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The Tenerife malaise

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Note to self: You’re 43 years of age, a parent of two toddlers and a professional writer. It’s time you got organised. Now I know I recently had a rant about the shambolic organisation of the Elton John soiree but I’m putting myself in the stocks here. If you want to throw things at me, [...]

Tenerife travel agents training video!

Friday, October 5th, 2007

What’s it like being a Tenerife travel writer

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

My writing colleagues in the UK often ask “What’s it like being a travel writer in Tenerife?” Well, like any journalists in Spain will find, it’s got it’s plus and minus points. There’s no arguing that being a travel writer anywhere is a marvellous way to spend your working life, but for me, being a [...]

Fining the sunbed savers

Friday, August 10th, 2007

There’s very little that’s more annoying than strolling down for a chilled day around a swimming pool and finding that each and every one of the sunbeds has been ‘towel reserved’. According to a piece in the Guardian, those masters of ice-cream production, the Italians, have taken that crime one stage further and started fining [...]

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