Jonty Reading (contributing writer) Jonty Reading (contributing writer)

MORBO – The Spanish Disease

Through an in-depth analysis of Ball’s book on Morbo, Jonty explores the subtle yet permeating interaction of Spanish linguistics with Spanish football. Additional reporting of how Morbo actualises in real-life instances of rivalry, Jonty warns us that, despite the safer-becoming nature of the English game, Spanish football plods on in the opposite direction…

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Florence Thomas European columnist Florence Thomas European columnist

Desire in Many Tongues: Regiment of Women vs Mädchen in Uniform

Delving through Regiment of Women’s pages and Mädchen in Uniform’s scenes, Florence Thomas dissects the theme of desire through the lens of the maternal, the guise of female companionship, the beckoning lure of the illicit and the comforting embrace of the devotional.

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