Welcome to the launch edition of Puentes, the BritishSpanish Society newsletter

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 31, 2020

The BritishSpanish Society is continuing to make every every effort to ensure that the charity continues as best it can to meet its cultural and educational commitments. In the spirit of engagement with our members and supporters I would like to welcome you to Puentes, the first edition of a digital/ e-newsletter written and designed […]

“London Diary 2” by Jimmy Burns OBE

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 28, 2020

“London Diary 2” by Jimmy Burns OBE Saturday 21 March Listen to an inspiring poem entitled ‘Lockdown’ on BBC Radio 4 by Brother Richard Hendrick, an Irish Capuchin Franciscan which concludes with these lines. Yes, there is even death but there can always be a rebirth of love. Wake to the choices you make as […]

Tristan Garel-Jones In Memoriam

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 27, 2020

A Tribute by Tom Burns Marañon on behalf of his many friends in the BritishSpanish Society For a Spanish public intellectual an invitation to deliver the Pregón Taurino de la Feria de Abril by the Real Maestranza de Sevilla is on a level with being asked by the BBC to give the annual Reith lectures. […]

“London Diary“ by Jimmy Burns OBE

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 22, 2020

“London Diary” by Jimmy Burns OBE Friday the 13th March It’s been a week of relative normality compared to other big cities hit by a more advanced stage of the virus. We seem to still be in semi-crisis mode, with the emphasis on self-containment rather than draconian enforcement. A phoney war while others elsewhere in […]

Statement on COVID19 crisis

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 15, 2020

Dear BSS Members and Friends, We have been monitoring closely the COVID-19 situation as it unfolds around the world, and specifically how it might impact our members and friends in Spain and the UK. Given the bi-cultural nature of our charity and also mindful of the global uncertainty and disruption caused by the virus, and the […]

The inauguration in Madrid of BSS exhibition “Churchill & Spain”

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 10, 2020

One of Madrid’s most prestigious university conference venues registered a full house on the 28th January for the BritishSpanish Society/Universidad Pontificia de Comillas event dedicated to the figure of Britain’s wartime prime-minister Winston Churchill and his relationship with Spain. The state of the art Salon de Actos located in the Canto Blanco campus of the […]