Between Two Fires: Guerrilla War in the Spanish Sierras is a gripping and deeply moving new book about “Spain’s forgotten war” by award-winning journalist David Baird written after five years of painstaking research. Published by Maroma Press

In view of the mega debacle at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 last week, and the chaos last summer at Barcelona’s Aeroport del Prat, we can only wait in trepidation to see what happens when the new Terminal Sur opens in 2009. It’s already behind schedule. According to Aena, the Spanish airport authority, (I translate) “The new [...]

Does fighting the bureaucrats wear you out? Do you always have a form missing? Do you feel lost when applying for government subsidies? Well now you can practice with the hot new game… Practice your Spanish while falling around laughing. Here’s a transcript of the original Spanish and an English translation courtesy of In The [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was in Girona to promote our book In The Garlic. I really like Girona. It’s quieter and more laid back and less built up than Barcelona. But it’s still – I hesitate to use this done-to-death word – vibrant. I was there for, amongst other things, a meeting of [...]

Back to the frenzy that is Barcelona in its normal state. I wake to the roar of engines and machines in our patio de manzana and go to the balcony to check. Oh great! They’ve come to clean off the obscene graffiti that appeared over the holidays in the playground below. Later, mid morning, I [...]