The Anniversary Gift
It’s our 26th wedding anniversary. “What would you like: flowers, chocolates, jewellery?” “How about we buy a house in Spain,” he said.
Ben and Joan, Monty Jack and Big Ron
Three of the loveliest pueblos blancos of the Guadiaro valley in our part of Secret Andalucía are Montejaque, its neighbour Benaoján and the stunning jewel
From North Devon to South Spain in six decades – Part Three
After three decades of regular visits to Spain, it got to the millennium and 25 years of married life
A wine time
With around 20 vineyards now planted in Ronda, in the words of one wine writer ‘the dream has really taken hold’
The peak of outdoor Spain
Ronda is now one of the main outward bound hubs in Andalucia, writes Doug Wills
A cook’s tour of Ronda
Over the last few years Ronda has become increasingly popular for lovers of good food
My perfect home
Estate agent Irene Ortiz on why she and husband Thorwald moved from the UK to Ronda
Goyesca for Ken
Award-winning British director to be honoured at new Spanish film festival
A tale of two towns
Success or failure? The impact of yesterday's strike was felt in varying degrees across the country
Find me out
Secret Franz Ferdinand gig in Malaga
Schools out for striking pupils in Malaga
Dozens of children picket school gates to get more teachers
Going once…
It’s uncharted territory for a Ronda agent, who is holding his first private auction – a charming village house
Tom Cruise?
What was Tom Cruise doing attending Ronda's famous bullfighting festival?
On yer bike
The 2010 Vuelta a España will begin on Saturday with a special night time race in Sevilla
The crumbling empire of Marbella’s ‘King of Clubs’
Former playboy Prince Alfonso de Hohenlohe’s mountain retreat is now being bulldozed – a far cry from the glitzy, star-studded lifestyle he enjoyed with the
The missing prime minister mystery
Obama and El Clegg but no Cameron in Spain this summer
Not a load of bull
Ronda bull ring museum is still running its competition offering people the chance to enter a photograph
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
Where is Cameron?
Cameron is reported to be staying in Ronda again
Toll road alternative for Andalucia
A new walking and cycling route now links Ronda and Marbella
Up for grabs
Forced auction could see Ronda's evocative Casa del Rey Moro sold for 3.1m euros
EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s full circle
Diggers at the gates of the country estate of the German aristocrat credited with starting the concrete avalanche on the Costa del Sol
Political movement in Andalucia
Charlotte Wilmot becomes Ronda's first English councillor
Tragedy after Spain gallery owner killed partner and child
Unhinged Andrew Cairns killed former Ascari race track employee before killing himself
It all began with a German!
How the ruthless efficiency of organic winemaker Federico Shatz made Ronda wines great again
Has Andalucía gone insane?!
EXCLUSIVE by Andrew Pearce: A skyscraper threatening Sevilla’s UNESCO status, a golf course for the Cape of Trafalgar, Picasso’s name erased from the airport... now,