Spain
Even playgrounds are no longer safe in Ceuta after the migrant invasion
Ceuta, population 83,000, suffered what is being described as its worst night of vandalism last night since some 70,000 migrants…
Is Ceuta the beginning of the end for Pedro Sánchez?
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has accused social media networks linked to Israel and Russia of spreading misinformation that…
The Ceuta crisis isn’t over
On July 30 and 31 around 80,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco, according to the Spanish government’s latest estimate. Roughly…
Pedro Sánchez is stubbornly clinging on to power
With Spain still reeling from the extraordinary scenes in Ceuta, the country’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has decamped to…
Europe should not learn the wrong lessons from Ceuta
Europe risks learning precisely the wrong lessons from the latest crisis in Ceuta.What unfolded on Spain’s North African border was…
We should call the Ceuta border breach an invasion
Spain was invaded yesterday. There is no other way to put it. Close to 50,000 foreigners, mostly men, swarmed into…
Spain’s response to wildfires has been infuriating
From my home in Ávila I usually have a splendid view of the ancient town’s medieval walls. But yesterday morning…
Spain has reinvented soccer
There is something intimidating about sporting royalty in the stands. At many great clubs, retired legends seem almost gargoyle-like, perched…
The genius of Zurbaran – and why he vanished
A pious Caravaggio JASPREET SINGH BOPARAI The Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran is sometimes thought of as a pious equivalent…
Is it wise for Spain to goad Donald Trump?
Spain’s refusal to allow the United States to use its military bases at Morón de la Frontera (Seville) and Rota…
What Spain’s social media ban gets wrong
Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez is proposing a ban on under-16s using social media, following the example set by…
The long history of kidnapping Latin American chieftains
One of the few benefits of being an anthropologist is the uncanny exhilaration one feels watching novel current events as…
‘My ghastly lonely life’ on the Costa Brava – Truman Capote
The small coastal town of Palamos left little impression on Capote while writing In Cold Blood there, so tracing his steps becomes a pointless exercise, as Leila Guerriero soon discovers
The man who’s destroying Spain
Madrid In the mid-1990s, Spain’s socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzalez saw his political career collapse under the weight of a…
Rafael Nadal: king of the orange brick court
No tennis player was so well suited to the centre court at Roland Garros, where the Spaniard won a record of 14 French Open titles
Why is Spain so anti-Trump?
Spain has been receiving some lavish praise of late in the British press. ‘Booming Spain is on track to a…
Portrait of the week: Trump’s victory, Kemi’s shadow cabinet and footballer killed by lightning
Home Kemi Badenoch, the new leader of the Conservative party, appointed a shadow cabinet. She made Robert Jenrick, whom she…
Dam shame: what really caused Valencia’s floods?
Who is to blame for the devastating floods that hit Valencia on 29 October? The mob that surrounded King Felipe…
The treasures of sherry
We were talking Spain and drinking Spanish. The UK and Spain are very different societies, but we did find points…
48 hours of food in Andalusia
In Spain, you can eat all day – and we did. Earlier in the summer, I spent two days in…
Can Begona Gomez get a fair trial in Spain?
Begona Gomez, the wife of Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez, has received a court summons for 5 July, in connection with…
A middle-aged man in crisis: How to Make a Bomb, by Rupert Thomson, reviewed
Travelling home from an academic conference, Philip Notman suddenly feels sick and disorientated. But it will take a long time for him to identify the cause, and possible cure
Do we really want to bring back the wolf?
The apex predator is making a startling resurgence in Europe – many say to the enrichment of the landscape. But it’ll take a lot to convince the British of that
