Opinion

So good they named them twice

In an extraordinary feat of mental gymnastics and from amid the mind fug of Josés, Carloses, Juans and Felipes whirling around my head, I'd successfully managed to extract his baby daughter's name and, thus, deftly extricated myself from a social minefield

Cherry-picking or ruling out

Look what they've done to my song, Ma

I, for one, have absolutely no sympathy for record companies. They opened Pandora's box years ago and now the consequences have come back to bite them

Flowers for Jane Bowles

Jane Bowles, who found herself in Malaga by accident, went through alternating periods of torment and calm and in her short outings she strolled around Malaga, stayed at the Malaga Palacio and drank in the legendary and now defunct cafeteria La Cosmopolita

A capital idea

Last September, Andalucía followed Madrid's example and became the second Spanish region to scrap wealth tax

King dollar

The US dollar will continue to hold the world's reserve status for the foreseeable future

First crass delivery

The newspapers I was so looking forward to reading were about to be sent back whence they came so that the sender could once again post them to me in the reasonable, yet probably futile, hope that the postman at the other end might have a go at doing his job properly

Ninth class citizens

We have our own group of homeless or wandering citizens, the majority just ignored and avoided

A non-fiction thriller

A book released this week alleges that the ex-king, Juan Carlos, has a secret illegitimate daughter with a member of the Spanish aristocracy