Europe Spain’s new prime minister Pedro Sánchez is the ultimate comeback kid – but for how long? His own party dumped him. Now Pedro Sánchez is Spain’s new prime minister. By David Mathieson
Sport Guardiola’s hypocrisy over Man City’s owner undermines his pleas about Catalonia By David Mathieson
World Castilian vs Catalan nationalism – the authoritarian roots of Spanish patriotism By David Mathieson
World Like Brexit, the Catalan independence vote isn’t quite as democratic as it seems By David Mathieson
Europe Si, we can! How the left-wing Podemos party is rattling the Spanish establishment By David Mathieson
Burma’s referendum of the absurd Despite the terrible cyclone death toll, Burma's military junta is pushing ahead with its spurious c By David Mathieson
How Blair backed the wrong Spanish horse It was an open secret that Jose Luis RodrIguez Zapatero, leader of the Socialist Party (PSOE), expected to stay… By David Mathieson
Blair’s amigos lead a comeback A young lawyer is helping the Spanish Socialists reinvent themselves. Sounds familiar? By David Mathieson