First Basque film nominated for best foreign language Oscar
Loreak was premiered at the San Sebastian film festival last year
VIDEO: Spanish for couch potatoes
The series, set in Madrid, comprises five episodes and can be viewed via youtube
New Spanish exam put to the test
The SIELE is more accessible that the previous Spanish competency test, the DELE
What a mission! My six weeks at a language school in Sevilla
My Mission Espanol has come to an end, but I couldn't have chosen a better to way to spend my last six weeks in Spain
World’s first LGBT language courses on offer in Sevilla
Open to all ages, the two or four week classes are led by a gay teacher and focus on travel, socialising and Spanish culture
Flamenco and the Alhambra as home-time is looming
Desperately trying to fit everything into the last few days!
‘Giving light’ and tile-painting in Triana
Getting crafty in across the bridge...
Taking my mind off the end of Semana Santa
The processions may be over but life goes on...
Sinners in spiky hats
Semana Santa has taken over Sevilla, and it's trumpets and nazarenos galore
The suspense is growing for Semana Santa
And it all kicks off today..!
A Mesquita and a mosquito
Getting lost - badly lost - and a school trip to Cordoba...and some Spanish
Just the weather for a solar eclipse
The rain in Spain is definitely falling on Sevilla
A Roman market and St Patrick’s Day in Sevilla
A weekend in the sun comes as a welcome change to conjugating verbs
The Spanish sorting hat of doom
The Spanish adventures continue atop the Sevilla cathedral
Passion-fuelled Spaniards are the most in love
PARIS may be the world’s romance capital, but Spaniards are the most in love, according to new statistics. Messaging app Viber revealed its Spanish users
Law in action
Resolution to residency cases in record time gives hope to foreign investors, writes lawyer Antonio Flores
Speaking to the world
A multilingual education is the ticket to business success, writes Chris French, Head of Business and Economics at Swans International School
Back to the future
Retirement planning – know where you’re heading
Oscar nominees announced… and Spain isn’t among them
The foreign-language nominee snubbed by the Academy
Language fraud abroad
Like a baby, you learn to mimic emotions to give the illusion that you understand more than you do. This can also lead to embarrassment,
NHS employ Spanish nurses with poor English
NHS trusts could be putting patients 'at risk' by employing nurses with a low level of English
Mind your Slanguage!
Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle, breaks down the ‘slanguage’ barrier in part two of her series on Spanish semantics
The purgatory of language limbo
A little Spanish can be a dangerous thing, warns Belinda Beckett, ‘Mistress of Sizzle’, in the first of a two-parter
Parrot learns Spanish after going missing for four years
Nigel the parrot has been found after four years... and he has swapped English for Spanish
Spain’s new favourite export to the US… teachers!
Oklahoma is recruiting Spanish staff
Jump in: No English allowed
The Olive Press sends Imogen Calderwood to experience the total cultural immersion of Pueblo Espanol… and dress up and try on some ridiculous wigs!