Life in Culebrón

I once shook Desmond Tutu's hand. He didn't really shake mine back -  he was looking the other way and talking to someone over his s...

I t turned out to be a bit of a porky. They told me I'd be in hospital for about 24 hours to fit a peg  - a stomach feeding tube. It...

Chinese buffets are an example. The first time you go to one it's all a bit confusing. The second time, less so, and by the third time...

I think it would be true to say that the majority of Britons who settle in Spain intend to learn Spanish. The general view seems to be tha...

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...

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 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 ...

There have been quite a lot news items recently about a shortage of blood donors in Spain. I heard one such item on a programme I often l...

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...

People tell me I complain. I usually think I am commenting or, more often, guffawing, at the preposterousness of whatever it may be. For i...

Spain has a proud record on organ donations. Although donations fell a little in 2010 (1502 donors and 3,770 transplants) from the all tim...