If you’ve been following the recent struggles of women in Saudi Arabia – one woman was caught driving and was sentenced to 10 lashes for the offence, a barbaric and medieval punishment which she only escaped after the king pardoned…
Model behaviour
I find supermodels irritating at the best of times, unless they’re talking about their cellulite or some enjoyably negative aspect which reveals that they do, in fact, have less-than-perfect lives. Gisele Bundchen, the highest-paid model in the world, is more…
Some of my favourite books about Spain
Casting around for a topic for today’s post, I asked for ideas on my Facebook page. And I got a great one, which I’d been meaning to do for a while anyway. Thanks, Tess Stobie! I love reading books in…
Warming up for Christmas
I always find Monday’s and Thursday’s blog posts harder than the others, since I’ve already done one post on those days for my other, work (ie paid) blog. Monday is not too bad, start of the week, but by Thursday…
In praise of the suegra
As I mentioned in my Post A Day a couple of days ago, there are more public holidays in Spain than you could shake a stick at – you’d certainly get very tired trying. For parents, this results in a…