Friday 17th February 8:45PM Cine Lumière, 17 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2DT
Documentary film festival Ready, Steady… Doc: El alma de La Roja
 El Alma de La Roja (The Soul of La Roja) traces the different eras of the Spanish national football team, who were in the spotlight after their victory in the European Football Championship in 2008 and because of their status as favourite for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In the film, directed by Santiago Zannou (winner of a Goya award for best new director for El Truco del Manco), we are taken on a journey through the different periods of La Roja, from the beginning of the last century to the present day, via important protagonists in the history of football such as Di Stéfano, Ramallets, Pepe Claramunt, Víctor Muñoz, Luis Aragonés, Vicente Miera and Luis Sánchez, and more recently the likes of Torres, Villa, Senna, Casillas and Cesc, not to forget the recent past with Hierro, Gordillo, Butragueño, Luis Enrique and Zubizarreta, among many others.

Special guest: Vicente del Bosque, manager to the Spanish national football team. Vicente Del Bosque will be in discussion with Jimmy Burns, vice-chairman  of the Anglo-Spanish Society whose new book “La Roja: A Journey through Spanish Football” is published this Spring by Simon & Schuster.

In collaboration with Eunic London.

With the support of: Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs. Spanish Embassy in the United Kingdom.

For bookings please contact the box office at Cine Lumière: T. 020 7871 3515 or book online

For more information on the festival please go to http://www.europeandocfestival.org.uk/

Why not join our membership today? You can find an application form on our Membership page.

LSE Professor of Contemporary Spanish Studies Paul Preston will be presenting the English edition (Harper Press) of his book “The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain”  in which he delves into Spanish “holocaust” in the Spanish Civil War and after.

 Monday 5th of March at 6.30 pm,  Luis Vives Hall, Embassy of Spain, 39 Chesham Place, SW1X 8SB

Followed by drinks

 RSVP 020 7201 5517 / 22 E mail: sara.mate@maec.es

Flamenco Festival 2012

Very few tickets available! Don’t miss out

Evening 1 – Flamenco Gala: Dancing to Lorca on Saturday 11^th February 2012, 19.30 at Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue London, EC1R 4TN

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Federico García Lorca’s death, a host of stars from the world of flamenco, led by Rafaela Carrasco, come together in a very special gala to pay tribute to the great poet and dramatist. All of the performances will be inspired by Lorca’s life and work, recognising his status as one of the most influential poets of the last century.

Tickets: £23 Members, £25 Non-Members. Please note that this event is on a first-come, first-served basis, so please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Evening 2 – Rafael Amargo: Poet in New York on Saturday 18^th February 2012, 19.30 at Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue London, EC1R 4TN

Rafael Amargo’s shows infuse the purest essence of flamenco with other choreographic trends, creating beautiful contemporary dance. Described by the New York Times as “in a class by itself”, Poet in New York is based on a poem by Federico García Lorca. A true multimedia extravaganza it evokes the time, place and culture in which Lorca was writing through stunning 1930s inspired video and imagery.

Tickets: £23 Members, £25 Non-Members. Please note that this event is on a first-come, first-served basis, so please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

 If you want to confirm your attendance to any of the events above, please email us at events@anglospanishsociety.org  and we will send you the bank details for BACS transfer payment.  Alternatively you could send a cheque to Events Secretary, 102 Eaton Square, London SW1W 9AN.

If you need further details, please do not hesitate to contact us.

To join the Anglo-Spanish Society, please visit: http://www.anglospanishsociety.org/membership/