The world’s toughest race

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 8, 2024

By Pepe Ivars La Revista’s intrepid adventurer is tested to his physical and mental limits on the infamous Marathon des Sables. The heat wave turned the desert into a furnace, with averages of 45°C a day, complicating progress climbing dunes and jebels (mountains) with the long stage day of 90km. One third of the competitors […]

Fin de Fiesta, London’s new flamenco hub

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 8, 2024

By Laura Obiols It is cold in London, almost hitting the end of February, and Irene Giménez gives us some time to speak over a coffee, about a project we are very curious about. Her smile and great vibes are as big as her soul; and as flamencos would say, also is her ‘arte’. She […]

José Pizarro – a Godfather of Spanish cuisine in the UK

Posted by Amy Bell
On March 8, 2024

By Jimmy Burns Originally from a rural village near Cáceres, Extremadura, José Pizarro is a a celebrity chef and TV personality. To celebrate his 25 years of living in London, La Revista caught up with him for this exclusive interview. JB: What brought you and when to the UK and what was your early employment? […]

La Revista 262

Posted by Jose Olivares
On March 8, 2024

Cava tasting at Camino

Posted by membership
On February 22, 2024

On a wet and wintery Wednesday evening in February we found a warm and welcoming buzz from the clearly popular Shoreditch restaurant. Camino was packed full of diners enjoying delicious tapas but we easily found our rincón at the back of the restaurant and settled in for an evening of cava tasting. Host Richard Bigg, […]

BritishSpanish Society celebrates Christmas

Posted by Amy Bell
On December 12, 2023

The BritishSpanish Society celebrated its annual Christmas party on Tuesday 12 December at Iberica’s Marylebone restaurant, with welcome drinks courtesy of Codorniú followed by delicious Spanish tapas selected from Ibérica’s canape menu. With tickets sold out in the run-up to the evening, it was lleno hasta la bandera and we were delighted to see so many BSS members […]

Carmen, Lorca and villancicos at Autumn concert, St James’s

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 22, 2023

It may have been cold and dark outside on the streets of London’s Piccadilly, but inside St James’s Church it was a warm, festive atmosphere for the BritishSpanish Society Autumn concert. The concert programme was directed by Nicole Crespo, who has performed at many of the UK’s leading venues, including Cadogan Hall and the Royal […]

A night of football, from the English Premier League and La Liga

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 12, 2023

At this ‘in conversation’ event on November 2, live in London and also streamed online, we heard a lively and topical conversation between Anglo-Spanish journalists Jimmy Burns Marañón and Tomás Hill López-Menchero on the English Premier League and La Liga and other football stories from the UK and Spain. A recording of the event […]

Language as an opportunity

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 12, 2023

A young British graduate and BSS member, shares her positive cultural and educational experience working as a house parent at an English language school By Mary McCullough I recently had the pleasure of working for Wimbledon School of English as a house parent at their residential summer language school. Based in Lord Wandsworth College, Long […]

Spanish ambassador hosts the BSS scholarship awards 2023

Posted by Amy Bell
On November 12, 2023

The beating heart of the BritishSpanish Society’s charitable mission is its empowering of innovative research and youthful talent through its funding support of important post-graduate projects of relevance to both countries. In the words of the BSS honorary president, the Spanish ambassador in London, José Pascual Marco Martínez, such support must also be a part […]

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The world’s toughest race

Fin de Fiesta, London’s new flamenco hub

José Pizarro – a Godfather of Spanish cuisine in the UK

La Revista 262

Cava tasting at Camino

BritishSpanish Society celebrates Christmas

Carmen, Lorca and villancicos at Autumn concert, St James’s

A night of football, from the English Premier League and La Liga

Language as an opportunity

Spanish ambassador hosts the BSS scholarship awards 2023

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