• Education and Learning 2026

    Young and inspired artists, poets and writers

    A panel of judges picked out their favourite artwork, poems and stories from the entries sent in to SUR in English by international schools in the south of Spain

    Rachel Haynes |
  • Traditional Malaga city bar reopens in new premises on the same site
    The new bar premises in Plaza de la Victoria, next to Jardín de los Monos. (Migue Fernández)

    Food and drink

    Traditional Malaga city bar reopens in new premises on the same site

    Pedroso, in Malaga's characterful La Victoria district, began in 1973 and was the typical community meeting place until developers moved in

    Juan Soto |
  • Pilistra elatior
    Pilistra elatior. (Wikimedia)

    Gardening in southern Spain

    Pilistra elatior

    A hardy perennial, native to the forests of Japan and Taiwan, it gets its common name, the cast iron plant, from its amazing tolerance to neglect

    Denise Bush |
  • Philip Magee: Cultural connections for St Patrick’s Day
    One of the images from the film. (Philip Thomas Magee)

    In the frame

    Philip Magee: Cultural connections for St Patrick’s Day

    Long-term Malaga resident Philip Magee is screening his new short film Dublín at La Llave cultural centre in El Palo this evening, 13 March

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • Andrés Segovia: The classical guitar on the global stage
    Andrés Segovia with a classical guitar. (SUR)

    Andalusian influencers around the world

    Andrés Segovia: The classical guitar on the global stage

    Born on 21 February 1893 in Linares, Jaén, Andrés Segovia went on to influence classical guitar traditions across Europe, the Americas and Asia in the twentieth century

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • La Mafia
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    Food and drink

    La Mafia

    Columnist Andrew J. Linn looks at the dim view authorities are giving of establishments borrowing the imagery and name of the Mafia as a marketing device

    Andrew J. Linn |