This terrific image is by the photographer Alberto García-Alix, a selection of whose work is appearing at Madrid's Reina Sofia museum. The exhibition is called De donde no se vuelve (Where you don't return from - a great title) and features some of the finest images by the man thought of as the photographer to the movida. This photo says so much about the mix of old and new, traditional and avant-garde, crude and sophisticated, beautiful and ugly, false and authentic - I could go on - that is Madrid. It's called Tarde de San Isidro (San Isidro Evening).
Meanwhile, back at Spanish NewsBites, recent posts have dealt with cuisine, the Mexican singer Julieta Venegas and the fact that the future of the United States is looking considerably more Spanish-language based than the present.
We have also introduced a minor but significant change to Spanish NewsBites - we believe the font you are now reading, and the spacing of the text, should make Spanish NewsBites a more enjoyable online experience.
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