The Music Maker opinion
All the tricky qualities of water and the resulting mayhem it can cause were right there in the Spanish plumber's phrase, "water's got no bones". He was right, by the way, the roof's still leaking six months later, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
The Euro Zone opinion
Only when the statistics for 2023 and this year are released will we know if any of Spain's wealthiest residents took capital out of the country as a result of the new measures, writes columnist Mark Nayler
The Bottom Line opinion
People with cars in the city do whatever the hell they want, and get away with it. They forget about the elderly residents with walking difficulties and parents with pushchairs, writes columnist Ignacio Lillo
The Music Maker opinion
As a veteran of 29 hot Andalusian Julys, I'd like to offer some tips to help the uninitiated make it through to the first blessed breezes of late August, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
The Euro Zone opinion
The EU and legal experts have expressed concerns that the failure of Spain's two main parties to secure consensus over the renewal of the CGPJ has undermined the independence of the country's judiciary
The Bottom Line opinion
I used to secretly enjoy the look of horror on Spanish doctors' / bankers' / vets' faces when they were suddenly faced with the prospect of having to deal with a foreigner, writes Jennie Rhodes
The Music Maker opinion
Columnist Peter Edgerton has been encouraged by friends to sign up to WhatsApp. To help him decide if he should, he's drawn up a list of the pros and cons...
The Euro Zone - Opinion
Fiscal forecasts are revised so frequently throughout the year that they function more as real-time reports rather than informed divination
The Euro Zone opinion
It might seem self-contradictory to describe a political party as both lacking a manifesto and being 'extreme right' but that is how many Spanish media outlets are choosing to describe the new party that emerged in Spain's EU elections last Sunday, writes columnist Mark Nayler
The Music Maker opinion
Why did SUR columnist Peter Edgerton find himself spontaneously clapping down at the pub last week?
The Bottom Line opinion
Marbella is the only town of its size in Spain that has no railway service, writes SUR columnist Ignacio Lillo
The Music Maker
An open-air concert I was due to give in Ciudad Jardín in June '23 - June! - was cancelled when it began to rain. With any luck things will go ahead without a hitch this year, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
The Euro Zone opinion
At a meeting of the European centre-left back in March, Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez, in full save-the-world mode, announced that in the upcoming EU elections "the very soul of Europe is at risk"
The Bottom Line opinion
A flock of Alpine swifts were caught in a downpour and got so wet that some couldn't keep flapping and fell to the ground. Birds were literally raining from the sky, but Laura Muriel, a 28-year-old veterinarian, raced to the rescue
The Music Maker opinion
Moving to a new place is also a good chance to make a fresh start and to adopt habits you've always envied in other people - but it's the packing and unpacking that's proving a challenge to the human spirit, writes Peter Edgerton