Review: Ay! Eva Yerbabuena

Posted by Jonny hough
On March 28, 2015

By Bess Twiston-Davies Was it a foot? Or was it an instrument? Hard to tell, so fluid was the sound of Eva Yerbabuena’s mint-sharp zapateo. There was a seamless echo – foot, music, sound – all melding together into one. Mesmerising. This was Ay!, her 2013 choreography on a second visit to Sadler’s Wells. The […]

BS-S & BCC networking dinner at the Gran Cafe in Barcelona

Posted by Jonny hough
On March 18, 2015

By our social affairs correspondent BritishSpanish Society Chairman, the author and journalist Jimmy Burns Marañón was the main speaker at an inaugural joint dinner held on Monday 16th March organised by the BSS-Society and The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain, a long established institution, which promotes links between British an Spanish companies. The fund-raising […]

Homage to George Orwell

Posted by Jonny hough
On March 12, 2015

Lecture by Michael Shelden, Pulitzer Prize finalist for his biography of George Orwell, on Wednesday, 18th March 2015, from 19h30, at the Institut d’Estudis Nord-Americans, Via Augusta, 123, 08006 – Barcelona. Why not join our membership today? You can find an application form on our Membership Page

Inside a Start-up: What turns an idea into a business?

Posted by Jonny hough
On February 8, 2015

By Laura Gran Scroll further down for the Spanish translation Launching a new enterprise takes courage. The rewards can be great but the risks are high, and self-belief and determination are crucial to bring an idea to fruition. Laura Gran speaks to the founders of two new businesses which were established in Spain and in […]

La Revista 239

Posted by British Spanish Society
On February 1, 2015

Winter 2015

Opening of the University of Navarra Museum

Posted by Jonny hough
On February 1, 2015

By Jules Stewart The University of Navarra has opened its doors to Spain’s first university campus art museum, which was inaugurated in Pamplona by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. This is a new concept in Spain, though there are examples of university art museums around the world at Harvard, Yale and Oxford, amongst others. […]

Madrid: The History

Posted by Jonny hough
On February 1, 2015

BritishSpanish Society member, Jules Stewart, launches the paperback edition of his book Madrid: The History, on Wednesday, 4th March 2015, 6:30 to 9:00pm, at the Sala Luis Vives, Embassy of Spain, 39 Chesham Place, London SW1X 8SB. Why not join our membership today? You can find an application form on our Membership Page

Posted by Jonny hough
On February 1, 2015

Exhibition at the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Review by Adela Gooch Two images stayed with me, from among the wealth of those on display, at an exhibition on the response of British visual artists to the Spanish Civil War currently at Chichester’s Pallant House Gallery. One, a striking lithograph, shows a foot wearing a traditional, […]

Oxford Literary Festival associates with BS-S

Posted by Jonny hough
On January 30, 2015

The BritishSpanish Society is delighted to be associated with the organisers of the highly prestigious Oxford Literary Festival, which takes place in March and will have a special section devoted to Spain. Links: Jimmy Burns and David Liebler talk to Peter Martland (28 March) http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2015/Saturday-28/the-secret-war-in-spain William Chislett . Introduced by Harry Eyres Arturo Barea: […]

The BritishSpanish Society Christmas Party

Posted by Jonny hough
On December 20, 2014

By Laura Gran Over 150 members of the BritishSpanish Society celebrated Christmas at the Instituto Cervantes on Thursday 11th December. The atmosphere was cordial and relaxed, full of laughs and lively conversation, with many open to meeting others for the first time. The food, served by Hispania, was delicious and a good example of […]

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Review: Ay! Eva Yerbabuena

BS-S & BCC networking dinner at the Gran Cafe in Barcelona

Homage to George Orwell

Inside a Start-up: What turns an idea into a business?

La Revista 239

Opening of the University of Navarra Museum

Madrid: The History

Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War

Oxford Literary Festival associates with BS-S

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