Opinion: London, Madrid, Covid-19 and populism
Right-wing populists in London and Madrid are at last getting a much-deserved kicking. There have been some intriguing parallels and divergencies between Spain and the...
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‘We were there’
Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell is at the top of my street. I used to walk up there some evenings after the tourists had left and...
Opinion: It’s common sense … isn’t it?
Judging by some of the emoji-style charts and potato-head graphics that I’ve seen in the media over the past 48 hours, if you are a...
Resilience or trauma? The impact of confinement on children in Spain
My children, Savi (4) and Eloy (1), along with six million others across Spain, had been confined to their home since 14 March as part of...
One day more, one day less
I pulled up at the red light on my beat-up old Suzuki GS 500 to wait for traffic that never came. A police car pulled...
‘This virus we will stop together’ – video
Spain’s Health Ministry has also released a video for its campaign to beat the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The video (which can be seen below in its...
Spaniards continue to applaud health and emergency workers every evening
Despite the lockdown imposed in Spain since 14 March due to Coronavirus (Covid-19), thousands of Spaniards have been going out onto their balconies, leaning out of...
Number-crunching: who will Pedro Sánchez pact with (if anyone)?
Only one of the major parties competing for votes in Spain’s 10 November general election ought to be happy. The far-right Vox, which had no...
Opinion: Catalonia, Brexit, Donald Trump and nationalism
The region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain, home to Barcelona, struggles with divisive politics over its identity and unification with the Spanish state. This divide...
Up close on the ‘Freedom March’ to Barcelona
First came the motorbikes, then the bicycles, then a 100-year-old woman in a wheelchair. Finally the massive crowd, one of the five Marches for Freedom that...
