MEMOIRS OF SPAIN

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THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF SPAIN

The Top Ten Traditions Listed by UNESCO Most people have heard of the Cultural Heritage Sites of UNESCO that are protected for having...

SEMANA SANTA IN SPAIN

Penance, Piety (and Party!) of the Passion of Christ Once the whiff of pagan smoke from the Fallas Festival has cleared and the feathers...

THE FALLAS FESTIVAL OF VALENCIA

A FLAMING FIESTA OF ART, COLOUR, NOISE AND FIRE My first introduction to Spain in the late 90s was getting off the train at Barcelona and...

5 ICONIC DISHES OF SPAIN AND THEIR ORIGINS.

FROM MODEST BEGINNINGS TO GASTRONOMIC GLORY After my last, rather heavy, article on the Civil War, I thought I’d lighten it up a bit...

THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR VIEWED THROUGH ART AND LITERATURE

WHERE MODERNISM MEETS SOCIO-POLITICAL IDEOLOGY We often look back at history and its more unfortunate major world events and think we...

ROMAN MERIDA

A City of Ancient Treasures. When history buffs wish to retrace the steps of the ancient Romans and marvel at the splendours of that lost...

ST JAMES AND OTHER CURIOUS LEGENDS OF THE CAMINO

The year is 1211 and the pilgrim has been walking for months, enduring all weather and three painful pairs of thin leather sandals. He’s...

AUTUMN HARVEST FESTIVALS

FIRE AND CHESTNUTS, APPLES AND CIDER AND SO MUCH MORE. Everyone’s familiar with Halloween or All Souls' Day (The Day of the Dead) and...

FORGOTTEN TRADES OF RURAL SPAIN

BYGONE INNOVATION AND INGENUITY Driving through much of rural Spain today, it’s hard to picture what it looked like before the mid-20th...