Globalista

Ever since childhood I’d imagined myself walking down a white dusty road through groves of orange trees to a city called Seville.’ Thus wrote Laurie Lee, upon leaving his native Cotswold village on a quest to Spain at the age of 19, encapsulating the magic of what has long been celebrated by writers, poets and painters over the centuries as one of the most romantic cities on earth. With a rich and torrid history, simmering geographical setting, melange of cultural influences and dyed in the wool provincial pride, the charm of a western metropolis that has deftly sidestepped the homogeneous forces of 20th-century globalisation in favour of rich idiosyncrasy is one of the most compelling attractions for Seville’s visitors.