At some point during the day some noisy van came around blaring something out. Noisy horrid vans. Oh! Wait! It was a meeting at 8pm in the John Mack Hall to listen to the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party(GSLP)’s political speeches. Technically it is the GSLP/Liberal Alliance, but as the Liberals have three candidates and the GSLP […]Read Post ›
For some strange reason, I have always liked communal living. Odd for an only child used to privacy and not sharing anything, but maybe not. Maybe it stems from my university life when I had my nice little cell bedroom in hall of residence complete with washbasin and balcony. The shower was just opposite and there […]Read Post ›
A quick thank you to my reader who gave me five stars for the previous Strange Meeting post about war, and remembering people who died in whatever wars, whether they were civilian or military deaths. If it has taken people a long time to read through it – it took even longer to write it. […]Read Post ›
I thought I would go for a different pitch for my Armistice Day/Remembrance Day post this year. Sort of mid-way between the ‘Gosh we owe these people so much – they are all super heroes’ and the ‘I really don’t agree with any of this and wars are just a damn nuisance invented by politicians’ […]Read Post ›
One of the exciting things about moving abroad is the difference in food shopping because different cultures eat differently. And one of the annoying things about moving abroad is not being able to get things that you really can not manage without. That probably explains why half the Brits in Andalucia make a regular pilgrimage […]Read Post ›
I’ve been watching the progress of the local bike racks with bated breath. One has been installed near us, and as we watched its progress over the months we speculated as to what on earth it could possibly be. It is, of course, part of Caruana’s vote softening tactics, go green, decrease traffic, and provide […]Read Post ›
I am not a fan of these type of gung-ho books. You know the sort, where there is a tall, dark, not quite handsome, but definitely rugged hero. He invariably has piercing blue or green eyes. When he is not shooting the shit out of the baddies, he is totally irresistible to any woman within […]Read Post ›
Following on from my tempeh post, here is a tasty dish that I knocked together the other day that uses tempeh and tofu together. It’s actually adapted from a chicken recipe with tofu instead of chicken, and tempeh instead of bacon. I have no idea why it is called Napolitana, as there is not a […]Read Post ›
Well perhaps the most important change – if it happens – will be a change of government. Chief Minister Peter Caruana has finally named the election date as Thursday, 8 December 2011. So if you want to see a change – make sure you are in Gib on that day and make your vote count. […]Read Post ›
[This post would have appeared on my Clouds blog but blogger is just playing me up totally – so here it is – and not a mention of pizza either despite my threat] You know you have reached a certain age when you receive your first invitation for breast screening. Oddly enough it came in […]Read Post ›
