Will Spain’s nation of rogues comply with the curfew?
A few years ago, when I was in the queue to catch a plane, a Spanish lady caught me watching…
Spain’s politics is fraying
‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’ Philosopher George Santayana’s dictum is starting to look more…
Spain’s bureaucracy may not survive Covid
Sancho Panza’s long-cherished ambition was to become a politician. He wanted to be installed as governor of an island; Don…
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…
