Spain

Bands that played Spain in the heady aftermath of Franco’s death have been rewarded with remarkable loyalty

Three out of the top five restaurants in the world were Spanish this year. Why?

In Mallorca, native islanders are turning against tourists

Before Segovia, the guitar was not an instrument to be taken seriously. In a matter of minutes, everything changed

Even in a country where smoking remains socially acceptable, restrictions still look likely to be widely acknowledged

The Champions League final explains why sport is so compelling – because it tells and retells the tales that we long to hear

In learning how to fight off populists, Spain’s prime minister is starting to emulate their moves

During the city’s Las Fallas festival, Valencia becomes a source of never-ending joviality

The Spanish prime minister took five days off to ponder his future – before deciding to carry on as before

Spaniards view the prime minister’s announcement as the latest of his electoral strategies

In 1974, Portugal had the lowest wages and highest illiteracy in western Europe. Then came the Carnation Revolution

In 2023, Catalonia’s drought halved wine production and this year is only expected to be worse

A million of the club’s fans crammed into a city of 350,000 to celebrate their Copa del Rey victory. I was not anticipating to be one of them

You Are Not Alone, a powerful new documentary, follows the horrific attack that gripped Spain

Despite some attempts at prohibition, the tradition goes on in Spain. Like that of the bulls, its own demise will be a long, drawn-out affair

Over seven weeks in Almería Lennon worked tirelessly on arguably his greatest, and most personal, Beatles composition, Strawberry Fields Forever

The exhibition Political Prisoners in Contemporary Spain brings a much-needed political frisson to tourist-friendly Barcelona

Spain’s third city is becoming less environmentally friendly since the new council introduced its pro-car agenda

The parallels between the blaze in the Spanish city and Grenfell Tower are glaringly clear

The capital’s anger shows the polarised nature of Spain’s politics and how populists could take power

Worrying trends across Europe and the world suggest that women’s rights are under threat

In JA Bayona, the survivors of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 had the right man to tell their story

No matter the season, you can eat well in Galicia

Experts warn that it’s not a matter of if an emergency situation will be declared, but when

This take on Federico García Lorca’s classic left me dazed and speechless

An anniversary year has featured as many scorching takedowns of Picasso’s character as it has paeans to his genius

Europeans have a long held fascination with volcanoes. But no one knows when or where the next potentially deadly eruption will occur

The US president must take a leaf out of the Spanish prime minister’s book and focus on social justice and saving democracy

Valencia is home to nearly 15,000 Chinese nationals and their culinary influence shows

The amnesty causing outrage in Madrid is no different to what happened with Blair and Northern Ireland

Party leaders will have plenty of political ammunition during their next stint in opposition

Valencia’s minister of culture calls the practice an art form – he’s wrong