JO BLOGS

Straight-talking reflections from home and abroad, on business, politics, health and sport

15 July 2026

THE GOOD, PART 2: WELCOME TO A WHOLE NEW [TENNIS] WORLD! I arrived in the then Czechoslovakia in 1990. No need to go into all the details...

12 July 2026

PART ONE: The Good Introduction I grew up in a wealthy country town in the South of England in the 60s and 70s. We didn’t have any money,...

28 January 2022

As is now becoming a habit, I started this blog whilst being a ‘guest’ on Eurowings, flying back from Prague to Malaga. I mentioned what...

17 January 2022

Yesterday morning we set off back to Prague for a few days, leaving our house just after the announcement was made that Nole (i.e. Novak...

12 January 2022

Anyone that has been reading my blog over the last couple of years will know that two of the things that I am most interested in are...

23 December 2021

fruit and veg at the local market As it gradually gets a bit cooler down here in Marbella, and with the numbers, even in Andalusia, rising...