New Year 2022 Message from the Chairman

Posted by Amy Bell
On December 21, 2021

It has been a difficult and unpredictable year for the BritishSpanish Society. The consequences of Brexit, and the pandemic still without end, have put strains on our fund-raising and organisation, throwing us into uncharted territory. We are however a charity with a history of more than one hundred years of weathering disruptions in relations between […]

Shining a light on Spanish music: ‘Punto de encuentro’ Concert at St James’s, Piccadilly

Posted by Amy Bell
On December 15, 2021

On November 24, the BritishSpanish Society hosted its big event of the autumn calendar – a special concert at the beautiful St James’s church in London’s Piccadilly. It was a memorable night and a sell-out éxito! The evening’s programme was directed by former BSS scholar and virtuoso violinist Nicole Crespo O´Donoghue, and also featured […]

Salir en Madrid

Posted by Julia Burns
On May 17, 2021

by Cristina Jaramillo After COVID19, “las terrazas” have multiplied in the Spanish capital. We discover some of the best urban gardens where you can have a good meal in a nice atmosphere. El Jardín Secreto de Salvador Bachiller C/ Montera, 37 reservas_grupos@salvadorbachiller.com restaurantesalvadorbachiller.es En plena calle Montera y cuando menos lo esperas, […]

Eating Out in London

Posted by Julia Burns
On May 17, 2021

by BSS members Londoners have had to wait longer than Madrileños to relive the joys of al fresco eating. But here are some hopeful tips for residents and visitors. A Market for All Seasons Before it moved back across the river to Bracken House, the Financial Times office on Southwark Bridge, was […]

A Guide to Sira’s London

Posted by Julia Burns
On May 1, 2021

By Jimmy Burns To mark the BritishSociety’s presentation on May 6th of María Dueñas long-awaited sequel novel, we retrace the heroine Sira’s footsteps through post-war London as she takes up a new secret assignment. Sira stays at the Victorian villa of her English mother-in-law Lady Olivia Bonnard, in The Boltons, zona que había […]

New Borderlands: Reflections From Southern California

Posted by Julia Burns
On April 10, 2021

By James Stout Are we becoming more connected or are darker forces working to separate and divide? A former BritishSpanish scholar and journalist, reports from the UK/Mexican wall. Nationalism is an incredibly slippery concept, one I’ve spent the better part of a decade confusing university students about. Anyone even passingly familiar with Iberia […]

The Art and Craft of a Spanish Guitar

Posted by Julia Burns
On April 10, 2021

By John Syropoulo A BSS member enjoys his retirement learning about the magic of ‘la guitarra española’ in Andalucia ‘It works. Good guitar.’ These were the only words I needed to hear from Albert Nuijten, a superb, classically trained guitarist who was road-testing my guitar fresh off the workbench. That Friday evening, in a […]

Awards In The Film World. On Air This Year

Posted by Julia Burns
On April 10, 2021

by Laura Obiols Our Arts Editor talks with 4 of the 166 nominees for the Goya Awards in Spain for reasons that will resonate with BBS members. The Goya Awards (Premios Goya) are the Spanish main film awards, established by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. The award […]

Puentes 3

Posted by Cristina A-C
On September 14, 2020

Welcome to Puentes 3, the latest issue of our digital newsletter put together by our volunteers. With our charity’s aim of gathering and strengthening our community, this Puentes provides you quality writing and photographs, illustrative of the revelatory moments of a summer just gone by and the challenges of back to school. Enjoy it!

Paul Preston era ends at the LSE/ Cañada Blanch by Jimmy Burns OBE

Posted by Cristina A-C
On July 31, 2020

One of the iconic bastions of contemporary Spanish history studies, the LSE’s Cañada Blanch Centre headed up by Professor Paul Preston, in lockdown since early March, definitively closed its doors at the end of July, thus bringing to an end its programme of activities which has straddled a quarter of a century.

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New Year 2022 Message from the Chairman

Shining a light on Spanish music: ‘Punto de encuentro’ Concert at St James’s, Piccadilly

Salir en Madrid

Eating Out in London

A Guide to Sira’s London

New Borderlands: Reflections From Southern California

The Art and Craft of a Spanish Guitar

Awards In The Film World. On Air This Year

Puentes 3

Paul Preston era ends at the LSE/ Cañada Blanch by Jimmy Burns OBE

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