“London Diary 2” by Jimmy Burns OBE

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 28, 2020

Saturday 21 March. Listening to an inspiring poem entitled ‘Lockdown’ on BBC Radio 4 by Brother Richard Hendrick, an Irish Capuchin Franciscan

Tristan Garel-Jones In Memoriam

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 27, 2020

A Tribute by Tom Burns Marañon on behalf of his many friends in the BritishSpanish Society For a Spanish public intellectual an invitation to deliver the Pregón Taurino de la Feria de Abril by the Real Maestranza de Sevilla is on a level with being asked by the BBC to give the annual Reith lectures. […]

“London Diary“ by Jimmy Burns OBE

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 22, 2020

“London Diary” by Jimmy Burns OBE Friday the 13th March It’s been a week of relative normality compared to other big cities hit by a more advanced stage of the virus. We seem to still be in semi-crisis mode, with the emphasis on self-containment rather than draconian enforcement. A phoney war while others elsewhere in […]

Statement on COVID19 crisis

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 15, 2020

Dear BSS Members and Friends, We have been monitoring closely the COVID-19 situation as it unfolds around the world, and specifically how it might impact our members and friends in Spain and the UK. Given the bi-cultural nature of our charity and also mindful of the global uncertainty and disruption caused by the virus, and the […]

The inauguration in Madrid of BSS exhibition “Churchill & Spain”

Posted by Cristina A-C
On March 10, 2020

One of Madrid’s most prestigious university conference venues registered a full house on the 28th January for the BritishSpanish Society/Universidad Pontificia de Comillas event dedicated to the figure of Britain’s wartime prime-minister Winston Churchill and his relationship with Spain. The state of the art Salon de Actos located in the Canto Blanco campus of the […]