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Falling off a ladder….

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is an unlikely subject for an oil painting. But there is such a painting (see left), about the accident which befell one of the most famous Andalucian painters, the Baroque master, Bartolome Murillo. The painting shows a prone Murillo being … Continue reading

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Money changes hands….

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No, not financial corruption, nor even off-shore tax havens, but a post about an increasing feature on some of central London’s main thoroughfares. The rather grand buildings, usually formerly banking houses, or the prestige branches of banks, which are now … Continue reading

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Benamahoma to El Bosque

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Benamahoma is one of the pretty mountain pueblos blancos of Andalucia. It is old, going back to Roman times and clings to the side of the mountains of the Sierra de Grazalema, beneath the Labradillo range. Goats graze, bells ringing on the grassy … Continue reading

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Grazalema

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The town of Grazalema, highest pueblo blanco in the Sierra de Grazalema, sits in a natural bowl of land, one of the ‘hanging valleys’ found in the high sierras, beneath the Penon Grande and El Endrinal, with the peak of … Continue reading

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Festival de Jerez 2018

Good news. The Programme for next year’s Festival, the twenty-second, is out now on the Ayuntamiento web-site. It runs from 23rd February to 10th March. It all begins with the National Ballet of Spain in Teatro Villamarta on Friday 23rd … Continue reading