Spain
Blood and beauty
Bullfighting magnificence in Santander
Don’t mock the Med mindset
What the Spanish have lost in international relevance, they make up in appreciating life
Bull market
José Tomás is a titan of the bullring, but does he live up to his reputation?
This town ain’t big enough for the both of us
Crisis and continuity in the Spanish right
Going to the ends of the earth
A thrilling story of machismo, mutiny and madness in the Pacific
Monster Munch
It’s time to embrace a Galician classic
The Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses rising powers and two turn of the century great power conflicts
Spanish prize
Jonathan Ruffer’s daring philanthropic experiment hopes to bring a different kind of regeneration to the north-east
Fairgrounds, Franco, and the future of Spain
An author challenges her nation’s collective and individual self-deceptions
Imagine a world without prostitution
The feminist fix: seeing an end to the sex trade
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
Why so few men take up the pen
With publishing now such a female-dominated industry, it’s no surprise that there are so few men writing fiction
Living in the 80s
Did popular culture peak four decades ago?
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
The end of high quality homes
Michael Gove’s new leasehold reforms risk derailing the economic engine that helped finance some of Britain’s finest suburbs
The police should stop wasting time on tweets
How have we reached the point where expressing your opinion can consign you to a Kafkaesque nightmare?
The scarlet letter
A touchy-feely Labour government must embrace the ugly reality of business
Medical science is oppressive
Illness and wellness are mere taxonomies of power
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
