<![CDATA[Stories by Matthew Clapham on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@matthewclapham?source=rss-a2006eb60168------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*DXbKtMYKVFb71os7p1jBDw.jpeg Stories by Matthew Clapham on Medium https://medium.com/@matthewclapham?source=rss-a2006eb60168------2 Medium Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:42:58 GMT <![CDATA[My Spanish Coffeemaker Is Lying to Me]]>

Not some fiendish AI-enhanced cappuccino con — just regular manipulative deceit

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The non-fiction book which began as a series of articles in this publication is now a physical reality

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‘Start at the bottom, and stay there.’ An unambitious but successful gambit?

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The inconsistencies and pitfalls of Spanish and other foreign placenames in English

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I expect a reply in two to three months. Or not at all. That’s how it works, right?

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A bunch of half-hearted failures, and maybe some prospects of success

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How a single badge on an SUV in Spain reflects centuries of shifting dynamics

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Insights from Spain, a country with an instructive history of tribal division and compromise

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And it’s stretching thinner and thinner every day

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Apart from the fact that I’m not bloody doing all that again

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