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

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

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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

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?

Frida Kahlo comes to Santander as landmark new museum transforms city’s cultural scene

Three signs your heart health is at risk, according to leading Spanish doctor

A breeding ground for champions: Inside the small Sevilla town that produced three of Spain’s World Cup heroes

Expat buyers in Spain should watch this major new housing proposal gathering pace in Brussels, writes Mark Stucklin

OPINION: I’m no green warrior – but surely the eco-zealots can see why this mega solar project will do more harm than good, writes Charlie Mullins

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