The northern bald ibis bird Ingrid with her adoptive mother Helena Wehner in the town of Cártama.
The northern bald ibis bird Ingrid with her adoptive mother Helena Wehner in the town of Cártama. (Waldrappteam)

Animal welfare

Malaga province becomes home to rare bird that changes route of threatened species

Recent sightings of the northern bald ibis in Campillos, Antequera, Marbella and the Serranía de Ronda mountain range have been possible thanks to an ambitious international project

Javier Almellones Malaga
  • 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
  • How not to spend it
    Koldo García. (SUR)

    The Euro Zone opinion

    How not to spend it

    In August last year, the European Court of Auditors, the bloc’s fiscal watchdog, identified Spain as the most ineffective spender of Brussels’ money and called for it to return misused and unspent funds

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    The naive search for an honest politician

    Are we voting for the party's list of candidates who we think will carry out their corrupt practice in the most discreet and elegant fashion?

    Rachel Haynes |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    Queues show where the time goes

    The woman who'd just cunningly nipped in front of me in the supermarket check-out queue was truly a sight to behold, clutching her breakfast cereal and cat food like they were prized medals

    Peter Edgerton |