If it’s not the re-enactment society, it’s the real thing marching down Main Street on Saturday at 12 noon to change the guard, which they do four times a year. The Royal Gibraltar Regiment was formed in 1958. It’s currently the responsibility of the Queen’s Division in the British Army, whatever that means. It’s known […]Read Post ›
They say that when good Americans die they go to Paris … Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891, and later, in A Woman of No Importance, 1894 Who doesn’t remember their first trip to Paris? Mine was on my school exchange. Our city was twinned with Lille, northern town syndrome I suppose, but […]Read Post ›
Semana Santa is a big thing in Spain. While Brits celebrate Easter from Good Friday to Easter Monday, apart from the civil service and the queen who start on Maundy Thursday and years back some public sector organisations took Tuesday too, in Spain it is a clear Sunday to Sunday of processions. Back to work […]Read Post ›
The good ship WordPress churns out a lot of advice. Luckily I rarely follow advice. Not even my own. One of WP’s gems on blogwriting is don’t apologise for not being around. Because, who cares? Well, the people who email me and ask if I’m OK, that’s who. So, an apology to those who were […]Read Post ›
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