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Do you know how to establish your turn in the queue to buy a loaf of bread? Or what to say when you answer the phone? Can you order coffee exactly…
October 1 was the International Day of Coffee. Did you miss it? Paul Whitelock only heard about it over a week later! He thinks it’s time to…
Secret Serranía is sponsoring a series of quizzes throughout the area. The first edition of these bilingual quizzes will be held in the north of the…
The British Embassy in Madrid has assured UK nationals in Spain that the new Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero cards that carry incorrect…
Over the last five centuries hundreds of Spanish words have entered the English language. Here is Part Five, the final part of my selection of…
In most Christian countries it has been commonplace for two thousand years for parents to choose biblical names for their children.
Over the last five centuries hundreds of Spanish words have entered the English language. Here is Part Three of Paul Whitelock’s selection…
Over the last five centuries hundreds of Spanish words have entered the English language. Here is Part Two of my selection of the more common ones.
Spanish cuisine owes a great debt to Cristóbal Colón, Christopher Columbus to us, writes Paul Whitelock. This Italian explorer and…
Brits bad at languages? What about the Spanish? Paul Whitelock discovers that all is not well with foreign language learning in the Iberian…
Paul Whitelock was taught how to make a Spanish omelette by a Basque friend at the age of 21. Here’s how…
In these difficult economic times, money is short, so why not work for free? writes Paul Whitelock. It could be an answer for people struggling to make…
Spanish is a very imaginative, colourful and at times earthy language. Take the common fruits, for example.
So, it’s no surprise to…
We’ve all heard of false friends, words in Spanish that look like English words, but which have a completely different meaning, eg embarazada
My wife Rita is off to Germany on Saturday for family reasons, so, for the next two weeks, estoy de Rodríguez. This widely-used Spanish…