How To Make Lamb Rogan Josh

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Discover the deep, warming flavours of this Indian-style mutton curry, inspired by the classic rogan josh. Perfect for slow cooking, this dish highlights the rich, distinctive taste of mature mutton.

2026 Lanzarote Important Dates

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Lanzarote faces a busier year than ever in 2026, although signs towards the end of last year suggest that, while tourism continues to thrive, tourist spending is decreasing. The housing crisis, water situation and pressure on public services are likely to dominate the news as they did last year, and the new Canarian rental law will also come into effect.

Spain’s Assault on the Self-Employed

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Hundreds of thousands of self-employed workers all over Spain have received extremely nasty surprises over the last couple of years. For many of them, the COVID crisis of five years ago is far from over…

UPTOMOON: The Sky’s The Limit!

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UPTOMOON in Playa Honda, is a state-of-the-art photography studio with some incredible new features. Last month we visited and chatted to owner Eileen, who told us about this fantastic venture.

UK Blood Ban Lifted in Canary Islands

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The Canarian Health Service has called for blood donors urgently, and has confirmed that it has lifted the ban on donors that applied to anyone who had spent six months in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1997.

Interview with the President of Lanzarote’s Emergency Consortium “A minute saved can be a life saved”

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Lanzarote’s main fire station, or Consorcio Insular de Emergencias (Island Emergency Consortium) is located in northern Arrecife, a few streets away from the hospital. Outside the building are a row of shiny, brand new fire engines, a jet-ski and a recently-installed metal tank with a winch that will be used to thoroughly extinguish fires in electric vehicles.

Review of Lanzarote’s 2025

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2025 saw Lanzarote fuller than ever, with more residents and tourists 2025 on the island than ever before, more cars on its roads and more demands on public services.

Reader’s Letters – January 2026

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Our readers regularly send us messages and emails regarding Lanzarote, here are some of your thoughts that we printed in the January edition.

How To Make Potaje de Berros

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Watercress is, perhaps surprisingly, a staple food on the Canary Islands. a surprise in dry Lanzarote, perhaps, but the peppery superfood has long been cultivated in the western Islands. This hearty soup is a speciality of La Gomera, and is one of the best ways to enjoy gofio.

UD Lanzarote in a sticky patch

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There’s no stopping our football correspondent Ian Lane. Last month he was laid up in Arrecife’s general hospital after a knee operation, but despite severe pain and being doped up to the eyeballs, he still managed to send us his report. Get well fast, Ian!