I recently took part in the ‘Carrie on Talking‘ radio show hosted by Carrie Frais in Barcelona – a sort of Desert Island Discs. I had to choose 8 songs that have had an impact on my life. I didn’t know what to expect, but I actually found it quite an emotional thing to do. Have a listen, if you’re interested …

Belated post … this is The Weekly Noticias show No.17, broadcast on 25 July 2018 on MetroFM in Barcelona. We return this evening (Weds 19 Sept) for Show No.18, which will also be broadcast on Madrid City Council‘s public radio station, M21 on 20 Sept. More news on all this to follow. Watch this space …

Video & Podcast for Show No.17 (25 July 2018)

The Weekly Noticias returned at the start of July, and we’ve already broadcast 3 more shows on MetroFM in Barcelona on 4 July, 11 July & 18 July. Videos and podcasts are below for each of these latest shows. We’re doing one more show on 25 July before returning mid-September. Before then, we will also be announcing some very exciting news. Watch this space …

Video & Podcast for Show No.16 (18 July 2018)

Video & Podcast for Show No.15 (11 July 2018)

Video & Podcast for Show No.14 (4 July 2018)

Here’s a link below to the podcast of The Weekly Noticias Show No.13, hosted by me and broadcast on Weds 25th October 2017 on Radio Kanal Barcelona, with guests Xavier Castells, Chris Groves, Sue Flack, Paul Owen, Jon Groves & Viveka Nilsson.

Topics and questions come up about: Andrew Marr & Alfonso Dastis, Spain’s Foreign Minister, Article 155, Halloween outfits, Ronaldo & Zidane, Donald Trump, Justin Timberlake, the Boy Scouts of America, toxic bracelets, condoms, Theresa May, Juncker, 1984, turkeys, the Charge of the Light Brigade, fighting elephants, the best way to pronounce ‘barba’ in Spanish, Mike Crapo & Butch Otter from Idaho (and the best way to pronounce Idaho). All wrapped up with a beautiful song from Xavi Castells and his ukulele.

You can also follow The Weekly Noticias on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, iTunes and iVoox … and soon on TV. In the meantime, sit back, have a glass of wine, listen to the 13th show’s podcast via Soundcloud right here, and enjoy:

It’s back … The Weekly Noticias! It was a bit of shaky start to Season 2 (the sound technician is apparently still on the beach), but we’re definitely back. Here’s a link below to the podcast of Show No.11, hosted by me and broadcast on Weds 11th October 2017 on Radio Kanal Barcelona, with guests Xavier Castells, Jon Groves, Viveka Nilsson & Myriam Harrag.

We decided to avoid the Spain-Catalonia crisis this week, and discuss the “other news” that we know everyone wants to hear about: Harvey Weinstein’s dressing gown, Donald Trump’s IQ, Google’s tax bill, Napoleon’s penis, Boris Johnson’s middle names, Rajoy’s marathon, Gwyneth & Brad (& Angelina), Xavi’s ukulele, and the first woman to walk in space. …

You can also follow The Weekly Noticias on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, iTunes and iVoox … and soon on TV. In the meantime, sit back, have a glass of wine, listen to the 11th show’s podcast via Soundcloud right here, and enjoy:

Here’s a link below to the podcast of Show No.10 of The Weekly Noticias, hosted by me and broadcast on Weds 26th July 2017 on Radio Kanal Barcelona, with guests Jon Groves, Marcela Topor, Susie Duguid, David Sanmiguel and Viveka Nilsson.

In the show, questions come up (among many others) about: Freddie Mercury, Anthony Scaramucci (and the fandango), Sean Spicer, Barcelona’s 1992 Olympics, Dunkirk, the Tour de France, Beyoncé, Linkin Park, Castro, Dalí’s moustache, colluding with Russians, long lunches, body clocks, scraping the barrel, Mick Jagger, Columbo & Clouseau …

Show No.10 was the last show of ‘Season 1‘ – and ‘Season 2‘ will kick off in mid-September. A fly-on-the-wall documentary (or maybe it’s a mockumentary) is in development. You can also follow The Weekly Noticias on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, iTunes and iVoox … and soon on TV. In the meantime, sit back, have a glass of wine, listen to the 10th show’s podcast via Soundcloud right here, and enjoy:

Here’s a link below to the podcast of Show No.9 of The Weekly Noticias, hosted by me and broadcast on Weds 19th July 2017 on Radio Kanal Barcelona, with guests Chris Groves, Stephanie Figueira, Neil Stokes, Jon Groves and Mario Pedrol Echternkamp.

In the show, questions come up (among many others) about: Pedro Sanchez, Mariano Rajoy, Carles Puigdemont, Dr.Who, Roger Federer, olive ‘ebola’, Game of Thrones, Ed Sheeran, Donald Trump, Brigitte Macron, Daft Punk, Barcelona’s foreign population, Don Quixote, Winnie the Pooh & Xi Jinping, Jeremy ‘Jezza’ Corbyn, Clint Eastwood, Brexit, ‘Liz & Phil’, au pairs, low-cost flights, Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada, Benedict Cumberbatch, Garibaldi, speedos and Quasimodo …

Follow The Weekly Noticias on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, iTunes and iVoox … and soon on TV. In the meantime, sit back, have a glass of wine, listen to the 9th show’s podcast via Soundcloud right here, and enjoy:

Here’s a link below to the podcast of Show No.8 of The Weekly Noticias, hosted by me and broadcast on Weds 12th July 2017 on Radio Kanal Barcelona, with guests Chris Groves, Xavier Castells, Jess Klingspor, Viveka Nilsson, Jon Groves, and Swedish musician & singer Andreas Lundstedt from ‘Alcazar’.

In the show, questions come up (among many others) about: Felipe VI & Letizia, Ivanka Trump, Swedish meatballs, ‘crying in the discotheque’, Julio Iglesias, paternity suits, Sting, the fruity Spanish Foreign Legion, Wayne Rooney’s pyjamas, the number of Swedish Miss Universes (3), reindeer, Pamplona, Iberia Airlines, Messi’s salary, Orangemen, the Rolling Stones, frog’s legs, the Eurovision Song Contest, Gibraltar, Brexit, and why The Queen is replacing the Duke of Edinburgh with Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah. And our resident Spanish comedian makes a logical sentence out of the words ‘sex appeal (sexapil), downtown, bromance, staycation, equerry, pancake (panqueque) and orange’.

Follow The Weekly Noticias on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, iTunes and iVoox … and soon on TV. In the meantime, sit back, have a glass of wine, listen to the 8th show’s podcast via Soundcloud right here, and enjoy:

Here’s a link below to the podcast of Show No.7 of The Weekly Noticias, hosted by me and broadcast on Weds 5th July 2017 on Radio Kanal Barcelona, with guests Chris Groves, Charlie Pee, Jaume Pamies, Francis Wardley & Frank Blunt (aka Rick Broadbent).

In the show, questions come up (among many others) about: Wimbledon, strawberries, Jeremy ‘Jezza’ Corbyn, WrestleMania (CNN & Trump), cannabis in Catalonia, Cristiano Ronaldo’s twins,  Messi’s wedding dance, Annie Lennox, text-walking lanes in Antwerp, Deep Purple and ‘Els Segadors’, bleeding badly from face-lifts (thanks to Trump’s Tweets), Estonia’s ‘eResidency’ permits, monkeys in silk dresses (and wearing ties in the Houses of Parliament), Arthur Ashe, Venezuela, colonies, the length of a giraffe’s tongue, and Clint Eastwood’s Adam’s apple.

Follow The Weekly Noticias on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, iTunes and iVoox … and soon on TV. In the meantime, sit back, have a glass of wine, listen to the seventh show’s podcast via Soundcloud right here, and enjoy: