Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
A talk on James Joyce’s novel ‘Ulysses’ will be delivered this evening by Charles Durante. ‘Ulysses’ is considered a landmark of world literature. Published in 1922, it has acquired iconic status, becoming the quintessential modernist text, endlessly and exhaustively read and studied by devoted readers and academics. Joyce wanted to write a modern Irish nationalist epic, a vast comic novel, full of pathos, satirical humour, vitality and playfulness.
Gracing this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival once again, award winning actress and world authority on Indian food, Madhur Jeffray will host a unique lunch at the Gibraltar Yacht Club. The event has stirred a great deal of interest with tickets, costing £35, now sold out. The lunch is sponsored by Morissons and will cover a 2 and a half hour period.
The GSD says it notes the lengthy response by the Government to its criticism that it is spending money as if there is no tomorrow funded by huge direct and indirect public debt, which the party says is “just simply intended to confuse people.”
The Gibraltar Electrical Authority (GEA) conducted an initial investigation into this morning’s power cut. Evidence suggests that a lightning strike may have been the root cause of the power outage causing the generators to trip on earth fault.