Oh how I loved (and still love) my Sybilla clothes - and shoes and bedding… Such happy days skipping around Madrid like a pixie in the 80s. Can’t wait to see this exhibition at her gallery.
RTVE Noticias@rtvenoticias.rtve.es · 13h agoSybilla y la otra mirada: 40 años de moda convertida en arte dozz.es/9rb7o3
Andrew Graham-Dixon’s The Art of Spain from 2008 being repeated now on BBC4
BBC Four - Art of Spain
Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of some of Europe's most exciting and vital art
bbc.co.uk
Sorry, but Spanish olive oil is far superior to Italian ft.trib.al/KtBBFjx
Sorry, but Spanish olive oil is far superior to Italian
One grower makes a case
ft.trib.al
Why is Richard E Grant on Channel 4 keeping his leather jacket and scarf on in the kitchen of this fancy de Mondion restaurant in Malta? Chef Clint being very polite.
Oldest library on Iberian Peninsula found in a villa in Córdoba www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/07/t...
The Oldest Library in the Iberian Peninsula and the Westernmost in the Entire Empire Found in a Roman Villa in Córdoba
A team from the University of Granada has confirmed that a room in the Roman villa of Fuente Álamo, in the municipality of Puente Genil, functioned as a library, making it the oldest documented in the...
labrujulaverde.com
I thought this needed wider circulation now we’re in August. H/T to @thelocalfrance.bsky.social @emmapearson.bsky.social
Pronunciation of Ceuta on Radio 4 seems to have shifted from “suitor” yesterday to “sooeta” or “sweater” this morning.
Can’t have had time to change out of her office trousers #totp
Madrid’s Debod Temple - a gift from Egypt to Spain - has disgracefully been allowed to deteriorate for years.
Scramble to save Spain’s oldest temple from doom
A campaign launched by business leaders seeks designs to protect the ancient Egyptian monument after Spain failed to honour its original pledge
thetimes.com
Really interesting piece by @eugenecostello.bsky.social - an uplifting read for a change on dementia care.
Does this extraordinary Dutch community hold the secret to a good life with dementia?
The De Hogeweyk project offers a normal life for elderly sufferers. But sceptics call it a dystopian Truman Show
substack.com
Had never tried freezing/defrosting gazpacho before but it was great!
Yet another twist on the long-running #Catalan #fizz labyrinth, that possibly seems important to those involved, but few others will be on the edge of their seats. DO #Penedès splits its still and #sparkling #wines into two separate bodies. www.vinetur.com/202607301050...
La DO Penedès plantea una nueva estructura propia para sus espumosos de calidad
El proyecto prevé dos cámaras de gobierno y una clasificación en tres niveles ligada al territorio y al viñedo
vinetur.com
Had implant surgery and my face hasn’t been this numb since that night in the mezcal bar in Madrid.
Another hot day forecast for La #Rioja. #Temperatures over 40ºC (104ºF) have become normal, but they're not normal and spell disaster for the region's emblematic #wine industry. Just another example of #climatechange, that will become apocalyptic within the lifetimes of many.
Well this lovely piece by @hambevan.bsky.social has brought back a lot of fuzzy memories of teenage pub crawls in Mumbles. Now where are my loons, smock and clogs?
Pellicle@pelliclemag.com · 2w agoNostalgia in droves, and pints of Bass too. The Mumbles Mile was once a place of debauchery and a rite of passage for younger drinkers. But what is it like now? William Ham Bevan takes to the streets to find the pubs of his past. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/7/...
Opinión | "Esto no es una caña, o cómo este popular formato ha ido desapareciendo de todos los bares de Madrid". Por Abraham Rivera
Esto no es una caña, o cómo este popular formato ha ido desapareciendo de todos los bares de Madrid | Columna
Es triste comprobar cómo algo que siempre ha funcionado, por la frescura y rapidez con la que se consumía, y que jugaba con la idea de ofrecer una bebida relativamente económica, hoy apenas se encuentra
social.elpais.com
The Ávila fire is the biggest in Spain since records began with 50,000 hectares burnt.
EL PAÍS@elpais.com · last wk.🔴 El incendio de Ávila es ya el mayor de la historia de España con 50.000 hectáreas quemadas
“… Bar Alcanadre for crispest fried squid and a prawn and crab pintxo fashioned into a swan like a hotel towel” @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social valiantly trawls the bars of Hondarribia @ftweekend.com
Skip San Sebastián — its Basque neighbour is an under-the-radar treat for foodies
The pintxos are just as good in low-key, laid-back Hondarribia
ft.com
Fires in the Madrid region and adjacent Ávila province are still out of control.
EL PAÍS@elpais.com · 2w ago🔴Los incendios que arrasan Madrid y Ávila siguen ardiendo sin control: se unen en un solo frente los tres incendios que afectaban a la Comunidad de Madrid y amenazan a nuevos municipios
Spain’s bears were dying out … now farmers worry there’s too many
Spain’s bears were dying out … now farmers worry there’s too many
thetimes.com
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
English people walking to the pub for the final on Sunday.
Concierges of apartment blocks in swanky Madrid areas are getting bungs for tip offs about flats becoming available. “I got €50,000 for telling a foreign investor that the lady in 2B had died.” elpais.com/espana/madri...
La red de conserjes que da el chivatazo sobre pisos de lujo en venta en Madrid: “50.000 euros por avisar de que la del 2ºB ha muerto”
Los porteros piden comisiones de hasta el 5% por informar a inversores de viviendas que pronto quedarán vacías en zonas ricas de la capital, para comprarlas, remodelarlas y venderlas por el doble de precio
elpais.com
What a moving interview on R4 BH with Peter Hennessey - says he’s retiring because his Parkinson’s means he can longer think clearly, but he sounded far clearer and made more sense than most people you hear on the radio
“Mum was Spain’s famous ‘girl with the gun’. Her life was like a film” @katiegatens.bsky.social
Mum was Spain’s famous ‘girl with the gun’. Her life was like a film
Marina Ginestà was 17 when she posed with a rifle for an image that defined the civil war. Decades later her daughter asked her what happened next
thetimes.com
Horrendous wildfire around Los Gallardos and Bédar in Almería with 12 deaths and 19 missing. Fallen electric cable likely cause.
EL PAÍS@elpais.com · 4w ago🔴 ACTUALIZACIÓN | La investigación apunta a la caída de un cable eléctrico como causa del incendio en Los Gallardos
