The Spanish king breaks a leg on an elephant shooting trip in Botswana reminding me what an outdated symbol the Osborne bull is. It’s time to update the Spanish identity. → read more

How the Spanish El Mundo newspaper tried to write a patriotic article about the merits of my Mapping Stereotypes project and ended up with a mess that is not only incoherent but genuinely illogical. → read more

Castile is a land in Central Spain where time, space and reason don’t always meet each other. Its windswept, flat and dusty planes meet the famous La Mancha, the Land of Do Quixote, to the Southeast. → read more

Organizing information in a table is a very Spanish thing and it’s a tradition based on both superstitious and practical needs. It often has the rather comical result of producing more chaos than order. → read more

14 lithographs depicting Spain by Galician Romantic painter Jenaro Pérez Villaamil wrapped in a new beautiful calendar. → read more

The latest map from my Mapping Stereotypes project, Europe According to Spain. Enjoy! → read more

As you already know, Spain is a country full of wonders and mystery. And so is its language. It’s the only language in the world that cannot decide how to call itself, torn apart between the geographically restrictive “Castilian” (Castellano) … → read more

A map of the Iberian peninsula, part of the coming Europe According to Spain map. → read more

According to my own moral values, a prejudice should be attacked mercilessly, like a cancer cell. I have always stuck to this philosophy, even at the expense of common sense. I think it’s a good strategy in at least 99% … → read more

An article trashing the Spanish croissant confirms one of my culinary suspicions about Spanish cuisine – there is too much sugar in this country. → read more