Last October, the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy launched the Popular Party election campaign in our village of Finestrat and I reported on it on this blog.  Many of us who supported the PP in the village – including a number of ex-pats of various nationalities – gathered to support the PP in the open-air concert space … More A woman who needs no introduction

Rubí writes her Tuesday blog: Like parents everywhere, my main concern is spotting the signs that my foal has been radicalised.  Morris has been showing some very worrying signs recently.  It all began with his reading of T.E.Lawrence’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. Here on the Costa Blanca at 10 am today, life continued on the donkey … More How to stop Morris being radicalised

Rubí donkey writes her Tuesday blog: Most of today I didn’t do very much thinking, which is unusual for a Tuesday. I was watching areoplanes flying over the Costa Blanca.  Going north by my reckoning.  I wondered if it was something to do with the Pope, as we saw him fly over last year. But these … More Davos 2016: the richer and the poorer

Rubí writes her Tuesday thinking blog: Hello it’s the first Tuesday of the not-holidays and we have been fed at a reasonable time.  But hold it there. When I say “reasonable” do I really know what I mean?  Can we call anything reasonable? I very much doubt that most people ever consider that, whether they are ordinary people or … More René Decart

Rubí donkey writes her Tuesday blog: We are in that odd time of year when we have not-holidays in the middle of holidays and then suddenly its all not-holidays again.  Today is a not-holiday but tomorrow is a holiday for the Epiphany, and then the next two days are not-holidays.  Then it is the weekend. … More Between holidays and not-holidays

Matilde writes her first blog post today the 1st January, Feast of the Circumcision: I awoke today with my ears and mane all wet with the morning dew and I waited for carrots to arrive.  What a happy morning!  I had the dream again last night. It began as always, with us waiting outside the cathedral, under … More The Dream of Matilde