Why being 'tight-fisted' nowadays is no bad thing
The thought of filling the car with fuel now brings me out in hives - and I have only a modest (yet rather sporty) Ford Fiesta.
Confidential: Limping whilst walking in the countryside
I don’t know if the same debate about obesity is raging in Spain as it is in Britain at the moment, but here it has got very political.
Films in English for Wednesday, April 13
The new film with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum The Lost City is now showing in English in Palma.
Films in English for Friday, April 8
This week we have two new films and also tickets on sale now for the newest Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness coming out on May 6.
Much ado about nowt - Plus, it’s a ‘woke’ world now!
This week in Frank Confidential: - “If anyone wants to see and hear these repulsive northern accents on stage, bring a sick bucket.” The man’s a genius!
Will Smith - between a rock and a slapped face!
How could comedian Chris Rock be so insensitive? - Plus, workers are sick of business jargon.
How’s the weather with you: plus, what’s in a name?
"I hear that Mallorca has been suffering from wet and windy days"
“Big boys don’t cry” - oh yes they do!
I wonder if the traditional British stiff-upper-lip is becoming something of a distant memory?
It’s not what you say - It’s the way that you say it
It seems to me that our political leaders have all rather abandoned any concept of memorable speech making...
Films in English from Friday 18 March
Take a look at all the films in English that you can watch in Palma.
Are you “really excited” or is it that you “just can’t wait”?
"I do wonder sometimes if certain British radio presenters are on the edge of hysteria most of the time."
Films in English from Friday 11 March
Check out the latest film starring Peter Dinklage in the greatest love story ever told. Take part in our competition and win free cinema tickets! - Click here for details.
Is the ‘expat’ life becoming redundant in the modern world?
What will the profile of British expatriates living here be like in the future?
Endless television advertising breaks - plus the BBC doing what it does best
Are you annoyed by adverts interrupting our televisual choices?
Films in English from Friday 4 March
Gotham City's Dark Knight returns to the big screen! - Don't forget there is on competition to win free movie tickets. Click here for details.
The day will come when life will be boring once again - I hope!
"Apart from the odd glimmer of positivity, nothing, yet nothing, could be described as good news at the moment..."
Just as we were thinking that our problems were all behind us!
"This week in my ‘Confidential’ column I will be desperately trying to find lighthearted subjects in which to engage myself in..."
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
Confidential
‘Don't Vote - it only encourages them'
Perhaps you can appreciate my excitement at turning up at my local polling station (the church hall up the road) and placing my X any-which-way I like. I wonder if the experience is anything like it used to be?
Frank Leavers 20/04/2022 15:00