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Saturday, 2 January 2021

Happy 2021! Here we go again...

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  Happy New Year! We made an effigy of the Old Year and burnt it on the terrace. We danced around it to a 90s soundtrack as the wind blew a...
Saturday, 30 May 2020

Covid-19 Diaries - Rediscovering Home

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Suddenly I had to get away from my computer. Away from my home office. Away from the municipality I hadn't left in three months. ...
Sunday, 24 May 2020

Covid-19 Diaries - what stories will we tell after the pandemic?

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How will Covid-19 change the stories we tell? I haven't even begun to promote my new novel Tipping Point and I'm already wo...
Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Covid-19 Diaries - Phase 1 - Ten People Walk into a Bar (No Joke)

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The Balearic Islands was promoted to phase one on Monday. Phase one of Spain's four step plan to return to normality, that is.   ...
Saturday, 9 May 2020

Covid-19 Diaries - Lockdown Day 56 - Love in the time of the coronavirus

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It was our 9 year wedding anniversary on Thursday  - another special event celebrated under lockdown.   We spent the morning trying to rem...
Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Covid-19 Diaries - Lockdown Day 52 - a fear of going outside

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It's been ten days since Spain's children were first allowed out of their homes.    "Do you want to go outside?" W...
Saturday, 2 May 2020

Covid-19 Diaries - Lockdown Day 49 - Liberation Day

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It's Liberation Day here in Spain. After 48 days in captivity, the adult population is finally allowed outside the house to exercise. ...