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Madrid correspondent for the Guardian and the Observer. Concebollista.
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Hoy y siempre, una de mis mujeres favoritas 💪Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Los hombres necesitan leer más sobre las vidas de las mujeres” www.eldiario.es/1_b89d38?utm...

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‘I was under a huge tree, watching the droplets fall’: #CanManap’s best picture. The photographer on capturing an unexpected image in #Istanbul’s #GrandBazaar www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... #photography

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“It’s an ode to the Victorian literature I love … but it’s also subverting it. There was a lot of death and violence and the grotesque in Dickens. But he ended it in a hopeful way and he didn’t delve into the most graphic aspects because readers weren’t really ready. But I think we’re ready now.”

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“It’s not just Trump: it’s a general atmosphere that whatever the evidence, if you don’t like it, you can just claim some alternative emotional truth for yourself. The whole status of what might be true has got very blurred lately.”

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‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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‘What’s wrong with us?’: The Spanish novelist Virginia Feito on true crime, Dickens, female rage, and her wild and bloody new novel, Victorian Psycho www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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I'm incredibly proud of the work of my team in this piece, based on conversations with 15 colleagues from Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Hungary, Ukraine, South Africa and other countries How Trump's cuts are crippling journalism beyond the US reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/shatter...

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That is one talented dog

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Amazing … Give it a Polish! Classic film posters with a twist – in pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Fox reporting JD Vance moved to an undisclosed location after being confronted at a ski weekend by US voters with placards. Contrast that with Zelenskyy staying in Kyiv as Russians entered city to try and kill him.

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HELP

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Justin Hawkins very much owning this Q&A www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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High heels and risky selfies: Etna eruptions cause despair among mountain rescuers. By Lorenzo Tondo. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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‘She has this power’: nun’s crucifix links Michelangelo to Velázquez www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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I will keep reporting about boxing for The Guardian but, when it comes to writing books about the fight business, I think I am done. It's finally over for me. I hate the business, but I still love boxing. The Last Bell is about this, and life, death, and much more www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

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Just Danny Dyer, Sara Cox and me. No biggie. deadline.com/2025/02/riva...

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Snow was general all over Stroud. It was falling upon the Tesco Express from its toilet seats and, further westwards, falling into its car park. It was falling too upon the chained trolleys. It lay drifted upon the dashboard of James Joyce's BMW . . .

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“Ciao bella, I’m Tomaso, addicted to tobacco. Mi like mi coffè very importante … Mi money numeroso, I work around the clocko. That’s why I’m sweating like a mafioso … ” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexually assaulting Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Journalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claims

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The Spanish economy grew more than any major economy last year. Why is Spain doing so well? One key reason is immigration. Keir Starmer and other leaders of low-grow economies running out of ideas should take note. My opinion piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Lovely, pithy review by @wendyide.bsky.social of Cottontail, a film by my talented old friend @patricinema.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

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The Bubble is an English-language newsletter about all things Spain created by @ianmount.com and @adrianbono.bsky.social Learn more about 🇪🇸 politics, economy, society and pop culture. If you don’t speak the language or simply just moved here, this newsletter is right for you! www.thebubble.com

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How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar. By @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Cancer rates have soared in Casalnuovo di Napoli, Italy, where burying or burning of waste has poisoned water and land. By Angela Giuffrida www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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The Remains of the Day 2 was quite the departure from the first one

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White House bans AP journalists from Oval Office amid continued Gulf dispute

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Really fascinating story: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Tim Radford, former Guardian science editor, dies aged 84

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Ha muerto Tim Radford, editor de Ciencia en @theguardian.com y maestro. 😞 Charlando con él, me dijo esto que siempre me acompaña: "Siendo periodista de ciencia puedes contar cosas que jamás se han contado antes en la historia". Leed sus mandamientos. www.theguardian.com/science/blog...

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meanwhile in Latin America ...

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Lolita is a Spanish word meaning “small feminine laugh”

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"If De Niro – a world-famous two-time Oscar-winning millionaire – no longer feels he is able to speak out [on Trump], one wonders who in the US does." Great, troubling @xanbrooks.bsky.social interview with a muted De Niro www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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“All across the Americas Bukele’s authoritarian clampdown is winning admirers, from Argentina and Ecuador to Haiti and Belize” @tiagorogero.com @harrietbarber.bsky.social @etiennecp.bsky.social

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Lost cities in the Amazon? New research reveals ancient Indigenous urban centers hidden beneath the rainforest, built with advanced, sustainable tech long before European arrival. A story of resilience, innovation, and history rewritten.

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A refugee who was almost blinded in one eye during a police operation that ended with the deaths of at least 14 people off the coast of Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta 11 years ago has filed a complaint to the UN Committee Against Torture. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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From this time last year

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If dachshunds were wide

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Neofascismo, pandemia letal, catĂĄstrofe climĂĄtica o asteroide: elige tu desastre favorito para los prĂłximos aĂąos. elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

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What if you never come down? The 90s clubbers who wouldn’t let the night end – a picture essay www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Los historiadores revisionistas creen que estĂĄn a solo unas semanas de poder negar que Hitler hiciera el saludo nazi www.elmundotoday.com/2025/02/los-...

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Joseph O’Connor interviewed by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social in the Irish Times today – a fascinating chat. "My religious faith is a bit like the broadband signal in rural Ireland. It comes and goes." www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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‘Deep down, all Englishmen are policemen’: New anthology of Julio Camba's waspish dispatches recounts oddities of life in Edwardian London www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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"This is a book about wonder and wondering." I'm happy to say that my new book, Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland, will be published by @headlinebooks.bsky.social on September 11, 2025. Details in the @the-bookseller.bsky.social story: www.thebookseller.com/rights/headl...

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Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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More US aid related madness. Blumont, which manages al-Hol and al-Roj camps of Isis women and their families in Syria (the second is home to Shamima Begum), had to stop providing food, cooking gas etc on Friday amid funding uncertainty... 1/2

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‘We won’t come again’: dazed visitors fed up with overcrowded Louvre. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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