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Lockdown
Spain's four-phase plan
If all goes according to plan, we will be able to enter Phase 1 on Monday, May 11.
Did You Know
Words and more..
The Spanish word for being legally bound to stay at home is ‘confinamiento’, which translates neatly into ‘confinement’, an old word that covers this situation.
My Column
Freedom?
I was confused about the one km radius edict. Did that mean that I’d have to run around in circles for one hour?
Lockdown
Britons fear leaving homes even if lockdown lifted, poll shows
More than 60% are uncomfortable to out go once restrictions are eased.
Food for thought
Tips on best ways to cook asparagus
The classic way to serve asparagus is to have them tepid with delicate butter sauces or a vinaigrette — but not one made with virgen extra olive oil which would overwhelm the subtle flavour of the asparagus.
The Blog
Travel Has Never Been So Important
it occurred to me that the Week in Tourism column in the Bulletin might seem a little odd. If there is no tourism, how can there be a column?
My Column
What does the future hold?
The problem with speculating about the post-Covid world is that it may not be a matter of our shaping the future, but of being shaped by it.
Hoping for hope
“At this moment there is cause for optimisim, let us hope that we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel...”
Northern Spotlight
Town hall harmony and disharmony
Will gatherings of folk for fiestas be permitted by late June? One might hope so, but it seems pretty unlikely.
My Column
I’m a celebrity, get me out of here!
I haven’t watched television for many years now so am spared a lot of unctuous mewling from these spoilt, out of touch oafs on popular talk shows and breakfast time programmes.
Frank Talking
Reasons to be lockdown grumpy (Part one)
It is the celebs who like to convey a certain superiority of purpose who really get to me.
The week in Tourism
Recalculating the tourist tax
Where tourist tax revenue is concerned, the original figure of 128 million euros is expected to be downgraded to between 12 and 24 million, a range which is optimistic.
Tourism
Spanish hotels see 66% visitor slump in March amid epidemic
Hotels were ordered to gradually shut down form March 19 until complete closure on March 26.
Practical Parenting
Lockdown - Thriving or Surviving?
Maybe that’s a rub in the lockdown – we are all being curtailed. Things we loved to do are not possible, exercising outdoors, enjoying the sun on a beach, running in parks with the kids.
My Column
Trump’s lies and folly exposed
To cut funds to the World Health Organisation in the middle of a global pandemic, in which the WHO is playing a central role, is not only wicked but stupid.
My Column
Walking the walk
At subliminal level, the public is reverting to caveman mode, unconsciously thinking of survival and how best to cope in a world of uncertainty.
Lockdown at Home
The C Word
Nature is providing some welcome positivity in this otherwise rather challenging era.
- 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"
The Week in Tourism
German tourism: the mixed messages
We have in the Balearics a proposal from the Association of Hotel Chains that there could be a "test" from the middle of June.
Andrew Ede08/05/2020 04:01