15:26
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Passionate about property
Whether for investment or speculation, it is important to be clear as to your motives and goals - before you buy
opinion
15:24
The 'sobremesa'
When a Danish food writer asked me the other day about the meaning of the word, matters grew complicated
15:22
The price is right
Having seen what goes on in the vast underbelly of a business, I never question anybody's prices anymore
15:20
THE EURO ZONE
Risk v. reward
The Bank of Spain has lowered its prediction for Spain's GDP expansion in 2018, from 2.7% to 2.6%
13:18
'Contains sulphites'
The EU has been gradually reducing permitted levels over the years, but there are still winemakers who abuse the system
13:15
the euro zone
Swap?
Perhaps there is a hidden reason that Spain is reluctant to extradite the French-Italian whistleblower Hervé Falciani just now
13:12
If you tolerate this
It works like this: if you eat something and it makes you feel really bad, avoid it in the future
13:09
Politicians playing Fortnite
A country still suffering from the financial crisis, poverty, unemployment, and above all with its territorial unity under threat, has to put up with its legitimately-elected representatives quarrelling as if they were in a school playground
17:11
Worth complaining
Most restaurants are prepared to do almost anything to assure customer satisfaction
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