https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/other-news/la-cultura/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:33:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oplogo-favicon-150x150.png https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/other-news/la-cultura/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/05/01/medieval-shipwreck-discovered-beneath-barcelona-construction-site-stuns-archaeologists-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/05/01/medieval-shipwreck-discovered-beneath-barcelona-construction-site-stuns-archaeologists-in-spain/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 09:30:45 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409654 BUILDERS digging up an old fish market in Barcelona have stumbled upon a giant medieval shipwreck buried five metres beneath their feet. An archaeological excavation has now uncovered a 10-metre-long]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/05/01/medieval-shipwreck-discovered-beneath-barcelona-construction-site-stuns-archaeologists-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/the-unsung-genius-of-cordoba-how-a-medieval-spanish-city-engineered-a-sanitation-system-centuries-ahead-of-its-time/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/the-unsung-genius-of-cordoba-how-a-medieval-spanish-city-engineered-a-sanitation-system-centuries-ahead-of-its-time/#respond Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:42:39 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409105 BY the time most European cities were still dumping chamber pots into the street, Cordoba was quietly revolutionising urban living. Between the 10th and 13th centuries, this Andalucian jewel –]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/the-unsung-genius-of-cordoba-how-a-medieval-spanish-city-engineered-a-sanitation-system-centuries-ahead-of-its-time/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/meet-gibraltars-new-guitar-strumming-filmmaking-media-director-who-will-bring-documentary-know-how-to-government-storytelling/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/meet-gibraltars-new-guitar-strumming-filmmaking-media-director-who-will-bring-documentary-know-how-to-government-storytelling/#respond Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409145 GIBRALTAR’S mercurial new government media director would quite like to be playing the guitar or indulging his passion for cinema and documentaries. But instead, Anton Calderon, 43, will be leading]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/meet-gibraltars-new-guitar-strumming-filmmaking-media-director-who-will-bring-documentary-know-how-to-government-storytelling/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/24/on-this-day-jose-antonio-primo-de-rivera-the-fascist-leader-spain-never-had/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/24/on-this-day-jose-antonio-primo-de-rivera-the-fascist-leader-spain-never-had/#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404749 HAD he lived, Thursday, April 24, would have marked the 122nd birthday of “the Spanish Hitler”. The 1930s was a time for charismatic young Fascists everywhere: Hitler, Mussolini – even]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/24/on-this-day-jose-antonio-primo-de-rivera-the-fascist-leader-spain-never-had/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/22/think-you-can-hack-it-expat-warns-fellow-brits-moving-to-spain-isnt-like-going-there-on-holiday/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/22/think-you-can-hack-it-expat-warns-fellow-brits-moving-to-spain-isnt-like-going-there-on-holiday/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:17:34 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=408282 SUN, sea and sangria – for many Brits, that’s the dream.  But for Daniel Efford, a British expat who’s spent nearly four decades living in Spain, the fantasy often clashes]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/22/think-you-can-hack-it-expat-warns-fellow-brits-moving-to-spain-isnt-like-going-there-on-holiday/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/watch-runner-is-taken-to-hospital-in-a-helicopter-after-half-tonne-bull-tosses-him-into-the-air-in-spains-cadiz/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/watch-runner-is-taken-to-hospital-in-a-helicopter-after-half-tonne-bull-tosses-him-into-the-air-in-spains-cadiz/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407943 THIS is the dramatic moment as a bull runner was struck and thrown by a charging bull during a traditional bull-running event in southern Spain this weekend.  The incident occurred]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/watch-runner-is-taken-to-hospital-in-a-helicopter-after-half-tonne-bull-tosses-him-into-the-air-in-spains-cadiz/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/first-sightings-of-spains-semana-santa/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/first-sightings-of-spains-semana-santa/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:01:56 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407907 SEMANA SANTA in Spain is like no religious event this Kiwi girl has ever experienced before. I heard Malaga was one of the most famous epicenters of the nation’s celebration]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/first-sightings-of-spains-semana-santa/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/spains-semana-santa-becomes-a-tourist-attraction-they-prioritise-taking-photos-and-dont-respect-the-solemn-traditions/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/spains-semana-santa-becomes-a-tourist-attraction-they-prioritise-taking-photos-and-dont-respect-the-solemn-traditions/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:02:07 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407968 WHAT was once a deeply spiritual and solemn celebration is, for some, starting to resemble a tourist spectacle.  As crowds continue to flood the streets of Andalucia’s major cities during]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/spains-semana-santa-becomes-a-tourist-attraction-they-prioritise-taking-photos-and-dont-respect-the-solemn-traditions/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/watch-raging-bull-breaks-free-and-gores-woman-injures-two-more-during-tourist-hotspot-festival-in-spains-andalucia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/watch-raging-bull-breaks-free-and-gores-woman-injures-two-more-during-tourist-hotspot-festival-in-spains-andalucia/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:13:16 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407881 WATCH the terrifying moment as a bull escaped and attacked members of the public during Spain’s Easter celebrations. A woman has been seriously injured and at least two others hurt]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/watch-raging-bull-breaks-free-and-gores-woman-injures-two-more-during-tourist-hotspot-festival-in-spains-andalucia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/on-this-day-the-battle-of-lucena-when-spains-last-muslim-king-lost-his-fight-with-christianity/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/on-this-day-the-battle-of-lucena-when-spains-last-muslim-king-lost-his-fight-with-christianity/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406372 TODAY, you could drive through the little town of Lucena, halfway between Córdoba and Granada, without really noticing it, but on April 21 in the year 1483, a major battle]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/on-this-day-the-battle-of-lucena-when-spains-last-muslim-king-lost-his-fight-with-christianity/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/life-in-spain-spanish-surnames-why-do-they-have-two/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/life-in-spain-spanish-surnames-why-do-they-have-two/#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:46:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406767 HAVE you ever experienced – or more likely, caused – confusion over your use of surnames? If you’re not Spanish, you know the rule. Two Christian names, one surname. Example]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/life-in-spain-spanish-surnames-why-do-they-have-two/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/how-hernan-cortes-and-his-spanish-conquistadores-took-on-the-mighty-inca-empire/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/how-hernan-cortes-and-his-spanish-conquistadores-took-on-the-mighty-inca-empire/#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:35:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406548 ON April 22, 1519, a Spanish man and his 200 or so followers built a camp on the Mexican coast which they called “Villa Rica de Vera Cruz” – ‘the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/how-hernan-cortes-and-his-spanish-conquistadores-took-on-the-mighty-inca-empire/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/on-this-day-the-holy-saturday-storm-that-devastated-northern-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/on-this-day-the-holy-saturday-storm-that-devastated-northern-spain/#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2025 07:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406023 THE Holy Saturday Storm was an extreme meteorological phenomenon that occurred on April 20, 1878, off the northern coast of Spain in the Cantabrian Sea. The Spanish word for a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/20/on-this-day-the-holy-saturday-storm-that-devastated-northern-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/19/from-coal-to-culture-barcelonas-forgotten-power-plant-tres-xemeneies-to-get-epic-makeover/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/19/from-coal-to-culture-barcelonas-forgotten-power-plant-tres-xemeneies-to-get-epic-makeover/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:33:29 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406900 ONCE a towering titan of industry, the iconic Tres Xemeneies power plant is set to become the beating heart of Barcelona’s cultural future. The 1970s relic, named after its three]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/19/from-coal-to-culture-barcelonas-forgotten-power-plant-tres-xemeneies-to-get-epic-makeover/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/two-brothers-convicted-of-crimes-against-public-health-freed-in-spains-malaga-whats-behind-the-bizarre-semana-santa-tradition/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/two-brothers-convicted-of-crimes-against-public-health-freed-in-spains-malaga-whats-behind-the-bizarre-semana-santa-tradition/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:34:05 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407275 BROTHERS convicted of drug offences in southern Spain have been granted a royal pardon and released from prison – just in time to take part in a religious procession through]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/two-brothers-convicted-of-crimes-against-public-health-freed-in-spains-malaga-whats-behind-the-bizarre-semana-santa-tradition/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/what-links-andalucias-easter-processions-to-the-fascist-millan-astray/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/what-links-andalucias-easter-processions-to-the-fascist-millan-astray/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407013 MANY readers will know about the Spanish ‘Legion’, the crack unit of the Spanish Army, based in Ronda and Almeria. You are likely to see the Legion on the streets]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/what-links-andalucias-easter-processions-to-the-fascist-millan-astray/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/easter-in-mallorca-holy-week-takes-a-theatrical-turn-with-music-musicals-and-a-dash-of-disney-magic/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/easter-in-mallorca-holy-week-takes-a-theatrical-turn-with-music-musicals-and-a-dash-of-disney-magic/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:59:43 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407096 MALLORCA’S Holy Week might be best known for solemn processions and spiritual reflection –  but this long weekend, the island is bursting with music, musicals, and family fun, offering a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/easter-in-mallorca-holy-week-takes-a-theatrical-turn-with-music-musicals-and-a-dash-of-disney-magic/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/on-this-day-in-spain-a-dodgy-deal-and-a-dynamite-girl/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/on-this-day-in-spain-a-dodgy-deal-and-a-dynamite-girl/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405848 THERE are two reasons why Spaniards keep April 17 in mind. The first is a strange business deal between a ‘power couple’ and an Italian adventurer.Think of Prince Harry and]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/on-this-day-in-spain-a-dodgy-deal-and-a-dynamite-girl/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/where-and-when-to-catch-the-semana-santa-processions-in-mijas-on-the-costa-del-sol/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/where-and-when-to-catch-the-semana-santa-processions-in-mijas-on-the-costa-del-sol/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:43:13 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406882 THE Costa del Sol town of Mijas is set to mark Semana Santa (Holy Week) with a series of traditional processions taking place between April 17 and 20.  Residents and]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/where-and-when-to-catch-the-semana-santa-processions-in-mijas-on-the-costa-del-sol/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/life-in-spain-its-romeria-time-again/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/life-in-spain-its-romeria-time-again/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404400 HARVEST festivals are as old as time – but the communities of Andalucía do harvest festival in their own special way. First of all, in southern Spain, it’s very much]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/life-in-spain-its-romeria-time-again/feed/ 0