A brief history of zoological shame
Featuring a Spanish view of the Saxons.
Tag: mexico
Needed, a ballad for the Olli Rehn empire
Featuring Umberto Eco on Orgasmus, an obscure Restoration Scottish nationalist on London, Mexico’s revolutionary and narco-corridos, and Italian Renaissance bandit- and Camorra-praise poetry, all for the benefit of the European Union’s commissar for provincial affairs.
Lithos by Xavier Cugat at Brok
See him marry Rita Montaner! empathise with his doggies! buy me a print!
Narco tombs in San Miguel Arcángel, Culiacán and Barcelona
Luis Estrada’s new narcoflick, El Infierno, a brilliant narcoart short by Don Bartletti, and a couple of my old photos.
Solving the crisis in Spain’s public finances, part LXXII: It’s time to ban socks
The Spanish government is determined to retain the 500€ note as a crucial weapon in the fight to reduce tax evasion and money laundering. Getting rid of socks would achieve that same goal effectively without inconvenience to honest citizens and would also provide a stealth-protectionist boost to the economy.
In praise of British arse
How amiably drunken shagfests could resolve the burka problem in a manner acceptable to freedom-loving readers of this blog.
The bullfighting Chinaman and his magnificent midget show
Yet more Spanish culture for Brussels to ban.
Complicated family joke
Displaying Mexican contempt for the metropolis.
Barcelona and the great European fire sale
And an explanation of why “La gata sobre el tejado de zinc” is, in metallurgical-roofing terms, an inappropriate translation of “Cat on a hot tin roof”.
Viaje a México
Our itinerary, and that of Polo Polo on his Viaje a España.