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THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: Antoni Gaudi is born, Cordoba is captured – and the curious reason why Spaniards call Brits ‘guiris’

Welcome to the second edition of our latest series, ‘This Week in Spanish History, written by Michael Coy 25 JUNE, 1852 – ANTONI GAUDI BORN

21 Jun, 2026 @ 16:15

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

Last laugh? Spain’s newspaper cartoons face an uncertain future in the digital age

WE are all reading (sadly for us!) fewer and fewer newspapers as the months go by. Television was the first real blow to hit paper

21 Jun, 2026 @ 11:16

La Cultura·Lead

This Week in Spain: Cartoonists, US invasions and 800,000-year-old skulls

Welcome to a new Olive Press series, ‘This Week in Spain’. Each week, Michael Coy will guide readers through the key moments in Spanish history

14 Jun, 2026 @ 19:37

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

The embodiment of flamenco: Celebrating the 80th birthday of a Spanish national treasure

CRISTINA Hoyos Panadero was born in Sevilla on 13 June, 1946. She is 80 today, and she is one of Spain’s national treasures. More than

13 Jun, 2026 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

ON THIS DAY: The Spanish villagers who refused to go to war – and the moment Real Madrid won the first-ever Champions League final

BLINK and you’d miss it. La Nava has two bars and an auto-repair shop – and 270 inhabitants. The Spanish word for a place that’s

13 Jun, 2026 @ 13:00

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

Spain’s infamous summer colds – and how to avoid catching them

Article first published on June 22, 2025. EVEN the word ‘cold’ gives the game away. We British people can’t shake the belief that the illness

13 Jun, 2026 @ 11:20

Health·Lead·National News

ON THIS DAY: The moment Franco closed the border with Gibraltar – and the Brits annoyed Spain by pinching the Falklands

IN 1967 Gibraltar voted by 99.6% of the electorate to remain British. In other words, one vote in 250 went against Britishness. Franco wasn’t happy.

11 Jun, 2026 @ 10:16

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

The awe-inspiring genius of Sagrada Familia architect Antoni Gaudi, 100 years on from his tragic death

THE month of June is inextricably linked with Barcelona’s Antoni Gaudi. This year will be extra special as a host of VIPs – including Pope

10 Jun, 2026 @ 10:00

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

The oldest of Spain: A tour through centuries of history – including theatres, bullrings and delicious age-old recipes

HERE is part two of our series celebrating Spain’s oldest things. SPAIN’S OLDEST CHEMIST – ESTEVE Sixteenth-century blue ceramic jars (alborellos), nineteenth-century glass, boxes with

8 Jun, 2026 @ 08:56

La Cultura·Lead

The oldest of Spain: A tour through centuries of history – including football clubs, bars and restaurants

FOLLOWING the interest shown in our recent piece about Spain’s oldest bookshop, we thought readers might like to learn about some other ‘oldest’ things. We

7 Jun, 2026 @ 17:43

La Cultura·Lead

ON THIS DAY: How a deal struck by a Spanish pope shaped our world – and explains why Brazilians speak Portuguese

HAVE you ever wondered why they speak Spanish all over Central and South America, except in Brazil, where they speak Portuguese? It’s Christopher Columbus’s fault!

7 Jun, 2026 @ 13:36

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

ON THIS DAY: A tragedy in the ring and an outrage on the streets – paving the way for decades of ETA violence

IGNACIO Sanchez first saw the light of day in Sevilla on 6 June 1891, and later married into a bullfighting dynasty. Apart from those two

6 Jun, 2026 @ 09:45

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

ON THIS DAY: The birth of Lorca and Velazquez – and the Holland surrender that inspired a masterpiece

DIEGO Rodriguez De Silva y Velazquez, one of the world’s greatest artists, was baptised in Seville on 6 June of the last year of the

5 Jun, 2026 @ 10:35

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

How the USA almost belonged to Andalucia thanks to a 1778 Malaga expedition that brought Spanish settlers to the heart of Louisiana

PERHAPS it sounds preposterous to suggest that the United States of America could have belonged to Andalucia, but it almost happened. When the Seven Years’

1 Jun, 2026 @ 17:43

La Cultura·Lead

ON THIS DAY: The birth of an English actor, Spanish singer-songwriter and great friend of Lorca

31 MAY, 1910 – LUIS ROSALES IS BORN When he first saw the light of day, 116 years ago, Luis Rosales entered Granada’s elite. His

31 May, 2026 @ 14:00

La Cultura·Lead

ON THIS DAY: The bravery of the ‘Spanish Joan of Arc’ and the plucky donkey who inspired a book adored by all

The year 1808 was a bit like 1940. An aggressive conqueror, seemingly invincible, was sweeping across Europe, using his armies to subject nation after nation

30 May, 2026 @ 12:45

La Cultura·Lead

ON THIS DAY: A clumsy British accent created Andalucia’s most iconic wine empire and an unregulated firework factory blew Alicante to pieces

PART I: THE SHERRY REVOLUTION SPAIN’S multi-million euro sherry empire was built entirely on a bizarre twist of fate, an ancient accident, and a clumsy

26 May, 2026 @ 08:00

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

Where to find the best delicious Espeto de Sardinas on Spain’s Costa del Sol as the summer heat rolls in

IN Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, the boy-hero Pip contemplates the gravestones of his dead brothers. Because of their shape, he assumes that they were buried

24 May, 2026 @ 12:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

ON THIS DAY: Two Spanish royal marriages, the death of a poet and a brutal mutilation

WHEN the current king and queen of Spain married twenty-two years ago yesterday, 25 million Spaniards – more than half the population – watched on

23 May, 2026 @ 16:25

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

Andalucia elections 2026: All you need to know about the winners and losers – and what it means for Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez

ANDALUCIA has just been to the polls. Sunday’s election for control of the Junta de Andalucia (a bit like the Welsh or Scottish devolved assemblies

18 May, 2026 @ 11:04

Andalucia·Lead·Politics

ON THIS DAY: How one gypsy achieved legendary status in 1920s Sevilla – only for a fateful bullfight to end it all

THERE’S a church in Sevilla which was built specifically to house a beautiful statue. Many people go there, to see the image of The Virgin.

16 May, 2026 @ 16:30

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain·Sevilla

From the death of Marbella’s most corrupt mayor to a royal wedding and a meteorite strike – some of the wild things to have happened on this day in Spain

FROM celestial visitors and royal controversies to the death of an infamous Costa del Sol crook, May 14 has proven to be quite the date

14 May, 2026 @ 11:53

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain·Other News

ON THIS DAY: The chilling tale of the ‘Vampire of Barcelona’ – but was she framed by wealthy Catalan elites?

ON February 10, 1912, Teresita Guitart, a five-year-old daughter of a family of bakers, disappeared. She seemed to have vanished into the middle of nowhere.

12 May, 2026 @ 19:42

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

‘Living on borrowed time’: Spanish media react as the pressure ramps up on Sir Keir Starmer in the UK

BRITISH people know that Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party all but became a cropper in last week’s local elections. Calls for Sir Keir’s resignation are

12 May, 2026 @ 10:01

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

ON THIS DAY: The life of Julio Romero de Torres – a precocious and ‘sexy’ painter adored by the men and women of Cordoba

DEEP in Cordoba’s historical heart, there’s a square called ‘the Foal’ (‘la plaza del Potro’). It gets its name from the 500-year-old fountain in the

10 May, 2026 @ 18:13

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead

What you need to know about the hantavirus, which has killed three cruise ship passengers – and Gene Hackman’s wife

HANTAVIRUS is an incredibly rare but potentially lethal disease transmitted by rodents through their bodily fluids and excrement. Interest in the pathogen has skyrocketed this

7 May, 2026 @ 10:53

Health·Lead

THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: Antoni Gaudi is born, Cordoba is captured – and the curious reason why Spaniards call Brits ‘guiris’

This Week in Spain: Cartoonists, US invasions and 800,000-year-old skulls

The embodiment of flamenco: Celebrating the 80th birthday of a Spanish national treasure

ON THIS DAY: The Spanish villagers who refused to go to war – and the moment Real Madrid won the first-ever Champions League final

Spain’s infamous summer colds – and how to avoid catching them

ON THIS DAY: The moment Franco closed the border with Gibraltar – and the Brits annoyed Spain by pinching the Falklands

The awe-inspiring genius of Sagrada Familia architect Antoni Gaudi, 100 years on from his tragic death

The oldest of Spain: A tour through centuries of history – including theatres, bullrings and delicious age-old recipes

The oldest of Spain: A tour through centuries of history – including football clubs, bars and restaurants

ON THIS DAY: How a deal struck by a Spanish pope shaped our world – and explains why Brazilians speak Portuguese

ON THIS DAY: A tragedy in the ring and an outrage on the streets – paving the way for decades of ETA violence

ON THIS DAY: The birth of Lorca and Velazquez – and the Holland surrender that inspired a masterpiece

How the USA almost belonged to Andalucia thanks to a 1778 Malaga expedition that brought Spanish settlers to the heart of Louisiana

ON THIS DAY: The birth of an English actor, Spanish singer-songwriter and great friend of Lorca

ON THIS DAY: The bravery of the ‘Spanish Joan of Arc’ and the plucky donkey who inspired a book adored by all

ON THIS DAY: A clumsy British accent created Andalucia’s most iconic wine empire and an unregulated firework factory blew Alicante to pieces

Where to find the best delicious Espeto de Sardinas on Spain’s Costa del Sol as the summer heat rolls in

ON THIS DAY: Two Spanish royal marriages, the death of a poet and a brutal mutilation

Andalucia elections 2026: All you need to know about the winners and losers – and what it means for Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez

ON THIS DAY: How one gypsy achieved legendary status in 1920s Sevilla – only for a fateful bullfight to end it all

From the death of Marbella’s most corrupt mayor to a royal wedding and a meteorite strike – some of the wild things to have happened on this day in Spain

ON THIS DAY: The chilling tale of the ‘Vampire of Barcelona’ – but was she framed by wealthy Catalan elites?

‘Living on borrowed time’: Spanish media react as the pressure ramps up on Sir Keir Starmer in the UK

ON THIS DAY: The life of Julio Romero de Torres – a precocious and ‘sexy’ painter adored by the men and women of Cordoba

What you need to know about the hantavirus, which has killed three cruise ship passengers – and Gene Hackman’s wife

These are the costa crimes Spanish police are set to interrogate Scottish crime boss Steven Lyons about – could it lead to the unravelling of the entire ‘super cartel’?

Irishwoman, 38, avoids prison with last minute plea deal after admitting to ‘lustfully’ groping Swedish teenager in Magaluf hotel steam bath

WATCH: Anger as jet ski rider chases and harasses dolphins off popular Costa Blanca resort

Spain welcomes cooler temperatures after historic heat wave that sent June records tumbling across the country

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner spotted on location in Almeria filming new Tomb Raider series

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