The young entrepreneurs making the best of Spain’s crisis

There was much talk about the anti-austerity party Podemos when we visited Andalucía in June. It was hot and sunny, and the orange trees smelt wonderful, but at the same time, youth unemployment sat at 49 per cent, second only to Greece, and that seemed to be what people wanted to chat about.

Podemos, which means ‘we can’ in Spanish, does seem to have generated some hope for bright but frustrated young things, many of whom have given up hope of ever finding a professional job. In Seville, a story was doing the rounds about a low-paid receptionist job that had received 2,000 applications, although tales like this were apparently not unusual. Faced with little hope of finding an office job, many young Spaniards have turned their hand to more traditional pursuits, the results of which may be of interest to travellers looking for something a bit different.

In Seville, the graphic artist Miguel Brieva has made a name for himself with his drawings that focus on the economic crisis, which he exhibits around the city.