The dilapidated Cortijo del Fraile in Cabo de Gata in Almeria, scene of the murder that inspired Lorca's play Bodas de Sangre, is going to be restored and open as a museum | Isambard Wilkinson thetimes.co.uk/article/monast…

After a petition signed by Vicente Todolí and Manuel Borja-Villel amongst others against the opening of a museum in Tenerife dedicated to the French sculptor Rodin, Musée Rodin director Amélie Simier cancels €16 million project Isambard Wilkinson | The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.co.uk/article/rodin-…

Spain’s hard-right Vox party stirs abortion controversy - and shows what can happen if you let it join a coalition government. My latest Financial Times ft.com/content/6fc6d3…

Carlos Saura obituary theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/…

Maddening: due to Spanish bureaucracy, aid that was earmarked for the 'most vulnerable' Ukrainian refugees in Spain still has not reached their hands nearly 8 months after it was promised. via @jaomahony apnews.com/article/ukrain…

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Among the BJP government's most unexpected projects: Taking over and running Delhi's poshest members club. My story for FT Weekend Magazine about the battle for control of the Delhi Gymkhana How Modi’s party took over one of India’s most prestigious private clubs on.ft.com/3tnC7d2

Thanks The Economist for recommending my Pakistan book as country votes and is facing its 23rd bail-out from the imf, Imran Khan in jail, politics in grip of army and the Pakistani Taliban resurgent. Mishal Husain Husain Haqqani William Dalrymple aamir ghauri

This sequence of Flamenco opens with the impressive photo my brother took of Olga Pericet at the Festival de Flamenco in Jerez

Every Israeli, every American, everyone anywhere in fact, should read this article: The lost future of young Gazans - on.ft.com/3Pnarx7 via Financial Times

In this first week since ‘Broken Threads’ was released I’ve had some heartfelt responses: I appreciate them all! Here’s my great-aunt Anne, 99, when I took an early copy to her in Oldham. Thanks to her I understood my grandmother Mary’s early life and the Quinn family’s trials

Key chart to keep in mind as the Conservatives suffer their worst ever defeat: The Tories didn’t lose this election because they were too right wing on some issues or too left wing on others. They lost because voters of all stripes judged them to be incompetent and dishonest.

Just a few days to go (deadline 31 July) - get your nature writing (prose or poetry) entries in asap! 🚨The Laurie Lee Prize - open to anyone living in, or from, Gloucestershire. 🚨Adult and youth (16-20) categories. 🚨Free entry & prizes of £200-1000. stroudbookfestival.org.uk/laurie-lee-pri…

Archduchess Margarete, 1567-1633, daughter of Maximilian II who refused marriage to Philip II & took the veil as Sr Margaret of the Cross as a Poor Clare in Santa Clara de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid. Andres López Polanco c. 1584. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

Pedro Sánchez is in office but not wholly in power. I have returned as Spain correspondent for The Economist with this story: economist.com/europe/2024/10…

Dramatic pictures in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times of King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain visiting flood-hit areas in Valencia. Report by Isambard Wilkinson ⬇️

Thank you Abbas. Coming from you this is shockingly great!

Exclusive: Pakistan's Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft, US officials say. I report with Idrees Ali reuters.com/world/pakistan…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in constant contact with the leaders of both India and Pakistan, the White House said on Friday as tensions continue to escalate between the two neighboring countries.

Swashbuckler is back. Agradecido a The Times y a Isambard Wilkinson