Friday, December 8, 2023

La Cultura

The last of the Spanish Nazis

Author Neil Forsyth shares extracts from his new book, San Carlos, in which he attempts to track down the last remnants of Nazi Germany in Spain.

A trip to the Alhambra

The Olive Press sent American intern Rose Lapp to visit Spain’s number one tourist site in the heat of July... what tips can she give?

Electronic books gain popularity among beach-goers

More and more people are choosing to read their books electronically

Virgen del Carmen worshipped in the streets of Estepona

Hundreds took to the beaches for a glimpse of the procession as it headed down into the sea

A moonlit run in Malaga will raise funds to benefit local charity

All proceeds from the second annual event will go to local charity La Traina

Opera singer Plácido Domingo suffers blocked lung artery

Domingo is in a stable condition after being hospitalised this weekend

Starlite festival to light up Marbella

This year’s Starlite festival has an even better bill than last year, writes Giles Brown

Fatboy Slim flies in to Sevilla

Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, is to headline this year's Territorios Festival tomorrow

Sweet Home Alhaurin

British songwriter pens ode to the nerve-centre of the Guadalhorce Valley

New Dali exhibition comes to Madrid

Major retrospective of Salvador Dali launches in the capital

Looking at the Labyrinth

Pupils to learn about famous author and expat Gerald Brenan

Spanish fiesta heads to Britain

A play based on Earnest Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises, has now opened in the UK

Picasso exhibition shows transition

London's Courtauld Gallery to display pieces from 1901

Spanish painting attracts worldwide attention

Artwork donated to church in Andalucia auctioned to raise much-needed funds

New book dishes the dirt on Hollywood divas

Written by an Almeria Film Festival insider, new book reveals all about the Hollywood stars that attended the event

Kate Moss in Spanish themed shoot

The famous fashionista goes Spanish for latest racy shoot with famous matador Jose Mari Manzanares

Learn about España with Books4Spain

To mark 100 years of Spanish anarchism, the Olive Press lets you in on a valuable source to read-up on the subject and many other Spanish topics

Book review: Sketches of Spain

Sketches of Spain by Federico Garcia Lorca (translated from Spanish by Peter Bush with illustrations by Julian Bell) - review by Ian Gibson

Passionate Women in Spain

British artists' work celebrating the female spirit goes on display in Andalucia

Leading Hispanist criticises new book on Spanish Civil War

Paul Preston described David Haycock's book as 'totally wrong'

British author releases book on tracing Spanish history

John H. Elliott describes the difficulties of writing about Spain's history in his latest book: History in the Making

Spain’s very own Banksy

Josh Taylor documents works by mystery street artist ‘El Nino de las Pinturas’, who has spent years brightening up Granada’s white walls

Picasso returns to Spain

Spanish artist's Langosta y gato (Lobster and Cat) will be on display in Malaga after being in New York’s Guggenheim Museum since 1991

Things that go bump in the night: Spanish ghosts and ghouls

With Halloween just around the corner, Gemma Wilson checks under the bed for some of Spain’s most spine-tingling myths and legends

British author pens Basque thriller

The Blood Puzzle is inspired by the writer's experiences of Barcelona's working docks in the 1980s

Marbella Film Festival… The next Cannes?

Post-traumatic stress syndrome and the Moors murders are just two of the themes tackled at this international festival, now in its seventh year

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