Does Catalonia really want independence?
In 1714, after a long siege, Spain managed to regain control of Barcelona after the War of Spanish Succession. Catalan…
Juan Carlos' exile may not save the Spanish monarchy
In the ‘bad bank’ model, a bank protects itself by dumping its toxic assets onto a second, newly-created institution. By…
Spain's fiendishly complex rules for easing the lockdown
Once upon a time, when travel was still allowed, I checked into a small hotel in back-of-beyond Extremadura, in South-West…
Spain faces a political reckoning after its coronavirus crisis
Here in Spain we have proper lockdown. We’re not ‘allowed out once a day for exercise’ over here. ‘You Brits…
