Emily Hassan reports: The Spanish department at Leeds has The Spanish department at Leeds has existed for over hundred years. This milestone was celebrated in 2018 by the university hosting the annual conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland and Professor Duncan Wheeler delivering his inaugural lecture as the Chair of […]

The biggest day of the British running calendar saw the London Marathon break a Guinness World Record in its 45th year. With an unprecedented 56,640 finishers, London became the biggest marathon in the world, beating New York. BBC Sport covers all 26.2 miles of the course, including the last 200 metres down the Mall. BritishSpanish […]

  On 23 April 2025 Vice-Chair Michael Morley was delighted to accept a Magna Carta award on behalf of the BritishSpanish Society. The date was particularly poignant to the Society, as it was formed on 23 April 1916, on the anniversary of the deaths of literary greats William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, and of […]