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The Music Maker opinion

Blues banned

If you happen to wake up on the twentieth of January 2025 gripped by a chilling bout of existential angst it'll be because it's Monday. More specifically, it's Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year

Peter Edgerton
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    As time goes by

    I'm starting to suspect that everything that comes out of Hollywood isn't quite real, writes columnist Troy Nahumko

    Troy Nahumko |
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    Little Norit

    If you're not ready to welcome a pet as a true member of your household, for better or worse, and for the entirety of its life, do us all a favour: let the child forget about wanting a puppy by playing on the PlayStation instead, writes columnist Ignacio Lillo

    Ignacio Lillo |
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    Queueing action

    You can tell a lot about the state of a nation by observing its queueing habits, writes columnist Peter Edgerton

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    What's in a name?

    "What must it be like to live under a totalitarian regime? And what, exactly, is fascism?," asks columnist Mark Nayler

    Mark Nayler |
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    Food for thought

    Columnist Peter Edgerton recently read that a whopping 55% of all significant inventions over the last 200 years had come from Great Britain. How can it be that such a small nation that spends most of its waking hours drinking beer, produce so much ingenuity on such a grand scale?, he asks

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    Talking about migration

    This mounting immigration crisis highlights tensions between regional and central responsibility in Spain, just as last October's floods did, writes columnist Mark Nayler

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    We Three Kings

    With so many followers xenophobically insisting on their faith being the basis of the West, Marco Polo's account serves as just another reminder that Christianity was not only born in the near East but once looked further in that direction in its foundational stories

    Troy Nahumko |
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    Years may come, years may go

    SUR in English columnist Peter Edgerton predicts that in 2025 Elon Musk will continue to lurk in the shadows sporting the vacant stare of a Bond villain and the unnerving voice of Brains from Thunderbirds

    Peter Edgerton |
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    Art and Culture opinion

    Grand Tour nostalgia

    Why the holiday season is never over in Andalucía

    Georgina Oliver |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    Top three corruption cases in Spain in 2024

    Columnist Mark Naylor assesses them on the basis of three criteria: seniority of protagonists, amount of money involved and sheer audacity

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    Case study

    Gómez's hearing this week, in which she denied any wrongdoing, not only highlighted just how little evidence there is to back up the charges brought against her; it also made one suspect that Catalan separatists may have a point when they accuse the Spanish judiciary of being politicised

    Mark Nayler |
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    24-hour paella people

    SUR in English columnist Peter Edgerton is considering starting a food franchise – Non-Stop 'Til You Pop'

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Will they know it's Christmas?

    Syria was a country that defied stereotypes and now the deposed dictator lives among empty vodka bottles in freezing Moscow, writes SUR columnist Troy Nahumko

    Troy Nahumko |