Alison Spittle’s new show; David Simon in NYC; and a doc on the most famous Irish person ever: Shergar

The youth wing of the CUP party is on a mission to drive out visitors

Russia and Ukraine are not the only countries with form when it comes to Eurovision controvery

Me and My Money: Finbar Wright, tenor

Home Front: interiors, design, people, property

It is regrettable that neither the current caretaker administration in Madrid, nor any likely successor, appears willing to consider a new approach

Original championships was a political minefield for the nations who entered

Growing up in Madrid under Franco, novelist Javier Marías secretly mocked the fascist leader. The period after Spain’s transition to democracy is the setting for his latest book

Gelli’s name turned up in numerous high-profile inquiries but he spent little time in jail

The Spanish city is famed for its temperate climate, good food – it is the home of paella – and Calatrava’s City of Arts and Sciences

For as long as there has been football, there has been enmity between counties

Patrick O’Connell is to be given a memorial, five decades after the end of his turbulent life

Oscar-winner directed ‘Gandhi’, ‘Cry Freedom’ and ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’