Revolutionaries? Podemos belong to the ivory tower, not to the masses
Brendan O'Neill 22 December 2015 15:56
If you hear any of your friends refer to the rise of Podemos in Spain as a revolution, please buy them a…
Spain has just experienced a very modern revolution
Daniel Jackson 21 December 2015 9:10
Graffiti artists have added social commentary to many of the billboard advertisements in Madrid, and election campaign posters are no…
Spain's hunger for political change may be just what Catalonia needs
Mark Nayler 27 October 2015 14:54
Some unjustified assumptions inform the Spanish government's anti-Catalonian rhetoric: that it will be in power long enough to prevent Catalonia leaving Spain; that…
Does anybody still believe that the EU is a benign institution?
Nick Cohen 6 July 2015 14:59
Ever since Margaret Thatcher U-turned in the dying days of her premiership, there has been a kind of agreement between…
Why France so worries European policy makers
James Forsyth 31 January 2015 20:10
Today's huge Podemos rally in Madrid is a reminder that Syriza's victory in Greece has emboldened the anti-austerity left across…
Happy Sunday, Nigel Farage – Barroso snubs Cameron's migration cap
Anne Jolis 19 October 2014 13:00
Everyone's favourite unelected European was doing the broadcasting rounds this morning, popping up on the BBC's Andrew Marr show to tell…
Keep calm and address Ebola: a brief history of pandemics at The Spectator
Molly Guinness 18 October 2014 21:40
Ebola clinics in many parts of West Africa are full, so more and more people are being told to stay…
One dog down, in Spain's Ebola panic
Anne Jolis 8 October 2014 16:17
[UPDATE: The dog is now dead, WSJ reports.] For anyone concerned about Spain's ability to contain Ebola, after a Spanish…
World Cup diary – Thank God the reign of Spain is over!
Rod Liddle 19 June 2014 9:27
It is a wicked thing to revel in someone else's misery. Trouble is, occasionally it can't be helped. So –…
World Cup diary – Spain humiliated
You see – that's the trouble. You write off the World Cup for moral reasons because of FIFA sleaze (and…
Scotland and the EU: Mariano Rajoy should just jog on.
Alex Massie 28 November 2013 10:47
It's bad enough being lectured by politicians from Edinburgh or even London. That, I suppose, is to be expected however.…
Perfidious Brussels
Steerpike 16 October 2013 17:25
The European Commission, having done nothing about recent Spanish sabre rattling over the self-determination of Gibraltar, has launched a full…
Thank God Peter Hain never held high office
Rod Liddle 7 August 2013 7:54
Peter Hain, I see, has suggested that we come to a negotiated settlement with the Spanish government over Gibraltar, in…
Gibraltar – 200 years of history in the Spectator
David Blackburn 6 August 2013 10:13
The most dramatic part of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's unmatched submarine novel, Das Boot, takes place beneath the Straits of Gibraltar, when Buchheim's…
David Cameron makes the case for reform in Europe
Isabel Hardman 8 April 2013 8:55
Germany has elections on the way, Spain is just about holding a lid on its economic crisis while keeping a…
Cheat sheet: the new Spanish corruption scandal
Jonathan Jones 1 February 2013 17:25
An unemployment rate of 26 per cent (and 56 per cent for young people); an economy that contracted by 0.7…
Free Catalonia!
Rod Liddle 26 November 2012 9:29
OMG to Catalonia! (Geddit?; I'm quite proud of that. Pathetic, I know). A congenial centre-right and far left alliance in…
Spain draws closer to a bailout
Isabel Hardman 28 September 2012 16:44
The results of stress tests on Spanish banks will be revealed at 5pm, and the rumour on the trading floor…
An introduction to Javier Marías
Benjamin Eastham 13 September 2012 12:31
The fundamental purpose of the literary critic is to incentivise his audience to read books of which he approves. He…
General Franco's British foes
Richard Baxell 29 August 2012 15:02
David Lomon was one of the lucky ones. While fighting in Aragon in south-west Spain in the spring of 1938,…