Annie Bennett
@anniebennett.bsky.social
Travel writer. Spain and Wales
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Hundred-year reveal: Catalonian chalet confirmed as Gaudí work in centenary year
Hundred-year reveal: Catalonian chalet confirmed as Gaudí work in centenary year
Xalet del Catllaràs contains elements of architect’s naturalistic style, expressed in works such as Park Güell and Sagrada Família
An elegant modernist building in the mountains north of Barcelona, originally constructed to house engineers establishing a nearby mine, has been confirmed as a work of Antoni Gaudí, Catalonia’s most celebrated and distinctive architect.
The Xalet del Catllaràs, about 80 miles from Barcelona in the county of Berguedà, was built in 1905 and commissioned by Eusebi Güell, Gaudí’s lifelong patron. Güell was the owner of a cement company with mines in the region and he needed somewhere to house the engineers, many of them British, who would help extract the coal for his factories. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Hundred-year reveal: Catalonian chalet confirmed as Gaudí work in centenary year
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The counts of Vega Grande de Guadalupe settled their debt — estimated to be up to €5 million — by handing over works by Murillo and Giordano to the treasury
Canary Islands nobility uses baroque art hoard to pay inheritance tax bill
www.thetimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The counts of Vega Grande de Guadalupe settled their debt — estimated to be up to €5 million — by handing over works by Murillo and Giordano to the treasury
“The commode will not be entertained” #CalltheMidwife
February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
“The commode will not be entertained” #CalltheMidwife
Cees Nooteboom, who wrote the wonderful Roads to Santiago, has died aged 92 in Menorca.
Muere en Menorca el escritor holandés Cees Nooteboom a los 92 años dozz.es/nqip34
Muere en Menorca el escritor holandés Cees Nooteboom a los 92 años
dozz.es
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Cees Nooteboom, who wrote the wonderful Roads to Santiago, has died aged 92 in Menorca.
“More of a ritual than a lunch, neither the preparation of cocido, which can take days, nor its eating, which is done over ‘three vueltas [turns or courses]’, is for the lily-livered.” Cocido gets official recognition as a thing of cultural interest.
The Spanish stew that takes days to prepare — and centuries to savour
Cocido, Madrid’s renowned chickpea dish fit for champagne-quaffing kings as much as peasants, has been awarded protected cultural status
www.thetimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“More of a ritual than a lunch, neither the preparation of cocido, which can take days, nor its eating, which is done over ‘three vueltas [turns or courses]’, is for the lily-livered.” Cocido gets official recognition as a thing of cultural interest.
“”Velázquez and his wife were shocked when they learnt that their 14-year-old daughter had spent nights with Mazo, then 27 and working at the famed painter’s atelier in Madrid. The pair, it transpired, had secretly pledged themselves in marriage.”
www.thetimes.com/article/fd07...
www.thetimes.com/article/fd07...
Letters reveal Velázquez fought daughter’s marriage to his protégé
Long seen as having a discreet private life, the painter tried to separate his daughter from Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo after they exchanged vows in secret
www.thetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
“”Velázquez and his wife were shocked when they learnt that their 14-year-old daughter had spent nights with Mazo, then 27 and working at the famed painter’s atelier in Madrid. The pair, it transpired, had secretly pledged themselves in marriage.”
www.thetimes.com/article/fd07...
www.thetimes.com/article/fd07...
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2,000 year-old Roman ‘Beware of the Dog’ mosaic.
This good boy looks ready for walkies! 😍🐾
Chained black guard dog from the entry passage of the House of Orpheus, Pompeii.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
This good boy looks ready for walkies! 😍🐾
Chained black guard dog from the entry passage of the House of Orpheus, Pompeii.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
February 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
2,000 year-old Roman ‘Beware of the Dog’ mosaic.
This good boy looks ready for walkies! 😍🐾
Chained black guard dog from the entry passage of the House of Orpheus, Pompeii.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
This good boy looks ready for walkies! 😍🐾
Chained black guard dog from the entry passage of the House of Orpheus, Pompeii.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
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Keith Vaughan painted just twenty still life oil paintings over the course of his career. This work 'Pomegranate, Lemon, Cup,' painted in 1948, consists of a tabletop with a striped tablecloth and angular forms.
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Keith Vaughan painted just twenty still life oil paintings over the course of his career. This work 'Pomegranate, Lemon, Cup,' painted in 1948, consists of a tabletop with a striped tablecloth and angular forms.
Excellent command of the subjunctive in Spanish by Pine there #TheNightManager
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Excellent command of the subjunctive in Spanish by Pine there #TheNightManager
“You’ll do”
Valentine's cards for people who don't do soppy.
gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-cards
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“You’ll do”
Err… no thanks M&S
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Err… no thanks M&S
Just seen “brinner” (“night brunch” apparently) on a Spanish hotel website and it may only be Jan 2 but I don’t think I can go on.
January 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Just seen “brinner” (“night brunch” apparently) on a Spanish hotel website and it may only be Jan 2 but I don’t think I can go on.
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Cheered to see that the great Madrid tradition of the Broken Microwave Christmas Nativity Scene hasn't yet died out
January 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Cheered to see that the great Madrid tradition of the Broken Microwave Christmas Nativity Scene hasn't yet died out
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Saints Justa and Rufina in the 1660s, showing off their A+ tower. By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, born OTD in 1617.
December 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Saints Justa and Rufina in the 1660s, showing off their A+ tower. By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, born OTD in 1617.
Cecilia Giménez, who went viral in 2012 when she ‘restored’ the Ecce Homo painting in her local church, has died aged 94.
Cecilia Giménez, aficionada a la pintura, quiso restaurar el Ecce Hommo de su pueblo sin imaginar que su resultado lo haría mundialmente famoso y acabaría atrayendo a miles de visitantes a Borja. Ha fallecido a los 94 años
Muere Cecilia Giménez, la anciana que hizo famoso el Ecce Hommo de Borja
La mujer ha fallecido en la residencia donde vivía, según ha confirmado el alcalde de la localidad, Eduardo Arilla, a la SER
social.elpais.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Cecilia Giménez, who went viral in 2012 when she ‘restored’ the Ecce Homo painting in her local church, has died aged 94.
“Gaudí hadn’t really ever built anything, but when the ginger architect turned up, he fitted the bill” @secondmentions.bsky.social
How Britons cracked the conundrum of Gaudí’s ‘monstrous’ tower
After almost 150 years of construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is reaching completion, but its future once hung in the balance over its shaky foundations
www.thetimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“Gaudí hadn’t really ever built anything, but when the ginger architect turned up, he fitted the bill” @secondmentions.bsky.social
High tide at Three Cliffs Bay in Gower. Not tempted to have a dip.
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
High tide at Three Cliffs Bay in Gower. Not tempted to have a dip.
Duvet know it's Christmas? Brits share their temporary sleeping arrangements ahead of family festivities trib.al/Twe0nrf
Duvet know it's Christmas? Brits share festive sleeping arrangements
With an excitable dog, a distant cousin's new baby and old Aunt Joan all needing to fit under one roof this Christmas, people are having to get creative with their sleeping arrangements (pictured).
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Happy Christmas from a glorious Rhossili beach
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy Christmas from a glorious Rhossili beach
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Drawing close to the end of Richard Burton's Centenary Year make time for this... 😍🎄
#Wales
#RichardBurton100
youtu.be/SDdEvkQf9ko?...
#Wales
#RichardBurton100
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Richard Burton reads Dylan Thomas’ “A Child's Christmas in Wales” (1961 Recording)
YouTube video by Historic Films Stock Footage Archive
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December 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Drawing close to the end of Richard Burton's Centenary Year make time for this... 😍🎄
#Wales
#RichardBurton100
youtu.be/SDdEvkQf9ko?...
#Wales
#RichardBurton100
youtu.be/SDdEvkQf9ko?...
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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People who don’t believe there is such a thing as societal decline also have to answer why every day you go to the supermarket and more and more perfectly edible and enjoyable cheese is being ruined with pointless bits of dried fruit inside it.
December 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
People who don’t believe there is such a thing as societal decline also have to answer why every day you go to the supermarket and more and more perfectly edible and enjoyable cheese is being ruined with pointless bits of dried fruit inside it.
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