Ignacio Vleming

The media have recently highlighted a marvelous coincidence: three exhibitions along the Prado-Recoletos cultural hub which mark the before and after of the Impressionist movement. It is a unique journey which brings to Madrid some of the most significant works by Monet, Renoir and Gauguin and which can be made in one day or over the course […]

“The Garden of Earthly Delights”. Hieronymus Bosch, c.1500 A walk round the Prado Museum can unearth secrets only known by lovers of painting. If you look closely at these works you’ll get some “personal” knowledge about their authors, whose self-portraits are hidden away somewhere in the painting.

Whiskers on kittens and crisp apple strudels…these are a few of my favourite things. Along with a good musical, of course. So, I grabbed the chance to pop along to the Arteria Coliseum Theatre on Gran Vía and see Sonrisas y lágrimas, the Spanish version of The Sound of Music.

The sweets appeared as if by magic. The revolving window transformed a few euros into some delicious cookies that seem to have been made by angels but are in fact the handiwork of the cloistered nuns at Convento de las Carboneras. This post is devoted to cakes and pastries: cookies, rosquillas, pastries and jams made […]