Theology – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Spain and the correct relationship between man and dog

Away with those canine metaphors! More Cela in translation!

Alien meets Eroski girl, best 21st century Spanish short film?

Unlike most subsidised official festival crap, it’s fast, funny and real. Well, kind of.

Les pervertis de Santander

Archaic French erotic pulp, plugging Cantabria’s gaping literary hole?

Some thoughtful football commentary

… from Ángel González: “¡QUE BARBARO, CRISTINANO SE DESATA! TREMENDO DISPARO A LA ESCUADRA QUE HIZO TEMBLAR EL LARGUERO. POTENCIA Y EFECTO. ESTÁ TENIENDO MÁS MALA SUERTE CARA EL GOL QUE PASCUAL DUARTE EN UNA TOMBOLA DE FERIA.” Cela made a good living from the proverbial, so I hope he’s not turning in his grave…

Daily Mail confuses Rudyard Kipling with George MacDonald Fraser

Here (thanks JD): Rudyard Kipling, renowned for his brilliant books celebrating marital glory at the height of the British Empire, was also left a broken man when John â€“ a chronically short sighted teenager â€“ was cut down in the mud and rain of northern France. So perhaps not really. I suppose Kipling might now…

How many La Vanguardia journalists does it take to screw up a poll?

Please answer yes/no/don’t know.

Paradise and town-planning

The Turks and Jews of Istanbul demonstrate that co-existence is not impossible.

Brown hands Mandelson Keys of Heaven

But perhaps Mandy should read Matthew before taking it as a compliment.

An early candidate for a Darwin Award

David Bar-David, the lemming messiah.

<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lemming'>Eric Lemming</a> of Sweden came last in the 5,500m at the Paris Olympics in 1900. Photo CC from <a href='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Erik_Lemming.jpg'>Wikimedia Commons</a>.

Alectryon, the Ancient Greek model for our cuckold’s horns?

With a field study of the nymphomaniacs of Goa and brief notes on the early history of composite grafts.