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Original Writing from South East Spain

 

Issue nº 7 - Mid-February/2009  
Today is   Tuesday   09/02/2010

This Month 

The Alhambra
The Jewel in the Moorish Crown

By Edward Craig

The last capital city of what was once the most flourishing and advanced civilisation in Europe, Granada is one of the splendours of Spain. Known to the Arabs as Garnata, this final redout of Islamic Spain held out against the Christian reconquest until 1492 when Granada finally fell to the combined forces of Los Reyes Católicos - The Catholic Monarchs Isabel of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon.   >>

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The Alhambra

Medical Guide

Prelex
State of the Art Eye Operations   >>

By Advertising feature

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The Gardening Pages

Breath of Spring
  >>

By Old Bill

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Tuition

Spanish with Berlingua
Lesson 5 - Verbs  >>

By Berlingua Language School

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Book Reviews

The Best in New Fiction
Restless / A Small Part of History / The Chronicles of Joya / Wild Fire   >>

By Helen Ross

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TABLE OF CONTENTS — The issue of Mid-February/2009

Letters to the Editor | Page 3
Have You Say
By Our readers

Letter from the editor | Page 4
E-Publishing - 21st Century Magazines
By Paul Kavanagh

This Month | Page 5
The Alhambra
By Edward Craig

Beauty | Page 8
Salon Margareta's
By Advertising feature

Special Feature | Page 9
San Fulgencio
By Antony Mosson

History | Page 12
Behind the Spanish News
By John McDonnell

Tuition | Page 15
Spanish with Berlingua
By Berlingua Language School

Diving | Page 16
A Passion for the Sea
By Bubbles School of Diving

The Gardening Pages | Page 18
Breath of Spring
By Old Bill

Plant of the Month | Page 19
Polygala grandiflora
By Old Bill

Medical Guide | Page 20
Prelex
By Advertising feature

Opinion | Page 22
Use Them Or Lose Them
By Hilary Stokes

Motor | Page 23
Importing a Car
By Costa Cars, Orihuela-Costa

Laws, Tax & Finances | Page 27
Cedulas & Post
By Yvonne Hollywood of Spanish Solutions

Pets Corner | Page 28
K-9 Club
By The Levante Journal

Out and About. The Best in Local Live Music | Page 29
Wendy and Vernon Nesbeth
By Tam the Man

Book Reviews | Page 30
The Best in New Fiction
By Helen Ross

The Bald Truth | Page 34
The Art of Self-Deception
By Anthony Skyrme

Special Feature 

San Fulgencio
History of the Vega Baja   

By Antony Mosson

San Fulgencio is a village of relatively recent foundation. Most of the territory making up the municipality is part of the flat flood plain of the Segura river. Until the 18th century, this land was a marshy estuary, prone to frequent flooding and a breeding ground for malarial mosquitoes.   >>

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Cardinal Belluga

The Bald Truth 

The Art of Self-Deception

By Anthony Skyrme

I was in my local supermarket the other day, trying to remember whether I was supposed to be buying butter with or without salt - these things make a difference I am told - when in front of me at the checkout I noticed a gentleman of a similar age to myself. Now, I am in my late 40s, but I flatter myself that if the lighting is kind I could pass for early 40s.   >>

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I accept the situation with as much grace as I can muster and attack the remaining hair periodically with hairclippers.
HIGHLIGHTS NOT TO BE MISSED THIS MONTH

13th febr

music Jazz Festival: Theatre Auditorio Municipal, 22.00 - 10€

14th febr

san valentine "San Valentine": Salon Margarethas Special Promotion ( see main ad ) - 96 692 18 46

san valentine San Valentine Diving Bautism for two with Bubbles - www.bubblesdive.net - 96 570 43 09

san valentine San Valentine Dance and Dinner at Centro Social San Miguel de Salinas - 662 048 156

15th febr

carnival Carnival Parade Contest Torrevieja, 16.00

20-22 Febr

tourism Turismur "XVIII National Show Tourism and Leisure", Torre Pacheco (Murcia) - www.ifepa.es - 968 33 63 83

21st febr

carnival Evening Carnival Parade Torrevieja, 21.00 - www.torreviejacultural.com - 666 579 949

22nd febr

sport XXVI International Half Marathon Torrevieja - www.grupobrotons.com - 965 95 32 16/17

Diner Presentation Cruises 2009 Royal Caribbean with Rioja wine at La Valise Royal in La Zenia - www.lavaliseroyale.com - 96 571 11 90

ocean Trip to the Oceanographic Museum in Valencia with Bubbles - www.bubblesdive.net - 96 570 43 09

dance Learn Now Pole Dance in Benidorm, get fit and have fun with Maria - 695 303 685

beauty Get a discount in your Ozone treatment and get your ideal weith with the protein diet at the International Clinic of Dr. Celle at Playa Flamenca - 96 673 03 38

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Pets Corner 

K-9 Club
Re-homing Abandoned Animals  

The Levante Journal

K9 Club are a registered charitable association and we are in desperate need of help in re-homing our animals. This year had been one of the worst for finding abandoned animals. If you are able to offer a loving home to one of our animals, please call Yvonne on 654 628 884 or 654 027 748, or contact us at info@petsinspain.com.   >>

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Benji is a 10 month old Alsatian cross

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