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Valencia’s Science Museum is refreshing its summer programme with groovy new exhibition ‘Dance! The Art of Movement’

THE Valencia cultural summer calendar just got more interesting with the Science Museum’s body-bending new exhibition, Dance! The Art of Movement. The announcement of this new

15 Jun, 2026 @ 16:53

La Cultura·Sponsored·Valencia

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

Getting to know Antoni Gaudi: The Catalan architect’s masterpieces you’ve probably NEVER heard of

MOST people have been to the Sagrada Familia and Casa Batllo, but have you heard of these little-known Gaudi works? Every year, thousands of tourists

13 Jun, 2026 @ 16:45

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel

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

Popular British expat crime writer living on the Costa Blanca lands major multi-book deal

A UK author living part-time in Spain has just signed a publishing deal for several crime novels. Gordon Brown just received a publishing deal to

13 Jun, 2026 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

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

Legendary British author Julian Barnes wins Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award

LEICESTER-BORN literary legend Julian Barnes has won Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award. Barnes, 80, burst onto the literary scene in 1980 with his debut

11 Jun, 2026 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead

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

Britain’s greatest living architect who has shaped Spain’s skyline for six decades takes his seat on the world’s top design jury

ARCHITECTURAL legend Norman Foster has been named as a judge for one of the world’s leading architecture and design programmes. The 91-year-old British designer will

3 Jun, 2026 @ 14:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

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

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘I spent three days at Primavera Sound Barcelona – this is why you MUST add it to your festival list’

FOR three nights every year, tens of thousands of partygoers descend on Parc del Forum, an uninspiring concrete jungle nestled between the high-rise buildings of

31 May, 2026 @ 16:20

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel

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

12 silly laws in Spain that’ll leave you baffled (and possibly fined)

SUNSHINE, sangria and… legal landmines? Spain may be known for its beaches and fiestas, but it’s also a hotspot for eyebrow-raising laws that can land

30 May, 2026 @ 17:30

La Cultura·Lead·National News

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

Outrage after drainage pipes are installed ‘coming out of the backsides’ of the famous gargoyles on Santiago de Compostela’s UNESCO cathedral

A MULTI-million euro facelift at one of Spain’s iconic landmarks has landed this Galician town as the butt of a joke. Tourists in Santiago de

28 May, 2026 @ 11:27

Galicia·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Researchers discover 134 shipwrecks off Gibraltar – making the bay one of Europe’s richest underwater graveyards

SPANISH researchers have discovered a trove of 134 wrecked ships at the bottom of the sea off Gibraltar – in what they say represents an

27 May, 2026 @ 17:05

Andalucia·Gibraltar·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel

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

ON THIS DAY: A supremely talented singer is born – and a deadly bar collapse rocks British tourist hotspot

THE bare facts of Juanito Valderrama’s life are easily stated. He was born 110 years ago in the north-east of Andalucia. A natural singer with

24 May, 2026 @ 08:00

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

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

Stunning 2,000-year-old Roman statue of goddess Venus discovered on popular Alicante beach during delayed promenade works

A ROMAN bust of the goddess Venus dating back as much 2,000 years has been found during regeneration work at Alicante’s La Almadraba beach. The

21 May, 2026 @ 12:20

Alicante·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

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Valencia’s Science Museum is refreshing its summer programme with groovy new exhibition ‘Dance! The Art of Movement’

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

Getting to know Antoni Gaudi: The Catalan architect’s masterpieces you’ve probably NEVER heard of

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

Popular British expat crime writer living on the Costa Blanca lands major multi-book deal

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

Legendary British author Julian Barnes wins Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award

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

Britain’s greatest living architect who has shaped Spain’s skyline for six decades takes his seat on the world’s top design jury

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

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘I spent three days at Primavera Sound Barcelona – this is why you MUST add it to your festival list’

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

12 silly laws in Spain that’ll leave you baffled (and possibly fined)

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

Outrage after drainage pipes are installed ‘coming out of the backsides’ of the famous gargoyles on Santiago de Compostela’s UNESCO cathedral

Researchers discover 134 shipwrecks off Gibraltar – making the bay one of Europe’s richest underwater graveyards

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

ON THIS DAY: A supremely talented singer is born – and a deadly bar collapse rocks British tourist hotspot

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

Stunning 2,000-year-old Roman statue of goddess Venus discovered on popular Alicante beach during delayed promenade works

Spain blames trafficking gangs for driving thousands to storm the Ceuta border – but admits border fences were left unguarded

Hollywood celebrity bonanza in Mallorca as Cortney Cox holidays with Jennifer Aniston and Pedro Pascal in ‘Billionaire’s Bay’

Fourth body pulled from the sea off the Costa del Sol – as Ceuta border crisis sees dozens drown

The Spanish village that looks like Havana – but sits in the mountains of Asturias

UPDATE: Morocco ‘cooperating’ with Spain to return tens of thousands of migrants who have stormed into Ceuta

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