It’s not every day you see a man walk by with a cat lying across his shoulder, but this day in Malaga I did. He was squeezing some kind of paste on to his finger, which I presume may have been a treat for his cat. That cat was very interested in what he was…

The new year was welcomed by fireworks lit by a random guy in Plaza de la Marina in Malaga. I thought there would be spectacular fireworks over by the lighthouse as the clocks struck 12, but no, the skies remained empty. We turned away and saw fireworks lighting the sky next to the towering Hotel…