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

Ceuta: The feared 2nd mass invasion didn’t take place yesterday. But the Moroccan police – at a fortified border – did detain more than 200 optimistic migrants. Said to be mostly of sub-Saharan origin.

Art Deco dreams: How Spain gave glamour a home in the hardest of times.

Might be useful to some . . . Moving to Spain: Your step-by-step guide to visas, permits and paperwork.

Someone big in the Galician airports business was asked if it was effectively impossible to envisage rationalisation between our 3 suboptimal airports. His answer was: We shouldn’t stop trying but it’s complex. We’ve been going round and round for 17 years. There needs to be an agreement but, if each player insists on doing their own thing, then it’d be better not to try. So, no grounds for optimism there.

The official numbers of foreigners living in Galicia as of last month:

I’m surprised at the number of Italians.

Spain is said here to be top of the list of beer drinkers around the world. According to one metric anyway.

Here in already-parched Galicia, we’re forecast to have no rain until October. In Galicia! Water restrictions seem inevitable,

The United States of Trump America

Why Trump’s Weird Fixations are Exploding Now

The final pages of Kurt Andersen’s fascinating run through the USA’s history – Fantasyland: How America went haywire. A 500 year history.

The Way of the World

The ubiquitous SUVs – An illusion of consumer choice? Certainly a marketing triumph.

Spanish

• Surtir: To fill, furnish
• Aguas residuales: Sewage
• Borrego: Lamb, hogget

Did You Know about?

A major latrine disaster.

Finally . . .You Have to Laugh

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If you´re thinking of moving to Spain, this link should be useful to you. And this, on the annual costs of owning property here.