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Mark Nayler

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Confessions of a former bullfighting enthusiast

Bullfighting season in Spain began earlier this week at Seville’s huge annual fair, known as the Feria de Abril. A couple of days before the fair...

26.04.2026 10

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Mark Nayler

Picasso’s Guernica has reopened old wounds in Spain

A row has erupted in Spain over what to do with Pablo Picasso’s 1937 Cubist masterpiece ‘Guernica’. Since 1992, this gigantic black-and-white...

11.04.2026 10

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Mark Nayler

Don’t let AI read philosophy for you

The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) once wrote that ‘[T]he man who feels himself drawn to philosophy must himself seek out its...

26.03.2026 20

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Mark Nayler

Don't let AI read philosophy for you

The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) once wrote that ‘[T]he man who feels himself drawn to philosophy must himself seek out its...

25.03.2026 30

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Spanish border guards won’t make Gibraltar less British

Almost a decade after Brexit, Gibraltar is entering a new era. As stipulated in a thousand-page treaty published on 26 February, which sets out the...

07.03.2026 10

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Mark Nayler

What Spain’s social media ban gets wrong

06.02.2026 10

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Mark Nayler

Can Karl Loxley make classical music cool?

23.12.2025 10

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Mark Nayler

Why piano competitions strike a controversial note

22.10.2025 10

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Pedro Sanchez is compiling a blacklist of anti-abortion doctors

15.10.2025 10

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Pedro Sanchez’s pro-Palestine obsession is damaging Spain

17.09.2025 10

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Should we believe in the miracles of a millenial saint?

07.09.2025 20

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Why August is the time to visit Málaga

10.08.2025 20

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Mark Nayler

Spain’s anti-Islam turn

08.08.2025 10

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Mark Nayler

Keep Palestine out of Pamplona

10.07.2025 10

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Power failure / The mystery of Spain’s blackout

29.04.2025 10

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Mark Nayler