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The Bottom Line opinion

Jennie Rhodes

A troubling review of Spain

Columnist Jennie Rhodes responds to Zoe Strimpel labelling the country as "the worst in western Europe" in an article recently published by The Spectator

  • 04 Oct 2024 14:51

    Andalusian bird watch

    Peter Jones

    The osprey

    The Andalucía Bird Society recommends looking out for the Pandion haliaetus this month

  • 04 Oct 2024 14:43

    Art review

    Georgina Oliver

    Photowise

    The Picasso Museum's new artistic director spotlights star street photographer Joel Meyerowitz: a Malaga-struck New Yorker

  • 27 Sep 2024 12:54

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    A virtuoso performance

    Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez criticised the "neoliberal dogma' of austerity - the economic approach favoured by his Conservative predecessor, Mariano Rajoy - and stressed the benefits of government spending

  • 27 Sep 2024 12:53

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    Our friends electric

    Real-life person beats smartphone translator in battle of the half-wits: SUR columnist Peter Edgerton considers the faith we put in electronic devices, trusting them more than human interaction

  • 27 Sep 2024 12:46

    The Bottom Line opinion

    Juan Carlos Viloria

    Bicycles and Lamborghinis

    SUR columnist Juan Carlos Viloria asks whether cyclists should have to pass a theory and practical test before being allow to ride on Spain's roads

  • 20 Sep 2024 10:59

    The Bottom Line opinion

    Ignacio Lillo

    Summer's almost over, so it's back to the fight

    For yet another year, we Malagueños must continue the fight and demand our rightful dues as the fastest-growing region in Spain, alongside Madrid. And once again, we must do it from the ground up, from civil society, writes columnist Ignacio Lillo

  • 20 Sep 2024 10:54

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Energy saver

    Spain's minister for the ecological transition, Teresa Ribera, was named as the EU's next energy commissioner this week. But not everyone was happy, writes columnist Mark Nayler

  • 20 Sep 2024 10:51

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    It's not cricket

    Peter Edgerton recollects, "the more we dived into the idiosyncrasies of spin bowling grips, bouncers, beamers and shining one half of the ball on your pants - trying in vain as we went to translate everything into some vague approximation of Spanish - the more we found ourselves bent over double, helpless with wheezing laughter"

  • 13 Sep 2024 15:25

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    Left on the shelf

    It all seemed a bit far-fetched, but as you may have read over the past couple of weeks, the TikTok generation are apparently heading to Mercadona stores in pursuit of romance. SUR columnist Peter Edgerton decided to hotfoot it down to his local supermarket to investigate

  • 13 Sep 2024 15:17

    The Bottom Line opinion

    David Andrews

    Crying wolf

    After the tragic killing of Mateo in Toledo, columnist David Andrews argues that the recent racist attacks, slurs and misinformation on social media in Spain are intentioned and orchestrated

  • 13 Sep 2024 15:10

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Compare and contrast

    Belgium is to Puigdemont what Spain is to González, writes columnist Mark Nayler

  • 06 Sep 2024 17:09

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Broken trust

    The state of Spanish politics is so bad, and public trust in its protagonists so low, that a quarter of young Spanish men would now prefer an authoritarian regime to democracy 'in some circumstances', writes Mark Nayler

  • 06 Sep 2024 17:07

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    Much obliged, I'm sure

    If we want to make children happier, we need to encourage them to learn their times tables, to be able to conjugate French verbs correctly and, most importantly, to press 'delete' on all (anti) social media applications, suggests columnist Peter Edgerton

  • 30 Aug 2024 13:11

    The Bottom Line opinion

    Jennie Rhodes

    'La Vuelta'

    It's the end of the summer season and this weekend will see one of the biggest traffic operations of the year as thousands of Spanish holidaymakers leave the Costa del Sol and head home

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