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Mujeres Migrantes

  • Posted by membership
  • On May 20, 2025
We were honoured to welcome author Luccia Gray to lead our lecture and discussion on the subject of migrant women during Franco’s reign. Lucy García Magaldi or Luccia Gray as she is also known writes in both English and Spanish led the first part of the evening’s proceedings for our event, help in collaboration with […]
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Positive signs from today’s EU/UK announcements

  • Posted by membership
  • On May 19, 2025
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, but today’s “Common Understanding” agreed by the UK and EU promises good news for BSS members.  For those not ready to pore over all 61 paragraphs, here are some highlights. People to people ties The European Commission and UK undertake to work towards a balanced youth experience scheme […]
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News from our student friends in Leeds University

  • Posted by membership
  • On May 12, 2025
Emily Hassan reports: The Spanish department at Leeds has The Spanish department at Leeds has existed for over hundred years. This milestone was celebrated in 2018 by the university hosting the annual conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland and Professor Duncan Wheeler delivering his inaugural lecture as the Chair of […]
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London Marathon 2025

  • Posted by membership
  • On April 30, 2025
The biggest day of the British running calendar saw the London Marathon break a Guinness World Record in its 45th year. With an unprecedented 56,640 finishers, London became the biggest marathon in the world, beating New York. BBC Sport covers all 26.2 miles of the course, including the last 200 metres down the Mall. BritishSpanish […]
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A win for the BritishSpanish Society!

  • Posted by membership
  • On April 25, 2025
  On 23 April 2025 Vice-Chair Michael Morley was delighted to accept a Magna Carta award on behalf of the BritishSpanish Society. The date was particularly poignant to the Society, as it was formed on 23 April 1916, on the anniversary of the deaths of literary greats William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, and of […]
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Carmen at the Royal Opera & Ballet

  • Posted by membership
  • On April 25, 2025
Members and friends gathered at the stunning Royal Opera and Ballet in Covent Garden in eager anticipation of the evening’s opera performance of Bizet’s Carmen. Whilst we may have been left wishing for more ‘Spain’, the staging, music and opera itself were expectedly stunning and appreciated by a mixed group of opera aficionados and those […]
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Joan Miró at the Shapero Modern

  • Posted by membership
  • On April 25, 2025
The BritishSpanish Society was recently welcomed to Shapero Modern, a leading New Bond Street art gallery, for a private viewing of its standout exhibition, Joan Miró: Monumental Printmaking. The evening was a vibrant celebration of one of Spain’s most iconic and influential artists. In the final decade of his life, Joan Miró (1893-1983) devoted himself […]
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Dinner Club at Hispania Kensington

  • Posted by membership
  • On April 16, 2025
The BritishSpanish Society’s Dinner Club continued for another sold-out evening, this time at the beautifully appointed Hispania Kensington. Nestled in one of London’s most charming neighbourhoods, the venue welcomed twenty lucky guests into an elegant and intimate atmosphere, perfectly suited to an evening celebrating culinary and cultural fusion. With its vibrant William Morris-inspired décor, cosy […]
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Middle Temple

  • Posted by membership
  • On April 5, 2025
We were delighted to be approached by one of our members who offered a visit to Middle Temple’s library and its exhibition on its sixteenth to eighteenth century Spanish connections. The tour proved to be an immediate sell out, with the ticket price shared between raising funds for the BritishSpanish Society’s 2025 Scholarship Programme, and […]
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Cookery Masterclass with Celebrity chef Omar Allibhoy

  • Posted by membership
  • On March 31, 2025
A group of cookery enthusiasts spent the morning with celebrity Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy learning the secrets to perfecting popular national and regional Spanish dishes. The menu for the day included tapas favourites pan con tomate, tortilla de patatas and alioli, followed by secrets to making the perfect paella and papa arrugadas. The array of […]
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