Speaking of Spain with the Gazpachomonk

Laurie Lee name is synonymous with Spain and travel writing. But how much of what he wrote bears any relationship to the events and moments described in his works? Part 2 of Did Laurie Lie concludes t...

16 Juni 201322min

Laurie Lee is often cited - amongst English Speakers moving to Spain - as one of the few writers on the country that have managed to portray the real Spain - Lee’s travel stories having inspired an...

3 Juni 201313min

Gerald had bought into the Dream. He had been sold a fantasy for what appeared a bargain. With a small investment he could live the very dream that had been pumped out of the unpleasant orifices of Br...

20 Maj 201317min

What possesses anyone to buy a house on the Internet, on top of a mountain, with only wild goats, wild boar and wild hunting parties for company? Who but Gerald would fall for the Spanish cliché of ...

6 Maj 201317min

George Orwell lived just 46 years, always ill, always poor. Always it appeared, under criticism and suspicion. Yet in his brief lifetime he managed - almost uniquely amongst those of his time - to d...

22 Apr 201317min

To coincide with the beginning of Spring, many towns celebrate in Spain by holding different fiestas. Here in Loja, we celebrate with the Feria de la Tapa. But what is a tapa? Where did the idea first...

11 Apr 201311min

Semana Santa, or Holy week in Spain is not only an expression of religious faith, it is also an expression of the passion and lust for life that this nation encompasses in all aspects of it's culture....

25 Mars 201315min

We live in an increasingly fast paced world. A world in which the time it takes to make an instant coffee in the microwave is still too tediously slow. The world, moves too slow. It still takes 24 gri...

19 Mars 201317min