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Vega, singer: "I don't know how to deal with record companies anymore. If I did, it would be insufferable"

“Culture threatens to become an area in which sheep graze without knowing that they have barbed wire surrounding everything,” the artist from Córdoba says in this interview.

Andrew Stanton, director of 'Toy Story 5': "Children should play to imagine, instead of having the world explained to them on a screen"

With the cowgirl Jessie as the protagonist against evil new technologies, and with the participation of Bad Bunny or Taylor Swift, the franchise struggles to remain relevant

How the extreme right agitates the streets against immigration after crimes like those in Belfast or Southampton

'Triggers' such as the murder of Nowak or the attempted beheading in the Northern Irish capital mobilize thousands of people

The strange death of Derimán in a prison in Gran Canaria: “I thought my brother would be safer there and he lost his life”

The sister of a prisoner who died without medical attention in Gran Canaria raises her voice about the health situation in prisons. The communities have not assumed medical management in the centers despite it being mandatory for 23 years

The map of the real price of housing in Spain, street by street

EL PAÍS's analysis of data from the Notarial Council allows us to see the sales price of homes in more than 33,000 cells of 500 by 500 meters where transactions have been recorded

Peridis: cynical applause

Vignette from June 11, 2026

We should all be dead

Cognitive dissonance is not something that happens only to people involved in cults or victims of conspiracy theories: it affects us all, every day

Riki Blanco: heavenly priority

Vignette from June 11, 2026

The ball from La Bola

More than the brawl over Daniel Verdú's book, I am interested in the head of a woman who posed as another, and the feelings of the one whose body she used for her purposes.

“FP Gardening, FP Gardening”

A viral TikTok song relieves the pressure of students facing high university entrance grades

The size of a temple

The Sagrada Familia, scene of the papal visit in Barcelona, ​​is more than a basilica and tourist magnet: an emblem of culture and human creativity

What is the best packaged supermarket gazpacho?

Making cold Andalusian soup doesn't have much mystery, but sometimes life passes us by and we have to buy it prepared. Chef Rafa de Bedoya blindly tastes 10 brands and passes sentence

The university courses with the best salary and the most job opportunities, according to this calculator with data from the INE

Since 2023, the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research have offered a search engine with estimates

The pleasures of island hopping in Croatia: jumping from island to island by ferry discovering its corners

On the eastern coast of the Adriatic there are some of the most beautiful towns in the Mediterranean, beaches accessible only by sea, unique vineyards and natural parks that can be explored using public maritime transport.

10 Things Organized People Always Buy (for Cables, Desks, and Closets)

Wiring supports, an organizing tray or storage boxes, a selection of items to keep everything in order

Great invention, soda! The soft drink that conquered the Spaniards of the fifties and continues to cause a sensation every summer

This cultural icon, omnipresent for decades on Spanish tables, is much more than a drink born from science and shaped by tradition, advertising and everyday life.

Germany finalizes an alliance of defense companies with Airbus at the helm to launch its own fighter

The group of eight companies intends to build a combat aircraft that is simpler than that of the failed European project, in which Spain participated.

Bacteria and viruses cooperated to create our cells at the origin of complex life: “We descend from interactions between microbes”

Spanish scientists discover how a microscopic consortium generated one of the greatest evolutionary leaps in the history of life in the first ecosystems on Earth

They discover an immense whale cemetery with hundreds of fossils thousands of meters deep

The discovery, made in the Indian Ocean, includes remains of already extinct species. According to researchers, it is the “oldest and deepest” cetacean cemetery and continues to be a source of life.

José Mourinho says goodbye to Benfica and prepares to return to Real Madrid 13 years later

The whites communicated this Tuesday their intention to pay the 15 million clause, according to the Portuguese club. The technician already works in the capital of Spain

Sani Ladan, writer: “It is contradictory to say that Africa is the cradle of humanity and, at the same time, that it has contributed nothing to history”

The Cameroonian analyst and popularizer has published 'The Beat of a Continent', a book that, through 86 stories, challenges the Eurocentric narrative

The campaign to educate air travelers not to take their suitcases or record during emergency evacuations: “Every second counts”

'Save a life, not a suitcase' is the motto launched by the International Air Transport Association in response to the growing number of passengers who ignore safety instructions

“Am I seeing something that shouldn't be seen?”: Katie Holmes makes people laugh at the Chanel dinner at the Tribeca Festival

The actress, already a style icon, was one of the guests of honor of the French brand at the New York pageant

There is no festival without denim: this is how the quintessential fabric of music was worn at Primavera Sound 2026

The most anticipated musical event of the year is also a hotbed of trends in denim. Talents, actors and musicians showed us during the event the perfect idea of ​​how to wear jeans this summer

Anthropic launches a “safe” version of Mythos, the program that has put the entire planet on guard: “We must prepare in case it falls into the wrong hands”

Cybersecurity experts who have used the tool highlight its speed and believe that, sooner or later, cybercriminals will access a similar model

Israel's presence at Eurovision 2026 costs the festival 35 million viewers, in an edition marked by the absence of Spain

The 70th edition of the contest reaches a global audience of 131 million viewers, compared to 166 the previous year

Cleaning an aroma diffuser seemed easy until I started this article: a practical guide to everything you should not do (based on my own mistakes)

Between intrusive thoughts, multipurpose sprays and too much desire to leave the diffuser spotless, I discovered that keeping it in good condition is much more delicate than it seems, but not impossible.

Part-time hours explain half of the wage gap between men and women

A CC OO study indicates that the second key element is possible discrimination based on sex and the third, the greater presence of female workers in the lowest paid sectors.

On board special train 11855, at the service of His Holiness

This is how the movement from Madrid to Barcelona of the Spanish episcopate and the media that cover the historic visit of Leo XIV to Spain has been prepared and experienced from within the Iryo train.

‘Ethics of compassion’: the shadow zone of morality and the cruel desire for good

A new edition of the book brings together many of Joan-Carles Mèlich's intellectual obsessions: finitude, inherited grammar, desire, wound and the ambiguity of decisions

The epidemics that never were: this is how potentially deadly outbreaks were nipped in the bud

Doctors, epidemiologists and surveillance systems have managed to contain outbreaks of cholera, mpox or Marburg virus before they became international emergencies

'The Boroughs', on Netflix: to be alive is to continue believing in monsters

The Duffer brothers produce this 'Stranger Things' with adults that explores a practically virgin territory for 'soft' adventure horror, that of the children who sooner or later we will be when everything is about to end

Catalonia is the most Spanish thing there is, at least for ChatGPT: this is how the AI ​​explains what Spain is like

Citizens will use the main 'chatbots' to learn about the world, as if they were an old encyclopedia. Knowing what answers they give and why will be essential to understand their influence

'Climatic' diseases in Spain: the Guadalete floods in 2025 caused the first major outbreak of leptospirosis in Europe

The Jerez Hospital treated 10 serious cases, one of which died, due to a bacteria associated with disasters in tropical areas. Confirms what studies warn: warming increases the risk of infections from other regions

Spain will have six new medical schools, but the work of future doctors is in danger

Health forecasts indicate that there will be plenty of specialists when these students enter the job market in 11 years

What is left to build? The two blocks of housing that the Sagrada Familia needs to be completed

The expansion of Barcelona left the temple sandwiched between built blocks: where there are now houses, a staircase and a plaza are planned. Although perhaps Gaudí did not contemplate them

Eleven good brands of cooked legumes to prepare quick meals

Canned or fresh, cooked lentils, chickpeas or beans are a real lifesaver when you don't have the time or desire to cook them yourself.

The Caminito del Rey once again challenges vertigo: the longest suspension bridge in Spain opens

Starting this Wednesday, visitors to the Malaga enclave can cross a 110-meter-long walkway, another attraction for a destination visited by more than 300,000 people a year.

Heat or privilege? The problem with men taking off their shirts anywhere

With the arrival of heat, the shirtless male torso proliferates far beyond the beaches and raises a debate that encompasses temperatures, male privilege and social protocol.

Next stop, Amado Granell, the Valencian who liberated Paris

The death of Aurora Granell, daughter of the first Allied soldier who arrived in the French capital after the Nazi occupation, recovers the figure of the Republican soldier forgotten for many years

Culture to rebuild a community after the damage

Months after the storm of October 2024, fragility is still present in many Valencian municipalities. Cultura en Vena, with its 'Ambulatory Art' program, has forged new community links through exhibitions, workshops and concerts. With the support of Reale Foundation, the corporate foundation of Reale Seguros, the project became a space for collective support and repair

The “dirty twelve”: these are the big banks that boost financing of the fossil sector, spurred on by Donald Trump

After reneging on their climate commitments, US entities lead support for oil, gas and coal projects around the world

Ian de la Rosa, filmmaker: "Cinema is a rich man's sport. Too many voices fall by the wayside"

He decided at the age of 15 that he wanted to direct films. Nothing in his environment pointed to that possibility: he lived in a small town in Almería, he was from a non-artistic family and, as he would discover later, he is a trans man. Now he is releasing his first feature film, 'Iván & Hadoum', which won an award at the Berlinale. A debut film to take into account

Eleonora Rosati, jurist: “Artists are already thinking about how to protect themselves from AI, Taylor Swift has registered her voice”

This expert in intellectual property law believes that the regulation is guaranteeing, but also that there is a lot of uncertainty about how the exceptions to the law are interpreted.

From living in the poorest neighborhood in Spain to studying engineering or business: the path of Iyen and Osa, of Nigerian origin, against all odds

María Moses was always clear that education was the only way for her twins to build a future, despite growing up in the Three Thousand Homes in Seville.

Gabriel Plaza, the 10-year-old student who was criticized for choosing Classical Philology: “I want to be a public teacher”

The best Madrid high school graduate in the 2022 Selectivity graduates this year from the Complutense and warns about the anxiety caused by responding to high academic expectations

Rice bowl with meat and fried egg, a quick Korean-style recipe

Whether you're a fan of Korean cuisine or you've never tried it before, you shouldn't miss this quick, easy, and affordable version of bulgogi with rice.

Anti-jellyfish buoys to avoid stings on beaches and also nuclear catastrophes

The University of Alicante and the Polytechnic of Valencia patent a system that slows the movement of this marine species with electromagnetic fields

It hurts me to spend more than 60 euros on a lipstick, but for this one I do it without hesitation

It's been a while since Guerlain's iconic Rouge G stole my heart... and some of my money. I'll tell you why you should invest in a lipstick like this

“Wipes for guys”: the revolution in cosmetics for the male anus has arrived

It has been a taboo or object of shame and internalized homophobia, but the care and well-being of the anus is booming for the cosmetic industry and more and more men are talking about it