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Instituto Cervantes at the 2025 Oxford Literary Festival

  • Posted by membership
  • On March 27, 2025
The Oxford Literary Festival (OLF) brings together leading authors, scientists and public figures from around the world, in a magnificent setting in the central university area of Oxford each year. This year, the Festival’s 28th edition starts on the 29th of March 2025 and will run for nine days, until the 6th of April. With […]
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Sharing the sad news of the passing of Eduardo Barrachina, President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce

  • Posted by membership
  • On March 24, 2025
It is with deep sadness that we share the news from the Spanish Chamber of Commerce that their president Eduardo Barrachina has passed away. We are grateful for Eduardo’s friendship, support and his dedication to BritishSpanish relations. The Society has offered condolences to Eduardo’s family, friends and colleagues on behalf of all at the Society. […]
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Become a BritishSpanish Society member

  • Posted by membership
  • On March 7, 2025
New members are always welcome at the BritishSpanish Society, joining us is easy, simple select the membership which suits you, and sign-up via our website. Your membership is effective immediately, and you can start choosing which events you’d like to attend.  But what does being a BritishSpanish Society member really mean?  It is a given […]
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Mansfield Park

  • Posted by membership
  • On March 4, 2025
A BritishSpanish member the star of a Jane Austen performance, we couldn’t miss out on the opportunity to see that, so a group of members headed to the Barbican expecting to hear beautiful opera singers, but got more than they bargained for. One of the talented stars of Autumn Concerts is mezzo-sporano Julia Merino. Knowing […]
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Sherry Tasting

  • Posted by membership
  • On February 25, 2025
BritishSpanish Society members and friends enjoyed an interesting evening of sherry tasting at Bar Rioja in London’s King’s Cross. Hosted by Bar Rioja and Camino Group’s wine loving owner Richard Bigg we were given a guided tour firstly of Bar Rioja’s geographic namesake, but then for the evening’s headline act – sherry. We learnt more […]
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Viveiro revisited: pulpo, beaches and a Joaquín Sabina tribute band

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On February 16, 2025
Dominic Begg, a BSS member living in Catalunya, celebrates a return visit to his beloved Galicia, still full of good memories and worthwhile new discoveries. The saying “Mucha expectación, decepción” is often heard in bullfighting circles, with reference to big-name corridas that fail to live up to their billing; and we are generally warned against […]
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Exploring unknown Aragon

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On February 16, 2025
BSS member, nature lover, and ecologist Carlos Oppé shares the delights of a journey off the beaten-track. From Santander to Sos del Rey Catolico In Teruel, one of the three provinces of Aragon, so many inhabitants considered themselves isolated and ignored by the rest of Spain that they launched a political party called Teruel Existe, […]
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Spain’s Golden Visa programme to end

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On February 16, 2025
London based BSS member Jordi Mateu, who works for an immigrant advisory firm, looks at a significant shift in Spain’s immigration landscape. Beginning on April 3, 2025, Spain’s Golden Visa programme is due officially to come to an end. This change is the result of months of debate with the reform narrowly approved by the […]
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