Dep. Legal MA-74-2004 - ISSN 2488-1562
Costa del Sol • No. 2078 • 1 - 7 May 2025
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Being Kept in the Dark
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Quick, secure currency transfers, no receiving fees. SPAIN on Monday April 28 plunged into a world of darkness - no electricity, no communication, just an eerie silence and a feeling of deep vulnerability. On a busy Monday morning in the head office of the business I have loved for nearly 30 years - the business of news, the business of connection and community - we were all isolated and alone. ‘Chinese whispers’, if that’s appropriate, were in abundance, but the end
result was simple: we were left in the dark. We unplugged everything, packed up, and locked the doors at 1.00pm on Monday, April 28, 2025. It felt hauntingly reminiscent of March 13, 2020 - the never-to-be-forgotten days of Covid. We had seven papers to complete, a bank holiday looming, a website with more than two million monthly visitors - and suddenly, all workers, all suppliers, rendered impotent.
After visiting the vulnerable in our community, we hurried home to make sure we had provisions: torches with sufficient batteries, candles, and a kettle that could work on a BBQ. Last night, we made a makeshift meal with friends and neighbours. We played Jenga after copious glasses of refreshment. We talked. We laughed. We buried our fears as deep as we could. Later, after a luxurious bath by candlelight, we talked and read by flicke-
ring flame. But as the night deepened, the flames of doubt grew into an uncontrollable blaze. By midnight, I was incandescent with rage.
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