Entries by Gazette Life

Kennedy, Champion of Spain

Kennedy Denby, from Lanzarote’s Nadamas swimming club, is the 400 metres champion of Spain, after winning Gold in the Spanish Swimming Championship at Malaga.

02/08/2023 by

Tina makes me feel free!

What happens when an icon dies? Lanzarote has seen its share of Tina Turner tributes over the years, so following her recent death we interviewed Praylene Jackson, who performs the Tina Turner Show six nights a week in various hotels on the island.

01/08/2023 by

A very good year

Indian Delights celebrated its third birthday this August. Their third year in business has proved to be their best yet, with the challenges of Covid long behind them, Ramesh and Sara Saraswati look at the past three years and look to the future with optimism.

01/08/2023 by

The road to Salina

In 1969 a film crew arrived at the Hotel Lancelot in Arrecife to film a “suspense thriller” on the island. French director Georges Lautner had assembled a cast that included Robert Walker (who had appeared in Easy Rider the year before), and Mimsy Farmer, a young actress who had appeared in biker movies in the US and would go on to appear in several Italian cult films.

01/08/2023 by

Lydia Dant – The Iron Lady

In May this year, Lydia Dant from Cheltenham took the Lanzarote Ironman female title for the second year running, and she’s dead set on making it a hat trick in 2024. We decided to find out a little more about her inspirational journey.

01/08/2023 by