La obra del pintor español Joaquín Sorolla vuelve a pisar suelo británico en la primera gran exposición monográfica tras más de un siglo de ausencia. La BritishSpanish Society queda en el Museo Sorolla con Blanca Pons-Sorolla, bisnieta y máxima especialista...

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El discurso del presidente Jimmy Burns en la Asamblea  General en la sala Luis Vives, Londres, 29 de enero   En primer lugar, les damos la bienvenida a todos y me alegro de que tengamos una casa llena aquí en...

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Chairman Jimmy Burns’  address to Annual General Meeting at the  Luis Vives Room,  London January 29th   First welcome to you all to you all and so glad we have a full house here in this room named so appropriately...

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Orgullosos de nuestra Patron, Lady Pilar Brennan.   Artículo a través de éste link.    

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We are delighted to announce the BritishSpanish Society 11th Scholarships Programme.   Applications for six Scholarship Awards of £5000 each are now open, aiming to support ongoing postgraduate projects in any discipline, or recently accepted postgraduate students. Application closing date 15 February 2019....

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Dear members and friends,   SEASON GREETINGS!   The Board of Trustees and the Executive Council of the BritishSpanish Society wish you a wonderful holiday season and a new year of health, happiness and prosperity.   Thank you for all...

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We are delighted to announce the BritishSpanish Society 11th Scholarships Programme.   Applications for six Scholarship Awards of £5000 each are now open, aiming to support ongoing postgraduate projects in any discipline, or recently accepted postgraduate students. Application closing date 15 February 2019....

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  El fútbol es un deporte de equipo, pero, en los últimos años, este juego ha sido testigo de una rivalidad sin precedentes entre los dos mejoresjugadores de la historia: Cristiano y Leo. El escritor y periodista Jimmy Burns Marañón,...

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We are very grateful for the loyal support of all our charity institutional and corporate supporters, members and friends. We were delighted to celebrate this special anniversary with you at our latest gala dinner last 12th November at ME London...

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London, Wednesday, October 24. PLASTIC ENERGY Limited, a company with a unique process to recycle plastic waste on a global and commercial scale, has set up its Technology HQ in London with the aim of establishing a global business.  ...

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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...

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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. What are the principle objectives of their organizations and how are they helping the international...

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Un año más, el Embajador británico en nuestro país, Simon Manley, abrió las puertas de su residencia para acoger esta fiesta.   Reportaje completo y fotos a través de este link    

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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.   Let me say from the outset  that my well-known enthusiasm  as...

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Nada será lo mismo después de ellos. “Cuando se retiren nos acercaremos un poco más a la muerte”, insiste en remarcar Jimmy Burns, el autor de Cristiano y Leo.   Panenka en conversación con Jimmy Burns.        

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Who’s better: Ronaldo or Messi? Ask any football fan and they’ll have an opinion.   For the best part of the last decade football has seen a personal rivalry unlike any seen before. Cristiano and Leo. This is their definitive...

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June 9th 2018   Well its official as of today (see James Alexander John Burns – official Queen Honours list honours list in Telegraph and Times today) and after first kind messages below  so delighted to share with you the...

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This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the BritishSpanish Society Scholarship Programme. 10 years empowering knowledge and culture sponsoring more than 60 cutting-edge postgraduate projects aiming to support and encourage individual and institutional links between the United Kingdom and Spain,...

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On the occasion of the wedding of HRH Prince Henry of Wales and Ms Meghan Markle, the BritishSpanish Society was today honoured in Madrid by his Excellency the British Ambassador to Spain His Excellency Simon Manley CMG.   A certificate ...

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Warm congratulations  to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the occasion of their Royal wedding. Felicidades y todo lo mejor para el futuro! Building bridges not walls.

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“Desde la Fundación Banco Sabadell apoyamos la investigación científica a través de nuestros premios en el sector de la biomédica, ciencias e ingeniería, en programas de becas con diferentes universidades de toda España pero también colaborando con programas que fomentan...

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The BritishSpanish Society Scholarship Programme awards talented postgraduate students at top universities and academic institutions, supporting cutting-edge projects which contribute to the aim of our Charity and build stronger individual and institutional links between the United Kingdom and Spain. The BSS...

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Get a discount on this book clicking this link http://ow.ly/Ztfw30jsCdY Promotional code: FRANCO1830 30% off = £14 RRP £20 Valid until 30th June 2018   Book review As Spain looks back on forty years of ratification of the Constitution that...

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The BritishSpanish Society Scholarship Programme awards talented postgraduate students at top universities and academic institutions, supporting cutting-edge projects which contribute to the aim of our Charity and build stronger individual and institutional links between the United Kingdom and Spain. The BSS...

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The BritishSpanish Society & Instituto Cervantes apoyando la cultura española en el Reino Unido. En la foto de izquierda a derecha: Francesc Puértolas (Jefe de Cultura, I. Cervantes Londres), Jimmy Burns Marañón (BSS Chairman), Marina Pérez de Arcos (BSS Scholarship...

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“Desde la Fundación Banco Sabadell apoyamos la investigación científica a través de nuestros premios en el sector de la biomédica, ciencias e ingeniería, en programas de becas con diferentes universidades de toda España pero también colaborando con programas que fomentan...

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The BritishSpanish Society Scholarship Programme awards talented postgraduate students at top universities and academic institutions, supporting cutting-edge projects which contribute to the aim of our Charity and build stronger individual and institutional links between the United Kingdom and Spain. The BSS...

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BritishSpanish Society & IE Business School Headline Event: ‘Present Danger, Future Risks: A Panel Discussion’ 15th March   By our Madrid correspondent   The risk to global civilisation is as high today as it has ever been, in the face...

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BritishSpanish Society Event March 20th 2018 Private Guided Tour ‘Easter Story through Art’ with Lecturer Paul Pickering By our social correspondent   As our  very own  arts guru  Paul Pickering  reminded us,  London’s National Gallery is ‘teeming with art’ , ...

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We are delighted to announce the BritishSpanish Society XI Scholarship Programme. Closing date 15th February 2018.   Aiming to support either ongoing postgraduate projects in any discipline or recently accepted postgraduate projects, all applications are now welcome! Click here to...

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Our member and friend, Andrew Moore, has won the first prize for the best taurine photo of the 2017 season.  The first time that this has ever been won by a non-Spanish photographer.   Congratulations Andrew!   No estás solo

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The Chairman & Board of Trustees of the BritishSpanish Society wish you a Happy Christmas, Felices Reyes y todo lo mejor para el 2018!   We are very grateful for your overwhelming interest and the huge support during 2017! 101...

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I wanted first of all to thanks His Excellency the Spanish ambassador, and honorary president CARLOS BASTARRECHE for generously hosting this event. I hugely appreciate the support he had shown towards the Society since his arrival in London.   Many...

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If you missed this fully booked British-Spanish debate about Brexit, click in the video to see the recorded event now.     The BritishSpanish Society wish to thank Canning House and Instituto Cervantes, co-organising this event.   The BritishSpanish Society...

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Enhorabuena to our enduring friend & supporter  former Vice President of Telefonica Dr Mike Short CBE  on his  new appointment as the new Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK’s Department for International Trade.    The Department for International Trade (DIT)...

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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...

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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...

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Some 170 guests attended a reception at the British Ambassador’s residence in Madrid on September 27th in honour of the BritishSpanish Society.   Ambassador Simon Manley praised the BSS for its work as a charity building cultural  links between the...

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Jimmy Burns, Chairman de la BritishSpanish Society, escribe para la Fundación FIES este interesante artículo sobre la reciente visita de los Reyes de España a Gran Bretaña.    

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On behalf of the Trustees and membership of the BritishSpanish Society, our thoughts and prayers go out to  the victims of  the  terrorist attack in Barcelona, those killed, those injured, and their family and friends. Todos juntos en profundo sentido...

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Jimmy Burns Marañón para HispanTV    

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En la tarde del martes, 11 Sus Majestades los Reyes, fueron despedidos oficialmente con Honores, desde el Pabellón de Estado del Aeropuerto Adolfo Suarez-Madrid Barajas rumbo al Reino Unido, por la Presidenta del Congreso de los Diputados, Ana Pastor, entre...

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If you are free this Wednesday 12th July at 12.00 noon and you wish to see the Spanish Head of State, please be aware that HM King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain will parade on their way to Buckingham Palace,...

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In line with our long charity history of cultural diplomacy and our well established commitment building stronger links between Spain and the United Kingdom, and following last year’s presence of Queen Sofia of Spain as guests of honour at the...

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El Buen Cura Gallego   Escribe Jimmy Burns Marañón   Con un profundo sentido de pésame nos llega la noticia de la muerte del Padre Ernesto Atanes, de la Capellanía Española y el Hogar Español en Londres que murió en...

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Thank you so very much for your generous comments – we are chuffed!   Please share your feedback to help us improve. YOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS.   Wishing you all a very happy and restful Summer break.   The BritishSpanish Society...

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On behalf of the Board Of Trustees of the BritishSpanish Society, I would like to express our heart-felt sympathy for all those affected by the tragic fire which destroyed the residential block Grenfell Tower in Kensington, London, this week.  ...

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A Spanish hero in London: Ignacio Echeverria   As part of a former imperial power that has punched above its weight for most of its history, there are some British who do not easily look outside their own people for...

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Our Chairman, Jimmy Burns, met with Director of British Council in Madrid, Andrew Mackay, and agreed to strength ongoing cooperation in coming months.    

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It was a great pleasure to meet the Board of Trustees of the BritishSpanish Society to which I express my thanks for the impressive work they have done to maintain the strong links between our two countries and societies. I...

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Hugh Thomas, who has died aged 85,was a historian with an enduring interest in and passion for the Hispanic world straddling epochs, continents and empires. He also played an active part as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher, and in...

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30% offer for members of the BritishSpanish Society!   Order from www.bloomsbury.com and quote ISABELLA at the checkout.  

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Jimmy Burns con Carlos Alsina this morning. Click here to listen.

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BritishSpanish Society event in Madrid  by our social affairs correspondent Remembering Spain’s Transition to Democracy in film and comment was the theme of the BritishSpanish Society’s  latest encounter with its supporters  in Madrid on March 28th. A full-house registered for...

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A pocos pasos del terrorismo que ayer sacudió la ciudad de Londres esta una estatua de Winston Churchill,  corpulento en su abrigo de trinchera,  y con una mirada  enfocada y resuelta, toda una imagen de un pueblo que ha conocido ...

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This is the extraordinary new biography of one of the most powerful women in history. In 1474 , writes Jimmy Burns, Isabella claimed the throne of Castilla in a country divided by political factionalism, riddled with corruption, and facing the...

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Enhorabuena new Spanish ambassador to UK Carlos Bastarreche who today presented his credentials to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. He is profiled in next issue of La Revista.

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