Life in Culebrón

One disadvantage of living in a foreign country is that, often, the country you choose to live in doesn't speak a language you understan...

The modern world is leaving me behind. I've said before about paying for things with my phone. I keep meaning to but, well, I don't ...

I thought I might write a blog. Then I realised that nothing has happened to me for days so I couldn't. Later, as I pottered at some u...

I'm a sucker for gestures. The bit in Casablanca, where Laszlo says "Play the Marseillaise, play it!" and Rick nods, and the...

Do you know that Louis XVI wrote Rien, French for nothing, in his diary, on the day the Bastille was stormed? That was 14th July 1789, one...

I've just been into town. There's a video doing the rounds on social media of a woman runner scuffling with a couple of police o...

I like to get out and about. Anything from a film to a fiesta, a gallery to a concert, the theatre and, occasionally, even sports events. ...

It's really strange. Nothing much has changed and yet everything is very different. I'm sure you know that Spain is in a "S...

It was just after ten and I was putting away my paperwork at the end of the class when a WhatsApp message pinged on my phone. It said that...

A pal had to go to accident and emergency yesterday. He was having trouble breathing and he suspected he had something lodged in his win...

As I remember it the, "it's my arm doctor" quote was some sort of running joke. It had to be delivered with a broad Scots ac...

Another couple of personal tales. If you're looking for stories of Spain skip this one. Thrashing around on a supermarket floor mus...

It must have been the price of the cat food in the Día supermarket that triggered it. I was there picking up a few essentials before going...

I know that the NHS, the British healthcare system, is a politically hot topic nowadays and I suspect there have been several changes to i...

I got up early this morning to check the result and, rather as I'd feared, the UK had voted to leave the Union. I wasn't in the l...

People tell me they are never swayed by advertising. Not me; I see an ad for something that looks useful and I'm there. That spray to ...

A warning: This blog will contain lots of rude and crude words. Do not continue if you are easily offended. I've not been to the doc...