More great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, brought to you as always direct from my home on the Costa Blanca, including tracks by Big Country, Matt Bianco, Tracy Chapman, Rod Stewart, Kenny Rogers, Rainbow, Boomtown Rats, Pointer Sisters and Banananrama.
Broadcasting to you as always direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, I’ll be bringing you more of the greatest music of the ’70s and ’80s this week, including tracks by Sister Sledge, Joe Jackson, Madonna, Andrew Gold, Lou Rawls, Earth, Wind and Fire, Erasure, Rod Stewart and Squeeze.
I’ll be bringing you more stories of the financial crisis in Spain, including the most indebted village in Spain, where the public debt averages €20,000 per person, the scandal of the ‘ghost airport’ which has spent €30m on advertising but which doesn’t have a licence to operate and how Spain could veto an independent Scotland because it would embolden separatists in Cataluña and the Basque Country.
This week’s recipe with a Mediterranean flavour is for delicious chicken with orange and ginger and full details can be found here on our recipe page.
More great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, brought to you as always direct from my home on the Costa Blanca, including tracks by Kim Carnes, Jeff Wayne, Yarbrough & Peoples, Heatwave, Shalamar, Gerry Rafferty, Neil Diamond, Don McLean and the Four Tops.
The news stories this week include how less land in the Marina Baixa is being used for farming, a warning to British tourists by Benidorm tobacconists of contraband cigarettes, a report puts Spain at no. 12 in the world’s economies, local farmers are leaving mandarins to rot on the trees this year and Russian settlers are now being attracted by the Spanish good life.
Broadcasting to you direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, I’ll be bringing you more great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, including tracks by The Specials, Shalamar, Desmond Dekker, Harold Melvin, Texas, Gladys Knight, Elton John, Cher and Gallagher & Lyle.
In this week’s news stories, I’ll be reporting on how homeowners in Alicante Province are facing the prospect of seeing their annual IBI – the Spanish equivalent of council tax – rise by up to 10 per cent this year, British holidaymakers vote the north of the Costa Blanca as one of their top 10 favourite summer destinations, 50-year old buildings in Spain are to get an ‘MOT’ inspection and can Valencia afford to host this year’s Formula 1 GP event in the city.
Fancy a taste of the Mediterranean? I’ll be telling you how to make lemon curd very simply in the microwave and full details can be found on our recipe page.
I’m back on my normal day and time this week after the special Christmas and New Year programmes and I’ll be bringing you great music from the ’70s and ’80s, as always direct from my home on the Costa Blanca, including tracks by Wang Chung, Boomtown Rats, Andy Kim, The Drifters, Donna Summer, Elton John, Mr Mister and The O’Jays. In addition, I’ll be featuring 2 more tracks from HRB’s Top 150 Most Requested Artists of the 21st Century.
In a special New Year’s Eve edition of my programme, brought to you as always direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, I’ll be playing more great music from the ’70s and ’80s, including tracks by Odyssey, the Whispers, Jaki Graham, the Jacksons, Jon and Vangelis, the Stylistics, Neil Diamond and Level 42.
I’ll also be telling you how New Year’s Eve is celebrated in Spain and why Spanish children are looking forward to 6th January.
After the Queen’s Speech at 3pm, I’ll be bringing you a special Christmas edition of Postcard from Spain, direct from my home in the sunny Costa Blanca.
I’ll be playing some Spanish Christmas music and telling you how the Spaniards will be spending Christmas Day.
More great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, brought to you as always direct from my home on the Costa Blanca, including tracks by Sade, The Drifters, Wham, the Climax Blues Band, Heatwave, Teddy Prendergrass, the O’Jays, Roxy Music and Simple Minds.
The news stories this week include a report on the fraud scandal which is hitting the Spanish family, the Down’s syndrome actor who picked up Spain’s best actor award, a record number of transplants carried out in Spanish hospitals and Barcelona is ranked in the top 50 of the world’s best cities to live.
Broadcasting to you direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, I’ll be bringing you more great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, including tracks by Roberta Flack, Abba, the Isley Brothers, Mike and the Mechanics, Carole King, Steve Winwood, John Denver, Gerry Rafferty and Rainbow.
The news stories from Spain this week include a report on the arrest by the Royal Navy of seven suspected pirates after a Spanish fishing vessel came under attack off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean, the jobless total reaches a fifteen year high and the region of Castilla la Mancha cuts spending in a bid to meet tough central government budget deficit targets.
This week’s recipe with a Mediterranean flavour is chicken with apricots and almonds, details of which can be found on our recipe page.
More great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, brought to you as always direct from my home on the Costa Blanca, including tracks by the O’Jays, George Michael, Enya, the Rah Band, Kate Bush, Jennifer Rush, 10CC, Altered Images and Shakin’ Stevens, including no less than four No. 1s.
I’ll also be bringing you up to date with some of the news stories from Spain, including how hospitals owe €billions to the pharmacuetical industry, how the economic crisis is affecting Spaniards’ sex lives, Julio Iglesias refuses to perform in his home country unless ticket prices are reduced and some stories of the trials and tribulations experienced at the recent polls.
As always, I’ll be featuring a recipe with a Mediterranean flavour – Spanish roast potatoes – a quick and easy way of spicing up your Sunday roast!
Broadcasting to you direct from my home on the not-so-sunny Costa Blanca this week, I’ll be bringing you more great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, including some great tracks by the Climax Blues Band, The Christians, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Queen, the O’Jays, Air Supply, Shalamar and the Pretenders.
This week’s news stories include the result of last Sunday’s general election, in which the centre-right PP party ousted the ruling socialist PSOE, the man who was arrested for leaving a restaurant without paying the bill when he returned for his jacket which he had forgotten, calls to curb the jobless who work ‘on the black’ and the action being taken to curb orange thieves.
More great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, brought to you as always direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, including tracks by The Bee Gees, Ruby Turner, Gallagher & Lyle, Manhattan Transfer, Billy Paul, Derek and the Dominoes, Middle of the Road, Eric Clapton and Roberta Flack.
I’ll also be bringing you up to date with some of the news stories from Spain, including the result of the latest opinion poll, which shows that Spain is heading for a new government in this weekend´s general election, the town that is threatening evictions for non-payment of burial site leases, a new concept of odour-free footwear is to be launched next year by Spain´s shoe makers and a worrying survey of Spanish drivers reveals how many of them admit to driving on auto-pilot.
Broadcasting to you as always direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, I’ll be bringing you more great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, including some great tracks by Earth, Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Dee C Lee, Ike and Tina Turner, The Drifters, Bill Withers, David Bowie, Genesis and The Specials.
News stories this week include the story of the jewel thieves who drilled through no less than 6 premises to raid a jeweller’s shop in Toledo, a Spanish firm wins the contract to build a high-speed rail line in Saudi Arabia, a Spanish judge withdraws from the murder trial of four ETA terrorists after an open-microphone gaffe in court and pharmacists in Spain are instructed to dispense generic drugs in an attempt to save money.
More great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, brought to you as always direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, including tracks by The Isley Brothers, Blondie, The Cars, Go West, Alexander O´Neal, The Drifters, The Style Council, Cliff Richard and a great duet by The Pogues and The Dubliners.
I’ll also be bringing you up to date with some of the news stories from Spain including why 21m tourists can´t be wrong, the German Chancellor compliments Spain, the death of one our famous neighbours – Edmundo Ros – and how Nokia failed to do their homework before launching a new phone in Spain.
Broadcasting to you as always direct from my home on the sunny Costa Blanca, I’ll be bringing you more great music from the ’70s and ’80s this week, including some great tracks by Yes, Duran Duran, The Eagles, The O´Jays, ABC, The Rah Band, Dream Academy, Al Jarreau and 10CC.
