October 2022

Makes learning come alive: Alma Forest School is a new and progressive international school on the Costa del Sol

A WELCOME addition to the educational offerings here in the Costa, Alma Forest School will soon be expanding into Middle School year groups from its current pre-school and primary offering. During our recent visit, we had the chance to learn more about its progressive curriculum where classes are small, and where both teachers and students […]

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British actress takes family tragedy to Spanish stage in stunning exercise of catharsis

In 2018, British anarchist and activist Anna Campbell was killed in Syria by a Turkish missile strike. The 26-year-old had travelled to Rojava to fight against ISIS with the Kurdish YPJ militia. Four years later, her sister, actress Sara Campbell, stepped onto a Madrid stage to portray a version of herself in the play Inanna,

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Superb local art in La Fabrica in the Alpujarran town of Lanjaron

AN ex-olive factory in the centre of Lanjaron is playing home to a bustling venue for art, music, and theatre from La Alpujarra’s most talented artists. Run by a group called Artists Network Alpujarra (ANA), it is the place to see exhibitions of painting, ceramics, photography, collage, and sculpture, as well as participate in various

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Ecole Francaise Internationale Marbella: French school on Costa Del Sol offers classes in three languages

A French school on Spain’s Costa del Sol is also offering lessons in Spanish and English in a bid to make its students trilingual.  Ecole Francaise Internationale Marbella (efim) is accepting registrations for its third year of operation. Managing director Rubi Cortes said the school on Calle Jacinto Benavente in Marbella offers “much more than

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Spain’s Andalucia makes over 38000 phone calls offering preventative care to vulnerable individuals at high risk of heatstroke

THE JUNTA’S health service, Salud Responde, has made more than 38,000 calls to vulnerable individuals at high risk of suffering heat-related illnesses, such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion. Population exposure to heat is increasing due to climate change and heatstroke, the most serious heat-related illness, is a medical emergency that causes multiorgan failure and

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