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Peter Edgerton
Not long after the Wright brothers wrote their own little piece of aviation history, columnist Peter Edgerton spent a couple of years working at Gatwick airport rounding up wayward baggage trolleys and putting them back where they belonged
31 Oct 2025 11:31
Troy Nahumko
Spain is not immune to this pandemic of patriotic delirium, writes columnist Troy Nahumko
31 Oct 2025 11:25
Peter Edgerton
Maybe it's a direct consequence of antisocial media or maybe it's because we're more than a bit spoiled but there can be little doubt that we're all very sure of our own beliefs these days, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
31 Oct 2025 11:23
Mark Nayler
A year on from the floods that killed more than 230 people in Spain, most of them in Valencia, there is no evidence that the relevant authorities have learned any lessons, writes columnist Mark Nayler
24 Oct 2025 12:50
Jennie Rhodes
Stories about tourists being told to go home is hardly breaking news in Spain, but it does seem that this week the message has reached the Axarquía
24 Oct 2025 12:46
Mark Nayler
In a satirical piece written for the Journal de Paris while Franklin was American envoy to France (1776-85), he suggested that the city authorities tax window shutters, ration candles and (my favourite) fire cannons at dawn to jolt residents awake
24 Oct 2025 12:43
Peter Edgerton
Even when you do loads of new things, time hurtles by at an alarming rate once you reach a certain age. This weekend lasted about half an hour as far I could tell
17 Oct 2025 13:39
Mark Nayler
Despite agreeing on a wildly unfair trade deal with the US in August, Brussels has declared that any attempt by Trump to single Spain out for punishment will be dealt with "appropriately"
17 Oct 2025 13:20
Peter Edgerton
The ancient Mesopotamians - aided and abetted a bit later by the redoubtable Egyptians - are apparently to blame for the introduction of these nuisances many thousands of years ago and they've been getting in the way of everything and everybody ever since, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
17 Oct 2025 09:24
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10 Oct 2025 11:13
Andrew J. Linn
From Bordeaux’s landmark Classification of 1855 - devised for a world exposition to spotlight the finest châteaux - to the countless regional hierarchies that followed, people have always sought to name and celebrate the world’s greatest wines
10 Oct 2025 10:29
Mark Nayler
Spain's biggest bank, Santander, has hired the former head of the British army to lead its defence lending business
10 Oct 2025 10:26
Ignacio Lillo
A medium-distance train from Malaga to Seville, taking the old route, had to make two long stops so passengers could get off at intermediate stations to relieve themselves, since the train's toilets were out of order
10 Oct 2025 10:24
Peter Edgerton
We're all lightly crammed into the bright yellow cable car which takes passengers up to Montserrat. The official chap accompanying us rather worryingly opens the roof and fiddles about with a spanner before we set off
03 Oct 2025 13:48
Ignacio Lillo
Columnist Ignacio Lillo claims that, despite the taxes being collected by central government, no short-term improvements on the Costa del Sol to make peoples' lives even marginally more bearable are on the cards
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