Spain
Time for the King of Spain to save his country again
Might there ever be in this century, anywhere in Europe, a case for serious political interference by an hereditary monarch?…
What Quique Dacosta knows that Picasso didn’t
Chefs have a problem. Think of much of the best food you have ever eaten. Caviar, English native oysters, sashimi,…
A spirit to warm Bruegel’s ‘Hunters in the Snow’
The ostensible subject matter is misleading, as is any conflation with his lesser relatives’ wassailing peasants and roistering village squares.…
Christopher Howse takes the slow train in Spain — and writes a classic
This is probably not a book for those whose interest in Spain gravitates towards such contemporary phenomena as the films…
The week in words: 'Pull & Bear' is all style, no substance
‘This’ll make you laugh,’ said my husband, sounding like George V commenting on an Impressionist painting. ‘Someone in the Telegraph…
Does the world need 17 volumes of Hemingway's letters?
‘In the years since 1961 Hemingway’s reputation as “the outstanding author since the death of Shakespeare” shrank to the extent…
Raymond Carr by María Jesús Gonzalez - review
This is an unusual book: a Spanish historian writes the life of an English historian of Spain. In doing so,…
Gibraltar isn't the world's weirdest border
Gibraltar is just one geographical oddity in a world full of them
Barometer: Spain’s own version of Gibraltar
Other people’s rocks Spain threatened to introduce a €40 border-crossing charge and find other ways of making life difficult for…
