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
  • Who is the woman in red walking the length of the Costa del Sol?

    (Ñito Salas)

    Art and culture

    Who is the woman in red walking the length of the Costa del Sol?

    Creator and performer Alessandra García has already started her pilgrimage along the coast from Manilva to Nerja for her project to promote the artistic use of public space as part of La Obra del Mar

    Regina Sotorrío |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    A danger to humanity

    We live under the histrionic and thoughtless whims of Donald Trump, a character democratically elevated to a material power that he understands and uses as if he were the lord and master of the planet that houses us, writes columnist Diego Carcedo

    Diego Carcedo |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    You can't always get what you want...

    Columnist Peter Edgerton had to reconsider his options after the BBC recently radically reduced access to their radio programming for overseas listeners

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    What's in it for me?

    Spanish politics is like a never-ending feria, the black money and kickbacks flowing like rebujito or Cartojal, writes colmnist Mark Nayler

    Mark Nayler |

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