Interviews

Talking Rubbish: Interview At Lanzarote’s Dump

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Almost everything you throw away on Lanzarote ends up in the heart of the island, at the Environmental Complex located in the volcano of Zonzamas. Each month, 4,000 refuse lorries pass through the white gate to deposit rubbish created by 160,000 residents and the 80,000 tourists who are on the island at any given time. We entered the volcano last month to meet the Cabildo’s Solid Waste councillor, Domingo Cejas.

Behind The Sequins: Paul’s Path To Guapatini’s

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From West End stages and Drag stardom, Paul Burnham’s journey as performer has been anything but ordinary. Now, as the force behind Guapatini’s Showbar Lanzarote, he shares his story of resilience, reinvention, and glittering success.

Throwing Shade In All The Right Places – One Blind At A Time

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If there’s one constant on Lanzarote – it’s the sunshine – and every visitor has looked for shade at one time or another. Richard and Shelley at AMU Blinds Lanzarote (blindslanzarote.es) recognised this and decided to bring their expertise to the island. We spoke to them last month.

Interview with Arrecife Mayor Yonathan de León

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At 41 years of age, Yonathan de León is the youngest ever Mayor of Lanzarote's capital and most populous council district, Arrecife.

Lanzarote’s only record label talks vinyl

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Malpaís Records is the only record label producing vinyl records on Lanzarote. We chatted to label boss Carlos “Charlie” Romero last month.

5 years of Indian Delights

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Indian Delights celebrates half a decade in business this August, and, if you know the restaurant, you'll know that the anniversary is going to be celebrated in glorious fashion. Owners Ramesh and Sara Saraswati look at the past five years and to the future.

“Lanzarote’s should be quality, not numbers”

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In Part Two of the interview we carried out with Cabildo President Oswaldo Betancort in May we address the hot topics of tourism and housing.

“We don’t want to grow, we want to improve”

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José Juan Cruz has been the mayor of Tías since 2019 and also served in the same position from 1995 to 2011. “Pepe Juan”, as he’s known to almost everyone in the town, has long experience of governing a council area that includes some of the loveliest rural areas of Lanzarote as well as its biggest and oldest resort, Puerto del Carmen. We chatted to him last month.

Lanzarote’s Special Craft Beers

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Long famous for its wine, Lanzarote is now the most important of the Canary Islands for craft beer production, with three well-established microbreweries producing a tempting range of high-quality beers. We spoke to the island’s three pioneer brewers last month.

Interview with Lanzarote President Oswaldo Betancort

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After 12 years as Teguise Mayor, Oswaldo Betancort became the President of Lanzarote’s island government, the Cabildo, in 2023, where his party, the Coalición Canaria, currently rules with the support of the Partido Popular. We recently had the opportunity to interview him and will be publishing his responses over the next two issues. In the first instalment, we address new projects, the water crisis, transport and the environment: