Spain

CHARLIE CONNELLY reports on the quest for the remains of a writer likened to the Bard, and the posthumous activities of other great authors. Imagine if William Shakespeare’s remains were no longer in his grave inside Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. Imagine if they’d been lost, possibly in an act of desecration during a traumatic […]

The government is “working closely” with Spanish authorities to resolve issues over post-Brexit residency documentation after British nationals were prevented from boarding flights back to Spain. Travellers at Heathrow airport were left “distressed” after being told by airlines that they did not have the correct proof of residency. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) […]

Could Catalonia go it alone, and could Spain afford to let it? MIREIA JOFRE-BONET and ALBERT BANAL-ESTANOL analyse the economic consequences of Catalan independence The prospect of Catalonia seceding from Spain has never looked closer. Following a messy referendum vote on the matter (which the Spanish government refused to recognise but sent police in to […]

It might seem quixotic, at a time when Spain looks like it is falling apart, but could the country’s future lie in a union with neighbour Portugal? DAVID BARKER investigates ‘Iberism’ As events in Catalonia continue to expose Spain’s core fragility and the Iberian peninsula’s vulnerability to splintering into several smaller states, it is a […]

The Catalonian crisis has put Europe, as well as Spain, in jeopardy, says PAUL KNOTT. The EU has been getting itself back on track recently after a series of crises. That comeback could be derailed again by the dramatic events in Catalonia. The Spanish government’s attempt to block the referendum on Catalan independence by force […]

Spain is facing an existential threat, says JASON WALSH, with the country’s fragile compromise – which has held since the end of Franco’s dictatorship – now in tatters. For those watching on television, or following in newspapers or online, there seemed to be only one flag being flown across Catalonia last weekend as the state […]

As tensions rise ahead of Catalonia’s disputed independence referendum, only one thing is clear – the two sides are moving further apart than ever. ANDREW DOWLING reports An old refrain often used about Spain is that in the country ‘everything is politicised’. This became apparent following the terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils in mid-August […]

Fans of the cult Spanish series I Know Who You Are have been left in frustration. As they await the climax, LARA WILLIAMS explores what is behind the show’s success I Know Who You Are, or Sé Quién Eres, is a taut Spanish crime thriller which has gained a cult following since its recent appearance […]

Robert Elms lived in Barcelona in the 1980s as it emerged from Franco’s long shadow. Here, in a love letter to the Catalan capital in the wake of Europe’s latest terrorist atrocity, he tells the story of a unique city. For me Barcelona is the greatest European city of them all. It isn’t the greatest […]