Blogs in January 2025

Spanish Beauty 25th January 2025

Meet Michela, English gangster father, flamenco dancer mother, a hard, uncompromising police officer, operating on the shadier side of the law. In the company of this unorthodox, magnetically compelling character, cult writer Esther García Llovet takes us on a...

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Benidorm, actually 10th December 2022

“Ladies and Gentlemen, we will shortly be arriving in Alicante, please ensure your big lips and heavy eyebrows are securely fastened, your eyelashes are stowed in the upright position and your leg tattoos are clearly visible for landing.” Connie...

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 29th March 2014

Once upon a time, there was a famous windy little road in Benidorm….it was known by the Brits as The Yellow Brick Road. It had businesses on it with themed names…The Lion Rampant, Blueberry Hill, The Wizard, The Travellers...

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Duende 1st January 1970

After a failed love affair, Jason Webster heads for Spain, the country that has long enthralled him. He is looking for “Duende”, the state during Flamenco that is part ecstasy, part melancholy, the essence of Spain’s signature art form....

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