Anna Nicholas
All of the Mallorca based crime novels & travel books by Anna Nicholas, are available from Come In, La Savina & Llibres Colom in Palma, Alameda gift shop in Soller, Atelier in Fornalutx & also at all good UK bookshops & via amazon.
Ice would be nice
My favourite story this week has been how Spain is apparently completely running out of ice, causing untold misery to many British holidaymakers.
Whatever the weather
There have been murky tales of melting rail lines, out-of-control forest fires, drownings in natural lakes, closed schools and surgeries and people becoming perilously overcome by heat.
Ready for Rishi?
For now, only Rishi seems ready for the challenge and he has the resources to give it his all.
Memory lane
As visitors pour into Soller, many having valiantly battled through huge queues at Palma airport, it has given me time to reflect on the Soller of today.
The summer of discontent
Transport chiefs have already rattled the government’s cage but more workers across many public sector professions are ready to down tools.
The show goes on
This week in My Column we talk about Boris Johnson, the children of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Mallorca hot weather and the upcoming event at the Museu Fundación Juan March with the Bulletin is interviewing me in relaxed fashion about Mallorca and my books.
An ounce of sense
This week Anna Nicholas the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, dog attacks in the UK, operation bikini and Ricky Gervais, who is once again in the doghouse.
Funky Monkey Mania
This week Anna Nicholas discusses the lastest pandemic: Moneypox. Also warns people about the recent incidents of pick pocketing and pavements in Soller so watch out!
Eurovision and Ukraine
This week Anna Nicholas talks about the Eurovision Song Contest, Dame Deborah James and working from home, is it still an option?
Bored with Beergate
There will always be those who believe that rules are there to be broken but one hopes in vain that it isn’t our politicians that lead the march.
Eyes wide shut
This week Anna Nicholas talks the Russian ‘murder-suicides’ from Moscow to Madrid, Johnny Depp, Queen's birthday and a packed Soller.
Oiling the wheels
Anna Nicholas this week talks about the soaring electricity bills in the Balearics and the Just-Stop Oil campaign in the UK.
Flight ‘Green light’ U-turn by Spain
This week Anna Nicholas on the lastest travel restrictions to Spain: Spain is seriously in danger of losing the goodwill of British visitors.
Chris Rocks?
Still, however entertaining Smith is as an actor he was totally out of order and deserved a stripping down.
- Balearics looking to ban all holiday lets in apartments
- The transformation of Mallorca's tourism begins now
- Multi-millionaire poker star in Mallorca court for private jet full of drugs
- No capacity for growth? Too expensive? TUI expect a record number of tourists in the Balearics in 2025
- Expulsion from the Balearics for robbers who targeted luxury homes
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The good old days
I lived during an era when none of us habitually used mobiles or computers and we didn’t have ‘trigger warnings’ on literature...
Anna Nicholas 21/08/2022 23:03