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OUTSIDE the capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, two flags flutter side by side in the Caribbean breeze. One is the island’s own; the other, that of the United States. The arrangement reflects what has been Puerto Rico’s much-discussed…
WITH an estimated wealth of €3.5 billion and more than 40 official titles, she was the world’s most noble aristocrat and one of Spain’s wealthiest. The Duquesa de Alba’s vast holdings included over 40 estates, palaces, and castles, notably Palacio…
THE mysterious phantom poet terrorising the Malaga town of Ronda has struck again, this time with the local mayor firmly in sights. Calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’, the anonymous satirist has escalated his bizarre campaign of hanging 17th-century style…
ALL eyes in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol were locked onto the boy – some mirthful, some scornful and some merely curious. Wearing a white wolf mask and a tattered hoodie, the boy lowered into a crouch as onlookers formed a…
THE Sagrada Familia, the magnificent gothic basilica that looms over the Barcelona city skyline, has finally reached its peak height after workers laid the final piece of its central tower in place. At 11am on Friday morning, after several agonising…
A DOZEN medieval Muslim tombs have been uncovered in Estepona during construction work to revamp the main boulevard. This discovery shines fresh light on the Costa del Sol’s buried past. The archeologists found the remains while overseeing redevelopment works in…
STAR: Miss DQ is a household name on the drag circuit This story was originally posted on April 1, 2019 – we don’t think it was an April fool’s joke THE UK’s only dwarf drag queen has just completed a…
FOCUSING today on just one date – January 15 – we’ve dug up three Spanish personalities who you may find mildly diverting! 1. MANOLO EL DEL BOMBO born January 15, 1949 There are a lot of soccer fans in Spain,…
IMAGINE that you’re driving to Cadiz for a holiday from Madrid or Marbella, and you’ve decided to leave the main road, in order to take in some of the province’s delightful little villages. Midway between the evocatively named Alcala de…
IT’S one of the coldest, darkest weekends around Spain, where traditionally not much happens and nobody has any money or energy left. With the festivities finally behind us and Reyes, January 6, marking the official end of Spanish Christmas, most…
