The Lord Mayor of London’s giantess
Both white and black men prohibited from ambulant advertising.
Tag: tree
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”.
Monkey hangers in 17th century Barcelona
Xenophobic atavism in the 1640 Reapers Revolt.
Elections (brothels, Nazis), corruption, Girona airport shuttle, an Andalusian lexicon
Link love for 05/06/2009.
The mugger, mugged (3)
With a description of how thieves work Barcelona’s metro station platforms.
Miraculous almond tree cures eczema
And it’s free.
Spanish pavements
They’re not necessarily for pedestrians.
Mole models in Cervantes
From saviour to saved to savoury: the de-/remystification of bodily imperfection.
Drunk and disorderly
A British soldier’s hazy recollections of civil war in Portugal.
A Caja Castilla la Mancha anecdote
Broadly illustrative of how we got where we are, with a joke at the end.