Back in early March, in the days before Coronavirus lockdown, an International Women’s Day conference took place in Gibraltar. It offered a day of inspiring talks and the chance to network. This is my experience of the event.

In this third Inspiring Gibraltar Women episode Alice Mascarenhas takes centre stage. A broadcaster and print journalist, Alice also has a passion for theatre. Her weekly Gibraltar Chronicle column ‘Alice’s Table’ was recently turned into a book and her radio show ‘Centre Stage’ has been on air for 22 years. In a rare interview, Alice talks about growing up in Gibraltar and how she ended up in radio and newspapers despite wanting to be a marine biologist.

In the second part of the Inspiring Gibraltar Women mini-series an extraordinary young woman is the subject. At the age of just 18, Layla Bugeja has already achieved so much. A singer, musician and songwriter, she’s currently juggling her music around her A-Level studies ahead of a move to the home of country music; Tennessee.

This Sunday marks International Women’s Day, so what better time to put the Gibraltar Stories spotlight on some Inspiring Gibraltar Women? First up is Denise Matthews, a business woman who is taking on the big boys on a global scale.

The social calendar in Gibraltar kicks off with the annual Three Kings Cavalcade, so what better way to kick off a new series of Gibraltar Stories than with a look at this January’s Cavalcade. Volunteers put in hours of work each year to make the event the huge success it is, and in this episode I take you behind the scenes.

2019 has been a year to remember for many, but none more so than Julian De Las Heras. This year, he flew to Abu Dhabi to represent Gibraltar at the Special Olympics in his chosen sport of golf. In this final episode of 2109, we hear from Julian as well as his coach, Andrew Ramage, as they look back on the year with Special Olympics Gibraltar.

In this, the final episode from the Gibraltar International Literary Festival 2019, I speak to Richard Hamilton. The author of two books about Morocco and former BBC North Africa Correspondent, Richard tells me of his affection for Tangier as well as the frustrations he experienced while researching his latest book: Tangier From the Romans to the Rolling Stones.

Female empowerment, the life of John Buchan, the history and habits of our furry neighbours - the Barbary Macaques and a thriller set in Gibraltar all feature in part two of my look at the Gibraltar International Literary Festival this year. This week it’s the turn of some of the visiting writers who came to the festival to showcase their work.

Each year, in November, Gibraltar becomes a hive of activity and intellectual discourse as the Literary Festival rolls into town. In this episode I speak to some of the local writers who presented their work at this year’s festival.

Each spring and autumn volunteer bird ringers travel to Gibraltar to help collect data on the migratory birds passing through the Strait of Gibraltar. In this episode you can hear from some of the volunteers as well as from GONHS the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society.

With just under a week to go before Hallowe’en, this week’s Gibraltar Stories episode focuses on some of the legends and ghost stories Gibraltar has to offer. Gibraltarian writer, Jackie Anderson is collecting an anthology of Gibraltar ghost stories - do you know of any she could add to her collection?

Each year in October, a special service takes place at the Trafalgar Cemetery in Gibraltar to remember the Battle of Trafalgar and those who lost their lives. This mini extra episode, looks back at yesterday’s Act of Remembrance.

After a career on the stage both in the UK and around the world, Christian Santos returned to his hometown of Gibraltar and set up his own production studio. Now Principal at the Gibraltar Academy of Music and Performing Arts and Deputy Mayor of Gibraltar, in this episode he shares some of the highlights of his career to date.

Gibraltar’s first ever anthology of local poetry was published this summer following an appeal for any poets with a connection to Gibraltar to apply. In this episode we hear from Gibraltarian poet Giordano Durante about how the anthology came about.

For one week in July, Gibraltar played host to athletes from across the globe for the 2019 NatWest International Island Games. With the help of a huge team of volunteers, the teams from 22 islands, who competed in 14 different sports were looked after and helped along the way.

This summer, Gibraltar played host to athletes from across the globe for the 2019 NatWest International Island Games. In this episode of the Gibraltar Stories Podcast we hear from one of the organisers of the games as well as a few of the athletes themselves.

The Calentita Food Festival returned to Gibraltar this summer for it’s thirteenth year. Featuring food from around the world as well as talks and cookery demonstrations, Calentita has become an integral part of the Gibraltarian cultural calendar.