The Music Maker opinion
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"
The Music Maker opinion
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
The Bottom Line opinion
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
The Euro Zone opinion
Belgium is to Puigdemont what Spain is to González, writes columnist Mark Nayler
The Euro Zone opinion
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
The Music Maker opinion
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
The Bottom Line opinion
I suppose we'll find out in years to come when couples, asked about how they met, admit "I carried a pineapple," writes Jennie Rhodes
Extra Kategora
Kategora Oceanika: a benchmark for flex living and investment on the Costa del Sol
The Bottom Line opinion
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
The Music Maker opinion
Having spent time in both Spanish and English villages in the past month, I now feel qualified to offer my opinion on how best to behave in each, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
The Euro Zone opinion
Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish PM, was in Gambia this week, where he met with the country's president to discuss ways of reducing illegal migration flows to Spain's Canary Islands via the lethal Atlantic crossing
Spain's temporary wealth tax, introduced by Pedro Sánchez in late 2022, holds the key to dealing with climate change. That's the conclusion reached by the Tax Justice Network (TJN), writes SUR columnist Mark Nayler
The Music Maker opinion
After suffering some satnav woes, SUR columnist Peter Edgerton's efforts get back on track comprised a series of missed exits and U-turns that lasted for miles, the likes of which were last seen in a 1976 episode of the Wacky Races
The Bottom Line opinion
With food and drink prices on the rise, many families are finding it harder to fully participate in the festivities this year - according to SUR columnist Elena Martínez
The Bottom Line opinion
"It's August in the south of Spain," say numerous comments on social media when we report on high temperature alerts issued by Spain's state weather agency. "Why are you telling us? It's normal"
The Music Maker opinion
Columnist Peter Edgerton had arranged his holiday travel arrangements with a military precision of which Alexander The Great would have been justly proud. And then boom... an email from his airline landed in his inbox