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John Galliano speaks in new documentary: Gibraltar designer, 63, apologises for vile anti-Semitic comments after mounting comeback this year

A NEW documentary will showcase the rapid rise and fall of controversial Gibraltarian fashion designer John Galliano. High and Low: John Galliano, directed by Academy Award-winning Scot Kevin Macdonald, coincides with the

5 Mar, 2024 @ 10:48

Gibraltar·Lead

Revealed: How you can save BIG on flying to Spain and beyond with this ‘skiplagging’ travel hack – just don’t do it too often, warn experts

SKIPLAGGING, also known as “hidden-city ticketing”, is a controversial practice for securing lower airfares that involves getting off prematurely during a multi-leg flight. But how does it work? Pioneered by Skiplagged.com, the

2 Feb, 2024 @ 06:32

Economy·Lead·Olive Press Travel·spain

Controversial Housing Project Gets Go Ahead On 'empty' Stretch Of The Costa Blanca In Spain

Last-ditch bid for talks to stop controversial housing development on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA mayor Carolina Gracia wants talks with all ‘interested parties’ to stop the controversial Cala Mosca construction project. The development envisages 2,274 homes being built on what has been described as the

6 Sep, 2022 @ 15:13

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Premium·Valencian Community

WATCH: Spain’s longest urban slide on Costa del Sol SHUTS just 24 hours after opening as users battered, bruised and friction burned

The 38 metre slide is now being described as ‘s**t’, while other have joked that ‘it kills children’, following the horrific injuries

11 May, 2019 @ 14:26

Lead·Malaga

€200k effigy of King Felipe VI of Spain that buyer ‘must burn within a year’ on sale in Madrid gallery

The towering statue features the Spanish monarch in a blue suit and gallery staff even periodically spray it with Hugo Boss ‘Dark Blue’ cologne

27 Feb, 2019 @ 15:46

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Explicit Antoni Miro sculptures ‘endangering children’, say community leaders in Spain

COMMUNITY leaders in Valencia are demanding the withdrawal of Antoni Miro’s latest explicit art exhibition in a bid to ‘protect children’ in the city. The famous Alicante-born artist’s series of erotic sculptures

22 Sep, 2018 @ 13:37

La Cultura·Lead

Spanish justice minister grants right to life for deformed babies

New revelations in Spain's controversial abortion saga

7 Jul, 2014 @ 19:47

Lead·National News

‘I want to stop being gay’ books stun Spain

Shocking books on sale in Spain's El Corte Ingles

21 Jun, 2014 @ 08:30

Lead

The Real Royals

Following a massive own goal – being caught hunting elephants on a luxury break in Africa – it has become open season on Spain's once untouchable royals, including claims that Spain's 'real'

30 Apr, 2012 @ 15:10

Michelle Obama heads to Ronda

US First lady takes a tour of the historic town with friends before visiting famous bull ring, where Hemingway and Orson Welles once fell in love with bullfighting, writes Jon Clarke

7 Aug, 2010 @ 19:57