You can bet on it
The lights do look pretty darn pretty and, what's more, the big switch-on ushers in many other wonderful Spanish Christmas custom
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From the ashes
I don’t mind admitting that my first thought was arson, that the fire had been started deliberately by those with vested interests
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End-of-year deadlines
Spain's coalition government has to please the ERC and the CEOE by 31 December
Mark Nayler | -
V for Vanguard
Seeking secret links between top-ranking French artist Sophie Calle, the Russian Avant-Garde - and other trailblazers...
GEORGINA OLIVER |
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An active volcano from an inactive newspaper
A legend about an active volcano situated in Granada province came from a report mentioning a mysterious cavet in The New York Herald Tribune in 1956
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I confess
Picasso's work leaves me a bit cold. We should all be allowed to express an opinion even if it flies in the face of the generally accepted wisdom.
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A judge of character
One of the new Constitutional Court judges isn't as upright as you might expect, allegedly receiving almost a million euros in commissions
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Missed trains
We're not even asking for a train line to Marbella, but at least allow current one to thrive
IGNACIO LILLO |
Extra Bodegas Excelencia
Bodegas Excelencia: the ideal space for wine tourism and production
SUR in English
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A work in progess
It's quite bizarre that Luis Enrique still divides opinion among Spanish football fans. He's guided Spain to the final stages of major competitions
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Quality peeps
I’d suggest that the key to success for tourism on our beloved Costa del Sol is not the quality of the people coming in but rather the quality of the people here to greet them
Neil Hesketh | -
Does cork still float to the top?
Aesthetically and ecologically cork deserves to win, but accountants look only at the bottom line
ANDREW J. LINN | -
Less is more
The latest data shows that Spain's government had access to around five billion euros of EU grants as at the end of August, but had only deployed 104 million
Mark Nayler |
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Don't pension it
To tell the truth, I can't really imagine retiring - there are only so many walls a man can paint and model railways he can build
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The Xavi era
The hope is that he will follow in the footsteps of Cruyff, Guardiola and Zidane. The fear is that he won't quite make the transition like Solskjaer, Lampard and Pirlo
Rob Palmer |