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Noise will be noise

Peter Edgerton

No foreigners allowed

Compromís, a leftist party in Valencia, has proposed banning foreign individuals from buying property in order to control house prices

Mark Nayler | 05/05/2023 14:44h.
The Israelis and water

Unlike in Spain, water in Israel is sacred and they use each drop three times before it is discarded

Ignacio Lillo | 28/04/2023 19:10h.
The waiting game

Spain has already received almost 40 billion euros of European Next Generation funds, but what exactly is Pedro Sánchez's government spending it on?

Mark Nayler | 28/04/2023 19:01h.
Up on the roof

An insurance inspection by video call? How in the name of all that's good and holy is that going to work?

Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com | 28/04/2023 18:53h.

Up, up and away

Anyone can be a fan of Real Madrid by saying "I'm now a fan of Real Madrid". I propose, instead, that everybody be legally obliged to support a team whose ground is within twenty miles of their birthplace

Peter Edgerton. www.peteredgerton.com | 22/04/2023
Safe house?

Neither side has pointed out the obvious: that the housing issue in Spain is inextricably tied to the problem of unemployment, especially youth unemployment

Mark Nayler | 21/04/2023
It’s not good weather

The beaches might be full, but summery temperatures occurring in a dry April is not good news for anyone

Ignacio Lillo | 14/04/2023
What relief?

Deputy PM and economy minister Nadia Calviño singled out China as the country on which the EU "cannot just turn [its] back"

Mark Nayler | 14/04/2023

Out of this world

A year lasts 687 days on the red planet which means that blokes will be able to forget anniversaries and birthdays and things like that at about half the rate we do now

Peter Edgerton www.peteredgerton.com | 14/04/2023
Deadline for democracy

Neil Hesketh | 14/04/2023
Spoiled for choice

Launching new political party Sumar, Yolanda Díaz declared her ambition to be Spain's first female prime minister, adding that Spanish women are "tired - very tired - of being patronised and ignored"

MARK NAYLER | 10/04/2023
The 'buy your tapas' spree

As tough jobs go, rounding up total strangers off the street for a small commission has got to be right up there and, these days, as the phenomenon becomes ever more prevalent at eating establishments in Malaga city centre, I always endeavour to decline any such advances as politely as possible

PETER EDGERTON / WWW.PETEREDGERTON.COM | 10/04/2023

Starting to look the part

Malaga is beginning to look a lot like a big city

Ignacio Lillo | 10/04/2023
Review

What a weird world

Winks at old-style comics and digital antics are the new arty classics

Georgina Oliver | 06/04/2023