I'm a member of La Real Academia Española, and I have a spacious apartment just round the corner overlooking El Retiro (I walk to work). I am a season ticket holder with Real Madrid, paid for by the Academia, who require me (once every five years) to report on any significant changes in football vocabulary during that period.

When not actively engaged in these duties, I return to my family villa, south of Granada, in the hills behind the Costa Tropical.