Following Barcelona’s 5-1 win against Ferencvárosi on Tuesday, Salvador Sostres, a prominent journalist for Spanish newspaper ABC, compared 17-year old winger Ansu Fati’s pace to that of a “Black street vendor fleeing the police” in […]
2010: A Year in Sport
Image Credit: Fifa 2010 was a sporting year that will be remembered for supreme talents fulfilling their potential. In particular, Spain’s national football team stamped their authority as the best national team in the world, […]
Catalonian Separatists Do Not Deserve Such Lengthy Prison Sentences
In 2006 the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia was passed, defining the rights and obligations of the citizens and Government regarding relations with the rest of Spain, education, health, justice, environment, local government and giving […]
Evicting a Dictator: Spain Commits to Exhuming Franco
Spain’s history over the 20th century is one filled with conflict and pain that has not quite yet healed. From what you can see in the news and what I can tell you as a […]
Are International Breaks Broken?
Image Credit: [PA] The Gryphon examines the damaging effects that the International Break has on domestic competitions The International Break may be considered one of the worst times for club football fans. With the Premier […]
Why Do the Catalans Want Independence?
Following increasing unrest and tension, recent events in Spain have seen the northern region of Catalonia declare independence from Spain. This is on the back of a controversial referendum (outlawed by the Spanish government) in […]
What You Won’t Have Thought of When Travelling With a Friend
This is a bit of a warning but also a sturdy starter pack for those thinking of having a jaunt of their own. There are certain things that go without saying before you go away: […]
Postcards from Abroad: The truth about Spanish fiestas
Hola everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything so I thought it should be about something fun and just a little spectacular… so the famous Spanish fiestas immediately sprang to mind!They’resomething that you […]
Thirteen European university students die in Spanish coach crash
At least thirteen European university students, all of them women, have died in a motorway coach crash in North East Spain. British students were on board the coach but it is not yet known if […]
Postcards from Abroad: Málaga, Spain
Abigail is a mature (is 23 really mature?) third year English Language and Literature student spending one year studying abroad at the Universidad de Málaga. She loves travelling, and has spent every summer from the […]
Postcards from Abroad: Barcelona VS Madrid
Hola everyone! So Madrid or Barcelona? Barcelona or Madrid? Their rivalry is legendary and it doesn’t just stop at football, especially at the moment with the Catalan independence movement in full swing.They’re the two biggest […]
Post-Franco Spain: A case of voluntary amnesia
With last week marking forty years since the death of its late dictator, Francisco Franco, a familiar silence fell over Spain. Since his passing in 1975, the discussion of Franco’s totalitarian regime and its atrocities […]