A week has passed since Mrs. Michelle Obama left the luxurious Villa Padierna Hotel Marbella to fly off to Mallorca to meet King Juan Carlos and other members of the Spanish Royal family. Four little days the First Lady stayed on the Costa del Sol, but the impact of her visit is infinite. Like a modern day Midas, Mrs. Obama has turned to gold everything...

Midsummer MADNESS… Marbella is famed for its party crowd, and nowhere more than Nikki Beach, but the annual Champagne World Tour parties are the piece de resistance…. Nikki Beach is one of the largest consumers of champagne in Spain, and now they have switched to Tattinger in favour of Piper Heidsieck by the way…. and a peak...

FIA sees RED with Ferrari. We watched Fernando Alonso sail past a fuming Felipe Massa on the Hockenheim circuit in Germany following team orders to let him past. The spoiled young Spaniard should remember what it’s like to fight for a win – what a joke for the Sport of F1. Following their controversial one-two result at the German Grand...

There is quite a fuss going on in Marbella about the future of the western “Marbella” arch which is now half demolished as building work and controversy goes on all around it. Facebook groups, interviews in El País, and people getting hot under the collar about whether the arch should be reinstated once the road works to build the San...