London.....Guirilandia??

Visiting London this summer? Here are a few handy web-sites for Spanish people who are living or visiting England´s capital city....

http://www.guirilandia.com/about/ Info about Giri land in Spanish...

http://www.elryans.com/ Pub close to St. Paul´s cathedral. Watch all Euro 12 games on a big screen etc.

http://www.eliberico.com/ Free Spanish language newspaper (London)

Universal Language?

English may be the universal language, but there are just some words that cannot be translated. Have a read of this article that appeared in the Metro newspaper yesterday ......

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/899451-25-words-you-should-know-if-only-they-existed-in-english

NEW Books about Spanish football in English

Interested in Spanish football? Interested in practising reading in English? Well the last few weeks has been a bonanza for you!

Firstly Graham Hunter, Sky Sports journalist (amongst other things) released his book about the rise of the current Barcelona team.

Its a great read and I was at the recent book launch in London where I had the pleasure of interviewing Graham for the True Faith football fanzine.

Practice your listening skills with these short videos of Graham talking about the book, Graham is from Aberdeen in NE Scotland.

Next up Jimmy Burns new book "La Roja". Jimmy Burns was born in Madrid in 1953 and contributes Spanish language media outlets and publishes his books in Spanish translation as Jimmy Burns Maranon.
Jimmy's book is a really good read too all about the history of Spanish football, fascinating stuff.

I was at this book launch in London too, read all about it here........ Book launch article - La Roja

Also listen to Jimmy talking about the book......Jimmy talks about his book here (pod-cast) Jimmy although born in Madrid he grew up in London and Lancashire. Good pod-cast to practice your listening.

You can also read Jimmy's blog here...... Jimmy Burns Blog

You can buy both books on Amazon.Both books on Amazon..click here

Tony Higgins (May 2012)

Teetering on the brink- La Roja?

Jimmy Burns, the Anglo-Spanish Journalist and Author, has had this recent article published in the Tablet.  His article focuses on "La Crisis" but mixes fiestas and other Spanish things...in Jimmy's own style, a good read!

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162675
Jimmy's new book about the Spanish football team is due out soon too.

http://latinosinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/book-launch-qa-la-roja-a-journey-through-spanish-football-may-18th/