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BritishSpanish Society Scholarship Awards Ceremony 2017: Chairman’s address

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On November 14, 2017
I wanted first of all to thanks His Excellency the Spanish ambassador, and honorary president CARLOS BASTARRECHE for generously hosting this event. I hugely appreciate the support he had shown towards the Society since his arrival in London.   Many thanks too to Our long-standing principal supporters Santander Universities, BBVA, and Telefonica whose enduring support […]
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Chief Scientific Adviser appointed by Department for International Trade: Leading industry expert Dr. Mike Short brings over 40 years of technical expertise to the department

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On October 30, 2017
Enhorabuena to our enduring friend & supporter  former Vice President of Telefonica Dr Mike Short CBE  on his  new appointment as the new Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK’s Department for International Trade.    The Department for International Trade (DIT) continues to bolster its team of experts with the appointment of Dr. Mike Short CBE […]
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La Visita De Los Reyes a Gren Bretaña

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On August 30, 2017
Jimmy Burns, Chairman de la BritishSpanish Society, escribe para la Fundación FIES este interesante artículo sobre la reciente visita de los Reyes de España a Gran Bretaña.    
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Barcelona

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On August 17, 2017
On behalf of the Trustees and membership of the BritishSpanish Society, our thoughts and prayers go out to  the victims of  the  terrorist attack in Barcelona, those killed, those injured, and their family and friends. Todos juntos en profundo sentido de pésame.   Jimmy Burns Marañón Chairman
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Padre Ernesto Atanes R.I.P: In memoriam

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On July 5, 2017
El Buen Cura Gallego   Escribe Jimmy Burns Marañón   Con un profundo sentido de pésame nos llega la noticia de la muerte del Padre Ernesto Atanes, de la Capellanía Española y el Hogar Español en Londres que murió en su adorada tierra de Galicia, después de sufrir una breve enfermedad.   Desde que se […]
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A Spanish hero in London: Ignacio Echeverria by Jimmy Burns Marañón

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On June 8, 2017
A Spanish hero in London: Ignacio Echeverria As part of a former imperial power that has punched above its weight for most of its history, there are some British who do not easily look outside their own people for heroes. Ask your average Anglo-Saxon English primary school pupil about iconic heroes they have heard about […]
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My Friend Hugh Thomas Remembered (21 October 1931 – 6 May 2017)

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On May 9, 2017
Hugh Thomas, who has died aged 85,was a historian with an enduring interest in and passion for the Hispanic world straddling epochs, continents and empires. He also played an active part as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher, and in his later years served in the House of Lords as a life peer, never seeing […]
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