Spanish Shilling

Come Thursdays, and my email fills with unwanted spam. Last week I got a couple from Norton Security sent from two different sites remindin...

Now I’m getting a little older, I have taken to walking each day. Severe walking. This means, according to those health experts that infest ...

I was sorting through some old books of mine found in a few boxes in the attic and came across a handful I just knew the local English Libra...

I’m not sure if they did table-service back then, I’ll have to ask Haro’s son Paco when I see him. ‘Let’s see, two gin and tonics, three win...

It’s been raining a lot recently. I am sure that the ground could do with a good soaking, and the wild-flowers later this month and next w...

I didn't realise that I was so distinguished. At least, according to Meta .                                  ... Lenox Napier is a Briti...

I’m writing this while sipping on a Marzipan brandy, a slightly peculiar cordial that comes in a tall and skinny bottle from the local Aldi ...

There’s a Spanish word which has a very special meaning – or had at least, half a century ago – and it sounds odd to British ears: El Genera...

I needed a rag to check the oil on my old banger so I was looking under the kitchen sink for a discarded tee-shirt. There’s a pile of th...