Mi Tribuna Abierta en ABC
Author: William Chislett
A former correspondent of The Times of London in Madrid and then the Financial Times in Mexico writes a monthly article (Inside Spain) for the Elcano Royal Institute. Elcano published four of his books on Spain. He also covered Turkey for the Institute.
Inside Spain (25 July-26 September)
Government presses ahead with controversial sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia.
One year on, no let-up in Catalan push for independence.
Spain ups its position in UN Human Development Index, overtakes Italy.
Tourism now employing as many as construction at height of boom.
Hyperloop chooses Spain for supersonic rail development centre.
Explicando mi exposición sobre Arturo Barea en el Instituto Cervantes, Manchester
Inside Spain (18 June-25 July 2018)
Spain joins EU military intervention force.
Sánchez begins talks with Catalan pro-independence premier.
Popular Party moves to the right with new leader.
Supreme Court orders Spain to take in more refugees.
Government softens this year’s budget deficit target, plans tax rises
Should Franco’s tomb be removed from his basilica?
Catalonia is not Scotland, despite appearances
My post on John Elliott’s book, Scots & Catalans.
My memories of Anthony Burgess
I visited the Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester and having known the author in the summer of 1969 was asked to contribute to the foundation’s memory project.
