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Un proyecto innovador que recupera la España Vaciada

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 11, 2023
  By Pilar Brennan, BritishSpanish Society Patron No todas las esperanzas están perdidas sobre las áreas rurales de España, las cuales sufren las consecuencias del éxodo rural. Lady Brennan escribe sobre un proyecto que tras 9 años inspira a impulsar el desarrollo rural tratando los recursos naturales como base de una economía sostenible y solidaria, […]
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Tamara Rojo: ‘I feel that I am a Londoner’

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 9, 2023
  By Graham Watts OBE Following 10 years of incredible creativity and leadership Tamara Rojo CBE, stepped down as Artistic Director of English National Ballet in late 2022 to take up the role of Artistic Director at San Francisco Ballet. On 14th October, I was privileged to see Tamara Rojo’s final performance at the Théâtre […]
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Sailing in Spain: All aboard and ahoy!

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 9, 2023
.   By Amy Bell Imagine you’re with friends on a yacht in the Balearic Islands, feeling the warm Mediterranean breeze as you cruise along. Suddenly one of your crew, who perhaps has had too much to drink and isn’t a strong swimmer, loses their balance and falls over the side of the boat into […]
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‘A writer must be a man of action now’

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 9, 2023
By Roger Golland A review of Tomorrow Perhaps the Future – Following Writers and Rebels in the Spanish Civil War by Sarah Watling, published February 2023 by Jonathan Cape In the summer of 1937, at the height of the Spanish Civil war, the outspoken heiress Nancy Cunard addressed a broadsheet appeal, grandly entitled The Question, to […]
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Welcome to our ‘Amigo’: Camino’s Richard Bigg

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 9, 2023
    By Anna Swinfield Introducing our new initiative, ‘Amigos & Amigas of the BritishSpanish Society’, celebrating Spanish food and drink in the UK First, for those who enjoy the best of Spanish food and wine, some news of an exciting gastronomic initiative the charity the BritishSpanish Society is launching in 2023: “Amigos and Amigas […]
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The future of energy

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On November 5, 2022
In the month of the United National Cop 27 Climate Change conference in Egypt, Karima Verjee, an expert in green energy, explains why the need to move away from harmful fossil fuels is more pressing than ever. It’s impossible to miss headlines about climate change and the harm that carbon emissions are doing to our […]
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King Carlos III, rey de Inglaterra y el futuro de su monarquía

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On November 5, 2022
El escritor y chairman de la BritishSpanish Society Jimmy Burns Marañón comparte una reflexión personal sobre el nuevo monarca después de la muerte de su ejemplar madre, Queen Elizabeth II. Es posible que el ahora Carlos III haya sido dramatizado para el consumo mediático en el pasado como un príncipe excéntrico, y descarriado. Un infiel […]
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Football in the desert: prospects for Spain and England

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On November 5, 2022
Anglo-Spanish football writer Tomás Hill López-Menchero sets the scene for the upcoming World Cup, and looks at the prospects for Spain and England Twelve years after the World Cup was awarded to Qatar in controversial fashion, the tournament will kick off in the Gulf state when the host nation face Ecuador on November 20. Many […]
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Scholarship Awards 2022: ‘The beating heart of the BritishSpanish Society’

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On October 28, 2022
Youthful optimism,  talent and innovation were  very much in evidence at the annual BritishSpanish Society Scholarships Awards ceremony at the Spanish ambassador’s residence on October 26.  Since 2008, the charity, with the support of its membership, and in partnership with its principal supporters, has been supporting knowledge and culture by offering scholarships to more than […]
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La recepción de otoño de la BSS en Madrid

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On October 3, 2022
  Recepción de la BritishSpanish Society el 22 de septiembre de 20222 en la residencia del embajador Británico Hugh Elliott Una emotiva y simpática recepción en honor de la fundación caritativa la BritishSpanish Society se llevó a cabo en la residencia del embajador británico en Madrid, Hugh Elliot, y su mujer salamanquina María Antonia.  Mas […]
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