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Spain’s disgraced ex-king’s memoir spills secrets on Franco, extramarital affairs & accidentally killing his brother

News Desk5th November 202510th November 2025

5th November 202510th November 20251209

Spain’s disgraced former monarch, Juan Carlos I, has revealed the moment dictator Francisco Franco personally summoned him to name him as his heir – a decision...

Tributes pour in for Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died aged 89

News Desk14th April 202521st April 2025

14th April 202521st April 20255240

Tributes have poured in for Spanish Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, the Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, who died on...

Book review: ‘Homage to Barcelona’ – by Colm Tóibín

Eve Schnitzer1st August 20237th August 2023

1st August 20237th August 20239013

This is the ideal book for anyone coming to live in Catalunya who wants to tune into the nature of the place, to familiarise themselves...

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Book review: ‘The Barcelona Connection’ – a crime-thriller by Tim Parfitt

Eve Schnitzer29th May 202316th August 2023

29th May 202316th August 202311294

In this, his first murder mystery, Tim Parfitt very cleverly weaves together two parallel though quite different stories, set against the background of a contemporary...

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Book review: ‘A People’s History of Catalonia’ by Michael Eaude

Ryan Chandler25th April 20238th May 2023

25th April 20238th May 20236151

That there is no love lost between Catalonia and Spain is common knowledge. Many people are aware of the centuries’ old antagonism, and Catalonia’s struggle...

Book review: ‘Us with Us’ – a year long sojourn in Cadaqués

Eve Schnitzer30th January 20236th February 2023

30th January 20236th February 20236228

This is a book about the town of Cadaqués, best known nowadays for the house-museum of Salvador Dalí, who lived and worked in the adjacent...

Spain is guest of honour at Frankfurt Book Fair, opened in presence of Felipe VI

News Desk18th October 202224th October 2022

18th October 202224th October 20224524

Spain is this year’s official guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opens on Tuesday in the presence of Spain’s King Felipe VI...

Book review: living the good life in rural Galicia

Sabina Ostrowska20th June 202120th June 2021

20th June 202120th June 20217750

It’s been over twenty years since Chris Stewart first shared his adventures of starting a self-reliant life in the Alpujarra mountains in Southern Spain. Since...

‘Fab Five’: Desperate Literature’s Terry Craven on his five favourite books

Soledad Maura21st April 202129th April 2021

21st April 202129th April 20216549

Long before the pandemic, I had to run a dreary paperwork errand in downtown Madrid. It was a rainy day, and after spending an hour...

El Corazón Partío: an interview with author Soledad Maura

Aaron Shulman30th March 20215th April 2021

30th March 20215th April 2021129836

Late in Soledad Maura’s debut novel Madrid Again, the narrator, Lola, riffs on the minor yet consistent irritations of being bi-cultural and bi-lingual. ‘The other...

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