Sol y Sombra

The pleasures and the pain

Christopher North speaks to the fearless Andrés Roca Rey, Peru’s first bull fighting star

Taurine state of grace

Christopher North joins the devoted cult of the elegant, enigmatic bullfighter José Tomás

The final frontier

Christopher North says bullfighting thrives in a culture where death is discussed, not hidden

The pardoner’s tale

Christopher North on a sentimental fad that risks cheapening the ritual of the bullring

End of the fiesta?

Christopher North worries that lockdown has caused an extinction-level crisis

Pick of the plazas

Christopher North advises on the best bullrings for budding aficionados

Bullfighting à la mode

Christopher North says French aficionados are more demanding than the Spanish

Lords of the ring

Christopher North says while matadors come and go, pedigree fighting bulls remain

Death of a maestro

Christopher North pays tribute to one of the two great matadors of the Golden Age

Opening gambits

Christopher North witnesses the start of the bullfighting season