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 […]

Whisky Tasting in Madrid

Posted by membership
On May 17, 2024

We started celebrations for el día festivo de San Isidro, the Patron Saint of Madrid a day early with a full house of BritishSpanish Society members and friends at our Whisky Tasting on Tuesday 14th May. We came together for this punto de encuentro in the wonderful Edificio Palacete, courtesy of our event partner the British […]

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 […]

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 […]

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? […]

BritishSpanish Society celebrates Christmas

Posted by Amy Bell
On December 12, 2023

The BritishSpanish Society celebrated its annual Christmas party on Tuesday 12 December at Iberica’s Marylebone restaurant, with welcome drinks courtesy of Codorniú followed by delicious Spanish tapas selected from Ibérica’s canape menu. With tickets sold out in the run-up to the evening, it was lleno hasta la bandera and we were delighted to see so many BSS members […]

Carmen, Lorca and villancicos at Autumn concert, St James’s

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 22, 2023

It may have been cold and dark outside on the streets of London’s Piccadilly, but inside St James’s Church it was a warm, festive atmosphere for the BritishSpanish Society Autumn concert. The concert programme was directed by Nicole Crespo, who has performed at many of the UK’s leading venues, including Cadogan Hall and the Royal […]

A night of football, from the English Premier League and La Liga

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 12, 2023

At this ‘in conversation’ event on November 2, live in London and also streamed online, we heard a lively and topical conversation between Anglo-Spanish journalists Jimmy Burns Marañón and Tomás Hill López-Menchero on the English Premier League and La Liga and other football stories from the UK and Spain. A recording of the event […]

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 […]

Sabor chef Nieves Barragán: ‘I must follow my instincts’

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 12, 2023

An interview with the Michelin-starred Spanish owner and chef at Sabor restaurant in London By Anna Swinfield Nieves Barragán grew up in Santurtzi, on the north-western coast of Bizkaia, in Bilbao. Home to a principal Atlantic port, Santurtzi is famous for sardines. Locals call it “Sardine Kingdom”. Visitors flock to taste freshly grilled sardines which, […]

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Breakfast with British Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott

Whisky Tasting in Madrid

The world’s toughest race

Fin de Fiesta, London’s new flamenco hub

José Pizarro – a Godfather of Spanish cuisine in the UK

BritishSpanish Society celebrates Christmas

Carmen, Lorca and villancicos at Autumn concert, St James’s

A night of football, from the English Premier League and La Liga

Spanish ambassador hosts the BSS scholarship awards 2023

Sabor chef Nieves Barragán: ‘I must follow my instincts’

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