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Isambard Wilkinson


¡Ay, Caramba!

Exile in Abu Dhabi hasn’t stopped Spain’s disgraced king, Juan Carlos I, from sounding off on “benevolent” dictator Francisco Franco, Princess Diana, and that infamous safari incident

Nobody Expects the Spanish Acquisition

Madrid is seeing a surge of wealthy Latin American newcomers, which is driving up rent prices across the city

The Master and the Mirror

The little-known friendship between Henri Matisse and Joan Miró was based on mutual admiration, and an urge to reach greater artistic heights

His Last Bow

Much to his annoyance, Basil Rathbone became inseparable from his on-screen Sherlock Holmes. Now he’s back, reimagined as the debonair protagonist of a new novel

A River Runs Through It