Lancelot 1 2 Lancelot Lancelot 3 4 Lancelot EDITORIAL CONTENTS “Treat the Earth well. It was not a Editorial ...................................................................5 gift to you from your parents, it is Reader’s Letters ................................................. 6-10 St George’s Day ......................................................12 on loan to you from your children.” British Ambassador ................................................13 Kenyan proverb Fiscal Advice .......................................................... 14 Property Guide .......................................................15 César “Lanzarote” Manrique Round the Island by Car .................................. 16-21 Humboldt’s Visit to La Graciosa ...................... 22-25 elcome to Lanzarote and welcome to Lance- Celebration 100 Years César Manrique ............. 26-33 Wlot, one of the oldest English-language pu- Book Launch at the Cervantes Institute ............ 34-35 blications in Spain. The comprehensive guide to Local Schools Create Stage Version of Book ..... 36-37 the island, and to the Tourist Centres in the central Initiation of Chaplain at Anglican Church ........ 38-39 pages, comprise the backbone of our commitment Cabildo Tourist Attractions .............................. 40-41 to holidaymakers on the front cover, “Where to Go, Photographer Friend of César Manrique.................42 What to See and How to Get There.” Eating Out ....................................................... 44-45 In 1993, this Island was declared a World Bios- Health – Awareness of Colon Cancer ......................46 phere Reserve by Unesco, a distinction awarded to Memorial Statues Installed in San Antonio, Texas ....... 48-51 destinations which follow a policy of commercial Canary Government Bilingual E-Sport Education… ........5 2 development in harmony with conservation of the 39 Canary Beaches Receive EU Blue Flag ...............53 environment. To whom do we owe this? Tias District – Puerto del Carmen ..................... 60-61 Lanzarote’s singular identity was molded by the Yaiza District - Playa Blanca ............................ 62-63 artist César Manrique, born on 24 April 1919 and Teguise District - Costa Teguise ....................... 64-65 this year we are celebrating the centenary of his bir- San Bartolomé - Monumento Al Campesino ...........66 th with a variety of public events of every kind from Arrecife – Hijo Predilecto César Manrique..............67 memorial galas and speeches to concerts and exhi- Haria District Town and Countryside ............... 68-69 bitions, all paying tribute to his memory. PhotoNews Lanzarote ...................................... 70-74 In 1980, The Times of London published a report by journalist Edward Owen who wrote, “César Tourist Information ................................................75 Manrique adored the island of his birth and made Bridge and Simple Crossword ................................76 protecting its natural features his life’s work.” In General Crossword – Local Organisations ..............77 retrospect, this accolade has been echoed count- Concerts Exhibitions Athletics Reviews ..................78 less times even to the extent that fellow reporter Chinijo Archipiélago Lanzarote Geopark ................80 Christopher Somerville wrote in the same newspa- per following the opening of the Cactus Garden in March 1990, “César Manrique was 15 years ahead of his time in the creation of site-specific tourist at- tractions.” Whilst enjoying your holiday, you can pay Antonio Coll your own silent personal tribute to the artist at President: Javier Betancort every Tourist Centre you visit by knowing who Lancelot Medios General Manager: Director Lancelot TV: Jorge Coll created them. Honorary Editor: Larry Yaskiel Advertising and Layout: Liz Yaskiel Note for Foreign Residents Graphic Design: Betty Romero This issue of Lancelot went to press before the Photography: Jesús Betancort Local Elections took place and it is possible that Avda. Mancomunidad s/n (Arrecife Gran Hotel) the names and titles of Town Hall and Cabildo 35500 Arrecife - Lanzarote officials have since changed. Tel: 928 51 20 26 e-mail: [email protected] Published quarterly: 1 March, 1 June, 1 September, Whilst every attempt is made to ensure that articles and 1 December. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or advertisements are factually correct, the publishers and broadcast without the written consent of the Publisher. printers cannot be held responsible for any errors or omis- Copyright LANCELOT. Depósito Legal GC 846-2014 sions. Intending purchasers must satisfy themselves by Distibution: Totaldis - Printed by Minerva, Lanzarote inspection or otherwise of each of their statements. No. 149, 2019 http://www.lancelot.es/prensa.php e-mail:[email protected] Lancelot 5 LETTERS TO LANCELOT species they recommended I check the opening of the Cactus Garden. out the book Bulbs of Europe but I am sure that this should have been once again this particular plant was Graham Rose who had raved en- not fully explained. On the way to thusiastically about César Manrique Haria one day on passing the Wind at a time when the Canary Islands Farm, I spotted a blaze of orange were scarcely known as a holiday down a track to the east. I asked destination in the UK. Flora of Haria, my husband to go back and we In the early 1960s we met Gra- Dear Sir, saw bulbs the size of hyacinths on a ham Rose, who was an entomolo- Over the past 30 years we have bank bearing a very delicate pinky- gist travelling the world advising on explored every inch of the island of white bloom with orange berries, how to get rid of bugs in bananas Lanzarote but I still have a problem the seed of the flower. However, I in Fiji and land crabs digging up to solve. I love the ‘Alpine’ flora cannot find any reference to these remote landing strips. He develo- around Haria and Famara but do juicy berries that seemed to bear no ped two lovely gardens in Berks- not have the names of all the spe- relationship to the flowers which hire and another near Carcassonne cies to hand.We have many books are round, whereas hyacinth seeds in the Languedoc region of Fran- on the flowers of the Canaries but are green and segmented. We have ce. We stayed at his Embankment none of them answers my problem, also since discovered this species apartment in London near the Tate neither could anyone at Pardelas above Famara. The bloom is almost and he told us that he thought that Park in Orzola help me. like ‘London Pride.’ Can you help Santorini in the Aegean was once I had painted many flowers found us identify the plant, please. the “lost” island of Atlantis and in this area, one of which was what I also noted on page 33 in the at the same time raved on about a we described as a ‘brown’ bluebell main feature on César Manrique, wonderful artist called César Man- and I sent my photo to Garden you mentioned that Graham Stone, rique who was creating gardens in News magazine which was able to who wrote on gardening and Travel the Canary Islands. roughly identify the species and pu- for the Sunday Times was among Over the years we met many blished it. For an exact name of the international journalists invited to weird and famous people through 6 Lancelot LETTERS TO LANCELOT him and wherever we travelled he’d say go to a particular hotel in Athens between the floodlit Acro- polis and Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens where you would want to sleep on the roof or go to the Old Town of Taormina, Sicily with a view to Etna. But the Canaries? We had hardly heard of them back then and it was difficult to understand the enthu- siasm of Graham Rose talking about this wonderful garden with an ‘un- derground lake in a lava tunnel’ over 50 years ago. Now of course we all rave about Manrique’s tourist at- GUINEVERE Ana Carrasco of the tor Larry Yaskiel, confessed that tractions and the amazing influen- Cabildo Island Council Biosphere you are right about the mistake in ce he had upon all architecture and Department offers two possibilities the name of the journalist it was landscaping, which has brought us for the name of the plant you des- Graham Rose and not Stone. His to Lanzarote annually for the past cribe: 1. Dipcadi serotinum (liliop- excuse is that he was a great fan of five decades as I said earlier. sida) which grows in porous petri- the music of Stone Roses and due Yvonne Adams fied-lava soil known as Malpais. 2. to “word association” got the two Stone Gable, Asphodelus fistulus also called “ga- surnames mixed up, in addition he 6 Main Road West Lulworth, monilla tiesa” which grows in white pleads mitigating circumstances. Dorset, BH20 5RW. UK damp sands at Famara. The entire video of their song “I (Casas del Sol, Playa Banca). The writer of the article, our edi- Wanna Be Adored” was filmed in Lancelot 7 LETTERS TO LANCELOT the Fire Mountains (see You Tube) gistrate) of Genoa’s daughter Maria by Geoff Wonfor, well known for falls in love with Simon Boccane- his work with the Beatles and Paul gra a humble worker but her status McCartney. forbids her to marry anyone from a humble lower class family. A ty- Malocello Features pical melodrama develops in which in Verdi Opera a member of the noble Malocello Dear Sir, family plays a key role. As the author Alfonso Licata of the biogra- Rome and Puerto del Carmen phy of Lanza- rotto Malocello GUINEVERE Alfonso Licata, a for whom Lan- retired judge from Rome who has zarote is named a holiday home on Lanzarote, is the - which you biographer of Lanzarotto Maloce- have reported llo volumes I and II published by on in several the Italian Ministry of Defence and features - af- the Cabildo of Lanzarote. GUINEVERE Covent Gar- ter sailing here den was originally one of the bi- from his native Lanzarote Ensemble ggest markets in Europe where a Genoa in the early 14th century, Covent Garden high volume of fruit and vegetables mapmakers began marking this is- Dear Sir, from the Canary Islands were land with his name and the crest of During our holiday last December sold, especially during the win- Genoa.