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Business with personality – the five star service for luxury living

WITH Phil Collins and Paul McCartney as clients, it is not surprising that Gaston Montauban knows how to serve up a bit of luxury. The...

Spanish siesta to get the boot as Spain dumps ‘Nazi time’ for GMT

The government is considering replacing the ‘Nazi time zone’ it currently operates in with Greenwich Mean Time

Costa Blanca movie and TV studio in Spain that competed against Hollywood will reopen this summer

A major Alicante film and television studio forcibly closed by the European Union in 2012 over illegal public funding is reopening this summer. Ciudad de...

Vicar calls to ban ‘treacherous’ and ‘offensive’ virgins from big carnival on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA vicar has publicly asked that the next carnival cancels any characterisation of “The Virgin” for fear of offending people. The vicar at the...

ANCIENT Roman mosaics saved on Costa Blanca following years of human pollution

ANCIENT Roman mosaics will soon be open to the public in Calpe after undergoing months of restoration work. The 2,000-year-old artworks at the Baños...

Open air films for kids returns to Benahavis

The children's summer screenings return

Madrid gears up for Mad Cool Festival welcoming big music acts to Spain

MAD COOL FESTIVAL is making its long anticipated return in Madrid from July 6 to July 10.  The festival will see a host of big...

Teachers in Spain among highest paid in the world

The entry level salary was nearly €7,600 above the OECD average

IN PICTURES: The English water colour painter who captured the cities of pre-industrial Spain in 1908 on a remarkable...

A REMARKABLE tome by a British writer and painter on Spain’s wealth of incredible cathedrals was released 115 years ago this month. Cathedral Cities of...

Film director kicked out of screening and stripped of accreditation after refusing to wear a mask at San Sebastian...

STAFF at the San Sebastian Film Festival have been forced to remove a director from his own movie’s screening after he refused to wear...

Universal Children’s Day to be celebrated in style on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council is to commemorate Universal Children’s Day on Sunday, November 21. Local Councillor for Social Welfare, Almudena Baldó, announced the event to be...

The late flamenco singer, Camaron de la Isla, has his own museum

A museum in San Fernando (Cadiz) to honour late flamenco singer Camaron de la Isla has thrown the artist into the spotlight three decades...

Experts discover Christopher Columbus anchor with Mallorcan pottery in centuries-old Caribbean shipwreck

The new discovery, off the Turks and Caicos islands, is believed to be linked to Vicente Yanez Pinzon - a Sevillan sailor who was part of the Columbus expeditions

Seven of the most important women in Spanish history

As macho Spain votes in a Magnificent Seven of influential Spaniards, every one of them male, Nina Chausow asks: where are all the women?

Top 10 summer reads about Spain

Olive Press offers its top ten reads about Spain to get you in the summer spirit

Bullfighting ‘returning to Marbella’ despite being BANNED three years ago

Local businesses have until the end of the year to back the plans

Street parties and colourful costumes flood the streets of Mallorca

2023 welcomed back the Sa Rua carnival for the first time without restrictions since the pandemic. This year’s festivities were set to be extremely...

Now’s the time to write your book! English-speaking Kindle books soar during lockdown in Spain

By Henry Baum “I’m an American novelist living in Valencia, Spain. When I moved from Los Angeles in 2014, I brought my book promotion company...

BE LUCKY!: Maximise your luck for 2024 by following these New Year traditions from Spain

WE'RE all hoping that 2024 will bring a new start and good fortune but to make sure the New Year gets off in the...

Game of Thrones cast thank fans with pizza during Sevilla filming

Some 50 followers of the blockbuster series had staked out the stars’ hotel and filming locations, which included Las Atarazanas Royal Dockyards and the Roman ruins of Italica

Charlotte Rampling wows Spanish critics

Rampling appeared in Pamplona and Bilbao

Spain slaughters and abandons 100,000 hunting dogs every year

When they’re no longer useful to their owners, these dogs meet a tragic fate

ONTO THE STREETS: Business owners take to the streets over upcoming draconian pavement rules

PROTESTERS have taken to the streets as the fight for Palma’s terraces continues. Dozens of angry restaurateurs gathered on Calle Blanquerna to voice their disapproval...

‘Punk Rock Laureate’ Patti Smith lined up for concerts in Spain’s Sevilla

LEGENDARY American singer Patti Smith is lined up to star at Sevilla’s Iconica Fest. The singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author became an influential component...

Three Kings: Where to watch parades in Andalucia on January 5

Millions of people are expected to come out and join in with the huge Cabalgatas de Reyes, which will snake their way through both bustling cities and tiny villages

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