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: Bank Holiday blues - Plus, are men pulling their weight?
Frank Leavers' UK Bank Holiday weekend didn't go as expected.
Frank Leavers: Keeping it in the family!
"I don’t think that we become bad tempered per-se as we get older, do we?"
Frank talking: Has work become redundant?
Frank Leavers coments on the serious shortage of labour in the UK at the moment. Was it as unforeseen as we are told?
Summer Blog: After a day at the beach - the dance of the seven veils!
So my friends, how would you explain this activity to a visiting Martian?
Confidential: Telephone ‘scam’ artists - Plus, noticing the differences between here and there!
"You learn something new everyday don’t you?"
Frank Leavers: Speaking ‘Spanglish’ and other linguistic traumas!
Frank have been displaying some Mallorcan acquired driving habits in southern England...
Summer Blog: Let’s go camping shall we? Thanks, but no thanks!
"What to do? I hate camping, always have, always will"
Confidential - the new normal: ‘Flexible working equals flexible living’ and other challenges
How will we emerge from the current set of social circumstances?
Frank Leavers: This Olympic sporting life and other mysteries!
Has the inclusion of sports in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics gone too far?
Summer Blog: I’m out and about in Blighty!
"We have yet to even start but I fear that the die-is-cast for the rest of the trip already"
Confidential: There's no place like home, wherever you are!
"I have already noticed a good few differences in the way things happen here as opposed to Mallorca."
Frank Leavers: Is it possible to win or lose with good grace, yet still care?
Has sport become soulless? Frank Leavers reflects on the slow death of sporting heroism and unselfishness.
Summer Blog: My gym shame and other embarrassments!
Find out what happened during Frank Leavers' first experience in a gym.
Confidential: More persistent "Pinging" - Plus, an attemted scam
Frank Leavers' return to the UK is not going as he had hoped...
Frank Leavers: Getting hot & bothered and slightly ‘bolshie’ back in Blighty!
"You really can’t go back ‘home’ again and expect it to be the same as it was two decades ago."
Confidential: Britain's "Pingdemic" and my part in its popularity - Plus, driving to Ms Maisie!
What was it like for Frank Leavers to return to the UK after two years?
Frank Leavers: It is decision time - Come on don't procrastinate!
In a persons average lifespan they will spend 2 years dithering over what, or what not to do.
Confidential: As I was saying before i was rudely interrupted!
Frank Leavers experiences the summer in Mallorca
Frank Talking: Pessimism is so passé - so cheer up will you?
Are you a glass half-full person or a glass half-empty person?
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Summer Blog: Garden centres: Be still my beating heart!
What did garden centres do to Frank Leavers? He visited three different garden centres about ten times in total.
Frank Leavers 02/09/2021 14:15