Spain

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

Spaniards famously eat late, but make an exception at Atrio – you won’t want to miss the sunset viewings from the courtyard

Brexit has grounded the ‘snowbirds’ who headed for Spanish holiday homes each winter – and ended dreams of expat life in the sun

There aren’t many outsiders in Geldo, but then there aren’t many Geldanos either

As two TV series and the life of its former mayor show, the Spanish beach resort has become a byword for glamour and corruption

With its second-day stew, gazpacho, Russian salad and the ubiquitous jamón Ibérico, Seville is one of Europe’s best – and least pretentious – places to eat

Support for the movement may have dwindled from previous years, but could this be a pivotal moment for Catalans?

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