The Canaries will not enforce the new national law that prohibits sunbathing without a mask, and will hope to rely on a loophole in the law that permits measures to be “authorized by local health authorities.”

A meeting between the Spanish government and regional leaders today will examine whether any changes can be made to the new national law ordering that masks must be worn at all time in public places, including beaches and pools while sunbathing and while walking in the countryside.

As the 90-day deadline approaches for non-resident British citizens in Spain, an article that has been widely shared on social media has made suspicious and unsubstantiated claims about the intentions of the Spanish authorities.

We visited the current exhibition dedicated to Lanzarote’s rural and coastal women at the Casa Amarilla in Arrecife’s city centre and discovered a fascinating and thought-provoking glimpse at a not-too-distant way of life that seems unimaginable now.