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Gibraltar landscape artist sees off all comers to win Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 in London

A GIBRALTAR native has been crowned the winner of a prestigious art competition on UK television after seeing off two other finalists on Thursday. Monica...

Dig deep: Discover some of Spain’s most important treasures – and could you find some of your own?

THE Treasure of Villena has hit world headlines after researchers claimed it is partly made with iron from outer space. This is the second biggest hoard...

Pop legends Take That are coming to Andalucia as part of Jerez’s Tio Pepe festival 

JEREZ’s Tio Pepe festival will play host to one of Britain’s best loved boy bands this summer, Take That.  READ MORE: Tom Jones, Take That,...

Spain returns to the cinema: Numbers are up at screenings across the country

BLOCKBUSTER movies Barbie and Oppenheimer helped to lift Spain's cinema attendance to 77.8 million last year- 26% more than in 2022. The figures are still...

Monty Don visits Estepona: BBC’s famous gardener admires the town’s ‘ambitious’ floral project

MUCH loved British gardener Monty Don has visited Spain’s Estepona, where he admired the town’s ‘ambitious’ plant project  He visited Estepona as part of his...

WATCH: Contestants on Spanish TV gameshow ridiculed for thinking women and CHILDREN have larger brains than men – and...

TWO contestants on a Spanish game show have been ridiculed after losing €275,000 on a question about the relative brain sizes of men, women...

Competing claims by Colombia, Spain and Bolivia over sunken galleon’s €20 billion booty dubbed ‘the Holy Grail of shipwrecks’...

A SPANISH treasure galleon sunk off the Colombian coast has sparked a tug-of-war over the estimated €20 billion booty at the bottom of the...

Furious Spanish TV channel threatens BBC with legal action over allegations it plagiarised much-loved Ministry of Time series with...

SPANISH public broadcaster RTVE has accused its British counterpart of attempting to steal the idea for one of its most successful TV series. The makers...

Traditional start to Fallas celebrations suspended in Spain’s Valencia due to tragic apartment block blaze

THE traditional curtain-raiser to Valencia's historic Fallas celebrations has been suspended due to Thursday's apartment block fire in the city. The annual festival normally starts...

Visiting Madrid’s iconic Prado museum? Don’t miss these 10 standout works from Spain’s artistic greats

WITH over two and a half million visitors a year, the Prado Museum is the beating heart of Madrid’s rich cultural tradition. Renowned artists such...

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the textile factory challenging fast fashion in Spain and reviving Malaga’s ‘lost art’

FOR Juan Carlos Vera Garcia, business is part of his ‘DNA’.  His father owned the first ever industrial bakery in Teba, a small town near...

Bryan Adams is coming to Spain: Canadian rock legend, 64, to perform at 5 concerts in 2024

LEGENDARY Canadian rock star Bryan Adams is set to visit Spain this year as part of his So Happy It Hurts Tour. Adams, who has...

Know your ‘idioms’? 10 Spanish sayings that will have you sounding like a native

Want to improve your Spanish? Here’s 10 idioms that will take you from beginner to pro in no time.  De tal palo, tal astilla Directly translating...

An invitation to Women, from The European Union of Women President

Fortunately, we have a great sense of community involvement in the Marina Alta, among people who care about each other and are quick to...

Sigourney Weaver is coming to Spain: Alien star, 74, will receive a prestigious Goya award

THE star of the Alien and Avatar movies, Sigourney Weaver, has been announced on Tuesday as the winner of the 2024 International Goya Award. Weaver,...

WATCH: This is Spain’s Eurovision entry for 2024: Nebulossa will perform Zorra (B**ch) in Sweden this year

SPAIN has chosen its Eurovision entry for 2024 and it's sure to be a memorable one. Nebulossa, a dance electro pop group, will perform...

Dua Lipa, The Killers, Avril Lavigne and more will head the Mad Cool festival in Spain’s Madrid this summer

DUA LIPA  and The Killers are among a long line-up of international artists taking to the Mad Cool Festival stage this summer. Other headliners at...

New Malaga photo exhibition of American avant-garde pioneer Man Ray set to wow audiences with captures of surrealism –...

MALAGA welcomes a new photo exhibition showcasing the weird and wonderful work of legendary American photographer and avant-garde artist Man Ray. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in...

The curious history of Spain’s free and ‘illegal’ raves: How thousands turn up to hippy-style festivals around the country...

HOW did free and 'illegal' raves begin? The Olive Press traces back the history of the curious parties to 1990s England. They swooped down...

Film about the corruption in Marbella during the early 2000s storms the Box Office in Spain

A THRILLER telling the tale of Marbella’s early 2000s corruption scandal has become Spain’s latest blockbuster. The thriller was only released last Friday but has...

Spain to investigate 17 state museum collections for ‘links to colonialism’: Plan is branded ‘woke’ by opposition leaders

SOME 17 state museum collections will be investigated in Spain for their ‘links to colonialism’ in a move branded ‘woke’ by conservatives.  Led by the...

Meet Spain’s first LGBT+ matador: Mario Alcalde, 31, comes out as pansexual

MARIO Alcalde has come out as pansexual, making him Spain’s first ever LGBT+ matador.  The Madrid-born bullfighter, 31, opened up about his sexuality during an...

Meet ‘Madrid cat’: The newly discovered species of feline with exceptionally powerful jaws that stalked the plains of Spain...

A NEWLY discovered species of feline that roamed central Spain around 15.5 million years ago has been dubbed ‘Madrid cat.’ Officially known by its Latin...

Moroccan art exhibition comes to Gibraltar as the Rock forges closer ties with its African neighbour

A NEW exhibition will showcase revealing Moroccan art in Gibraltar as the Rock continues to extend contacts with its southern neighbour. Gibraltar Cultural Services teamed...

Upcoming Malaga Film Festival set to dazzle with the best of Spanish cinema – and plenty on offer for...

THE Costa del Sol is set to be transformed into the epicentre of Spanish and Ibero-American cinema cinema when the 27th Malaga Film Festival...

Is Spain’s biggest art museum going TOO woke? Madrid’s El Prado is removing words like ‘dwarf’, ‘disabled’ and ‘deformation’...

THE description of an artwork by a famous Spanish master in Madrid’s El Prado museum has been altered to remove mention of the subject’s...

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