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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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