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Churchill & Spain remembered

Posted by Jonny hough
On October 25, 2018

Cambridge University’s Churchill College proved the perfect venue for a conference and the opening of a special exhibition on October 22nd dedicated to the memory of Sir Winston, the towering figure of the 20th century, and the less known but important history of his relationship with Spain.

Spain in English Roundtable

Posted by Jonny hough
On October 17, 2018

Host Tim Parfitt talks with Jimmy Burns, Chairman of the British Spanish Society and former Financial Times correspondent in Spain together with Jonathan Goodman, Director in Spain of The Spectrum IFA Group.

La ‘BritishSpanish Society’ Celebra Los Lazos Culturales Que Unen a Espana y Reino Unido by Hola.com

Posted by Jonny hough
On October 3, 2018

Un año más, el Embajador británico en nuestro país, Simon Manley, abrió las puertas de su residencia para acoger esta fiesta.

England vs Spain Football by Jimmy Burns Marañón

Posted by Jonny hough
On September 11, 2018

Nothing like being a bicultural (British-Spanish) European citizen in a rowdy pub in south London to experience the high and lows of an England-Spain football match at Wembley.

Ciclo Blanco White: cultura, diplomacia y espionaje

Posted by Jonny hough
On April 5, 2018

The BritishSpanish Society & Instituto Cervantes apoyando la cultura española en el Reino Unido.

Present Danger, Future Risks: A Panel Discussion

Posted by Jonny hough
On March 26, 2018

BritishSpanish Society & IE Business School Headline Event: ‘Present Danger, Future Risks: A Panel Discussion’ 15th March

Private Guided Tour ‘Easter Story through Art’ with Lecturer Paul Pickering

Posted by Jonny hough
On March 21, 2018

As our very own arts guru Paul Pickering reminded us, London’s National Gallery is ‘teeming with art’ , and ‘many walls remind you of Christ and the Saints’.

BritishSpanishSociety Panel Discussion on Brexit at Canning House

Posted by Jonny hough
On October 31, 2017

The BritishSpanish Society is very grateful to its members and friends, raising overwhelming support to our events, making possible our charity work, scholarship programme, social-cultural events and our overall mission, strengthening links between Great Britain and Spain.

BSS Debate: Holding Up the Mirror, a success in attendance, press coverage and guests’ feedback.

Posted by Jonny hough
On October 26, 2017

The BritishSpanish Society thanks all his members and friends for the overwhelming support received at our events, in particular at our last debate event Holding Up the Mirror: UK-Spain Cultural Relations in the Light of Brexit, last October 26th at Canning House, Belgravia. We are very grateful for your interest resulting in a fully […]

Full House at the British Council in Madrid

Posted by Jonny hough
On October 4, 2017

The subject of the British Council and Word War II Spain drew a large audience to the British Council’s main premises in central Madrid on September 28th. An enthusiastic gathering of BSS expatriate members and Spanish friends listened and watched the young Oxford University academic Marina Perez de Arcos, a BritishSpanish Society scholarship holder, […]