Extras wanted! Netflix seeks fair-haired expats for Malaga-based series on Spain’s Costa del Sol
NETFLIX is looking for ‘guiris’ – expats living in Spain – to be extras in its new series ‘La Chica de Nieve’. The series is
Javier Bardem scoops Best Actor Goya in Valencia-held ceremony
JAVIER Bardem has one the Best Actor award at the Goya gala. The 52-year-old Canary Islander picked up his seventh cabezon, his sixth as an
Sorolla exhibition In Spain’s capital of Madrid brings to light private collection artworks for first time
A MAJOR new exhibition by Valencia-born artist Joaquin Sorolla has been launched. Held at Madrid’s Sorolla Museum it features 44 children and family paintings by
What breed of horse comes from Spain: Success Stories
Ask someone who knows nothing about horses to name a few breeds : they will probably tell you about the Arabian thoroughbred, a breed that
Spain’s Malaga drive-in cinema has a lovey-dovey line-up of films over Valentine’s weekend
THE most romantic day of the year arrives at Malaga Metrovacesa drive-in with several sweet-of-heart movies in tow. From today, Friday February 11, until Valentine’s
IN PICS: Gallery exhibition showcasing international talent opens in Fuengirola on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The exhibition in the coastal city’s Svenska Kyrkan gallery has been curated by Nok Chutima Kerdpitak and runs from February 6 to 17.
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz: Spain’s golden couple both nominated for Oscars as 2022 Academy Awards list revealed
THEY already each have an Oscar to their name and now Spain’s golden couple are both among those nominated for another at this year’s Academy
Spain’s La Sagrada Família is the most reviewed tourist attraction in the world
WHAT comes to mind if you were to guess what the most popular tourist attraction in the world is? If you guessed the Eiffel Tower,
Cate Blanchett to receive first-ever International Goya award in Spain’s Valencia
CATE Blanchett will receive the first-ever International Goya Award at the Spanish film awards gala on February 12 . The Australian actress will collect her
Why Spain’s Eurovision choice has caused a political storm and demands for a revote
AS political issues go, the matter of who represents Spain in this Eurovision competition hardly seemed likely to spark a furore amongst all but the
How Spain’s iconic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao geared up to celebrate its 25th anniversary
ONLY a select few buildings stand out as icons of the cities that raised them. The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and Big Ben
Andy Warhol classics form part of €2 million donation to Alicante contemporary art museum in Spain
A unique collection of contemporary art has arrived in Alicante thanks to a donation from collectors Michael Jenkins and Javier Romero, who was born in
Valencia gets ready for its first-ever Goya Awards on February 12
VALENCIA is home to some of Spain’s best-loved actors and directors. But the country’s third-largest city has never hosted a Goya Awards ceremony which celebrates
Parallel Mothers: Almodovar’s latest drama tackling Spanish Civil War disappeared nominated for Bafta
SPAIN’s most acclaimed film director Pedro Almodovar could soon add another statue to his already heaving awards cabinet. His latest film Parallel Mothers, starring one
Iconic Catalan fashion designer Toni Miro dies age 74
Catalan fashion designer Antonio Miro passed away on Thursday, February 3 after suffering a heart attack. Born in Sabadell in 1947, the son of a
Former Spanish tennis player turned snapper smashes global photography competition
FORMER professional tennis player turned snapper Marc Marco Ripoll has been shortlisted in a list of the world’s finest landscape photographers. His snapshot of the
Cancelled Medieval Market considered “a great loss” as processions replace annual ‘riot of colour’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIIHUELA’S much-loved annual Medieval Market of Orihuela is to be replaced this year by a series of processions through the streets. Rising Covid figures in
Arturo Arribas, actor famous for TV and stage roles in Spain, dies in Madrid house blaze
AN ACTOR famous for his roles on the stage and in TV dramas in Spain has died after a fire broke out at his property
Chris Stewart’s Driving Over Lemons to be made into TV comic drama about misadventures in southern Spain
HIS books recounting the trials and tribulations of living off-plan in southern Spain’s Alpujarras have enthralled and inspired readers across the globe and now Chris
HOW TO WATCH: Spain decides Eurovision song in three-day Benidorm Fest this week
BENIDORM this week hosts a three-day competition to decide which of 14 artists will represent Spain at Eurovision 2022. It’s the first year Benidorm gets
Moors & Christian festival in popular expat area cancelled at short notice on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ROJALES will be without the traditional Moors & Christian Festival for another year, thanks to rising Covid-19 figures. The popular expat community of Ciudad Quesada
IN PICS: Bizarre and beautiful ‘bear man’ festival wards off winter’s evil spirits in Spain’s Basque Country
FORGET the Three Kings, this tiny town in the Basque Country has something better – the simultaneously fun and frightening pagan celebration that takes place
18 stunning murals in Spain nominated for world’s Best Street Art awards
SPAIN has produced some of the world’s finest visual artists with the likes of Picasso and Dali household names. These artists not only changed the
Woman takes the role of Jarramplas for first time in Spain’s bizarre turnip throwing fiesta
SPAIN has a whole host of bizarre fiestas, from jumping over babies during El Colacho in Burgos province to the gigantic flour and egg battle
Eight reasons that make Spain the best place in the world
IF you’re smugly thinking that Spain will have the most Spanish speakers in the world, you’re wrong. That’s Mexico. If you’re thinking perhaps Spain had
Madrid court acquits artist of desecrating Spanish dictator General Franco’s tomb with red paint
AN artist who painted a dove and a slogan on top of dictator General Franco’s tomb has been acquitted of desecration. Madrid’s Provincial Court also