by hedgecoe | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog
“A real politician…never betrays his country to an outsider. He betrays it to himself. He is the enemy within.” Guy Endore, ‘The Werewolf of Paris.’ Pablo Casado: belligerent and uncertain. Photo: PP The seemingly never-ending stream of national opinion polls in the...
by hedgecoe | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog
I recently stumbled upon an article in which a Mexican psychologist warned that reggaeton is bad for children’s cognitive growth, fuelling anxiety, confusion and low self-esteem. I found this heartening, not because I delight in the stunted development of the younger...
by hedgecoe | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog
About three years ago, when I was on the board of Spain’s association of foreign correspondents, I suggested to my fellow members that we should try to organise a meeting with Iván Redondo. By then, he had already become something of a legendary figure. A former...
by hedgecoe | May 19, 2021 | Blog
“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.” Hillary Clinton Retirement can take many forms. For some, it means the purchase of a cherry wood pipe and some grade-A shag tobacco. For others, it might be that longed-for yacht and a trip...
by hedgecoe | Apr 7, 2021 | Blog
Here he comes, loping over the hills, handsome and unstoppable, gliding across Spain’s political landscape, from somewhere near its centre towards an unspecified place somewhere on the right. Yes, Toni Cantó is Spain’s own Forrest Gump. A witness of calamity. Always...