Opinion

A sense of perspective

Vox, like the PP and indeed like almost all Conservative parties across Europe, opposes illegal immigration and seeks to place greater controls on legal migration flows. That's not a radical or hateful policy, it's a sensible one

Opinion

Jennie Rhodes

Scoring an equaliser

Finally, women can take part in international football and get the credit, attention and respect that they deserve

Opinion

Peter Edgerton

Card games

Losing my wallet would imply all kinds of cancellation telephone calls and card renewals most of which, I imagine, would involve those weird, disembodied recorded voices and increasingly exasperated cries of despair lovingly interspersed with Jumping Jack Flash arranged for piano and flute on an endless loop

Abroad. Thoughts from home

Having spent more than a quarter of a century living in Malaga, I never cease to be amazed at how rapidly I cleave to my cultural roots every time I visit the land of my birth

Rogue state

If a repeat election becomes necessary in December (which seems likely), then Spain won't have had a proper leadership for the entire duration of its stint at the helm of the EU

Don't bank on it

The series of account closures underlines the fact that there is a toxic culture at the top, just as we saw when those responsible for failure in the subprime credit crash and world banking crisis were rewarded - remaining unpunished to this day

Have fun at the fair but keep your clothes on

R.E.S.P.E.C.T... find out what it means to me

In the last couple of years, insults commonplace in the 70s, 80s and 90s have been gradually raising their ugly heads again. Today, I find myself completely taken aback when somebody starts using them in a completely flippant way

Performing arts

Maybe it's Voice X Has Got Talent-type talent shows which have done the damage or maybe it's Tik Toxic and the like, but we seem to have reached a point where it's commonly believed you can leap directly from singing into your hair brush in front of the mirror to cavorting before multitudes in stadiums via a couple of quick open mics down at your local