A Guide to Sira’s London

Posted by Julia Burns
On May 1, 2021

By Jimmy Burns To mark the BritishSociety’s presentation on May 6th of María Dueñas long-awaited sequel novel, we retrace the heroine Sira’s footsteps through post-war London as she takes up a new secret assignment. Sira stays at the Victorian villa of her English mother-in-law Lady Olivia Bonnard, in The Boltons, zona que había […]

Challenges and opportunities for Spain in times of COVID-19

Posted by Cristina A-C
On April 13, 2021

ElCano Royal Institute has published this interesting working paper “Challenges and opportunities for Spain in times of COVID-19” by William Chislett. Download the report here

New Borderlands: Reflections From Southern California

Posted by Julia Burns
On April 10, 2021

By James Stout Are we becoming more connected or are darker forces working to separate and divide? A former BritishSpanish scholar and journalist, reports from the UK/Mexican wall. Nationalism is an incredibly slippery concept, one I’ve spent the better part of a decade confusing university students about. Anyone even passingly familiar with Iberia […]

The Art and Craft of a Spanish Guitar

Posted by Julia Burns
On April 10, 2021

By John Syropoulo A BSS member enjoys his retirement learning about the magic of ‘la guitarra española’ in Andalucia ‘It works. Good guitar.’ These were the only words I needed to hear from Albert Nuijten, a superb, classically trained guitarist who was road-testing my guitar fresh off the workbench. That Friday evening, in a […]

Awards In The Film World. On Air This Year

Posted by Julia Burns
On April 10, 2021

by Laura Obiols Our Arts Editor talks with 4 of the 166 nominees for the Goya Awards in Spain for reasons that will resonate with BBS members. The Goya Awards (Premios Goya) are the Spanish main film awards, established by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. The award […]

Jimmy Burns sobre Felipe de Edimburgo: “Fue un oficial heroico”

Posted by Cristina A-C
On April 10, 2021

Ayer, viernes, recibíamos la triste noticia de la muerte de Felipe de Edimburgo a los 99 años. Jimmy Burns, en Onda Cero en el programa ‘Por fin no es lunes’ habla de la figura histórica de Felipe de Edimburgo, de lo que ha representado en la historia del Reino Unido y para todas las monarquías: […]

La Revista 253

Posted by Jonny hough
On March 22, 2021

Bienvenidos to the latest edition of La Revista, the flagship publication of the BritishSpanish Society to help time go by and uplift your spirits in the chilly days ahead.

BSS Webinar: “Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit”. Recording available now

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 4, 2021

Recording available now. The EU specialist José Ignacio Torreblanca in conversation with the FT’s chief political commentator Philip Stephens (in English)

BSS Webinar, “The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War”. Recording available now

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 1, 2021

Recording available now. Prize-winning Author & Madrid based Journalist Giles Tremlett in conversation with historians Sir Paul Preston and Richard Baxell.

‘Spanish Spies in Elizabethan England’ by Jonathan Roche Wednesday 3 February 2021

Posted by Cristina A-C
On February 4, 2021

In the latest of our series of webinars, historian and BritishSpanish Society 2020 scholarship award winner, young historian Jonathan Roche presented a lecture on Zoom in cooperation with the Cervantes Institute in London which hosted the event.

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A Guide to Sira’s London

Challenges and opportunities for Spain in times of COVID-19

New Borderlands: Reflections From Southern California

The Art and Craft of a Spanish Guitar

Awards In The Film World. On Air This Year

Jimmy Burns sobre Felipe de Edimburgo: “Fue un oficial heroico”

La Revista 253

BSS Webinar: “Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit”. Recording available now

BSS Webinar, “The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War”. Recording available now

‘Spanish Spies in Elizabethan England’ by Jonathan Roche Wednesday 3 February 2021

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