The World’s 50 Best has today unveiled the second edition of 50 Next, a list of young people shaping the future of gastronomy. This year marks the first-ever live event to celebrate 50 Next, which was held today at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, Basque Country. Designed to inspire, empower and connect the next generation … Read more
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Karim Benzema scored two quick goals to lead Real Madrid to a 2-1 win at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday in a Spanish league game missing several players because of coronavirus infections. Defending champion Atlético Madrid slumped to a fourth consecutive league defeat after losing 2-1 at Granada, extending its worst run … Read more
Two exceptional touring exhibitions have converged at the Guggenheim Bilbao, one from the Center Pompidou titled ‘Women in Abstraction’. The other is a retrospective exhibition of the New York figurative painter Alice Neel titled, ‘People Come First’. Both are worthy of making the pilgrimage to this highly-regarded art hub. The exhibition is the first global … Read more
Athletic Club and Basque nationalism are intertwined. As in the case with other groups in Spain, independence and nationalism take root in people’s lives. Take, for example, Catalonia. The northeast portion of Spain is an autonomous government. This means that, more or less, they own relative independence from Spain. Granted, the area is still inside … Read more
Cover image: Jean Dubuffet, The Misunderstanding (La Mésentente), March 12, 1978 Acrylic on paper, mounted to canvas139.4 × 241.9cmSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, By exchange 86.3405. © Jean Dubuffet, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2022 From February 25 to August 21, 2022, Curated by David Max Horowitz, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao … Read more
FIBA Champions League Final 4 will be hosted in Spain. Free throws this season Despite Istanbul being mentioned as a very likely leading candidate to host the Final 4, it turns out that the season conclusion will take place in Bilbao. FIBA officially announced that the season-ending tournament will be organized from May 6-8, 2022, … Read more
Now that travel restrictions are easing, the European city break is back on. But since it’s been so long for so many of us, why stop at just one destination? Step forward the multi-city break: put three cities together, link them with easy-to-book train or bus journeys and you’ve got a full-on adventure. I decide … Read more
The second annual edition of the list will be announced on 24 June 2022 at a live event at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, Basque Country, following a series of inspiring talks and interactive panel discussions featuring members of the 50 Next ‘Class of 2021’ and ‘Class of 2022’, as well as some of the … Read more
They are bickering like an old married couple even before the interview starts – Rhiannon Dixon’s telling James Moorcroft he’s holding the microphone all wrong. He smiles at her, turns to the camera, and starts rapping. Today’s light training session at the recently refurbed Fox ABC in Oldham has finished. The pair, counting down to … Read more
Kerman Lejarraga takes an uppercut from James Metcalf, on May 20, 2022 Photo by Ian Walton Matchroom Boxing Local hero Kerman Lejarraga became friends with England’s James Metcalf when the visiting fighter served as a sparring partner for him a few years ago. That friendship was briefly suspended for 10 spirited rounds on Friday night, … Read more
