Travel writers’ discoveries — and disappointments — of 2025

From a riverboat adventure in Amazonia to an ancient Welsh castle (via pickpockets in Barcelona and a chewy beef tartare . . ...
Upscale Adventuring on MSN

Spain’s most beautiful cities: How many have you visited?

Spain boasts an array of beautiful cities that are bursting with Spanish tradition and culture. These destinations are ...

For Azam Ali, Music Is Where She Goes to Tell the Truth

Stepping onto Azam Ali’s property in Glendale, located in northeast Los Angeles County, is like entering the titular space in ...

Iron deficiency, Malintzin, Budget lookahead, Frida Kahlo self-portrait

At lunchtime on Wednesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, will unveil her much anticipated second budget. How could this budget affect the lives of women in 2026? We’re joined by the ...
Radio France Internationale

Ghost of Franco still haunts Spanish politics, 50 years on

The government on Wednesday announced a series of 480 concerts, conferences and exhibitions under the slogan "Spain at Liberty", celebrating the restoration of democracy after the death of General ...
Opinion

Forty miles from nowhere: A New Mexico case study in misguided, ill-conceived gov’t waste

Who the heck thought it was a good idea to build it where they built it?” asks State Representative Gail Armstrong. We don’t know who chose a remote spot on the New Mexico prairie for a ...
Artnet

The Hidden History of Spanish Fashion, Revealed in 150 Years of Portraits and Manuscripts

Every empire has its color. For the Habsburgs in Spain, it was a rich, deep shade of black. It’s the black that luxuriates the royal sitters of Diego Velázquez paintings, a color that was austere, ...