Arts and Culture

I am a feminist, non-feminist writer…(or whatever it takes to stop them talking).

Can you be a socially conscious, female writer in Spain, or anywhere, and not be labelled a feminist? Few hispanic authors have had to battle the gender trap and its scrutiny more than Rosa Montero, one of Spain’s most popular…

Culture Guides | Culture, Society

Las Cosas por su Nombre

Confused when someone tells you to "Stand my balls up", "arm a patch and throw out the wagon" or "take out my stone by making a show"? You'll need Candela’s guide to authentic Colombian Spanish…

In-depth Interviews | Theatre

Spain's Sweet Revenge

Four hundred years after Henry VIII divorced and disgraced Spain's beloved Katherine of Aragon, Spain has the chance to seek sweet revenge on the old rascal by bringing its interpretation of Shakespeare's Henry VIII to…

In-depth Interviews | Theatre

Che, Enrique IV, qué hacé!

Shakespeare in Argentine? Really? Just the thought of the mischievous Argentine psyche giving a twist to theatre’s most famous human commentator, is enough to make one smile. We talk to theatre director Rubén Szuchmacher, who…

Features | Literature

Roberto Bolaño: Literary Hot Property or Hot Air?

Roberto Bolaño is being hailed as the best author to come out of Latin America in the past 40 years. Why, after years of success in Spanish, has the Chilean author only now come onto the English-language radar and does he live up…

Culture Guides | Culture

Spanish in Spain ¿pan comido? Think again

Just when you think you’ve mastered the textbook basics, reality rudely interrupts with slang to turn those so useful words on their head. Throw away those textbooks! Here is your alternative guide to what you thought were the…

Things You Should Know About... | Theatre

…LATIN AMERICAN THEATRE

Ten things you might not know about Latin American theatre.

In-depth Interviews | Film

Interview with Patricio Guzmán

Award-winning filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, one of Latin America’s most important directors of the 20th and 21st centuries, talks to Latino Life about his new film, Nostalgia for the Light, and about his approach to and opinions of…

Features | Film

Acting Almodóvar

Maria Delgado looks at the acting styles of one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most iconic directors and the importance of acting in Pedro Almodóvar’s work.

Features | Literature

In the shadow of Lorca

The poems of Federico Garcia Lorca have touched and inspired people and poets worldwide. Yet his passion, defiance to oppression and his unique vision of Andalucía as a tolerant fusion of cultures makes him particularly special…

Features | Art

The Understatement of Talent

In a world of media hype, it is rare to be shocked and awed by talent. Perhaps that's why one has to travel to Cuba, hwich is where Sara Livero found Salvador Galindo Ruiz working silently in his workshop as she walked along…

Reviews | Literature

Tyrant Banderas by Ramon del Valle-Inician

A new English translation by Peter Bush. New York Review of Books Classics series 2012.

Things You Should Know About... | Theatre

…LATIN AMERICAN THEATRE

Ten things you might not know about Latin American theatre.

Features |

Loathe the term Latino? Blame it on the French

The word ‘Latino’ may conjure up style and swagger (Latino Life, of course, equalling all things cool). But having been created as a tool in Europe’s colonial tussle for territory, is the word really cool or has Latin America…

In-depth Interviews | Film

Interview with Patricio Guzmán

Things You Should Know About... | Culture, Society

.... Weird Stuff at Spanish Fiestas

Spain - the land of guilt free siestas and fiestas. From burying a sardine to pretending to be dead in a coffin, Spanish fiestas consist of a lot more than the excessive consumption, dancing and extravagance they are famous for.…