The week that was
Walking the dog
An advert had placed on Facebook - For two euros an hour, citizens of A Coruña were being offered several dogs that they could take for a walk.
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More thoughts from an isolated old codger
Can this period of enforced idleness be converted into something positive?
Three cheers and a big boo
So often forgotten and so underpaid, cleaners - and the work they perform - have never been more crucial.
Person of the week
What a terrible crisis for any leader to have to confront.
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Boris Johnson
"Johnson should not be running Britain; he is not fit to do so at the moment and needs to handover to someone else..."
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Turn to military veterans
I know scores of wounded UK military veterans who would jump at the chance to help.
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Life goes by
For now, this is a golden opportunity to listen to silence, embrace one’s family and friends and reach out to those in need even virtually.
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End Palma terrace ban
It's time the local authorities have a general rethink and prepare for the future.
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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.
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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.
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Time for some soccer aid
Top flight football is awash with money, I think it's time to share it out.
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Ducks not scooters
We spend most of our lives wishing we could stay at home, now it's nice to go to work.
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The Week That Was
Breaking the quarantine
Vox, it has been said, provided “politician zero” in terms of coronavirus spread - Javier Ortega Smith.
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Thoughts of an isolated old codger
This Orwellian nightmare could well be repeated elsewhere if the figures continue to rise unstoppably, as they still are in Spain (though mercifully not, or not yet, in the Balearics.)
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Trying to bury bad news
The Spanish royals tried but failed to slip its latest scandal under the virus radar.
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Person of the week
At a time of crisis when his son would be delivering a message of hope, resilience and unity to the nation, he was at the centre of another scandal.