17:11
Worth complaining
Most restaurants are prepared to do almost anything to assure customer satisfaction
opinion
17:10
Visitors
Virtually nobody is taking a good look at another sort of visitor, who instead of coming in an immigrant boat, comes in a high-end car, and who really does present a problem
17:09
A precedented situation
Prime minister Pedro Sánchez has stated that he's open to "dialogue" with the secessionists, but only a dialogue that results in Catalonia remaining part of Spain
17:07
Me, you and Julio
I've always quite liked Julio Iglesias; even as a recalcitrant youth when most of my chums were wearing Black Sabbath patches on their far-too-small denim jackets
16:41
Future wine
None of expected upcoming developments sound very exciting; in fact they sound boring
16:39
Fussy galore
Nobody likes a fuss pot, do they?
16:20
The bubble deflates
The minus sign has appeared in front of the most important tourism statistics on the Costa del Sol at the height of summer, after three consecutive years of record-breaking figures
16:18
the euro zone
We're back, baby
Spain's foreign visitor levels fell for the first time since 2009, but where did these holidaymakers go instead?
18:58
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Heads you win, tails I lose
During the past 30 years it has been easy to make money in bonds, as interest rates have declined to historic lows. This is no longer the case
18:57
The Euro zone
Digging deep
Digging up Franco is the necessary first stage of a much more challenging task - but can Pedro Sánchez pull it off?
18:55
Confidence tricks
A perfectly weighted put-down is sometimes what fledgling performers need
18:51
Colours
This week, the last in August, has been a colourful if not eventful one
18:49
Anisaki
Immediate extraction of this time of worm, before it passes into the intestine, is the best solution
18:09
the euro zone
Let's talk
The Spanish king is now the most reviled public figure among Catalan separatists - in stark contrast to PM Pedro Sánchez, even though his position is broadly the same
17:37
Passion play
Last week, I finally got round to taking my battered old guitar to the workshop of my good friend Enrique, luthier extraordinaire
