Spain
Soma-ed to the max in Seville
Partaking of the delights of the capital city of Spain’s Andalusia increasingly feels too Aldous Huxley for comfort
Take the slow train
Tom Chesshyre on the joy and rattle of Spain’s local lines
The EU is no haven for political naysayers
Is it right that Britain should be forced to extradite the political agitators of other EU states?
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
Bullfighting à la mode
Christopher North says French aficionados are more demanding than the Spanish
Shingles and delirium in San Sebastián
Despite Covid-19 rates spiking, it was a dormant virus that caught the author out as he tried to venture through Spain
The grandeur and instability of Spain
The rise and fall of the Spanish Empire
Making of a modern monarchy
The reformed Royal family sailed unscathed through the mid-century crises of the abdication, the Depression and the Second World War
Is it really time for the monarchy to go?
How the case for monarchy rests not only in its advantages, but also in its alternatives
Sex is real – and it matters
On the first day of Maya Forstater’s appeal, Sarah Phillimore says it is wrong that women continue to risk being sacked for their opinions
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
The perils of privilege
Musa Okwonga’s memoir about his time at Eton is a confused account of having access to everywhere but belonging nowhere
The role of prime minister from Gladstone to Johnson
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart on how the role of the Prime Minister has changed in the past 200 years
Switzerland and Britain need to talk
London and Bern need to coordinate their approach to the EU
How many Nationalist parties does it take to change a lightbulb?
Will Salmond’s Alba Party split or maximise the pro-independence vote in May?
How exceptional is Britain’s monarchy?
Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black discuss British and European conceptions of monarchy throughout history
The happy-clappy compassion mask
Ewa and Mateusz Dymek say cruelty is being masked by compassion