Madrid, 1990: an art-loving student comes across a mysterious “master” who aims to reveal to him the secrets hidden behind the paintings kept in the Museo del Prado. From Botticelli to Bosch, from Titian to Bruegel, the enigmatic master brings the classical interpretation of the works into question, venturing […]

Last month, it was reported that Royal Mail postmen had refused to deliver mail to a seaside cul-de-sac in Cornwall after having been attacked by aggressive seagulls. They have been told to “man up” by local residents and get used to being attacked at any time – but a seagull […]

About the importance of being alive, good and not rewarded. There is a movie-related question the overstated American meritocracy tends to ignore: why most people in Hollywood would kill to get an Oscar, while a few have died over and over again, but without being rewarded? Leonardo DiCaprio was just […]

Welcome to the cash-for-gold town. “Are you really moving to Madrid? Cool, enjoy yourself…how I envy you!”. No matter how hot the last autumn of strikes and protestations was, no matter how many bloody clashes between protesters and police there were on the last November 14 general strike: people living […]

Thousands marched in a Spanish protest on the 13th of January through central Madrid to protest against the plans of the People’s Party (PP) local government to partly privatise the city’s public health system in the latest of numerous strikes and demonstrations to take place in Spain in recent months. […]