Andalusia Food Culture
Andalusia Food Culture – A Melting Pot of Cultural Cuisines Spain, of course, needs no introduction – the country has a very vivid history, with more than its share of cultures passing through, over the Read More
Spanish History
Exploring the Beautiful & Mysterious History of Flamenco
It is ingrained into our consciousness, and it’s the pride of an entire nation. It is passion, in just one word, completely sublime in temperament with raw sexual energy, in the simplest of descriptions. The Read More
A Trip Around The Art World: Life at Sotheby’s
A Trip Around The Art World – Life at Sotheby’s If I was going to work in London I would need to find somewhere to live. My father, when he came down from Cambridge, had Read More
Guernica: the Basque town that defied its past
y two companions, Edorta Jiménez and Irati Agorria, show me a machine built for noise and it reduces me to silence. For this is one of the air-raid sirens that sounded 80 years ago, on Read More
Did One Of Spain’s Greatest Artists Actually Have A Feminist Streak?
srael’s official relationship with Spain is only 30 years old, and is being celebrated with a remarkable exhibit of prints and paintings by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828), now on view at The Read More
Spanish writer who fled civil war to a British village honoured in Madrid
Arturo Barea, loved for his books and BBC talks, has had a city square named after him in the Spanish capital near his former school In March 1939, a hungry and haunted Spanish refugee arrived Read More
The ‘red’ scientist who was pardoned by Franco
Rafael Méndez, who was born in Lorca (Murcia) in 1906, once described himself as just another member of “the youth of the era: poorly trained and disinclined to study, a reflection of the country itself Read More
The Ancient Art of Sabrage
The Art of Sabrage – Written by a Commander Sabreur (registered in France) and lover of great wines and champagnes Lynda Woodin. The noble art of Sabrage was an outlandish tactic first employed by Napoleon’s cavalry. Read More
A Trip Around The Art World: Sothebys to Wildensteins
One didn’t think about it at the time but this could have been the finest hour for the salerooms and the dealers. In those days the auction houses were basically a go-between for the public Read More
The History of Design in Culture – The Greeks
The Greeks So to continue bounding along in time travel… The ancient Greeks were also with a lot of beautiful designs coming along as their culture expanded with thought, the arts, music, all culled and intermingled Read More