Worth the trip from Gibraltar? Algeciras promises a 10-metre musical angel and walk-through Christmas tree to draw in visitors
The city hopes the giant attraction will boost spending during the holiday season.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: The British architect who loves Spain
The award-winning visionary has designed some of Spain's grandest buildings.
Spanish cinema’s weight problem: Overweight characters are rarely seen on screen and often defined by food, illness or death
A new study finds overweight characters remain rare in Spanish films and TV series, often reduced to stereotypes, supporting roles or denied even a name.
Spain’s spooky Celtic secret: How Galicia’s ancient Samhain festival gave the world Halloween
Though most souls associate Halloween with glowing jack o’ lanterns and slasher films, the true origins of this haunting holiday are actually rooted in Spain.
Spain’s most famous farmhouse beloved of Lorca and Clint Eastwood is saved at last after 20 years of decay
After decades of decay and years of campaigning, the historic 18th-century Cortijo del Fraile in Almeria is finally set to be restored.
At 77, legendary Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar writes his first novel – but are other people’s secrets his to tell?
Almodovar’s first novel follows a writer who uses other people’s ideas, exploring shared memories, creative ownership and the role of personal experience in telling stories.
Satirical market stalls, flaming witches’ brew and zombie marches – how different parts of Spain celebrate Halloween
Traditionally however, it is the day after Halloween - All Saints Day - that holds special significance across Spain.
How the north-south divide fuels the myth of the lazy Andalucian – and why the siesta is really centuries of hard-won wisdom
Michael Coy examines Spain's north-south divide – and asks whether the Andalucian stereotype of bone-idleness is merited, or a stroke of genius.
Spooky! These are the 7 most haunted houses in Spain to give you the creeps this Halloween
From haunting wails to ghostly figures appearing in the mirror, these houses in Spain are sure to give you the creeps this Halloween.
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: All Saints’ Day, Cortes enters Mexico City and the mysterious death of newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell
Michael Coy combs through the major events to have taken place in Spanish history this week, including the mysterious death of Robert Maxwell.
Thousands of castles are on sale across Europe – here’s how to pick one up for just €700,000
A new website showcases more than 3,500 castles for sale across Europe.
Barcelona’s Joan Miro museum is loaned 37 works from master Catalan artist from private Japanese collector
The loan from Japanese collector Kazumasa Katsuta means 29 pieces are already on display at the Montjuic gallery, with the rest to follow.
The eight ages of Picasso – how Malaga’s most famous son reinvented himself again and again over a 70-year career
To mark his birthday this week, we thought we’d look back at the eight phases that constitute Pablo Picasso's evolution as a master artist.
Outrage in Madrid as Woody Allen receives €3m in public money for new film with city in grip of housing crisis
The Woody Allen Madrid film will receive €3 million in public funding to promote the capital, raising questions over spending as residents face rising rents.
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: Tobacco is discovered, Luiz Fernandez Lopez dies and Princess Leonor is born
Michael Coy delves into the major events in Spanish history this week, including the birth of future monarch Princess Leonor in 2005.
OPINION: Think Ernest Hemingway is a fake? Then you must read The Sun Also Rises again
Michael Coy has it all wrong, and Hemingway's breakout was a triumph of authenticity.
Why is Ignatius Loyola’s name everywhere in Spain? The swaggering Basque swordsman who shaped the Counter-Reformation
YOU may have noticed, as you live your life in Spain, that the name ‘Ignatius Loyola’ keeps popping up all over the place. A school
IN PICS: Ronda like you’ve never seen it before – an expat photographer captures the quirky side of the clifftop town
Lies Wajer fell in love with the town, while staying in one of its famous historic homes in the charming casco historico, in 1995.
Madrid exhibition marks centenary of the Lyceum Club – the pioneering women-only society that broke new ground in Spain
The Lyceum Club centenary exhibition in Madrid revisits the women who built an independent cultural network and helped shape Spain’s social history.
Inside the Spanish ‘village of witches’ said to be cursed by the Church – where only a pope can lift the 500-year-old spell
The town was excommunicated and cursed by the Vatican after a supposed history of witchcraft.
The memories the Valencia floods couldn’t wash away: Project saving family treasures wins Spain’s top heritage award
A team of restorers has won the prestigious award after rescuing and repairing 235 family keepsakes from towns ravaged by the 2024 floods.
Secrets, betrayal and love: Archive of Spain’s greatest contemporary novelist goes to Madrid
The Javier Marias archive is heading to Madrid’s National Library after Spain’s culture ministry bought it for €500,000.
Made in Andalucia: New exhibition reveals how flamenco and bullfighting came to define the whole of Spain
The Olé exhibition at Malaga’s Carmen Thyssen Museum traces how Andalusian culture and art helped shape the way the world sees Spain.
OPINION: 100 years on from The Sun Also Rises, it’s time to admit Ernest Hemingway was the biggest fake of them all
100 years on from the publication of his first novel, Michael Coy asks whether it is time to put the Hemingway myth to bed.
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: Franco’s body is exhumed, Magellan enters the Pacific and the War of Jenkins’ Ear roars into action
MICHAEL Coy delves into the events that took place in Spanish history this week, including the controversial exhumation of the body of General Franco.
Frida Kahlo’s famous furrowed monobrow come to Madrid exhibition to explore the woman behind the portraits
A Frida Kahlo exhibition in Madrid explores the artist’s life, identity and relationships through photographs, letters and interactive displays.
