December 2022

THERE are plenty of things to worry about ahead of a work Christmas do. Will it be boring; will Steve from accounts get drunk and embarrass himself; will your leery boss try to hit on you; will someone use the photocopier to make copies of their backside… But to be forewarned is to be forearmed, […]

Spain goes all out when it comes to fiestas, and the Christmas celebration is no different.  But it’s the lead up to Christmas day that makes December 25 so special.  Spanish cities are awash with bright and colourful decorations during the day, and dazzling light shows at nights.  Old town squares transform into labyrinths of

IF you find yourself asking “what’s the right thing to wear on Christmas Day”, I can break it to you… there’s no correct answer. With so many celebrations to attend this festive season, you want to look stylish at everything. However, picking Christmas party outfits for multiple events with different themes and dress codes can

IF you fantasise about picture-perfect Christmas card scenes, with snow-laded pine trees, mountain vistas, and real wood-burning chimneys, the Alpujarra fits the bill. With the Sierra Nevada peaks glistening with snow, forests laden with Maritime Pines, and an abundance of almonds and figs, there’s a lot to say, “it’s Christmas time”. The Alpujarra is also

SUN rays struggled to break through the wind and rain Friday after Gibraltar experienced one of the wettest weeks in recent years. The remnants of Storm Efrain, as it was known in Spain, brought gale force winds and torrential rain to smash into the Rock. Week-long downpours meant 162% of December’s average rainfall came down

By Anthony Piovesan and Walter Finch When officers from the Policia Nacional stopped a small yacht bound for South America and found enough MDMA powder to make more than one million ecstasy pills, the boat’s mechanic was shocked. “‘Why are you bothering to check the boat?’,” he asked the team of officers, the lead detective

WHEN Spanish director JA Bayona needed some snowy high mountain scenery for his new movie, he knew where to look. The Jurassic World film-maker headed to the Sierra Nevada to set one of the most harrowing survival stories ever told. The blockbuster movie recalls the 1972 ordeal of the Uruguayan rugby team who survived a

THE parents of a three-month-old baby have been arrested in Madrid for abandoning him in the car while they went to have a flutter in a casino. Policia Nacional officers were alerted around 3.00 am on Thursday to a crying baby in a car in the Centro district of the capital. The vehicle had been

THE Policia Nacional’s Historical Heritage unit based in Valencia has recovered a piece of African art stolen in the Madrid area in 2016. A man in Segovia Province is under investigation for illegally possessing it. The bronze statue weighing in it at 21 kilos represents a musician from the Edo-Bini tribe in Nigeria. It’s worth

AROUND the province of Malaga there are villages with less residents than in a block of flats in a big city.  According to a 2018 census, there are almost a dozen villages with less than 300 inhabitants. As expected, these villages are located in the mountains and do not have the best accessibility, which are