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MY FRIEND HUGH THOMAS REMEMBERED (21 October 1931 – 6 May 2017) by Jimmy Burns
9 May 2017
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...
Isabella of Castile by Giles Tremlett
2 May 2017
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"Theresa May está buscando una legitimidad política que no tenía"
19 April 2017
Gibraltar: time for pragmatism by Jimmy Burns
19 April 2017
Remembering La Transicion
30 March 2017
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...
El ejemplo de Churchill by Jimmy Burns
23 March 2017
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 ...
Isabella of Castile by Giles Tremlett, a literary experience
17 March 2017
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...
HE the Spanish Ambassador Sr. Carlos Bastarreche
14 March 2017
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.
La misteriosa señora Taylor, la mujer que convirtió Embassy en un nido de espías. Jimmy Burns Marañón
12 March 2017
Margarita Kearney Taylor fundó el salón de té en 1931 -hoy, a punto de cerrar sus puertas- y muy pronto se convirtió en punto de enlace entre diplomáticos y refugiados británicos. James Burns, amigo de su familia, recuerda para EL...
Spanish Masters in the Heart of London
7 March 2017
A crisp Spring early afternoon sun casting its rays across Trafalgar Square provided the perfect prologue to the British Spanish Society’s latest exclusive visit to the National Gallery. Guided by lecturer Paul Pickering, of the BSS’s Executive Council, a group...
Brexit Tertulia at Boqueria by our social affairs correspondent
5 December 2016
Delicious tapas and wine in a warm basement of the lively Spanish restaurant Boqueria in Acre Lane, south London on November 30th proved a perfect setting for an extended discussion about Brexit stimulated by the lawyer, media expert, and European...
Vuelve a casa por Navidad
28 November 2016
La BSS desea contar una iniciativa de la Fundación Vuelve a Casa – El Almendro. Una oportunidad para todos aquellos que estáis fuera de España ¿Queréis saber qué es? Atentos al siguiente ▶ vídeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXwdRLolJH4 Como habéis visto, por segundo...
Chairman Jimmy Burns’s address to Annual General Meeting at the Luis Vives Room, Spanish Embassy, London November 15th 2016
17 November 2016
As the Chairman of the BritishSpanish Society, it is a great pleasure to have you here at our Annual General Meeting and thankyou so much for coming. As a UK British registered charity , myself and my board of Trustees...
BritishSpanish Society, University of Wales Press and Iberian and Latin American Studies Series Prize application closing date extended until 30 November 2016
10 November 2016
Closing date extended until 30th November 2016. The BritishSpanish Society, in association with the University of Wales Press and Iberian and Latin American Studies Series, is pleased to announce this new award aiming to support research in Hispanic Studies and to provide a channel among researchers, academia and the...
London is Latin and Latin is London by Stephanie Kennedy (Battersea Spanish)
18 October 2016
In 1777, English writer and poet Samuel Johnson was a dapper man about town. An engaging and charismatic figure, he was a prominent member of the London social scene, preferring to be out and about than at home alone with...
"El Da Vinci español que dijo 'no' a Apple". Rodrigo Garcia, becado por la BritishSpanish Society y Telefónica en 2013
3 October 2016
Jorge Benítez, El Mundo Imagine que recibe un email de un cazatalentos internacional de Apple en el que se le pide una cita para tomar un café dentro de media hora. ¿Qué hace? ¿Acudir corriendo? Mejor montar en bici. Eso hizo...
BRITISH COUNCIL ENTREVISTA A JIMMY BURNS
27 September 2016
21/09/2016 British Council ha publicado en su web una entrevista a Jimmy Burns, presidente de la British Spanish Society. En ella se reflexiona sobre el escenario que se ha abierto tras el pasado referéndum del 23 de junio y la...
The BritishSpanish Society Prize sponsored by the University of Wales Press and Iberian and Latin American Studies Series
1 September 2016
The British Spanish Society is pleased to join the UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS and Iberian and Latin American Studies Series to support research in Hispanic Studies and to provide a channel among researchers, academia and the Society. This is a unique opportunity for researchers...
A very Spanish Battersea by Stephanie Kennedy
25 August 2016
Like London, Battersea is changing. Most strikingly of course, the iconic Battersea Power station has lost three of its towers, until, we are promised, the structure is resurrected into a sprawling residential and commercial hub. An impressive investment of £8...
El British Council indaga sobre el el papel de la BritishSpanish Society de la mano de su Chairman, Jimmy Burns Marañón. 'Descubre la British Spanish Society'
19 August 2016
En un escenario internacional convulso, caracterizado por el desafío que presentan nuevas realidades como el Brexit, hablamos con Jimmy Burns Marañón, presidente de la British Spanish Society (BSS), una fundación dedicada a promocionar las relaciones entre España y el...
Jimmy Burns Marañon: HEALING THE RIFT
1 July 2016
From the Chairman of The BritishSpanish Society Dear Friend, I am aware that for many of our members and supporters, not least Spaniards living in the UK and British living in Spain , are living through a period of uncertainty...
FAITH MATTERS QUESTION TIME DISCUSSES BREXIT
17 June 2016
Farm Street Church in Mayfair, central London, was packed on Tuesday 9th June for a debate entitled: ‘Faith Matters Question Time – A Christian response to the EU Referendum’, chaired by Revd Lucy Winkett, Rector of Saint James Church, Piccadilly. The...
Cien años de lazos diplomáticos entre Shakespeare y Cervantes
15 March 2016
Pablo Guimon, UK Correspondant, El Pais, 24 May 2016 La British Spanish Society celebra en su centenario una insólita historia de diplomacia cultural entre España y Reino Unido Al hacer coincidir el mismo 23 de abril de 1616 el fallecimiento...
La British-Spanish Society cumple 100 años
3 March 2016
Escrito por Patricia Gomez (EL IBERICO) el 26 febrero, 2016 Ayer tuvo lugar una conferencia promovida por la British-Spanish Society (BSS) en un acto de reconocimiento al 100 aniversario de su fundación y también con el objetivo de anunciar el programa de eventos para este...
La reina Sofía acudirá a la cena de gala que la BritishSpanish Society celebra el próximo 20 de abril en Londres con motivo de su centenario
8 February 2016
La reina Sofía acudirá a la cena de gala que la BritishSpanish Society celebra el próximo 20 de abril en Londres con motivo de su centenario. La cena en el hotel Dorchester de Londres, coincide además con el 90 cumpleaños...
Sitges honours La Revista prize winner for La Revista article on Rugby in Spain
7 January 2016
One of Sitges’s most popular sports bars, Tres Cuarts (RugbyThree-Quarters) was the appropiate setting for the celebration of this year’s prize winner for the best article published in La Revista. The article ‘Rugby in Spain’ in last summer’s issue was...
Merry Christmas to all of our members and supporters
18 December 2015
The BritishSpanish team wishes a Very Merry Christmas to all of our members and supporters
Cultural Diplomacy. 100 years of history of the BritishSpanish Society
23 November 2015
To mark its Centenary, The BritishSpanish Society is proud to announce the publication by the award winning University of Liverpool Press of the Society’s bilingual history by a scholarship winner Dr Luis G. Martínez del Campo (Paperback format in English...
BS-S Centenary Year Events Program- Save the date!
19 October 2015
Dear members, we are delighted to inform you of the British Spanish Society’s upcoming events Gala of Spanish DanceAnd dancers 26/11/2015 at The Place WC1 8:00pm£32 / £39 non members CHRISTMAS PARTY 10/12/2015 at Instituto Cervantes SW1W 7:00 pm...
26 June 2015
We are happy to announce that BritishSpanish Society members have been offered 20% discount on Robert Goodwin’s magnificent book Spain: the Centre of the World 1519-1682. To receive a 20% discount (£24) on Spain please visit www.bloomsbury.com and quote SPAIN at...
The Spanish Embassy opened its doors for one of the biggest annual events organised by the BritishSpanish Society.
22 June 2015
A long queue of people waited expectantly outside the Spanish Ambassador’s residence on a warm early summer evening in June to join the BritishSpanish Society summer party. The Spanish Ambassador to the UK and honorary president of the Society Federico...
RIP Manuel de Lole y Manuel
20 May 2015
A legend of flamenco leaves us but su Duende sigue Flamenco artist Manuel Molina Jiménez (Ceuta, 1948), died on Tuesday 19th May. See here for the El Pais article on his life: http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2015/05/19/actualidad/1432029880_366877.html
The FT’s Lionel Barber is Guest of Honour at the Society’s Centenary Encounters Dinner
14 April 2015
By Our Social Affairs correspondent Financial Times Editor Lionel Barber was the guest of honour at a private dinner organised on Monday 13th April by the BritishSpanish Society at London’s Garrick Club. Speaking without notes, Barber gave an incisive and entertaining speech, peppered...
BS-S & BCC networking dinner at the Gran Cafe in Barcelona
18 March 2015
By our social affairs correspondent BritishSpanish Society Chairman, the author and journalist Jimmy Burns Marañón was the main speaker at an inaugural joint dinner held on Monday 16th March organised by the BSS-Society and The British Chamber of Commerce in...
Homage to George Orwell
12 March 2015
Lecture by Michael Shelden, Pulitzer Prize finalist for his biography of George Orwell, on Wednesday, 18th March 2015, from 19h30, at the Institut d’Estudis Nord-Americans, Via Augusta, 123, 08006 – Barcelona. Why not join our membership today? You can find...
Opening of the University of Navarra Museum
1 February 2015
By Jules Stewart The University of Navarra has opened its doors to Spain’s first university campus art museum, which was inaugurated in Pamplona by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. This is a new concept in Spain, though there are...
Madrid: The History
1 February 2015
BritishSpanish Society member, Jules Stewart, launches the paperback edition of his book Madrid: The History, on Wednesday, 4th March 2015, 6:30 to 9:00pm, at the Sala Luis Vives, Embassy of Spain, 39 Chesham Place, London SW1X 8SB. Why not join...
Oxford Literary Festival associates with BS-S
30 January 2015
The BritishSpanish Society is delighted to be associated with the organisers of the highly prestigious Oxford Literary Festival, which takes place in March and will have a special section devoted to Spain. Links: Jimmy Burns and David Liebler talk to...
The BritishSpanish Society Christmas Party
20 December 2014
By Laura Gran Over 150 members of the BritishSpanish Society celebrated Christmas at the Instituto Cervantes on Thursday 11th December. The atmosphere was cordial and relaxed, full of laughs and lively conversation, with many open to meeting others for...
BritishSpanish Society Christmas Wishes
12 December 2014
Hispanomania event review by Jules Stewart
26 November 2014
By Jules Stewart Journalist and author Tom Burns Marañón delivered a fascinating talk at the Instituto Cervantes in November based on his book Hispanomanía, an account of the curiosos impertinentes, travellers from other European countries and the US who came...
BritishSpanish Society Promo Video
31 October 2014
We are pleased to present our first promo video. We hope you enjoy it! Why not join our membership today? You can find an application form on our Membership page
Chairman Jimmy Burns Marañon’s address to the Society AGM, Sala Luis Vives, London Octber 21st 2014.
23 October 2014
Estimados amigos y amigas valued friends It’s been a very good year for the Society and we thought it a good idea to remind you at the outset just what a good year it’s been with a snap shot of...
A memorable tribute concert to El Greco
20 September 2014
A memorable tribute concert to El Greco By our social affairs correspondent A large and expectant audience filled the imposing central aisle of one of London’s most distinguished Churches on 16th September for the BritishSpanish Society’s tribute to El Greco,...
Interview with our Chairman in Expansión
1 August 2014
DIRECTIVOS EN VERANO Amparo Polo. Londres Jimmy Burns Marañón recuerda orgulloso que su madre, Mabel –hija del doctor español Gregorio Marañón–, promovió en Londres la instalación de una placa en la casa donde vivió Catalina de Aragón antes de convertirse en reina de los ingleses. La casa está juntó...
BritishSpanish Society Annual Summer Evening 2014 (video)
18 July 2014
Have a look at our Summer Evening 2014 video and make sure you do not miss next one! Why not join our membership today? You can find an application form on our Membership page
The Summer Party
26 June 2014
Over three hundred attended the BritishSpanish Society’s summer party at the beautiful residence of the Spanish ambassador. On a warm, dry evening, the event proved more popular than ever, drawing in young and older members and their guests to a...
Chargé D´Affaires Speech @ The BritishSpanish Society's Summer Reception
26 June 2014
GOOD EVENING DEAR CHAIRMAN, DEAR FRIENDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES, QUERIDOS AMIGOS AS CHARGE D´AFFAIRES OF THE SPANISH EMBASSY IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU THIS EVENING TO THE BRITISH-SPANISH SOCIETY SUMMER PARTY. THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR,...
Society news : On board Fiesta
12 June 2014
By our Social Affairs correspondent With London basking in its first heat of the summer, what better place for a BritishSpanish Society networking event than aboard Jorge Gallardo’s good boat Bar&Co, the coolest Latino venue on the Thames? The upper...
BritishSpanish Society's Scholarship Award Ceremony 2014 (Photos)
28 May 2014
The BritishSpanish Society held its 2014 Scholarship Award Ceremony on Monday 19 May at the Spanish Ambassador Residence in London. Click here now to see the profile of all awardees and check out the photos of the event Guests can get prints...
The BritishSpanish Society chairman, Jimmy Burns Marañon chaired a football panel on the theme, Argentina & England: a shared passion
27 May 2014
The BritishSpanish Society chairman, Jimmy Burns Marañon chaired a footballl panel on the theme, Argentina & England: a shared passion, at the London residence of her excellency the Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro on May 21st. Other main speakers were Ossie Ardiles...
The 7th annual BritishSpanish Society scholarships awards ceremony May 19th 2014
21 May 2014
By our social correspondent Over a hundred leading representatives of the diplomatic, corporate, and academic world attended the The BritishSpanish Society’s annual scholarship awards ceremony at the London Belgravia residence of the Spanish ambassador on May 19th . The occasion...
Address from The BritishSpanish Society's Chairman at the BS-S Scholarships’ award ceremony, 19th May 2014
20 May 2014
BritishSpanish Society Scholarships’ award ceremony: Spanish ambassador residence, 19th May 2014 Speech by the Society’s Chairman Jimmy Burns Marañon Ambassador; Principal Supporters – BBVA, BUPA, Ferrovial Aeropuertos , Santander Universities, and Telefónica,My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Scholars…. First, may I...
KITE Invest meets the BritishSpanish Society
17 April 2014
April 15, 2014 KITE Invest’s interview with the BritishSpanish Society’s Chairman Jimmy Burns Marañón KITE Invest had the pleasure of attending a BritishSpanish Society event in London in March and getting to know the Society’s dynamic organisation and members. The...
El Embajador de España en Reino Unido inaugura en Battersea Park el nuevo local de BOQUERÍA en Londres
5 April 2014
Londres, 2 de abril de 2014.- Federico Trillo-Figueroa, Embajador de España en Reino Unido, ha inaugurado en Battersea Park el nuevo local de BOQUERÍA en Londres, el segundo restaurante que el joven emprendedor español Jaime García, descendiente del fundador del...
BritishSpanish Society forthcoming events
22 March 2014
We organise a varied programme of social and cultural activities, giving members an opportunity to meet and discuss matters of mutual interest. Our events cover the broad spectrum of British and Spanish culture including concerts, journalism, politics, history, business, food...
Esperanza Aguirre addresses Gala Dinner by Our Social correspondent
15 March 2014
Over 175 members and supporters – a sell-out audience- attended the BritishSpanish Society’s annual gala dinner on Thursday March 14th in the Members’ Private Dining Room , Houses of Parliament . The access to one of the most beautiful rooms...
Words in tribute to Esperanza Aguirre delivered by Jimmy Burns Marañon , president of the British-Spanish Society, at the Society’s Gala Dinner, The Palace of Westminster March 14th 2014
15 March 2014
This is an important fund raising event for the British Spanish Society and I can think of no better Spaniard to talk to us than Esperanza Aguirre, who has promoted consistently, effectively and most elegantly the friendship between Spain and...
The World Cup of 2014 is fast approaching, but as the reigning champions will Spain be able to retain their crown?
11 March 2014
We welcomed a panel of the following top Spanish football experts to our Fútbol Alegría event on Thursday 6th March to discuss this question and many more: Guillem Balague – renowned football commentator and author of bestselling biographies of Pepe...
Ibérica Restaurants - proud sponsors of the BritishSpanish Society Gala Dinner 2014
10 March 2014
Ibérica is committed to bringing only the very best in Spanish gastronomy, wine and culture to the UK through their restaurants. Guests consistently experience the passion and expertise of Executive Head Chef Nacho Manzano, who has an impressive 3 Michelin...