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Over the last five centuries hundreds of Spanish words have entered the English language. Paul Whitelock has been doing some research which will result in…
Given a possible coexistence of influenza viruses and COVID-19 during the winter of 2020-2021, Spain’s national government and the autonomous…
Brits bad at languages? What about the Spanish? Paul Whitelock discovers that all is not well with foreign language learning in the Iberian…
Paul Whitelock was taught how to make a Spanish omelette by a Basque friend at the age of 21. Here’s how…
In Ronda there is a real estate agency named after him, plus a driving school, a car park and a pub. A street also bears his name, and there is…
Paul Whitelock started learning Spanish at the age of 18. Now 52 years later he’s read a fair few books about Spain, his adopted home. Here is…
Some people collect stamps, others beer mats. A friend of mine collects vintage cars and I had a phase some years ago of collecting elephants. Now…
We’d been toying with the idea of getting a dog for a while and on Monday evening a friend tipped us off about a dog he’d seen on Facebook.…
By Miguel Ruiz Trigueros
This article was translated from the original Spanish by Paul Whitelock with permission from the author…
Eight helicopters, four planes and almost a hundred ground firefighters have been drafted in to tackle a big wildfire that has broken out near…
In these difficult economic times, money is short, so why not work for free? writes Paul Whitelock. It could be an answer for people struggling to make…
It’s sad to learn that the Spanish cork industry continues to struggle. Despite regular bumper crops every Autumn the price has fallen once again.…
Paul Whitelock has finally fought through the bureaucracy and red tape and has made his application for a TIE, basically a NIE with a photo. Here, he…
Paul Whitelock chooses his top 10 places to visit around Ronda and the Serranía. Do you agree with him? Add your suggestions in the…
Life quickly settled down in Montejaque where I was living with my German wife, Rita, who I sometimes refer to in these blogs as the Meter Maid