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High life

Blood, sand and tragedy in Papa Hemingway and Ava Gardner country

Parties such as the one I’ve just been to in Seville will soon be gone with the wind

10 October 2015

9:00 AM

10 October 2015

9:00 AM

Let’s take it from the top: Seville is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The capital of Andalusia, it is situated on the banks of the Guadalquivir river, and has a history that predates the Greeks and the Phoenicians. (Almost as old as Milton Keynes, but slightly more exciting at night.)

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