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The Bottom Line opinion

Rachel Haynes

About bloody time

Spain's huge population of British residents who were affected by the 'mad cow' disease ban should now be able to give blood, as well as Spaniards and those of other nationalities who lived in the UK during the period in question, as long as other requirements are met

  • 14 Nov 2025 19:50

    History

    Liz Parry

    Fifty years on

    To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Franco, former editor of SUR in English Liz Parry looks back at her experiences of Spain in the seventies and the tremendous changes the country has seen since then

  • 14 Nov 2025 10:29

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton

    Image conscious

    As the years glide inexorably by, many of us find ourselves searching for ways to keep mind and body in tip-top condition or, at least, vaguely presentable

  • 14 Nov 2025 10:10

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Fair share?

    This week, the EU Commission said that Spain, Cyprus, Greece and Italy will be able to relocate a quota of new arrivals to other nations, or receive financial support from them

  • 14 Nov 2025 10:08

    The Bottom Line opinion

    Regina Sotorrío

    God is everywhere

    Religion, in the broadest sense of the word, is in vogue, writes columnist Regina Sotorrío

  • 07 Nov 2025 10:59

    The Bottom Line opinion

    Rachel Haynes

    The pull of the south of Spain

    This week at the World Travel Market in London, a huge delegation from Andalucía and the Costa del Sol has been working hard to keep up the record-breaking figures of tourists, especially the British, visiting the south of Spain

  • 07 Nov 2025 10:57

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    The blame game in Spain

    Mazón's resignation over last October's floods raises questions about how blame should be distributed after a natural catastrophe, writes columnist Mark Nayler

  • 07 Nov 2025 10:55

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton

    Airport convention

    Not long after the Wright brothers wrote their own little piece of aviation history, columnist Peter Edgerton spent a couple of years working at Gatwick airport rounding up wayward baggage trolleys and putting them back where they belonged

  • 31 Oct 2025 11:25

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton

    Flexible friends

    Maybe it's a direct consequence of antisocial media or maybe it's because we're more than a bit spoiled but there can be little doubt that we're all very sure of our own beliefs these days, writes columnist Peter Edgerton

  • 31 Oct 2025 11:23

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    After the flood

    A year on from the floods that killed more than 230 people in Spain, most of them in Valencia, there is no evidence that the relevant authorities have learned any lessons, writes columnist Mark Nayler

  • 24 Oct 2025 12:50

    The Bottom Line - opinion

    Jennie Rhodes

    The tourism dilemma

    Stories about tourists being told to go home is hardly breaking news in Spain, but it does seem that this week the message has reached the Axarquía

  • 24 Oct 2025 12:46

    The Euro Zone - opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Stop the clocks

    In a satirical piece written for the Journal de Paris while Franklin was American envoy to France (1776-85), he suggested that the city authorities tax window shutters, ration candles and (my favourite) fire cannons at dawn to jolt residents awake

  • 24 Oct 2025 12:43

    The Music Maker - opinion

    Peter Edgerton

    The sound of the speed of oneliness

    Even when you do loads of new things, time hurtles by at an alarming rate once you reach a certain age. This weekend lasted about half an hour as far I could tell

  • 17 Oct 2025 13:39

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Highly contagious

    Despite agreeing on a wildly unfair trade deal with the US in August, Brussels has declared that any attempt by Trump to single Spain out for punishment will be dealt with "appropriately"

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