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Groenlandia en bicicleta de agua

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On November 6, 2024
Culmina con éxito la primera expedición ártica en bicicletas de agua, por Pepe Ivars ¿Bicicletas de agua? Eso es lo primero que le pregunte a Albert Bosch cuando me llamo a mediados de febrero con la idea de esta expedición. Nosotros habíamos hecho unas cuantas travesías polares en el ártico y teníamos pendiente planear algo […]
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The story of war

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On May 29, 2024
Roger Golland OBE, a BSS trustee, explores contrasting images of war at London’s Guildhall Art Gallery and the Imperial War Museum, a tale of two artists. Part 1: Rule Britannia Dominating the Guildhall Art Gallery in the heart of the City of London is a painting twice the size of a roadside hoarding. On one […]
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London’s Flamenco Festival 2024 preview

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On May 29, 2024
The Flamenco Festival returns to Sadler’s Wells in London for its nineteenth iteration from June 4-15 . This year’s festival will showcase ten UK premieres amongst a host of thrilling performances from some of the greatest exponents of the flamenco arts in a varied programme of dance performances and concerts in both Sadler’s Wells Theatre […]
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Breakfast with British Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On May 29, 2024
   BritishSpanish Society chairman Jimmy Burns catches up with Hugh Elliott, who is leaving Madrid after five years in post, savouring the senior diplomat’s delicious home-made marmalade and sipping similarly restorative café The ‘mano a mano’ meeting is in the Ambassador’s official residence, discreet and elegant, in the leafy residential neighbourhood of Puerta Hierro. The residence has […]
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The world’s toughest race

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 8, 2024
By Pepe Ivars La Revista’s intrepid adventurer is tested to his physical and mental limits on the infamous Marathon des Sables. The heat wave turned the desert into a furnace, with averages of 45°C a day, complicating progress climbing dunes and jebels (mountains) with the long stage day of 90km. One third of the competitors […]
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Fin de Fiesta, London’s new flamenco hub

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 8, 2024
By Laura Obiols It is cold in London, almost hitting the end of February, and Irene Giménez gives us some time to speak over a coffee, about a project we are very curious about. Her smile and great vibes are as big as her soul; and as flamencos would say, also is her ‘arte’. She […]
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José Pizarro – a Godfather of Spanish cuisine in the UK

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On March 8, 2024
By Jimmy Burns Originally from a rural village near Cáceres, Extremadura, José Pizarro is a a celebrity chef and TV personality. To celebrate his 25 years of living in London, La Revista caught up with him for this exclusive interview. JB: What brought you and when to the UK and what was your early employment? […]
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Language as an opportunity 

  • Posted by Amy Bell
  • On November 12, 2023
A young British graduate and BSS member, shares her  positive cultural and educational experience working as a house parent at an English language school  By Mary McCullough I recently had the pleasure of working for Wimbledon School of English as a house parent at their residential summer language school. Based in Lord Wandsworth College, Long […]
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