Satanism, male lovers and family abandonment…the alleged lesser known side of Spain’s maestro Francisco Goya
Goya had a chequered start to his career as an artist
Goya goes to Hollywood- The A lister obsession with the famous Spanish artist
BORN 275 years ago, Francisco Goya has long been heralded as one of the most influential Spanish artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. His
THE WAY FORWARD? Barcelona concert with 5,000 punters analysed by authorities in Spain’s Valencia ready for summer festivals
Live music has been one of the hardest-hit sectors by the anti-COVID restrictions, suffering losses of over 90% in some cases.
The Queen and Goya! Letizia travels to Zaragoza to celebrate 275th birthday of Spain’s most famous painter
QUEEN Letizia never puts a fashion foot wrong, and continued to show off her array of glamorous ensembles as she attended celebrations to mark 275
PICASSO: Spain’s most famous artist was a rogue when it came to love
As the Picasso Museum unveils a new photo exhibition into the life of the artist, Eloise Horsfield takes a look at the colourful man behind
Spain’s Picasso Museum in Malaga will be showing a work on loan from the Musee national Picasso-Paris
THANKS to an exchange of works, the Picasso Museum Malaga will host, until 2022, the guest work ‘Copa, periodico y dado’ (Glass, dice and newspaper)
Valencia’s oldest drive-in cinema under threat thanks to Spain’s COVID-19 curfew
A cultural landmark in the Valencian town of Denia has issued a plea to the local government for help as the impending summer equinox threatens
Spain set to exhume Franco victims from controversial Valley of the Fallen and return them to relatives for burial
SPAIN’S government is set to approve an immediate €650,000 of funding to exhume and identify victims of the country’s Civil War that were buried at
‘Holy Week at Home’ promoted in popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SAN FULGENCIO, in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, will celebrate ‘Holy Week from home’ through online concerts and processions. The municipality includes the urbanisation of
SHIP AHOY! 17th century Spanish galleon replica on show at Valencia Marina
Tickets can be bought at the ship itself, located next to the Veles e Vents complex at Valencia Marina, or at tickets.velacuadra.es.
Carmen Thyssen Museum in Spain’s Malaga celebrates its 10th anniversary with an open day
THE Carmen Thyssen Museum is celebrating its tenth anniversary this Wednesday, March 24, with an open day. Visitors will have the opportunity to visit both
Major coup as worldwide sporting event comes to popular city on Spain’s Costa Blanca in December
TORREVIEJA is to host Spain’s first International Women’s Handball competition, this December. Alicante Council is coordinating the event, which is expected to attract the best
Fuengirola’s Marenostrum Festival will return this summer with more than 50 concerts
This summer, Fuengirola’s Sohail Castle will once again host a new edition of the Marenostrum Festival. More than 30 artists, currently Spanish or Latino, are
FALLAS SNOWED OFF?: Parts of Spain’s Valencia covered in white as region registers extremely unusual low temperatures for time of year
Check www.aemet.es for updated weather information throughout Spain.
STRIP FOR ACTION: The Full Monty musical to tour Spain
IT’S time to strip for action – in fact, to go The Full Monty. A €2 million production of the musical version of the British
Now’s the time to write your book! English-speaking Kindle books soar during lockdown in Spain
By Henry Baum “I’m an American novelist living in Valencia, Spain. When I moved from Los Angeles in 2014, I brought my book promotion company
WATCH: Endangered sunken wreck from pre-biblical times to be rescued from seabed on Spain’s Costa Calida
A PHOENICIAN ship that sank off the Murcian coast will see the light of day again after some 2,700 years. The wreck of the Mazarrón
ONION SKINS: Local brand of onions from Spain’s Valencia featured in British smash hit series on Netflix
A BRAND of onions grown in a Valencian town has become famous after appearing in British Netflix hit series Skins. The programme is a teen
10 ways you can trace your family tree
Finding out where your family came from can be an eye-opening and life-changing discovery. Here are ten ways you can trace your family tree. Delving
Historical memory: Barcelona university enlisted to document Spain’s Valley of the Fallen victims
FAMILIES of the victims buried at the Valley of the Fallen will soon receive information on their loved ones thanks to a new collaboration between
The 20 most common last names in Europe, ranked
Family names are at the heart of a country’s history. So, to find out all you need to know about European nations, looking at the
CROWN IMPERIAL as Bronze Age burial area in Murcia suggests that women could have ruled ancient Spain
AN ancient burial site in the Murcia region suggests that women may have ruled the roost in the early Bronze age. That possibility is being
Fresh bid fails to get iconic ‘Lady of Elche’ back to her home turf on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SPAIN’S Culture Commission in the national senate has rejected a motion that wanted the government to permanently transfer an iconic statue back to Elche. The
A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid
THE first exposition from the Mayoral gallery in Madrid, ‘Zóbel and great postwar artists’, inaugurated this Thursday, March 11. The display runs until March 21
‘The Hidden Path’: Feminist masterpiece by beloved Spanish author translated into English for first time
MORE than 75 years after its conception, Elena Fortun’s secret Sapphic novel is coming out in English. Written during her exile in Argentina between 1939-1948,
Malaga village pays tribute to rural women in dramatic urban art piece for International Women’s Day
A SMALL village in deep inland Malaga has enlisted the skills of two local artists to transform the whitewashed walls into a tribute to rural