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...
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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...
Opinion: ‘Un observador inglés’ (17 Jan) – Lockdowns and no-nonsense lockdowns
During our first real lockdown here in Spain, back in March-April last year, a woman went out for a walk with just a dog lead....
Opinion: ‘Un observador inglés’ (10 Jan) – Reflecting on the mob riot at the US Capitol
Just when you’re thinking ‘thank God that 2020 is all over’, along comes day six of 2021 in the shape of a bare-chested, face-painted freak...
Opinion: ‘Un observador inglés’ (3 Jan) – Raves and raving sovereignty
We’re now in day three of the UK having regained its sovereignty. Other than confusion and chaos, or spending more time in airports or on...
