Childless pet owners are sentient beings too
Spain introduced a law giving animals more rights, while the pope described couples who choose to have pets instead of children as "selfish"
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Balthazar: a woman in a male-dominated field
Most people think of Three Kings as jolly generous men with obligatory beards, but this is not the case anymore
Alekk M. Saanders | -
The Nutcracker: offensive to Asians and not in tune with modern racial sensibilities
Tchaikovsky's ballet - performed last week at the Cervantes in Malaga - is being revised nowadays because it apparently features a number of cultural clichés and blackfacing
Alekk M. Saanders | -
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No smoke king
John was overcome by the familiar sense of resolve that had gripped him on the first of January every year for the last five years. He simply had to stop
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Victims of our own success
How many more new residents will fit before the province bursts at the seams?
IGNACIO LILLO | -
Misunderstandings
These are often of a cultural nature, like believing that tapas can be eaten with a coffee, or an authentic paella or 'arroz' should be cooked in an oven
ANDREW J. LINN | -
Lone shark
The male protagonist of this story hardly emerges as an exemplar of virtue. He appears, rather, as an unscrupulous opportunist, a lone loan shark more interested in sex than insanely uncompetitive interest rates
Mark Nayler | -
Good truck charm
Let's consider some of the many brilliant perks that being a lorry driver has to offer in a bid to entice our younger readers (under 55) into the profession
Extra Bodegas Excelencia
Bodegas Excelencia: the ideal space for wine tourism and production
SUR in English
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Year we go again
It's time to look forward to 2022 and all the joy and wonder it may bring
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Private lives
A recent survey of US sommeliers from top establishments shows them to be remarkably unconventional and some even off-the-wall
ANDREW J. LINN | -
Garbage disposal
There was certainly haggling over the 2022 spending plan, but it wasn't generated by debate about the document's fiscal proposals
Mark Nayler | -
Santa’s house
Everything was just perfect - the only work required would be to clean up his fluffy white beard, polish the buckle on his belt and iron his red jacket and trousers...
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Catching a chill
Whether it's served at room temperature or chilled, with or without ice, everyone has a different preference for their wine
ANDREW J. LINN | -
Hope at Christmas
If you ever see an elderly person in need of help at the supermarket or at the bank, lend them a hand