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The annual Hindu Diwali festival of lights symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance”.

Stingy Jack is better known as Jack-o’-Lantern and his story is a spooky one

Before you get carving, stop and look at your pumpkin that you’re getting ready for Halloween, and reckon how you would carve out one of the largest pumpkins

Beauty magic at Korpobell Developments in laser techniques now provide many beauty treatments that do not require any surgery.

Furnishing your House and Home. The choices made for new furniture and furnishings for the home will usually depend on the style and size of the home and on the budget available.

Con la llegada del verano, muchas personas descuidan los cuidados de la piel, las uñas y el rostro a pesar de ser el momento del año que más se estropean, así que este mes en Korpobell

La Colina itself, sits on an elevated site, prominently positioned on the main roundabout, at the entrance of the San Roque Golf development, and offers panoramic views to the Mediterranean

David Ríos es como escribe, sus poemas son él y su circunstancia, su genial interpretación de la vida, que va viviendo a su manera: inquieto, aventurero e indómito, transmite a quien oye su voz o lee sus versos, pureza y cercanía.

Perfect pizza.. could be just grab a price-offer pizza off the supermarket shelf to keep you going while you box-binge or carefully select your favourite topping at your favourite restaurant..or, make your own pizza, just the way you want it, for which having a pizza oven is a help

The Cable Car Ride at Gibraltar is among the most fascinating attractions of Gibraltar and something that you absolutely don’t want to miss

Before Netflix, and Amazon, Disney, Hulu and the others movie-streaming companies, even before television and dvd, there was the cinema.

La Ruta del Tapeo may take different routes but the idea remains the same – to enjoy small amounts of the Mediterranean Diet in friendly, and often noisy company.

A Muddle of Guns in 1871. The ability of the Ministry of Defence in Britain to maintain the impregnability of Gibraltar was fiercely debated

They deliver, they’re amazing, getting better and better, incredible harmonies, professional performance and the list can go on and on…on the night

Take a mouthful of water while swimming in the sea, and, if there’s an inclination to swallow it (not recommended) together with the taste of sodium (salt) the mouthful of liquid will taste of potassium.

Catalan Bay Beach is the middle beach between Eastern Beach and Sandy Bay Beach on the eastern side of the Rock lined by the Mediterranean Coast of Gibraltar.

Short but informative this book, published in 1990, covers very much the whole history of Gibraltar

Below is a list of Food and Drink in alphabetical order. Spanish to English Translations with a few extra bits and bobs.

B2B marketers had to pivot hard over the last 18 months, especially when it came to event marketing.

The Dune of Bolonia, declared a natural monument, representing an excellent opportunity for approximating a live geological formation.

HMS Royal George, a Royal Navy ship of the line and the largest warship in the world, was launched on 18 February 1756. 

Tarifa Castle was built more than 1,000 years ago. Entering through the main gate of the Castle gives an understanding of how for 900  of those years the castle has withstood violent attacks and long sieges, from the 10th C to the Napoleonic Wars in the 19th century.

Last month marked the 70th Anniversary of the explosion of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Bedenham, which arrived in Gibraltar on the 24th of April 1951 with approximately 790 tons of depth charges

Empanada is the Spanish term for pasties. It is probably correct to say that every language and every country has a word for empanada with its own particular recipes.

Operation Flavius was a military operation in which three members of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) cell were shot dead by undercover members of the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988.

Local Music Festival For National Week 2021 Friday Night Live Special Edition Gibraltar Cultural Services, alongside the producers of Friday Night Live, Dion Mifsud and Nolan Frendo, will be organising a local music festival on Friday 3rd September 2021.

For thousands of us, working from home is a staple of our lives, and while many of us make do with working from ours beds or kitchen table

Childline Gibraltar is looking for volunteers. Are you able to cover 2 shifts per month to safeguard detained juveniles.

Exploring the Great Siege Tunnels of Gibraltar is most certainly not something you want to miss out on doing on your next visit to Gibraltar.

This month marks 130th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Utopia on 17th March 1891 on the Bay of Gibraltar at around 6.20pm on a stormy evening. We have all heard the saying ¨Mas viejo que el año del Utopia¨, but not so many of us know where it came from, and the tragedy that occurred that evening.

EPC – Cut home energy costs. DIY around the home may not be everyone’s hobby and many householders prefer to get a specialist

Gibraltarian, Lewis Stagnetto, marine biologist and Co-Founder of The Nautilus Project develops first ever Phytoplankton database.

Juniper is gin, and gin is life, say the poets. Wild Juniper was part of life on the planet before Man discovered how to make gin from it and now cultivates it to meet today’s high demand for modern-flavoured gin.

Yoghurt tastes good, is easy to eat, and it’s good for most of us. It can be much easier to digest than milk, even if you’re lactose-intolerant

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture have announced the results of the 2nd Cultural Awards. This year the winners

Before a vaccine was introduced in the 1950s, epidemics would result in up to 7,760 cases of paralytic polio in the UK each year, with up to 750 deaths. 

The annual ‘Gibraltar Festival for Young Musicians’ will be taking place from 22nd to 26th February 2021. If you play an instrument or enjoy singing

With the Brexit transition period coming to an end on December 31st and with no EU-UK trade deal in sight (at the time of writing this article), there’s never been a better time for Gibraltar businesses to look for partners beyond the shores of the EU.

Burberry Group, a British luxury fashion house, has announced the launch of ReBurberry Fabric, a pilot programme in partnership with British Fashion Council

Starting or finishing the day, chocolate is there for you! A bar or just a piece of chocolate, maybe in a box, or drinking choc in a cup

If you could buy yourself one Rolex, which you couldn’t ever sell, which one would it be? With that constraint in mind I would wager that most enthusiasts would think of many pieces

Pasticho (Pasticho Venezolano) is the Venezuelan version of lasagne or the Greek Pastitsio. A warm and creamy lasagne using those two ingredients using those two ingredients to spice it up the Venezuelan way

Considered to have the health-giving powers of a magic elixir, even called liquid gold by some, olive oil has been available to humanity since pre-history.

Hot Air Ballooning has moved on since the 1889 balloon ascent from the Rock, some 130 years ago

Specsavers Ópticas Marbella is celebrating a spec-tacular anniversary this year, having served its local community for all their eye health needs over the last eight year.

Puffins in Gibraltar? Bird-watching during the Global Bird Weekend 17/18 Oct produced in the early counts, supported by binocular-makers Swarovski Optik, total species to date 5,725 recorded by 14,220 birders across the world and also produced some interesting questions about bird-watching, especially about migration. One of those questions, is “Where do UK puffins go in winter?” …answer is, puffins spend the autumn and winter out at sea but return to land to breed in late spring. In Gibraltar, three species of puffin have been recorded including the Atlantic puffin. In Gibraltar, three species of puffin have been recorded including the Atlantic puffin. In summer months in the North puffins will be seen in quantity in their colonies on the cliffs of Shetland and Orkney and further north in Iceland, home to more than half of the world’s puffin population but where do they go once the winter months arrive?…that, it seems, depends where the puffin colony is based but the UK’s puffins, the Atlantic puffin (fratercula arctica), spend the winter out at sea, in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean, feeding on fish and marine invertebrates. They are well-adapted to a life lived mostly on the water and can even […]

Each year on 21 October a ceremony is held on board HMS Victory in marking the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar

The Nautilus Project marine invertebrates field trips for this academic year, kicked off yesterday

While Gibraltar has so far managed to escape the worse of the COVID19 crisis, the economic crisis that will follow will not be easy to escape.

We are all spending a large part of our day looking at smartphones, tablets and computer screens. Are they damaging our eyes? Many of us are experiencing ‘Computer vision syndrome’,

Rolex Kermit vs Hulk: What’s The Difference? When you think of Rolex, one of the first models that will come to mind is the Submariner. It’s an iconic dive watch that’s been setting the standard for underwater timekeeping since its birth in the 1950’s. Those that know Rolex even better, will know that the colour [...]

October sees the 28-day stop smoking campaign from Public Health England – this 28-day stop smoking challenge has driven

TAG Heuer are one of the most iconic and well known watch brands in the world, with a number of famous collections such as the Formula One, the Aquaracer and the Monaco.

You drop out of the Civil Service or your safe job somewhere, start a business, employ one or two individuals and all is going well…COVID-19 hits the streets and the whole town is in limbo for months…’Stay at home or else!!’

The lockdown implemented as part of the measures to combat COVID19 has resulted in immense financial pressure on both households and businesses,

It can’t be said there’s a shortage of takeaway outlets on the Rock providing pizzas, Indian, Chinese, Thai food and traditional Mediterranean or American cuisine.

In June of this year, amidst all the craziness of a global pandemic, Patek Philippe somewhat silently completed construction of their brand new Headquarters.

The successes of technology start-ups such as Uber, Airbnb and Revolut have inspired governments around the globe to support the development of national start-up ecosystems.

Rolex are the most popular and well known watch brand in the world. There is no doubt you will have heard of the Swiss heavyweight and chances are you’d probably love to get your hands on one too.