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British-run art restoration group behind efforts to bring copy of stolen Velazquez painting home from London museum

A BRITISH-run art restoration group is leading efforts to return to Sevilla a stolen 17th-century painting currently in a London museum. The Factum Arte group

11 May, 2020 @ 19:06

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Recovery project of Malaga’s Villa Torre de Benagalbon to start this month

The winning proposal commits to reduce the execution period by two months and the economic proposal by €262,748.95.

10 May, 2020 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Feria season may be cancelled but you can still give Andalucia’s famous flouncy frocks an outing as majority of Spain moves into Phase 1 of lockdown lift

The style that has been turning heads for centuries has even been adopted by royals and celebrities.

9 May, 2020 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead

Ministry of Culture announces grants to support Spanish film industry following the coronavirus crisis

THE Ministry of Culture has announced grants to support the Spanish film industry following the pandemic.

7 May, 2020 @ 11:07

La Cultura·Lead

Malaga’s Picasso Museum expects to reopen its doors to visitors at the end of the month

THE Picasso Museum in Malaga has been planning to reopen its doors at the end of the month.

6 May, 2020 @ 18:52

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s La Sagrada Familia will not restart construction works until after visitors return

LA Sagrada Familia will not restart its construction works until after the Cathedral reopens its doors to visitors, it has been announced.

4 May, 2020 @ 15:20

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

A secret WW2 German U-boat base, Nazis on the run, macabre facilities for facial reconstruction surgery – the shady past of Spain’s Fuerteventura

Words by Conor Mcglone SCORES of roosting doves erupted from the decrepit courtyard as we entered the ominously-named Villa Winter. I’m not easily spooked but

3 May, 2020 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: This is NOT Armageddon, insists mother of young cancer hero Ashya King as she seeks sanctuary in Spain from clutches of Jehovah’s Witnesses

‘‘THEY are holed up at home and terrified this is Armageddon,” says Naghmeh King

2 May, 2020 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Full works of Spain’s expat poet Gamel Woolsey set to be released by Gerald Brenan House

SHE is one of Spain’s most distinguished expats. Buried in Malaga’s celebrated English Cemetery, she wrote widely about the country and was known around the

2 May, 2020 @ 14:00

La Cultura·Lead

How Spanish coronavirus memes are helping me learn the language during lockdown

Despite my heavy workload – writing a never-ending stream of coronavirus articles while blitzing through The Office UK and Tiger King – lockdown seems to

2 May, 2020 @ 10:00

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Firefighters in Andalucia demand apology from Telecinco over its ‘fake news’ report they received training from Spanish Army

FIREFIGHTERS from Velez Malaga have demanded an apology from channel Telecinco after the Spanish TV station wrongly announced that the men had received exclusive training

30 Apr, 2020 @ 08:03

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Make sure you DON’T miss Australian rock band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performing in Spain in May 2021

NICK Cave and the Bad Seeds have rescheduled their European Tour to start in Spring 2021.

28 Apr, 2020 @ 14:34

Barcelona·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Dumbo tops the list of most popular Disney film in Spain, while the Lion King reigns over the UK

DUMBO has been voted as the most popular Disney movie in Spain.

14 Apr, 2020 @ 13:38

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead

CORONAVIRUS DIARY: Day 30 of Spain’s lockdown and Mamma is starting to see flying objects

Despite lockdown, police checks and the old lady across the road who has better surveillance on the neighbours than the FBI and CIA combined, the

13 Apr, 2020 @ 11:39

La Cultura·Lead

EASTER DISPATCH: On the most unusual Semana Santa in Andalucian history the sound of Spain’s distant drums is swapped for COVID-19 spraying machines

It was approaching dusk and you could hear a pin drop in a place where normally you would hear the sound of faraway trumpets and

12 Apr, 2020 @ 17:54

Cadiz·La Cultura·Lead·National News

WATCH: Madrid’s top botanical garden gives its tulips to staff in 7 hospitals as show of thanks during the COVID-19 pandemic

MADRID’s Royal Botanical Gardens have given hundreds of tulips to hospital staff in a show of thanks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visits to the gardens

9 Apr, 2020 @ 12:38

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IN PICS: You probably haven’t seen Estepona’s 10 NEW murals, completed as Spain’s Costa del Sol went into COVID-19 lockdown

An international crop of artists completed their works just days before the Government put Spain into lockdown on March 14

5 Apr, 2020 @ 19:17

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Proteccion Civil officers sing Happy Birthday and blare sirens for girl on Spain’s Costa del Sol amid extended COVID-19 lockdown

It comes as Spain’s lockdown has been extended for another 14 days until April 26

5 Apr, 2020 @ 15:29

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Bullfighters ask Spanish Government for €700 million to help save the ‘sport’ amid the coronavirus crisis

BULLFIGHTERS have asked the Government for €700 million to help save the ‘sport’.

31 Mar, 2020 @ 17:42

La Cultura·Lead·Sport

The TOP 10 books to get you through Spain’s coronavirus crisis

WE all need a bit of escapism, even in the best of times, but making space in our busy lives to delve into the pages

29 Mar, 2020 @ 13:00

La Cultura·Lead

Top 10 best sports films to watch in Spain during the coronavirus lockdown

DURING the lockdown most people now spend all day at home and one of the ways to keep yourselves occupied is to watch films.

27 Mar, 2020 @ 15:35

La Cultura·Lead·Sport

Cannes Film Festival postponed due to coronavirus, Spain’s Antonio Banderas keeps Best Actor award a little while longer

CANNES Film Festival has been postponed due to coronavirus.

20 Mar, 2020 @ 14:07

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead

CORONAVIRUS: Gibraltar galleries next to close as culture goes digital

GALLERIES are next to close and culture goes online in Gibraltar after the Coronavirus pandemic grows to ten total cases in the British territory.

19 Mar, 2020 @ 19:49

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·La Cultura

PRADO IN YOUR PJ’S: The 13 virtual museum tours you can do FROM BED amid Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

Stuck at home and not sure what to do with yourself? Beat the coronavirus lockdown with these virtual museum tours you can take while tucked

18 Mar, 2020 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead

Costa Blanca landmark to go into public ownership ahead of €300k restoration project

EL CAMPELLO’S famous Barranc d’Aigües Tower will soon be brought into public ownership to protect the 16th-century landmark from further damage. The city council’s plans

18 Mar, 2020 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

LONG READ: You won’t believe these multi-million euro property empires of the British Dukes of Wellington and Westminster in Madrid and Spain’s Andalucia

The Sunday Times named him the world’s richest man under 30. Now Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster is investing his millions in Madrid and he’s

15 Mar, 2020 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

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