This weekend will play host to the 2014 Upper Rock Challenge. Individuals are being invited to walk the Mediterranean Steps trail three times in aid of local charity the Saffron Rose for Rett Charitable Trust and St. Martin’s School.
I spotted this at a glance on the way to an exhibition opening last week. Now, I’m not going to pretend I’m a really artsy fella, because really I’m pretty clueless beyond photography; I’ve never been trained in any artistic field and everything I do is very trial and error. So maybe that’s why I like street art: It’s raw and dynamic but it’s also very misunderstood; especially in Gibraltar and especially when the word graffiti comes into the picture.
A new book by local historian Tommy Finlayson was launched last night at the Heritage Trust’s premises in the Main Guard on John Mackintosh Square. Entitled ‘Gibraltar and the Spanish Shadow’, this latest work covers the period from 1945-85 and analyses the Rock’s drive towards civil rights and self-determination against the backdrop of hostile relations with Spain.
Gibraltar’s Special Olympics aquatic team has been competing recently at the European Summer Games in Belgium.
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