American rapper films music video on top of Gibraltar rock
Beniton the Menace filmed 'This world' on top of the Rock of Gibraltar
British writer Gerald Brenan’s home rescued from ruin to become country’s first expat museum
The Churriana museum is to be inaugurated today
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.
Photographer reveals amazing world of Andalucia’s cave dwellers
A CHILEAN photographer has spent two weeks in Andalucia documenting hundreds of cave dwellers and their fascinating homes.
As part of her project, Tamara Merino...
Spain’s internationally renowned filmmaker Carlos Saura discusses Brexit, anarchy and ‘the future’ in exclusive interview
Looking to the future, Pablo Picasso is pencilled in on Saura’s agenda
Estepona set for weekend of carnival celebrations
Estepona is in for a weekend of fun and festivities with the carnival coming to town
British cyclist Chris Froome to begin 2018 under doping cloud at Spain’s Ruta del Sol in Andalucia
BRITISH cyclist Chris Froome has said he is 'confident' there will be progress on a probe into an adverse doping test.
It comes nine days...
Down syndrome girl from southern Spain makes history by walking at New York Fashion Week
A SPANISH Down syndrome model from Spain has made history by catwalking during New York Fashion week.
Marian Avila, 21, rocked a red dress and...
Spanish magician Jorge Blass announced to return to Palma
MAGICIAN Jorge Blass has been announced to return to the Palma Auditorium from August 31 through September 2 with a whole new act.
With a...
Revealing new book chronicles the founding of the Olive Press, ‘Spain’s most popular expat newspaper’
"A publisher wanted to cut out all the juicy bits so I said no and put it in a draw and only discovered it again recently."
Pablo Escobar’s estranged British-educated son signs ‘extraordinary’ book deal in Mallorca
PABLO Escobar’s long-lost son has signed a publishing to tell the extraordinary story of his life.
Roberto Sendoya Escobar is an acclaimed artist who goes...
Revisiting Spain’s sunshine soaps
Mason Jones looks at the British TV shows that have helped to put Spain on the map
Torremolinos Gay Pride smashes all records with more than 40,000 visitors
The Pride March this year beat records both in terms of floats and people
Palma Film Office busy with hundreds of shoots as business only grows
PALMA Film Office has managed 217 film and photo shoots during 2017, with companies such as BMW, Cartier, H & M and American Express...
Botched Spanish fresco fiasco being turned into an opera
Octogenarian artist Cecilia Gimenez’s laughable attempt to restore the 19th century fresco Ecce Homo (Behold This Man) first put the unsung town of Borja in Aragon on the world map
Goya portrait causes controversy at London’s National Gallery
Controversy at the National Gallery as scholars suspect Goya portrait is a fake
Skeleton found in ancient castle reveals ‘violent’ death of 14th century man on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SKELETON found within part of the ancient castle in Guardamar del Segura has revealed a gruesome death.
Found in 2019, the bones were exhumed...
Witness Sevilla’s world-famous Semana Santa with Toma Tours
Semana Santa in Sevilla is famed for its incredible spectacle and religious fervour
With the Reds in Andalucia
Vivid account of Irishman Joe Monks’ time serving with the International Brigades during Spanish Civil War has been translated into Spanish
Metro poll shows 91% of people think Brexit should be stopped
More than 6000 people have voted in the poll, available to see in the link below, and was started after pro-Europe Tory MP Anna Soubry appeared on The Andrew Marr Show.
HIT THE NORTH: A look inside the exclusive town of Pollensa
SITTING high on a promontory lording over the bay of Pollensa sits one of Spain’s most exclusive properties.
Owned by British financier, Lord James Lupton,...
Finding my inner cowgirl in the Tabernas desert
Wendy Williams visits the the Wild West set, where spaghetti westerns - and more recently Doctor Who - were made
Spain drawn with England in inaugural UEFA Nations League
Both teams join Croatia in Group four of League A - the last group of the best teams in Europe.
Robin Hood or robbing hoodlum?: Andalucia’s last bandit built up a legendary reputation
By Shannon Chaffers
WHEN it comes to popular representations of bandits, gangs, and other notorious outlaws, English-speakers might initially think of England, with the legendary...
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THE first COVID-19 Omicron infection in Spain involving somebody who has not returned from a foreign trip has been confirmed in Madrid.
A man, 62,...
