LIBRARY PRESIDENT Brian Arnold, the Management Committee and all our volunteers extend their wishes to all members for a happy and enjoyable time over the Christmas and New Year holiday We look forward to seeing you all again in 2018.

Over the holiday period the Library will be closed only on Monday, December 25 and Monday, January 1 – otherwise it will be business as usual.

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A LEADING UK government official pledged that the rights of British expats were the number one priority during the Brexit negotiations.

The pledge came when a full house at the English Library of over 50 residents heard a talk on UK and Spain: Beyond Brexit from the deputy head of mission at the British Embassy in Madrid, Mr Tim Hemmings, who was accompanied by Charmaine Arbouin, the Consul for Southern Spain and the Canary Islands, and Helen Keating, vice-consul in Tenerife.

He outlined the current negotiations in as far as was relevant, stressing how many areas of agreement already existed between the British Government and the EU team.

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Summer has flown by and the Library is already welcoming back our winter ‘swallows’. It’s good to see so many familiar faces returning to the island.

The good news for the returnees is that there is no increase in membership fees this year. A reminder to everyone that fees are now due, €35 for single members and €45 for double membership.

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HAVE YOUR BOOKED a team spot yet for the Library’s annual Summer Quiz. The theme for this year’s quiz is ‘Growing Up in the 1950s’, so if you spent some of your childhood in the 50s then this is for you.

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