Home Tags Great britain

Tag: great britain

The British sailors who broke the Francoist blockade on Bilbao

El Backworth. El buque que eligió the Spanish Relief Fund (creada en Gran Bretaña para proporcionar ayuda humanitaria) para enviar alimentos y suministros médicos a Bilbao.
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our fourth article in a series dedicated to publications in the Tyne & Wear Museum’s blog about the...

Piquillo peppers and scrambled eggs + Arzak + The Guardian =...

Receta de "revuelto de piquillos" de Juan Mari Arzak en The Guardian (Photograph: Jonathan West for the Guardian)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp If we were to join the delicious traditional dish of piquillo peppers and scrambled eggs with the wisdom...

The Irish press and its surprising opinion about the evacuation of...

El Habana el buque que llevó a los niños vascos a Gran Bretaña
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Not too long ago, we discussed an interesting article published in the Swiss daily Basler Zeitung, written by...

The group Crystal Fighters once again remembers their Basque influences

Crystal Fighters en Baeble Music
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Crystal Fighters is a musical group that’s had a presence on our blog since October 2010, right when...

Ten of the Best Pintxo Bars in Bilbao, from The Guardian

The Guardian visita Bilbao para hablar de algunos de sus mejores bares de pintxos
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Guardian just published a magnificent report in its Travel section by Sorrel Downer (who published an article...

The Guardian is present when the list of weapons is handed...

Ayuntamiento de Baiona, donde los verificadores internacionales han recibido la ubicación de loz zulos con las armas de ETA
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Journalist Giles Tremlett at The Guardian was present when the list of storage locations, or zulos, where the...

Six locations, plus a street food van, selling Basque food in...

Galician steak to share at Sagardi London.
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The website Londonist has published an article by Lidia Manch talking about the seven best options for Basque...

The Guardian: a look at Bilbao, guided by a Basque

Ivsn Jiménez muestra Bilbao a los lectores de The Guardian
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Guardian is one of those papers we have deep respect and admiration for.  We always think of...

The photo that sums up the story of the Basque war...

Niños vascos refugiados en Gran Bretaña desesperados ante la caída de Bilbao en manos de los insurrectos
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We found this photo that grabbed our attention as soon as we saw it.  It’s the image of...

The BBC explains the enormous influence the Bilbao Guggenheim has had...

Guggenheim Bilbao with Yves Klein's Fire Fountain artwork, 1961 (fabricated in 1997) | Photograph courtesy Guggenheim Bilbao
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The BBC Arts website has published an article penned by William Cook discussing the influence the Bilbao Guggenheim...