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That great apologist for democracy, the Zapadente of Spain, has cajoled the Supreme Court into changing its rule about radio and television ...

Poor Steve - that's his house, the white one you can hardly see to the right of the crane. His land is rather easier to see - it starts...

There was a board-game on the shelf, a game I hadn’t seen in years. If I tell you that Colonel Mustard was found, dead, in the library with ...

The electric company Sevillana was stymied in its attempt to raise a pylon on private land behind Turre on Tuesday 13th February. A band of...

Sopalmo is a tiny village between Mojácar and Carboneras. Today it was the scene of a protest against the water company, Aguagest, which wa...

It's hard work this new version of Blogger. Ahem. About the axe-head. I bought it in a weak moment from a large ferretería on the beach...

Mojácar leads the way once again! The town was the premier tourist destination thirty years ago and its totem, the Indalo, hanging from a g...

To the surprise of much of the population of the day, the world didn’t end, as most Christians had feared, with a roaring of trumpets as the...

With the arrival of 2007, two new countries joined the European Union: Romania and Bulgaria, making us 27 countries and half a billion peop...

A beach isn't a playa, it would appear, unless it's covered in various attractions for those who aren't content with swimming, ...

One of those days - I was just writing those words when the power flickered and jumped, and another fifty computers from the Lower Almanzor...

Builders , politicians and bankers are not happy. The latest rules regarding building homes in the province of Almeria, an order known as th...

The Vote There remains some confusion about foreign nationals being able to vote in local elections in Spain next year (May 27th, 2007). All...

I was tired, stressed and gloomy. It was the perfect moment to go home and have a long hot bath. No power or water cuts in Paradise ...

Somebody sent me a cutting from The Spectator. It’s a picture of a woman looking at her calendar, which is clearly labelled August, and say...

Jessica and Oscar tied the knot yesterday in great style as the leaders of two gangster clans. Around two hundred people took part in the ...

A USAF B52 was taking on fuel from a flying tanker somewhere over Vera on January 21st 1966 when something went wrong – the two aircraft tou...

Let's see: Nine parties stood in 2003 in the local Mojacar elections. About 2,500 people voted. Six parties got enough votes to obtain c...

I was reminded once again this week how useless the judicial system is here. I had witnessed a fight about eighteen months ago and had been ...

There was a protest on today over the proposed parking-centre for Mojácar pueblo . No one came. It was a nice warm day, and although the or...