Three Spanish tennis players have won the most prestigious and important tennis tournament in the world, Wimbledon. The first Spanish to win was Manolo Santana in 1966, who defeated north-merican Dennis Ralston. After Manolo came a female player, Conchita... (read more)

The London Velodrome, located in the north of the Olympic Park is a really beautiful building that hosts Cycling Track competitions, in which England... (read more)

Petra Kvitova won the 2011 Wimbledon tennis tournament, one of the most important (if not the most important) tennis championship in the world,... (read more)

The US basketball olympic team competing in the 2012 London Olympics is perhaps one of the most powerful to have ever played in this torunament... (read more)

The 2012 Olympic Games in London are an excellent opportunity to become familiar with the sites where the major worlds records will be beaten and... (read more)

Spain is a favourite destination for many tourists, especially British, who find its sunny mediterranean beaches very attractive to escape the dull, grey weather. -In a Spanish restaurant, you must say first "una mesa para dos/tres/cuatro" (a table... (read more)

Whitlingham country Park is a nature reserve in the outskirts of Norwich, behind the train station. It's a really beautiful place consisting of... (read more)

Pablo Picasso is one of the most important and influential painters of the XX century. His most famous painting is the Guernica", which reflects the horror of the bombing of Guernica by the Nazi aviation in April 26th 1937. One of the curiosities of... (read more)

Apart from its literal meaning as "roll", the word "rollo" is very coloquial in Spanish (not in South America) and can mean several things. If you say: "tengo un rollo" or "estan enrollados" you are saying "I have an affair" or they are having an affair";... (read more)

Denmark national football team won the Eurocup once, in 1992 in Sweden, in a match against Germany for 2 - 0, with golas by Jensen and Wilford. The victory was particularly surpirising as Denmark qualified for the Eurocup in the last minute and nobody... (read more)

Guitarist Bob Welch (66) has been found dead today in his apartment in Tennessee. Welch was found by his wife with two shots in the chest and a note, so police suspects it is a suicide. Apparently, Welch committed suicide after spinal surgery, because... (read more)

Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos are two of the most important defenders in mega-rival teams FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. There are rumours that they dont get along well and how this could affect the atmosphere in the Spanish national team. Although rumours... (read more)

Tenerife is one of the main islands in the archipelago of the Canary Islands, situated off the coast of Morocco in the Atlantic sea. The island... (read more)

This week, Robert Air, a 56 years-old construction worker living in Edinburgh, died of a condition known as legionnaires' disease. But what exactly is the Legionnaires' disease? This disease is a very dangeorus and potentially fatal lung infection caused... (read more)

The 2000 years old Great Wall of China is one of the biggest constructions on earth, an inmense fortified wall crossing China from east to west... (read more)

Ray Bradbury is one of the most famous science-fiction writers of the 20th century. Sadly, he passed away today (May the 6th 2012) at the age of 91 in California. He is the author of one of the crucial science-fiction novels, Farenheit 451, in... (read more)

Although it is difficult to ascertain on what grounds one program is better than another, there is widespread consensus that the School of Literature... (read more)

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been in the eye of the storm recently for offensive comments on tax-dodging Greeks. Lagarde claimed she felt more... (read more)

After a couple of months out of the game for a serious liver transplant, few people believed Eric Abidal would ever be able to play football again.... (read more)

Norwich is a fine city situated in the east of England. It is probably the most important in the county of Norfolk. However, Norwich was even more... (read more)