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Opinion

Plumbing the depths

This is why I never do home repairs - my efforts invariably make things a lot worse before they get better, if, in fact, they get better at all

  • Opinion

    Landlords are not NGOs

    After the new housing law there appears not be a single flat available for rent in Spain; and if there is one, the price is so shameful that it makes even the person who rents it out blush

    Ignacio Lillo |
  • Opinion

    War of words

    The Israeli embassy in Madrid said that "certain elements within the Spanish government have chosen to align themselves with [...] Isis-style terrorism". Without naming Belarra and Garzón specifically, it said that their remarks were "absolutely immoral"

    Mark Nayler |
  • Opinion

    Keep it down

    Noise regulations and advice in the form of an index finger on closed lips also makes me laugh when they turn a blind eye to a minute of fireworks that sound like bombs are raining down on our heads

    Violeta Niebla |
  • Opinion

    Eat to the beat

    I wasn't aware of the high regard with which eating is held in these parts and how two o'clock is a revered hour when, whatever you're doing and wherever you are, you must stop for lunch

    Peter Edgerton |
  • Rebel without applause

    In the olden days playing the renegade was a cinch - you got a tattoo, smoked a bit of weed and strutted around burbling on about the system and how everyone except you was a sheep

    Peter Edgerton |
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    Digging deeper

    The video of the Spanish cricket team during the playing of the national anthem, some of them with their hands on their hearts, has been watched by nearly six million people and, while many comments have been positive, the quantity of insults has meant that numerous media outlets have taken up the story

    David Andrews |
  • The late, late show

    Here's the funny thing - although, in the end, I was only about fifteen minutes late, the rest of the day was a complete write-off

    Peter Edgerton |
  • Father Fran and his accomplices

    "It is outrageous that, while many priests and bishops (among them the bishop of Malaga) question the way of life of - for example - homosexual people, they allow their own pastors to happily ignore their own rules"

    Iván Gelibter |
  • Diversifying market risk in uncertainty

    The main four central banks and government treasury departments are happy to keep printing an unlimited amount of fiat money, further driving up debt which can never be repaid

    Jeremy Blatch |