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Social and political changes

Spain prays for rain on the plain. Aerial panoramic of greenhouses in Almerimar (Spain) at the sunset
Climate and energy

Spain prays for rain on the plain

By William Chislett // Posted on 23 May 2023
Assault guards loyal to the Republic during the Siege of the Alcázar of Toledo.
Influence and image of Spain

The long and winding path to Spain’s modernisation

By William Chislett // Posted on 25 Apr 2023
Monument to King Alfonso XII in Madrid's Retiro Park (Spain)
Inside Spain

Time for a change in Spain

By William Chislett // Posted on 28 Mar 2023
Chislett011623InsideSpain Spain’s intensely political year
Influence and image of Spain

Spain’s intensely political year

By William Chislett // Posted on 18 Jan 2023
Felipe González, leader of the Socialists (PSOE) in Spain, giving a speech at a rally in Spain (1977)
Inside Spain

Forty years since the Socialists’ historic landslide victory

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Nov 2022
Spanish flag on pole beside building in Madrid
Inside Spain

Spain’s history in 300 pages

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Jun 2022
Twitter app logo on a white iPad on red textile
Technology and economics

Will Trump return to Twitter? Who should exercise censorship?

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 31 May 2022
The depletion of the middle class. White wooden houses in Chicago (US). Photo: Taylor Wilcox @taypaigey
Global Spectator

The depletion of the middle class

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 17 May 2022
ramon y cajal
Inside Spain

The betrayal of Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s Nobel legacy

By William Chislett // Posted on 21 Apr 2022
‘Emptied Spain’ strives for political power. España vaciada (‘Emptied Spain’) poster at the entrance to the village of Caballar (Segovia). Photo: Arturo Francisco Barbero (CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons).
Inside Spain

‘Emptied Spain’ strives for political power

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Mar 2022
Grappling with a national tragedy. La Escalinata del Óvalo in Teruel, Spain. Photo: Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Inside Spain

Grappling with a national tragedy

By William Chislett // Posted on 15 Feb 2022
Spain’s state pension conundrum. Inside Spain, December 2021. Photo: Roberto Tadeo (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Influence and image of Spain

Spain’s state pension conundrum

By William Chislett // Posted on 23 Dec 2021
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