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Petrol Art – Bringing Beauty From the Sludge
Aug 10, 2010
s it turned out, this was Petrol Art, a creative enterprise distilled from the desire to convert environmental damage into something more worthwhile.
Category: Spain
Living Like a Rock Star – Benicassim FIB 2010 in Photos
Jul 28, 2010
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t tired, but as the security guards shine a torch on my pass and I stride around that corner…
The Prodigy Live
Jul 25, 2010
Employing the unfair advantage of being sober, it’s actually quite easy to get near the front. With…
The Best of the Benicassim Festival – Behind the Scenes at FIB
Jul 23, 2010
It’s a surreal feeling, to come this close. For although the eyes of thousands are watching him, someone now watches me.
Flying High – The Earth From the Air
Jul 20, 2010
The small town of Benicassim on the northeast coast of Spain hosts the annual music festival, FIB. In between catching the likes of Kasabian, the Gorillaz and Dizzee Rascal, I had the chance to take to the skies…
In The Spotlight with Kasabian- the 2010 Music Festival in Benicassim (FIB)
Jul 16, 2010
The air in Benicassim throbs with heat, with screams, with expectation. Overhead somewhere, the sky must be thick with darkness but right here, right now…
Does Size Matter? Inside Europe’s Largest Aquarium…
Jul 12, 2010
The Oceanográfico forms part of the spectacular City of Arts & Sciences complex in Valencia. As the largest aquarium in Europe…it makes me uneasy.
The Real Face of Formula One
Jul 07, 2010
“A lot of people talk about the F1 bubble,” says Tom, as reporters walk past in jeans and T-shirts…
Street Art in Valencia
Jun 30, 2010
Valencia has plenty of street art. Whether you think about it in conventional terms, conjuring up the “graffiti” from Bristol’s edgiest neighbourhood, or in alternative terms…
Inside Action at the Valencia Grand Prix
Jun 29, 2010
“It’s about to get extremely loud in here, guys,” says the Lotus spokesman. “Really loud.” I’m in the Lotus Formula One team garage – and with…
She still has not abandoned me…
Jun 14, 2010
Last week, I wrote about NO8DO, the mysterious motto of Seville. Later that day I received…
She has not abandoned me…
Jun 08, 2010
Five symbols squeeze together, like children trying to fit into one photograph.
NO8DO, NO8DO, NO8DO.
It’s written on unfurling flags and…
Staying in Zafra Castle
May 17, 2010
Zafra. The very name of the place intrigued me, so I was hoping for something different, something exciting and the Parador de Zafra…
Seville’s Hottest Party
Apr 26, 2010
Every ash cloud has a silver lining, as the new saying goes. One unexpected advantage, though, was…
An Emergency Antidote…
Apr 16, 2010
Yesterday, the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland erupted, spreading a thick cloud of ash across western Europe. This…
Try To Forget About the Ku Klux Klan
Apr 04, 2010
On a spring afternoon, with orange blossom filtering the sunshine, I saw my first one. Looming tall and dressed entirely in black, the hood masked his face before rising upwards to a point above his head. His hands were gloved, the dark robe flowing and two, blinking dark eyes…
Candles & Candy Floss
Apr 02, 2010
The streets of Seville have thronged with Semana Santa this week. Between Palm Sunday and Easter itself, the city hosts a delicate combination of solemn religious processions and a candy-floss-coloured carnival…
Semana Santa
Mar 31, 2010
It’s Semana Santa or Holy Week in Seville. Here’s a sneak preview of a procession rehearsal. More to follow… UPDATE: Find the Travel Lab Report on Semana Santa in Seville here.
Liquid Gold & Mud Slides
Mar 09, 2010
It all started with the police check last night.
Torchlight zig-zagged across the car and we huddled in the backseat.
“You are English,” said the policeman. “And yet you say you want…
Cordoba’s Secrets
Mar 05, 2010
Córdoba, in Andalusia, has an unusual cathedral. Unusual in that it was built within a mosque. Not on the former grounds of one, or as an adaptation of one, but actually totally and utterly in the middle of one.
Would You Drink This?
Mar 03, 2010
What really made me sit up and take notice, though, was the mushroom liquor – some sort of home brew…
How Whales Saved Fishermen
Feb 18, 2010
Pedro Martina’s sun-worn face lights up as he grabs my shoulder and points into the distance.
“Three of them are under the water now,” he says. It’s certainly not the first time Pedro has hunted whales…
Searching for Volcanoes
Jan 19, 2010
Speeding along the tarmac road, I wonder how long it’s been since I last took a normal breath. The road drops…
The Three Kings Festival
Jan 06, 2010
The crowd cheers and I duck as a rainbow of hardboiled missiles pelts down around me. A moment later, men, women and children scrabble around on the lamplit pavement, their hands brushing mine, their fingernails gouging mud and fruity pulp…
The Blogger, the Coast and the Segway.
Dec 21, 2009
It’s an ominous start to the day: dragging 40 kilos of equipment through Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. We are a group of travel bloggers; the demonic machine, the Segway.
The Frog, the Astronaut and the Sore Neck
Dec 11, 2009
Spain, like many European countries, has plenty of cathedrals.
But how many have an astronaut in their delicately-carved stone?
Sparks Fly in Seville
Dec 01, 2009
Sparks fly in Seville – and it’s all in the name of love, eternity and structural maintenance.
For a few years now,
A Bandit Museum
Nov 13, 2009
Who could resist? I was walking around Ronda, home to an incredible bridge and arguably the birthplace of bullfighting, when a sign caught my eye.
Museo Bandolero. A bandit museum.
Twilight at the Alamillo, Seville
Nov 09, 2009
A little further out, however, Seville reveals its modern face, the lights and the energy of a city on the up.
Oranges in Seville
Nov 03, 2009
It’s not an urban legend - the streets of Seville really are lined with orange trees. Right now, they’re sprouting orbs of green but I’ve spotted a few that are getting ahead of the pack… We’ll see oranges in no time…
