Bookish… March 2020
Welcome back! It's March already (how it is March already? That is insane!) and on the 8th is International Women's day. Coincidentally, my three...
Trenches
By Jasmin Griffiths
I have come to the realisation that I am dead. Maybe not ‘dead’ as we know it but I’m not air-breathing-water-drinking alive...
Bookish… February 2020
It’s February, and that means it’s Valentine’s day! You either felt some strange excitement at that statement, or you rolled your eyes. Well, there...
Climate Change & Carbon Footprints
‘Climate change and carbon footprints… Mark my words, those will be the buzz-words for the new decade, and I’ve a good mind to write...
Bookish… January 2020
Happy New Year! It’s January, and you know what that means, there’s a whole bunch of “new year, new me” going around. Most of...
Proper English
Braggadocio. A resonant word with a hint of history and romance... and new to me when I came across it in a slim 40-page...
BOOKISH… (part 2)
By Joel Francis
Choosing the right book can be a difficult task. Going into a bookshop (well in Gibraltar’s case, Amazon or Book Depository because...
The Fault In Gibraltar
‘Young prodigy civil engineer Sebastian Luna unveils urban development on cantilevered shelf hovering above Med Sea to the south-east side of the Rock’: this...
A Beard ‘Too Long’ and a God ‘Too Old’ For Santa
‘Too old, and my beard needs trimming. I travel a thousand stadia... spend six hours crammed into uncomfortable easyJet seats... pay out a small...
GIBRALTAR LITERARY FESTIVAL: Schedule of Events
THURSDAY 14TH NOVEMBER
10:00am
Death of a Translator
Ed Gorman, Nick Higham
The Gibraltar Garrison Library (Festival HQ), 1 hour
Ed Gorman will be interviewed by Nick Higham...