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María Dueñas Exclusive Interview. Recording available now

Posted by Cristina A-C
On May 7, 2021

The Best-selling Spanish author María Dueñas in conversation with Jimmy Burns to mark the launch of her latest novel Sira. Maria Dueñas and Jimmy Burns went in depth in Sira´s plot, which allowed them to run over Maria Dueñas´ bibliography, and her passion and admiration for the anglosaxon culture.

A Guide to Sira’s London

Posted by Julia Burns
On May 1, 2021

By Jimmy Burns To mark the BritishSociety’s presentation on May 6th of María Dueñas long-awaited sequel novel, we retrace the heroine Sira’s footsteps through post-war London as she takes up a new secret assignment. Sira stays at the Victorian villa of her English mother-in-law Lady Olivia Bonnard, in The Boltons, zona que había […]

BSS Webinar: “Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit”. Recording available now

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 4, 2021

Recording available now. The EU specialist José Ignacio Torreblanca in conversation with the FT’s chief political commentator Philip Stephens (in English)

BSS Webinar, “The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War”. Recording available now

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 1, 2021

Recording available now. Prize-winning Author & Madrid based Journalist Giles Tremlett in conversation with historians Sir Paul Preston and Richard Baxell.

‘Spanish Spies in Elizabethan England’ by Jonathan Roche Wednesday 3 February 2021

Posted by Cristina A-C
On February 4, 2021

In the latest of our series of webinars, historian and BritishSpanish Society 2020 scholarship award winner, young historian Jonathan Roche presented a lecture on Zoom in cooperation with the Cervantes Institute in London which hosted the event.

Ana Romero Galán in conversation with Raphael Minder. Recording available now

Posted by Cristina A-C
On January 28, 2021

For this event by Zoom, Ana Romero Galán was in conversation with Raphael Minder, Swiss born and for ten years the New York Times foreign correspondent for Spain and Portugal based in Madrid.

BSS Xmas Party on Zoom. Recording available now on the BSS Youtube channel!!

Posted by Cristina A-C
On December 12, 2020

The BSS Xmas Party was a great event, full of joy, music, fun and good friends.

Paul Preston Zoom Event. Full House!! Recording available now

Posted by Cristina A-C
On November 12, 2020

The Zoom webminar and ‘Q&A’ on “Spain: From the Spanish Flu to Covid: A historical perspective. With Sir Paul Preston CBE and Q&A with Jimmy Burns OBE” was a great success, a “lleno hasta la bandera”.

Recording available! Zoom Webminar “Covid-19: All you need to know”

Posted by Cristina A-C
On October 23, 2020

The BSS & SRUK Zoom Webminar ‘Covid-19: All you need to know’ was an interesting event to learn more about what the Science has to say about the current situacion of the pandemic. If you missed it, now can access to the video, simply, clicking here. Panelists: Dr Carlos Paya MD PhD is a virologist […]

2nd Zoom Panel Discussion. Even better!!

Posted by Cristina A-C
On May 21, 2020

The second BSS ‘Question Time’ virtual panel discussion on "Emerging from the crisis: where for Spain and the UK?" was a great example on interesting events around the situacion created by the Covid-19. Access the video on this article.