Nicolas Gabard, a lawyer-turned-designer, has a small shop in Paris where television personalities like Alexa Chung get their clothes custom-made
A handful of multinational corporations have caused the Irish GDP to plummet by 12% — but don’t be fooled: the island is a clear example of the difference between macroeconomic figures and reality
He overcame class and racial prejudices to become a leading figure in Puerto Rican literature, championing the hybrid Spanish of the Caribbean. His novel, ‘La guaracha del Macho Camacho,’ is now 50 years old, highlighting music and a festive, transgressive language
The French writer and philosopher wrote ‘The Second Sex’, a masterpiece of contemporary feminism, on the top floor of this Neoclassical 17th-century building
The British thinker is an advocate of collective progress and laments our contemporary individualism. In an interview with EL PAÍS, he says that there is value in idealism, even when it is absurd
The successes of Maggie O’Farrell and Sally Rooney is indicative of what has happened in the last decade to English-language literature. Is the new Irish tradition linked to the experimental writing of the past?
Shaped by the political and literary climate of the time, the award does not assure a spot in the literary canon and often overlooks exceptional authors
