Why mums in Spain get to enjoy a special day this Sunday
SPAIN celebrates Mother’s Day(Dia de la Madre) this weekend on its now regular date of the first Sunday in May. Mother’s Day in the country
Spain’s Alhambra palace finally acquires Sorolla masterpiece ‘the Patio de Lindaraja’
The Alhambra, Granada’s magnificent palace/fortress, has pulled off a cultural coup, acquiring a canvas of the Patio de Lindaraja which has been in the possession
Medieval shipwreck discovered beneath Barcelona construction site stuns archaeologists in Spain
BUILDERS digging up an old fish market in Barcelona have stumbled upon a giant medieval shipwreck buried five metres beneath their feet. An archaeological excavation
The unsung genius of Córdoba: How a medieval Spanish city engineered a sanitation system centuries ahead of its time
BY the time most European cities were still dumping chamber pots into the street, Cordoba was quietly revolutionising urban living. Between the 10th and 13th
Meet Gibraltar’s new guitar-strumming, filmmaking media director who will bring ‘documentary know-how to government storytelling’
GIBRALTAR’S mercurial new government media director would quite like to be playing the guitar or indulging his passion for cinema and documentaries. But instead, Anton
ON THIS DAY: José Antonio Primo de Rivera: the fascist leader Spain never had
HAD he lived, Thursday, April 24, would have marked the 122nd birthday of “the Spanish Hitler”. The 1930s was a time for charismatic young Fascists
Think you can hack it? Expat warns fellow Brits ‘moving to Spain’ isn’t like going there on holiday
SUN, sea and sangria – for many Brits, that’s the dream. But for Daniel Efford, a British expat who’s spent nearly four decades living in
WATCH: Runner is air-lifted to hospital after a half-tonne bull tosses him into the air in Spain’s Cadiz
THIS is the dramatic moment as a bull runner was struck and thrown by a charging bull during a traditional bull-running event in southern Spain
‘It’s like no religious event this Kiwi girl has ever experienced before’: First impressions of Spain’s Semana Santa from an Antipodean far from home
SEMANA SANTA in Spain is like no religious event this Kiwi girl has ever experienced before. I heard Malaga was one of the most famous
Locals complain Spain’s Semana Santa has become a tourist attraction: ‘They prioritise taking photos and don’t respect the solemn traditions’
WHAT was once a deeply spiritual and solemn celebration is, for some, starting to resemble a tourist spectacle. As crowds continue to flood the streets
WATCH: Raging bull breaks free and gores woman, injures two more during festival in tourist hotspot in Spain’s Andalucia
WATCH the terrifying moment as a bull escaped and attacked members of the public during Spain’s Easter celebrations. A woman has been seriously injured and
ON THIS DAY: The Battle of Lucena – where Spain’s last Muslim king lost his fight against Christianity
TODAY, you could drive through the little town of Lucena, halfway between Córdoba and Granada, without really noticing it, but on April 21 in the
LIFE IN SPAIN: Spanish surnames – why do they have two?
HAVE you ever experienced – or more likely, caused – confusion over your use of surnames? If you’re not Spanish, you know the rule. Two
How Hernan Cortes and his Spanish Conquistadores took on the mighty Inca empire
ON April 22, 1519, a Spanish man and his 200 or so followers built a camp on the Mexican coast which they called “Villa Rica
ON THIS DAY: The Holy Saturday Storm that devastated northern Spain
THE Holy Saturday Storm was an extreme meteorological phenomenon that occurred on April 20, 1878, off the northern coast of Spain in the Cantabrian Sea.
From coal to culture: Barcelona’s forgotten power plant Tres Xemeneies to get epic makeover
ONCE a towering titan of industry, the iconic Tres Xemeneies power plant is set to become the beating heart of Barcelona’s cultural future. The 1970s
Picasso: The Spanish painter’s enduring relationship with Asia
PABLO PICASSO’S artworks hang in galleries thousands of kilometres away from his original hometown of Malaga, with several key pieces now adorning the walls of
Two brothers convicted of ‘crimes against public health’ freed in Spain’s Malaga: What’s behind the bizarre Semana Santa tradition?
BROTHERS convicted of drug offences in southern Spain have been granted a royal pardon and released from prison – just in time to take part
What links Andalucia’s Easter processions to the fascist Millán Astray?
MANY readers will know about the Spanish ‘Legion’, the crack unit of the Spanish Army, based in Ronda and Almeria. You are likely to see
Easter in Mallorca: Holy Week takes a theatrical turn with music, musicals, and a dash of Disney magic
MALLORCA’S Holy Week might be best known for solemn processions and spiritual reflection – but this long weekend, the island is bursting with music, musicals,
ON THIS DAY IN SPAIN: A dodgy deal and a dynamite girl that created a country and then blew it up
THERE are two reasons why Spaniards keep April 17 in mind. The first is a strange business deal between a ‘power couple’ and an Italian
Where and when to catch the Semana Santa processions in Mijas on the Costa del Sol
THE Costa del Sol town of Mijas is set to mark Semana Santa (Holy Week) with a series of traditional processions taking place between April
LIFE IN SPAIN: It’s romeria time again!
HARVEST festivals are as old as time – but the communities of Andalucía do harvest festival in their own special way. First of all, in
Bulls, Blood & VR: Malaga’s La Malagueta rings in the future of bullfighting
ONE of Spain’s most iconic bullrings has just had a high-tech facelift — and it’s nothing like you’ve seen before. The Immersive Exhibition Centre of
Spain’s famous Easter processions kick off in Malaga’s Ronda amid the threat of rain
The opening of Holy Week 2025 was a big success in Ronda. Three processions took to the streets and nothing was marred by the predicted
Spending Semana Santa in Spain? This is how to wish locals a happy Easter in Spanish
THIS is how to wish Spaniards a Happy Easter if you’re spending Semana Santa in Spain. With Easter just around the corner, you may be