food & drink
In a matter of a few hours James Tilbrook had lost his living, his way of making a living, and everything that mattered for him except life itself
We are losing sensitivity, an element of cohesion for the human race; and we mustn't forget that this is what makes us different from animals
In the last few days the local powers that be in Magaluf have decided that enough is enough and eliminated all oxymoronic happy hours in one fell swoop
the euro zone
It looks like Sánchez's minority administration, also comprised of leftist Podemos, is passing new laws with ease
the euro zone
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias has finally completed the last stage of a long and bumpy transition from angry outsider to national lawmaker
The beauty lies in the spaces interwoven among the holidays and the revelry and the pomp and the celebration; they don't, however, hold quite the same melancholy magic as the greys of January
food & drink
Nowadays very few bottles of wine are affected by cork taint
When Olivia Colman opens the envelope containing the winner of the Oscar for the best actor in a leading role she probably won't be emulating Penélope Cruz's iconic cry at the ceremony several years ago
Filming a TV ad can be a lot of fun; mostly, though, these things are just waiting around for hours on end and drinking tea out of plastic cups
food & drink
Any restaurant owner in any of Spain's tourist areas, and the big cities, is aware that serving a hot steak or fish on a cold plate is the way to lose a customer
THE EURO ZONE
If Spain's new patchwork coalition is to achieve anything, much more compromise will be necessary
Youngsters tend to have a greater sense of embarrassment in front of their classmates than in front of their screens, which have an inexplicable effect of removing inhibitions
health & beauty
The accumulation of evidence is overwhelming, so let's look at some of the facts about this dark potion
With new governments embarking on a complicated year in Spain and Britain, what did our politicians put on their lists of New Year's resolutions?
In Spain, the question of reservations is treated more casually than in many other first world countries
