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The Christmas card's origins are hard to pin-down exactly, but the first recorded ones can be traced to being sent to King James VI & I, and was found in the National Records of Scotland. The message inside was: Keep Reading

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Kim’s book review

This poetry collection is highly autobiographical, and as raw and emotional as it gets. It has received mixed reviews in online forums, mainly due to the stylistic choices employed by the poet, with no capitalisation at the beginning of sentences, one word lines (essentially, hitting enter after every word to begin a new line). I personally enjoy this device, as I think it ensures that every word impacts the reader, and is stressed, not lost among its fellow words in a sentence and simply skimmed over. Others, however, see this choice as lazy and ‘gimmicky’. Keep Reading

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Small Great Things

Jodi Picoult has been one of my favourite authors for as long as I can remember. She writes with a sensitivity and respect for exceptionally difficult subject matters that truly takes my breath away at times. Small Great Things is no exception. Keep Reading

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At the Movies

Paul Anderson is an Arts broadcaster, radio presenter, producer and journalist. He’s known for work on BBC 6 Music, Xfm, Capital as well as hosting his own one-hour film show ‘At The Movies’ on Smooth Radio.Paul is also a member of the London Film Critic’s Circle.Follow him on Twitter @afilmguy. Keep Reading

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Miss Gibraltar

Miss Gibraltar 2019, Celine Bolaños, visited London ahead of the Miss World Pageant. On arrival, she and the other 112 contestants, took in a full schedule of activities, receptions, filming, touring the Capital and rehearsing. Keep Reading

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Author Kitty Sewell

Over the past few decades there have been many writers who have written novels that feature Gibraltar. International best-selling thriller writer Kitty Sewell came to the Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival in November 2019 where Jo Ward managed to catch up with her for a chat about her latest novel, The Fault. Keep Reading

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Mirrors of Sanctity by Manolo Galliano

Galliano’s last book - `Of Monks and Nuns’ - delved into four of Gibraltar’s `Lost Churches’... and you’d be forgiven for thinking that was it, topic completely covered. However, being a stalwart and stickler for detail with an incessant thirst for more, he dug up a couple of dozen more places of worship situated on the Rock! Keep Reading

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Movies

Paul Anderson is an Arts broadcaster, radio presenter, producer and journalist. He’s known for work on BBC 6 Music, Xfm, Capital as well as hosting his own one-hour film show ‘At The Movies’ on Smooth Radio. Paul is also a member of the London Film Critic’s Circle. Follow him on Twitter @afilmguy. Keep Reading

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Gibraltar International Literary Festival – Nick Higham

Back in 2003 Nick made headlines himself when he criticised the BBC by saying that there are too many “insignificant and trivial” entertainment and sports stories in news bulletins.  Returning to Gibraltar for the second year running in the role of interviewer, this year Nick Higham will be in conversation with four authors: Lord Patten,… Keep Reading

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