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Monty Don’s tour of Spanish Gardens

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 1, 2025

BSS associate editor Roger Golland reviews the celebrity British gardener Monty Don’s latest book and BBC documentary I once spent a short summer holiday in a walled Spanish garden. I was a guest of a wealthy banker who had bought a new villa, el Quinto Pino, in a new development in the scrabbly slopes above […]

London’s Spanish Film celebration

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 1, 2025

This year’s London Spanish Film Festival is taking place on September 18-25. Our arts editor Laura Obiols met Joana Granero, the founder of the festival, ahead of last year’s festival in autumn. The London Spanish Film Festival that happens every autumn, for 8-10 days, and brings Spanish films to London, with screenings taking place at […]

Latina, un tributo a las voces femeninas del siglo XX

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 1, 2025

Casa de América en Madrid recorre la historia de la música afro- latinamericana a través de más de 500 piezas de la Colección Gladys Palmera, en una muestra que destaca el legado de los ritmos caribeños y las divas latinas. Por Cristina Jaramillo. Una atmósfera de resonancias musicales y recuerdos compartidos invitan a explorar estos […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Pamplona: the Spanish city with the ‘best quality of life’

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 6, 2024

And the winner is...Pamplona? Yes, that is correct. Not Barcelona, not Madrid, not Málaga or any of the other usual suspects.

Sir Alex Ellis, new British Ambassador to Spain speaks to La Revista

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 6, 2024

In an interview with Jimmy Burns Marañón the new British ambassador shares his views on the opportunities and challenges of UK-Spanish relations

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 […]

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 […]