Metrosexual Man, it would seem, was with us but a short time and has now been replaced by Technomacho Man. Although narcissistic, the latter is slightly less obsessive about his appearance but very keen on the latest technology, especially when it comes to mobile phones. He is sporty and concerned about what he eats. He dedicates a lot of time to his laptop and invests in high quality sound systems. His feminine equivalent is the Technodiva. And they are welcome to each other.

Down in Andalucia a famous flamenco singer who killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run incident has escaped with a very light sentence. A senior official commented that his treatment was certainly favourable but ‘not exceptional’. Perhaps more pertinent was a newspaper cartoon today which put him in the same box as O J Simpson.

Another weekend, another car driven into the sea in the early hours of the morning, this time in nearby O Grove. No one was lucky this time; both the young driver and his girlfriend perished.

Up in the Galician hills, the lonely job of shepherd is now being taken on by Poles, Chileans and Senegalese. And it’s not often you can get these three adjectives in the same sentence. I suppose it’ll be Polish plumbers next, on the rebound from unwelcoming France.

Rumour has it that Miguel Fraga has finally left power, a mere 6 weeks after the elections in which his party lost their overall majority. Perhaps, if he ever does retire, we’ll see him up in the mountains with a crook in his hand. A lifetime in politics should have equipped him well for this.