Dominic Hilton spots a sniper on a balcony, has embarrassing encounters in lifts and thinks gender-neutral language would make learning Spanish a lot easier

The coronavirus pandemic has birthed a new historically-specific group: the lockdown refugees

Was Iceland responsible for the French Revolution, the moon landing and the discovery of America?

After being marooned in Portugal for so long, thank goodness they are

Dominic Hilton on the Instagram influencers in his plaza, conversations with his mother and a terrible death on the streets near his home

Don’t look a gift train in the mouth

As Britain is about to declare victory over the virus, Christopher Pincher enjoys a Latour-Bellona

Dominic Hilton comments on the latest perceived injustice in the capital, a man eating dog biscuits, and the strange meaning of numbers in Argentina

Tom Chesshyre on the joy and rattle of Spain’s local lines

From the submarine service to the world’s southernmost sub-post office, A S H Smyth interviews Sally Owen, a Falklands-based dentist who also helps to conserve the historic sites of Antarctica