The British Match That Ignited The Spanish Civil War
As the latest Bond movie, Skyfall, continues to rake in revenue in US and UK box offices, Ken turns his Shifting Sands gaze to the real world of international espionage.…
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A Remarkable Family on Tenerife
During the summer of 1915 Alexander Baillon met Dr. Earnest Hooton, an anthropologist, who had been sent to Tenerife by the Peabody Museum of Cambridge, USA to collect and bring back some Guanche remains…
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Tenerife’s Golden Age of Cabaret
Following up my mention of Go Pontinental in my last article, I was pointed in the direction of Eastenders star Polly Perkins who plays Rose Cotton, Dot Cotton’s sister.
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Shifting Sands, The London Boys
Whilst we lotus eaters in the north were living the dream, Lewisham born Tom Keating was slaving away at the easel in his villa in the southern village of Vilaflor (above) happily churning out Samuel Palmer pastiches.
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Shifting Sands, Celebrities
She was one of the Daily Express’s top 5 women of the year in 1936. In 1972, she owned a small apartment in the Avenida Aparthotel yet very few people, including me, knew who she was.
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Shifting Sands, Tenerife in the 1970s
Tenerife 1972 – Seven Peseta Island. Dorada Pilsner was 7 pesetas a bottle if you stood at the bar, 10 pesetas at a table. I never did find out the price if you stood on a table. Local cigarettes with black tobacco which allegedly made them healthier – 7 pesetas a pack…
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Art Landya Where Bears And Dolls Come To Play
There are bears lurking in the hills of Santa Barbara above Icod de Los Vinos in the north of Tenerife…
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Sleeping Beauty On Ice At Santa Cruz Auditorium
You can’t beat a classic tale of good versus evil and the enduring power of love. Set it to the strident and emotive music of Tchaikovsky …
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Investigating Memories of the Past in La Orotava and Puerto de la Cruz
Compelling detective stories usually begin with a crime; often a heinous murder. Thankfully this one doesn’t. It begins with a clue – Guy Attwood from A A H 1898…
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Steve McCurry, Capturing Life’s Moments On Film
Patience and luck are two commodities that American photo journalist Steve McCurry credits as the best tools in his armoury…
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