Life in Culebrón

I don't usually know what your average Spaniard is talking about as they chat with the neighbours, keys in hand outside their house or...

It's probably some sort of jingoism on my part but I can't say I'm that impressed by the professionals that we have occasio...

I got a letter from the tax people yesterday. Now letters from the tax people are not written in normal, everyday Spanish. They are Bronte...

It's raining. It's rained quite a lot in the last couple of weeks. We've forgotten all about the drought which lasted from ...

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...

I quite approve of taxes. We all pay in, we all get more out. I know it's not a popular view. Our local taxes in Spain are based on se...

A couple of years ago the local weekly newspaper - El Canfali - disappeared from the newsagents. One of the first victims of the hard financ...

I've just done my tax return. It didn't take me long. The tax people, usually referred to as Hacienda, send me a document through th...