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!
Confidential
Ban bankruptcy bonuses - Is your insurance invalid?
Every week Frank Leavers our man with the dirty Mac and half empty glass of inexpensive vino is looking at what lies just below the sophisticated gloss of island life.
Frank Talking
I’ll never forget whatsisname!
Memory is a funny thing you know; it enables you to immediately travel to a specific time and place the moment you hear the first few chords of a pop song of your youth.
Sunday Politics
That was the week that was!
“This week I seem to have filled page after page of random political events that have caught the occasional headline.”
Frank Talking
Read all about it!
Women can tend towards romance and occasional breathless prose - men, on the other hand, seem to like a bit of blood & guts and masculine authority, which is a bit of a worry on a number of different levels if you ask me.
Frank Confidential
Are you rubbish at recycling? Shady beach behaviour and discreet poverty
Consider this; there are two of us at ‘ours’ and we generate as much rubbish in a day than a family of six would in a week - in the olden days!
Sunday Politics
When did the cry of - “Order order” become a cue for disorder?
The outgoing Speaker of the House of Commons divides opinion in the House at a number of different levels.
Frank Talking
“It is what it is” - What on Earth is that supposed to mean?
I understand that someone counted the word ‘like’ in a conversation held between two of the lusty participants in a short 3 minute conversation. They gave up, when it reached 100!
Is it possible to fix our Disunited Kingdom?
I think the most deeply depressing aspect of the continuing turmoil, is the way that Brexit is being debated.
A Tourist's Tale (Part 3)
Did you know that 2% of all electrical power generated in the United Kingdom goes on keeping supermarket fridges and fridge freezers very cold indeed?
Wanting is not the same as needing, is it...?
Doubtless our kids as part of the aptly named ‘snowflake’ generation, will be furious.
A Tourist's Tale!
This ‘Confidential’ column usually contains whatever takes my fancy, or fills me with ire, regarding the delights of living in Majorca.
That's way-too-much information!
So if you have something even mildly disagreeable to confess to, please leave me out will you?
Frank Confidential
Let's go camping shall we? No thanks!
How civilised can a sporting encounter be when the players themselves take time out to have luncheon and tea and if necessary to call a halt to play if it should rain or become dark?
Frank Talking
Teenage angst and Greta Thunberg!
I think you will agree that the young and permanently furious Greta, is not your usual self-obsessed youngster.
Frank Leavers 04/10/2019 09:56