Do you think the lockdown should continue for two more weeks?
Humans of Majorca
Humans of Majorca on Lockdown
We had visited Spain every year for several years before our move, and have visited every year since, incorporating visits to our son and his growing family on each trip.
The week that was
Hitler, gravediggers and Vox
The original photo was posted along with a message telling Vox that they were "idiots" for using a situation like this for propaganda.
My Column
Hospital Pizza Express
The haves and have-nots will have a totally different experience at this time, just like the passengers did on the fateful Titanic.
Viewpoint
The church is struggling
The church needs to be reaching out more, even to those who perhaps don’t believe.
Confidential
Home thoughts from an ex-pat living abroad - if you see what I mean?
The children who will suffer the most from what is happening at the moment (and at anytime in the past) will be the ones who’s parents couldn't care less about their children’s education and therefore start adult life in educational arrears before they have even began.
Coronavirus
UK's Johnson 'improving' as he fights COVID-19 in intensive care
Johnson was admitted to St Thomas’ hospital on Sunday evening with a persistent high temperature and cough and was transferred to intensive care on Monday.
The Blog
The Post-Virus Tourist
A scenario being offered by the consultants PwC in Spain is that there is only going to a partial recovery until there is a vaccine, and that could be up to a year away.
Viewpoint
The Crown
“The thought of those poor children being taken from their parents and sent away”
The week that was
Crisis and politicians' pay
The situation at present is "exceptional" and it demands "exceptional and collective decisions".
Person of the week
Person of the week
"Tui is a very healthy company. We had economic success before the crisis, and we will have it again."
Viewpoint
Why was the UK not ready?
Virus outbreaks are not new, each one is different, but why was the UK not ready?
My Column
A song and dance about humanity
We need solidarity, kindness and humour like never before. There ain’t no room for irritation or froideur.
Lockdown at Home
The C Word
As luck would have it, a Bulgarian lady accepted wads of cash in three different currencies in return for the last two seats on her flight now boarding for Madrid.
Viewpoint
Spain's political illness
Spain's political parties are starting to take chunks out of each other, now's not the time.
The week in Tourism
July or September or ... ?
No one can genuinely know when the tourism season will start; if it will start.
The Blog
When Statistics Blow Up
As one statistical door closes - that of tourism, for example - another opens.
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- The 90 day rule does have some positive results in Spain!
- German low-season tourism in Mallorca set for a new record
My Column
Boris’s one-man band is exposed
Rightly or wrongly, Michael Gove’s name is the first that comes to mind as a likely back-stabber in chief.
Donald Trelford13/04/2020 10:31