This is not an editor ’ s note Juanjo Trujillo | Creative Director
Keep it a secret from her . I ’ m taking advantage of our General Director Vanessa ’ s journey to Sanlcar la Mayor , Seville , to renew our partnership with the Association of Andalusia Environmentalists ( Coamba ) to write this editorial . She knows how pleased it makes me ; I ’ ve always wanted to tell my nonexistent grandchildren that I dared to write this essential page of my beloved magazine once -or twice- . As a result , beginning with the next issue , we will publish her reports from this major institution on the most topical environmental topics .
I take this opportunity on behalf of the entire OTWO Magazine team to congratulate our most luminous and well-traveled contributor , Ainara Martinez , for her new motherhood , and in just a couple of months , we will again enjoy her lyricism . We send you a backpack full of hugs and kisses .
I would also like to comment on the colophon offered by this incorrigible iconoclast who goes by the name of Juanlu González in his last installment of this second volume of “ Estrechando el Estrecho ”. He deconstructs history as a lie to place it in the space of myth ; this intellectual exercise is as hygienic as it is necessary . Moreover , it assures me that volume three will come with the color green as a flag .
Equally surprising is the report that Alfredo Valencia and Felix Ríos give us on land snails in Gibraltar , a hymn to the variety and abundance of biodiversity in this area .
I feel melancholy because our round trip between Gibraltar and Bordeaux is coming to an end , one more issue in July and that ’ s it . In the August issue we will give all our readers an exclusive interview with the author , Anthony Pitaluga . It doesn ’ t get any more rapturous than that . As this excerpt from this month ’ s feature demonstrates : “ I still don ’ t know why the effect produced by these eerie combinations of water and light made me think of Gotham City , with its gothic cathedral , home of Batman ”. I have never seen Bilbao described in this twilight and cinematic way .
And before Vanessa arrives , I want to show my appreciation to the solidarity bravery of Clubhouse Gibraltar , because each issue is a declaration of social commitment , to Dr . Owen Wiseman for guiding us on this path of nature in such an informative and innovative way , to the hatching of flavors that we savor every month with Yvette De la Rosa and her healthy and exuberant recipes -impossible to improve those photographs- and to Sarah Birch for the continuous exercise of concretion and analysis to put the world at a page ’ s reach .
Finally , I ’ ll reveal a little secret . As we gain more worldwide reputation , our readership grows , and the academic quality of our contributions rises , we are working on a conceptual and graphic overhaul of OTWO Magazine .
I hear Vanessa walk in the door , so I ’ m wrapping up . See you in 36 .
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