15-05-2025
My holiday horizons have shrunk — but it's not the kids' fault
If you were to ask me to name my favourite newly discovered place on earth of the past half-decade, I could answer without a second's hesitation. It would be Casa Tino, a simple but spectacular fish restaurant with chairs and tables set right on top of the black volcanic sand of Playa Quemada, a half-forgotten fishing village on Lanzarote, that's very hard to find.
Lanzarote is cooler than you might think if you go to the right places, but I don't. Matthew Parris went there a long time ago and looked down into a cave of blind albino crabs, watching shafts of celestial sunlight illuminate their path without their knowing, prompting him to ponder his own Messiah complex.
I keep meaning to go and have
