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UB40’s Brian Travers to host exclusive art exhibition of own works in Marbella

UB40's Brian Travers is set to host an exclusive exhibition of his own art work in Marbella next week. The musical legend will be presenting...

Daughter hopes incredible family photos from 1950s Costa del Sol can help solve mystery behind gay dad’s death

IT is a question that has tormented Australian Gina Harris for over 50 years: what really happened to my father on the Costa del...

Australian makes 10,000-mile trek to meet long lost Spanish family thanks to Olive Press appeal

AN Australian has praised the Gibraltar Olive Press after he was reunited with his long lost Gibraltar family. Robert Gascoigne, 80, has been meeting ‘literally...

Ryanair urges Spain to ‘diversify’ tourism in face of sweeping anti-tourist backlash

Barcelona, San Sebastian and Mallorca saw the worst of the backlash, just months after the country reported a record 75.6 million tourists for 2016

Spanish city under fire for handing out ‘cocaine cards’ and advice on how to snort Class A drug

News of the campaign only came out this week, sparking criticism from the Partido Popular in Bilbao

Salvador Dali NOT the father of Spanish woman who had his body dug up for DNA test

A DNA test has proven once and for all that Salvador Dali is not the father of 61-year-old Spaniard Maria Martinez. A Spanish court had...

New Marbella town hall push to hold on to Starlite festival for another decade

MARBELLA town hall has announced plans to declare Starlite as a 'festival of municipal interest'. It is also planning to ask the Junta to...

The original Brits abroad: Some of the most famous expats in Andalucia

As anti-tourism protests sweep across Spain, it’s time to remember the truly great things British visitors have done for the country

Spanish picture of boyfriend checking another woman goes viral

  A POPULAR ‘distracted boyfriend’ photo gone viral was shot in Spain, it has been revealed. In the widely shared pic, a young woman walks down...

Shedding some light on Spanish secret societies

Secret societies work covertly to achieve a hidden agenda where secrecy is a sanctuary and a source of power, writes Jack Gaioni

Review: The final night of amazing classical music festival ‘Pause’

The throng of around 150 people - and 70-odd horses - had been transported to another world by a hypnotic duet between pianist Maria Joao Pires and soprano Talar Dekermenjian, writes Jon Clarke

Spain sees more UK expats than the UK sees Spanish

DATA from the Office for National Statistics show that Spain sees over three times more British expats than the U.K. sees Spanish expats. The...

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble return to Spain for string of concerts

The prolific musicians, all brothers, and sons of jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran will perform at Marbella's La Catarina on September 7

DRIVING STEREOTYPES: Do you fit the British or Spanish driving stereotype?

BRITS spend most of their time in the car thanking other drivers and are more likely to play a game of ‘I spy’ than...

Game of Thrones’ newest location Dragonstone is in Spain and FREE to visit

FANS of hit fantasy series Game of Thrones are all too familiar with the show's newest filming location. The current seventh season sees Daenerys Targaryen...

Despacito breaks host of records as a Spanish-speaking song

DESPACITO is the first Spanish song to top the US’s Billboard 100 in more than 20 years. The ‘song of the summer’ in dozens of...

Festival promoters demand larger fines for safety breaches at Spanish gigs

FESTIVAL promoters are demanding bigger fines for safety breaches after high-profile incidents in Spain this summer. The death of an acrobat at Madrid’s Mad Cool...

Exciting new food and music festival mixes the best of Andalucian cuisine and international artists

ARTIST Andy Goldsworthy says to be disconnected from nature is to be disconnected from ourselves; these days, most of us are. The gulf between...

Everything you need to know about this year’s Malaga Feria

The Day Fair attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists

Starlite festival ‘cuts links’ with Marbella and threatens to sue ‘obstructive’ town hall

ORGANISERS of the popular Starlite festival have threatened to sue Marbella after cutting ties with the town hall.  The shock announcement came at the weekend...

WATCH: More than 22,000 music fans flee Spanish festival as huge fire erupts

MORE than 22,000 music fans were evacuated after a fire broke out on stage at the Tomorrowland music festival. No injuries were reported as attendees...

WATCH: Horrifying moment confused bull kills itself by ramming wooden post during Spanish festival after locals set horns ablaze

As is tradition, balls of wax were placed on the bull's horns before being set ablaze

ESPETOS: Everything you need to know about the Costa del Sol’s most emblematic summer dish

THEY are the aroma and flavour of summer on the Costas and a spectacle to see

Salvador Dali’s body exhumed for DNA tests in Spanish paternity test case

Tests to take several weeks as woman claims surrealist painter was her father

8,000 sign petition to stop bullfight in southern Spain

Four representatives of the Campo de Gibraltar anti-bullfighting movement handed the petition in at the town hall

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