For the last three weeks the sleepy village of Santolaya de Cabranes (pop. 174) has been home to 26 university students drawn from the four corners of Spain, participants in a summer theatre workshop camp which culminated in a hugely successful performance of ‘teatro en la calle’ on Friday night. The picturesque village served perfectly […]
Odd Socks and Semiotics*
We were in the car on the way to nursery when I noticed that Jack was wearing odd socks. Oops. The Spanish authorities probably take children into care for less. Already, he is the only child in nursery who doesn’t wear a ‘mandilón’ – a sort of old-fashioned, long-sleeved, collared pinafore worn to protect the […]