The euro zone

Poster boy

It could be argued that the poster implied that Sánchez himself is corrupt, and there is no evidence to suggest that that's true

Mark Nayler
  • The music maker

    Jogged memory

    Mr Goodge has just legged it all the way across Australia in a record time of thirty-five days. My 8km jaunt came to look just a little less impressive, not to say ridiculously wimpy

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Lowest common denominator

    The general consensus is that the youth of today has gone to the dogs (sic.) But are the harbingers of the end of the world bringing down their wrath on the right people?

    David Andrews |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    Intelligence agency

    On the one hand, there are those who see AI as the advent of a spectacular future for humankind while, on the other, the more cautious among us warn of cataclysmic consequences

    Peter Edgerton |
  • Dear Ursula
    Ursula Von der Leyen. (Reuters)

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Dear Ursula

    In the letter, the representatives expressed their anger at not being warned about heavy rainfall and at being "completely abandoned" by the Spanish authorities during and immediately after the disaster

    Mark Nayler |
  • Arty tutti-frutti and Kandinsky sets the tone
    Kandinsky at the Centre Pompidou in Malaga's Muelle Uno. (Migue Fernández)

    The art critic

    Arty tutti-frutti and Kandinsky sets the tone

    Picasso's place of birth (Malaga, 1881) rings in the spring/summer season with a trilogy of bright-hued exhibitions that bring an extra splash of artistic modernity to the city

    Georgina Oliver |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Ghosted by my country (but we're talking again)

    I left Canada the summer I finished high school. What I didn't know was that Canadians, like the British at the time, who had lived abroad for a period of time lost their right to vote, writes columnist Troy Nahumko

    Troy Nahumko |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    A job worth doing

    It can be so simultaneously humbling and invigorating when life slaps us briskly about the chops if we get too far above ourselves, writes columnist Peter Edgerton

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    The nuclear option

    The pro-atomic faction argues that Spain needs more nuclear energy in its system, to guarantee supply when less predictable sources such as wind and solar fail, writes columnist Mark Nayler

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    Power struggles

    By claiming that Sánchez is hiding the 'truth' about what caused the blackout, Abascal presumably refers to the prime minister's denial that it was caused by an increased reliance on renewable energy

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Lessons from a blackout

    When something like this suddenly happens, our delusions of grandeur - of being a rich, first-world, civilised, European, "cool" country - vanish at the speed of light

    Ignacio Lillo |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    Fear pressure

    We're such an odd bunch, humans, aren't we? On the one hand, over many centuries we've consistently shown extraordinary resilience and an innate ability to adapt and even thrive in the most testing of circumstances. On the other hand, we're often just a load of old scaredy cats

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    Surveying the scene

    Columnist Peter Edgerton thinks it would be a good idea to launch a survey of the ten happiest villages in Spain. He has identified some crucial criteria that the judges might wish to consider...

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    On the defensive

    This week, Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez unveiled a new 10.5 billion euro investment plan - almost 9 billion more than his government allocated to defence last year

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    The Pope matters

    The upcoming papal conclave will be crucial because the head of the Catholic Church can change people's lives, writes columnist J. R. Alonso de la Torre

    J. R. Alonso de la Torre |