Between the Oranges and Olives: Periana, Malaga
For the past 15 years I’ve lived and worked in Barcelona. Barcelona is beautiful, and vain. She spends her time looking in the mirror,...
Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
‘Sometimes we give to the devil what he already has.’ The historian and novelist Arturo Pérez-Reverte shaped his career as a war...
Film of the Week
Abre Los Ojos (1997) From the moment we follow Eduardo Noriega’s handsome, twenty-something yuppy Cesar driving out of the garage of his...
Capçanes, Priorat: Prehistoric Art
Name: Capçanes Occupation: Catalan village, located in the El Vall foothills of the Priorat region. In the news because: It’s the site of...
Glossary of Spanish Perjorative Terms
Can you tell your bolos from your botiflers? Or a morlaco from a mangurrino? Then read on, and you'll be ready if some gent calls you a...
Know your Iberian Trees: The Stone Pine
Name: Stone Pine In Spanish: Pino piñonero AKA: Parasol pine, umbrella pine, pinus pinea. The handsome umbrella canopy and bright green...
A Short History of Prominent Barcelona Guiris
During his time as an Erasmus student in Barcelona, Dr. Olaf Jordbear-Knutssen (b. Aarhus, 1959) dedicated himself to an exhaustive...
Spanish Book Club: Los Mares del Sur by Manuel Vazquez Montalbán
This week, a postmodern take on the hardboiled detective novel, the Planeta-award winning and internationally acclaimed Los Mares del...
Spanish Film of the Week
Mar Adentro (2004) ‘When you spend so long in people’s care, you learn to cry with a smile.’ In Alejandro Amenábar’s moving film, Javier...
News Cheat: Carles Puigdemont
Name: Carles Puigdemont Age: 53 Appearance: Mop-topped German football coach Joachim Low, with nerdy specs. In the news because: He's...
