Category: Life in Madrid
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Franco’s Spain. What it was really like.
On the anniversary of the start of the Civil War, I take a look at what life under Franco was like.
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Will you be an Immigrant or Expat after Brexit?
With the ongoing failing Brexit negotiations. We are left the question what will happen after. Will you be an economic migrant, expat, immigrant or political refugee after Brexit?
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Spain’s less than picturesque white coast: European slavery lives here
When you say Costa del Sol you think of drunk Brits, and the more romantic of us may think of olive farms and flamenco. Well, this is only partly true. What about hundreds of Green houses? And Africans? Recently, I became aware of Norvara Media, a growing underground news channel that has a website, YouTube […]
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Franco café and a fallen angel
Just driving home What could be more Spanish than driving back from Granada; stopping in a no frills services station for a ‘Menu del Dia’ and then seeing one of the legendary black bull signs on the side of the motorway. Well, this was how my Sunday was going until my wife made a suggestion. […]
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Catalonia: Why can’t they have a referendum?
What is going on with Catalonia and why do they want independence? Is it the same as Scotland and are they really any different to the Spanish? Living in Madrid I am exposed to plenty of news, rumours, insults and praise for the region and its people, and I wanted to share and explore that […]
Alan McGuire 