Cultureteca 05.04.20
In a new world defined and condemned by coronavirus, at the start of the week the global death tally surged beyond 36,000 with 750,000 cases and 150,000 recoveries worldwide, much of the...
Cultureteca 29.03.20
Now a truly global pandemic with a tight hold on economies, health systems, and ways of life across East Asia, Europe, North America and beyond, the beginning of the week saw cases...
Cultureteca 22.03.20
As COVID-19 put the world under lockdown, at the start of the week global cases of coronavirus surpassed those in the former epicentre of China, as the worldwide total beyond China reached...
Cultureteca 10.11.19
In an increasingly familiar refrain, the week kicked off with Martin Scorsese having to defend his stance on comic book movies, courtesy of an opinion piece in The New York Times. In...
Cultureteca 20.12.15
Spanish General Election Results Require Coalition Today Spain went to the polls, to elect the 11th Cortes Generales since the restoration of democracy and the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Seeking election for a second...
Three La Manga Sketches
On a recent visit to La Manga Club in the southeast of Spain, near Cartagena in the region of Murcia, I painted in watercolour and scribbled in ink the following three sketches, showing roof...
What’s Hot in Cartagena: Cabo de Palos
At the southeastern extremity of Spain, in the region of Murcia and the municipality of Cartagena, lies Cabo de Palos. A cape which hosts a small village and a steady smattering of...
La Unión & La Cala: Instagram XII
If my last Instagram piece could be loosely conceptualised as visual history – depicting briefly in words and in photographs the city of Cartagena in the region of Murcia, in south-eastern Spain:...
Cartagena, Spain: Instagram XI
Most years for many years, my family and I have holidayed at La Manga Club, in the Murcia region in south-eastern Spain. Situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the Mar Menor, which with a...