Category Archives: From a Foreign Field

Reports and thoughts from places and events outside the UK. From festivals to nature walks, events to everyday life.

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Sherry wine, dancing and song

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In 2016, for the first time in recent years, the Bodega Gonzales Byass is a venue for Festival de Jerez performances, as the makers of Tio Pepe have opened their halls to dancing and song. Situated close to the ancient … Continue reading

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Lamento

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This year the Festival de Jerez is in its twentieth year and, to celebrate this anniversary, includes a series of short concerts, by very big flamenco names in iconic and historic sites across the city. One such took place last … Continue reading

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Festival de Jerez 2016

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It’s good to be back in Jerez once again, especially at Festival time. The sun is shining and the whole town is buzzing! The Twentieth Festival de Jerez is underway, inaugurated, last weekend, by Eva Yerbabuena in the Teatro Villamarta … Continue reading

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Hello Prime Minister. We need to talk…

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The words of a Spanish chat show hoaxer to Mariano Rajoy, lately Prime Minister of Spain. The hoaxer was impersonating Carles Puigdemont, the new secessionist leader of the Catalan separatists, who had pointedly omitted the vows of loyalty to Spain … Continue reading

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Festival de Jerez Preview

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The Programme for the twentieth edition of the Festival de Jerez is out and the flights are booked. There is already a lot of discussion, both virtual and vocal, of who is performing this year and what their sets will … Continue reading