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Jaime Rubio Hancock

VERNE

The weekend that the creator of ‘The Wire’ spent arguing with Twitter users about Spain

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 12-08-2020 - 10:06 UTC

David Simon got drawn into sometimes bitter exchanges about politics, Franco and the meaning of some choice Spanish phrases after Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias recommended his latest show

VERNE IN ENGLISH

How the term “mena” hurts unaccompanied migrant minors in Spain

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 14-11-2019 - 13:11 UTC

The word has been used negatively during the election campaign to criminalize youngsters who, according to the Spanish ombudsman, are “the most vulnerable of the vulnerable”

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN SPAIN

Is it illegal in Spain to insult God and the Virgin Mary?

Héctor Llanos Martínez/Jaime Rubio Hancock | 06-09-2018 - 09:16 UTC

An arrest warrant has been put out for Willy Toledo, an actor and activist who has attracted a lawsuit from a Christian association over comments he posted on Facebook

Religion

The curious tale of a photoshopped Jesus, a €480 fine, and the Streisand effect

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 09-02-2018 - 11:42 UTC

A court has ordered a youngster from Jaén to pay up after an image he shared raised the ire of a religious group – but has the case just drawn more attention to the original photo?

Catalan bid for independence

Julian Assange falls for satirical story from Spanish website El Mundo Today

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 21-09-2017 - 13:07 UTC

The WikiLeaks founder has been weighing in on the ongoing crisis in Catalonia via Twitter

URBAN ART

How the Spanish Banksy used Picasso in unique protest against bullfighting

H. Llanos/J. Rubio | 30-05-2017 - 06:51 UTC

Sam3 has impressed Santa Pola town hall in Alicante with ingenious Guernica reproduction

VERNE

The short film containing 100 sexist phrases that women can’t escape

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 20-04-2017 - 07:13 UTC

Project by 17-year-old student Alicia Ródenas is being used in schools to deal with sexism

VERNE IN ENGLISH

The red sky and the rainbow: Why sunsets in Madrid are so spectacular

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 24-05-2016 - 10:13 UTC

Monday night saw the usual heavenly glow accompanied by a complete rainbow

VERNE IN ENGLISH

All Cats Are Beautiful or All Cops Are Bastards?

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 24-05-2016 - 07:13 UTC

Madrid woman is fined for carrying a bag showing a cat’s face and a slogan that police view as a stand-in for a popular insult

VERNE IN ENGLISH

The Spanish siesta: myth or reality?

Anabel Bueno Ballesteros/Jaime Rubio Hancock | 07-04-2016 - 13:31 UTC

Timetables are different to the rest of Europe’s, but that doesn’t mean people are sleeping on the job

VERNE IN ENGLISH

The success of a Spanish toy company’s non-sexist catalogue

Jaime Rubio Hancock|Madrid | 03-11-2015 - 09:25 UTC

Toy Planet revisits last year’s initiative showing girls with tools and boys pushing strollers

VERNE IN ENGLISH

Catalonia’s top secessionist candidate gets pummeling in BBC interview

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 18-09-2015 - 13:36 UTC

Video showing ‘worst’ moments of Raül Romeva’s ‘Hardtalk’ interview goes viral

Verne in English

When Spaniards were the refugees

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 09-09-2015 - 11:57 UTC

The Syrian migrant crisis is drawing comparisons with the exodus during Spain’s Civil War

VERNE IN ENGLISH

The ad that shows a migrant’s plight through Instagram posts

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 03-08-2015 - 14:52 UTC

The campaign, which many thought was genuine, is for photography festival Getxophoto It aims to focus attention on “journeys that the traveler never wanted to take”

VERNE

How a GoPro lost in Thailand has been reunited with its Spanish owner

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 24-04-2015 - 16:30 UTC

A software developer used the social networks to track down Toni Sánchez in just a day

VERNE

The Giggles: Andalusian comedian becomes a viral YouTube hit

Jaime Rubio Hancock | 13-03-2015 - 11:01 UTC

Parody about Apple’s new MacBook is the latest to get the fake subtitle treatment

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