Game for a laugh
Everyone I knew as a child had, in their house, a photo of the same bearded chap staring smugly into the camera while a beautiful young woman stood behind him
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An electric routine
The skyrocketing electricity prices also have contributed to changes in our routines this year
ALEKK M. SAANDERS | -
And so begins the second half of the crazy Spanish season
With Real Madrid destined to be champions, the question is now about who finishes behind them
Rob Palmer | -
1842: the division of Fuengirola and Mijas
Today Fuengirola sits compactly on 7% of the land of Mijas while each boasts a similar population of around 80,000
PATRICK H. MEEHAN | -
Spot the difference
Since the 2019 election, the right is thriving and the left is waning; and if this trend continues, it could result in defeat for the Socialist-Podemos bloc in December 2023
Mark Nayler |
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Priory wines
The majority of Spanish wine regions have no religious links, except Priorato, high up in the Pyrenees and with freezing winters and hellish summers
ANDREW J. LINN | -
Childless pet owners are sentient beings too
The pope is apparently concerned about falling birth rates, but surely having children just for the sake of it is more selfish than not having any in the first place
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Job application
Nowadays, hobbies don't really exist. Anyone who does anything, from making gingerbread men to taking photos of park benches, immediately sets up a web page, prints some business cards and calls themselves a professional
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Childless pet owners are sentient beings too
Spain introduced a law giving animals more rights, while the pope described couples who choose to have pets instead of children as "selfish"
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Balthazar: a woman in a male-dominated field
Most people think of Three Kings as jolly generous men with obligatory beards, but this is not the case anymore
Alekk M. Saanders | -
The Nutcracker: offensive to Asians and not in tune with modern racial sensibilities
Tchaikovsky's ballet - performed last week at the Cervantes in Malaga - is being revised nowadays because it apparently features a number of cultural clichés and blackfacing
Alekk M. Saanders | -
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No smoke king
John was overcome by the familiar sense of resolve that had gripped him on the first of January every year for the last five years. He simply had to stop
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Victims of our own success
How many more new residents will fit before the province bursts at the seams?
IGNACIO LILLO | -
Misunderstandings
These are often of a cultural nature, like believing that tapas can be eaten with a coffee, or an authentic paella or 'arroz' should be cooked in an oven
ANDREW J. LINN |