Mark Nayler

Real Madrid and Barcelona go to war over their links to Franco

24 April 2023 11:05 pm

A match-fixing scandal centred on Barcelona FC has spilled over into politics, showing that decades-old divisions die hard in Spain.…

The misleading politicisation of Spanish bullfighting

21 February 2023 8:00 pm

Bullfighting is once again in the spotlight in Spain. This time, it’s the focus of a clash between the country’s…

Has the Indyref ruling complicated Catalonian separatism?

30 November 2022 1:37 am

Last week’s Supreme Court ruling on Scottish independence will offer scant encouragement to separatists in Catalonia. The crux of the…

Will Catalonia ever achieve independence from Spain?

4 October 2022 9:14 pm

Catalonia’s pro-independence government almost imploded last week. A major disagreement between its two governing parties occurred after one half of…

Europe still hasn’t learned from its lockdown debacles

29 August 2022 5:00 pm

In his fascinating interview in the current issue of The Spectator, Rishi Sunak revealed the black hole at the centre…

Spain’s bizarre mask policies

8 August 2020 1:48 am

Spain has a reputation for having some of the strictest policies on masks in Europe, with the public even encouraged…