With more than 400 million native speakers, Spanish is the world’s second most-used first language. It’s also one of the biggest contributors of loanwords to the English language, thanks in part to ...

HERE ARE some Spanish proverbs, our food for thought this week: Take no notice of the stupid things people say. Little strokes fell great oaks. We’ve all been fools once in our lives. Birth is much, ...

I love Spanish proverbs - they can be very poetic and straight to the point at the same time. This is my favourite one: Lo que en los libros no está, la vida te enseñará. That which isn't in books, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...