Culture/Art/Literature news & information for Spain

Spanish singer Rosalía's interpretation of the 'American Independence' theme at last night's MET Gala raised a few eyebrows as she took to the famous red carpet in a giant Manila shawl in tribute to...

Autumn is going to bring about big changes for the youngsters of Seville this year, as the city council launches a new programme aimed at addressing the weekend "botellones" - kids gathering in the streets and...

HOLLYWOOD legend and veteran Almodóvar actress Penélope Cruz had a busy time at this year's Venice Film Festival, with two of her most recent silver-screen productions being showcased and taking home one of the...

“I GAVE YOU my heart, but the very next day you threw it away,” was the beyond-the-grave reproach Scotland's King Robert I never made to his right-hand man, Sir James Douglas, as far as we know – but who, in a...

AFTER being called off last year, Sevilla's 'Nights in the Garden' music festival at the Royal Alcázar are now well under way and the programme of events stretches through until October 10.

DESPITE being its capital and welcoming the highest number of international tourists of anywhere in Spain, Madrid does not immediately leap into people's heads when they think of this multi-faceted, beautiful and...

SINGULARLY misnamed, Germany's world-famous beer festival is a standard part of the calendar in numerous locations in Spain, too, but usually in September – and Torremolinos (Málaga province) is one of the few...

'MEDITERRANEAN Day' will be on November 28 every year starting with the first-ever in 2021, and will be a celebration of the region's cultures, 'wealth of diversity and difference', as well as...

TRYING to cram in all of Spain's top monuments in one lifetime means being constantly on the go, even if you start your road-trips in playschool and live to be over 100. Perhaps what we really need is the equivalent...

KNOWN for his parts in everything from Pirates of the Caribbean to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Johnny Depp's 37-year career – which started with Nightmare on Elm Street - will be rewarded at San...

TWO 'Queens' - or, in theory, three - met on the same island and one gave the other an award this week: HRH Letizia rounded off the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest by presenting multiple on-screen ‘Royal’ Judi...

MADRID'S Retiro Park and El Prado boulevard are now officially UNESCO heritage sites – the first ever for Spain's capital.