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
  • A Look at La Liga

    The relegation zone

    La Liga's relegation scrap has ten clubs sweating on their top-flight existence; the most concerned club must be Sevilla

    Rob Palmer Commentator ESPN |
  • Food and Drink

    National drinks

    Beer, wine, or something stronger - most countries have multiple traditional drinks, says Andrew J. Linn

    Andrew J. Linn |
  • 1 May in Spain: A holiday to mark the struggle for workers' rights
    Thousands of workers came out in force during the Labour Day demonstration in Malaga city centre last year. (. SUR)

    1 May - International Workers' Day

    1 May in Spain: A holiday to mark the struggle for workers' rights

    International Workers’ Day is observed in Spain and around the world to honour the achievements of the late 19th-century labour movement

    Tony Bryant |
  • The Music Maker

    Spring into action

    Watching swallows go about their springtime business is one of life's little luxuries; they bring a sense of optimism and renewal to the world, says columnist Peter Edgerton

    Peter Edgerton |
  • Malaga-Madrid: don't call it high speed
    (Ñito Salas)

    The Bottom Line - Opinion

    Don't call it high speed

    Back in 2008, when the AVEs had been running for a few weeks we asked when the travel time between Malaga and Madrid could be reduced to two hours; now the journey takes three hours, complains columnist Ignacio Lillo

    Ignacio Lillo |
  • The actor from Malaga who has challenged stereotypes in Hollywood
    Malaga actor Antonio Banderas joined forces with Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2023. (SUR)

    Andalusian influencers

    The actor from Malaga who has challenged stereotypes in Hollywood

    Writing in the Hollywood Reporter in February 2023, Antonio Banderas said, “One of the things that I always loved about Puss in Boots is that he’s a hero with an accent...it is one of the greatest joys of my life"

    Jennie Rhodes |