Surely you have come across one of those unbelievable ads of how to lose weight in your sleep. One tends to see one of those six-pack stomachs snoozing and a voice in the in-off tells you that this is how you’re going to look when taking Dr. Fartys Wonderpills. I always find these things an assault to human intelligence and wonder genuinely how anybody can believe such rubbish. Until..
Danish Outing
by Mette Owens •
Many travel agencies in Denmark market tours to this area of Andalucia. In fact, many more tours come than we realize. The reason we hardly notice them is because the tour groups are very busy experiencing more in one week than the most of us here do in a given month. I accompanied a group recently and this is what we did:
Creature Feature for May
by PerrosSi •
Well it would appear we are not the only creatures to seek a little light relief from Nature’s garden! I started to look into it and this is what I found – I think it’s very funny! It would appear there has been quite the party going on.
English as She is Spoke
by Dave Nichols •
As I was saying, about this whole American/English thing – after 30 years or so living in the USA, I think I qualify as bi-lingual. However, after a 10-year absence, I’m finding that some of the linguistic tendencies of my American cousins strike my ear in a peculiar way. To quote Professor ‘Enry ‘Iggins from that great Musical, My Fair Lady, it amounts to, ‘The cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.’
Publication Update – June
by Editor •
Am rushing to finish the Monday 8am deadline for the printer, which, barring major disasters, shouldn’t be a problem. Consequently, we will be out on the 1st of June. The online editions will start going up on the same day. The online edition, of course will start going up on the on the same day in the evening.
Socialists Win Salobrena
by Editor •
It was on the cards, so no surprises there: the PSOE regained the Mayor’s office after eight years of PP councils under the Jesus Avelino.
Rojas Rides
by Editor •
The conservative PP party in Motril not only managed to retain the Mayor’s office, but even increased their council seats by one to give them an absolute majority of 13 seats.
Benny Slips But Doesn’t Fall
by Editor •
With the final vote count completed it appears that the Mayor has lost three of his ten councillor seats. However, with seven seats, his party is still the most voted, but only just. The Mayor had hired the old Idea shop premises to hold a victory party; it was widely expected that he might even…
Spanish Revolution
by Editor •
Thousands of Spaniards, both young and not-so young, have had enough of the Spanish political class and are making their feelings known. In over 70 Spanish cities, as well as outside Spanish embassies in Europe, namely London and Berlin, Spaniards are saying Basta Ya! (enough is enough). This popular manifestation of discontent, which started in…
Cameron puts Politicians to Shame
by Editor •
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, with his low-key, down-to-earth visit to Granada, has shaken up both Spanish politics and provincial tourism.
Rubbish Lorry is Rubbish
by Editor •
According to the PP in Alhendín, municipal vehicles won’t pass their ITV’s owing to their lamentable state. They demand, for example, that the rubbish collection lorry should be taken off the road as its ITV certificate expired 3 months previously.
Functionaries and other Functions
by Editor •
Meanwhile, over in Sevilla, two town-hall clerks were arrested for allegedly stealing from the building for the last twelve years. The Guardia Civil carried out a surprise search at the Town Hall and carted off the two clerks, whom, it is considered, might have accrued over a million euros… illicitly! *Gasp!* When the 20,000-strong population…
Policeman Injured
by Editor •
A member of the Granada Policía Local was injured during a rescue operation to save a young Belgian woman who was trapped on a ledge after falling down a ravine in the Jesús del Valle area.
Lynching an Arsonist
by Editor •
A group of inmates at the Granada provincial prison in Albolote tried to lynch a fellow inmate who was accused of starting a fire in the prison. Only the rapid intervention of the prison guards managed to save the victim, who is Moroccan.
Loud Mouth
by Editor •
Thanks to the tendency of a criminal to boast of his exploits, an off-duty policeman was able to tip his colleagues off that a young male passenger on the same bus that he was travelling on was crowing about how he had stabbed and killed somebody.