The building that houses the Ibis hotel and Le Gran Café in Malaga after the fire on Monday; in the circle, councillor Avelino Barrionuevo.
The building that houses the Ibis hotel and Le Gran Café in Malaga after the fire on Monday; in the circle, councillor Avelino Barrionuevo. (Pedro J. Quero)

The Bottom Line

Typical, ban something that actually works

"Over the past few years I've watched properties in my area, some empty for 20 years, filthy and riddled with rats, finally being put to proper use. After a relatively affordable renovation, people are actually living in these places," says columnist Ignacio Lillo

Ignacio Lillo

The Music Maker

Sew sew wrong

Columnist Peter Edgerton looks at new research into Bronze Age sewing skills - and confirms that boys were just as hopeless four thousand years ago

Peter Edgerton

The Euro Zone

Battle for the centre

Despite the pressure that Vox will exert on Moreno, he doesn’t need to enter a coalition. A confidence-and-supply arrangement could be sufficient thinks columnist Mark Nayler

Mark Nayler

Food and Drink opinion

Prohibition

Columnist Andrew J. Linn looks at how moderate regulation of alcohol comsumption might work better than outright bans

Andrew J. Linn
  • Creating art from discarded waste
    The mosaic installation on the hiking route in the mountains that surround Torremolinos.. (SUR)

    Art

    Creating art from discarded waste

    Michael Brown. An environmentally friendly Canadian artist living in Torremolinos used thousands of pieces of broken tiles to create a mosaic inspired by a pattern from the Alhambra palace

    Tony Bryant |
  • Michael Hoskin: The professor of the Antequera dolmens
    Professor Michael Hoskin at the inauguration in 2017. (A. J. G.)

    Foreign Influencers in Southern Spain

    Michael Hoskin: The professor of the Antequera dolmens

    The Cambridge University professor discovered that the megaliths faced El Torcal and La Peña de los Enamorados instead of the sun

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • Recommended for your garden in the south of Spain: Erythrina fusca
    Erythrina fusca. (WIKIMEDIA)

    Gardening

    Erythrina fusca

    The flowers are an unusual shape and can be pale orange or yellow

    Denise Bush |