The radical history of The Spectator
A newspaper – it would be more than 100 years before it became a magazine – calling itself a spectator…
Trains in Spain
The first railway line in Spain, from Barcelona to Mataro a few miles up the coast towards the French border,…
Is bullfighting on its last gasp?
Looking at the programme for the feria of San Isidro in Madrid this month (bullfights are being held on 31…
Why Gibraltar needs its hunt back
The British overseas territory of Gibraltar, or, as some would have it, the wart on the bottom of the Iberian…
