Marbella once again proved that it has plent of heart as well as soul, as Villa Tiberio was once again the venue for the Spring into Summer charity gala. Organised by the indefatigable Caro Rand (above) , the event raised much needed funds for both Children with Cancer UK and
Bod Dylan will play Fuengirola’s Mare Nostrum venue on May 4. The concert is part of Dylan’s Neverending Tour, which started in 1988 and has not stopped since. With nearly 100 performances per year, Dylan lives on and for the road, varying his performances according to his artistic interests. In
The scale of the pollution problem facing the Coast was brought home last Saturday when a staggering 400 kgs of rubbish was collected in a single hour. The clean up was organised by environmental charity Plastic Free Seas Worldwide, which brought together 75 volunteers to clean up the beach in
The proposed plans by Marbella Town Hall to refurbish the town’s derelict bullring, which also includes the provision for bullfighting, has met with public fury. As reported earlier this month Bullfights back in Marbella? , the €1million plan included replacing the barriers and floor of the bullring so that it
In her regular column, Ali Silver explains why we don’t have to be slaves to the gym routine! I don’t know about you, but I have a history of finding something I enjoy and then totally overdoing it. Example: As a kid, I loved chicken satay. I ate it all
If you are only going to do one Christmas Market this festive season, make it the Fiesta LA CATARINA X CADI on Sunday December 16. The first part runs from 12:00 to 17:30 in the street outside La Catarina and features Craft Stalls, Gifts Accessories, Pastry , Craft Beer, Food
As a community lucky enough to live by the Mediterranean, each and every one of us has a responsibilty to look after our environment. Saturday December 15 sees the final Beach Clean Up of 2018, organised by Plastic Free Seas Worldwide Foundation, in collaboration with the Beach Department of the
Singer Alex Forriols, who rose to fame in the hit show La Voz in 2016, wowed the crowds at Posidonia Banus on Saturday at the launch of the Posidonia Palace Show. His singing talent, stage presence and showmanship impressed, with numbers as diverse as Bohemian Rapsody, Roxanne and Gangnam Style.
Top flight comedy will be coming to La Sala tonight with Laughter at the Lounge It’s the latest event from Bill Edwards, who noticed a gap in the market and started Costa Comedy Clubs in 2015. Since then Bill has flown top British stand up comedians over to Spain to
In a move that will anger animal rights campaigners, bullfighting looks set to return to the Plaza de Toros in Marbella. Marbella Town Hall has announced that it will allocate just over one million euros for the refurbishment of the bullring, with the aim of “making it safe, practicable and
An open letter from HMA Simon Manley to British nationals living in Spain I wanted to update you on the recent developments on our exit from the EU. As many of you are no doubt aware, on Sunday 25th November, there was a special European Council on Brexit. EU leaders
In the first in a regular series of columns, Ali Silver examines our complex relationship with food. Do you need to change your body? Or do you need to change your relationship with your body and with food? If you are a woman, and it is also becoming more common
As regular readers of this blog will know, there has been a marked increase of shootings, stabbing and general “settling of scores” between drug gangs on the Costa del Sol this year. The latest happened last month with the killing of a 58-year-old French national, with a history of drugs