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Jim Lawley

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Luis Rubiales and Spain’s war on machismo

Luis Rubiales and Spain’s war on machismo
20.02.2025 2

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Jim Lawley

Spain / What Luis Rubiales’s trial will reveal

02.02.2025 20

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Jim Lawley

What Luis Rubiales’s trial will reveal

02.02.2025 20

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Jim Lawley

Spain’s expat tax won’t last long

18.01.2025 10

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Jim Lawley

Bad history / The solution to Spain’s problems

11.01.2025 9

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Jim Lawley

The solution to Spain’s problems

11.01.2025 10

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Jim Lawley

Spain won’t forgive and forget over Valencia’s deadly floods

The head of the Valencia regional government has just attempted an impossible task – justifying his administration’s conduct before, during and...

15.11.2024 2

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US election / Trump’s triumph has infuriated the Spanish left

‘Everybody’s lost but me,’ mutters a teenage Indiana Jones emerging from a cave in the middle of the desert to find that the boy scouts with...

08.11.2024 2

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Jim Lawley

Heads will roll after Spain’s flooding catastrophe

Spain’s King and Queen were pelted with mud yesterday when they visited Paiporta, epicentre of the flood disaster zone in the Valencia region. Over...

04.11.2024 10

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Jim Lawley

Why Spaniards keep being killed by bulls

A 57-year-old man was gored and killed during the bull running through the streets of Vall d’Uixo (population 31,000) in Spain last weekend. It was...

27.10.2024 1

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Mexico wants Spain to apologise for conquering the Aztecs

When Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico’s first female president later today, Felipe VI, the King of Spain, will not be present. He has, very...

01.10.2024 4

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Lost for words / How can we trust the National Trust?

A few weeks ago I felt it was my civic duty to draw attention to the many grammatical mistakes and spelling errors in the National Trust’s...

27.09.2024 2

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Jim Lawley

Is anti-tourism becoming Spain’s Brexit?

Believing that membership of the European Union was undeniably beneficial for the UK economy, many Remainers struggled to understand why the...

26.08.2024 20

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How does Spain solve a problem like Carles Puigdemont?

Last week saw dramatic events in Catalonia as Carles Puigdemont, wanted for almost seven years by Spanish justice for spearheading the region’s...

12.08.2024 5

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Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont escapes arrest – again

In 1939, seeing that General Franco’s troops were about to enter Barcelona, Lluís Companys, President of Catalonia, fled to France. Captured near...

09.08.2024 10

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Spells trouble / The National Trust’s abuse of language

‘Remember to bring your childrens bikes with you so you can all enjoy the estate,’ the National Trust’s website says, inviting visitors to its...

02.08.2024 2

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Spain isn’t afraid of England at all

England play Spain this evening in the final of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship. On Wednesday evening England’s last-minute goal...

14.07.2024 3

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Jim Lawley