Is Spain’s late-night lifestyle a precious part of our culture – or should we be more like sensible Sweden? | María Ramírez

Spain’s employment minister and deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz, described the late opening hours of restaurants and bars, earlier this month, as “madness”. “A country that has its restaurants open at one o’clock in the morning is not reasonable,” she …

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After this week’s Julian Assange court hearing, this is clear: extradition would amount to a death sentence | Duncan Campbell

Which is the more serious criminal activity: extrajudicial killings, routine torture of prisoners and illegal renditions carried out by a state, or exposing those actions by publishing illegally leaked details of how, where, when and by whom they were committed? …

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