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
Peter Edgerton
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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
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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
Andrew J. Linn |
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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
Mark Nayler | -
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 | -
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 Euro Zone
A cry for help
Columnist Mark Nayler: After the 2024 Valencia floods, Isabel Díaz Ayuso was right to ask Madrid for wildfire aid immediately. Why is the central government still sniping?
Mark Nayler |
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SUR in English
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The Bottom Line
The comforting lies we tell ourselves
Columnist Dilip Kuner comments on how, as deadly heatwaves, fires and disease hit the country, a growing wave of online denial isn't just ignorance, it’s a coping mechanism for a public overwhelmed by reality
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The Music Maker
Not a phoney atmosphere
Columnist Peter Edgerton finds warmth, great food, and phone-free magic at a traditional Spanish summer fair, even if he doesn't know the words to the songs
Peter Edgerton | -
Opinion
Bringing it home: on healthy patriotism
Healthy patriotism arrives when you make sure the people around you are okay, when you include them in your community and share good values
Anita Katsarska | -
The Euro Zone
Changing fortunes
A World Cup victory won't transform an economy, but Spain's macroeconomics are already in winning shape compared to 2010 says columnist Mark Nayler
Mark Nayler |
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A Look at La Liga
It's not rocket science
There is a system; it allows individual expression and harnesses tactical nous. The players can also look after themselves says columnist Rob Palmer
Rob Palmer, commentator ESPN | -
The Music Maker
The sting in the tale
When a pest problem invades your summer, it's time to call the local superhero, says columnist Peter Edgerton
Peter Edgerton | -
The Bottom Line
Women in danger
SUR in English editor Rachel Haynes comments on the persistent scourge of gender-based violence in Spain and how outdated attitudes toward women continue to resurface today
Rachel Haynes | -
Opinion
The long, proud march to nowhere
The Spanish right: a political organism that has survived half a century by developing an infallible instinct for standing on the wrong side of history
Troy Nahumko | -
The Bottom Line
Their mums would be proud of them
In teamwork throughout Spanish life, there is no barely hidden jostling for position to be the best of the group
NEIL HESKETH | -
The Music Maker
A country mile
Football commentary was one of the many cultural differences that struck me in those first few years in Spain; another was prams
PETER EDGERTON |