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Poder y popularidad de la Premier League

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 16, 2023

Tomás Hill López-Menchero, un joven periodista anglo-español y experto en temas futboleros, analiza el poderío controvertido de La Liga ‘elite’ Británica tal como se describe en las páginas de un nuevo libro publicado en España. Tal y como escribe el autor y veterano periodista Jimmy Burns (chairman del BritishSpanish Society) en su nuevo libro La […]

Pablo Casals: musician and humanist

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 16, 2023

On the 5th of October 2023, the Barcelona Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) will be performing a concert at London’s Cadogan Hall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passing of Pablo Casals, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century.Laura Peribañez, one of the star performers – a former BSS scholarship winner and […]

In the Spirit of Saint Francis

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 16, 2023

Anna Swinfield, a BSS newly elected BritishSpanish Society Trustee, interviews Dr Joost Joustra, the Ahmanson Research Associate Curator in Art and Religion at The National Gallery, on the first major art exhibition in the UK to explore the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), one of history’s most inspirational and revered […]

London Bridge’s Spanish Hero

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 11, 2023

By Beth Twiston-Davies On the evening of June 3, 2017, Ignacio Echeverría leapt off his bicycle on London Bridge. He had spotted a woman being stabbed by a knife- wielding terrorist. Grabbing his skateboard, Ignacio rushed at her assailant. As he struck him with his board, passers-by escaped to safety. That act of valour during […]

Un proyecto innovador que recupera la España Vaciada

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 11, 2023

By Pilar Brennan, BritishSpanish Society Patron No todas las esperanzas están perdidas sobre las áreas rurales de España, las cuales sufren las consecuencias del éxodo rural. Lady Brennan escribe sobre un proyecto que tras 9 años inspira a impulsar el desarrollo rural tratando los recursos naturales como base de una economía sostenible y solidaria, […]

Tamara Rojo: ‘I feel that I am a Londoner’

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 9, 2023

By Graham Watts OBE Following 10 years of incredible creativity and leadership Tamara Rojo CBE, stepped down as Artistic Director of English National Ballet in late 2022 to take up the role of Artistic Director at San Francisco Ballet. On 14th October, I was privileged to see Tamara Rojo’s final performance at the Théâtre […]

Sailing in Spain: All aboard and ahoy!

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 9, 2023

. By Amy Bell Imagine you’re with friends on a yacht in the Balearic Islands, feeling the warm Mediterranean breeze as you cruise along. Suddenly one of your crew, who perhaps has had too much to drink and isn’t a strong swimmer, loses their balance and falls over the side of the boat into […]

‘A writer must be a man of action now’

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 9, 2023

By Roger Golland A review of Tomorrow Perhaps the Future – Following Writers and Rebels in the Spanish Civil War by Sarah Watling, published February 2023 by Jonathan Cape In the summer of 1937, at the height of the Spanish Civil war, the outspoken heiress Nancy Cunard addressed a broadsheet appeal, grandly entitled The Question, to […]

Welcome to our ‘Amigo’: Camino’s Richard Bigg

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 9, 2023

By Anna Swinfield Introducing our new initiative, ‘Amigos & Amigas of the BritishSpanish Society’, celebrating Spanish food and drink in the UK First, for those who enjoy the best of Spanish food and wine, some news of an exciting gastronomic initiative the charity the BritishSpanish Society is launching in 2023: “Amigos and Amigas […]

The future of energy

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 5, 2022

In the month of the United National Cop 27 Climate Change conference in Egypt, Karima Verjee, an expert in green energy, explains why the need to move away from harmful fossil fuels is more pressing than ever. It’s impossible to miss headlines about climate change and the harm that carbon emissions are doing to our […]