Cayetano Martínez de Irujo hesitated for months before dining with Pablo Iglesias, put off by Gonzalo Miró’s political TV appearances. After dinner, he asked for a copy of the recording to keep in his library.
Ada Colau is due on La Revuelta on Tuesday 10 November as the fifth political representative in its election-season series. The interview is scheduled for 21:55 on La 1 and RTVE Play.
Toledo hosted the 52nd National Gastronomy Awards, where Mayor Carlos Velázquez said the planned San Ildefonso centre would promote provincial produce and culinary talent throughout the year. Adolfo Muñoz received the academy’s special recognition.
Toledo hosted the awards outside Madrid for only the second time in their 52 editions. Jaén chef Pedro Sánchez received the kitchen award after Bagá earned its first Michelin star this year.
Carles Puigdemont made an unannounced visit to Prats de Molló for the official opening of the Casa Macià musealisation project. The initiative coincides with the centenary of Francesc Macià's attempted incursion into Catalonia from France.
La Virreina Centre de la Imatge is showing Arxiu Icarià. Poblenou (1987-1992), using Martí Llorens’s photographs and recovered objects to chart the district’s transformation. Admission is free until 28 March 2027.
Benidorm’s Saturday celebrations paired the staging of the Mare de Déu del Sofratge’s arrival with a newly premiered symphonic suite. The flower offering drew hundreds as Angélica Such called for traditions to endure across generations.
Luis Fonsi’s concert drew the largest audience yet recorded for a live show in Fuerteventura as Arena Negra 2026 became the festival’s busiest edition. Gara Alemán joined him on stage at Gran Tarajal.
Work on the palace began in 1527, but it remained unfinished for centuries. Its restoration started in 1923; the 500th anniversary of construction falls in 2027.
The Diputación de Toledo brought 300 participants to Casarrubios del Monte for a castle event with two sessions of 150 places each. The programme featured theatrical tours and a medieval camp recreation.
A non-binding review says copper tubes fitted to 16 gargoyles at Santiago’s Hostal dos Reis Católicos have changed the building’s appearance. Icomos says the intervention is reversible, but alternatives should be assessed.
More than 800 cultural figures and organisations have signed a manifesto backing the 11 November housing strike. They call for secure homes and protection for independent cultural venues, while also demanding decent working conditions.
Festivern will not take place in Tavernes de la Valldigna in 2026. Organisers cite repeated rain and a site they say could not withstand it, as well as mounting difficulties facing small festivals; they hope to bring the event back in 2027.
Large numbers attended l’Alfàs del Pi’s Nit d’Albaes, held on the eve of the pregón. Cantaores and cantaoras honoured the Reina de las Fiestas and her Corte de Honor Infantil with improvised Valencian verses.
Seven venues will each offer two tapas priced at €3 for Peñaflor’s 11th route. The programme also revives Tapaportes and adds an online public vote. The supplied announcement gives 13-15 November as the dates but does not specify a year.
The filmmaker raised concerns about film-funding criteria and proposals he says could restrict works on ideological grounds. He also described the obstacles facing young creators as he presented his first novel.
A total of 374,131 people turning 18 in 2026 have applied for Spain’s €400 Bono Cultural Joven. That equals 66.6% of the age group estimated by the National Statistics Institute.
The second edition of ‘Ktálisis nómada’ is seeking art projects and applications from public schools across the Canary Islands. The deadline for both is 4 December.
The people behind Xeito Libreros said they had started the process of transferring Pérgamo’s registered brand to Ana Serrano. EL PAÍS reported that the handover still depended on legal paperwork after the mark was registered in 2024.
Umar’s journey sits alongside Julia Otero’s choices of classics and contemporary books. Her selection also includes books about identity and power, as well as an essay on cancer.
C. Tangana's new rap track looks back on his career and personal life, including the birth of his child and the death of collaborator Milkman. Its lyrics also point towards more music.
A €3 chorizo serving and free chestnuts will feature at the 11 November magosto in Ourense. Folk performances and Los Satélites are also scheduled; the programme opens on 7 November with a traditional-instrument workshop.
The film presents Rafael Rodríguez Rapún as a prisoner executed by Francoist forces. Historian Pedro Corral says he was wounded in an air raid in Santander and died in hospital on 18 August 1937.
The supplied announcement lists Puño Dragón at Sala B in CAEM on 13 March to present A PALOS. It gives no year for the concert and quotes a ticket price of €25 plus booking fees.
The Valencian sculptor’s modular «Ciudades» and public works brought him wide recognition. His Mislata Casa Taller opened in June 2026, housing a collection of more than 400 works donated by the artist.
Valladolid businesses used Seminci to put local products in front of festivalgoers. The 2025 edition drew 103,000 spectators and 2,200 audiovisual workers; one bakery estimated it would sell 800 to 900 official cakes.
Vázquez was found after Curro Vázquez and Fran spent 24 hours searching near the Urda crash site. He had been travelling to Seville to assess bulls for matador Pablo Aguado.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo said he does not dance at rallies. Footage from a 2023 Madrid event organised by the Partido Popular Europeo shows him swaying as Henry Méndez performs ‘El tiburón’.
A Madrid auction catalogue lists 689 objects from the Franco family’s private holdings at the Pazo de Meirás. Starting prices range from €20 to €5,000 as authorities check whether any items are protected or belong to the public domain.
More than 80 residents took part in «Una vida de revista» at the Cine-Teatro Municipal in Pedro Muñoz. The show paid tribute to the Revista Musical Española and brought a project years in the making by José Argenta to the stage.
Castilla y León is setting up a commission to assess film projects seeking public money. The rules allow exclusions based on ideological content, while Spain’s Culture Ministry says it will challenge them in court.
Miguel Tellado has accused Pedro Sánchez of using public resources after the prime minister filmed a campaign video before Guernica at Madrid’s Reina Sofía. Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo also condemned the use of Picasso’s painting.
Pedro Sánchez said the PSOE would reform Spain’s Constitution in the next legislature to protect abortion rights. At a packed Granada rally he also accused PP and Vox of driving a political and cultural rollback.
Madrid’s transhumance festival is set for Sunday 25 October, with 1,250 sheep and 160 goats taking an alternative route because of the camp in Puerta del Sol. The flock will bypass Sol and Cibeles this year.
The Sociedad Fabiana Española has presented a new edition of Fernando de los Ríos’s ‘El sentido humanista del socialismo’ at the University of Granada’s Faculty of Law. The publication includes a preliminary study by José Antonio Montilla Martos.
