Spanish ambassador hosts the BSS scholarship awards 2023

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 12, 2023

The beating heart of the BritishSpanish Society’s charitable mission is its empowering of innovative research and youthful talent through its funding support of important post-graduate projects of relevance to both countries. In the words of the BSS honorary president, the Spanish ambassador in London, José Pascual Marco Martínez, such support must also be a part […]

Meet our 2023 BritishSpanish Society Scholars

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 8, 2023

Now in its 16th year, the society’s scholarship awards support post-graduates of British or Spanish nationality studying a wide range of academic disciplines. Our 2023 winners are studying or completing research projects across economics, music, neuroscience, psycholinguistics, reproductive medicine, civil engineering and performing arts. The awards receive the financial backing of the charity’s principal corporate […]

Spain’s women win the World Cup, and so much more

Posted by Amy Bell
On October 27, 2023

By Tomás Hill López-Menchero The writer explores the winds of change blowing through Spanish and English women’s football after celebrations were followed by outrage. Watch Tomás and Jimmy Burns talk all thing football at our recent ‘in conversation’ event. Video here Password: 4#u.RefQ When Spain lifted the Women’s World Cup in August, it should have […]

In conversation with…Professor Sir Paul Preston

Posted by Amy Bell
On October 18, 2023

BritishSpanish Society member Professor Paul Preston was in conversation with BSS chairman, the author & journalist Jimmy Burns in the latest ‘meet the author’ BSS event transmitted from the conference hall of the Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch, the Spanish international school in Kensington, London. See a review of Paul Preston’s latest book in the […]

Poder y popularidad de la Premier League

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 16, 2023

Tomás Hill López-Menchero, un joven periodista anglo-español y experto en temas futboleros, analiza el poderío controvertido de La Liga ‘elite’ Británica tal como se describe en las páginas de un nuevo libro publicado en España. Tal y como escribe el autor y veterano periodista Jimmy Burns (chairman del BritishSpanish Society) en su nuevo libro La […]

Pablo Casals: musician and humanist

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 16, 2023

On the 5th of October 2023, the Barcelona Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) will be performing a concert at London’s Cadogan Hall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passing of Pablo Casals, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century.Laura Peribañez, one of the star performers – a former BSS scholarship winner and […]

In the Spirit of Saint Francis

Posted by Amy Bell
On June 16, 2023

Anna Swinfield, a BSS newly elected BritishSpanish Society Trustee, interviews Dr Joost Joustra, the Ahmanson Research Associate Curator in Art and Religion at The National Gallery, on the first major art exhibition in the UK to explore the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), one of history’s most inspirational and revered […]

London Bridge’s Spanish Hero

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 11, 2023

By Beth Twiston-Davies On the evening of June 3, 2017, Ignacio Echeverría leapt off his bicycle on London Bridge. He had spotted a woman being stabbed by a knife- wielding terrorist. Grabbing his skateboard, Ignacio rushed at her assailant. As he struck him with his board, passers-by escaped to safety. That act of valour during […]

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, […]

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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Spanish ambassador hosts the BSS scholarship awards 2023

Meet our 2023 BritishSpanish Society Scholars

Spain’s women win the World Cup, and so much more

In conversation with…Professor Sir Paul Preston

Poder y popularidad de la Premier League

Pablo Casals: musician and humanist

In the Spirit of Saint Francis

London Bridge’s Spanish Hero

Un proyecto innovador que recupera la España Vaciada

Tamara Rojo: ‘I feel that I am a Londoner’

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