Frank Leavers
Frank has been writing a number of different columns for the Bulletin for almost 16 years; in that time he has also worked as a radio and television presenter in Mallorca. He has a background in the press, media, politics and public affairs that goes back to the early 1980’s. Alas, he’s getting grumpier as he gets older!
Cricket
The Balearic Cup postponed until 2021
“It is with regret that Mallorca Cricket Club, after discussions with Minorca CC and Ibiza CC - this years Balearic Cup inter-island cricket tournament has been cancelled.”
Confidential
Home thoughts from an ex-pat living abroad - if you see what I mean?
The children who will suffer the most from what is happening at the moment (and at anytime in the past) will be the ones who’s parents couldn't care less about their children’s education and therefore start adult life in educational arrears before they have even began.
Frank Talking
Money makes the world go around - Money, money, money!
Are we starting to see the end of - cash, brass, spondoolics, wonga, wedge, folding stuff - et-al?
Confidential
Stuck in here with you - and you, and...
Are you getting on each other’s nerves as you try to sit-out Covid-19?
Frank Talking
What has she done to her hair, poor woman?
And so my friends, when we do emerge blinking in the daylight when the virus has passed we will all be a sight for sore eyes.
Confidential
The same disease — Just a different country
It's a given fact I believe, that the less you can do, the less you want to do. It is as if your life suddenly becomes much smaller when you have to stay at home.
Frank Talking
Coronavirus: I would rather be disliked than patronised - wouldn't you?
What annoys me the most I think, is for people not to seem to understand the gradients of ageing.
Confidential
I just don't know what to do with myself!
I’m sorry, but I laughed out loud when a mate of mine meekly confessed to having two bidets removed from his gaff last year, which wasn’t very nice of me at all was it?
Frank Talking
And they're off! My day at the races
So how did I get on in my battle with the bookies the other day at the races?
Confidential
Who do you think you are?
If you think about it, those of us who live ‘the life’ her in Majorca are a very strange breed indeed.
Frank Confidential
Cars versus shops, getting the balance right in Palma - plus, revenue raising on roads
Apart from a few shrill British tabloids lurching between our imminent demise in a worldwide Coronavirus pandemic and being rude about Harry & Meghan Sussex, most individuals and governments seem to be taking a sensible, yet informative, stance on the outbreak...
Frank Talking
Why is it that men hate visiting a doctor?
Recently it appears that two-thirds of men would put off seeing a GP in case they were told that they had a serious illness, which if you think about it, rather defeats the whole point of the exercise.
Frank Confidential
Do we need a "cooler" crackdown? Plus, please don't mention the weather
Why not try the ‘Cooler’ system, whereupon drunks and troublemakers are put into a designated area for the night if they are deemed socially unacceptable and released the next morning upon producing 500 euros either in cash or via a card?
Frank Talking
So - please mind you language will you?
Frankly, I don’t have the space in this column to list all the Americanisms that I rail against, but I have noticed one that is infecting everyday language...
Frank Confidential
Time to get tough on organised fly tippers - plus, why so many Balearic civil servants?
Don't forget the much anticipated Balearic Cup in May in Cala Millor!
Frank Confidential
My counterfeit crisis - plus, Sonny & Cher and women at the wheel
For what it’s worth, I still think that our tourism authorities could do more to promote specialised activity tourism during the winter months such as the vastly underestimated walking market.
Frank Talking
You wear it well
I have this theory that it’s not that people dress badly per-se - but on occasions they dress at complete odds with what used to be regarded as right-and-proper.
Confidential
Competitive cricket returns to Majorca. Plus, fire frenzy and fiestas!
The annual Balearic Cup inter-island cricket competition will be held in Majorca from May 8 to 10.
Frank Talking
Is virtue signalling the curse of modern life?
If I see another social media warrior witter-on about her - I’m sorry, it’s usually a her! - Veganuary - (yawn!) - Spamuary (just eat Spam) - Nanuary (dress like your Nan) I will scream.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
Frank Talking
The 'Hairy Bikers' homesick blues
In my ruder moments when writing in the Bulletin, I have occasionally mocked the concept of the ‘permanent tourist’ - but, if that’s what browns your breasts - so be it!
Frank Leavers 17/04/2020 09:18