Swamped?

In the last 8 years 922,200 foreigners have moved to Catalonia, taking their share from 2.9% to 15% of total population.

The colonisation of Paris

A fascinating ethnic map of 1920 Paris, and the suggestion that the metropolis was colonised by the provinces rather than vice versa.

More from the revolution

Communist leader Cayo Lara seems to have copied an incendiary Marx quote from an American satirical news site.

Brilliant video of Andalusian socialist mayor taking €30K bribe from developer

Twenty-nine actually, he forgot a grand. And then there’s thirty more on completion. The mayor of Ohanes’ analysis of the electoral politics of corruption is hilarious: Of course, this isn’t real corruption like the conservative PP’s. Nice detail: the telly stays on, not to kill hidden mikes, but for reasons of social etiquette.

Death of a monkey mascot

Anecdotes from the frozen wastes of Spain and Britain, with a brief burst of the usual twaddle.