Blogs: pedalling away from the pandemic
I first arrived from Ireland to the province of Almería by motorbike in October 2019. After a month spent settling into life here, I found...
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An invitation to join us on ‘Spain in English’
We launched ‘Spain in English’ in early 2019 and feel proud about what we have achieved to date – thanks to you, our readers and...
Opinion: a self-confessed ‘48% pesky remainer’ finally opts for a pirate flag
Maybe it’s something to do with the desperation of my advanced years, but I recently experienced an irresistible urge to raise a flagpole in my...
Launching our new Books on Spain section with: ‘In Search of a Rural Paradise’
To launch our new Books section on Spain in English, we’re publishing an extract from a new book by Sabina Ostrowska, who lives in the middle...
Blogs: Surviving Coronavirus in Spain
We all awaited the arrival of 2021 with bated breath. The year that would make up for what we had endured over the previous eleven...
Post-Brexit and Covid, is the toughest transition still to come for Brits on the Costas?
Covid travel restrictions explain the current eerie atmosphere in towns on the Costas of southern Spain, but will the impact of Brexit prolong the ghost...
What’s next for Anglo-Spanish relations in the post-Brexit era?
Spain and Britain are both grappling with an economic crisis created by Covid-19 and the enormous challenges that this presents, whilst also adjusting to a...
Opinion: why bullfights should stay cancelled after Covid-19
The annual ‘Running of the Bulls’ festival in Pamplona normally starts on 7 July but in 2020 it was suspended due to Coronavirus. The president of the...
Opinion: ‘Un observador inglés’ (24 Jan) – Queue jumping doesn’t only happen in Spain, but they’re good at it
There I was in a frutería in a town in Catalonia, waiting behind others queuing at the till to pay for a few things. When...
From 15-M to Podemos on the ‘Sobremesa Podcast’
As part of our aim to offer a wide range of diverse and on-going content to our readers, in addition to daily news, we will...
