A Look at La Liga
Sensible La Liga beats Premier League madness
The transfer window circus is finally over, leaving English clubs with a €4bn hangover
Rob Palmer, commentator ESPN
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The Euro Zone
Out of time
Delays, scrutiny and financial friction: Spain faces final judgment on its unprecedented EU recovery funds
Mark Nayler | -
The Music Maker
Paper view
Columnist Peter Edgerton notes that while screen-addicted readers may laugh off a print revival, physical newspapers are due a vinyl-style comeback
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The bottom line
Back to where, exactly?
Reactionary nostalgia has one curious defect: it never remembers who did the washing-up notes columnist Troy Nahumko
Troy Nahumko | -
A Look at La Liga
The 'guiri' invasion
'Three decades commentating on Spanish football and I’ve never seen so many stars from the UK and Ireland taking the spotlight,' says columnist Rob Palmer
Rob Palmer, commentator ESPN |
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The Euro Zone
Race to the top
As forecasts predict Spain will top the global tourism charts, spreading visitors into quieter regions will be crucial for sustainable growth points out columnist mark Nayler
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The Music Maker
Happy Holly daze
Columnist Peter Edgerton warns that tech firms are blindly betting on AI glasses despite obvious red flags over privacy and common sense
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The Bottom Line
Beaches closed to bathers
In the middle of the fair, with the city full of tourists and the heat beating down heavily, the red flag warning against taking a dip painted a terrible picture comments columnist Ángel Escalera
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The Euro Zone
Mixed messages
Columnist Mark Nayler argues that the Spanish government's decision to retain 500 Moroccan minors has shattered its consistency over the Ceuta border crisis, sending a dangerously mixed message to both the EU and potential migrants
Mark Nayler |
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The Music Maker
The way we were
Columnist Peter Edgerton looks back with a mix of cringe and fondness at his clumsy early attempts to integrate into Spanish life thirty years ago
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The Bottom Line
Working for the state: Spain's Tax Freedom Day
Columnist Dilip Kuner reflects on how Spain's modern tax burden leaves workers giving nearly eight months of their annual labour directly to the state
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The Music Maker
The grateful head
Columnist Peter Edgerton reflects on the understated joy of a clean bill of health and the quiet blessing of an ordinary day
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The Euro Zone
Taking back control
Columnist Mark Nayler argues that Spain and Italy’s petty migration spat exposes a much broader breakdown of Europe's borderless paradise
Mark Nayler |
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A Look At La Liga
Let the games begin
Egos in Madrid, empty shirts in Barcelona, and three returning giants make this La Liga season impossible to predict
Rob Palmer, commentator ESPN | -
The Bottom Line
Ready for the big week
SUR in English editor Rachel Haynes on why Malaga's great week of partying, family tradition, and summer magic is like no other
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Food and drink
Poor pulpo
Columnist Andrew J. Linn examines how animal welfare concerns and the complex intelligence of cephalopods halted Pescanova’s controversial aquaculture project
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The Euro Zone
A cross-border issue
Columnist Mark Nayler analyses the European response to the Ceuta border crisis and defends Madrid against flawed claims that its amnesty program fuelled the influx
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The Bottom Line
The great festival shake down
Columnist Dilip Kuner explores how a landmark 320,000euro fine in Spain exposes predatory festival practices, from cashless refund fees to dynamic ticket pricing
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The Music Maker
August and everything after
Columnist Peter Edgerton offers a humorous survival guide for enduring the scorching heat and inertia of mid-summer in southern Spain
Peter Edgerton |