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2012: In Memoriam

The Olive Press welcomes our new blogger Belinda Beckett. Journalist, Wordsmith & Mistress of Sizzle!

Stuff Saint Valentine’s Day!

What is it about St. Valentine’s Day that makes normally sane people do crazy stuff?

Giving birth to a website

Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle, reflects on the joys of cyber-motherhood

Finding Arcadia in Algeciras

Belinda Beckett, aka the Mistress of Sizzle, discovers paradise ... eventually

The McMichelin experience

Dani Garcia has boldly gone where no two-star Michelin chef has dared to go before. Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle, reluctantly followed him into the local McDonalds...

The birds and the bees

Belinda Beckett, Mistress of Sizzle, reflects on the rites of spring

The green, green astroturf of Los Barrios

Los Barrios has had ‘plastic grass surgery’ but is it a boob job or water-saving wonder, ponders Belinda Beckett, aka the Mistress of Sizzle

Head to Los Barrios for a right rural rave-up!

If you thought Los Barrios was a one-horse town, you haven’t seen their Romeria, writes Belinda Beckett, Mistress of Sizzle

A hot night at Calentita

Belinda Beckett aka Mistress of Sizzle guzzles Greek grub in a bus shelter at Gibraltar’s gastro fest

Silly Season my sweet asp!

Spain’s ‘Snake Summer’ is enough to give you a hissy fit, writes Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle

Running away from new technology

WhatsApp with all these new ways to communicate?

Off my trolley!

Men in supermarkets turn Belinda Beckett into a basket case

The 12 Weeks of Christmas

Not even the Queen gets a three-month birthday build-up

Santa baby… hurry down my chimney before the drones get you

So Santa’s job is safe for another year and the jingle of sleigh bells won’t be drowned out by the whir of rotor blades this festive season

Kiwi capers

The land way down under is another world

Will Wimbledon be a remedy for post-Brexititis?

Because whether the ball’s IN or OUT, at least it’s not lifestyle threatening…

Goodbye Mr Fawkes: How pumpkins are taking over from guys …

Everything’s been ‘Halloweenised’ and Guy Fawkes is pumpkin pie

How to make millions from a cat

There are felines out there earning nine figure salaries for their humans

What a difference a day makes: The rise and rise of national awareness days

If you thought Spain held the monopoly on high days and holidays you’d be wrong

What’s in a name? Why your moniker could determine your personality

But there’s worse news for anyone called Dick, Herbert or Wally – you could grow up to become the spitting image of your name

The joys of springtime in Los Barrios

It’s so easy to fall into the elastic waists and trainers scenario in rural Los Barrios (or ‘dress’ flip-flops if you’re going somewhere special)

Finding Columbus in Huelva

Rather fewer would be able to tell you he sailed from Palos de la Frontera, across the estuary from Huelva city, where three perfect replicas of his famous galleons - the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria - bob anachronistically at anchor in a pretty palm-fringed bay

WORLD GIN DAY: Cheers to the British cocktail Spain has adopted as its national drink

Barcelona is beginning to look like London during the other Great Gin Craze of the early 18th century

Ode to autumn: 10 reasons to love the season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and effortless parking

With the summer season over, some may be upset others may rejoice. Here are the reasons why Spain is the gift that keeps on giving.

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