Column: Grinch-mas

The Grinch Even I, celebrated Grinch of our town, am failing to withstand the torrent of festive bunkum being levelled at our minds, our inboxes, our…

Column: Trumped up news

I think it is safe to say it is increasingly difficult to identify what is or is not true online and across social media.  Misinformation…

Column: Where the sun shines

The Spanish dream As the drama of a looming Brexit takes another dramatic turn in the High Courts, over in Spain the sun is shining.…

Travel: Not so much rain in Spain

I have just returned from what feels like an episode of a House in the sun, looking at property potential over in glorious Andalucia (not…

Oh, how we laughed

I blame Trump Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it does. Still reeling from the reality that one possible leader of the world’s…

Column: Sad face

‘Meanwhile, genuine clowns  are sadly drawing more painted tears on their chalk-white faces, their rosy cheeks no more.’ I’m thinking your ordinary, common or garden…

Column: Wheels fall off clowns’ reputation

If anybody is in need of a good image makeover right now, it is the everyday, common or garden, clown. I’m not talking about Donald…