Moroccan goatherd who fought for Franco

Or rather, to get slightly richer rather quicker than would otherwise have been the case. He gets a monthly Spanish government pension of €3. One of a series of profiles in El Mundo.

More amusing translation

“It is found in the Catalan region of Pendeés, in the upper area witch rise 216 meters.” What you see depends on how much you drink, or on how much Capità Vidal is prepared to pay for translations.

UFOmism

Communist film-maker and translator Joaquim/Joaquín Jordâ died last month. One of his last productions was Veinte años no es nada, a red-tinted nostalgiamentary which traces the subsequent careers of some of the participants in the occupation and brief management by workers of the failed Numax fridge factory in Barcelona 25 years ago. Juan Manzanares and…

Frying pan/fire

Tim Stannard at La Liga Loca suggests that coach Javier Clemente may not be the smartest bet for a Serbian national team in desperate need of an image upgrade. Dutch coaches seem to travel rather better.