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Alastair Robertson
Visit by the Tertulia de Amigos del 25 de Julio to London
On Sunday 12th May 2019 ten members of the Tertulia de Amigos del 25 de Julio of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and four wives arrived in London to stay at the Strand Palace Hotel, where they were joined by ‘their man in England,’ to learn more about the great British hero, Horatio Nelson. The Tertulia was formed over twenty ...Full Article
Tobacco in Tenerife
Today you wouldn’t think of the Canary Islands as having a tobacco industry, but the evidence is there to see in the shady Plaza del Pato in Santa Cruz. ...Full Article
Tenerife heritage? Tenerife national trust?
A notice to you, the reader; this article is more of a plea to the cabildo and the ayuntamientos, the central government and local governments of Tenerife, than my normal ...Full Article
THE SPY
When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Spain was in ruins, the country had been devastated by the civil war that had ended only months before, and ...Full Article
All about skulls
Speaking of skulls, which we weren’t, show me a skeleton and I can say “That’s a skeleton” as good as the next man. Show me a tibia or a ...Full Article
The vanished convents of Tenerife
While travelling around Tenerife you might have noticed that there are churches and chapels and wayside shrines all over the island. But what are missing are monasteries and convents. In Britain, ...Full Article
Remembering British war dead
Recently we remembered those who gave their lives in the First World War. This article is about men who died in a battle long before.Full Article
“Torre del Conde” of La Gomera
Through the pages of the ‘Tenerife News’, may I make a suggestion to the Cabildo of Gomera, the Ayuntamiento of San Sebastian and the University of La Laguna, that an archaeological ...Full Article
Kings and queens
In Santa Cruz the Museo de Bellas Artes in Calle Jose Murphy, next to the Plaza del Principe, houses a collection of paintings and sculptures dating from the 16th century to ...Full Article
Hugh Salvin and Simon Bolivar “The liberator” of South América
On 5th January 1824 HMS ‘Cambridge’, under the command of Captain Thomas Maling, set sail from England for South America to take four British Consuls, their families and their staff, ...Full Article
