Berlusconi and the wiseness of Mubarak
“The wisest of men” line isn’t the former’s, but ben trovato it certainly is.
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The Nay of the Chacoli
The Basque provinces demand observance of protected geographical status for their lousy wine, but Burgos fights back with a costly study centre project that will prove that they make lousy wine too. ¡Viva la crisis!
Three Russian rooster animations
“Big cock” and “The old man and the cock are versions of “Medio pollico” / “Demi-coq”, and “Why the cock wears shorts” is something else.
What’s the best way to wash down raw rodent?
Rat, squirrel or capybara, kittens have one favourite sauce.
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.
Tour guide learns routes from Google Streetview
Is the anglocabrón longing for sun, sangria and sex a new phenomenon?
Blasco Ibáñez says that actually we have always thought “at all hours of the Mediterranean rim.”
The lurch and fall of the Almería coast
Excerpts from Juan Goytisolo and Ramón Fernández Palmeral, with an epitaph from George Orwell.
The Lord Mayor of London’s giantess
Both white and black men prohibited from ambulant advertising.
Drunk and disorderly
A British soldier’s hazy recollections of civil war in Portugal.