16:28
Paralysis
The usual slowing of demand in the tourism industry is not the worst part of an election year
opinion
15:45
Facts machine
Having presented pub quizzes for twenty-one years does mean that you can usually come up with some distracting snippet of information if people start talking about something dull
15:42
THE EURO ZONE
Take a (back) seat
The economy is likely to play second fiddle to the Catalan issue when the Spanish electorate go to the polls
14:31
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Stocks for the long run
Owning a participation in publicly traded businesses is a marriage not a dating experience
14:30
Project fear
Sombreros off to a few enterprising wineries that have thoughtfully sent to the UK in January the equivalent quantity of wine they send in half a year
14:21
Oscar winner
In almost every field I can think of, from banks to mobile phone companies, from tradesmen to salespeople, the general level of incompetence is quite astonishing
14:18
The world looks on
In recent years Spain has been scrutinised from abroad quite frequently and this week the ongoing Catalan independence issue has been thrown back into the international arena
14:15
PET CARE
Road accidents and animals
As motorists we cannot control wild animals wandering on the road but we can control our speed and awareness when driving through the countryside
14:14
the euro zone
Nobody wins
This will be the third general election in five years, a period that has been marked by political uncertainty and the increasingly toxic issue of Catalonia
16:57
food & drink
Gastro markets
This is a phrase that translates badly because these are not markets, neither are they 'gastronomic'
16:55
THE EURO ZONE
Collateral damage
It looks as if the 2019 budget will end up the casualty of a remarkably stubborn Catalan independence movement
16:54
No alarms and no surprises
It appears that the financial crisis taught us precisely nothing and our unfettered desire for unnecessary stuff is once again being hungrily nurtured by our greedy chums down at the banks
16:44
The Brexit paradox
Among the remaining 27 members, there is a notable unity of action to contain the damage; the country that will really suffer from the split is the one that leaves
18:33
Michelin claims
For a publication that has tiny sales figures, there is hardly a restaurant in the world that would not roll over on its back to be featured
18:32
Don't blame Fortnite
A letter is circulating around schools in the Malaga area, warning that Fortnite is to blame for poor academic performance - could it be that schools and parents should shoulder the blame?