Liam Aldous
Diplomacy
Spain’s new prime minister travels with a bold agenda, and Trump prepares his next excursion.
Raising the dead
Years of silence have almost erased Spain’s civil war and General Franco’s atrocities from the collective consciousness but now the country is ready to speak out.
Culture Briefing
Carsten Höller’s dream works, a Danish art fair to watch and Madrid reclaims its airwaves.
Bureaux de change
Improve your productivity by sprucing up your place of work – well, that’s the theory anyway. Whatever happens, it will look sharper.
Stairway to heaven
The co-operative apartment block in Valencia that’s a brutalist triumph, casting a spiritual spell on its devoted residents.
Filling up
We’ve all heard tell of Basque cuisine but what about the growers, producers and chefs plying their trade in neighbouring regions? We take a roadtrip to find out.
Big ideas
Urban transformation often begins on a local scale, as these inspiring initiatives prove
Quality of Life Survey: Metropolis now
You want a city that’s well run, delivers on life’s essentials and is fun too? This is our ranking of the top 25 in the world.
A hospital at sea: Inside the Spanish ship saving lives across the Atlantic
Meet the crew of the Spanish medical ship bringing salvation to anyone who finds themselves in choppy waters.
