Book review: ‘A People’s History of Catalonia’ by Michael Eaude
That there is no love lost between Catalonia and Spain is common knowledge. Many people are aware of the centuries’ old antagonism, and Catalonia’s struggle
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Book review: ‘Us with Us’ – a year long sojourn in Cadaqués
This is a book about the town of Cadaqués, best known nowadays for the house-museum of Salvador Dalí, who lived and worked in the adjacent
Spain is guest of honour at Frankfurt Book Fair, opened in presence of Felipe VI
Spain is this year’s official guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opens on Tuesday in the presence of Spain’s King Felipe VI
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The Rise (& Fall?) of the English Language
English has always been important in Spain, but there have been some notable changes in its use and importance since I came to teach here
Book review: living the good life in rural Galicia
It’s been over twenty years since Chris Stewart first shared his adventures of starting a self-reliant life in the Alpujarra mountains in Southern Spain. Since
‘Fab Five’: Desperate Literature’s Terry Craven on his five favourite books
Long before the pandemic, I had to run a dreary paperwork errand in downtown Madrid. It was a rainy day, and after spending an hour
El Corazón Partío: an interview with author Soledad Maura
Late in Soledad Maura’s debut novel Madrid Again, the narrator, Lola, riffs on the minor yet consistent irritations of being bi-cultural and bi-lingual. ‘The other
Sitges ‘Vila del llibre festival’ launches to promote more cultural tourism
The weekend before Sant Jordi (23 April), Sitges is set to become the Catalan capital of books – even though there are currently no bookshops
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Launching our new Books on Spain section with: ‘In Search of a Rural Paradise’
To launch our new Books section on Spain in English, we’re publishing an extract from a new book by Sabina Ostrowska, who lives in the middle
More English enters the Spanish Dictionary
The latest official update to the Real Academia Española‘s Diccionario de la Lengua Española (Dictionary of the Spanish Language), now in its 23rd edition, includes 62
