Opinion

The future awaits

The chores of defeat

These days, finding an ironmongers requires a forty minute trek through a labyrinth of ice cream parlours, cocktail bars and Mexican restaurants to get to the outskirts of town where the strangely comforting hand-written, misspelt signs and dusty tools are hanging behind the shop window

A notable absence

Coming as it does in an election year, the Conservatives' abstention from voting should be an antidote to complacency on Sánchez's part

Fair and square

Easter will be well-organised mayhem as usual, although it still baffles me how the throngs and thrones which conspire to provide such a stunning spectacle don't provoke more problems than they actually do

Corruption is everywhere

A 2022 Eurobarometer survey found that sixty-eight per cent of EU citizens believe that corruption is rife in their country

Split three ways

In urging Algeria to ease its hostilities with Spain, Borrell is trying to smooth over a diplomatic row to which he himself has made a substantial - and apparently self-contradictory - contribution

Numbers

I think it is so important for teaching to start from the beginning with care and affection, being treated with love rather than as a punishment

Fridge of sighs

Samsung have recently developed a new feature for their smart refrigerators (no, really), a camera which is able to identify what food you have in your fridge and suggest recipes that you can make with the available ingredients. I'd love to see what it could do with the cooled fayre available in my house