Local heroes
If someone says they work in a tyre factory and they're a member of their local bar billiards club, I genuinely want to know more – I could talk for hours about that stuff
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Tourism up, water down
Millions head to the Costa's beaches practically all year round. Ironically, it is the key to the Costa's success - its dry climate - that is in danger of ruining it, when 'dry' turns to 'drought'
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The Euro Zone
Forgiven but not forgotten
Sánchez loses credibility as Catalan separists take advantage of his power struggle
Mark Nayler | -
The Bottom Line
The Estepona solution
Such proactiveness to the drought crisis is something that clashes with the local custom of demanding that others do things for us
Ignacio Lillo | -
Backhanded compliments
There had been fears that, with Spain not having made the finals, the reception would be little more than luke warm. Not at all
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Opinion
Horrendous housing
There are squatter settlements where the building work was not finished before the construction company went bankrupt, so the windows are made from cardboard and, when it rains and it is windy, you can imagine how it is for the inhabitants
Ignacio Lillo | -
Opinion
Time for intervention
The bargain made with Carles Puigdemont is craven, cynical and destructive, not only of public trust in politicians, but also of Spain's Constitutional framework
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Opinion
Cold comfort
What we really need in order to complete the joyful Yuletide scenes, however, is for the appropriate weather to make an appearance in order to complement the decor
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Opinion
The queue for the bins
The supermarket workers carefully put the bags in the bin out of respect because they know this food is the livelihood of many families
Ignacio Lillo |
Extra Investhome
Royal Park Marks a New Milestone with the Opening of Its Show Apartment
SUR in English
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Opinion
The wrong impression
These pointlessly violent demonstrations gave the rest of the world a wrong impression: that objection to Sánchez's amnesty deal with Catalan separatists is the exclusive preserve of right-wing nutters and frothing neo-fascists
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Opinion
The sixty-million-dollar man
If I did have sixty million dollars, the last thing that would occur to me would be to buy a humungous boat
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Opinion
Take home pay
Spanish people have an in-built reflex which obliges them to check if everything has been paid or not before they leave any bar or restaurant
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Opinion
A fine balance
At a summit of EU leaders in Brussels last week, Sánchez endorsed the bloc's renewed call for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine
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Opinion
Turbulent times
The phrase has become the catch-all term in the reports on Leonor's investiture and the imminent one of Sánchez
Juan Carlos Viloria | -
Opinion
Ask me no questions
The carefully choreographed spectacle didn't fool everyone: one incredulous viewer commented beneath the YouTube video of Tuesday's performance, "Do you think you're kidding us? That we're stupid? That we swallow anything?"