Some of the tuna captured during the almadraba that took place last week in Barbate.
Some of the tuna captured during the almadraba that took place last week in Barbate. (Salvador Salas)

Lifestyle

From fishing nets in Barbate to the markets of Malaga

SUR joins the ‘almadraba’ tuna catch in the waters of Cadiz province, marking the start of the bluefin tuna season. The Costa del Sol is one of the main destinations of this quality produce, which is prized worldwide

Salvador Salas
  • Leslie Thomson, with his bagpipes, on 'his' hill in Benalmádena.
    Leslie Thomson, with his bagpipes, on 'his' hill in Benalmádena. (Rodolfo Carballo)

    Bagpipes in Benalmádena: the mysterious sound that plays every Sunday

    The Scotsman from Argentina: Leslie Thomson takes traditional Scottish music up and down the coast with his bagpipes. For the past 20 years he's rehearsed in a place that has become known simply as 'Piper's Hill'

    Carlos Zamarriego
  • Malaga actor Antonio Banderas joined forces with Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2023
    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

The Bottom Line

A prayer for public transport

Columnist Jennie Rhodes welcomes the long-awaited drop in bus fares but argues that cheaper tickets will do little to solve the fifteen years of stress, poor signage and station chaos that continue to plague local passengers

Jennie Rhodes

The Music Maker

Safe as ours is

Columnist Peter Edgerton marks International Password Day by questioning the sanity of three-month updates and the insidious difficulty of identifying bridges in tiny internet photos

Peter Edgerton

The Euro Zone

Awaiting a response

Columnist Mark Nayler highlights the awkward timing of Spain’s request for EU protection against American sanctions as Madrid simultaneously faces a legal showdown with Brussels over its discriminatory property tax rules

Mark Nayler

Food and drink

Line of duty

Columnist Andrew J. Linn explores the blend of politics and social engineering that keeps Spain a boozer’s paradise and explains why wine and cava escape the heavy duties found in Northern Europe

Andrew J. Linn
  • Food and drink

    The Malaga town where oranges grow in August

    The Rivero family planted around 150 Valencia Late trees, one of the sweetest varieties that mature later than others, near the River Cueva in Riogordo and nowadays it is quite normal for villagers to buy the fruit during summer in the local fruit shop

    Javier Almellones |
  • Julio Álamo finishes his journey in search of the Osborne bull in Japan
    Julio Álamo celebrates reaching the last Osborne bull in Matsunoyama Onsen (Japan). (J. A.)

    Travel

    Julio Álamo finishes his journey in search of the Osborne bull in Japan

    The Madrid-based motorcyclist made Matsunoyama Onsen the finishing line of a more than two-month-long journey through 11 countries - a challenge started in 2017 that united adventure, culture and personal transformation

    C. P. S. |
  • Farewell to Benalmádena's bullring?
    The current state of the interior of the bullring. (SUR)

    Culture

    Farewell to Benalmádena's bullring?

    A technical report from the provincial authority states that the site is, legally, in a state of urban ruin and that it must be demolished, while the town hall says that it is currently studying the case