28 Mar 2024 16:28
Smarty pants
Electronic gadgets claiming to be smart are, almost unfailingly, quite the opposite - writes Peter Edgerton
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Peter Edgerton has lived in Málaga since 1995. His many and varied jobs during his time here have included musician, radio presenter, writer and pub owner. He currently combines these experiences, providing entertainment at his pub The Shakespeare in Malaga city centre.
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28 Mar 2024 16:28
Electronic gadgets claiming to be smart are, almost unfailingly, quite the opposite - writes Peter Edgerton
22 Mar 2024 16:50
In the olden days, any customer with a grievance had to write to head office or, in Spain, ask for the 'libro de reclamaciones' (complaints book). But now it's different, writes Peter Edgerton...
15 Mar 2024 17:13
Are you frustrated with your attempts to learn the Spanish language? Do you find that every time you try to engage in a conversation with a local, you get a reply in English? This is Peter Edgerton's experience...
08 Mar 2024 16:31
These days a lanyard is more often used to give an air of dubious self-importance to those who might otherwise spend their days going largely unnoticed, writes Peter Edgerton
01 Mar 2024 16:43
26 Feb 2024 09:31
I've tried to watch a professional game of basketball on the TV. It's difficult to escape the conclusion that, of the forty-eight minutes that a match lasts, only the last three are of much use, writes Peter Edgerton
16 Feb 2024 14:22
That piece of plastic that has been sitting next to the supermarket points card that I've never once used for the last seven years? Gone? How? Why? Who? Where?
09 Feb 2024 18:40
The perennial bug bear in Spanish of choosing 'usted' (formal) or 'tú' (informal) when addressing somebody directly rears its utterly confusing head with disturbing regularity
02 Feb 2024 19:34
Leafing idly through the Spanish newspapers the other day, I stumbled across an astonishing statistic - approximately 40% of Spain's population has undergone some kind of "medicinal aesthetic treatment", writes columnist Peter Edgerton
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