Fifty-six classic cars and motorcycles, including seventeen from Portugal, crossed the border for the 21st Rally de Coches y Motos Clásicas. The event honors a basic figure and highlights the enduring passion for historic vehicles.
Renault’s 5 Turbo and Clio V6 broke the rules for small cars by moving the engine behind the seats and sending power to the rear wheels. Their legacy now shapes the arrival of the electric R5 Turbo 3E.
Julio Llamazares has received Spain's 2026 National Narrative Prize for 'El viaje de mi padre'. The novel follows his father's wartime route across Aragón, including the Battle of Teruel, and extends a connection with the region that began with Ainielle.
Julio Llamazares will receive Spain's National Narrative Prize for El viaje de mi padre. The €30,000 award recognises a career shaped by memory and abandoned landscapes, with war's human cost running through it.
Julio Llamazares has received Spain’s National Narrative Prize for 2026. His book follows his father’s journey through the Civil War and the scars it left behind.
Disparate Pomodoro brings Creduto Morto to Madrid for five performances in October and November. The show turns a forced-marriage plot into physical comedy rooted in Italian theatre.
Rafael Bueno Latorre escaped 17 times from reformatories, hospitals and prisons. His final disappearance remains unexplained, and a new documentary revisits the case.
Palacio de Liria brings Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart back into focus. More than 200 objects connect her private life with the palace she helped rebuild in an exhibition running until 31 January 2027.
After drawing 150,000 visitors in Seville, the exhibition Cayetana. Grande de España opens at Madrid's Palacio de Liria. More than 200 objects trace the duchess's artistic interests and private life, while also showing her work within the Casa de Alba.
On October 4, 2026, nearly 200 classic vehicles from across Spain will arrive at Medina del Campo’s Plaza Mayor. The event brings rare machines and family stories to the heart of Castilla y León, with regional pride on display.
Historia de nuestro cine will honour Gonzalo Suárez with Remando al viento. The programme will also show his final television conversation, recorded after he received the Goya de Honor 2026 in Barcelona.
A forgotten Ford dealership near Ingolstadt has been discovered with a collection of pristine 1980s cars still inside. Never registered or driven, the vehicles offer a rare glimpse into automotive history frozen in time.
Alfonso Guerra reignited Spain’s debate over its recent past by openly defending Juan Carlos I and the spirit of the Transition. In Toledo, he joined Emiliano García-Page and Rodolfo Martín Villa to urge a return to political consensus.
Julián García Vargas, a basic figure in Spain’s transition era, has died. He led the reduction of compulsory military service and drove major health-system reforms, leaving a legacy that still shapes Spanish institutions.
Julián García Vargas, who led major reforms in Spain's defense and health sectors, has died at 81. His tenure included reducing compulsory military service and implementing basic health laws. His influence extended beyond government into the private sector and national foundations.
Rafael Azcona would have turned 100 on October 23. A Madrid exhibition returns to his films, cartoons and ideas, many of which still fit Spain's housing pressure and social conflicts.
The Citroën C15, Nissan Vanette and other vans once ruled Spanish streets. Their fading presence reflects a real shift in how Spain moves and remembers its working vehicles.
Britain says Argentina lacks the military capacity to seize the Falkland Islands and that the UK can defend them. The warning followed Javier Milei's renewed sovereignty claim at the UN and his call for negotiations over the islands.
Salamanca’s Plaza del Concilio de Trento filled with classic cars as the Rally del V Centenario de la Escuela de Salamanca brought automotive history to the streets. Locals and visitors stood face to face with vehicles that once ruled Spanish roads.
Madrid’s M-30 began as a utopian green belt in 1929. War and dictatorship, followed by car culture, turned it into Spain’s first full ring road, now hidden beneath the city and reshaping its field.
The MINI and Fiat 500 changed how Britain and Italy moved. Both became icons, but their original stories took very different turns. Which one really set the standard for small cars?
Plaza Nueva and the Carrera del Darro feature alongside Lorca's Granada in La bola negra, Spain's international feature submission for the 2027 Oscars. The Javis used city streets and historic sites, including gardens, to build the film's world.
Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway died at 81 on 26 September 2026. His death closes Triana's original chapter, leaving a sound that joined Andalusian roots with modern rock.
China will send two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta after Xi Jinping announced the move before Donald Trump. The deal revives a long-running feature of Beijing's foreign policy.
Eduardo Rodríguez 'Rodway' died on 26 September 2026 at Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real in Cádiz. He was the last surviving member of Triana's original line-up and helped shape Spanish rock with flamenco and Andalusian influences.
DNA testing has identified 25 victims in the Cuelgamuros crypts. Their remains are returning to families after decades without answers, while researchers continue work on 602 bodies from 21 locations.
More than half of the 214 exhumation requests at Cuelgamuros come from families of Francoist soldiers, challenging assumptions about Spain’s Civil War memory. A small forensic team is working under pressure to identify the remains amid delays and controversy.
La Bola Negra reaches Spanish cinemas on 25 September 2026 as Spain's submission for the 2027 Oscars. Its story moves from Granada to Cantabria and Sierra Nevada across three periods: 1932, 1937 and 2017.
Families in Redondela honoured prisoners held on San Simón and San Antón. The ceremony also recognised women who risked punishment to help them survive.
The Audi Sport quattro S1, once driven by Walter Röhrl, brings back Audi’s wildest days. As the brand tries to recapture that excitement with new concepts, this Group B icon shows what today’s models are missing.
For more than two thousand years, olive oil has been basic to Mediterranean life. Its story runs from ancient Roman trade to today's global markets, shaping land and tradition, and stirring suspicion. Its influence keeps growing.
A major study places the first bats in Europe about 65 million years ago. It also suggests that powered flight and echolocation appeared almost at the start of their history.
La bola negra, directed by Los Javis, has become a flashpoint after awards at Cannes and Toronto. The film explores Spain’s past and present through queer stories across generations, and will represent Spain at the Oscars.
Diego Ruiloba and Ángel Vela return to the Rally Villa de Llanes with Lancia Corse España. The team is aiming for another victory as Lancia returns to Asturian roads.
La bola negra reaches Spanish cinemas on 25 September. Los Javis connect Lorca with queer identity and a family's buried memory across three timelines.
