Spain makes for an awful holiday
Of my medium-number of brushes with the country, none have been great — most were downright dreadful
Barcelona
Sunday
Friday
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont escapes arrest – again
Thursday’s events look set to cause major problems for Spain’s national government
Wednesday
Europe's war on tourists is no laughing matter
In reality, the right answer would be to let Airbnb run itself aground rather than regulating it out of existence
Sunday
Johan Cruyff, ‘total football’ and the birth of the modern game
Even as a player, Johan Cruyff experimented with the formula
Thursday
Spaniards are horrified by an amnesty for separatists
The stakes couldn’t be higher
Monday
Real Madrid and Barcelona go to war over their links to Franco
The Barca president provocatively referred to Real as the ‘team of the regime’ last week