roar of laughter ratings on my night, must’ve been the comment by `Walter Loo’ (Christian), about paying back a mortgage for a government 50/50 flat at a mere £20 a month for the next 25 years by selling his ‘Alcaidesa hidden from Government home,’ which would cover most of the cost!

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and appropriate and scene changes were carried out promptly. Invariably there are sound problems on first nights especially - this was the second - and there was a shortage of ‘mics’ for all the players. Some of the punch lines and /or dialogue were difficult to pick up at times mainly because of sound issues and during one particular segment of a

minute or two, the music was a little overpowering affecting narrative and interchanges between the players.

It was a great night of 100% ‘llanito comedy’, which filled the John Mackintosh Hall with genuine, almost non-stop, laughter. The well rehearsed members of the veteran, Santos Productions cast were on form throughout

and Christian (Walter Loo) and Tanya (Chiquitita) have to be singled out for exemplary performances. The ideas and scripting of Richard Mor and Christian Santos must also be highly commended for without inspiration and a well thought out plot, there is no performance...Clearly your reservoir of ideas is far from depleted...Keep the brainwaves coming!

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Winning Interview Tips We thought that you might appreciate some advice on passing job interviews. They are a necessary job-seeking evil and, though there are some that enjoy the challenge, most of us find them nerve racking. We have put together some tips that should ensure that you breeze rather than blunder through your next interview.

Some winning tips: BE PREPARED

Make sure you research or mystery-shop the company beforehand. For example, if your prospective employer is a retailer, try being a customer. It's advisable to visit their website and look up the ‘About us' section on their site. You'll learn a lot about the company values from there. You should also check the ‘Press Release' or ‘News' sections of their site so you can find out what widgets or latest service initiatives they have. This area of their site will also give you an insight into how transparent the organization is about what

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full suit and tie combo might be too formal for an interview at a hip new media agency or for the next Cbeebies Presenter job.

Also, go easy on the aftershave or perfume – you don't want the interviewer to pass out half way through!

DON'T CRACK JOKES

they're doing. They may feature employees of the month here or recent promotions too. In an interview situation all of the above will show the interviewer that you are thinking about ‘how' you would do the job, which is what they want to hear.

turning up late. This is the big interview no-no, and could help you to decide your fate before you've even spoken a word. ‘Getting lost' does not sit comfortably with interviewers.

BE PUNCTUAL

Make sure you dress smart, plain and simple. There are exceptions depending on the industry – a

Don't fall at the first hurdle by

SMARTEN UP!

Remember, this is a job interview. You're there to convince the interviewer you're the right person for the job. So don't crack jokes or tell funny anecdotes (they'll almost all be offensive to some one). Remember you want to appear professional.

AFTER THE INTERVIEW

If you're unsuccessful, use it as an opportunity to improve. Seek feedback from the interviewer, you're entitled to it; if you were skills or competency tested, ask for the results. This shows initiative and keenness on your part, as well as, boosting your future interview success chances; the interviewer may consider you for future vacancies at the company.

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Back Stage at the GMF Text by Justine Fava – Cartwright Photograph by Mark Galliano

This was my first time backstage since the GMF started just 4 years ago. Although familiar with the workings of events of all kinds, nothing prepared me for the magnitude of the Gibraltar Music Festival, by far the biggest thing produced in Gibraltar.

I had the pleasure of being selected as a Personal Assistant to headliners KINGS OF LEON but truth be told, I had little idea of exactly what it would involve.

Arriving just days before the main event, I met with all the other PA’s at the venue, a venue I have spent years in, watching my boys play basketball and I thought I knew every little nook and cranny. This time though, I didn’t recognize the place, it had been transformed completely to accommodate everything needed to pull off the biggest weekend in Gibraltar.

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strangely quiet too, which was a contrast to the chaos of equipment filling the rooms to the brim.

Downstairs in the actual hall, very little was left of what it used

to be. Two basketball hoops folded up and pushed against the back walls is all that was left of the original sports hall. The floor had been covered in a black protective carpeting and the first area divided into a can-

teen where there was a constant stream of hot food, tea and coffee and snacks available throughout the day and night for the working crews mounting stage, lights and all the other staff involved in the show. That was se-

parated by a tall wall and around that corner you were met with a chill out zone for artists pre and post show. Then came the maze of changing rooms, doors numbered and boldly showing each artists name on the door. Each room different sizes and kitted out with sofas and mirrors, lamps and tables where performers could catch some quiet time before heading on stage for their set.

This infrastructure was basic in that is was prefabricated dividers to create multiple rooms and corridors each occupied by a different artist and kitted out with their individual riders for the day (this is a list the production manager supplies which asks for any special requests on food and drinks and other items the artist might need for the day). That was probably the easiest of the massive changes to the Sports Hall. The biggest ones where the ones you couldn’t see…..hidden all around the grounds of the stadium inside and out was a labyrinth of cables, routers and power points. Three days of intense work by Gibtelecom rigging kilometers of cabling so as to have wifi available to everyone amongst other things. Power points in every room created for fridges, irons and hairdryers to be plugged in, kettles to be boiled and fans to be switched on.

Hidden in the back corridor was a team of hospitality staff running to and from their storage areas carrying drinks and trays of food on order by the artists.

Security was super tight. Doors you would ordinarily walk out of now tightly shut, walkways and corridors flanked by hefty security men never once allowing you to go through without the relevant passes. It gave you a sense of organized chaos but what I did come away with was just how very professionally organised the whole event was.

I truly thought a small place like Gibraltar wouldn’t have the means to pull something off to this standard but I was proud to work with such a great team of professionals.

Our group of Personal Assistants were 26 strong and each artist whether international or local was assigned a PA to oversee that everything is as it should be for the day and worked in close proximity to the artist and crew to trouble shoot problems and be the point of contact for many other things like organizing rock tours, issues at their hotels, pickups from Airport and other transfers. As a PA on this job, you have to be a fast thinker, resourceful and a people person, you have to work under extreme pressure and time constraints and have to put up with some very demanding behaviours and requests. It is not a job for the faint hearted and although you get to rub shoulders with your famous guests, it is extremely intimidating work. I got little more than an hours sleep over two days non-stop work for the Kings of Leon Crew but it is a pay off to meet the band at the end of it and take that memorable snap for the album. Very hard work but very enjoyable and an experience I will not be forgetting in a hurry.

This was the first GMF over a weekend and that really pushed everyone to the limits to pull off the show of the year in Gibraltar. I have to say being back stage for the duration of, I got to see what a very competent and professional team we have here in Gibraltar and the best thing is we can proudly say we compare to the best even with our limitations on space and resources, nobody left without having a great experience here in Gibraltar……well other than Paloma Faith, but that’s another story!

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The Gibraltar Music Festival 2015 Growing Year on Year The Saturday Session Text by Joe Adambery Photographs by Skye Montegriffo

I was thinking how it could grow and it did- exponentially- and not least in the artistic content. A massive leap of faith by the organisers and the Government paid off when everything came together over two glorious days of music festival.

This one, the fourth in a row, was sold out like last year.

We saw fifty acts take to three stages to entertain nearly 15,000. We enjoyed our very strong local artistic contingent, who made us proud and are deserving of heaps of praise. I set out to see as many acts as possible with a bias toward our talent.

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with Tiffany Ferrary on backing vocals. They had a brilliant sax player, who was called Michael Jackson! ‘Take me back to the River’ and ‘After all these Years’ were own compositions of notable quality.

A quick dash to Radio Gibraltar stage and I caught ‘Karma 13’ (local) giving it their all in ‘To dream is to Live’, angry and urgent Rock. So happy to see drummer Peter Chichon and guitarist Aaron Ignacio overcome recent musical problems and I can honestly say after seeing them live that the ‘karma count’ is now up for these guys, who always have an eagle eye out for trends in the Spanish Rock scene.

Guy Valarino and his band were next, with Paul Santos on Guitar and Adrian Posso on drums enjoying themselves. Guy was very happy to play the main stage, this time with a band, and his suave melodic compositions, like ‘City Walls’ and ‘Innocents’ sounded bigger. He also featured material from his current EP ‘Oceans.’ He will always have a place in my (musical) heart because he is trying to make it on his own-that’s tough for any artist- his wheels are moving forward though.

Tim Garcia fronted ‘After Hours’ with a bunch of his compositions. ‘When the Rains Come,’ ‘Angel in the Sky ‘and ‘Let it out’ are all vocally inspiring songs which in the hands of a quality band like AH are lifted in musical structure. Trevor Guilliano, Robert Perez, Ivan Israel and Gerry Fortuna diligently steered the course charted by Tim and together they cruised through an excellent set. Now I’m torn whether I want to see Tim sing 50 SEPTEMBER 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE

with ‘Soul Mates.’ Oh well.

‘Midriff ’ an accomplished young band was already delivering their brand of high octane Rock at the Seaside Stage when I got there. A young audience had gathered stage front to enjoy their originals like ‘Making the Best of Your Friends’ and

covers like Biffy Clyro’s ‘Mountains.’ Much like their predecessors ‘This Side Up’ and ‘Headwires’; this new wave of local Rock bands make us proud when we hear them play. Expect more from them because they will deliver.

From the main stage, the first of

DuranDuran ‘Coldplay’ moments, but they are not imitators. On the updefo!

the crop of X Factor products ‘Union J’ had the growing crowd chanting, shouting and clapping to their boy band songs.

They can harmonise well but I was not overly impressed with backing tracks, later on the surprise of the afternoon ‘Little Mix’ wowed everyone with their slick routines and tracks that were sounding much better- but then they are a number one girl band.

Now a dash back to the Radio stage for ‘This Side Up.’ The ‘hot’ UNI band (with UK session men Mike Power on bass and Mick Williams on drums) were on fire. They have worked hard, toured and written a bunch of new songs. Their big sound spread across the stage and somehow these guys have breathed new life into four chord sequences. With three GMFs in a row and their ever growing popularity, the boys had a lot riding on this. They didn’t disappoint; front man Simon Dumas creating a huge vocal sound and energising the band and the appreciative crowd. Touches of

Chartsters ‘Lawson’ are no strangers to GMF and didn’t deserve to be interrupted by a sound outage! They took it in stride and came back with their hits. ‘Roads’ and ‘Broken Hearted’ segued into ‘I Shot the Sheriff ’.

‘We are Kings’ was the song point at which I had to leavethe technical delay was precious time lost for my frantic schedule. The many, who gathered to see them again were not disappointed.

My next local target band was ‘Angel Wings’ at Seaside stage, a long way away through growing crowds. Symphonic Rock has a home here and this band has well-structured songs and the big sound to carry them in style.

Daylight is no place for beautiful angels with black wings, but soaring keyboard, soaring guitar breaks and haunting Divi Cano vocals also helped by guest vocalist Sean Baglieto created their edgy soundscape. Am glad I caught them live at last. I managed to squeeze in half a dozen more performances on day one.

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up by late afternoon and the festive atmosphere was helped along with Hudson Taylor- the only band who had a fiddle player in their line-up – essential for festival lifting music.

Brothers Harry and Alfie Talyor were stomping along with the swelling crowd at stage-front giving it plenty of “Heys!” They would stop and go into vocal harmony and then rouse the audience again with up tempo folk/rock inspired goodtime tunes.

up to a fever pitch climax and all I could write was that ‘I couldn’t care to be anywhere else right now.’

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The surprise of the afternoon for many was just how slick and well turned out girl band ‘Little Mix’ were on the main stage. Even if you didn’t like X Factor produce you had to admire these chart topping group who can sing and move at the same time. A generous helping of background choruses in their backing tracks mix swelled the sound of their catchy songs like ‘Salute,’ ’Getaway,’ ‘Change your Life and ‘Little Me.’ It was now 7pm and the crowds were making their happy presence felt and movement from stage to stage was now becoming a mission for me.

I was next seeing ‘The Feeling,’ great songs with top drawer lyrics. Seasoned performers with hits, they divided their fans stage left and right to chant ‘Never be Lonely’ but you had to take in how good this band is and crowd chanting doesn’t do the music justice. They exploded into The Beatles’ ‘Day Tripper’ intro and there was a roar of approval as they segued into The Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’ and The Who’s ‘Pin Ball Wizard’ then topped that up with Queen’s ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘Floyd’s ‘The Wall.’ leading to Blur’s ‘Park Life.’ Their set built

I collapsed to take a break and a bite on the floor beside an ambulance parked outside the Radio stage. Its side panels were vibrating to the low frequency bass grooves from ‘Thirld World.’ Reggae had come to GMF at 8.15pm and Gibraltar likes to sway to Reggae rhythms.

Energy topped up soon enough and all roads were now leading to the Seaside Stage as far as I was concerned.

Our local bill toppers ‘Gib Floyd’ were about to paint it ‘Pink.’

Sound, lights and projections made for a dramatic start for this outstanding tribute band who told me they are going to treat us to a three hour show in 2016. Bring it on! They did us proud with the legendary music of PF rendered correct to the last detail. Green lazers set the vibe and mood with their big sound and interplay in vocals and solos providing the colour to the ‘holy grail’ of song catalogues from the sixties.

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’Money,’ ’Shine on You Crazy Diamond’ and ‘The Wall’ all lifted, but ‘Comfortably Numb’ complete with helicopter sounds, held the packed venue spellbound with the most famous guitar solo in Rock music wailing out from Chris Cavilla’s guitar. ’Chapeau’ to Jonathan Bugeja and all the guys and girls in the band “They nailed it” said two seasoned ‘Floydians’ from the Costa. I know that- and so do the many fans hanging on to the last notes and flickering lights shrouded in stage smoke. All I had to do now was brace myself for ‘Estopa’ and ‘Duran Duran.’

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Obviously I caught ‘Estopa’ in the middle of their set so the Radio stage area was humming and ‘choc-a- block’ as I weaved my way through with great difficulty There were scenes of Rumba gladness as all the Spanish fans were dancing…their little ones oblivious to all, sitting with their video games on the ground whilst parents danced in front and behind them shielding. Estopa were glad to be here and playing their new material from ‘Pastillas para dormir,’ but it was their legendary million selling songs that the crowd chanted for. They were gracious and cracked some broken English announcements to us.

They knew where they werethey are Catalans and have empathy for us- not like Miss Paloma Faith who by now had high jacked all the media attention by pronouncing that GMF was in Spain. I had deliberately missed her and was glad to on reflection now. ‘Estopa’ were very warmly received and are a great band which I would go to see again.

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Legends of the 80’s Duran Duran were topping the bill and ‘Wild Boys’ ‘Hungry like

the Wolf ’, ‘Step into the Fire’ were taking no prisoners. Simon le Bon was in very fine

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voice indeed and the brash super clean sound of their hits filled the stadium like a CD played really loud. New song ‘Last night in the City’ is their stunning latest single where they pulled out all the stops and we were the first to hear it live. “You are the guinea pigs” said Simon. Glad to oblige say I. The haunting ballad ‘Ordinary World’ was the clincher for me. I was caught in the moment and even emotional- just happy to be alive and privileged to be enjoying this legendary band on my soil.

Totally eighties- their catalogue spun out their story and the reason why they became the legends that they are. It’s all about the songs- legends don’t have to prove it by demanding that the crowd jump and make a noise- let the music do the talking.

Bring on tomorrow I say to my legs which refuse to move, my feet now are in another planet and my ears are buzzing but I’m happy to be one of over fourteen thousand music fans who made GMF15 day one a memory to hold on to.

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The Gibraltar Beer Festival 2015 Photographs Courtesy of Lewis Stagnetto

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As the empty wine bottles stack up in the bins and the last of the burning embers die out on the BBQ, the few remaining guests at this year’s fourth Wine Festival totter home.

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year to the Wine Festival. Where as on other occasions it took an hour or two to warm up, this year’s event hit peak attendance and remained that way from just 5:30pm with more than two thousand people at any given time.

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nately due to the construction work in the area, parking spaces were tight and just shy of 2 weeks before the event, Tony and Glen where disappointed to hear that they could not use the carpark opposite Ocean Heights. The reasoning behind this extension

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to the event venue, was that very quickly they feel they have already outgrown the present location and are hunting for a larger area to help the event which is growing steadily and to accommodate the increasing numbers of wine buffs here on the rock.

The atmosphere was buzzing to put it lightly even though a snug fit, there was plenty to eat and drink as always with a vast array of wines on offer from Gibraltar’s top suppliers. ‘My Wines’ have added an exciting new 70 wines to their cellars from Australia,

France and Portugal to name just a few of the top wine producing countries, so every year they keep the stock replenished with something brand new to try at the Festival. Not only can you eat, drink and be merry at this event but you can also enjoy in-

formative wine tasting sessions within the MY WINES walls held at intervals throughout the day. On this occasion too, Tony was challenged to a food and wine pairing which involved finding the best wines for a dish based solely on the ingredients he was told. A handy thing to know when hosting your own dinner party but perhaps easier to just ask Tony who has fast become an expert!!

The Deli Brothers joined the Wine Festival this year with a selection of cheese and ham that go down a treat with a sip of the old ‘vino’, other suppliers like Saccone & Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd and Vinopolis (Anglo Hispano) set up their tents for thirsty and curious wine enthusiasts and Gidime Motors drove guests in

a choice of chauffeured luxury Mercedes Benz free of charge from their Dream Car Fleet.

There were stalls of handcrafted goods available to purchase and the best in live music throughout the day to keep your feet tapping underneath the packed out tables. Sponsors Jyske Bank were all important to this year’s success in backing the event purchasing two custom made tents for Tony and Glen making their lives this year substantially easier as did all the other sponsors involved that they are so grateful for. The relevant departments of The Ministry of Culture, Fire and Police Department did a sterling job making the planning go as smoothly as possible and friends and family once again pulled together on the day serving wine and food, all this and more right

up until the early hours of the morning kept the Festival on its feet and yet again made it an astounding success all round.

Glen and Tony are already looking at booking Friday 2nd of September next year so there is a date you can’t forget to jot down in your calendar but it’s not only The Wine Festival Glen and Tony get up to…..according to them, they will use any official date to host a party down their neck of the woods and in the coming year they have many more cultural nights, comedy nights, wine tasting and corporate functions coming up. More on the adventurous side and in the pipeline are 7 day tours of France, Greece and beautiful Tuscany where you will enjoy professional tours, expeditions and wine tasting from

the best regions. For prices and bookings, just pop down to see Glen or Tony who will happily inform you of all their plans for the coming year.

Ok, so there was just one downfall…..The events venue at present is painfully short of toilets and cannot accommodate the growing numbers so my only critique would be that wherever this amazing event goes (and it clearly is just getting bigger),) that they find some way of sourcing enough portaloos to keep the punters relieved of their bulging bladders!!! That said, this year’s wine festival as with the last three, was an amazing success and hats off to the organizers for coming up with an event that is well thought out, catered for and so well attended. Cheers!

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The Best Recipes of our Cuisine Meatballs with Almond, Onion and Saffron Sauce (Albóndigas en Salsa de Almendras y Azafrán) This Catalan dish is often served as a ‘tapa’ but can easily morph into a main course with the addition of some steamed potatoes and a green salad. “Albondigas” comes from the Arab word for ball and versions of this meatball dish are wildly popular all over Spain. Make these with beef, veal or even chicken mince if you prefer.

SERVES: 4

for dusting - 60ml (1/4 cup) olive oil

pinch saffron threads - 1 ½ tsp sweet

PREPARATION: 30 minutes

- Roughly chopped flat leaf parsley, to

paprika - 250ml (1 cup) white wine -

COOKING: 25 minutes

serve

625ml (2 ½ cups) chicken stock - 55g

INGREDIENTS:

(1/3 cup) almond meal - 25g (1/3 cup)

750g pork mince - 80g fresh bread-

Saffron and Almind Sauce:

crumbs - 2 cloves of garlic, crushed

80ml (1/3 cup) extra virgin olive oil - 1

- 8 peppercorns - ½ tsp freshly gra-

large onion, halved and finely sliced

How to make it

ted nutmeg - 1 egg, beaten - Flour,

- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed - Large

1. To make the sauce, heat the

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fresh breadcrumbs

olive oil in a saucepan over medium, add the onion and garlic then cook, stirring often, for 7-8 minutes or until very soft. Add the saffron and paprika then cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until fragrant then add the wine. Bring the wine to a simmer then cook for 5 minutes over medium or until the wine has reduced slightly then add the stock. Bring to a simmer then stir in the crumbs and almond meal and season to taste with salt and pepper. 2. Combine the mince, crumbs, garlic, onion, nutmeg and egg in a bowl. Season well with salt and pepper then, using clean hands, mix to combine well. Take half tablespoonfuls of the mixture and roll it into balls. Dust the balls in flour. Heat the olive oil in a large, non-stick frying pan over medium, add the meatballs then cook, turning often, for 10 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Using a slotted spoon to drain off as much of the oil as possible, transfer the balls to the sauce and gently stir to combine well. Bring the sauce back to a simmer then serve the meat balls and sauce, with parsley scattered over.

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What’s Happening Down Town?

1. Strange Brew’s Lorry Doyle Being interviewed by our reporter Joe Adambery at The ‘Lordy’. 2. Provaleting’s Seb and Adrian at The Carwash!

3. The Lyons and Brookes Family enjoying an evening ‘Al-Fresco’ at La Mamela. 4. Miss Gibraltar 2014, Shyanne Azzopardi Shaved Her Hair Off and Raised £24,000 for Cancer Relief. 5. Excellent Performance At The Lord Nelson. 6. The Late Clive Yeats with His Band Mates and Ben Lynch at GBC’s Sessions. 7. Friends indulge in conversation with a drink in La Linea.

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Another Vintage Year for Gibraltar’s Charity Cardboard Boat Race press in the process. The runners up grabbed a Pizza Express voucher. In fact it was a clean sweep for Pizzeria Plaza with the adults also scooping victory in the very same boat, ‘The Sinking Slice’, and they walked away with a ‘La Sala Gibraltar’ voucher. It wasn’t without controversy though, as they jumped the starting gun. With a handful of vessels immediately sinking, it was impossible to conduct a restart but Pizzeria Plaza were rightfully allowed to keep their trophy by virtue of an eventual 20-length winning margin.

Text by Sarah Drane (www.purplecakefactory.com)

Saturday 22nd August saw the seventh outing of Gibraltar’s comical Charity Cardboard Boat Race. Taking place, as always, in Ocean Village Marina, organisers William Tilley Lodge RAOB managed to pull off another vintage event for competitors and spectators alike.

Emilia Hazell-Smith, Marketing Executive for Ocean Village, said, “It’s always a treat to see crowds packed into the Marina, jostling for the best vantage point on Leisure Island and the pontoons, and the genuine family-friendly atmosphere that surrounds this now iconic event. With races for children and adults, prizes and pride are at stake and the effort that goes into boat and costume design never ceases to impress us. The skies may not have been as blue as previous years but, unlike many participants, spirits weren’t dampened and local charities will benefit from this fun fundraiser.”

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vessels adhered to strict rules that include the banning of plastic, wood and foam; the ‘circus’ then moved to the Marina for the real race action.

Winners of the noon children’s race were ‘The Sinking Slice’

from Pizzeria Plaza, knocking JP Haulage Jrs into second spot, and picking up a stash of prizes including In2Adventures SUP vouchers, SMART cap and beach towel from Gedime Motors and a mini speaker and ice cream tokens from OV Ex-

O’Reilly’s had been pre-race favourites, having won the adult event five years running from 2010-2014, but they didn’t leave empty-handed and were handed Best Titanic Sinking – despite not actually sinking! Their cardboard boat converted to a submarine for 90% of the race with the two oarsmen managing to valiantly make it to the finishing line holding their breath.

O’Reilly’s certainly deserved the plaudit alongside an aromatherapy massage from Aphrodite Beauty and a full valet from Silver Star Shine.

The Boat Design accolade, and with it a Casino Admiral Gibraltar voucher, went to the

colourful Cool Runnings-inspired bobsleigh ‘Tallulah’ from JP Haulage with Whim ‘HMS Sinkalot’ claiming Best Fancy Dress and a VIP table at Dusk Nightclub for their seven-person caveman ensemble.

came in the shape of La Sala, Brunos, The Cuban, O’Reilly’s, Gedime Motors, Ocean Village Express, In2adventures, Pizza Express, Burger King, Dusk, Casino Admiral, Music Corner, Aphrodite Beauty and Silver Star Shine.

Miss Gibraltar 2015, Hannah Bado, was on hand to give out prizes and, aside from hosts Ocean Village Marina, event sponsors

All proceeds from the day went to Diabetes Gibraltar, Calpe House, the Scouts Association and GBC Open Day.

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Tribute to Clive Yeats Text by Joe Adambery

Recently I was invited to The Lord Nelson for a tribute night with a difference. It was an occasion for many friends and musicians to celebrate the life and the recent passing of Clive ‘Fingers’ Yeats, a local bassist, who had been a pro in the UK, where he lived for many years before returning home to mentor and play with the ‘East Side Blues Band’ and recently, with ‘Strange Brew.’ He left our local music scene with a vacuum, which will be hard to fill.

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missed by his cousin, Stanley Muscat, guitarist with ‘Strange Brew’, but Lorry Doyle, a respected bluesman and fellow

band member, spoke in glowing terms of a brother musician, a friend and mentor but also a great influence on his own style

of playing guitar. Paul ‘Zooney’ Alexander was mainly organizing the tribute night but he has had a deep friendship with Clive Yeats over many years of Jam sessions and different bands.

The first thing I wanted to know was how Clive got ‘Fingers’ as a nickname. Obvious? Well, not quite, but I said that I wanted a polite and printable answer to that. “It was the way he slid his fingers up and down the G string” piped Zooney! I thought it was a joke answer, but Stanley jumped in with “Well, I think he used it on himself first, but yes he had a particular style of bass playing.”

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Zooney’ remembers that Clive came back here around 18 years ago. “He used to play in a pop band called ‘Information’ back in UK. They nearly made it and I have the albums. Clive’s next band ‘Scarecrow’ was more progressive.

He spent around twenty five years in UK before coming back to his homeland. I am not a bass player but Clive was a guy, who stuck to root notes, that was his style. He never played more notes than he had to.”

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was a rocker, who had mellowed into blues but cutting ‘Zooney’ short is a difficult thing, so I gave him ten seconds to wind up with his best memory of ‘Fingers’. “My best memory was when I went to visit him at ‘Zanit Hospital’ and took him a copy of Bass Magazine. We hugged and talked music for a long time even though he was so ill.” That memory sticks with ‘Zooney’ but I wanted one musically speaking… “Well, he influenced my son Mark in a big way and I am grateful for that.

He was 75% musician and 25%

person, which I suppose is a fair balance for a musician.”

Stanley takes up the story… “I used to look up to Clive, when I was a teenager; he was already gigging in the London Marquee and all over Europe. In those days, he jammed with Gary Moore and even Rory Gallagher (both legendary guitarists now deceased).

This I learnt later on as Clive was never one to blow his own trumpet. When he used to come to my house he was already doing what I was only dreaming about but he

influenced me certainly.”

“My best memory of him was his bass flying across the stage if something was going wrong and frustrated him. But the crowd loved it when he did that. He left ‘Scarecrow’ because they never quite made it although they got close. After a gap of nearly thirty years, he came back here and it took a few gin tonics to persuade him to play in our jam sessions.

‘Zooney’ and me were hosting the Jams here at the ‘Lordy’ and that’s where we helped him break

the ice. It was a daunting prospect for a guy, who had done it all, but that memory sticks with me.”

Recent TV footage exists of Clive playing with ‘Strange Brew’ in three programmes of the series ‘Sessions’ and that is within the last four years, but local jams go back around fifteen years and that is why so many people knew him. My last guest was Lorry Doyle whom I saw with the ‘East Side Blues Band’, which he formed with Clive Yeats.

“The first time I saw Clive playing was on my sixtieth birthday and I was so impressed I asked him to form a band with me. It was a real journey with him from then on. He actually changed the way I was playing guitar and I was happy for the change. He led me into more dynamic areas of playing and kept me in time too!”

“We never left the blues, which is a huge genre and here I am at sixty three still learning and getting excited. That journey has unfolded with Clive, who, all

along, has been a true friend, a blues brother, and he became family. We related on and off stage and I’m glad that we got to write some songs with him, which we want to make a recording of. We have three tunes ready to play and we will record them as a tribute to him. His vision and energy drove the band and gave us most of the direction and that is what I will miss the most about him.

The ‘Lord Nelson’ was humming when I left at near midnight. I must confess that although I never knew Clive Yeats, I will venture to say that he would have been smiling from above. After listening to Stanley , ‘Zooney’ and Lorry, I was found wanting in that I never knew the man because I rarely go to Jams , I do attend Jazz sometimes but since I left the music scene a few years back I have missed out on knowing a legend like ‘Fingers’ obviously was. Respect and RIP, Clive.

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Gibtelecom’s Continuing Development of Home Grown Talent

For the third year in a row, Gibtelecom is offering students on degree courses the opportunity to be supported during their studies and be considered for employment with the Company.

The Company’s ‘Employer Led Degree Programme’, scheme serves as successor to Gibtelecom’s successful Sponsored Undergraduate initiative which has seen the Company take on 14 under80 SEPTEMBER 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE

graduates over the past 10 years, with 6 having found permanent employment with Gibtelecom.

Gibtelecom’s Chief Operations Officer, Adrian Moreno, said “Finding the right talent in our industry has generally proved challenging due to the increasing demands for communications-related engineers throughout the world.

With the Employer led Degree Program Gibtelecom aims to

develop home grown talent and support local students through approved technical studies related to an engineering discipline.”

Aimed at top students achieving good A-level results and choosing an approved degree course, Gibtelecom’s Employer Led Programme will see the Company supporting these students by offering work placements during their university breaks; payment of

£1,000 per term during their studies; and a golden handshake of £6,000 on successfully taking up employment with Gibtelecom having obtained at least a 2:1 honours degree.

Gibtelecom also runs a number of other employment initiatives as part of its ongoing commitment to support the local community. The Company has been running a work placement scheme over

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the past years for students whose course requires them to undertake a year in a business environment. This scheme has seen Gibtelecom take on 13 year placements since its inception in 2003. Past participants have mentioned how undertaking a placement year at Gibtelecom is a great opportunity to put the skills they have learned at university into practice.

further developing my skills in order to work towards a successful future with the Company.”

Gibtelecom also offers placements to university students over the summer – a very popular scheme which has seen nearly 600 placements, representing 390 students, since its inception over 20 years ago. Gibtelecom’s aim is to make students aware of the working environment and for the students’ stay at the Company to be an interesting and rewarding experience.

Gibtelecom’s Senior Human Resources Advisor, Mark Chichon, emphasised the importance of this initiative for university students in terms of gaining invaluable experience in the working environment. He commented “Together with Gibtelecom’s summer student programme and other initiatives, the Company’s commitment to develop home grown talent with its “Employer led degree programme” is a unique opportunity and offers students an insight into the demands of a dynamic and challenging technological business environment. Gibtelecom sets the benchmark when it comes to supporting Gibraltar’s community in such a way.”

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Apprentices Michael Benitez and Kairon Morillo qualified in 2014

Scheme, where 16 apprentices over three intakes have benefited from telecommunications training and internationally recognised qualifications from Gibtelecom, working in partnership with HM Government of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar College of Further Education.

Three apprentices from the third intake recently completed their four years’ apprenticeship scheme and the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Professional Competence for IT & Telecoms Professionals, with two taking up employment with Gibtelecom.

The five apprentices from the second intake, who graduated in 2014 and the eight apprentices from the first intake, who graduated in 2012,

are also employed with Gibtelecom.

Michael Benitez, an apprentice from the third intake, who has now taken up employment with Gibtelecom, says “My apprenticeship has been a very educational and informative four year period which has helped me further develop my skills and knowledge in relation to the telecommunications world. I now understand all the fundamentals which are required in order to provide a quality service with resilience and customer satisfaction in such a rapidly moving business. I am grateful for the opportunities which have been made available by Gibtelecom as I have progressed though this journey and I look forward to

Kairon Morillo, another apprentice from the third intake who has also taken up employment with Gibtelecom, states that “On the whole, the apprenticeship has been a great starting point for my career. To this day, I am still gathering knowledge towards the technology behind telecommunications. I have come to realise that it is a fast paced ongoing evolution. After completing the four year apprenticeship, I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked with the most experienced technicians, all whom which have shown me the best work ethics. I am looking forward to continue progressing in my career within Gibtelecom.”

After successfully completing their training programme, Micheal and Kairon are currently working in Gibtelecom’s Customer IT Desktop Support and Enterprise Services and Data Centres sections respectively.

Gibtelecom’s aim is to train sufficient local talent to serve one of the pillars of the local economy, telecommunications. The Company’s commitment to this ambition is manifested through the Gibtelecom Apprenticeship Scheme; Sponsored Undergraduate initiative; Gibtelecom’s work placements; and Employer Led Degree programme, as well as extensive tailored training opportunities for employees.

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Somatics part of their body slowly, contracting, lengthening and relaxing. Thank goodness nodding off in class is allowed, as a feeling of complete tranquillity and relaxation came over me. The feeling you get when you have a long stretch in the morning, multiplied by 100!

Text By Francesca Cartwright

“Try it”, they said. “It will be really good for you”, they said.

That is why I was heading in loose comfortable clothing and a towel under my arm to the Somatics class at Boyds, Leisure Centre. I’m always up for trying new exercise classes, anything that involves some music, a bit of a dance and the promise of losing a few kilos and I’m there, but when I researched what Somatics involved, I quickly realised this was not going to be my run of the mill aerobic activity.

Here comes the science bit…

Somatics is actually science based; it uses the sensorymotor feedback loop to release contracted muscles that cause tension and pain in the body.

By going to the root cause of the pain in ‘the brain’, we can re-set the muscle to its normal resting length. In the class, we learnt that the body learns to hold itself in three main reflective patterns in response to stress, Red Light, Green Light and Trauma Reflex.

Somatics recreates these patterns and teaches the brain to reset the muscles through contraction, lengthening and relaxing. It accomplishes this by helping us to become aware of our bodies and the sensations we experience through them. When we take the time to focus, we become aware of these places we are ‘holding’, we recognise these places where we feel tight, sore or uncomfortable. It may 84 SEPTEMBER 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE

be our stomach, shoulders, neck or any other area of our body that we realise is tight or uncomfortable.

Back to the class, there was

no music, there were people of all ages, mixed abilities, male and female who, whilst lying on a mat or towel, spent an hour following our coach’s instructions, moving every

Our coach was Sarah Lloyd.

A Neuromuscular Physical Therapist and Pilates instructor in Dublin for many years, she owned her studio where she gave classes.

Once she was introduced to Somatics, she found that nothing had worked as effectively. It required very little effort to complete the moves and experienced results from the very first class! She felt she had found the missing link she was searching for and it made so much sense, to go to the root cause of chronic muscular pain for lasting pain relief. She had two great teachers, Tanya Fitzpatrick of ‘Align Somatics’ and Martha Peterson of ‘Essential Somatics’, who taught her the benefits of using Somatics.

Her husband’s career path brought her to Gibraltar and she felt it was a great opportunity to share what she had learned and bring Somatics to this part of the world.

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• Long term pain relief from a host of common conditions • Life long skills that teach you how to regain voluntary control of habitually tight muscles • Greater physical independence and mastery of your movement • Increased flexibility,

coordination, stress relief, balance and proprioception • A safe, easy and common sense alternative to drugs, and surgery So, no I didn’t boogie in class, but it was fun and I did experience the over all benefits on my body straight after the one session - I

also had the best nights sleep I’d had in a long time.

If you are interested in attending her classes or finding out a little bit more about Somatics, contact Sarah Lloyd on somaticsgibraltar@ gmail.com your body will thank you for it!

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The Holiday’s Over Summer’s certainly on the wane and once again it’s ‘back to school.’ It’s really not the end of the world and in no time, you get back into the routine of an early rise, the bathroom run, uniform on (and don’t forget the tie), quick breakfast and away you go...The first day’s over, you walk back home with a friend and everything’s back to normal!

Text by Richard Cartwright

Maybe not exactly like that for some. Yes, it can be a little traumatic. The lead up to ‘school return’ on the last few holidays can be unhappy ones dreading the arrival of that unwelcomed day! When I was young, summer holidays seemed to go on forever and going back to school was miles away. When the day came, it was a little scary moving on to the next 88 SEPTEMBER 2015 GLOBE MAGAZINE

grade and wondering, who your new form teacher would be. But it passes and all is fine.

However, a couple of youngsters I spoke to claimed they don’t think about the school return...They tell me the holiday goes by quite quickly, even for those on higher exams who finished their term early. They said they only start talking about it a couple of days before that actual, ‘getting up for school morning’ appears!

Today, youngsters in particular I feel, seem more mature and realise that’s the way it is, there’s some learning to do and GCSEs and ‘A’ levels are not a figment of their imagination. They’re real, so they have to put ‘shoulders to the wheel’ and do their best...speaking of which, results of those efforts will have shown up by now for many 16 and 18 year olds: it’s As’ and A2s in mid August and GCSEs the following week. Eyeing up your favourite boy or girl on

Catalan Bay during the summer break may have been gratifying but won’t compare to the expectation and hope that you’ve done well – hopefully very well – when you rip open that brown envelope and see how you’ve fared, well or otherwise. On the Rock, we seem to have a pretty good track record of good achievements as can be witnessed year in year out on our TV screens. On that day, boys and girls congregate in their respective playgrounds waiting

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patiently but nervously, no doubt, for that big moment. Screeches of glee and joy are to be heard at achieving success, some with even higher grades than expected. By way of contrast, there will be others, who reveal forlorn expressions of sadness and disappointment due to failure but again, once the trauma subsides, there’s a new tomorrow and maybe a chance to have another go at better results next time round.

And it all happens in the lead up to the autumn term. Whilst thinking about what fun they’re having on the beach, simultaneous thoughts would be drifting towards wandering what those results that long, hot, summer wait will reveal in that ‘envelope’ when the dreaded day arrives!

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returned, and having enjoyed their summer too, are beginning to find jobs or have been trying to - as it’s not an automatic ‘given’ that a job will be waiting for you on your return. They are beginning to discover life as it is...Real!

It’s all part of a learning curve, which really moves up a notch or

50...as these returnees probably now understand, having moved away from home comforts to university life in the UK or elsewhere.

This is also a time when many children may be progressing on to a new school, moving on

from Primary to Middle or from Middle to Secondary (on the Rock Westside or Bayside). On these occasions, there may be a little more stress or worry not knowing what school life will be like in a new building, new route to get there and back home and all the new children to meet and having to start to build on friendships with kids arriving from other schools or abroad.

Add to that, you suppose, more stern looking teachers now that schoolwork will become more serious and intense! All of the thoughts that may create a worrying time just before the early September date...but once again after a day or so, the supposed tension disappears and another phase of school life begins, a happy few years of one’s young life in most cases, from my experience.

...And what about the teachers, mums and dads, how are they feeling at this time? As far as parents are concerned, ‘glad to be rid of them’, I hear voices exclaim - jokingly of course! It’s been a long hot summer and they’ve been giving mum more work than ever. The ‘quiet’ in the home is sadly missed but thankfully soon to return but during the holidays, untidy bedrooms, more washing with extra going out clothes, beach ware and towels a plenty and more pocket money being requested, not forgetting there may be new uniforms or replacement of items to budgeted for also. Dad too is tiring of` drive me here and pick me up from there’ being demanded on an almost daily basis (and pocket money from him also).

Well, it is holiday time after all and it’s all in the healthy spirit of family life and now things

over, we rarely go home when the children do with marking and preparation of lessons to get on whilst the classroom is silent and peaceful.’ Clearly it’s all part of life’s cycle for all of us, and for the children attending school, the start or continuation of that road, leading to adulthood and maturity...

are about to go back to normal...Teachers may have their little ‘worries’ also. We often say, ‘aren’t teachers lucky with all those holidays throughout the year just like the kids.’ But, is it, just like the kids? There are probably student teachers, who are about to become fully fledged, ‘instructors of learning’ taking their first term in a classroom full of noisy

children...There’ll be slight apprehensions there too. Preparations for a new term must keep teachers busy, at least through some of the holidays.

‘It’s back to work now and have I got everything I need in order,’ they must wonder... one retired teacher, who’s still called in on occasions for his expertise, informed me, ‘Anyway, when the school day is

So it’s all good and in a few months when the new year takes hold – and that’s in no time at all, time flies - we’ll once again be hearing Alice Cooper’s less than dulcet tones singing ‘School’s Out (for summer)’ blasting out of a radio somewhere...And with another full school term behind us, it’s 2016! Yes, it’ll be beach time once again and our children will no doubt be a little wiser, certainly a little older and hopefully more academically enlightened...!

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The Gibraltar Fair 2015 Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

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The Fiduciary Trophy Our final event of the year for the Fiduciary Trophy took place on Sunday 16th August at Estepona Golf. It was a special day that also determined the best senior player of the year, the best overall player of the year and the top ten players in the Order of Merit who qualify for the Med Golf Masters. The Westerly breeze that kept us cool for a few holes developed into a good two club wind by the end of the day to add an extra bite to the challenge for the players to contend with.

and the Order of Merit places went to the wire: The Senior Player of the Year was Mike Cowburn, who capped his season with a magnificent performance on the final day as reported above. The winner, confounding the odds against strong opposition, was David MacGregor who won Player of the Year title for an unprecedented second time in a row from third place.

David won the trophy and a year’s free membership to Estepona Golf Club. Congratulations to them both, and also to the other 8 players who made up the top ten and qualify for the Med Golf Masters.

The Fiduciary Trophy winner was Mike Cowburn with an excellent score of 43 points. Mike won the trophy and 2 green fees on the San Roque Club Old Course.

Other prizes of the day were won as follows:

Name

Best gross score was Mike Cowburn with a gross score of 75.

The longest drive was won by Paul Appleyard.

Best gross score on the par 3’s was James Lax at level par.

Best pairing was David MacGregor and James Lax with a combined score of 74 points.

was Douglas Cascairo with 36 points; winner with 37 points was Tim O’Toole.

Our best senior this time was Mike Cowburn with 43 points.

Category 3 (23 and above) runner up with 34 points was Denis Lafferty and the winner was Paul Vincent with 37 points.

Our handicap category prizes were won as follows: Category 1 (0-12) Runner up with 37 points was James Lax; the winner on handicap also with 37 points was David MacGregor.

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The nearest the pin winners were Peter Warren, Ian McNee, Roger Griffiths and Roy Azodardi. Nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 was John Hunter with Joe Sanchez getting nearest the pin in 3 on a par 5.

END OF YEAR AWARDS

The event marked the end of the 2014/15 season, which had seen a change in the way the Order of Merit is determined. Rankings this year were based on points scored according to position at each tournament to eliminate factors like weather conditions and course difficulty, which can distort consistent performance and true achievements – much like Formula 1.

Therefore, a much fairer system,

1. David MacGregor 2. Russell Blessett 3. James Lax 4. Mike Cowburn 5. Matthew Charlesworth 6. David Campbell 7. Dave Pinniger 8. Tim O’Toole 9. Stuart Ferguson 10. Duncan Hamilton

Points 41.2 41.0 40.8 40.2 40.0 38.2 38.0 37.8 37.6 37.6

The Med Golf Masters on the San Roque Old course on Saturday 29th August 2015 is sponsored by: Jyske Bank Fiduciary Isolas Essential Magazine Property Shop Gibraltar Property Shop Spain

The 2015/16 season will be heralded by the Ladbrokes Trophy event at Alciadesa on Sunday

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13th September. Why not join us there and begin your challenge for the 2015/16 Med Golf Masters, to enter please e-mail Ian McNee on: medgolf-event@ gmail.com All the photos from Estepona can be found on our

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Facebook page.

MORE NEWS FROM MED GOLF

Med Golf has its own Facebook page where you can see photos from the competition day.

We’d be delighted if you’d join our group for up-to-date news and contribute to on-going golfing discussions. We created the page to enable members and visitors to discuss anything about golf, give feedback on courses

they have played, offer tips to others they have come across and much more. You can find us on Facebook simply by searching for ‘Med Golf ’ or visit our website and navigate from there.

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Weather4Mountain Provides Crucial Support to Kazakhstan Climbers

Text by Sarah Drane (www.purplecakefactory.com)

Based on crucial forecasting from Weather4Mountain, an Adventure Partners expedition team called time on their ascent of 7,000m Khan Tengri in Kazakhstan. From arrival at base camp, mid-July, conditions gradually worsened until the threat of severe snow storms and gales forced them to abandon a final push for the summit at the end of the month. All team members made it back to base safely.

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Meteorologist for Weather4Mountain, a service offered by her Gibraltar-based private weather consultancy MeteoGib, commented, “As many mountaineers will tell you, finding the perfect ‘weather window’ is not always achievable and sometimes our role is merely to forewarn of deteriorating weather conditions.

For three weeks we emailed bespoke forecasts to Adventure Partners expedition leader, Markku Mellanen, detailing winds and weather at several altitudes for a three- to five-day period. But it became obvious that conditions were more unsettled than expec-

ted at this challenging peak and, with storms and gales looming, it was the right decision to abandon the summit and retreat.”

Markku Mellanen, Managing Director of Adventure Partners, explained, “Khan Tengri is the northernmost 7,000m mountain and infamous for bad weather.

Not an easy assignment, even for the most professional weather forecasting services. Not only was MeteoGib the clear winner in our base camp’s daily ‘weather forecast accuracy competition’ but they were also truly committed to the safety of our expedition. I

find it very easy to recommend Weather4Mountain’s services to anyone scaling real heights.”

Weather4Mountain uses a code that allows as much weather data as possible to be conveyed into a short message, ideal for delivery by SMS to a SAT phone or Tracker. Although the business is just a few months old, albeit with Stephanie’s 28-year Met Office career under her belt, Adventure Partners isn’t the only company indebted to Weather4Mountain’s insights. Richard Hartley, owner of Sierra Nevada-based Spanish Highs Mountain Guides, helped

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Stephanie devise the code and put it to the test on an expedition to the Patagonia ice caps last winter.

For ten consecutive days, a bespoke three-day forecast was sent in code from Gibraltar to Richard’s Yellow Brick Tracker, with the aim to identify a weather window which would get the team safely onto the Marconi Gla-

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cier. Weather4Mountain was able to monitor the team’s altitude and exact position via the Tracker and tailor the forecast to their current position. The expedition was a success with the Marconi Glacier and expedition goals achieved safely. Richard tweeted: “Appreciate the help of @MeteoGib in sending us daily mountain weather forecasts; couldn’t have done this without you!”

Designed with mountaineers in remote areas in mind, Weather4Mountain gives extra confidence in making fundamental decisions and ensuring wellbeing. Delivering forecasts directly to mobiles, sat phones or tracking devices, Weather4Mountain can stay in close contact, even in locations where data and communications are sparse.

Stephanie finishes, “MeteoGib’s Weather4Mountain service may not always be able to ensure you succeed in your ultimate challenge – but it will do its best to keep you and your team safe”.

Contact Weather4Mountain on email: info@meteogib.com, telephone +350 54033449 or visit www.weather4mountain. com.

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