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Mike Walsh

Mike Walsh

dhoffman_webIn The Graduate, leading actress Ann Bancroft is only six years older than Dustin Hoffman but the play’s older woman theme raised moral issues. Would Madonna have been as pilloried if her toy boy relationship had been the other way around?

Mike Walsh

rreagan_webMICHELLE OBAMA’S visit to Spain occurs just six years after former U.S. President Ronald Reagan passed away. Because of his anti-red rhetoric and contempt for fashionable trends he was never popular among the left-wing Axis. A master at using wit to prick leftist pomposity he said. “Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.”

Mike Walsh

shutterstock_35821903_webA READER has the temerity to ask, why do we put dog charities before children’s charitable trusts? He is a very brave man and will likely end up in the doghouse. He must be barking mad to hold to account the Costas’ dog adoring community. Here there is ample evidence of the tail wagging the dog.

Mike Walsh

530013_74128147_webAs a well connected real estate aficionado since the latter part of the 20th century I was more familiar with the Costa lifestyle than many who had lived here for years. But that was a previous life. Let me explain: When a long time ago my colleague and I exited La Manga Golf Resort’s Hyatt Hotel courtesy of the company, we pair looked undoubtedly smug. We had good reason to be as David airily waved in the direction of the expansive greens.

Mike Walsh

A RECENT study focused on Gandia highlighted the need for residential tourism. Heading the study, Sr. Vicent Altur identifies the need to turn residential tourists into residents upon their retirement. He says this can be achieved by providing year round amenities. It is refreshing to see realism creep into the debate over properties that lie empty for much of the time.

Mike Walsh

 

A READER’S letter hit the right chord with me; he condemned party poopers who complain about noise radiating from entertainment venues. If such whiners want to bond with nature and remove themselves from the mainstay of Spanish tourism why don’t they sling their hooks and head for the hills? Why did they buy where they are in the first place?

Mike Walsh

IMG_4449_webIF the Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) get their way the greeting ‘Ola!’ heard in Benidorm will be replaced by ‘Hi-de-Hi, campers!’ Executive Director, of the trade body, Steve Freudmann, says the resort should concentrate on two and three-star tourism.

Mike Walsh

THE notepaper scrawl pencilled in the trenches at the Battle of Jarama is barely legible: “In a battle just taken place the British and Irish showed up well. Three Belfast men have been wounded. You will likely read about those who have been killed when official confirmation has been received….”

Mike Walsh

BREAKING news stories in which a deranged killer is on the loose and adding victims by the minute have become depressingly commonplace. Remember that word. It may provide a clue as to why these tragedies are a modern phenomena and now commonplace.

Mike Walsh

IS internet healthcare the answer for expatriates struggling in an unfamiliar health environment? Will it help or hinder the Costas’ medical services and professionals?

Mike Walsh

Our attention was caught by the pub sign; the 2€ a pint was irresistible and we took our table. The three ‘pints’ when brought were less appealing; they were half pints. Drawing the server’s attention to the ‘error’ we were told curtly: “They are pints; they are OUR pints!”

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