A woman from Barcelona kept up a decade-long correspondence with the Hollywood legend, was twice invited to the latter's home, and amassed a collection of personal objects that once belonged to the actress, including nude photographs of her and her husband Laurence Olivier
A body dating back to the late Middle Ages has been discovered in the Real Alcázar of Seville in what could be the first of many new findings
According to researchers, only six positive cases were detected after the Love of Lesbian show in March
Pablo Matilla has been working in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years, creating memorable artwork for films such as ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Interstellar’ and ‘1917’
The character has its origins in the Middle Ages, and is the only one to have been created in Spain. Despite this, it was omitted from the Spanish Royal Academy dictionary until 1803
Production of the original show ‘If only’ was placed on hold last summer after the streaming giant refused to rewrite the script
The life of the royal, who was born with congenital deafness, diagnosed with schizophrenia and helped rescue Jews from Nazis, has recently been featured Netflix drama ‘The Crown’
The risk of crumbling masonry inside the building remains high yet no significant restoration work has been undertaken on its battered vaults for the past 10 years
The prestigious quarterly has selected 25 writers for its second list of the best authors under the age of 35, who are breaking geographical and linguistic paradigms
The Cuban-American illustrator’s first exhibition in Spain features the cover art for magazines such as ‘Time’ and ‘Der Spiegel’ that made him an enemy of the former president
A five-year investigation into a Neolithic settlement in Cádiz has revealed ceremonial practices took place there 1,000 years before they became widespread
The California-born author, whose work focuses on moral ambiguity, talks to EL PAÍS about why she is drawn to characters with a complex relationship to power
New research has highlighted the similarities between the subspecies and ‘homo sapiens,’ questioning in the process what it means to be human
Israeli archeologists locate 2,000-year-old remains of hidden biblical texts, along with a child’s preserved skeleton and a 10,500-year-old basket
An exhibition at the National Museum of Art of Catalonia shows moving scenes by Antoni Campañà, who concealed his pictures for decades inside a box and never told anyone about them, until his grandson discovered the prints in 2018
The Chilean tells EL PAÍS what she learned about loneliness while in a senior home making ‘The Mole Agent,’ the only Latin American movie up for an Oscar this year
Police in Córdoba seized the priceless jewelry collection after being alerted to its existence by a local archaeologist who spotted photos of the pieces online
On the centenary of his birth, Buenos Aires is pulling out the stops to celebrate the late musician. But Argentina wasn’t always so affectionate to its genius composer
The institution discovered in 2014 that the astronomical treatise ‘Sidereus Nuncius’ had been replaced by a copy but did not report the crime until 2018
Claiming, as an online activist has in the Netherlands, that a black poet can only be translated by another black poet is the symptom of a new and lethal censorship
A picture of the aftermath of Spanish Civil War bombings published in 1937 triggered a successful movement to save a crumbling property from demolition and find decent housing for its struggling residents
An environmental study linked to a project to dredge an estuary in A Coruña suggests the presence of several English ships sunk in 1589 in the failed attempt to invade the city
The ‘hammam’ was discovered in Seville when the popular venue Cervecería Giralda underwent renovation work and features elaborate geometric decorations
A slew of objects has been created or improved on by Spaniards, either for the advancement of science or for everyday use. From the engine-propelled submarine to the Chupa-Chups lollipop, these creations are now showcased in a virtual gallery on Instagram
Hugh Borthwick, the Scot who owned the outcrop of Fraile in the 1910s, ignored the Roman and Islamic vestiges at his feet: he was too busy keeping his eye on passing German warships
Barnabé Fillion, who has worked with some of the world’s top brands, found inspiration in the plants that grow in Tres Barrios-Amate to capture the area’s multicultural essence
Using a thousand images and 73 digital features, Google Arts & Culture has devised a new digital experience allowing users to follow in the footsteps of these two groundbreaking explorers