Thomas Mogford

It was a curious experience to be in Gibraltar for their inaugural literary festival. On the one hand, it was fantastic to see the Rock put on show — buffed up like a gem —  for people to appreciate that there was a great deal more to the place than border queues, apes and military […]

Given all the recent hoo-hah about Gibraltar-Spain relations going down the pan, it’s easy to forget that the Rock’s first ever literary festival is about to take place, in which a number of prominent Spanish writers will be speaking. Is this a sign that the literary world rises above such petty political squabbles? Or that most authors are so amazed that […]

For some reason the bizarre X-Factor phrase, ‘Congratulations — you’re through to the ‘lives”, has been buzzing round my head today with the news that ‘Shadow of the Rock’ has made it to the last four for the Crime Writers’ Association’s 2013 John Creasey Dagger Award. The prospect of sitting at a round table at the Grosvenor while waiting […]

If you fancy reading an article about Gibraltar that doesn’t focus on Spanish sabre-rattling, here’s one I wrote for Kensington and Chelsea Today (http://www.kensingtonandchelseatoday.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/ccqvivigcb.html) this month — Rock of Pages Think of Gibraltar and literature is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. A military stronghold, maybe – three centuries ago this year, the […]