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Night curfew ends Man arrested for for Marbella and killing partner and Estepona as case burning her body P3 P4 rate falls overall on a bonfire Alberto Ginés got an unexpected gold in sports climbing on Thursday. EFE

Contest reveals who grills the best sardines on the Costa del Sol P31 2 August 6th to 12th 2021 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Designs revealed for Malaga’s futuristic new hospital costing 375 million euros

This third major hospital in the city will have 810 patient rooms, 42 theatres and 200 consulting rooms

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MALAGA. There is no specific date for its opening, but the vision of what the future third hospital in Malaga will look like is already a reality. Juanma Moreno, the president of the Junta de Andalucía re- gional government, unveiled the provisional design for the new facility on Monday this week. He defined it as of “transcendental importance”. “We are going to have a first- rate hospital for a first-rate Malaga,” said Moreno, who also announced that the new hospi- tal will be the “largest building in all of Andalucía”. Work on the hospital should start next year, said the regional government, and it should hope- Junta de Andalucía president, Juanma Moreno, reveals details of the plans on Monday this week. FRANCIS SILVA fully be ready by 2027. A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW HOSPITAL DESIGN It is expected to have more than through two pedestrian walkways. 800 patient beds, 42 operating Juanma Moreno, who was ac- rooms and almost 200 outpatient companied during the presenta- A futuristic and 810 rooms for patients, 42 op- be built as towers interlinked consulting rooms, in addition to tion by the city’s mayor, Fran- high-tech design erating theatres, 198 consulta- with aerial walkways and be about two thousand parking cisco de la Torre, as well as sev- tion rooms, 66 Casualty bays, sited between the existing spaces. It will be, said Moreno, “a eral councillors, described see- 2,000 parking spaces and, ac- Hospital Civil and Materno In- national benchmark for special- ing the plans as “exciting”. The initial plan for Malaga cording to Juanma Moreno, fantil children’s hospital, ties,” and include certain services “The leading-edge design de- city’s new 15-floor mega-hos- “every type of facility and north of the city centre. The not seen in Malaga province to fines a new model of medicine pital predicts an investment of piece of equipment to make it land has been signed over to date. that is more humane and better 375 million euros. It will have a leader in handling complex the Junta by the Diputación Located on a site next to the ex- quality,” explained the region’s a leading-edge design with cases”. The new hospital will provincial authority. isting Hospital Civil and opposite president, who said Malaga’s third the Materno children’s and ma- major hospital will be paid for ternity hospital, the building will with about 375 million euros of have a built area of 270,000 square public funds. View. The metres, of which 197,000 corre- Moreno said that the presen- building will spond to the hospital itself, while tation was being made in August have 15 the rest is divided between the car - “and not in September when it floors above park and other infrastructure. would have more media cover- and below ground and age” - to meet the deadlines. be the biggest “Exciting” design “It is not a newspaper head- in Andalucía. One of the most striking details line, but a commitment,” insisted of the design by Carlos Lamela the Andalusian president. and Alfonso Casares (from the The new hospital’s more spe- Lamela and Aidhos architecture cialised units will serve all of studios) is the double connection Malaga province and the Costa between the hospital buildings as well as Malaga city. August 6th to 12th 2021 NEWS 3 SUR IN ENGLISH

Junta to ask courts Brief curfew ends in to approve having vaccine certificate Marbella and or test result to Estepona as cases enter nightspots fall slightly overall ALMUDENA NOGUÉS

MALAGA. The Junta de Anda- lucía regional government is to seek the backing of the The regional government official population in July and courts for its new Covid restric- vaccination experts now August, and that the real positive tion policy of asking people to case rate is a lot lower. show an EU vaccine certificate believe herd immunity If a large town exceeds the 1,000 or negative lateral flow or PCR will be reached at 85- threshold, the Junta de Andalucía test to enter nightspots. 90% and not 70% regional government can call for Following a similar policy a night curfew, which must be rati- in the Canaries and Cantabria SUR fied by the courts, to control the being rejected by top courts in spread of the virus. those regions, the Junta’s offi- MALAGA. The cumulative incidence In this Wednesday’s weekly Marbella police call ‘time’ on drinkers before curfew. JOSELE cial spokesperson and regional rate of Covid-19 in the Costa del meeting of the regional commit- minister, Elías Bendodo said Sol towns of Estepona and Mar- tee of experts, only one municipal- cluding the Costa del Sol, was 770, tion programme said this week in his weekly press conference bella has dropped below the 1,000 ity in Malaga province, the inland still the highest in the region but that it was unlikely herd immu- on Tuesday that Andalucia figure and their night mobility re- town of Campillos, was earmarked down on 841 a week earlier. Na- nity would be reached with 70 wanted to get it right and get strictions from 2am and 7am have for the curfew. tionally, Spain’s 14-day rolling rate per cent vaccinated, as had been approval first. been removed from today, Friday. was 633 at the middle of this week, hoped, due to the more conta- He reminded journalists Only a week ago, the positive Latest case rates down from 699 a week earlier. gious Delta variant, and that 85 that the regions of Cantabria case rates per 100,000 in the last 14 On Thursday this week (5 August), In terms of people in hospital or 90 per cent was a more likely and Galicia as well as the Ca- days were sufficient to warrant the Andalucía had 4,496 new positive with coronavirus locally, the trend figure. naries had already sought to regional government seeking to Covid-19 cases reported, up on was still upwards this week, with Just over 56 per cent of the An- introduce the policy and oth- impose the nighttime curfew in 3,655 the previous day and slightly 503 in Malaga province hospitals dalusian population had had their ers were considering it. the two resorts. However, the re- down on a week earlier. on Thursday, up on 465 a week full vaccinations this week. “It is a safety guarantee that striction has been short-lived. Lo- The 14-day rolling case rate per earlier, with 99 in intensive care. As of this week the age groups will eventually be brought in,” cal politicians have argued that the 100,000 fell for the second day on able to make appointments in An- he said. high rate was exaggerated, as re- Thursday for the region to 585. Vaccination levels dalucía for their first jab have Only Galicia currently has a sort towns can double or triple their Malaga province’s case rate, in- The head of the Junta’s vaccina- been extended to 15-year-olds. similar rule operating. 4 NEWS August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

Oxana and Juan Man arrested for killing girlfriend and Luis had been living together for trying to dispose of her body on a bonfire just a few weeks

The 53-year-old from E. C. / Á. F. / J. C. Rincón de la Victoria was MALAGA. Neighbours in the seen putting the corpse building where Oxana and Juan in his car before he drove Luis lived expressed their sur- 40 kilometres to Maro prise on Tuesday when they learned that he had been ar- EUGENIO CABEZAS / ÁLVARO rested for her death. They didn’t FRÍAS / JUAN CANO know the couple well as they had only been renting their MALAGA. Rincón de la Victoria de- apartment for three months. clared three days of mourning The couple hadn’t been to- this week after a woman, 36, died gether long. Oxana, born in the at the hands of her partner on Russian city of Volks, had lived Monday in the apartment the cou- in Spain for years and had ac- ple shared. quired Spanish nationality. On Monday night the Guardia She had spent much of her Civil arrested a 53-year-old Span- life in Armilla, Granada, a prov- ish man in Rincón de la Victoria ince where she had studied in connection with the death of business administration. She his partner, of Russian origin. The would have turned 37 on 9 partially burned body of the vic- Remains of the bonfire where the body was discovered in Maro and the suspect’s vehicle. ÑITO SALAS August. tim was discovered late in the eve- Juan Luis had always lived in ning on a bonfire in a ravine, in ing. The suspect apparently told ceived another call at around ted having killed his partner and Malaga, coming from a family Maro, Nerja. the witness that the woman had 7pm; a resident in the Nerja area taken her body to Maro. that is well known in La Cala del The incident unfolded in a flat hit her head and that he was go- reported finding a bonfire with On Tuesday the Guardia Civil Moral, where they used to run in the Nuevo Rincón area, which ing to take her to the hospital, an arm protruding from the took the suspect in custody back an ice cream parlour. He was the couple had been renting for and, according to sources, the flames and smoke between the to his home for a three-hour re- separated with two children three months. neighbour even helped him carry Águila aqueduct and the A-7 construction of events in the flat from his previous relationship. Officers believe there was a her to the car. Mediterranean motorway bridge. and garage. Since 1994 the suspect had fight between the couple and the But after the neighbour saw a Two hours later the corpse, The man appeared in court on worked in education; he had Russian woman died at the hands trail of blood and considered the which had only suffered some Thursday and has been sent to been a teacher since 2003, and of her partner. events, he decided to call the burns, was transferred to the In- prison without bail while the mur- according to sources was cur- It is understood he used a trol- emergency services to tell them stitute of Legal Medicine (IML) in der inquiry continues. rently working at a school in ley to take the body, covered in what had just happened. Malaga, for an autopsy. This is the second case of a gen- Nerja, employed by the Funda- cardboard so no-one would see Meanwhile the suspect had The suspect was arrested after der violence death in Malaga prov- ción Victoria, a religious organi- it, to the basement garage where driven more than 40 kilometres returning to his home in Rincón ince in just three weeks, and the sation with schools around the his car was parked. away to a difficult-to-access ra- de la Victoria, where Guardia Civil 29th fatality in Spain this year. province. He had apparently There he was startled by a vine in Maro where he built a small officers were waiting for him in The murder of a woman in Tar- held positions of responsibility: neighbour, who noticed that bonfire and put the corpse on it. the garage. Sources have said that ragona hours later took the na- head of studies and even direc- something strange was happen- The emergency services re- at that moment the man admit- tional total up to 30. tor of one school he worked at.

Local Police officer in Benalmádena arrested for alleged sexual abuse of minors

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MALAGA. National Police have arrested a man who is a Lo- cal Police officer in Benalmádena for the alleged sexual abuse of two minors. Firefighters and health workers rescue the lorry driver. SUR Inquiries began after the pair made the accusation and National Police investigators Lorry driver cut at around 8am on the curve where arrested the officer last Sat- free from cab the A-7 motorway joins the A-45, urday. On Monday the courts heading towards Antequera. issued a restraining order after his vehicle The semi-conscious driver was preventing him from contact- pinned against the crash barrier ing or approaching the mi- overturns on bend and firefighters had to use special- nors. ist equipment to release him. He National Police officers are was stabilised at the scene before working to determine if there F. TORRES / Á. FRÍAS. Malaga fire- being transferred to hospital. could be more victims and fighters cut free a lorry driver from There was a large emergency town hall sources have said his cab after his vehicle overturned service presence at the scene as the council is waiting to re- at the exit of the San José tunnel Guardia Civil traffic officers had to ceive the crime file for their outside Malaga city on Wednesday direct other traffic around the over- employee, who is currently morning. The accident happened turned vehicle. on leave. August 6th to 12th 2021 5 SUR IN ENGLISH 6 NEWS August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

Thoughts of sun, sea and safety - mask- wearing crowds herald optimism at the airport

The first week of August each year is traditionally Malaga Air- port’s busiest as both national and international tourists flood in for the sun, sand and cul- tural experience, and out again. Although these are no ordi- nary times, there was a spring in the step of airport staff last Sunday, 1 August, as 434 take offs and landings were re- corded - 81 per cent of the amount on the same day in 2019. In other words, tourism is back, albeit wearing a mask in- doors and keeping its distance. “I am going home after spending a fortnight with my family in Marbella,” said Span- ish-born Ruth checking in for Heathrow. “I’ve felt safer here as it’s an outdoor way of life,” she added. Passengers at Malaga Airport on 1 August, traditionally the busiest day of the year. FRANCIS SILVA

From January to June of this Relief on the Costa del Sol as Spain year only 20,874 British tourists arrived at Malaga airport, 97,894 fewer than last year, a decrease stays on the UK’s amber travel list of 82 per cent compared to the year in which the coronavirus cri- sis broke out. Positive July hotel figures The tourism sector and countries to which the UK will al- ter account, and it will next be re- come into effect on Sunday 8 Figures for July produced by the British expat residents had low travel to fully-jabbed passen- viewed in three weeks. August at 4am, also saw the United Costa del Sol’s hotels indicate that gers, without the need to quar- Tourists visiting amber list Arab Emirates, India and Bahrain the summer is progressing bet- been anxiously awaiting antine for ten days when return- countries will still have to have a move from red into amber. ter than expected, despite the loss the announcement by ing from holiday. Covid-19 test before returning Following the announcement, of international visitors. Hotels Transport Secretary, Grant It is also good news for British home, followed up with a further the hotelier’s association on the on the coast closed July with an Shapps people resident in Spain, who PCR test back in the UK. Costa del Sol (Aehcos) said its “oc- average occupancy rate of 66 per feared that the United Kingdom The news is a welcome relief cupancy forecasts should not cent, four points more than pre- PILAR MARTÍNEZ might move the country onto the for the tourism sector on the coast, change except for increases dicted by the hotelier’s associa- red list, which would require a which was worried that the travel caused by last-minute bookings”. tion, Aehcos. MALAGA. The Costa del Sol’s tour- ten-day quarantine at a govern- list update coincided with the high The data for the first six months The hoteliers are hopeful that ism sector breathed a huge sigh ment-approved hotel if they trav- infection rates of the fifth wave of of 2021 confirms the impact that August will perform in a similar of relief on Wednesday night af- elled to UK. coronavirus. However, the high the United Kingdom’s original re- way “and the downward trend in ter learning that Spain will re- The travel list decision was an- level of vaccination in Spain quirement for a ten-day quaran- infections will lead to September main at amber in the latest revi- nounced by British Transport Min- helped offset the data. tine on return home had on the and October with better news for sion of the ‘traffic light’ list of ister, Grant Shapps, on his Twit- Wednesday’s update, which will Costa del Sol. hotel occupancy rates.” August 6th to 12th 2021 NEWS 7 SUR IN ENGLISH

Mijas taxi drivers Luxury Marbella hotel changes hands launch a mobile application to as part of 440-million-euro deal book rides

A Canadian company has lows it to acquire a portfolio ANDREA JIMÉNEZ bought the five-star Don of quality assets in the main Spanish tourist destinations, as MIJAS. PideTaxi, a mobile ap- Carlos hotel by acquiring well as a consolidated manage- plication used throughout the Selenta Group ment platform from which to de- Spain, has joined with Radio velop its growth plan in Spain. Taxis Mijas so that customers PILAR MARTÍNEZ The deal is the largest this year.” can book journeys easily and The Don Carlos has a long and quickly. One of the main bene- MARBELLA. An emblematic, five- colourful history that began fits is that the price of collec- star, luxury hotel on the Costa when American Conrad Hilton tion - 1.20 euros - is dropped del Sol has changed hands after opened the iconic Don Carlos, a if clients book a cab using the largest hotel investment deal five-star luxury hotel, whose PideTaxi. in Spain so far this year. Cana- characteristic high-rise tower “Once open, the application dian fund Brookfield Asset Man- broke the aesthetic of the coastal finds your location, introduces agement is the new owner of the landscape of the growing Medi- the start point and destination 299-room Don Carlos Resort and terranean resort back in 1969. The iconic Hotel Don Carlos in Elviria, Marbella. SUR and automatically gives you a Spa in Marbella after it acquired price estimate, the journey the Selenta Group and its four time and the distance, and you hotels in a deal worth 440 mil- can book a journey for that lion euros. very moment or schedule it Brookfield manages assets for the future,” said Rafael valued at 600 billion US dollars Bonilla, President of the Aso- in more than 30 countries ciación Radio Taxi Mijas. around the world. As well as the Don Carlos, the group has acquired the Sofía Barcelona hotel, a five-star grand luxury hotel with 465 rooms op- erated under the Unbound Col- lection by Hyatt brand; the Expo hotel in Barcelona, with four stars and 435 rooms; and the Mare Nostrum Resort in Tener- ife, with a five-star rating and 1,037 rooms. “In total there are 2,237 rooms in prime locations and they will continue to be operated by Se- lenta Group,” Colliers, an indus- Bruno and Giuseppina. SUR try consulting company, said in a statement. Co-founder of Laura Hernando, Managing Costa-based Da Director of Hotels at Colliers, says that “Brookfield’s move al- Bruno restaurant group dies Marbella clinic Wastewater pipe break forces the offers free rabies J. DUEÑAS jabs for vulnerable closure of a central Marbella beach MARBELLA. Giuseppina Filip- people’s pets pone, co-founder of the famous Da Bruno restaurant group on MARBELLA the Costa del Sol, died on Sat- J. D. urday “after a complicated ill- The red flag was raised ness”, according to family MARBELLA. Thanks to a new on Wednesday and the sources in a statement issued campaign, some families with water quality on the Faro to “thank people for their mes- financial difficulties can have sages of condolence”. their pets vaccinated against beach will be analysed to The businesswoman had rabies free of charge, as part of ensure its safety been battling an illness in hos- an initiative to rid the planet of pital as is her husband, Bruno this illness, which kills about JOAQUINA DUEÑAS Filippone, who remains admit- 60,000 people a year worldwide. ted. Giuseppina had two chil- “We want to improve the life of Authorities were forced to raise Urgent repairs underway on the pipeline. JOSELE dren, Giancarlo and Marcella. people and animals on a global the red flag and ban bathing on the The Italian couple arrived basis,” said veterinary surgeon Faro beach, in central Marbella, “Two diggers that were working to recede. on the Costa del Sol more than María Funes of the Animal after a wastewater pipe broke early nearby make a sand bank to mini- Martín-Lomeña said, “We hope 25 years ago where they House Clinic, who is a founding on Wednesday morning. mise, as much as possible, the di- to have the beach in perfect con- opened their first restaurant member of Global Vets Aid. María Victoria Martín-Lomeña, rect discharge into the sea,“ she dition this Thursday [5 August] and in 1994 in Marbella. The pair “Spain has been considered a the town hall representative re- said. Martín-Lomeña added, “a an analysis of the water will be expanded the group with Da rabies-free country since 1978 sponsible for the beaches, ex- coupling in the pipe had broken. made to guarantee its safety”. Bruno a Casa in 1999, Cabop- but there have been isolated plained that once the problem was The area was immediately cor- Martín-Lomeña recognised that ino in 2001, Sul Mare in 2002, cases,” she said. Those eligible discovered, “we immediately doned off and the beach closed as such incidents “are a blow to the San Pedro in 2005, Da Bruno on financial grounds can be re- stopped the pumping but what was a precautionary measure.” environment and also from the Take Away and Delicatessen ferred to the clinic by social already in the system could not be The bulk of the repair work had tourist point of view as they have in 2008, Mijas-Costa in 2012 services, Cáritas or Cruz Roja. stopped.” to wait until 5pm for the high tide more impact at this time of year”. and Döss Marbella in 2018. 8 NEWS August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

Torre del Mar’s former HERE AND THERE New animal National Police station welfare bylaw VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA includes capture, to go under the hammer Holy Week museum sterilise and unveils new permanent release programme VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA A contract has recently been and temporary awarded to complete the work exhibitions Spain’s Interior ministry for the construction of car park- VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA is also set to sell off a ing on the surrounding land of number of disused the new station, at a total cost E. CABEZAS. Vélez-Málaga’s Holy E. C. Vélez-Málaga town hall of 238,741 euros. Week museum (Museo de Se- last Friday approved a new buildings in different mana Santa) inaugurated last local bylaw on the keeping of parts of Spain Post office needs a new use too Thursday an updated perma- pets and Potentially Danger- Meanwhile, during a council nent exhibition, as well as a tem- ous Dogs (PPP), which had the EUGENIO CABEZAS meeting held last Friday, Vélez- porary exhibition by the Malaga Image of Santa María. SUR support of all the groups ex- Málaga town hall (which also author Daniel García Romero, cept for the PP. “It is a very A plan to auction Vélez-Málaga’s covers Torre del Mar) approved under the title ‘Full of Faith’. complete bylaw adapted to former National Police station a motion to negotiate with cen- The temporary exhibition tunics among other items. the new European regulations was published in the Official State tral government over the future shows items from the town’s 19 “A virtual catalogue is avail- and has involved public par- Bulletin (BOE) on the 15 July. of the also disused post office Holy Week brotherhoods as well able via QR code, while YouTube ticipation including animal For almost three decades the on Plaza de Capuchinos in Vé- as a selection of ceramics. videos show the greatness of our protection groups, vets and police station was located in lez-Málaga town itself. The permanent exhibition in- Holy Week,” said Culture coun- other groups,” the town hall premises on Avenida de Anda- cludes the image of Santa María cilor Cynthia García. said in a press statement. lucía in Torre del Mar town cen- Other auctions de la Esperanza (Holy Mary of José Luis Ramos, head of the The statement went on to tre. It moved in February 2020 to The list of assets to be auctioned Hope), who is adorned with can- Commission of Art and Muse- say that the law “guarantees a newly constructed building in by Spain’s Interior ministry also delabra, and the processional ums of the Association of Broth- the welfare and protection of the Cuesta del Visillo area, closer includes the former National Po- mantle as she would be seen on erhoods of Vélez-Málaga, said animals, avoiding situations to the motorway entrance to Torre lice headquarters in Jerez de la the Maundy Thursday proces- that being able to see a real Holy of cruelty and mistreatment, del Mar and neighbouring Vélez- Frontera; the former police sta- sion in Vélez-Málaga. Week image is “an important promoting responsible ani- Málaga. tion in Zaragoza and the former It also includes 18th century novelty” for the museum. mal ownership, the fight The auction price for the Guardia Civil barracks in A Po- against abandonment, the 1,065-square-metre building bra do Brollón (Lugo). TORRE DEL MAR NERJA promotion of adoption, ster- has been set at just under 1.5 A plot of land in Arcos de la ilisation and the rules for million euros, with a deposit of Frontera (Cadiz) is to be auc- EU funding to bring end Council repeats call for good coexistence between all 74,412 euros. The BOE stated tioned as is the former Guardia to lessons in prefabs urgent river controls citizens”. that the date for the first public Civil installations inside El Cas- It includes the implemen- auction is 8 September. tillo de Maqueda (Toledo). E. C. A contract has been awarded E. C. Nerja town hall has once tation of a programme for the to build four new classrooms to again written to the regional gov- management and control of replace the existing prefabs at ernment to demand that action cat colonies through the ‘CSR Miraya del Mar secondary school be taken to control visitors to the Method’ (Capture, Sterilisa- in Torre del Mar. Chillar river area. tion and Return), “which aims The project will be part funded Councillors agreed unani- to progressively reduce the by European Regional Develop- mously to contact the Junta dur- cat population in each colony, ment Fund (ERDF) money un- ing last week’s council meeting. create a census of street cats der the Covid-19 recovery plan. Nerja’s Environment council- grouped into colonies and en- Just under 500,000 euros has lor, Javier Rodríguez, highlighted courage the adoption of cats”. been earmarked for the project, the town hall’s “concern” over the The programme will be im- which is expected to take six environmental impact of visitors plemented through an action months to complete. as well as the dangers posed to plan to be carried out by The new classrooms will pro- them. volunteers who will have vide 130 school places in total Despite being closed due to the a card approved by the coun- for secondary students as well pandemic and extra police pres- cil allowing them to feed the as for students of vocational ence, visitors continue to go to cats and coordinate or par- courses. the beauty spot. ticipate in the CSR The Vélez area’s former National Police station in Torre del Mar. SUR programme. August 6th to 12th 2021 9 SUR IN ENGLISH 10 NEWS August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

tions, hotels, golf courses and shops in the area. It also comes at New bridge now open between a time when the bridge over the A-7 at this point is closed while the government is carrying out Cancelada and Bel Air in Estepona works there. Lorenzo Santana, Metrovacesa’s Territorial Director for Eastern An- ESTEPONA dalucía, says the inauguration of the Cancelada-Bel Air bridge is an The connection between important landmark for Estepona, the two areas means because it will improve mobility that thousands of people and local connections. It is also a landmark for Metrovacesa, “be- will no longer have to cause it will enable us to connect use the A-7 to get from our developments with the rest of one to the other the area. It is a project which sup- ports the urban development of JOSÉ MARÍA MARTÍN this area, which will soon have new facilities such as sports and lei- The more than 4,000 residents of sure complexes as well”. the Cancelada and Bel-Air districts The bridge crosses the Arroyo of Estepona can now travel from Taraje and is 120 metres long, 16.5 one to the other without having to metres wide and 8.5 metres high. go onto the dual carriageway, There are two traffic lanes in each thanks to a new bridge and pedes- The new bridge between Cancelada and Bel-Air will speed up local journeys for residents. J. M. M. direction, plus the pedestrian path. trian pathway which were inaugu- The mayor said improving the rated this week. facilities in this area is a priority, At the official opening the ject carried out in this busy resi- which will also make it safer. cost the town hall almost 1.9 mil- and that in recent years the coun- mayor of Estepona, José María dential area so far, and said it This internal connection be- lion euros. From now on, thou- cil has created a road between García Urbano, described this would mean that far fewer driv- tween the two residential areas sands of vehicles will have an al- Camino Briján and Bel-Air as well as the most important road pro- ers will now have to use the A-7, was built by Metrovacesa and has ternative route to reach urbanisa- as a 20.000 sq. metre park.

Bill Anderson addresses club members and guests. KARL SMALLMAN

where entitled Having a Vision, Press Club members and vowed to reveal and fight debate a variety of against some of the malpractices she had become aware of. issues, from Photo retouching was the integration to theme of the talk Fighting the Fictional Beauty, by the club retouching photos president. He cited a new law in Norway that requires influenc- ers to label retouched photos on SUR social media. This led to an ani- mated debate, particularly Members of the Costa Press Club among the professional photog- got together last week for their first raphers present. face-to-face meeting in 519 days, The open mic session was as president Jesper Sander Ped- brought to a close by Anette Skou, erson put it in his welcoming former head of the Mijas Foreign speech. Residents’ Department. Held at Finca Naundrup in Ca- Anette, who retired last year lahonda, dinner was followed by after 35 years of service, recalled brief talks by several members the early days of her pioneering and guests. work in Mijas, saying that with- Mijas councillor Bill Anderson out the coverage given at the time raised the issue of the integra- by publications such as Lookout tion of foreign residents in local magazine and SUR in English it life, leading to an interesting de- would have been practically im- bate on what it takes for a for- possible to reach the people it eigner to feel like a local. was intended to help. Broadcaster Nicole King, who She expressed gratitude for the worked in the past for an optics support of the foreign media ever company, made an impassioned since, and was warmly applauded plea on behalf of children every- by Costa Press Club members. August 6th to 12th 2021 NEWS 11 SUR IN ENGLISH BUSINESS AND FINANCE Belgian technology firm Adessa expects to have 200 employees in Malaga by 2023

The company, which the company open an office in Malaga office of this software com- digitalises human Spain. And not in Madrid or Bar- pany grew very gradually. By early celona, either, but in the south. He 2020 there were 18 employees. But resources processes for convinced his bosses that Malaga last March, Adessa was bought by major multinationals, has was the place to choose because it SD Worx, a Belgian multinational tripled its staff and is offers moderate labour and office specialising in payroll manage- expanding rapidly costs, universities with good tech- ment that wanted to complete its nical courses, and a top level in- range of services within the field NURIA TRIGUERO ternational airport. of human resources outsourcing. In 2015, Arco brought a small Since then, Adessa has more MALAGA. Engineer Alejandro Arco team of three people to BIC Euro- than tripled its staff in Malaga. was fed up with the grey Belgian nova, the PTA’s business in- There are 66 at present, and climate and began to long for the cubator, with the mission the aim is to have 200 peo- Adessa staff in their new office in Malaga. MARCOS ÁLVAREZ sunshine and life of southern of opening Adessa Iberia, ple working there by 2023. Spain. He had been working in responsible for support- Being part of SD Worx has Brussels for several years for ing clients all over Europe. vastly increased Adessa’s cli- SD Worx is expanding in Europe lion euros in 2021. It will also be Adessa, a technology consultancy “We were entrepreneurs ents and its range of serv- and has just opened a subsidiary opening an office in Granada soon, specialising in digitalising human within the company, and ices. “We didn’t do payroll in Spain and Portugal. The in- where it is confident of attracting Alejandro Arco resources processes for clients they gave us a lot of inde- management before but creased business since last year is talented new employees. Alejan- such as BNP Paribas and Nestlé, pendence,” he says. now we do, and we have clients like reflected by Adessa Iberia’s turn- dro Arco has found his sunshine, when he decided to propose that For the first five years, the Nike and Telefónica”, says Arco. over, which will be about three mil- and much more besides.

larly grateful to Les Roches for Primark to open Marbella starts a Business Angels being the first to subscribe to this agreement. We will now be in Marbella’s expanding it to include other, La Cañada Network to help local talent equally important, Spanish and international foundations and shopping mall on companies,” she said. She explained that Marbella 24 August MARBELLA already has a number of young people who are very talented but The first agreement under who need this support because ISABEL MÉNDEZ / SUR the scheme has been it is difficult for them to push signed with Les Roches, ahead with their business pro- MARBELLA. The countdown has jects without it. “They often have begun to the opening of the for its expertise in training no business experience and new Primark store in Marbella. in tourism and its therefore find it difficult to ob- After several months of work commitment to the town tain financing,” she said. on the premises, the Irish- The idea is that the ‘business based company announced JOSÉ MARÍA MARTÍN angels’ provide the money, and this week that 24 August is the advice and training where needed. date on which it will open its Marbella council has signed an Carlos Díez de la Lastra, of Les doors in the La Cañada shop- agreement with Les Roches in- Roches, said, “We are always ping centre in the resort. It will ternational hotel management proud to collaborate with pro- be Primark’s 12th store in An- school which will enable it to be- jects of this type, especially those dalucía and 52nd in Spain. gin the Business Angels Network designed by the council and our The large shop is at the far Marbella, an initiative which The Business Angels Network was officially announced this week. SUR town. This project has come at end of the mall, in the newer brings together talent and invest- a very important time, when in- part where a fitness centre ment, especially in the sphere of Marbella and isn’t forced to go else- “It is a project in which both novation and development in once was. Fitting it out was de- technology and innovation. where,” said the mayor, Ángeles the person who has the idea and new technologies are the way layed as Marbella council had The aim is to attract informal Muñoz, at the official presentation. the person who helps them to forward, especially in the recov- to approve changes to the floor investors to the municipality to The agreement was signed be- develop it are winners,” said ery from Covid-19. The creation area to give Primark the 4,000 help talented young people to tween the council and Les Roches Muñoz. “The protocol has taken of this network is a good start in square metres space it needed. bring their business ideas to frui- CEO Carlos Díez de La Lastra at the time, but we are now ready to attracting talent and entrepre- Some 100 new jobs will be tion “so that this talent stays in Vivero de Empresas. put it into effect. I am particu- neurs to the town,” he said. created, said the company. 12 NEWS August 6th to 12th 2021 SPAIN SUR IN ENGLISH

THE EURO ZONE MARK NAYLER Untouchable

his week saw the first nesswoman Corinna Larsen, T anniversary of former in 2012, via the then-head of king Juan Carlos’s flight Spain’s secret intelligence from Spain to the United Arab service, Felix Roldán. In a trial Emirates, following the launch against ex-police chief and of inquiries into allegedly spymaster Jose Villarejo, fraudulent activity during and Larsen testified that Roldán after his reign. Now, after a had threatened her and her year on a paradisiacal island children, and that his orders off Abu Dhabi, the former king were coming directly from apparently wants to return to Juan Carlos, who was king at La Zarzuela, the royal palace the time. where he lived for almost six The latest installment in decades - and according to a this increasingly-labyrinthine recent poll, 57% of Spaniards drama came a few days ago, support his homecoming. Per- when London’s High Court of haps even more surprising is Justice revealed a case filed that almost half the population against Juan Carlos by Larsen EP (49.5%) think that the continu- last December. Larsen alleges Royals visit King Felipe, Queen Letizia and their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, be- ally worsening scandal hasn’t harassment and illegal sur- gan their traditional summer break at Marivent Palace on Mallorca last done the Spanish royal family veillance dating back to 2012, Mallorca’s weekend. The stay has been a mix of official duties and leisure time as any reputational damage. the year in which Roldán al- usual. As well as a reception with the local authorities and an audience Since the story emerged a legedly threatened her and in mountains as part with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who travelled to the island, the year ago, it’s become much which her Monte Carlo apart- of their annual King enjoyed yacht racing, a favourite pastime. On Wednesday, the more complex. Last August, ment was apparently raided Royal Family travelled up the twisting road to the Tramuntana moun- Juan Carlos was placed under by Spanish intelligence serv- island holiday tains interpretation centre and Lluc Monastery in a protected area that investigation by Spanish and ices. Larsen has requested a is celebrating ten years as a Unesco World Heritage site. Swiss authorities, after their restraining order on her for- suspicion was aroused by mer lover and compensation funds held in bank accounts for damages. registered in Liechtenstein Meanwhile, the Swiss and and Panama (two of the Spanish investigations into world’s premier tax havens), Juan Carlos’s finances con- and by allegations of kick- tinue. backs in connection with a And yet the above-men- contract awarded to a Spanish tioned poll reveals an almost consortium to build a high- unconditional admiration for speed railway in Saudi Arabia. Spain’s emeritus monarch, in In an attempt to ward off contrast to the outrage ex- Spain’s Tax Agency, Juan Car- pressed over scandals involv- los has made two back-pay- ing politicians. ments since fleeing to Abu Perhaps this is because Dhabi, one of 700,000 euros Juan Carlos’s most loyal fans last December and a second of regard him as above the law over four million euros in Feb- (which he was during his ruary. Neither exactly reign), or because he’s so re- screamed innocence of the vered for guiding Spain from charges. dictatorship to democracy in The initial allegations were the 1970s that his alleged mis- followed, in January this year, demeanors are judged irrele- by revelations of alleged es- vant. pionage conducted by Juan Either way, as far as his Carlos against his former adoring public is concerned, lover, German-Danish busi- Juan Carlos can do no wrong.

Ministers agree to The pro-independence Catalan government has been demanding 1.7bn airport the transfer of more powers, in- cluding responsibility for running expansion in Catalan Barcelona’ s El Prat airport. bilateral talks However the decision for Ma- drid to fund the expansion of the airport instead pleased neither the SUR critics of the national or regional government. The right-wing op- MADRID. The government has position nationally said it was a agreed to invest 1.7bn euros to bribe so the separatists kept sup- grow Barcelona’s airport. The sur- porting Sánchez’s Socialist gov- prise announcement was made af- ernment, while the radical CUP ter a bilateral meeting between the party that keeps the Catalan ex- national and Catalan governments, ecutive in power said it went the first in three years. against its own green agenda. August 6th to 12th 2021 13 SUR IN ENGLISH 14 NEWS August 6th to 12th 2021 GIBRALTAR SUR IN ENGLISH

Two arrested after filling IN BRIEF plastic containers with fuel HEALTH AND SAFETY Warning not to swim and driving off at top speed after sewage overflow

D.B. A sewage overflow was GIBRALTAR with being knowingly involved in suspected from the Orange the transportation of dangerous Bastion pumping station on The use of containers is a fuels, and his companion with Thursday morning after re- growing problem as it is damaging property, making off ports of unpleasant smells usually linked to drug without payment and being know- around the area of the port. ingly involved in the transporta- The industry is expected to expand globally in future. SUR The authorities advised peo- trafficking. The police are tion of dangerous fuels. ple not to swim in the area asking the public to be Filling plastic containers with until further investigations their “eyes and ears” fuel may sound like a minor of- had been carried out and said fence, but they are often taken Government publishes a Bill an announcement would be DEBBIE BARTLETT out to sea to fuel RHIBs (Rigid- made when the water was Hulled Inflatable Boats) which regarding Medicinal Cannabis safe again. GIBRALTAR. Two men were ar- are used by drug traffickers. rested recently after driving off The Gibraltar police have asked COVID-19 from a petrol station at top speed, the public to let them know if they D. BARTLETT. On Thursday, the table businesses will be licensed ripping off the hose that was still see anyone filling or storing mul- Gibraltar government published under the proposed new regu- Gibraltar man dies attached to their car. The incident tiple containers, and have warned a Bill to precede a new law re- lations and those granted a li- from Covid-19 occurred in the early hours of the that they will seize any vehicles garding the production, import, cence will need to conduct their morning, when Customs officers that are suspected of being in- export, marketing and supply operations fully in compliance D.B. A man aged between 60 noticed the men filling a large volved in this type of illegal trans- of cannabis for medicinal with the statutory framework. and 65 has died from Covid- number of plastic containers with portation, which is highly dan- purposes. Announcing the Bill, the chief 19, bringing the total number fuel. When they realised they were gerous. The reports about the ex- The government says it is minister said that medicinal of victims of the pandemic to being watched, they jumped into istence of these containers can keen to support the efforts of cannabis as a business is pre- 95. He had underlying medi- the car and tried to escape. be made anonymously. the private sector by establish- dicted to continue to expand cal conditions and was unvac- The vehicle was later found It is a growing problem in Gi- ing the appropriate legal and globally for the foreseeable fu- cinated. Announcing the news, abandoned in Laguna estate, with braltar. In fact, this week Marine regulatory architecture to cre- ture, and the Gibraltar govern- chief minister Fabian Picardo 16 partially-filled plastic contain- Section police officers took 248 ate a robustly regulated medici- ment is of the view that this new said it was a deeply upsetting ers still in the boot. In the next confiscated fuel containers to the nal cannabis industry that is industry, comprehensively regu- and a “harrowing reminder” few days, the police arrested an recycling centre, after drilling regulated fully in compliance lated to the highest standards, that the pandemic is not over 18-year-old and 25-year-old at holes in the bottom to ensure that with the UN Single Convention could well create an innovative and the deadly virus is still their homes. they could not be reused by or- on Narcotic Drugs. However, it and thriving sector of Gibral- among us. The younger man was charged ganised crime gangs. stresses that only the most repu- tar’s economy. August 6th to 12th 2021 NEWS 15 SUR IN ENGLISH Locals warned of summer water shortages in town supplied by tankers since 2007

New drilling is taking place is in poor condition,” said Romero. the part of the Junta [Andalusian agreement signed with Adif”, he to find more underground The Diputación, the provincial authority] and [central govern- pointed out. government, is working on a study ment] ministries, but nothing is “We don’t understand how it aquifers in Valle de to improve these wells, as they ever finalised,” said the mayor, can be so difficult to understand Abdalajís, whose water cannot provide enough water to who is calling for a “definitive” that after so many years it’s nec- supply was damaged supply the whole village. plan that would solve the village’s essary to find a complete solu- during works to build the “There are good intentions on water problems, “as stated in the tion,” he said. Drilling work. SUR AVE high speed train line

ANDREA JIMÉNEZ

VALLE DEL ABDALAJÍS. The water supply problems in the inland vil- lage of Valle de Abdalajís are far from over. In fact only recently the town hall had to urge local residents to make “correct use” of drinking water due to the short- ages in some areas. There had been nighttime cuts in the supply, said the mayor José Romero, who said that the situa- tion could get worse. “We have a serious problem, there has always been the con- cern about whether we would get to the end of the day with enough water. This won’t get better until there’s a proper solution,” he added. The water supply problem in Valle del Abdalajís dates back to 2005 when the new high speed AVE railway line was being built close to the village. The works damaged the under- ground aquifers that supplied the local area, causing water supply problems. According to an agreement signed in 2007, Adif, the Spanish railway infrastructure company has been supplying the village with a daily delivery of water by road in tankers to compensate for the damage. However the agree- ment, meant to be a temporary solution, expired in October 2020 after 13 years. The railway company, part of the central government’s Trans- port Ministry, is still sending the tankers, however, after a lawsuit filed by the local council led the National Court to order the deliv- ery to continue until the case has been resolved. “This is a situation of uncer- tainty, as it’s just putting a patch over the problem to get from one day to the next,” said the mayor. He added that they had asked the court for an increase in the number of tankers delivering wa- ter during the summer due to pre- vent shortages. “We have more residents in the village at this time of year, as well as rural tourism. Unfortunately we are having serious supply problems in some neighbour- hoods,” he said last month. The town hall has started drill- ing work to search for more un- derground supplies. “We’re get- ting some more water, but they are not large wells and the water 16 NEWS August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

Pablo Gonzalo, Elena Co- bos and Pepe Cobos Jr raise a glass to another 50 years. SALVADOR SALAS

and playing records. She doesn’t want to go into de- tails of the most difficult times - “every business has them,” she says - but explains that the major leap forward came on 11 Septem- ber 2001, the day of the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Her father was watching it on TV and The wine bar he immediately rang her and said and restaurant be- something that marked the start Half a century fore its most re- of a big change for the business: cent modernisa- “Elena, the world has changed to- tion. SUR day and if we don’t reinvent our- among barrels selves we are going to die.” Part of local society That change of attitude led them to modernise the business, im- and flamenco prove the food (they now have a market garden of their own), stop using plastic glasses and begin to offer typical Malaga products. “El Pimpi had always been a bit apart Pepe Cobos un- from society, but decided to get loads the vegeta- closer,” says Elena. “Then the bles from their own authorities, local people and the Golden anniversary. The famous farm which are tourists started to feel warmer El Pimpi bar in Malaga city served at El Pimpi. about us and we felt the same SALVADOR SALAS about them.” opened its doors on 5 August It was at that time that they be- gan to expand the charitable and 1971 after a series of happy cultural aspect of the business. In coincidences. Fifty years on, it 2017, wanting to give back to so- ciety some of what they received, has become a symbol of the city they created the Fundación El Pimpi, to support the culture and JUAN SOTO traditions of Malaga and help to resolve the most urgent social problems in the city. For the same alaga historians say that many other things that turn out them he knew of an old 18th cen- for Malaga they were sure they reason they also created the Soles M ‘el pimpi’ was the nick- to be a triumph, it happened due tury mansion that met their re- could make it work and decided de Malaga festival, which raised name for a type of early to a series of lucky coincidences. quirements and they decided to to carry on alone. “They started 256,000 euros in the first two tour guide who used to go to the Both men had been based at have a look. with 17 people and there are 140 years alone. port to help the crew when ships Bodegas Campos in Cordoba and When they saw that it was just of us now,” says Elena, proudly. The next landmark in the his- arrived and then accompany the the company decided to open a by where they had parked, they In those days, Pepe and Paco tory of El Pimpi came in Decem- passengers around the city, show- new branch of the business in Gra- realised that it was the sign they did practically everything them- ber 2017 when actor Antonio Ban- ing them the sights of interest and nada. They went to take a look at had been looking for and they selves. Pepe was in charge of at- deras bought Francisco Campos’ where to find typical food. In a some potential premises, in the never left Malaga again. tracting tourists, so he would stand share of the business. Working way that is like El Pimpi - the company of legendary local writer Although El Pimpi is now an by the entrance to the Cathedral with the present manager, Pablo iconic bar and restaurant in the Antonio Gala, who was a great emblem of the city and an obliga- and tell them about the bar and Gonzalo, he has helped to raise city - with its visitors who have friend of the family, but when they tory stop for the thousands of tour- the typical Moscatel wine served its international profile. been coming for the past half a arrived they didn’t like the build- ists who visit the province, its be- there. He also went around hotels What will the future hold? The century to see a piece of authen- ing they were being offered and ginnings were not that simple. on the Costa on the same mission, slogan they have chosen to cele- tic Malaga. decided to take a drive down to Elena Cobos, Pepe’s daughter, who and when he got back he would brate this 50th anniversary is This historic establishment Malaga. is now one of the people who run be behind the bar serving drinks ‘Malaga, I will love you for another celebrated its 50th anniversary As fate would have it, these en- the business, remembers that her 50 years’. The management of to- this week and marked the occa- trepreneurs parked in Calle Al- father and Paco went through such day doesn’t want to look back. Al- sion with its customers, blowing cazabilla, which was open to traf- hard times that they had to share though they had several business out candles and making wishes fic in those days, and walked to one fixed set menu because they Campos and Cobos wanted projects in mind in order to keep for a further 50 years of love and the Antonio Martín restaurant in didn’t have enough money for one a business in Granada, but growing, Covid has forced them affection. La Malagueta. Halfway through each. The situation was so criti- then they fell in love with to focus on guaranteeing the fi- El Pimpi was opened on 5 lunch, someone who was passing cal that barely two years after the Malaga mansion which nancial viability of the business August 1971 by two businessmen interrupted them to ask Antonio opening El Pimpi, Bodegas Cam- and the people who work there. and friends, Francisco Campos Gala for his autograph and asked pos asked them to abandon the became El Pimpi So they can carry on for at least and Pepe Cobos. However, like why they were there. He then told project. Fortunately for them and another half a century. August 6th to 12th 2021 17 SUR IN ENGLISH 18 August 6th to 12th 2021 COMMENT SUR IN ENGLISH

LETTERS THE MUSIC MAKER TO THE EDITOR PETER EDGERTON www.e-peter.com A warning Those medalling kids

My wife and I, both in our seventies, recently visited Mijas Pueblo. It is an area we know well and have spent many a happy hour there. Not so yesterday. r. Callaghan’s front gate tea, with fish finger sandwiches boarding event. She’s thirteen. A While walking towards the Alcazaba Restaurant area to M always proved the most being the only thing left to eat by Japanese girl Kokona Hiraki enjoy the panoramic view of Fuengirola I felt something hit difficult obstacle to ne- the time we got back. Another pipped Sky to the silver medal. my back. My wife quickly noticed that my shirt, shorts, legs gotiate. No matter how much we bonus. She’s twelve. The gold medallist, and arms were covered in brown slime. (On reflection a very practised, the nearby unkempt Mr Callaghan was a kindly old Sakura Yosozumi, is also Japa- big bird!) shrubbery never failed to ham- soul and he once pulled up in his nese - coming in at a rather an- Fortunately, a helpful passerby came to our aid. He beck- per our progress and prolong the car just as I was rifling a hot shot cient nineteen years old. oned us to follow him down an alleyway where I could take my long walk home by at least twenty past its intended target straight It brings unbounded joy to the shirt off and began helping me and my wife to clean up us- minutes. into his prize rhododendrons. heart just to hear about these ing a bottle of water and some paper handkerchiefs which Paul Moorhouse and I were “What in heaven’s name are things and they inevitably make he had with him. thirteen years old and we’d de- you boys doing?” His incredu- you reflect on what you were do- We were most grateful and thanked him profusely. Only vised this elaborate game lous gaze was fixed firmly on his ing at the same age. If only stone when we eventually got home did we realise the our ‘Good whereby we’d take turns to kick besieged flower bed. -kicking had been taken more Samaritan’ was just a common thief who had managed to a stone along the pavement, the “Nothing, Mr Callaghan. It’s seriously as a sport all those years extract €100 from my wallet whilst ‘helping’. objective being to be the first one just a game we invented. Your ago, you might well have seen me I am sure that we are not the first couple to be duped by to hit the next gatepost/telegraph gate’s worth fifteen points, you and Paul Moorhouse on the Olym- this scam but, with the help of your newspaper, we might be pole/drain pipe on our route. The see.” I think we lost him at that pic podium as youngsters. Who the last. NEIL HUNTER rules were as strict as they were point and he beetled off towards knows how things might have complex, involving penalty points, his front door muttering some- turned out after that. time limits and technique restric- thing about hell and a handcart. Meanwhile, the mind boggles tions. Thus, what should have All of these memories came just to think about the hours those Fuengirola rave Children and phones been a forty minute stroll home flooding back to me this morn- girls must have practised their Give the Spanish kids some When sitting on a terrace, from school became a sort of ing when I heard about Sky skateboarding skills after school credit. The front page photo watch the children around stone-kicking endurance test, Brown on the news. She has be- in order to become elite Olympic July 30 edition shows every- you. You will see how most of taking anything up to two and a come Britain’s youngest ever medallists. one masked. Compare that them are with a mobile phone half hours to complete and fre- Olympic medal winner after I wonder if they have fish fin- with pictures coming from or a tablet. Is that really what quently causing us to miss our claiming bronze in the skate- ger sandwiches in Japan. the UK! we want for them? PETER THOMPSON SOPHIE DAVIES PACHI

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THE BOTTOM LINE mospheric pressure. So, on reaching Malaga is a similar wind in the UK known as Helm ALEKK M. SAANDERS province the Terral loses its moisture and Wind). The case is that the name Terral its temperature rises. Moreover, the Terral comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon cul- reaches higher temperatures as it gets into ture of Britain. It is believed it was a name for Malaga city, from the north, over the Malaga a stubborn or obstinate person. Addition- Terral, stubborn heat mountains. This process happens due to ally, historians think that the British sur- the so-called Foehn effect. As a result, the name Terral is derived from the Old French hot weather may stay for a couple of days, word ‘tirer’, meaning ‘to draw’. This is used making the sea quite cold again due to dif- in the same sense as the word tirand, which here’s no more Terral this year. At first time experienced this dry and burn- ferences in pressure. means “one who pulls on the reins”, and T least no more of the annual music ing air, I was immediately told by locals that Under no pressure myself, I used to gen- even “the tyrant”. and dance festival held in Malaga such ‘oven’ temperatures had been caused tly correct local people who still continue Due to the evolving English language, every summer. The Malaga dancer Rocío by Terral, the wind that comes to Malaga to associate the wind with the Sahara. How- the name Terral has undergone many Molina rounded off Terral last weekend. from the south, from Africa, from the larg- ever, I was never heeded (partly, as I am a spelling variations, including, among oth- However, another Terral, the typical warm est desert, the Sahara. I accepted such emo- foreigner). So, the legend about the Terral ers, Tyrell, Terrell, Terrill, Tyrill, Turrell, wind of Malaga, came last weekend, and it tional explanations though I couldn’t logi- from the Sahara continues to circulate and Tirell, Tyrrell. might still ‘visit’ the coast several times dur- cally believe that a very dry wind comes to more and more tourists are told and con- When the Terral wind will make its next ing August. This ‘guest’ is sudden, and mostly the coast after blowing about a couple hun- vinced that exotic Africa is so near that we move towards Malaga from the Atlantic, unwelcomed, because it brings a significant dred kilometres over the sea. often feel its hot breath. This perpetuated we don’t know exactly. But there is defi- rise in temperatures in some areas of the It was later that I found out that Terral legend has become for me something more nitely no reason to expect it from Africa. Costa del Sol and in many parts of Malaga really comes from the sea, or rather the At- than stubborn. Incidentally, if you just want to avoid province. lantic Ocean. By entering through Portugal Recently, I found out that Terral and stub- this hot and dry inconvenience, just move The Terral is a Malaga phenomenon, al- it continues its way towards Malaga through born are really synonymous, from the Brit- a bit further away from Malaga. They say though not everyone in Malaga knows the Sevilla and Cordoba provinces, the hottest ish point of view. It appears Terral was popu- the Terral effect is limited to the coast- origin of the wind. I remember when I had and driest areas of Spain. On its way the lar in London. No, the capital never experi- line between Fuengirola and Rincón de just settled on the Costa del Sol and for the wind is subjected to a rapid increase in at- ences the 40C dry wind (though indeed there la Victoria. August 6th to 12th 2021 19 SUR IN ENGLISH

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IN THE FRAME

riching, formative experience. Working out “Sports has given me the best moments in my life - also the hardest,” said Ida. “But it’s true life on a that I’ve learnt a lot of things about life in general. I see it has given me a real gift.” Malaga beach Since changing career and moving to Malaga, Ida has re- discovered her passion for sport and begun to explore it from a Ida Otstavel. The former different angle, as she runs workouts six times a week on professional heptathlete has the Malagueta beach. Not only become well known in has helping people to pursue their fitness goals been gratify- Malaga city because of her ing for her but forming a tight- knit community has also proved group workout sessions personally fulfilling. “Something that brings me a LAURENCE CRUMBIE lot of happiness is seeing the t was over 18 months ago train, stuck with me,” explained friendships and the relation- I that Ida Otstavel, 26, left Fin- Ida, who began competing in in- ships that are born out of these land with one suitcase to ternational competitions at the workouts, because we have both write her dissertation in Malaga, tender age of 15. Some of her Spanish people and interna- making the most of her oppor- best results included coming tional people. And we have all tunity to work remotely. She had second in the national champi- kinds of ages, from teenagers to been to the city a few times pre- onships and fourth in the Nor- 60-year-olds and everything in viously and had a “hunch” that dic Championships, though per- between.” it was the right place for her, but haps the highlight of her athlet- Over the past year, Ida’s she had not expected to still be ics career was participating in hunch that Malaga would be here now with that one suitcase. the 2015 European Cup. an ideal city for her has turned “I just met so many amazing “To put on your national team Ida chose to stay in Malaga when the pandemic hit in 2020. SUR into a conviction. What she rel- people and fell in love with the clothes and represent your ishes most is the combination city and started feeling really at country and go on a big stage of the sea and mountains, home,” she told SUR in English. like that and compete with peo- which she deems a “huge privi- “Then the pandemic hit, and ple who really are pros or the lege” for an outdoors person, my options were to stay here or best [...] - it was amazing,” re- but other key perks of the Costa go back home.” called Ida with a smile. del Sol include the food, the Preferring the sunny south- Of the heptathlon’s seven dis- work-life balance and the peo- ern climes, Ida chose to linger ciplines - 100m hurdles, high ple, whom she describes as and set about establishing her- jump, shot put, 200m, long “warm like the climate”. self as a sports performance jump, javelin, 800m - Ida en- “The easy-going nature of the coach and group trainer, draw- joyed the hurdles most because culture and the people are very ing on her training in physio- of its speed and intensity. Over different from where I grew up, therapy and experience as a for- time, however, even this adrena- so it took some adjusting,” said mer professional athlete. line rush lost much of its charm Ida. “But once you’re adjusted, Destined for the sports- as the pressure of scoring well it’s great.” woman’s life because of her in competitions began to domi- Building on the success of her boundless energy as a child that nate her life. PIda in action in her competition days. @TRACKPIC group workouts, Ida is currently could only be satisfied with ex- “The thing with sports is, if setting up a personal training ercise, Ida was first attracted to you want to do it at a high level, when I was younger.” business and expanding her athletics by the pole vault, which it’s kind of an all or nothing Ida eventually made the in- physiotherapy work. she saw as an “adventure”, al- situation,” said Ida, who also credibly tough decision to end “Something that brings Malaga and Andalucía, it though it was the challenging wanted to travel and pursue her athletics career at the age me a lot of happiness is seems, have worked their magic heptathlon that became her other hobbies in her free time. of 24. Although she believes it seeing the friendships on the Finn, as they have on so forte. “It also came to a point where was for the best, she still looks that are born out of many others, and Ida now plans “The variety of the heptath- it was more about performance back on this period of her life on staying for “as far as [she] lon, and the amount you get to than pure enjoyment, unlike fondly, cherishing it as an en- these workouts” can see into the future.”

August 6th to 12th 2021 LIFESTYLE 21 SUR IN ENGLISH ALEKK M. SAANDERS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? LANGUAGE FOOTNOTE

E6 AUGUST 1975 Príncipe Prince Princesa Princess Distinguido Distinguished Infante of Spain Duque Duke Primo Cousin Alfonso de Orleans y Aeronave Aircraft Decreto Decree Título Title Borbón, dies in Cadiz Exilio Exile Palacio Palace Propiedad Property Prisionero Prisoner Married to Queen England, Alfonso came back to Fundación Foundation Victoria’s granddaughter, Spain to continue preparation Estudiar To study for a career in the Military Acad- the cousin of King emy in Toledo. He also trained Alfonso XIII was one of as a pilot in France. Eventually, Alfonso de Orleans with his wife in 1963. SUR the Spanish military’s Alfonso successfully became one tled in El Botánico palace in most distinguished pilots of the first and most distinguished from his regiment. Only in 1912 Spanish Republic, Alfonso was Sanlúcar de Barrameda thanks aviators in the Spanish military. did King Alfonso XIII issue a de- exiled to London. to support from Franco. Alfonso In 1906, at the royal wedding cree restoring his title, and a year However in 1932 he made a died of a heart attack on 6 August he Spanish prince, bap- of Alfonso XIII, the Duke of Gal- later, Beatrice was received into decision to come back to Spain, 1975 in his Andalusian residence. T tised with the names Al- liera met Princess Beatrice of the Catholic Church. and was imprisoned in Spanish He was buried with his wife, fonso María Francisco Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, grand- In 1916 Alfonso was sent on a Sahara. There, a year later he who passed away in 1966, at the Antonio Diego, was born in Ma- daughter of Queen Victoria. Af- so-called ‘special mission’ to Swit- joined some thirty other monar- Convento de Padres Capuchinos drid on 12 November 1886. He ter a three-year relationship, Al- zerland, although, according to chist prisoners and escaped on of Sanlúcar. was Duke of Galliera and first fonso and Beatrice married. In the scandalmongers’ version, the a boat to Lisbon. The Duke of Gal- The Fundación Infante de Or- cousin of another Alfonso - Al- 1909, a civil ceremony took place couple were forced into an eight- liera returned to Spain after the leans, a foundation dedicated to fonso XIII, King of Spain. When in the Rosenau Palace in Bavaria, year-long exile because of Bea- start of the Civil War in 1937 and the preservation of historical air- Alfonso was 13, he was sent to followed by a Catholic religious trice’s affair with King Alfonso was made head of the air force craft in Spain, was established England with his younger ceremony, and later even a Prot- XIII. In any case, from Switzer- of General Franco, who finally in 1989 and named in honour of brother Luis Fernando to be estant one. Alfonso did not have land they moved to London promoted him to general. the Duke of Galliera. educated by the Jesuits at Beau- the permission of the Spanish where their sons received an Eng- During the war Alfonso and mont College, a public school King to marry, and as a conse- lish education. Beatrice lost their properties. in Old Windsor in Berkshire. quence of such disobedience, the They returned to Spain but af- However they found a new home i Bilingual crossword inside After five years of studying in Duke of Galliera was removed ter the founding of the Second in Andalucía in 1955. They set- back page 22 LIFESTYLE August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

–It is more of a figurehead really. PET CARE The president has no real power PETER HARRISON ‘I wanted to fill my in the sense, because we are a democratic organisation where we vote on everything. The presi- The time with something dent can propose projects, but they are always put to a members importance useful’ vote. –Do you hope to make changes? of checking –I have made a few changes. One of the changes I have introduced identity is a maximum three-year term David Kay for officers in a particular post in tags Lions Club President order to give other people a chance to stand. We are chang- ing things slightly, but we will not The Yorkshireman talks to years ago. I began working as a change the overall structure of y d og never wan- SUR in English about the volunteer in the charity shop, the club, we are just tweaking ‘Mders.” How often which is something I still do. things to make it better for the have I heard that work of the Lions and why Someone suggested that I became members and the charities and said? But the reality is differ- this charitable association a member, so I went to a couple associations we support along the ent. Gates are left open by is so important on the of meetings and then decided to coast. visitors and dogs are curious Costa del Sol join. –Why are the Lions so important creatures; a passing tempta- –Why did you decide on the on the Costa del Sol? tion presents itself and off TONY BRYANT Lions? –The Lions is the biggest service goes Fido. –Seeing as I am retired, I needed Lions President David Kay. SUR organisation in the world. There With luck, a kind and car-

MIJAS. David Kay, a former steel something to do. I did not want a are many charities on the Costa ing person could find him and worker and chip shop owner from job as such, but I wanted to fill –Are there any special require- del Sol that we help. We work maybe call the owner and the South Yorkshire, has recently my time with something useful, ments needed to become an closely with the town hall to help dog is returned, but that de- been elected as the new Presi- and so joining the Lions seemed officer? feed the homeless, to fund medi- pends on the finder being dent of the La Cala de Mijas Li- like a nice thing to do. –No. Anyone from any walk of life cal treatment for children and to able to get close to the strange ons Club. David, who has lived on –How is the president elected? is welcome to apply. If you think help raise money for cancer chari- dog that may not be friendly. the coast since 2016, speaks to –First of all, you have to be elected that you would like to undertake ties. We also have two support Make sure the swing tag is SUR in English about his new role as an officer. Once you have been a particular role and you are will- groups that offer help to people large with large lettering that in the international organisation, elected, you can put yourself for- ing to roll your sleeves up and get with diabetes and dementia. can be read from a sensible and explains why he decided to ward as vice-president. This is involved, then you are welcome These groups are run by volun- distance. The dog may have a roll up his sleeves and take ac- voted on by a panel if there is to put your name forward. We teers and qualified staff and they microchip but that depends tion to make the local commu- more than one candidate, but if have all sorts of members from offer help advice to those suffer- on the finder taking the dog to nity better. you are the only one, you will different backgrounds. ing with dementia or diabetes. a vet who has a reader. That is –When did you become a Lion? automatically become president –What is the role of the None of this would be possible unlikely. –I joined the Lions just over three for one year. president? without the Lions help. Also, are the swing tag and microchip up to date? Or might the information on it be OBITUARY still an old address or tele- phone number that changed several years ago? Twice I have found a lost Della (Hall) Arden dog and called the details on its tag, only to be told that those people moved away 1974 - 2021 some time ago and the pre- sent occupant had no idea ex- cept she thought they had TONY BRYANT moved twice and were some where in France. After some considerable ef- fort we were able to find a new he expat community of groups and dedicated her time home for the dog, leaving the T Benalmádena has been to researching treatments and original owner bereft. The dog devastated by the death medicines. had been obviously very well of Della (Hall) Arden, a British Described by friends as “the loved and cared for. mother of two who has passed light of so many people’s lives”, Another essential check is away after a long battle against Della fought hard to overcome to examine the small hole in the muscle disorder motor neu- the disease, but she finally which the strong ring has ron disease (MND). The popular gave up the fight and died been inserted to fasten the in- 46-year-old, who was diag- peacefully in her home sur- formation tag. This could nosed with the disease in 2017, rounded by her family and have got bigger and could had lived in Benalmádena for close friends. eventually release the tag so it almost 30 years. True to her character, she re- is lost. Born in Romford, East London, mained strong until the end, I have just examined Dig- Della had enjoyed an active life even deciding on a colourful ger’s tag, which must be two on the Costa del Sol, working first dress code for her funeral and years old, and ordered a new as a waitress in several popular making sure that her family one at the local ‘ferretería’, British bars before setting up her knew what she wanted them to making sure the hole is well own property agency in do after her death. away from the edge so it with- Benalmádena Pueblo. Her husband, Simon, said, stands the excessive swinging She had been confined to a “She fought it to the end and as Digger bounces away on wheelchair since 2019 and re- never gave up. She prepared us his exercises. lied on the constant support of for this day and she never let us When you move house, en- her husband, and the “unwav- dwell on it.” sure you change the swing tag ering commitment” from the “The support and kindness and microchip immediately local community. She spent the of the local expat community as a new and strange environ- last few years of her life helping has been absolutely amazing: ment could cause your dog to other people with MND. She or- words cannot thank them wander in search of its origi- ganised several online support enough,” he added. nal home. August 6th to 12th 2021 23 SUR IN ENGLISH 24 LIFESTYLE August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

ANA PÉREZ-BRYAN An American gangster he Larios family, the Here- Tdias, the Lorings, the Stra- chans and the Huelins not laid to rest among only shared the privilege of con- tributing to the transformation of Malaga and linking their names to the history of the city. They also the Malaga elite share their place of eternal rest in the city’s historic San Miguel ceme- tery, which keeps alive the memory of industrialists, traders, patrons, benefactors, military officers, poli- Niche 2,300. Until tq ticians, architects and artists. How- the late 1990s SUR. The edition of the newspa- ever, this cemetery is much more per (30 August 1979) which re- than the burial place of the city’s few people knew ported the death and burial of illustrious sons. Others who are Alvin Karpis in Malaga. SUR much less well-known have also that Alvin Karpis, been buried there and their sto- ries are even more surprising. sentenced to life That is certainly the case of one imprisonment in who lay hidden for decades in the fourth courtyard, in niche num- Alcatraz, had ber 2,300. That area of the his- toric cemetery no longer exists, retired to having been demolished to make room for the new park. The name Torremolinos and Alvin Karpis might not be familiar was buried in but his profession, as described on the cemetery documents, says Malaga’s San a great deal: KARPOWICZ, ALVIN (1908-1979). Gangster. USA. Miguel cemetery Who was Alvin Karpis? What crimes did he commit, for his name to be associated forever with the word ‘gangster’? And, above all, how did he come to be in the San Miguel cemetery? Born Alvin Francis Karpowicz, the occupant of niche number 2,300 shortened his name to Al- vin Karpis and became one of the most-feared and pursued crimi- nals in the recent history of the United States. The son of Lithua- nian immigrants, he was born in Montreal, Canada, and grew up in Kansas, USA. His story is a real ex- ample of how the most deeply rooted criminal vocations start showing at an early age. When he was ten years old he was already smashing shop win- dows to steal goods, and before he was 20 he was sentenced to ten years at a reformatory. He escaped, and after a few months of adding to his police record he ended up in the state prison of Kansas, in Laising, in 1930. There, he met Fred Barker, with whom he would go on to form the Karpis-Barker gang, one of the most notorious criminal groups of the 1930s. “I was the best at robbing banks and kidnapping the wealthy... how many men have I killed? Well, I did try to count them once...” Those are just a couple of the comments made by Alvin ‘Creepy’ Karpis (the nickname came from his sinister smile) several decades later, when he had written his memoirs and was giving media in- terviews about those years of crime. He may not have kept track of eve- rything he did, but in the archives of Alcatraz, the most famous prison The police file on Alvin Karpis preserved in the Alcatraz archives. ALCATRAZHISTORY.COM in the world for being almost im- pregnable, it is specifically stated that the Karpis-Barker gang “had August 6th to 12th 2021 LIFESTYLE 25 SUR IN ENGLISH no hesitation in killing anyone who oner who spent the most time in the rights to Hollywood for a film Spanish. got in their way, including inno- Little is known about his jail (nearly 26 years), he never tried about his life, starring Steve That golden retirement came to cent bystanders”. time on the Costa del Sol to escape. The prison officers re- McQueen. Although the book was an end on 28 August 1979 at 11pm, These two men’s careers were except that he lived in member him as someone who fre- published, nothing more was ever when a heart attack - according to bloated with bank robberies, postal Plaza de la Caracola and quently complained about the con- heard about the film. During those the official version - ended the life delivery robberies and kidnap- lived up to his reputation ditions in jail, and he often used years, Karpis made enough money of Alvin ‘Creepy’ Karpis at the age pings. And, of course, murders. In to fight with other inmates. He was to plan his definitive retirement. of 72. Although there were some fact, Karpis used to boast that his as a womaniser also a compulsive reader. He decided to retire to Torre- doubts about whether his death role was the most important of all: The gangster’s stay in Alcatraz molinos, and arrived at the height was due to suicide or a settling of “I was the one who waited outside,” ended in 1962, when it began to of the Costa del Sol’s tourism boom scores, there is no autopsy report. he would say. That, on the crimi- Barker. be dismantled and he was trans- in 1973. Little is known of his life “Died from a heart attack,” says nal organisation chart, was vital The FBI had Karpis in their ferred to McNeil Island Peniten- there, except that he lived in the the cemetery website, with a re- work, given that the gang always sights, and the gangster was about tiary instead. There he met another Plaza de la Caracola and “went al- production of the burial certificate depended on the man who kept to be caught in a standoff with his legendary criminal, Charles Man- most unnoticed,” according to an in niche number 2,300 in court- watch outside in the street and girlfriend Dolores Delaney, who son, whom he taught to play the article published in SUR on 30 yard number four, at 10.30 the fol- who, when the moment came or was eight months pregnant. She guitar and used to re- August 1979, at the time of lowing morning. there was danger, was capable of was shot in a thigh, and he fled. He fer to as “little his death. “He had very Only two people were present opening fire and killing in order never heard from her again, nor Charlie”. The few friends, rarely at the burial. They probably knew to protect his own. And Karpis was did he ever see the baby who was leader of the went out and gave the secret of that pensioner who scared of nothing. born a few weeks later. Those who hippie sect the impression came to the Costa del Sol seeking Nor did he shy away from plan- knew him admitted afterwards that who of being a nor- more than sunshine and ended up ning and carrying out the kidnap- that was not a problem as far as he shocked mal, ordinary sharing his final resting place with pings that maintained the gang’s was concerned. He wasn’t at all the world pensioner,” it others who, like him, went down financial status but, at the same bothered about it. by killing said. in history but for completely dif- time, that was what hastened his He got away on that occasion, seven Beyond that ferent reasons. end: one of the most high-profile but the recently appointed director people discreet life- However, Karpis had one final kidnap victims was banker Edward of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, was de- was at that style, however, journey ahead of him, because at Brenner, and that really upset US termined to start his campaign time serv- it is known that the end of the 1990s that part of president Franklin D. Roosevelt, against the underworld with Karpis’ ing a sen- Karpis lived up to the cemetery disappeared to make because Brenner was a personal head. Dead or alive, he said. In the tence for falsi- The San Miguel his reputation as a way for the park next to it: the friend. end, he was taken alive, something fying cheques, cemetery in Malaga. SUR womaniser. In those niches in that section, including The need to put an end to this that was unprecedented, given the and still remem- final years of his life he number 2,300, were exhumed and type of crime led the FBI to organ- experience of other criminals. bers Karpis today as “one had several relationships with the remains were returned to those ise a group of highly-trained offi- ‘Creepy’ began his sentence at Al- of the guys I learned most from”. women who were several decades families who had asked for them. cers into flying squads, used to catraz, which was also known as Despite being given a life sen- younger than him. He told some That doesn’t appear to be the case hunt down “public enemies” in- ‘The Rock’. tence, Karpis was paroled in 1969 of them about his past, but mainly with Karpis. Nobody claimed him, cluding Karpis and Barker. The re- Karpis was sentenced to life im- on the condition that he never set talked about the tricks he had and he will probably rest forever sults were not long in coming, and prisonment in 1936 and charged foot on American soil again, and learned in the kitchens and the in the general ossuary at Parce- in the following months each and with between six and 14 deaths. he was deported to Canada. There bakery at Alcatraz, and he gave his masa. And, with him, went a story every one of the most-wanted His life behind bars was unevent- he enjoyed relative fame while pro- girlfriends advice on diets and calo- worthy of the best family sagas... criminals were caught. Including ful: in fact, despite being the pris- moting his memoirs and even sold ries. He never learned to speak of criminals. 26 LIFESTYLE August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

DENISE BUSH

GARDENING READERS’ PHOTOS Yellow bells The compass plant in Elviria

Tecoma stans is a small ever- Native to open grassland and believed that this unusual habit iniatum can reach up to four me- green tree or large shrub in the prairie in North America, Sil- is a survival mechanism, turn- tres tall and the stems and leaves Bignoniaceae family (trumpet phium laciniatum is a robust ing the large surface area of the are covered with fine hairs. The vine). It has drooping branches herbaceous perennial and leaves away from the hot mid- deeply lobed leaves are aromatic with bright yellow clusters of member of the daisy family day sun therefore reducing wa- when crushed and are reduced tubular flowers and is a fast (Asteraceae). ter loss through evaporation. in size higher up the stem. It is grower. The lovely specimen in It is commonly called the Early settlers are believed to very long lived and, in the right this photo was purchased as a compass plant because the have used this plant to ascer- conditions, this plant can live small plant in Portugal fifteen leaves tend to orient themselves tain their direction when cross- over one hundred years. years ago and planted in Elviria on a north-south axis with the ingg the prairies. The flowers resemble sun- by Patricia Reynolds who says, flat sides facing east-west. It is SilphiumSilphium llac-ac- flowersflowers anandd foform in loose clus- “every year it blooms like this ttersers ooff uupp to 30 blooms. but we cannot find the name as WWhenhen in flower the up- we have never seen another pperer ppart of the stems one.” PATRICIA REYNOLDS exexudeu a sticky rresin,e which was oonce collected by nnative Americans aand used as a cchewing gum to frfreshen the brbreath. AAfter flower the comcompass plant pro- duces llarge, flat seeds wwhichhich araree carried for sev- ereralal metresmetres on the wind. It is very drought hardy once estab- lished - the tap root can go down two and half metres in its search for water - and it will withstand some frost. JOERN STEGEN When in bloom, the weight of the flowers may cause the stems to flop over so staking may be Colourful chilis necessary. They are very popu- lar with bees and other pollinat- ing insects and birds love the This photo of some very bright, and no doubt hot, chilis was sent in seeds. by Joern Stegen, who says, “I bought the plant two months ago at A good location to grow this the local garden centre. It had just a few flowers then.” stunning plant would be in sun or partial shade as part of a meadow or cottage garden. PHOTOS Propagation is best carried out by collecting and sowing the Calling all gardeners your photos to english@di- seeds although it may be possi- ariosur.es or send them to ble to remove rhizomes below We know many of our read- SUR in English, Avda Dr Ma- the soil without disturbing the ers have lovely gardens, or rañón 48, 29009 Málaga, plant too much. enjoy growing plants on with a caption and a few Besides chewing the resin, their terraces or balconies words of explanation. Alter- the native Americans discov- and some like to take photos natively, you can send them ered that a tea made from the of plants they see when out to us via Facebook (sureng- roots helped lung ailments and and about. Why not share lish) or Twitter Silphium laciniatum and foliage (inset). WIKIMEDIA/FLICKR coughs. them with others? Email (@SUR_English). August 6th to 12th 2021 LIFESTYLE 27 SUR IN ENGLISH

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and they headed indoors. Age Care social “Sorry! Sorry, love! It’s meetings in Calahonda Watch words Jimmy’s fault. He said the third pint would bring us inspiration. T. BRYANT. Despite the ongoing It didn’t.’’ situation caused by the pan- Sarah smiled. demic, Age Care meets every “Here, it’s cottage pie. You’re Tuesday and Thursday in the i daddy, how are hands. their clients’ products. lucky - the dog wasn’t hungry.’’ Calahonda International Bap- ‘Hyou?’’ ‘’Fine, Molly His father, Denis Crampton The only glimmer of hope on Molly sat down next to her tist Church between 10.45am - working hard in had established the company in the horizon was Walter’s dad. and 12.45pm. The meetings the office, nice to hear your nineteen sixty-eight and it had Watches. Walter had been a “Daddy, mummy says we offer Spanish language classes voice. I’ll tell you a quick quickly gained a reputation for friend of Denis’s and he, too, can’t go on holiday this year for beginners, domino groups story and then give the powerful, witty slogans. In fact, had passed on his business to and it’s a state sad of affairs.” and chair aerobics. The organi- phone back to mummy, Denis himself had come up his son, Jimmy. Jimmy and Ian “Well, it is a sad state of af- sation has also started a sing- please.’’ with the one that truly estab- had become good friends over fairs but I’m sure we can man- a-long activity on the third “Mummy says your dog’s lished the company’s reputa- the years, recognising they age a trip or two to the water Thursday of each month. in the dinner.’’ tion. It was for a local cleaning were in identical predicaments: park.’’ “Ha ha ha! You mean ‘your firm, Bradley’s. Thanks to at the helm of inherited compa- “Yahaay! Love you, daddy!’’ MIJAS dinner’s in the dog’. Don’t Denis’s word play, they became nies failing badly despite their “You love the water park - worry I’ll talk her round. a national franchise within best efforts. They came to an there’s a subtle difference. Off Support and valuable Now, once upon a time, there twelve months. ‘Bradley’s - the agreement. Ian would work for you go and get your homework advice for diabetics was a magical kingdom...’’ clean, clean class of home’ was free on a campaign for Jimmy, done.’’ the most successful advertising taking a percentage of any cor- “Good idea - Mummy says T. B. The Lions Diabetes Sup- The Crampton Advertising slogan of its generation and responding upsurge in sales. there’s no present like the port Group is continuing to of- Agency had seen better days. Crampton’s was flying. If there was to be any chance time.’’ fer help to those suffering with It didn’t help matters that the Not these days, it wasn’t. Ian of success, something would the illness at its meetings at ‘m’, the ‘t’ the ‘o’ and the ‘n’ had taken the company over in have to be ready for the run-up Walter’s Watches enjoyed Bar Tuta in Calahonda. Quali- were all missing from the nineties but he never had to Christmas and a fresh Sep- unprecedented sales that fied staff are on hand to offer ‘Crampton’ on the huge sign the same gift with words as his tember wind was already whip- Christmas and, by spring, they advice at the meetings, held that hung high outside the of- father and despite a couple of ping through town. were receiving mail order re- the first and third Monday of fices on a once stately build- half-decent campaigns, the Ian walked up the path of his quests from all over the coun- each month. The group gives ing but that was the least of company had been left behind modest suburban house and, try. The Crampton slogan was diabetics a chance to meet in Ian’s problems. He put the by younger, slicker outfits who as always, was met by Molly, six everywhere: a friendly and supportive at- phone down and stared at the simply resorted to the age-old years old and beaming with joy. ‘Walter’s Watches. Because mosphere with others who are figures on his desk, head in staple of using sexuality to sell He swept her up in his arms there’s no present like the time.’ living with the same issues. 28 Sponsored August 6th to 12th 2021 WHAT TO DO by SUR IN ENGLISH

EXHIBITIONS European museum. His surreal works www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org La Vuelta a Ítaca de María are created digitally and enhanced Zambrano Udo Burkhardt with pigments on canvas. Museo Revello de Toro VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA. Until 2 November. RONDA. Until 30 October. Cafe MALAGA. C/Afligidos. Palacio del Marqués de Beniel and Blanco y Negro, C/Pozo. Chema Cobo Félix Revello de Toro is a distin- Centro de Estudios de El Exilio. An exhibition by German artist Udo MALAGA. Until September. Casa Ger- guished Malaga artist. Around 117 of The exhibition consists of over fifty Berkhardt. ald Brenan. his works are on display in the pieces including photos, sculpture, An exhibition by Cadiz artist Chema museum. ceramics, furniture, paintings and Indalecio Pérez Cobo. He will also be giving guided personal effects of María Zambrano, ESTEPONA. Until 28 August. Casa de tours of his works and of Gerald Bre- Museum Jorge Rando essayist and philosopher, who was Las Tejerinas, Plaza de las Flores. nan’s house. as well as workshops. MALAGA. C/ Cruz del Molinillo. born in the town. Exhibition of sculptures by artist www.museojorgerando.org Indalecio Pérez entitled Fragmentos. Impresionistas The Jorge Rando museum is celebrat- Encarnación Saiz Gúzman MALAGA. Until 5 September. Muelle ing its seventh anniversary this year LA HERRADURA. Until 12 August, 8- Sholeh Abghari Gallery Uno. and has a special exhibition entitled 9.30pm. Centro Cívico MARBELLA. Until 31 August. Sholeh An immersive exhibition organised by Soldados by Jorge Rando and is Vegetales endémicos amenazados de Abghari Gallery, Avda Ricardo Sori- Octavio Colis, Malaga Art Apart which displays the most announcing a new exhibition of Chi- Sierra Nevada is an exhibition of ano, 72A. famous works of impressionist artists nese contemporary art. paintings of endangered species of The art gallery is exhibiting a Sum- Andalucía (Acuamálaga) are holding on gigantic screens. It includes works www.jorgerando.org plants endemic to the Sierra Nevada. mer Art Show with works by a selec- an exhibition of their works. by Monet, Cézanne, Manet, Gauguin, tion of artists. Renoir, Van Gogh, Morisot, Galería Benedito Arte Sur Malaga Picasso Museum Degas, Monet, Pissarro and Tou- MALAGA. Calle Niño de Guevara. ALMUÑÉCAR. Until 31 August. La David Tomé MALAGA. Museo Picasso Málaga, louse-Lautrec. The exhibition is in The current exhibition of works by Galería, Plaza de la Constitución. FUENGIROLA. Until 12 August. Mon, Calle San Agustín. Spanish and English. Tickets: Juan Tenorio consists of a series of Thirty artists from the Arte Sur group Wed, Fri 8.30-10.30pm. Tues, Thurs, It is possible to see works from the https://impresionistasexpo.com/ landscapes of New York and London are displaying unique painted satel- 6-8pm. Colectivo Imagen, C/Maestra Meret Oppenheim exhibition in the full of colour and movement. They lite dishes. Ángeles Aspiazu, 21. museum on the website Javier Garcerá can be viewed as well as other art LIVE CONCERTS AND MUSIC Photographer David Tomé will be www.museopicassomalaga.org under MALAGA. Until 16 October. Galería works on the gallery web site: showing a selection of his work at ‘exposiciones digitales’. Isabel Hurley. www.galeriabeneditoshop.com The Cavern exhibition. Thirty per cent Metamorfosis. Until September. An Y En Mi Jardín is an exhibition by Theatre and musicals festival of funds raised will go to Cudeca exhibition of around one hundred Valencian artist Javier Garcerá. Each Noelia García Bandera BENALMÁDENA. Until 29 August. Cancer Hospice. (https://www.david- paintings, ceramics, drawings and of the works are made from silk using MALAGA. Until 3 September. Estudio Municipal auditorium. www.audito tome.com/en/news/the-cavern-in- bronzes by artist Miquel Barceló will techniques that, depending on where de Ignacio del Río, C/San Lorenzo. Until 8 August. Annie the musical. fuengirola be on display. one stands, invite you to view the Malaga photographer Noelia García 13 - 15 August. The Marvellous Wiz- works from different perspectives. Bandera is showing a selection of her ard of Oz. Legends of Sport Picasso Casa Natal work in this exhibition entitled El 17 - 18 August. Michael Jackson trib- FUENGIROLA. Until 19 September, MALAGA. Until 25 October. Museo Octavio Colis Jardín. ute - Michael’s Legacy. Tues -Sun 6-10pm. Museo de Fuengi- Casa Natal Picasso, Plaza de la MALAGA. Until 15 September, Salas 20 - 26 August. Jekyll & Hyde the rola. Merced. Mingorance, Archivo Municipal, musical. The exhibition includes around 500 The museum has been through all its Alameda Principal, 23. 24 - 25 August. The Magic of Broad- items linked to legendary sports per- stored documents and photographs Forty-seven works including paint- way. sonalities including a Ferrari racing to create this new exhibition of ings, drawings, sculpture etc make up 26 - 29 August. Peter Pan the musi- car driven by Alonso. Picasso’s connections with the liter- this exhibition by Octavio Colis. One cal. ary world. of the paintings is dedicated to the Acuamálaga colours of Malaga wines. Thursday concerts in the BENALMÁDENA. Until 31 August. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo museum Castillo El Bil Bil. MALAGA. CAC Málaga. C/Alemania. Carmen Thyssen Museum VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA. 8pm. Free. Ten local artists members of the Franz West. Until 29 August. The MALAGA. C/ Compañía, 10. 10am - 12 August. Bienal de Flamenco. Association of watercolourists of exhibition Últimas Decadas, cele- 8pm Tuesday to Sunday. 19 August. Los Tres Tenores. brates the work of this Austrian artist Collection. Until 15 September. To 26 August. Piano recital with Paula who died in 2012. It consists of 35 celebrate the tenth anniversary of Coronas. works that reflect humour and irony. the Museum there is an exhibition of All concerts by invitation email: The sculptures are made of a variety works by Rusydael, Canaletto, Frie- [email protected] of materials including plaster, papier drich, Corot, Degas, Toulouse- maché, polyester resin and alumin- Lautrec, Pissaro, Picasso, Matisse, The Hall ium. Munch, Nolde, Goncharova and Ste- Noelia García, Malaga MALAGA. Calle Héroe de Sostoa, 65. Cindy Sherman. Until 24 October. panova among others. 10€. Catalan Masters. 6 August, 10pm. Cindy Sherman: an interview (1980- Until 17 October. In Coby Bloemsma Antonio Grande 1981) is a short ten minute film in honour of the many Catalan artists in (piano) and Josías Pedrosa (cello). which the American photographer the Thyssen collection there is an NERJA. Until 19 September, Wed to 10 August, 9.30pm. Valmuz. talks about the different aspects exhibition of works by Martí Alsina, Sat, 5-10.30pm, Sun from 2 to 6pm. 11 August, 10pm. Marto y Micó. relating to her works, her creative Fortuny, Meifrèn, Casas, Rusiñol, Hostal Alegre. process and inspiration. Canals, Anglada-Camarasa, Mir, An exhibition of all new art works by The Malaga Philharmonic Don Bergland.Until 12 September. Sunyer Togores, Clarà, Tàpies, Cuixart the Dutch artist Coby Bloemsma Orchestra Canadian artist Don Bergland is and Ponç among others. including colourful abstracts and MALAGA. Various venues. exhibiting The Silence of Eternity, the The past collections of the Thyssen objects made from recycled materi- 4 September, 9pm. Museo Carmen Sporting legends, Fuengirola. first time this artist has exhibited in a museum can be viewed online at als. Thyssen Málaga. Music by Grieg and August 6th to 12th 2021 WHAT TO DO 29 SUR IN ENGLISH

Piano Candlelight https://www.torremolinoscultura.es/ David Bisbal, Ara Malikian, Oreja de ESTEPONA. 7 August, 10pm. Plaza Van Gogh, Pablo Alborán, Miguel de las Flores. Parque El Majuelo Poveda, Melendi, Sara Baras, Pianist Susanna Ikebana will be in ALMUÑÉCAR. Raphael, Vanessa Martín, Manuel concert accompanied by violin and 24 August, 10.30pm. Sophie Newich Carrasco and tribute acts God Save guitar. and her band play jazz music. The Queen and Abba Mania among others. Tickets from www.ticketmas- David Gómez Tango Málaga 2021 ter or El Corte Inglés. More informa- ALMUÑÉCAR. 10 August, 10pm. MALAGA. Rescheduled to 3, 4 Sep- tion: https://concertmusicfesti- Acueducto de la Santa Cruz. tember, 8.30pm. Teatro Echegaray. val.com/ Composer and pianist David Gómez 15€. will perform Un Piano y 200 Velas (a Reborn in Buenos Aires on the 3rd Sep- Starlite piano and 200 candles). tember is a tribute to Astor Piazolla. It MARBELLA. Until 4 September. is followed on 4th September by the The Starlite Festival is back this year Blas Cantó Binelli-Ferman Dúo. https://www.tea- with a wide variety of live concerts ALMUÑÉCAR. 12 August, 10pm. Par- troechegaray.com/ including flamenco, fusion, Latin, Arte Sur, Almuñécar que El Majuelo. rock and pop. International stars Singer Blas Cantó who represented Concert Music Festival such as Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler, Dvorak played by violinist Andrea La Costa de la Música Spain in Eurovision, will be in con- CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA. Until Alan Parsons, David Bisbal, Melendi, Sestakova. MARBELLA. Until 28 August, 10pm. cert. 23 August. La Oreja de Van Gogh, Plácido 9 September, 8pm. Teatro Cervantes. Parque de la Constitución auditorium. The festival includes concerts by Domingo, Estopa and many more Música de Cine, music from films. 6 August. Mayte M artín. Flamenco Orquesta La Tentación will be performing on one of the two More information: www.orquestafi- singer. ALMUÑÉCAR. 15 August, 10pm. Par- stages at the event. More informa- larmonicademalaga.com Twitter: 14 August. Wild Side & Friends a Funk que El Majuelo. tion and tickets: https://starlitemar- @filarmonimalaga or Facebook: & Beyond. The orchestra returns to El Majuelo bella.com/en/ www.facebook.com/Filarmonica- 21 August. Daniel Casares accompa- with its Tour Kiss which includes Malaga. nied by Jorge Pardo. Piano recital. music from the 60s to present day. Classical 2021 28 August. Pilar Esteban ‘La Pili’, ESTEPONA. Until 3 September. Plaza Cazbah Live Lounge singer. 100% Estepona del Reloj. MIJAS COSTA. Doors open 8pm. Tickets from www.mientrada.net or ESTEPONA. Until 9 September. Vari- 6 August, 10pm. Piano recital. Avenida de Rota. from the ticket office from 7pm. ous venues. 3 September, 9pm. Duo Fajer, viola 6 August. Money Makers. The festival this year will feature and cello. 7 August. 90s disco with Amelinde Municipal band eight concerts by Estepona musi- and Laura. ESTEPONA. Sundays until 29 August, cians. A full agenda can be found on Blues Festival 8 August. Spice Jukebox Bingo. 9pm. Plaza del Reloj, Templete Maes- www.estepona.es LA HERRADURA. 28 August, 10pm. 13 August. Movie night with the Coo- tro Manuel Navarro Mollor. Castillo de La Herradura. vers. The concerts are dedicated to the Jazz and Blues Nights The Vargas Blues Band, Patricia Kraus 14 August. Five Minutes of Memory. province of Malaga with composi- TORREMOLINOS. Until 3 September, and Anne 4 (José Montalvo) will be Facebook: www.facebook.com/The- tions by Alfonso Guerra as well as 9pm. Parque de la Batería. Free. performing. Tickets: www.bravoen- CazbahLiveLounge Call or Whatsapp classical works, film tracks and 13 August. Hot Nasho Y Los Culpa- tradas.es. or from Librería Coral La 602535710 zarzuelas. bles. Susanna Ikebana, Estepona Herradura and Pub La Cochera. 30 WHAT TO DO August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

FLAMENCO Calvo Mora. Casa de los Navajas. FUENGIROLA. 13, 14, 15 August, Arroyo Totalán. Tel: 902220922. Peña Flamenca 2021 Salon Varietés Theatre. www.yelmocines.es THEATRE AND DANCE ESTEPONA. 6 August, 8pm. Plaza All singers, dancers, jugglers, comedi- Blackpink The Movie: 16.30 (Sun). Fuerzas Armadas. ans, magicians, choirs, drag artists etc Old: 21.15 (Tues). Bonela Hijo (vocals), José Fernandez Lion King Tribute are welcome to take part (all ages and Boss baby: Family Business: 17.15 (guitar) and Carmen González and ESTEPONA. 9 August, 8.30pm. Plaza abilities welcome). Submit a one min- (Tues). José Galván (dance). Reservations: de Toros. ute audition video (can be recorded on The Suicide Club 19.00 (Tues). 952803183 / 683141136 The Compañía Fiestasur is performing a phone) to fundraising@salonvarie- an adaptation of The Lion King with ties.com or send it by Whatsapp: Yelmo Cines, Vialia Caña Flamenca 2021 original songs and music. Tickets: tick- 604135860 You’ll need to be available MALAGA. Centro Comercial Vialia. ALMUÑÉCAR. 7 August, 10pm. Par- etentradas.com and emelleventos.es or for short performances during the Tel: 902220922 que El Majuelo. from the ticket office on the day. weekend of the 13-15 August. Blackpink The Movie: 16.30 (Sun. The fourth edition of Caña Flamenca Old: 19.40 (Tues). will be inaugurated by Manuel The Season of Dance Estepona Fashion Week Finalists Boss baby: Family Business: 17.10 Lombo. Tickets: redentradas.com, ESTEPONA. Until 4 September, ESTEPONA. 18 September, Parque (Tues). lacanaflamenca.com or on the eve- 9.30pm. various venues. Botánico-Orquidario. The Suicide Club 20.25 (Tues). ning of the show. 10 August. Danzaterapía with A fashion show by the finalists of the Inmaculada Chacón. Calle Villa. Estepona Fashion Week will take place Cinesur Miramar Demarco 17 August. La Milana, Gemma Sán- Fashion show, Estepona in the Carmen Thyssen gardens of the FUENGIROLA. Avda de la ALMUÑÉCAR. 9 August, 10pm. Par- chez. Parque El Calvario. Parque Botánico. Encarnación. Tel: 952198600. que El Majuelo. Chess games Suicide Squad: 19.30 (every day). MORE IDEAS O. V. FILMS Flamenco singer Demarco presents ESTEPONA. Until 27 August, Mon-Fri Space Jam: 16.45, 20.00 (Tues). his show Le Sonrío al Agua.Tickets in 7-10pm. Paseo Marítimo. SUR in English advises calling cine- The Boss Baby: 17.15 (every day). advance from Palacete de la Najarra. Drag Queen show The Escuela Municipal de Ajedrez mas to check for any last-minute TORREMOLINOS. 7, 14, 21, 28 31 (EMAE) has organised chess matches time changes. Lunchtime and late Cinesur Ingenio Tribute to Isabel Pantoja August. Torremolinos auditorium. to be played on the six giant chess night screenings weekends only. VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA. Avda Juan Carlos, ALMUÑÉCAR. 7 August, 10pm. Par- Gran Hotel de las Reinas is a drag show boards on the promenade as well as on 1. Tel: 667773187. que El Majuelo. with humour, dance and live music, it tables. The free games are open to Yelmo Cines, Plaza Mayor Suicide Squad: 17.15 (Tues). A flamenco show in tribute to Isabel stars Paca la Piraña, (from the series everyone. www.ajedrezestepona.com MALAGA. Centro de Ocio, Plaza Pantoja. Veneno), as the hotel receptionist and Mayor, Avda Alfonso Ponce León. Tel: Cine Albéniz with guests Arantxa Castilla La Man- Night visits and theatre in the 902902103. www.yelmocines.es. MALAGA. C/ Alcazaba, 4. Tel: Ciclo Flamenco cha, Carmen Farala, Dovima Nurmi, Botanical Gardens Blackpink The Movie: 13.00, 16.30 902360295. www.cinealbeniz.com TORREMOLINOS. Various venues. Drag Vulcano,Hugaceo Crujiente, Inti, MALAGA. 6, 20, 27 August, 3, 17 (Sun). Made In Italy: 16.45, 19.10, ´20.30, 10pm. Free with invitation: cul- Killer Queen, Pupi Poisson, Sagittaria September, 9.30pm. Jardin Botánico Old: 12.40 (Sun), 19.45 (Tues). 21.35 (every day). [email protected] and The Macarena. la Concepción. 9€. Boss baby: Family Business: 17.00 Ernst Lubitsch: Angel: 12 August, 7 August. Espectáculo Flamenco A theatrical tour of the gardens and (Tues). 8.30pm. Isaac de los Reyes. Casa de los Nava- Verano Joven 2021 the library of the old Casa Palacio The Suicide Club 21.00 (Tues). Moonrise Kingdom: 18 August, jas. TORREMOLINOS. Free classes and belonging to the Marquis of Casa Made In Italy: 19.40 (Tues). 10pm. 11 August. Manuel Roldán. Avda workshops. 12-35 year olds. Loring. Reservations: 951926180 Ernst Lubitsch: Heaven Can Wait: 19 Marifé de Triana. Get on stage (talent contest). 7, 12 Yelmo Cines, Rincón August, 8.30pm. 14 August. Cuadro Flamenco Fermín August. 9pm. Plaza San Miguel. Talent Competition RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA. C/ www.unientradas.es. Popular Celtic Festival brings night of Gaelic culture to Mijas

The festival will focus on The Stolen Gnomes will make modern and traditional their second appearance at the Celtic music, with an festival, having first performed during the 2019 edition. The Asturian pipers’ band and group has played at numerous several well-known venues, festivals and events in groups from Andalucía Southern Spain, supporting well- known acts such as Fairport Con- TONY BRYANT vention, Steeleye Span, Finbar Fury and Irish singer Nathen Car- MIJAS. Mijas town hall has teamed ter, considered a pioneer of coun- up with Big M Promotions once try and Irish music. again to host the third edition of The band is made up of some of Barcelona Trio Drónán will bring the essence of traditional Irish folk music and dance to Mijas. SUR the Celtic Festival, an event that the area’s top musicians, includ- presents a mixture of live music ing American vocalist and guitar- and entertainment, along with a ist Chicago Jim; and Mandolin Mick American instruments repro- talist Asturian band called ice between Fuengirola bus sta- themed market and typical Gaelic on banjo and mandolin, a former duces a fusion of Celtic, flamenco, Xábega. They will play outside tion and Mijas, which will run cuisine. member of the Dead Rabbits, the Berber and Afro-Cuban music. the auditorium before the doors twice an hour from 7.45pm. The festival will focus on mod- official Pogues tribute band. Other Barcelona Trio Drónán, who open, and also between the per- Admission to the festival, which ern and traditional Celtic music, talented members of the line-up transmit the essence of traditional formances of the other bands. begins at 8.45pm, is free, but tick- with an Asturian pipers’ band and include Trina, a classical violinist Irish folk music, will perform with ets (maximum of four) must be several well-known groups from who performs with the Malaga Phil- the Nuala Irish Dancers, a troupe Typical cuisine reserved at the tourist offices in Granada, Barcelona and Malaga. harmonic Orchestra; and flautist of dancers from the Barcelona The event will include a themed- Mijas Pueblo and La Cala de Mijas. The term Celtic generally re- Gary Skitterall, an instrumental- academy of the same name who street market (from 6pm) and Reservations can also be made fers to the languages and respec- ist who has performed support to have appeared at festivals all over typical Irish and Scottish cuisine, on [email protected] / turismola- tive traditions of Ireland, Scot- numerous celebrated bands, in- Spain. including a never-ending flow of [email protected], or by phoning land, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of cluding Queen. One of the highlights of the Guinness and a special hog-roast. 952589034 / 951063785. Man, Galicia, Asturias and Brit- Joining them on the stage of night will be the participation of A shuttle bus service will op- Current covid rules will be in tany and this festival will high- the municipal auditorium in Mi- the Austrian pipe band Payuela’s erate every 20 minutes between force, including social distanc- light the cultural customs of this jas will be Granada-based band Dúo, which was formed especially the quarry car park and the main ing between seats, a ban on danc- widely diverse culture. Supervivientes, a six-piece group for the event and consists of two square in front of the auditorium. ing and the wearing of a mask in- Popular Malaga-based group whose union of Gaelic and South pipers from a multi-instrumen- There will also be a free bus serv- side the auditorium at all times. August 6th to 12th 2021 31 SUR IN ENGLISH FOOD&DRINK

preparation of the product. One of the keys to success is also look- ing after the staff and keeping their loyalty. The example per- sonified is Cristian Barna, Las Palmeras’ 39-year-old espetero.. He was hired twelve years ago by Bernardo Murillo, Enrique’s grandfather, and had arrived in Malaga from Romania. His first words were for the person who gave him a chance when others only turned their backs: “He was the one who taught me this trade and I am very grateful to him. He was very demanding, but thanks to him I have been able to win this award now,” he said in gratitude. Cristian emphasised feeling especially satisfied “as it is the first time I have participated in this contest”. Group photo of the winners with the organisers and Asked about the secret of a good participants at El Balnerario. F. SILVA espeto, he highlighted two key as- pects: good ingredients and keep- ou can tell that a dish is ing control of the fire. The Y unique to an area when espetero, he added, will never be local people defend the good if he thinks that he is pre- best way to enjoy it tooth and nail. Malaga’s paring sardines to get by, wait- King Alfonso XII experienced this ing for a more comfortable when he was offered Malaga’s sar- job to come along. dine skewer (espeto) -“not like masters of “If you don’t like it, it will that Your Majesty, [eat it] with your be impossible for you to fingers”. The history behind it is stick it out,” he stressed. An embedded in the imagination of opinion also shared by Jorge the ‘Malagueños’ much like Se- grilling sardines Cortés, the espetero of La mana Santa is. Cepa Playa, a business Times are continually chang- founded in 1959. “It’s a job ing but there are some things that where you have to endure a lot never change. One of these is the of heat, but if you do it with pas- preparation of the espeto. Some- sion you’ll also enjoy it,” he ex- thing apparently simple but at the plained. same time incredibly unique. Sar- Gastronomy. Chiringuito Las  Cristian Barna, dines (between five and six of the Las Palmeras Commitment to local them) are threaded one-by-one Palmeras wins first prize in the espetero, watching products onto a metal skewer then brought IV Ruta del Espeto organised the sardines as At the awards ceremony, SUR’s to the exact point of readiness they are cooked in director of New Business, over charcoal embers which im- by SUR and Sabor a Málaga, the heat of the em- Federico Moret, stressed that “the bue the terraces of the beach bars and La Cepa Beach wins the bers. F. SILVA reason behind the initiative of with their characteristic aroma. the espeto route is to support Last Tuesday it was time once public vote Malaga products, which is some- again to pay tribute to tradition thing that the newspaper carries and to crown the chiringuito MATÍAS STUBER in its DNA”. (beach bar) that prepares the The vice president of the Dipu- best sardine espeto. tación, Juan Carlos Maldonado, The final of the fourth edition The crown for the best espeto had entered in the competition “This award makes me feel paid tribute to “the daily work of the Ruta del Espeto, organ- was disputed between five es- were La Cepa Playa from Fuen- very proud. We owe this to my you do to move forward your busi- ised by SUR and sponsored by tablishments in the province. girola, Pepe’s Beach from Este- grandfather. He opened Las nesses, in these difficult times”. Sabor a Málaga and the Diputa- Each one had just fifteen min- pona and Las Acacias, Las Palmeras, then my father took “You are the real architects of ción provincial authority, with utes to prepare two espetos that Palmeras and Narval Ma- it over and now it is a great hon- the economic recovery of the collaboration of Cruzcampo had to convince the jury com- risquería, from Málaga. our for me to be able to carry on Malaga,” he said. and the beach bar association posed of six professionals in the with the business,” explained The head of the Southern re- of the Costa del Sol, was held in hospitality industry and chaired Las Palmeras the owner after receiving the gion of Cruzcampo, Fernando El Balneario in the city. The cov- by SUR food critic, Enrique Las Palmeras was founded in award from the jury for the best Carrión, was also grateful: eted award went to the Las Bellver. 1981 in Pedregalejo and is run designated espeto. “For allowing us to be part of Palmeras chiringuito and by Going through to the final by the third generation of Enri- Tradition is written in bold at the family of the hospitality public vote, La Cepa Playa. from among forty places that que Murillo’s family. Las Palmeras, and not only in the industry”. 32 FOOD&DRINK August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

Brit business abroad

ANDREW J. LINN

Author’s note: here are many theo- since 1722, own Chateau T ries about the British Langoa Barton. They re- Many thanks to all those read- love of wine, none of sisted confiscation by the ers who pointed out the mis- them conclusive. Germans during the Second take in this column on 23 July, What is clear though is World War by pointing out wrongly attributing foul- that for a non-wine produc- that they were Irish. mouthery to Jamie Oliver in- ing country, as it has been The Blandy family has stead of Gordon Ramsay. until the last half century, been in Madeira since 1811, Apologies all round. wine has always been part and the Symingtons in of national life, and as a Oporto for nearly a century. common denominator there When multinationals WINE OF THE WEEK are few nations that can moved in between the boast such a long-standing 1920s and 1980s these Dorado Blanco Crianza wine culture, and home to families began selling out, An unusual and very inter- the oldest wine merchants. but until then integration esting Rueda wine made It was the English who es- had been complete. from Palomino grapes (the tablished themselves in Many expat businessmen ones used for sherry) and the wine producing regions to had taken local partners usual Verdejo of the region. source the best material for and intermarriage was com- Made like a export, and along with the mon, even expected. sherry – it Scottish and the Irish also In my years in Jerez I develops a feature prominently in knew countless members of flor – it is Jerez, Malaga, Madeira and the great sherry families absolutely Oporto. who had been educated in unique, These resourceful fami- the UK and spoke accentless though be lies adapted to the life of English. ready for an their chosen foreign regions Regrettably all this is lit- unfamiliar seamlessly, and there erally history, but the cen- taste. On of- are many anecdotes and tury was one of the most in- fer at Carre- memoirs. teresting eras for the Brit- four 6.90 The Bartons, in Bordeaux ish-Continental wine trade. euros.

The varieties are divided into two categories: those with yellow fruit (granadillas), and those with purple fruit, which are more in- tense and acidic. Passion fruit has been extensively studied for the complexity of its aromas. More than a hundred volatile esters make up its natural acidity which is com- plemented by notes of peach, cit- rus or even caramel in ripe fruit, (if you eat it fresh, wait until the skin is slightly wrinkled). This makes it a perfect ingredient for cakes and pastries, added to fruit salads, with yogurt, coconut or white chocolate. The natural acidity of passion The delicious and versatile vine fruits. SUR fruit lends itself to being used in vinaigrettes, marinades and sauces for barbecued meats, or in sea- soning for fish ceviches. Exotic passion fruit Passion fruit pulp oxidises eas- ily, but if you have surplus and want to preserve it, freezing it is a very are spreading across good option. The pectin in the seeds and the peel make it work the Axarquía very well in jams. Passion fruit is a perfect ingre- dient for cocktails, combined with AXARQUÍA MALAGA. Until recently, we were white spirits. In many Latin Ameri- more familiar with passion fruit can countries it is called parchita, Native to the tropical in fruit juices, yoghurts and cock- and is combined with orange and rainforests of Central and tails rather than as a fresh fruit. other fruits in non-alcoholic juices South America, Passiflora However, the Passiflora edulis and smoothies. As an acidulant, it plant, a vine native to the tropical can replace citrus in many soft edulis is grown in rainforests of Central and South drinks. In addition to the afore- gardens for its America, was planted in many gar- mentioned combinations, in des- spectacular blooms dens for the beauty of its blooms, serts it goes very well with dark or known as passion flowers, and milk chocolate, and it is also rec- ESPERANZA PELÁEZ many different varieties have been ommended combining it with cultivated with good results in the sisho, green algae and coriander Axarquía. seeds. August 6th to 12th 2021 33 SUR IN ENGLISH HEALTH&BEAUTY Environmental Human trials for one of the Spanish health experts warn of ‘explosion’ developed Covid vaccines postponed of tick numbers in Spain

The Phase 1 trial, with in Madrid, which had already around a hundred started looking for people will- SUR ing to take part. volunteers, was going “The reason why the planned MALAGA. The tick population to be carried out at the start of the clinical trial has been in Spain continues to increase, Hospital de la Paz in postponed is that it is waiting to a growth fired by the progres- Madrid know the response of the Span- sive rise in temperatures, ish Agency for Medicines and which causes these parasites R. C. Health Products (AEMPS) to the to be active for more months request for its authorisation,” of the year, claims the National MADRID. One of the Spanish vac- said the CSIC in a statement. Association of Environmental cines that is being developed to “It is totally false that the ad- Health Companies (Anecpla). reduce the effects of the Covid- ministration of the vaccine In Spain, up to twenty spe- 19 virus could suffer an unex- caused the death - by lung le- cies of ticks have been de- pected delay. sions - of one of the macaques tected, “some of which can This is because the team led used in preclinical trials,” it transmit serious diseases such by researcher Mariano Esteban added. as Crimean-Congo haemor- has not received authorisation According to those responsi- rhagic fever, Lyme disease or from the Spanish Medicines ble for the research, in Phase 1 viral encephalitis,” the asso- Agency (AEMPS) to begin hu- trials 112 volunteers were go- ciation warns. man trials of the Spanish vac- ing to be recruited, before pro- Ticks thrive mainly in fields, cine, as confirmed by sources gressing to Phase 2 with 500 in areas with vegetation and at the Higher Council for Scien- people and, finally between animals, but can also be found tific Research (CSIC). 20,000 and 30,000 volunteers in parks, gardens, swimming The CSIC is awaiting the re- would be evaluated in Phase 3 pools and even on the beach. port from the AEMPS that will tests. “Ticks are often found in tall assess the latest lab trials to be File photo of a health worker preparing a Covid vaccine. SUR The project consists of using grasses, making it easy for carried out with the vaccine, but a highly attenuated virus of the them to attach to both animals they do not know the precise of the process is due to the al- This Phase 1 trial, which was smallpox family as a vaccine ve- and people when they pass by, reason for the delay. However, leged death of a macaque that planned with around a hundred hicle to introduce the SARS-CoV- to feed on your blood,” ex- the public body has categori- was subjected to tests as a volunteers, was due to be car- 2 spike protein, which is what plained the head of Anecpla, cally denied that the stoppage ‘guinea pig’. ried out at the Hospital de la Paz allows the virus to enter the cells. Milagros Fernández de Lezeta. 34 HEALTH&BEAUTY August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISHENGLISH When everything itches

Suffering. Cases of atopic dermatitis have risen exponentially in the past ten years. Here are some tips, to help

SOLANGE VÁZQUEZ

t is often the case that things of contagious illness? ting an end to I that seem to be trivial inter- That would be a different mat- the itching lies fere the most in our lives. ter, wouldn’t it? And indeed it is with advances Nobody gets alarmed about an a major problem, and for an in- in medication, occasional itch - after all, who creasing number of people, be- and luckily “we hasn’t itched sometimes? - so cause cases of atopic dermati- are seeing the we don’t pay much attention to tis - which is the cause of 90 per light at the end it. It isn’t anything serious, just cent of cases of itching - have of the tunnel”, a bit annoying grown exponentially in the past said Ramos. However, what if that itching ten years. Four years ago, a biologi- went on and on, tormenting us It is estimated that over 10 per cal drug was discovered which day and night and keeping us cent of children now suffer from is effective against even the most awake? And if that feeling of this condition, although it im- severe cases of dermatitis, to itching and burning became so proves with adolescence and such an extent that in the future unbearable that we scratched hormonal changes, and disap- the condition will no longer ex- ourselves so much that it hurt, pears in 80 per cent of cases. ist. However, the problem at the while people looked at us sus- The worse variant, severe moment is that it is very expen- vere psoriasis - people who are piciously as if we had fleas or atopic dermatitis, affects around sive and difficult to access. “You affected can only turn to exist- were suffering from some type 0.24 per cent of the population should have seen how hard it ing treatments such as antihis- and makes the lives of sufferers was for me to get some to treat a tamines (although these only a real ordeal, no matter what age 12-year-old boy,” she said. block one of the molecular path- or gender they are. But if someone is suffering ways which cause the itching) What causes it? Experts say from unbearable itching, isn’t and corticosteroids (which im- several factors are involved, “but it worth them paying a bit more prove the dermatitis but have the genetic component is im- for it? side effects), and maintain strict portant,” said Begoña Ramos, a “No, we’re not talking about skincare routines to improve the specialist in dermatology at an affordable sum. The vast ma- itching. It is largely a matter of Igualatorio Médico Quirúrgico jority of people couldn’t pay it. avoiding irritants and protect- (IMQ). Correct care of the skin It costs thousands and thou- ing the skin by keeping it well or its exposure to irritant agents sands of euros a year; experts hydrated. can improve or worsen the situa- say it comes to around 20,000 “What happens with atopic tion, but the problem is that euros,” she added. dermatitis is that the skin bar- some people are born with it, Until this medication becomes rier, which is like a brick wall and there is little they can do cheaper - and that is something with cement, isn’t right: there about it. which will happen eventually, are holes in the bricks and the It means that the hope of put- just like the treatments for se- cement is poor quality,” said

“I have even wrapped myself in cling film to try to ease the itching”

África Luca de Tena, AADA Association, which has re- ping the skin in cling film... I’ve cently started a campaign of com- tried everything, all sorts of weird of the AADA edy monologues in Madrid and things, to see if it stopped the itch- Association of podcasts by patients to raise ing,” added África, who is used to awareness of the condition. people staring at her or offering Atopic Dermatitis “What people don’t understand folk remedies that are no use Sufferers is that the itching drives us mad, whatsoever. and it doesn’t just last for two or “Sometimes I have gone for a three days. It’s constant. When job interview and they have told “ I have had atopic dermatitis since people tell me not to scratch, I feel me they didn’t need anyone after I was a baby. I go through good like slapping them!” said África, all, and that wasn’t true,” she said. phases and bad ones. In 2012, for jokingly. She often has eczema “We have to put up with so much. example, 92 per cent of my body round her mouth and says people The itching, the pain, the flaking was covered with eczema, but I’m give her some very strange looks. skin, the wounds... and then peo- quite well at the moment and they “Bathing with coarse salt, mag- ple treat us as if there is something are really coming up with some net therapy, herbal pills, injec- wrong with us mentally. Some- revolutionary treatments now,” tions of your own blood, mud thing’s very wrong there, isn’t it?” said África Luca de Tena, of the wraps, glycerine and lemon, wrap- she said, seriously. AugustAugust 6th to 12th 2021 HEALTH&BEAUTY 35 SUR IN ENGLISHENGLISH

nothing inflames the the fabric needs to be breath- skin,” said Ramos. Fabric conditioners able. It is also important to re- Here is some Atopic skin is hypersensitive, so move the labels before wearing. guidance to help the external factors that may affect most severe cases it need to be limited or, if possi- Solution: You need to avoid fab- improve and may ble, eradicated altogether. Many rics that make you perspire, syn- even make moder- people’s atopic dermatitis has thetics and also wool, because it ate or mild cases, improved just because they is very itchy. which affect around stopped using products contain- “This is already something in- three per cent of ing perfume. stinctive. Someone with atopic adults, become un- dermatitis automatically steers noticeable. Solution: Don’t let chemical clear of those,” said Cristina products come into contact with Vega. the skin. Fabric conditioner, the Showering type that people put in washing and machines, is one of them. It is Stress hydration best not to use this, because traces of it always remain in the Atopic dermatitis sufferers agree Atopic skins clothes. that stress makes itching worse. are usually When they are anxious their con- very dry and dition gets worse and that af- that is a vi- Sunshine, a great ally fects their sleep. That’s another cious circle: problem to add into the mix. more dryness, Many sufferers hide away from more itching, more the sun because they think it is Solution: ”When I ask a patient scratching... the chain goes on aggressive for their skin, al- how they are sleeping, it gives and on. The problem of dry skin though others sunbathe a great me an idea of how serious their increases with age and especially deal because they think a tan dermatitis is and I try to pre- in diabetics and people who have makes the skin look better. Who scribe something that relieves it to take numerous medications. is right? and improves their sleep. If they get a good night’s rest their days Solution: ”Atopic skins improve The sun is very beneficial if used will be better, and the dermatitis greatly if you apply emollient with care. “It reduces the skin’s is likely to improve,” said Begoña creams. It’s a case of restoring immunity and that helps any Ramos. the skin barrier and therefore re- itching. In fact, phototherapy is ducing the frequency of out- used as a treatment, in cabins breaks” said pharmacist Cristina and under strictly controlled Don’t scratch Vega. This prevents water loss conditions,” said dermatologist and also reduces the itching. The Begoña Ramos. However, it is es- That’s so easy to say, isn’t it? But cream should be applied several sential to avoid excessive perspi- it is almost impossible not to times a day and at least once af- ration, as this can irritate; “You scratch when the itching get ter showering. Choose hypoaller- should also apply a good sun really bad. genic, fragrance-free emollients protection product for atopic that reduce the risk of skin sensi- skins, because they are made Solution: There are some tricks tisation. with very few ingredients,” said that can help. The first is to keep “It can’t be just any cream, it Cristina Vega. If you are going to busy, because the itching in-

IILLUSTRATION: must be one that is specifically sunbathe it should be at times of creases when the brain is idle and for atopic dermatitis, and you day when the sun is less intense, when you go to bed. It helps to pharmacist Cristina Vega, of the only have to apply a thin layer, and it is important not to overdo be tired when you retire for the Dermatology Group at the Span- because occlusion of the skin in- it: ten or 20 minutes is quite night, and to get up again if you LEAL ish Society of Family and Com- creases the risk of infections,” enough. can’t sleep. munity Pharmacy (SEFAC). She said sources at the AADA associa- Rubbing instead of scratching often uses this description to ex- tion of atopic dermatitis suffer- and applying something cold so plain the situation to the many ers. You should also shower in Clothes made with that sensation masks the itching patients who come to the phar- tepid water and use soap-free natural fabrics will also help. macy with this problem. gels as they are better for the Also, keep your fingernails short “They lack a protein which is skin. And the skin should always The choice of clothing is impor- and make sure they have no responsible for ensuring that be patted dry, never rubbed. tant: cotton or silk is best, and sharp edges... if all else fails. 36 August 6th to 12th 2021 SPORT SUR IN ENGLISH

Alberto Ginés’s gold medal has been one of the great surprises for Spanish medal EFE the Spanish team at the Games.

fter a bad start, Spain count reaches bronze in the men’s singles ten- his routine’s degree of difficulty A seems to have taken nis after Pablo Carreño defeated was 0.1 higher. Zapata sparked flight in the second week Serbian icon Novak Djokovic in moving scenes on the podium of the Olympic Games. double figures straight sets. by holding up a baby bib embla- They have managed to add an- The 20-time major champion zoned with the name of his other nine medals this week, made little effort to contain his daughter, Olympia. bringing the total to 12 since the frustration, as he threw his racket “I dedicate the medal to her, competition began. And there into the empty stands after miss- 100 per cent. She is two months are more to come, as Spain has ing out on a break point and old,” he said. several podium positions guaran- Last days. Spain closes the broke another by hitting it against teed before the Games end on the poles of the net. Carreño fell Sprint kayaking Sunday. second week of Olympic Games to the ground upon victory, over- Team Spain added three medals with 12 medals after a magical whelmed by his unexpected at the Olympic Games in Tokyo First gold achievement. between Monday and Wednes- Fatima Gálvez and Alberto Thursday in which the team won day, bringing its count up to 10. Fernández delivered their coun- two golds. The competition Peleteiro and Zapata Emotions ran high on Tues- try’s first gold at these Olympics Sunday also proved an emotional day as the Galician Teresa Portela in dramatic fashion on Saturday concludes this Sunday and more day for Spain. The Galician Ana claimed silver in the sprint kay- 31 July, winning the mixed team Peleteiro set a new national re- aking event. Competing in her trap shooting by a single point. medals are still guaranteed cord in triple jump (14.87) to se- sixth Olympic Games, the 39- After hitting only six of ten tar- for Spain cure a bronze medal in the year-old had never previously gets in the first round, the pair Tokyo Olympic Stadium, won a medal and was over the bounced back to beat Alessan- while 28-year-old Rayder- moon with her achievement. dra Perilli and Gian Marco Berti ley (Ray) Zapata (left) “Whoever persists, succeeds,” of San Marino 41-40, with claimed silver on the she said afterwards. “I have spent Fernández missing only one of men’s floor routine at the years fighting for this medal. Fi- his 25 shots throughout the Ariake Gymnastics Cen- nally, I’ve won it.” course of the final. Despite nar- tre. rowly missing out on victory, San The Spaniard’s sensa- Joan Cardona Marino will be delighted to have tional performance earned Also successful on the water on won its first ever silver medal. him a score of 14.933 - the Tuesday was Joan Cardona LAURENCE exact same as the gold medal- Méndez, who took bronze in the CRUMBIE Carreño in tennis list’s, Artem Dolgopyat, but the Heavyweight One Person Dingy To great surprise, Spain also took Israeli took first place because race, a sailing event won by Great August 6th to 12th 2021 SPORT 37 SUR IN ENGLISH

Britain’s Giles Scott. Méndez, 23, is the first person from Menorca, There are also Azahara Muñoz out of the Balearic Islands, to win a guaranteed medals in medal contention after medal in an individual title at men’s football and poor second round the Olympics, forging his own women’s waterpolo piece of history. Azahara Muñoz from San Pe- Sailing dro is out of medal contention Spain’s other bronze medal this in the golf at the Olympic week was delivered by Jordi kata competition at the Tokyo Games after shooting five Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez 2020 Olympic Games, where ka- over par in her second round. García-Paz in the Two Person rate debuts as an Olympic sport. Currently at +3, the Spaniard Dingy sailing. Sánchez strengthens her po- is 16 shots off the lead, which The pair were delighted as sition as best in the world, gain- is held by world number one they stepped onto the podium ing the 35th competition medal Nelly Korda of the United and dedicated their achievement of her life, and the most impor- States. Thus ends his Olympic to “all those who have suffered tant. dream, in which it was his considerably this year because first participation, which he of the pandemic”. More to come had attended without pres- But there are still medals to win Sandra Sánchez won gold in kaya karate. REUTERS sure and with the intention of Magic Thursday before the Games close on Sun- enjoying the experience. This Thursday was a particularly day. Spain, for example, is guar- After a respectable 18 holes good day for the Spanish team, anteed one in football. And it on Wednesday, Muñoz missed who obtained two new medals could be gold if they beat Brazil nearly a dozen birdie oppor- and secured more that will be in the final this Saturday. tunities on Thursday and confirmed in the coming days. Although the colour remains carded five bogeys. The cul- The highlight was the feat of to be determined, there is also a prit was her putting, which Alberto Ginés, now nicknamed medal guaranteed in women’s needs to be on top form to Spider-Man of Cáceres. At just waterpolo. And serious possibili- deal with the undulating, fast 18, he gave the Spanish delega- ties in other sports. greens of the Kasumigaseki tion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Despite the bad start, Spain Country Club in Saitama. Games the gold medal in the could still achieve its goal of get- Spain’s other contender, sports climbing discipline, be- ting close twenty medals in these Carlota Ciganda, has not fared ing the first Spanish climber in Olympics. much better and is currently history at an Olympic event. And it will be possible despite T30 on -1. The main question the numerous accumulated dis- now is whether the Olympic Karate appointments over this week golfers will be able to com- But it was not the only gold ob- from competitors expected to plete their four rounds, as a tained on Thursday. Spanish ka- make the podium: basketball, typhoon is due to strike on rate fighter Sandra Sánchez was handball, golfer Jon Rahm, swim- Saturday. also proclaimed champion in the mer Mireia Belmonte ... Fátima Gálvez and Alberto Fernández on the podium. REUTERS

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resent another country for a year. The last contribution to Russian ‘Competing in five Olympics was sport was my European record at the 1997 World Cup. My first Olym- pics for Spain was Sydney, where symbolic - five rings, five continents’ I won bronze again, in the 100-me- tre backstroke. Did representing three countries at the Olympics cause emotional differences for you? Nina Zhivanevskaya Former Olympic swimmer Not really. There were no differ- ences. Emotions, of course, are al- The two-time Olympic ways overwhelming. In sport, you medallist from are already happy if you qualify for Torremolinos the Olympics. For any athlete, the Olympic Games are a dream, and participated in five if you win a medal, then you feel Olympic Games and on top of the world. I was a 15-year- represented three old girl when I won my first Olym- countries pic medal. I was so happy and defi- nitely above all the physical bor- ders that are only important to poli- ALEKK M. SAANDERS ticians. Is patriotism, in your opinion, ir- TORREMOLINOS. Nina Zhivanevs- relevant at the Olympics? kaya has a long list of success sto- When I started to compete inter- ries. She has been a Soviet, Rus- nationally, at the beginning of the sian and Spanish backstroke swim- 1990s, my home country was fal- mer, two-time Olympic bronze me- ling apart, and many values were dallist (1992 and 2000), world re-examined at that time. It was champion, and multiple champion difficult to be patriotic. Moreover, of Europe, Russia and Spain and we, the athletes, lived in our own winner of the Mediterranean world - let’s say, the kingdom of Games. sports - where friendship, a healthy The Torremolinos resident, who spirit of competition and support founded and coaches youngsters were most important. Perhaps that at the local swimming club, com- is why I was able to win an Olym- peted in five Olympic Games in to- pic bronze medal in Barcelona. tal, between 1992 and 2008, un- As for patriotic feelings for a par- der three different flags. ticular country, for me, there was Watching the Tokyo Olympics no national team of a particular this week has been especially emo- country. For me, there was an or- tional for Nina, bringing back ganisation that believed in me and memories and a slight adrenaline gave me the opportunity to show rush when watching her own sport what I was capable of. - swimming. Did you retire because you knew you were not able to give your best Nina, how did you come to repre- anymore? sent three countries? Participating at five Olympics is a - I was born in Russia in 1977. In great achievement. After Sydney, that period my country was the Nina Zhivanevskaya now coaches at the Torremolinos swimming club she founded with her husband. SUR I represented Spain in Athens in USSR, the Union of Soviet Social- 2004 and in Beijing in 2008 where ist Republics. In 1991, that enor- hotel, where I accidentally met its I reached the semi-finals in the mous country was split into smaller director. We immediately got on 100m backstroke. I was aware that units, 15 republics. The following well. He didn’t know I was a swim- it would be difficult to win an Olym- year, Barcelona hosted the Sum- mer. I didn’t know where this story pic medal in Beijing, but it was im- mer Olympic Games, and it was was going to lead me. I ended up portant for me to participate. Af- decided to let sports people from falling in love with Francisco. I re- ter all, for me, the Olympics in Bei- the former Soviet Union (except turned to Russia, and we started jing were the fifth, and it just the Baltic states) participate to- building a long-distance relation- seemed to me symbolic - five Olym- gether for the last time under the ship. When he suggested we get pic rings, five continents. Frankly name Unified Team. Only at the married, I agreed. Everything hap- speaking, it was also morally im- 1994 Winter Olympics and the pened unpredictably, and lovingly. portant for me to get back into the 1996 Summer Olympics did the At that moment only two ques- sport, since in 2005 I gave birth to nations that were part of the Uni- tions arose - Where? and How? I a daughter. I proved to myself that fied Team start to make their Olym- had never had any plans to move or I was still capable of a lot. pic debuts as independent to live in another country, espe- After the Olympics in Beijing I countries. cially Spain. And I was considered announced my retirement from So, after that you started repre- one of the world’s top female back- competition. I wanted to concen- senting Russia... stroke sprinters, and it was obvi- trate on my family and devote my- At the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 I ous that some obstacles might ap- self to coaching at my swimming was a member of the Russian team. Nina, after winning bronze in 100-metre backstroke in Sydney 2000. EFE pear. Moreover, the transition of club in Torremolinos where I work By then we had our flag and our an athlete from one national team with my husband. anthem. As in Barcelona, I com- to another has always caused a lot There I feel the international at- peted in three events - 100-metres HER WORDS of misinterpretations. In the So- mosphere every day. I train kids backstroke, 200-metre backstroke viet Union, this definitely would who were born in different coun- and the 4 x 100 metres medley re- COMPETING LOVE be equated with dissidence. How- tries and now live on the Costa del lay. But unlike in 1992, when we “I was a 15-year-old girl “One day in 1999 I arrived ever, at that time ‘new’ Russia was Sol, or were born here but of par- won bronze in the medley relay, when I won my first on vacation in quite calm about this issue. ents of different origins. There are this time there were no medals. Olympic medal. I was so Torremolinos. I stayed at a Where in Spain did you start lots of people from Great Britain, Another change of countries came training? Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, later, but this time thanks to a love happy and definitely above hotel, where I accidentally I had to look for a swimming club among others. story on the Costa del Sol, is that all the physical borders met its director. I didn’t to continue my sports career. So, They speak different languages right? that are only important to know where this story in March 1997 I began to train in but they have one thing in com- One day in 1999 I arrived on vaca- politicians” would lead me” Malaga, at the Real Club Medi- mon - a love for sports and swim- tion in Torremolinos. I stayed at a terráneo. By law, I could not rep- ming. And for me, only that counts. August 6th to 12th 2021 SPORT 39 SUR IN ENGLISH

A LOOK AT LA LIGA Fans allowed back to ROB PALMER Commentator, Sky Sports La Rosaleda stadium The giant knight after 17 months The announcement of the agreement reached between La Liga and a private equity firm was unexpected The club has been be between 25 and 30 per cent prevented from putting on this occasion. Supporters who registered for season tickets on sale, the Malaguista Faithful (Fiel which will add to Malaguista) campaign a few financial pressures weeks ago, will receive priority ands up those who Ibiza as an unemployed foot- for the game and the club has H really understand the baller. ANTONIO GÓNGORA announced that they will only €2.7 billion deal struck Barcelona and the whole of sell one non-transferable ticket between La Liga and a private Spanish football needs Messi as MALAGA. The public will finally to each person equity firm? the poster boy; I’m sure even be allowed to return to Malaga The football club has also re- On the face of things, it looks Real Madrid recognise this. Any- CF’s La Rosaleda stadium on Sat- minded fans that the ground’s like a giant knight in shining ar- thing which ensures he’s out urday, 8 August, for the friendly bars will be closed, so there will mour has ridden into town with there from matchday one surely match against Tenerife. be no sale of food or drink dur- horse’s saddle bags full of cash, must be good. It will be the first game in front ing the match. just in time to ensure that Bar- Real may be wisely reticent on of fans after precisely 17 months celona have enough money to an agreement that gives faceless of matches being played behind Signing of Peybernes re-sign Lionel Messi. money men such a huge say in closed doors - without specta- Malaga CF has made another The announcement was the destiny of La Liga. Their tors or any kind of atmosphere. signing official this week, the dropped, as they say in PR these president Florentino Pérez The last game with a crowd in Frenchman Mathieu Peybernes, days, in an unexpected fashion. would like to be the driving force the stands was on 8 March 2020, a 30-year-old defender. The foot- It was very similar to the pro- from his Bernabéu office rather for a league match against Zara- baller has signed for two seasons. posed European Super League - than brokers on Wall Street. goza. This is already the sixth sign- a bolt out of the blue. Barça president Joan Laporta. A.G. It’s a developing story. In the On Saturday, fans will be able ing to join the team, in addition The difference here is that short term, the headlines will be to enjoy live football again, but to the renewed Chavarría and Real Madrid are against it rather about the money allowing Messi not all who want to go will be able Jozabed. Peybernes comes from than behind it. The bottom line is they are to re-engage with Barcelona. to attend, because there will be a Almeria, with whom he termi- I’ve scoured many sources to throwing €2.7 billion into the But, in the long term, it may take capacity restriction after the re- nated his contract, but had see if anyone can make sense of pot just as the major clubs are Spanish football to another bound in Covid-19 infections in played the previous season at this timely windfall. But even struggling to manoeuvre their level. recent weeks. Zaragoza, who wanted to keep the most seasoned of writers way through the minefield of Fi- It needs an overhaul. Look at The Malaga club, in fact, still him for this season. seem to have just re-written the nancial Fair Play regulations. the difference in the finances does not know how many spec- In the end, he chose to come jazzy press release. As it stands, Barcelona can’t between La Liga and Premier tators will be allowed by the Junta to Malaga after having several In a nutshell, the money men re-sign Lionel Messi nor be sure League clubs; look at the way de Andalucía, although it could offers in the category. from CVC Capital Partners have of playing their summer sign- the Champions League is mar- done a deal for 10% of the ings when the new season starts keted; look at the slick Bundes- league rights and they will over- next weekend. liga operation. see a complete modernisation of If the deal can be ratified, In Spain, we only know the the business model of Spanish Barça may get a windfall of €260 confirmed dates and kick-off football. million, according to the Finan- times for the first three rounds All the PR talk is about digiti- cial Times, and the men in suits of matches. Fans, TV stations sation, improvement of infra- will be their fairy godmother. and the travel industry are con- structure and transforming To market La Liga to a wider tinually frustrated by the lack of Spanish football into a ‘truly audience they need Messi out organisation. global entertainment business’. there in the spotlights on the The money is very welcome, Most fans will glaze over after Camp Nou stage for global ad- yet the biggest advantage may reading that. miration and not holidaying in be the promised revolution. The public will return to La Rosaleda stadium. ÑITO SALAS 40 SPORT August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

Spanish Malaga boat in the lead after the first series national cricket team come of the traditional King’s Cup regatta to Cártama

In the Women’s Cup class, the Malaga crew LAURENCE CRUMBIE of the Cosentino-Les MALAGA. The Spanish national Roches Group were cricket team are coming to fifth on Wednesday train at the Cártama Oval, Malaga, this weekend as part ESTHER REQUENA of the forthcoming interna- tional warm-up games. The MALAGA. The Teatro del Soho Caix- event will be attended by tele- aBank, the sailing boat of Javier vision crews, Cricket España Banderas - and named after his - the federation of cricket in celebrity brother’s Malaga theatre Spain -and the mayor of Cár- - went into the final series of the tama on Friday 6. 39th Copa del Rey de Vela, the The original plan was to King’s Cup of sailing, in the lead take part in an ICC T20 on Thursday. ranked quadrangular series The boat based at the in Germany alongside France Benalmádena Puerto Deportivo and Norway, but travel was started in first position in its cate- prevented due to Covid-19 re- gory despite having lost its un- strictions. beaten record in the first test on As a substitute for this, the Wednesday. It won again in the national squad are coming to second heat of the day, however. Malaga to sharpen their bowl- Thursday saw the start of the fi- ing and batting skills in nal series of this competition, preparation for the European which takes place in Palma de Mal- Cricket Championship (ECC), lorca with the participation of King which will run from 13 Sep- Felipe. Each boat began with a tember to 8 October and be number of points equivalent to the held in Cártama. position of the previous series. Spain will open the inau- In the Women’s Cup, the Malaga The Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in the bay of Palma de Mallorca. RICARDO PINTO. 39 COPA DEL REY MAPFRE gural and eagerly awaited crew of the Cosentino-Les Roches competition in a high adrena- Group were fifth on Wednesday in Swan 36, the Natalia in Swan This 2021 edition is special in line, T10 match against Bel- María Fiestas and Cristina The 37th edition in 2018 42, the From Now On in ORC 1, that it marks the resumption of the gium, with England sched- Leyva’s crew won in the first round had an impact of 17.5 Laplaza Assessors in ORC 3 , the competition after the suspension uled to play their first game of the day, and added a fifth and a Alegre in IRC 1 and the Patakin in of last year’s event as a result of on 27 September. second place later that day. In the million euros on the J70. the pandemic. Its economic im- Embraced by green banks lead after the initial series was the economy of Mallorca A total of 105 boats from four- portance is also evident. The 37th and backdropped by the sub- Dorsia Covirán Sailing Team. teen countries participate in what edition in 2018 had an impact of lime sierras, the Cártama Oval Leading the rest of the classes is considered the most prestigious around 17.5 million euros on the is the ideal venue for players is the Hatari in Swan 50, the G spot trophy in the Mediterranean. economy of Mallorca. and spectators alike.

ÑITO SALAS Five years after professional padel was last in Malaga city, the World Padel The World Padel Tour (WPT) returns to the capital of the Costa del Sol in its final phase. And it Tour returns does so with top-level matches that will take place until this Sunday, 8 August. In the image, the mayor of the city, Francisco de la Torre, plays padel to Malaga in Muelle Uno during the presentation of the sporting event. August 6th to 12th 2021 41 SUR IN ENGLISH 42 August 6th to 12th 2021 SUR IN ENGLISH

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Pisces February 20th – March 20th Seeing the bigger picture could help you make wiser decisions and enable you to connect with someone better than you might.

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Virgo August 24th – September 23rd Trust your intuition and you’ll do well. Don’t ignore an intuitive nudge if it tells you to go somewhere or call someone, as good things may happen if you do.

Libra September 24th – October 23rd This week you’ll also need some peace and quiet, as other factors suggest this is a good time to upgrade your inner game and revamp your approach to various issues.

Scorpio October 24th – November 22nd BATTLESHIPS CIRCLEGRAM As Mercury arrives in Virgo you could make a concerted effort to move in new Instructions Find where Instructions circles, bringing fresh opportunities the fleet of ships (1 Replace the your way. You may make excellent battleship, 2 cruisers, 3 question mark with progress with a key goal. destroyers, 4 submarines) a letter so that the are hidden in the grid. The letters in each circle numbers to the right of Sagittarius can be arranged to and below the grid indicate November 23rd – December 21st form words, names how many of the squares in You could be drawn in by a scheme that or terms on a that row are filled in with seems lucrative. However take a common theme. ships or parts of ships. The broader look, as over the long term it What are the three ships do not touch each words, and the might be a lot of hard work. other, even diagonally. letter represented Some have been filled in to by the question Capricorn start you off. December 22nd – January 20th mark? You’ll have an opportunity to turn a Battleship tricky issue to your advantage, Cruiser especially if it involves business or money matters. Despite things looking Destroyers awkward, you could do very well. Submarines August 6th to 12th 2021 TIME OUT 47 SUR IN ENGLISH

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he Ferrari driven by Fer- T nando Alonso, Miguel In- duráin’s bike and the shoes worn by Usain Bolt in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are just some of the exclusive items on dis- play in the Leyendas de Deporte (Legends of Sport) exhibition which opened at the town museum in Fuengirola this week. The display contains more than 500 items re- lating to the greatest achievements in Spanish and international sport and can be visited until 19 Sep- tember. Entry is free. There are items from differ- ent sports including cycling (Miguel Induráin’s bike and yel- low jersey from the Tour de France), athletics (the shoes Alonso’s Ferrari, a real eyecatcher. SUR Usain Bolt was wearing when he won a gold medal in Rio in 2016), ‘Juanito’ and Teresa Zabell, of basketball (tops and shoes worn whom, she said, the town is es- by NBA players Magic Johnson, pecially proud. Michael Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar, A trip through Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol), ten- Opening hours nis (Nadal and Santana), bad- The Leyendas de Deporte ex- minton (Carolina Marín) as well hibition is open at the Museo as Olympic torches, among many sporting de la Cuidad on Calle María others. Josefa Larrucea (close to The exhibition also includes Bioparc) from Tuesdays to photographic and audiovisual history in Sundays from 6pm to 10pm material and there are areas and also from 10am to 2pm where visitors can try their skills on Saturdays and Sundays. at classic table football or their “There are some really in- speed on a Tartan Track. 500 exhibits teresting things here which are At the official opening, the well worth coming to see. I think mayor of Fuengirola, Ana Mula, people who enjoy sport will love pointed out that the display also it, because it is incredible to see includes a section dedicated to Authorities so many items in this exhibition, local champions Juan Gómez admire a canoe including Fernando Alonso’s Fer- Fuengirola. The new Legends used previously by rari, which is almost worth see- of Sport exhibition is free Saúl Craviotto, ing just on its own. The car’s en- who has been gine has been removed, but the The exhibition includes to visit and is on at the competing for bodywork is here and it is really items used by Alonso, Bolt, town’s museum until Spain this week in impressive,” said the mayor. Gasol, Santana and Nadal, 19 September Tokyo 2020. SUR “We are very pleased to host among other international this exhibition, because it is an excellent reminder of some of sporting stars ANDREA JIMÉNEZ the greatest successes in the his- tory of sport.”