Timothy Garton Ash: ‘We Europeans became lazy and hubristic’
The British journalist and historian defines the post-Wall era up to the present day in ‘Homelands: A Personal History of Europe’
Mary Beard: ‘The Roman Empire emboldens self-absorbed macho men’
The expert on Ancient Rome explores the lives of emperors in a new book, covering the scandalous Heliogabalus and defining moments that shaped our political culture
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The decapitated babies that no one saw, but someone used
If September 11, 2001 served to restrict freedoms for the sake of security, Israel’s own 9/11 is beginning to show signs of the same
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Han Kang, the star author of South Korean literature, returns: ‘I stopped writing for a year and forgot how to do it’
The writer, after the success of ‘The Vegetarian,’ returns with ‘Greek Lessons,’ a novel about how, even amidst silence, language can help fight against isolation
Thelma Aldana, former Guatemalan prosecutor exiled in the US: ‘The best thing about Washington is falling asleep on the subway’
The ex-attorney general of Guatemala wants to return to her home country, where she is hopeful President-elect Bernardo Arévalo will take office in January
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Elizabeth Strout, novelist: ‘I don’t see how we in the US can find a way to come back together as a country’
The author of ‘Lucy by the Sea’ describes what drives her writing: ‘I have always wanted to know what it feels like to be another person’
Nora Ephron is very much alive
Four decades have passed since the revenge novel in which the New York writer narrated all about her breakup with the journalist Carl Bernstein. Eleven years after her death, her work remains current and relevant
Is this the beginning of the end?
While Putin and Prigozhin scuffle, the front is left unprotected. Meanwhile, President Zelensky is celebrating a new sign of Russian weakness
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Literature that describes how to lose a war and crumble an empire
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Orbán’s nationalist drift in Hungary recall Miklós Bánffy’s ‘The Transylvanian Trilogy’ and earlier European conflict
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Writer Vivian Gornick: ‘when feminism came along, it explained us to ourselves…. And what would have happened to me [if it hadn’t]?’
The New Yorker disabuses us of the commonplaces of marriage and romantic love as portrayed in literature
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Philosopher José Antonio Marina: ‘The fact that happiness has become fashionable is catastrophic’
In his new book, the writer gives an overview of history from the point of view of the desires and emotions that drive it
Cybersecurity expert: ‘Technological giants are becoming political actors’
Eviatar Matania – co-author of the book ‘Cybermania’ – spoke with EL PAÍS about his work in cybersecurity, as well as his views on the future of truth and privacy
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J. M. Coetzee: ‘After many years of practice, I write good English sentences’
The South African Nobel laureate, a great connoisseur of Latin American literature, published the Spanish translation of his latest novel before releasing it in English. He says it is his way of counteracting Anglo cultural hegemony
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Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Something is wrong with the American system. And in human nature’
The renowned economist talks to EL PAÍS about the risks of climate change, the importance of sustainable development and why Europe should focus on education in Africa, not the war in Ukraine
Don Winslow: ‘Trump’s relationship with Putin was almost a love affair. It was sickening’
The New York author, who is considered one of the best living crime writers, talks to EL PAÍS about his new book ‘City on Fire,’ reading the Greek myths and Trumpism
Pedro Sánchez at COP25 climate summit in Spain: “Only a handful of fanatics deny the evidence”
Spain’s caretaker government has stepped in to host the event against a global backdrop of weakened environmental leadership
One example of how Catalan separatists manipulate history
Catalonia is fighting to keep medieval artworks that were taken from the neighboring region of Aragón
The day will come when bullfighting is history
Two centuries have not completely cured the Spanish of the savagery involved in a “fiesta” that involves the slow death of an animal
The end of a dream
The United States has missed an opportunity to make progress on gender equality
“I’m not tracking anti-Americanism; I’m here to build on the relationship”
James Costos is still settling down in Spain but EL PAÍS encounters signs of a switch in style
The Irish mirror
Are we ready to imagine an ETA-connected politician shaking the Spanish king’s hand?
“It’s strange that wages in Spain don’t fall with all that unemployed labor”
Microsoft founder Bill Gates talks to EL PAÍS about the Spanish economy and aid funding