BritishSpanish Society

Promoting friendship and understanding between the people of Britain and Spain.

BritishSpanish Society

Promoting friendship and understanding between the people of Britain and Spain.

BritishSpanish Society

Promoting friendship and understanding between the people of Britain and Spain.

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La Revista 261

Sabor chef Nieves Barragán: ‘I must follow my instincts’

An interview with the Michelin-starred Spanish owner and chef at Sabor restaurant in London

Language as an opportunity

A young British graduate and BSS member shares her positive cultural and educational experience working as a house parent at an English language school

 

Spain’s women win the World Cup, and so much more

The writer explores the winds of change blowing through Spanish and English women’s football after celebrations were followed by outrage.  

 

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A night of football, from the English Premier League and La Liga

  At this ‘in conversation’ event on November 2, live in London and also streamed online, we heard a lively and topical  conversation between Anglo-Spanish journalists Jimmy Burns Marañón and Tomás Hill López-Menchero on the English Premier League and La Liga and other football stories from the UK and Spain. A recording of the event […]

In conversation with…Professor Sir Paul Preston

BritishSpanish Society member Professor Paul Preston was in conversation with BSS chairman, the author & journalist Jimmy Burns in the latest ‘meet the author’ BSS event transmitted from the conference hall of the  Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch, the Spanish international school in Kensington, London. See a review of Paul Preston’s latest book in the […]

Meet our 2023 BritishSpanish Society Scholars

Now in its 16th year, the society’s scholarship awards support post-graduates of British or Spanish nationality studying a wide range of academic disciplines. Our 2023 winners are studying or completing research projects across economics, music, neuroscience, psycholinguistics, reproductive medicine, civil engineering and performing arts. The awards receive the financial backing of the charity’s principal corporate […]

Fundraising Appeal

Thank you to the donors of the BSS Fundraising Appeal

Cristina Álvarez-Campana

Jimmy Burns

Janin Campos

Helen Crisp

Roger Golland

Paul Graham

Dame Denise Holt

Javier Lánderer

Dame Mary Marsh

Charles Morgan

Lady Mª Belén Parker

Luis Quiroga

Juan Reig

John Scanlan

Mike Short

Jonathan Stordy

Mrs Mercedes Sutherland

Benjamin Welch

Duke of Wellington

Sir Stephen Wright

Carmen & Scott Young

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