A wonderful way with words
Sotogrande International School embraced World Poetry Day by asking its pupils to pen a few lines
Ricky Martin poses for Spanish Vanity Fair with adopted twin boys
The Puerto Rican adopted his children with partner Carlos Gonzalez Abella
It gives you Fever-Tree!
Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water is taking Spain by storm thanks to a current craze for gin and tonic
Brand new cuts to target foreigners in Spain
Ten billion euros more is to be slashed from health and education, the PP has announced
Vinnie Jones heads to Marbella
The footballer-turned-actor will play a nutty killer who chokes people with guitar strings
But will we fit in?
Parents more concerned that other families are ‘people like us’ than about discipline
Herbal help for hay fever
In the latest in our series on the herbs of Andalucia, Sue Rodgers offers some herbal allergy remedies…
Fine schools for illiterate kids
Schools could be punished if children remain illiterate when they move to secondary schools
Will Ferrell nails Spanish for new role
The Hollywood star took a crash course for his role in Casa de me Padre
Bittersweet victory for OPX writing competiton winner
It was a classic mistake that any newcomer to Spain could have easily made
The perfect Gin & Tonic… It’s all about the lemons!
Spain is going nuts for the very British G&T with sales up 18 per cent and even bespoke bars opening to promote the tipple. The
Imogen looking ‘wheely’ fit in Marbella
The Welsh beauty was on a boot camp
Cushy deal for wrongdoers in Spain
Opposition leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba has criticised the fiscal amnesty proposed in the new budget
Don’t worry, be happy!
Despite the general strike and further austerity cuts, American academic Jack Gaioni insists on five good reasons why the Spanish should still be optimistic…
OPX writing competition runners-up
Elena Peel and Jasper Kettell's accounts of Cadiz and Via Verdes
Negative equity on rise in Spain
Spanish house prices are set to fall even further
In Boca: The Landings
Jon Clarke discovers one of the true dining secrets of Gibraltar with a Jamaican twist
New reality show ‘Marbella Beach’ to rival TOWIE
The show is being launched by former BB star Brian Belo
Have parents gone soft?
One in five American parents has stopped reading their children the classics because they are 'too scary'
Antonio Banderas’ pious return to Malaga
The actor immerses himself in Semana Santa
OPX writing competition winner (11 and under)
Queenie Molly Argent compares two very different Andalucias in her winning piece
Under the covers – A Spanish Easter parade
As another rain-threatened Semana Santa gets under way across Andalucia, James Bryce goes behind the scenes with one local brotherhood
Murderer comes to sticky end in Spain
Woman sentenced for killing friend and impregnating body to mislead police
Good news for choc scoffers this Easter
Regular eaters should stop feeling guilty, say researchers
Weed them out in Sevilla
Staff are chief suspects in cocaine heist from toxicology lab
The banks are to blame
Lawyer Antonio Flores looks at why property buyers are the last in line to get their money back when things go wrong