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The Amputee – Issue 18

February 22, 2007 | Blogs, The Amputee

Profligate scandal I HAVE just read average debt levels in Britain have risen to an all-time high of nearly 140 per cent of income, twice the level they reached in the 1980s. Britons have borrowed 1.3 trillion pounds, making their country one of the most indebted nations in the world. And that was before the [...]

Smuggling bust after Christie’s auction

November 22, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2

An international smuggling ring has been smashed after a plundered Roman statue was auctioned

The Chamomile Mummy and herbal Odour Eaters

September 22, 2011 | Gardening

Sue Rodgers looks at the first uses of herbs as part of a new series on herbaceous plants

Andalucia’s ‘guiri’ greats

August 26, 2011 | Features, News Feature

As nominations continue to pour in for the Olive Press’s Expat 100 poll, James Bryce takes a closer look at what it means to be an expat in Andalucia

No tears left to shed

September 3, 2007 | Features

This mass grave by the roadside was not the first in Spain to be unearthed in the past four years and it wouldn’t be the last. On each side were carobs and bright yellow and blue wild flowers, tranquil contrast to the macabre sight before us. Two men in the trench wore white overalls and [...]

High-level help

March 8, 2010 | Almeria, Andalucia

UK Minister for Europe flies in to help expatriates facing demolitions

“My grandfather was buried in a roadside ditch”

November 22, 2007 | Features

Emilio Silva, director of the ARMH (Association for the Recovery of Historic Memory) shares the Civil War story of his own grandfather with Lisa Tilley MY grandfather, Emilio Silva Faba, was a member of a left-wing party, the Izquierda Republicana – quite a moderate one led by the Republican President, Manuel Azaña. During the 1930s, [...]

Blessings for Man’s Best Friend

January 13, 2011 | Blogs, Charlotte Hanson's Costa Communique

Join the celebration of the Fiesta of San Antón, the Patron Saint of Domestic Animals, by taking part in ADANA annual Día de las Mascotas (Pet’s Day) in Estepona on January 15

Wine festival – Láujar de Andarax

December 22, 2010 | Blogs, John Woodhead’s Almería Almanac

John Woodhead recollects a fantastic day out in the Alpujarras

It’s alright for some

October 23, 2010 | Photo

While matador Fran Rivera gets tossed, his brother pulls a beauty queen