Opinion: Chess, Brexit, ‘El Procés’ and referenda
I am the reigning chess champion of my family. As teenagers, my older brother and I would play constantly and he, the family tactical and
Opinion
Opinion: Brexit – what now? A letter from Scotland (and Galicia)
Between 2011 and 2014 the entire world was following the events in Scotland with full attention. For many of us it was very important to
Opinion: Spain – a country between two extremes
Albert Camus once described a nationalist as someone who loves their country too much. I recently wrote a small reflection on Catalonia based on my
Opinion: Brexit Blues
My wife and I are just a few weeks away from being what amounts to illegals in a country (in fact, an entire continent) where
Wales, Galicia, Celts and the Dying Gaul
There is a word that comes up, in one form or another, over a vast area of Eurasia and that reveals, somewhat subtly, a great deal
Opinion: Brexit and democracy
I am writing this in reply to the article by David Rouse (Opinion: Tribalism and polarisation, from Brexit to Catexit, published 14 February). I am
Opinion: Catalonia – a critical reflection
‘It is happening again,’ says the giant to FBI Special agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch’s mystery series Twin Peaks. This sentence came to me
Opinion: Tribalism and polarisation, from Brexit to Catexit
As an ancient Brit with a Castilian wife and resident in Catalonia, I currently admit to feeling somewhat bamboozled by the number of potential whammies
Opinion: Violations of ‘presumption of innocence’ in Catalan Trial
The ‘presumption of innocence‘ is a human right, enshrined in Article 11 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In criminal matters, everyone
Concrete ‘ghost towns’ still haunting Spain
Concrete ghost towns still haunt Spain, 10 years after the 2008 global economic crisis caused a housing boom to crumble, bankrupting developers and dotting the