The Bottom Line

Get thy own house in order

The bleak housing situation for young professionals on the Costa del Sol has reached the point where people feel they need to uproot their lives from friends and family and move 400km away comments contributor Neil Hesketh

Neil Hesketh

The Music Maker

Game of cards

Columnist Peter Edgerton finds himself coiled like a viper in a midnight battle of wits against the Spanish bureaucracy’s digital gatekeepers

Peter Edgerton

The Euro Zone

Cooking the books

Columnist Mark Nayler looks at how Spain's misuse of EU recovery funds came under the spotlight

Mark Nayler

Food and drink

Free tapas?

The rule book about living in Spain has a chapter referring to Spanish bars, with a prominent subsection headed Tapas

Andrew J. Linn
  • Last day of campaigning in Andalusian election
    Moreno in a still from his song video (l) and Montero with the prime minster in Granada (r). (PP/EP)

    Andalusian elections

    Last day of campaigning in Andalusian election

    Over the past week, local party leaders, supported by figures from national politics, have continued to tour the region

    SUR |
  • Malaga province escapes cold snap hitting parts of Spain
    Tourists hiding from the sun in Malaga under their umbrellas. (Salvador Salas)

    Weather

    Malaga province escapes cold snap hitting parts of Spain

    The Costa del Sol will experience only a slight drop in temperatures over the weekend as a prelude to the arrival of summer

    Ignacio Lillo |
  • The satin flower
    Sisyrinchium striatum. (Wikimedia)

    Gardening in southern Spain

    The satin flower

    Sisyrinchium striatum, commonly known as blue-eyed grass or the satin flower, is a close relation to the iris

    Denise Bush |