There are many different types of activities that you can take your children to. One of these are playgroups or toddler groups. They are valuable and a relevant resource that every parent or carer of young children should take advantage of. Looking after children under the age of 5 can be one of the most… Keep Reading
In honour of International Dyslexic Awareness week, which takes place from the 5th – 11th October, the Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group are promoting a series of articles showing how being Dyslexic can be a positive in the workplace. Keep Reading
The coronavirus pandemic has meant that we can't travel abroad as we would like, but there are places nearby that are little gems and worth taking a long weekend away to explore. Grab your masks and sanitiser and set forth for a historical trip. Keep Reading
At the time of our arrival, an epidemic was raging on the opposite coast of Barbary, the effect of a severe famine, which occasioned a strict quarantine to be enforced on all vessels approaching from that coast. This subjected the garrison to a very indifferent supply of livestock for slaughter, as the principal imports are from this quarter. There has been also a great mortality among the cattle in that country, for want of provender, and those brought over for the use of the troops were so lean, that the flesh scarcely covered the bones. Good beef was scarcely seen in the market, and that which was very indifferent, but considered the best, was selling at from thirteen to fifteen pence per pound. At the same time, veal was eighteen pence; mutton thirteen pence; a pair of fowl, six shillings and six pence; a pair of duck, eight shillings and eight pence; a cock turkey, twenty one shillings and eight pence; a goose, seventeen shillings and four pence; eggs, two shillings and two pence a dozen. Keep Reading
Some of the best words that I have written over the last twenty years have been about music and yet music is not about words. Yes it’s true that some of the best songs ever written have lyrics which paint a picture that together with music makes their tunes memorable by capturing our imagination. Tugging at heart strings, elating our moods, evoking memories of a love found, or sucking us into a sense of loss when love has been betrayed, is all part of the gravitational pull of music. Keep Reading
The media has extensively covered the situation regarding refugees and asylum seekers. Former England striker Gary Lineker has agreed to welcome refugee to live at his Surrey home. Their plight and the incredibly difficult challenges they face inspire the best of our humanity but also can stir negative reactions in some individuals. Keep Reading
Christmas wasn't always celebrated on the 25th December and in fact it may have little to do with the actual date of the birth of Jesus which is not known. Archaeologists have traced the origins of the first Christmas to be celebrated on the 25th December, 300 years before the birth of Christ. The original event marked the consecration of the ancient world's largest sun god statue, the 34m tall, 200 ton Colossus of Rhodes. Keep Reading
Christmas is coming! It’s never too early to start shopping and if there is one thing that we need at the moment, it is to lessen any stress from creeping into our lives. Keep Reading
Shopping brings out an array of emotions at the best of times but Christmas is a time of hope, fun and a desire for gifts both needed and ones which are spectacularly indulgent. Either way, the glorious unwrapping of a present is a theatrical experience whether a pair of socks (sorry male relative) or a sparkling diamond necklace. Keep Reading
The Corona Christmas: Why shopping locally makes sense Keep Reading
