Three Wonky World articles, including Twittering jurors cause a retrial, don’t try to mug an MMA fighter even if you have a gun and being Mark Zuckerburg…or not.
Features
editorial columns by feature writers
Interview: Mayor of Almuñécar
by Martin Myall •
The interview with the Mayor of Almuñécar, Trinidad Herrera, was given in her office at the Town Hall on the 26th of January 2012. The Mayor was asked questions concerning parking, unemployment and progress on the A-7 autovia between Taramay and Lobres.
Monsters, Vampires and the Gothic Imagination
by Nadfas •
The date is June 18th, 1816; the venue is the Villa Diodati beside Lake Geneva and the dramatic Jura mountain range. Byron’s guests are his secretary Dr Polidori and Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley. Outside, the rain is beating down and thunder and lightning flash across the lake from the mountains.
RNA Burns Night
by RNA •
Things are progressing well for the Burns Night preps – the piper is booked and the haggis has been bought!
Tourist in Denmark
by Mette Owens •
Many of us have moved to Spain from another country or perhaps divide our time between our native country and Spain. When arriving in Spain, most of us become avid tourists keen to explore the sights and learn more about Spanish history and culture.
Food or Morals?
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
‘Food is the first thing, morals follow on’ is a famous quote from the song What Keeps Mankind Alive from Bertold Brecht’s Three Penny Opera. Maybe this is an appropriate phrase for a Boxing Day afternoon reflecting on the opulent Christmas dinner or a loose interpretation of the Pope’s Christmas message asking for more consciousness from a satisfied and saturated society.
The Feminine Touch
by Marianne Lindahl •
As far as I can remember, Almuñécar has never been as beautifully adorned for Christmas as this year. The spectacular Christmas tree at the Town Hall square, with hundreds of poinsettias in a 7 metre high structure, and the fabulous decorations of the many roundabouts, especially the one at Avenida Carlos I, with a huge cello in the middle.
Change of RNA Monthly-Meeting Venue
by RNA •
The venue for the next meeting has changed. It is now at the Rincon de Velilla , Paseo de Velilla some 500 mtrs east from the Argentine Steak House, towards Taramay.
Wonky World
by David Darby •
Three January edition articles from around the World, including the arrest of a man who tried to order drugs at a drive-through, a gun-dog that shot his master and a snake charmer who released his snakey friends in the local Tax Office.
Cameron Taylor Jackson & Burley
by Anon E. Mouse •
How can we describe David Cameron’s popularity at an EU summit; a bit like a fart in a lift, or maybe a french kiss at a family reunion?
But just how really nasty is the man with the perfect hair? Well, that appears to depend on where you live