Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts
the stars to flight.

And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light.

Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain.

Cosas de España/Galiza

Galleons, gold and greed. The saga of a Spanish ship sunk by the dastardly British off the coast of Colombia three hundred years ago.

Advice for those thinking of becoming a digital nomad in Spain.

These are the best Xmas markets in Spain, says this columnist.

The UK

An acerbic commentary on the Labour government’s Budget from a columnist on the left-of-centre Guardian.

Europe

The week when Europe realised it stand along against Russian expansionism.

The mad, bad world of MAGA

Another Delusional Trumpism.

• HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for. Which might just include himself

The Way of the World.

Teaching when to trust.

Spanish

• Tirar la casa por la ventana: To break the bank. To push the boat out.
• Punto de inflexión: Turning/tipping point.
• A tumba abierta: At full speed.
• Hablar a tumba abierta: To speak openly.

Did you know?

What is an autopen and why Trump can’t stop talking about it.

You Have to Laugh

Austria’s rebellious nuns . . .https://archive.ph/WNf2a

Finally . . .

• Tonight I was driven almost to distraction by Google maps, when it sent us from pillar to post, in search of a Thai restaurant in Valencia. And this after failing to give us correct instructions in the medieval village of Morella, and after telling us to turn sharp right and then left on a road to the coast without turn-offs. Bloody useless! In the case of the Valencian restaurant, what should have taken us at most 30 minutes took an hour. Imagine how we felt when we were told we’d have to wait an hour for a table! Which we didn’t.

• I told Ruth not to turn round but she did. And was turned into a pillar of salt . . .

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