Spain

Spain’s women have progressed – it’s the nation’s men who, sometimes, lag behind

If history had been different, Lope de Vega might have been regarded as the greatest dramatist of them all

An influx of digital nomads in Spain has caused a rent spiral, pricing locals out of their own area

Slowly but surely, old Europe is giving way to the new

Spain’s regional parties have been elevated to political kingmakers at the national level

A seven-week, million-step pilgrimage through Spain brings solitude, extreme heat – and some unexpected hospitality

Spain's rock’s greatest frontman was silenced by “sand in my lungs”. Now, miraculously, he’s back

The Spanish prime minister’s troubles are far from over, however, as a complicated process of backroom deals and coalition building begins

Many questions are being asked ahead of Spain's election on Sunday. One of which is: where do former terrorists belong?

Whatever her outlet, the Spanish writer always derived immense pleasure from reactions to her work and never lost her gratitude

The author lives on in a Barcelona conference which asks what he would make of the upcoming Spanish election and Franco’s legacy

After 20 years of non-stop partying, Brexit and the pandemic have forced Ibiza to turn in for an early night

While British politics moves leftwards, populist extremists are entering power across Europe – and Vox could be next

A new exhibition is based on the life and works of a man who took part in orgies of rape and torture and boasted he had written the “most impure tale that has ever been told”

For all life threw at her, the writer never lost the last sliver of an innocence battered irreparably by events outside her control

After local election humiliation, Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez is risking everything on a national poll that could usher in Isabel Díaz Ayuso and the alt-right

Though authorities might deny it, La Liga and the country itself has a racism problem. Now one small club in Madrid has had enough

Since the 2008 crash, Spain has been remaking itself. But, the tradition of Flamenco remains unchanged

Remembering a master, 40 years after his death

They endured the civil war, persecution and Franco, but the Basques are still singing

How sheep can fight the climate crisis

The Breton language of northern France does not derive from Gaulish – it has its roots in migration from Devon and Cornwall

A campaign group in Spain is seeking better legal protection for women who experience harassment while breastfeeding in public. Will the rest of Europe follow?

Ada Colau is the city’s mayor and she would prefer you to stay away

The remarkable career of the Spanish republican soldier who stumbled into the film industry

How a book of ancient Chinese and Indian texts influenced the work of one of Spain’s greatest modern artists

Climate change, increasing production costs and rapacious demand are combining to threaten producers of jamón ibérico

A new exhibition shows how cross-cultural fertilisation was a characteristic of the Iberian peninsula from its early history

The Spanish giants are still determined to force a breakaway European Super League on us

How fascist leaders in Italy, Spain, Germany and Greece all tried to control the public by stifling linguistic variety

A captivating movie about a fruit-farming family is part of a new rural film trend

Isabel Díaz Ayuso could cause a political earthquake if she takes on the leader of her centre-right party