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Tamara Rojo’s Revolution

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On May 1, 2017
    By Laura Obiols   “Be brave, go for the wildest dream”   It is 5pm on a Monday. Tamara Rojo, Lead Principal dancer and Artistic Director of the English National Ballet (ENB) is sitting at her desk at the ENB in South Kensington after a long day of rehearsals in the studio. When […]
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Remembering La Transicion

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On March 30, 2017
BritishSpanish Society event in Madrid  by our social affairs correspondent Remembering Spain’s Transition to Democracy in film and comment was the theme of the BritishSpanish Society’s  latest encounter with its supporters  in Madrid on March 28th. A full-house registered for the showing for the first time  in Spain of a British TV documentary made in […]
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El ejemplo de Churchill by Jimmy Burns

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On March 23, 2017
A pocos pasos del terrorismo que ayer sacudió la ciudad de Londres esta una estatua de Winston Churchill,  corpulento en su abrigo de trinchera,  y con una mirada  enfocada y resuelta, toda una imagen de un pueblo que ha conocido  y sobrevivido, con orgullo  y victorioso , momentos  más amenazadores de  su historia. En el […]
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Isabella of Castile by Giles Tremlett, a literary experience

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On March 17, 2017
This is the extraordinary new biography of one of the most powerful women in history. In 1474 , writes Jimmy Burns, Isabella claimed the throne of Castilla in a country divided by political factionalism, riddled with corruption, and facing the challenge of Muslim occupation and the treat of invasion by foreign powers. By the time […]
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La misteriosa señora Taylor, la mujer que convirtió Embassy en un nido de espías. Jimmy Burns Marañón

  • Posted by Jonny hough
  • On March 12, 2017
Margarita Kearney Taylor fundó el salón de té en 1931 -hoy, a punto de cerrar sus puertas- y muy pronto se convirtió en punto de enlace entre diplomáticos y refugiados británicos. James Burns, amigo de su familia, recuerda para EL ESPAÑOL los momentos críticos en la vida clandestina de la mujer: “La memoria está amenazada”. […]
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