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PICNIC, p21 TABERNA CHICA, p9 TEMPLO DEL GATO, p13 TUPPERWARE, p21
Art & theatre listings
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9 CASA, SWEET CASA The secrets of finding a great
20 Concerts Our pick of this month’s gigs
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20 Album reviews
10 TONGUE TIES The best intercambios and where to find them 11 SMOOTH OPERATOR Improve the Madrid Metro map?
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CINEMA YELMO CINES IDEAL, 23
The best new music releases
21 Nightlife
FROZEN YOGURT CHERRY POP FROZEN YOGURT, p7
The most up-to-date clubbing guide
Design comes under academic scrutiny
12 THE MYTH OF THE MADRILEÑO DIET Fresh fruit and veg? Or more fat-soaked churros?
14 TURF GOING Horse racing
books and movies 22 Film Focus Coming pronto 22 Movie reviews New releases on the big screen
23 Book Buzz
drama at Madrid’s Hipódromo
HEALTH ASHTANGA YOGA, p13 AZUARA DENTAL, p12 CLINICA DENTAL CISNE, p26 YOMMANA THAI MASSAGE, inside front
JOB OFFERS See Service Guide for job offers, p27-28
New titles for your shelf
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19 GRABBED BY THE DANDIES Interview with The Dandy Warhols
DUBLINERS, p23 FINBAR’S, p7 IRISH ROVER, p5 O’NEILL’S, inside front TRISKEL TAVERN, p9
13 Food & Drink ¡GOOD GRIFO!, ¡POUR FAVOR! RESTAURANTS
24 OUT ON THE TOWN Madrid nightlife caught on camera
14 5 Great Places to Buy... ECOLOGICALLY
ARTEMISA, p12 EL ESTRAGÓN, p13 MIL Y UNA NOCHES, p12 TAJ, p12 See Restaurant Guide, p25
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t’s a frustrating time of year. If you managed to get editor’s note away for a break, all your holiday relaxation and calmness probably disappeared during your stressful car, plane or train journey home. It’s back to the grind of the city. tel: 91 523 30 91 What can you do? Well, you could do worse than email: indulge in this month’s InMadrid, which we’re convinced editor@in-madrid.com will distract from post-holiday blues, or even cure them. Natalia Diaz takes a close look at Intercambios (P10), Dr Max Roberts tells us about his revolutionary new design for the Madrid Metro (P11) whilst iPhone apps are scrutinised by Andrew Sheehan (P17). If your looking for new accommodation, Vicky Knill gives a lighthearted, yet sometimes terrifying, assessment of the risks (P9), and Sonja Martin examines the truth about the Madrileño diet (P12). All that, plus the Dandy Warhols (P19), our Liga football review (P15), and more. Holidays? Who needs ‘em! (Actually, don’t answer that.)
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Fat free, low calorie, and delicious? Frozen yogurt storms Madrid. For a new way to combat the heat, Cherry Pop, Madrid’s first and only self-service frozen yogurt bar, has recently opened its doors in c/Postas, 26, near the Plaza Mayor. The almost edible Cherry Pop shop Flavours on offer are changed regularly, and current temptations include vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and must-try original. The omega 3 frozen yogurts are fat free and low calorie, and to add to the pleasure you can choose from more than 25 toppings, including fruits, cereals, sweets and candies. Price depends on the weight of the cup, calculated at 1.50 per 100 grams, making an average cup cost of 2.50- 3.00. There’s also a take-away service if you want to stroll and indulge at the same time. Cherry Pop Frozen Yogurt Bar, c/Postas, 26 (Metro: Sol). Sun–Thur 12am12pm, Fri and Sat 12-1am. See www.cherrypopmadrid.com/
Design fair Nomada Market, Madrid. Spanish fashion aficionados will be in their element at this fashion fair, which includes 150 fashion and accessories designers exhibiting and selling their cutting-edge creations in a former textile warehouse in the heart of Madrid. Design Fair, Nomad Market, c/Atocha, 24 (Metro: Tirso de Molina) . 1-3 October. Entrance: 1. www.nomadamarket.com
La Noche en Blanco 2010 Undoubtedly the big event on the Madrid calendar this month is the 5th annual ‘La Noche en Blanco’. For one night, the city’s streets will be packed with over a hundred outdoor activities and art projects, and venues will stay open all night for events and concerts. The architectural collective Basurama is the guest curator this year, under the theme ‘Hagan juego!’ (Let the Games Begin!). In addition to artists and groups invited by Basurama, 200 institutions, including the Reina Sofia, Museo ThyssenBornemisza, Caixa Forum and Teatro Compac Gran Via, are offering their own activities. Events include everything from outdoor opera, such as a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin by the Moscow’s Bolshoi theatre in Plaza de Oriente, to a dance and electro allnight session as part of The Festival of Music and New Technologies at the Paraninfo de la Ciudad Universitaria. And don’t forget there’s a feast of late night cinema at venues such as Círculo de Bellas Artes too. La Noche en Mosaik Blanco. 11 September. Various venues, times and prices. See www.esmadrid.com/lanocheenblanco
Días Nordicas Originating in Madrid, this is the first multidisciplinary festival dedicated to the cultural scene in the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. For two months from 14 September in venues around the city, Nordic music from artists such as Kaspar (Finland), Jonathan Johansson (Sweden), Murder (Denmark), Moddi (Norway), José González (Sweden), and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (Sweden) will be showcased, in addition to film screenings and presentation of the best Nordic art magazines, design, fashion, literature, photography and trends. Días Nordicas. Various dates and venues from 14 September. See www.diasnordicos.com
Nomada Market in full swing
The Mad Open Mic Captured Words is fast becoming an institution amongst Madrid’s literary types. In this supportive forum new and established writers of different nationalities showcase their English language works such as stand up monologues, poetry, short stories, essays, spoken lyrics and novel extracts. Come to present your own creations or just to listen. Held at Cafe Concierto La Fídula in Madrid’s literary quarter, one time
Giggling Guiri Comedy Club: Jimeoin & Ticket Competitions If you’re missing Anglophone humour check out Irish Australian-based comedian Jimeoin, who after a great run at the recent Edinburgh Festival, this month plays Madrid’s Teatro Alfil for one night only. His disarmingly relaxed, cheeky and sometimes surreal sense of humour has led to him perform sell-out tours to audiences around the world. Win two tickets to the show by sending us an email to competitions@in-madrid.com telling us why you’d like to go. Giggling Guiri are also giving one lucky subscriber to their newsletter the chance to win The Giggling Guiri Golden Ticket, which gives VIP free entrance to all of next season’s shows. To find out more about the prize check out their website. Jimeoin, Teatro Alfil, c/Pez, 10 (Metro: Noviciado). 19 Sept, 8.30pm. Tickets 17 (Presale), 20 (Box office) www.comedyinspain.com
III Festival Internacional de DanzaMiradas al cuerpo Madrid’s Teatro Lagrada hosts this dance spectacular, which includes performances from acclaimed dancers and choreographers such as Jesus Rubio, Blanca Pulungan, Cristina Andreu, Arthur Bernard, Laura Mirables and Susana Romera. III Festival Internacional De Danza. Teatro Lagrada, c/Ercilla, 20 (Metro: Embajadores ). 2 September–3 October. Tickets 12. www.teatrolagrada.com
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stomping ground of literary greats from Cervantes to Hemingway, this is the perfect place to get the creative juices flowing. VI Mad Open Mic, Café Concierto La Fídula, c/Huertas, 57 (Metro: Anton Martin, Sevilla, Banco de Espana). 5 October, 9pm. Free. To register and for further information see www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm
Feria Flamenca This is Madrid’s first fair devoted entirely to the artistic contributions of flamenco, from singing, playing and dancing to its unique fashion and gastronomy. Wines will be available, and both horse and fashion shows will be staged. The fair also offers a chance to see craftsmen specialising in making instruments such as guitars and soundboxes, and if you want to try your hand at some flamenco there will be opportunities for guitar, percussion and dancing lessons. Feria Flamenca. Plaza de Agustín Lara (Metro: Lavapiés). 3-5 September, 12pm –12am. Free.
II Japan Weekend, Madrid
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For those intrigued by the land of the rising sun this weekend devoted to Japanese culture is a must. Enjoy illustration workshops, Japanese classes, karaoke sessions and games for all ages, competitions as well as talks about travelling in Japan. Manga, video games, new technologies and ancient traditions also abound. II Japan Weekend, Pabellón de La Pipa 4, Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo, Avenida de Portugal s/n (Metro: Alto de Extremadura/Lago). 24–26 September. See www.japanweekendmadrid.net
Circo sobre hielo de Moscú For the first time, the Circo sobre hielo de Moscú, or Moscow Circus on Ice if you prefer, comes to Spain. Imagine all the circus traditions, from gymnasts to jugglers and clowns, but performed on skates, in a genuinely spectacular show that merges ballet, ice-skating and acrobatics. Circo sobre hielo de Moscú. Teatro Compac Gran Via, C/Gran Vía, 66 (Metro: Plaza de Moscow Circus on Ice España/Callao). Until 12 September. Tues-Fri 8.30pm, Sat 7pm & 10.30pm, Sun 7pm. Prices from 20. See www.gruposmedia.com
Malajes @ III Festival Internacional de Danza
Music Festival Sintonitzza Festival, Parco D’Europa, Barcelona. Artists include Standstill, Los Coronas, Arizona Baby, Nueva Vulcano, Cápsula, Mujeres, Devito and Top Models. Sintonitzza Festival, Parc D’ Europa, Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Barcelona. 3–4 September. Entrance: Free. www.myspace.com/sintonitzzafestival
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Ten rejected solutions to Spain’s economic problems
There’s no doubt about it, the Spanish economy is in trouble. But fear not! Zapatero and co have been busy racking their brains to come up with some solutions. Vicky Knill uncovers a few ideas that didn’t make the cut...
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Spanish food industry to be propped up through compulsory eating of jamón five times a day. Wait a minute... José Mourinho to be made finance minister.
Madrid to be knocked down and rebuilt every day to boost the ailing construction industry—see new metro ad for details. 10 per cent tax on sun cream, 20 per cent tax on sunburn. British holidaymakers on the Costa del Sol expected to balance the budget deficit within six months.
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WIN TICKETS TO THE CINEMA! In the 1997 blockbuster The Saint, star Val Kilmer alleges that Vicente Ferrer was “a saint who betrayed his best friend”. While this may be an exaggeration, there is a certain truth in the statement. Born in Valencia in 1350 to a Spanish mother and English father, Vicente Ferrer was a Dominican missionary who travelled throughout Europe converting nonbelievers and generally doing good. During his time, the Papacy was located in Avignon in southern France, rather than Rome, and there was controversy about the legitimacy of the Avignonese pope, Benedict XIII. While Rome was vying for the Papacy once more with its own pope, our man Vince remained a staunch supporter of the Avignon camp. However, Vicente felt the dispute had to end and ultimately betrayed Benedict XIII (later deemed an Antipope) in favour of the other guy. Vicente Ferrer died in Brittany, France in 1419 and as well as having a Malasaña street named after him, he is also the patron saint of builders and plumbers. ■ MARCO SÁNCHEZ
Every month InMadrid is giving away FREE PASSES for two people to the Ideal Cinema in Plaza Benavente, Madrid’s premier VO cinema where you can see all the latest flicks in English. To claim yours simply send us a photo of somebody reading InMadrid in an unusual place. Happy snapping! Note: Winners will not be notified. Get in touch if you win to claim your passes! Send entries to competitions@in-madrid.com. Here is this month’s winner: Sara Galdós’ grandson Gabriel proves that InMadrid is just the tastiest magazine out there
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Es más pesado que una vaca en brazos Literal meaning: Heavier than a cow in arms Use this phrase to qualify exactly how annoying or tiresome a person is. It really just means that someone is very annoying, or simply that they suck. But what makes it so incredible is the bizarre mental image it evokes. You picture yourself in vain trying to balance one of those enormous black Ventas bulls in your arms and collapsing under its weight. Though the saying sounds childish it is effective because it goes for straight exaggeration, thereby highlighting the ridiculousness of the targeted person. You’re sure to have no shortage of occasions to use this phrase on a daily basis in Spain, so make sure you remember it for the next person who pisses you off. ■ MARCO SÁNCHEZ
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¡Viva España! Fairy Tales is two years old and in order to honour this second anniversary I have a confession to make: I was wrong. On July 4, Madrid turned gay and the clever organizers of Pride once again planned the event a week after the entire world had already paid homage to the Stonewall uprising of June 28, 1969. Millions of gays, proud as peacocks, were brought together to turn Gran Vía into a street party that would put to shame Sydney’s renowned Mardi Gras. After last year’s debacle (see Fairy Tales, August 2009), I wasn’t really looking forward to having the city invaded once more by muscle Marys and Lady Gaga impersonators. To my surprise though, on seeing Gran Vía drowning in a sea of topless hunks and naked naiads, I felt exhilarated. With the combination of bare flesh, booze and classic Spanish tunes electrifying the city, I had to stand still for a moment and let it wash over me. I was proud. Proud to live in a city that could bring people together in such a way that races, ages and religions didn’t matter, all that mattered was having a good time. It was like the recession had never happened. People were dancing with strangers, throwing buckets of water from balconies, getting wet, getting it on and blowing their vuvuzelas. Add to that La Roja’s victory in the semi final of the World Cup and you get an unforgettable night of pure madness. The parade always ends with a show on Plaza España. They had begged Lady Gaga to come but she ignored their desperation. Instead, Kylie was to perform for free. Whatever you may think of Kylie, there is one thing that’s for sure: she has never let a gay down. We waited for nearly three hours and were fed secondary acts like Daniel Diges and his algo pequeñito, a whole bunch of Operación Triunfo leftovers and–hold your horses–the Vengaboys! Remember them? The nineties’ biggest mistake that rolled into town on a bus with cowboy hats. Well, they are back with, according to them, the gayest single IN THE WORLD! Shoot me now, please! I feared the crowd would lose it, storm the palace and start decapitating Royals but they waited patiently and so did I. The Vengaboys finally cleared the stage to the faintest applause and moments later the other Queen of Pop herself stepped onto it, the crowd’s welcoming roar literally shaking Cervantes. I only saw glimpses of her but I didn’t care. Surrounded by friendly Spaniards that shared their drinks with me, I danced and screamed and had the time of my life like the other three million people that were there. Never before had I seen such a humongous crowd peacefully playing together. This is what makes Madrid the unique place that it is; under a blasting sun that never tires, the Spaniards will hand you a drink, smile and chat with you till the early hours of the morning and if you play your cards right you might even get to shag one. ¡VIVA ESPAÑA! Barely a week later, all the bars in Chueca had plasma screens and the queens had turned into football fans. Spain won the World Cup, my face was red and yellow, and it was time to celebrate and take on the streets yet again. ¡QUE VIVA ESPAÑA! To read more Fairy Tales: www.jerome-apolda.com
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See some 2nd division football at Alcorcón. The club were promoted last season and will now be looking at La Liga.
Marty Delfín dissects the past month’s news headlines
Socialist race in Madrid The elections are still a year away but the battle for Madrid has begun among the PSOE rank and file. The question is: who is going to be given the task to try to unseat the Popular Party’s top brass regional premier Esperanza Aguirre? Since 2007 when he won the Tomás Gómez (CC) flickr: chesi-fotoscc post of Secretary General of the Madrid Socialist Party (PSM), Tomás Gómez has made it more than clear that he believes the nomination is his. Gómez´s adamant stance has forced some Socialist leaders, who don’t want him, to try quietly to convince him to step aside, not least because Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has made up his own mind. Trinidad Jiménez, the Health Minister and one of the more popular figures inside and outside the party, appears she well may be on her way to becoming the Socialist candidate in the regional elections next May. A primary will be held on October 3 and the Socialists have been asked by both camps to remain neutral in this battle, but there hasn’t been any impartiality with Zapatero who threw in his support for Jiménez, and for Jaime Lissavetzky, the Secretary of State for Sports, to run against Madrid ’s popular mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón of the PP. The Prime Minister has an obligation to support Jiménez, who helped him to get where he is today. The 47-year-old Málaga native was one of the founders of Nuevo Vía (New Way), which in 2003 helped Zapatero win the PSOE leadership. She served as a councillor in Madrid and Secretary of State for Ibero-American affairs for three years before she was given the job as Health Minister in 2009. According to polls, her popularity grew following last winter’s pandemonium over the swine flu epidemic; it was Jiménez who calmed the country’s fears and ensured there were enough vaccines to go round. She remains one of the top four PSOE national leaders most admired by party supporters. But Gómez’s own popularity isn’t lagging. Born in the Netherlands to Spanish emigrants, the 42 year-old politician served as mayor of the Madrid suburb of Parla from 1999-2008. He has garnered the title of the most voted mayor in Spain, capturing more than 73 percent of the popular vote during his two re-elections in 2003 and 2007. He stepped down as mayor to assume the PSM leadership. Gómez, who is said to have the support of the Socialist mayors who serve in the Madrid suburbs,
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hasn’t said what he will do following Zapatero’s comments. At the time of going to press, he has not made any statements about Zapatero’s public assessments and it is expected he will meet with the Prime Minister before announcing his decision on whether to step aside or wage an internal struggle. Jiménez is favoured over Gómez in internal polls. But the PSM Secretary General has cried foul at the national party for conducting and releasing these surveys weeks before Jiménez threw her hat in the ring. It appears this will be a bitter primary.
Michelle’s visit US First Lady Michelle Obama faced a barrage of criticism in the United States for taking a Costa del Sol holiday at the expense of US taxpayers. Boisterous chat from conservative television commentators and bloggers have centred on why the First Lady and her daughter opted for an expensive vacation–without her husband–at a time when Washington is looking at belt-tightening measures. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Mrs Obama travelled with a handful of Michelle Obama wiki friends–three women and four daughters who all paid their own way–and not 40 people as some news outlets have quoted. One of Michelle Obama’s friends from Chicago, Anita Blanchard, an obstetrician who delivered both Obama girls and whose husband was treasurer of President Obama’s campaign fund, was the catalyst for the Spanish trip. The newspaper quotes a White House source as saying Blanchard had lost her father in July and Mrs Obama was unable to attend the funeral. She had promised her own daughter a trip to Spain and asked the First Lady to tag along
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with Sasha (Maila, the First Lady’s other daughter was away at summer camp). “She felt this was important as a friend to do this,” the source said. Security concerns were given as the reason she stayed at the lavish five-star Villa Padierna Hotel, with US Secret Service agents stating that it was the best choice in order to secure its area. The noise over Mrs Obama’s Spanish holiday is blowing over in the United States now that campaigning is in full swing over midterm elections.
Heightened tensions Tensions between Morocco and Spain over security incidents reported in Melilla heightened last month pushing King Juan Carlos to phone Moroccan King Mohammed VI to assure him of the “excellent relations” the two countries hold. According to palace sources, King Juan Carlos asked Mohamed VI not to allow “these small incidents,” which have evoked a wave of protest by Moroccan authorities, to damage the relations between the two countries. Civil organizations and a group which seeks freeing the enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta from Spain’s control barricaded the road leading to Melilla, keeping supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables from entering. Tensions flared when reports surfaced of “police beatings” and “aggressions” against young Moroccans by Spanish police on the Melilla border. On August 2, Rabat called in Spain’s ambassador to give an explanation, but the Spanish Foreign Ministry said that it didn’t concur with Morocco’s version and lamented that these episodes had been “singled out.” After Moroccan authorities reported two new incidents of Spanish police beatings of its citizens near Melilla, Rabat demanded “precise answers” to its complaints. At the time of going to press, Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba was set to Mohammed VI Morocco wiki agencia brasil visit Morocco.
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Salamanca In the third of our guides to the barrios of Madrid, Briana Palma spills the beans about exclusive and up-market Salamanca
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nown as Madrid’s poshest, or más pijo, neighbourhood, Salamanca is mainly a tranquil residential area, but also houses plenty of chic stores and bars on its pleasant streets. Stretching out across about five square kilometres, it boasts some of the capital’s most recognizable landmarks, like the Puerta de Alcalá, as well as numerous hidden treasures. It’s the perfect place to mingle with locals, peer into gorgeous shop windows and hit popular restaurants where those in the know go to see and be seen.
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Where is it? Getting off at metro stops Goya, Nuñez de Balboa, Serrano or Velázquez, and exploring the streets of the same names, you’ll find yourself in the heart of Salamanca, although officially the district extends far beyond this area. Paseo de la Castellana, between Gregorio Marañon and Cibeles, marks its western limit, and it extends in an eastern direction all the way to Avenida de la Paz, finishing with two green spaces, Parque de Berlin and Parque Fuente del Berro.
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What’s it like? As suggested by the names of major streets and metro stops, Spanish art and culture thrive in this part of the city. The area boasts a number of spaces with impressive exhibitions and collections, like the Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, a mansion-turned-museum that epitomizes the luxurious spirit of Salamanca. And the air of exclusivity doesn’t lessen as you walk south down Serrano. The street—and several others in the area close to the Castellana—gives you the sensation of having received an invitation to Madrid Fashion Week, as you’re sure to cross paths with premiere design houses like Loewe, Prada and Burberry. These elegant tree-lined blocks are pedestrian-friendly, and in the warmth of summertime their trendy terrazas fill with people. While Spain’s relaxed outlook on life can be seen on these fashionable streets, head to the opposite side of the barrio to witness another Spanish tradition at Madrid’s famous bullring, Ventas.
History The wealth and beauty of today’s Salamanca is no coincidence. In the mid1800s, the barrio was developed by, and thus took the name of, the Marquis of Salamanca, one of the wealthiest men in Spain at the time.
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(Lopez de Hoyos, 25) falls just outside the official area of the district, it attracts the barrio’s young, chic crowd with top US and British tunes.
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While Salamanca has its fair share of typical tapas bars (walk down Juan Bravo if that’s your fancy), many restaurants in the area take a chic approach to eating out, even if serving up traditional Spanish fare. You can find one of the hot spots of the moment, Flash Flash Tortillería, tucked away at Nuñez de Balboa, 75. The modern Banksy-esque decor attracts a posh crowd that fills up on about forty varieties of tortilla. If you’re looking for a more upscale spot, try El Paraguas (Jorge Juan, 16), an elegant locale offering the best of Asturias. Or, take a break from the national cuisine at Acquafredda (Maldonado, 15), a restaurant and gourmet shop featuring homemade Italian specialties, like fresh pastas, deli meats and not-to-be-missed oversized Sicilian cannoli.
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Best shops High fashion may reign over the streets of Salamanca, but that’s not all you’ll find here. Women’s boutique Mania (Serrano, 92) sells quality midrange clothes and accessories, allowing you to indulge your sartorial side without emptying your bank account. Oenophiles (wine lovers) will rejoice upon encountering Lavinia (José Ortega y Gasset, 16), a wine shop with a huge stock of international bottles, as well as a discount bin and tasting station. If you pick up a dessert wine, or just have a craving for sweets, then stop in at Cupcake Madrid (Velázquez, 126) a recently opened bakery that sells delicious American-style treats. And for those who prefer to save up to see the world, check out De Viaje (Serrano, 41). This travellers’ heaven doubles as an agency and specialty bookstore, offering guides in many languages as well as travel literature.
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After he made his home (currently the Fundación BBVA) on Recoletos, the Marquis helped transform the area into Madrid’s aristocratic neighbourhood. A real estate pioneer, he constructed a series of buildings that included interior gardens and were among the first in the city to feature running water and electricity. One of Spain’s foremost poets, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, lived at Claudio Coello 25, and is said to have enjoyed one of the gardens from its windows. Other aristocrats made their homes in lavish mansions, many of which still stand today. The stunning, French baroque style Italian Embassy once belonged to the Marquis of Amboage while cultural institution Casa de America was the residence of the Marques de Linares. The district eventually extended, but nevertheless the elite stayed closer to the Castellana, with Principe de Vergara dividing them from the less wealthy crowd that moved into the neighbourhoods to the east.
Angela González-Mateos, 23 Occupation: Assistant publicist “I like to go shopping [in Salamanca] because there are so Photo: InMadrid many possibilities, both at the level of franchises like Mango and Zara—you have all of those here—as well as shops with more specialty items.”
Anything else? According to legend, in the days when Retiro had a zoo, its famous elephant Pizarro escaped during a morning bath, stomping into Barrio Salamanca, where he devoured all the bread and pastries in a bakery on Alcalá.
House prices Probably amongst the most expensive in Madrid. Single rented room in a shared house: about €395 a month. Two-bed flat to buy: about €525,000.
Best bars For a typical Salamanca weekend experience, dress to the nines and start your night at Ramses (Plaza de la Independencia, 4), a posh cocktail bar designed by famous French architect Phillipe Starck. Another local favourite is Sky Night (Avenida de America, 41), where you can sip on a drink at the top of the 13 stories of the ritzy Hotel Puerta America. If you prefer a more casual atmosphere, head to Bo Finn (Velázquez, 97), an Irish pub with a friendly staff, big screen televisions for watching sports games, and billiards to pass the time. Of course, a night out in Salamanca isn’t complete without hours of dancing at a night club. Though Nell’s T H E E N G L I S H - L A N G U A G E M O N T H LY
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English-speaking services
Lost in translation? Flounder like fish out of water after exchanging “buenos dias” in a Spanish establishment? Fear not—Amy Bell has found some businesses where speaking English is not quite so much of a curse
BANKS You’ll find a lot of banks in the city centre will have at least one member of staff who can speak English, but the following are a couple of definites:
Clinica Dental Cisne
are reasonable. C/Jesus del Valle, 27 (Metro
Dr Ian Daniel is a British dental surgeon offering all types of treatments including advanced orthodontics. C/Magallanes, 18 (Metro:
Sally Whitmore
Tribunal). Tel: 664 748 325 www.sunsetsalon.es
Here you find English-speaking staff as well as special services designed for international customers. C/Serrano, 90 (Metro: Ruben Dario). Tel:
Dr Milo Garcia Tempone
91 520 99 00 www.lloydstsb.es
Prosperidad, 3 (Metro: Prosperidad). Tel: 91 415 81 97 om www.clinicadentalplazaprosperidad.co
British mobile hairdresser Sally formerly worked for Trevor Sorbie in London. She offers a full range of hairdressing services for men, women and children, including perms and tints in the comfort of your own home. Popular and very busy so leave plenty of time to secure an appointment. Tel: 91 842 54 43
This is a good bank to go to if you want to set up an account in Spain as they are used to dealing with non-Spanish speaking customers. Hint: Try to find Demetrio.
Dr Eduardo Fernandez Blanco
No Te Cortes
An Australian dentist who has a good reputation within the English-speaking community. C/Avenida de America, 4 (Metro: Diego
C/Bravo Murillo, 79 (Metro: Cuatro Caminos). Tel: 91 536 95 45 www.ibercaja.es
de Leon). Tel: 91 725 21 72
Small but friendly and very reasonably priced. Stylist Miguel speaks English and listens patiently while you explain exactly what you want. C/Olivar, 31 (Metro: Lavapiés) Tel:
Quevedo). Tel: 91 446 32 21 www.clinicadentalcisne.com
Lloyds TSB Dental clinic with English-speaking staff offering a wide range of treatments. Plaza de
IberCaja
91 539 43 20
DOCTORS
GYM
Centros de salud are local health centres which offer free consultations to EU citizens, providing you have a Spanish medical card or a European Health Insurance card. NonEU citizens must have health insurance from their own country.
Opera Gym
Centro de Salud Argüelles
91 547 26 68 www.operagym.com
Grupo Segestion
LAWYERS
Labour, taxation, book-keeping, legal, risk prevention, management and environmentrelated services. Spanish, English, French and German spoken. C/Alfonso XII, 50, 1 izda
Michael Soul & Associates
(Metro: Retiro). Tel: 91 350 90 06
An International law firm offering a bilingual service with dual-qualified lawyers specialising in Spanish and European law. C/Jose Ortega y Gasset, 34, 1B (Metro: Nuñez de Balboa). Tel: 91 435 12 69 www.spanishlawyers.co.u uk
LIBRARIES
This gym draws a large international crowd, as Executive Director Juan Antonio speaks fluent English and is available as a personal trainer. There is an initiation fee, and discounts are offered, as well as day passes for 8. C/Formento, 3 (Metro: Santo Domingo). Tel:
This health centre is one of the few which has an English-speaking doctor there in the afternoons. C/Quintana, 11 (Metro: Argüelles). Tel: 91 559 02 23
Unidad Medica Anglo-Americana Private health centre where all staff speak English. Offers a variety of services, including specialists such as dentists, surgeons and psychologists. C/Conde de Aranda, 1 (Metro: Retiro). Tel: 91 435 18 23 www.unidadmedica.com
OPTICIANS Centro Optico Larreta
Dr Niko Mihic Private medical unit created specifically to meet the healthcare needs of the expatriate community. Certified in Internal Medicine in Quebec, General Practitioner Dr Niko Mihic speaks English and works in both C/ Velázquez and Pozuelo de Alarcon. C/Velázquez, 25 (Metro: Velázquez) and Avda Europa, 1 (Pozuelo). Tel: 617 041 936 www.madridhealthceenter.com/
DENTISTS Dentistry is not covered by EU health insurance, so private rates apply.
Opticians who provide glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses. Basic English is spoken.
GESTORÏAS
C/Enrique Larreta, 9 (Metro: Plaza Castilla). Tel: 91 733 43 66 www.centroopticolarreta.com
If you’ve ever had to deal with Spanish bureaucracy, you’re probably aware that it’s easy to get caught up in all the red tape. A gestor acts as a middle-man between you and various official organisations, negotiating with them so that you don’t have to. The fee is not usually too bad, and it’s often worth paying instead of trying to do it yourself, especially if your Spanish isn’t fluent.
HAIRDRESSERS Unless you speak tip-top Spanish, whatever haircut you have visualised when you enter a Madrid salon is likely to be completely lost in translation as you try to explain it to your hairdresser. An hour later you emerge with a Bon Jovi-style mullet, when all you really wanted was los puntos trimming. Better to try one of these English-speaking hairdressers instead:
(Metro: Canillas). Tel: 91 300 11 70 www.azuaradental.es
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Gestoría Cavanna Specialises in taxation and employment law. C/ Hermosilla, 4 (Metro: Colón). Tel: 91 431 86 67
British Council The British Council study centre has a library where you can find an excellent selection of English books, newspapers and DVDs. Membership fee is 15 per month. C/Paseo del General Martinez Campos, 31 (Metro: Iglesia). Tel: 91 337 35 00 www.britishcouncil.es
Biblioteca Pública Manuel Alvar If you’re looking for films and music, head to this public library for a collection of over 7,000 titles. Free membership card given if you present your resident ID or passport. C/Azcona, 42 (Metro: Diego de León). Tel: 91 726 37 01
The International Institute Gestoría Calvo Canga A general gestoría dealing with labour law, tax and accounts, and residency. C/Serrano, 27 (Metro: Serrano). Tel: 91 557 07 09
Azuara Dental Clinic English-speaking dental clinic providing a wide variety of services. C/El Algabeño, 51
St. George’s
A beautiful old building near Paseo de la Castellana, holding a large selection of books, music and films in both English and Spanish. There is a WiFi area and activities such as reading groups are also organised. Membership fee is 10 per month. C/Miguel Angel, 8 (Metro:
Salon Sunset
Ruben Dario). Tel: 91 308 16 74 www.iie.es
Owned by Nicole, an American hairdresser who trained and taught at Vidal Sassoon in San Francisco. She has a mixed clientele of English and Spanish speakers, and prices
CHURCHES Our Lady of Mercy
Useful numbers
English-speaking Catholic church which has mass in English every Sunday at 11am.
Emergencies: 112
C/Avenida Alfonso XIII, 165 (Metro: Pío XII). Tel: 91 416 90 09 www.ourladyofmercy.info
Embassies
St George’s Church of Madrid
America: 91 587 22 00 Australia: 91 353 66 00 Britain: 91 700 82 00 Canada: 91 382 8400 Ireland: 91 436 40 93 New Zealand: 91 523 02 26
Everyone is welcome at St George’s Anglican/Episcopalian Sunday services, held at 8.30,10 and 11.15am. C/Nuñez de Balboa, 43 (Metro: Velázquez). Tel: 91 576 51 09 www.stgeorgesmadrid.com
Tourist Police: Madrid central police station has a multi-lingual service catering specifically to the needs of visitors and non-Spanish speakers. C/Leganitos, 19 (Metro: Santo Domingo). Tel: 91 548 85 37
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Casa, sweet casa What’s the key to finding a great place to live in Madrid? Vicky Knill opens the door on the priorities, ploys and pitfalls
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K, so you’ve got your NIE, you’ve got a job or a place on a course, and you’ve also got a hangover and some large comedy specs that you don’t remember buying. Now there’s only one more thing you need to become a real Madrileño... a place to live! Finding accommodation in the city can be tough, especially in September and October, when competition for rooms and flats is at its most intense. So what’s the best plan, and the important considerations, when finding a place to call your own?
The search begins Your first port of call, I’m not ashamed to say, should be the InMadrid magazine and website, where you can find numerous classified ads for accommodation all over the city. With these, there is a good chance that at least one person living in a shared flat speaks English, which is a big advantage if your Spanish isn’t too fluent. The web also offers a large number of helpful sites, of which idealista.com and madrid.loquo.com are perhaps the most popular, but you´ll find a full list at the end of this article.
all on the other side of the city. If possible, teachers should try to find out where their classes are going to be located. For any job though a minimum amount of time spent travelling is a benefit, so it pays to check the nearest bus stops and Metro stations, and their respective routes and lines. Inevitably, you’re also going to want to experience life in Madrid too. “The city centre is the most in-demand area for rent,” advises Francisco Iñareta, of Idealista, “but La Latina, Malasaña and Chueca are good options for those who want to discover La Vida Madrileña”. When searching, most people have similar criteria–large, cheap, spacious, close to the city centre, fantastic-looking man or woman in bathrobe regularly visible in window opposite–so it’s important to prioritise and compromise. It’s unlikely that you will find a flat or room that meets all your criteria; think about what factors are the most important for you. Although Madrid is generally a very safe city, there are some areas which are less safe than others. If accommodation seems unbelievably cheap, ask a Spanish friend about the area. If they back away, shaking their heads and making the sign of the cross, it might be better to look elsewhere.
Apartment pals
The classified ad section at inmadrid.com is a great place to start. You’ll find lots of flats for rent with descriptions in English. You can sort by price too.
The sit-back-and-relax option If you want to take the weight off your shoulders, Innova Housing and Property Group have been growing their business of helping new arrivals (and old hands) find the perfect accommodation. The company’s staff are fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, and promise to get you housed in the shortest possible time—sometimes the same or next day. They will also meet with you and your new landlord to carefully go through your contract, help with utilities, phones and internet, and any other accommodation-related problems you may have. Their website (www.innovate.es), includes search facilities. The cost is very reasonable—somewhere between two and four weeks’ rent. Plus, of course, you’ll want to buy them a beer when the job’s done.
Finance and furniture Monthly rent depends on a variety of factors, not least the size of the flat or room, the location, and if sharing, the number of people you’re sharing with. According to idealista.com, the average price for renting a room in Madrid is about 360. The city centre tends to be the most expensive, averaging 396 a month, while Villaverde is among the cheapest at 287. For those wishing to live on their own, the average cost of a furnished studio flat is 12 per square metre, which generally amounts to a minimum monthly cost of 600. If you’re thinking of staying long-term, it is possible to find good deals on unfurnished flats so it’s worth shopping around. However, remember that “unfurnished” in Spain often means “without anything except some walls and a roof”. You usually have to buy everything yourself, from light fittings to domestic appliances. Also, for any accommodation, you will have to pay a deposit. This can vary, but it’s is normally about one month’s rent. For self-contained flats it can be more, so it’s a good idea to find out before you go to view. Some landlords have been known to ask for as much as five or six months deposit–be cautious, as assuming you leave everything as you found it, whatever you part with should be returned to you at the end of your term. Another factor is bills, which may or may not be included in the rent. Always ask the landlord or current tenants about this cost, which usually averages around 30 per month.
Location location location Without a doubt, the most important factor here is convenience, especially if you plan to travel by bus or Metro. Many extranjeros work as English teachers, and one key mistake that many newcomers make is choosing a flat or room that’s close to their academy, only to discover that their classes are T H E E N G L I S H - L A N G U A G E M O N T H LY
Meet Diego. He hasn’t washed in a year, he hears voices, he likes to cuddle... and he’s your new flatmate! In reality, most flatmates are perfectly nice, but for every angel, every one of us has a story of a complete and utter demon. On a personal note, I had a housemate who was tipped over the edge by me selfishly taking a shower at 9am every day and “walking to the bathroom”. I have no idea how I was meant to get to the bathroom without the aggravating walk, but I like to think it was by cartwheeling. When sharing, think about your choice of flatmate carefully. In many ways, sharing a flat is like a marriage–those little quirks that keep you amused and interested at first can, six months down the line, lead to you walking slowly with knife in hand towards your new friend. Viewing in the evening not only increases the chances of meeting all the potential new flatmates, but also means that you’re more likely to see if there are any problems with noise or neighbours. Try to find out how long some of the existing sharers have been there–a rapid turnover of people is probably not a good sign. Trust your instincts about people you don’t know, and if you can’t satisfy enough of your doubts, it’s safer to say “no” than “yes”. Don’t forget to check smoking or nonsmoking rules, and also if there are any pets, besides Diego.
Miscellaneous items Speed is everything. Places go very quickly in September and October, so if you find somewhere you like, that ticks most of your required boxes, take it. If you hesitate, the chances are you’ll lose it. Also, it is generally better to call than email. Other considerations include things like heating, which you will need in winter when Madrid is freezing cold, and air-conditioning, which you will need in summer when Madrid is baking hot. A washing machine is a necessity as launderettes are few and far between in the city. Can you operate at home without wifi/internet access? And what about lifts? You may be fit and healthy, but if Granny comes to visit will she really make the seventh floor without the luxury of an elevator? Also, and I acknowledge that this might sound bizarre, check that there is actually a sitting room. In the interest of earning a few extra euros some landlords have sacrificed this important communal space for an extra bedroom, which can make getting to know your flatmates slightly more difficult. For those who are renting as a group, rather than individually, if you find you need an additional person you can always advertise for a housemate, either in InMadrid, or on many of the websites listed below. Finally, and importantly, think about personal safety. It might sound over-cautious, but consider that you will be going to an unfamiliar neighbourhood to visit a complete stranger. It’s wise not to go alone, or at least tell someone where you’re off to. And if your Spanish is poor, taking a friend who speaks the language will make communication with the landlord easier and undoubtedly less embarrassing. Buena suerte!
Editor’s Note: Do readers have any horror stories about sharing accommodation? Next month is Halloween, so we’ll be pleased to recount your tales. Keep them short and sweet, max. 100 words or so, and email us at editor@in-madrid.com, marking the subject ‘Living Hell’. (Fade to terrifying screams….)
+’fo Websites–Rooms and Flats www.in-madrid.com (English) www.innovate.es (English) www.idealista.com (English and Spanish) http://madrid.loquo.com/en_us (English and Spanish) www.easypiso.com (English and Spanish) www.madridflatmate.com www.zonainmobiliaria.es (English and Spanish) www.segundamano.es (Spanish only) www.compartepiso.com (Spanish only) www.guiademadrid.com (Spanish only) W W W. I N M A D R I D . C O M
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TONGUE TIES Looking to brush up your language skills? Natalia Diaz talks her way around the city’s buzzing intercambio communities.
Meet lots of new people and learn the lingo at the same time
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ndrés opened up his home one Sunday afternoon for us hungry guiris. For lunch, which lasted about six hours in typical Spanish style, he served two kinds of paella, soused with overflowing Rioja and Pacharán. His only request? That we conversed with him in English during the course of the meal. By dessert, Andrés switched back to his mother tongue and gladly corrected our own Spanish sentence structures, teaching us the different ways to saying “yum!” in Castellano. That was, manos down, one of my favorite intercambio experiences in Madrid since moving here over a year ago. An intercambio, literally meaning “interchange”, is a language exchange between two or more people in order to practice each other’s native tongue. The most popular venues are cafés or bars, but anywhere that can accommodate a conversation is a possibility. This reciprocal set-up is one of the best ways for English speakers to learn and practice Spanish. Think of it as an ideal language class where you’re both teacher and student, and instead of being at a desk and holding a pen, you’re in a bar holding a caña. Let’s face it—a little alcohol does help in soothing nerves and inhibitions when navigating a different vocabulary. “You’d be surprised how fluent some Spaniards are, especially after a few beers,” says Daniel, an American expatriate living in Madrid.
Inglés is “in” For Spanish people, intercambios are also a good opportunity to be immersed in an English-speaking environment without leaving the country. “Classes, TV programmes, podcasts, books or writing are all great tools to improve my English,” explains Antonio Luis Sánchez, from Canarias, “but I really feel I’m living the language when I have to talk, to interact with English speakers. It’s a more demanding activity and intercambios are a great way to find it.” Lately, even Madrid’s legendary nightlife is riding the linguistic wave, with a growing number of bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, and even cinemas offering language exchanges almost every day of the week. One of the longest-running intercambio organisations is Multilinkual, which describes itself as “Foreigners and Spaniards in Madrid: An International group of friends from all over the world.” What started in 1997 with a small group of participants has now grown to more than 4,000 members. Multilinkual holds exchanges four times a week and there are also out of town trips during summers or long weekends. David Poza, the tireless Multilinkual captain, confirms that new participants show up every week. “Miles y miles!” he reports enthusiastically. Hosting such a regular miniUnited Nations has definitely helped David improve his own linguistic abilities. “I practice English, French and Italian with native speakers. What’s more, I’m motivated to do it in a fun way between friends. It’s less formal than a class, and much more enjoyable and motivating.”
Intercambio master-of-ceremonies, David Poza of Multilinkual
Photo: Natalia Diaz
“Unlike other countries, Spain unfortunately has an exception to the prohibition of tobacco in social areas, which in fact surprises foreigners when they arrive here,” advises Fran Rodríguez Veiga, MadridBabel’s creator and group leader. “We believe our policy is positive for the health and wellbeing of everybody. I think it attracts a lot of people who value it.”
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One nightspot that’s plugged into the intercambio’s popularity is Costello Club, a stylish lounge and club, which from 7 September is recommencing its language free-for-all called “Are You Talkin’ To Me?” This would probably be the preferred intercambio space for the cocktail-swirling “Sex and the City” girls, with great music and two beautiful lounges–the very hip Golden Lounge and the cushy, relaxing White Lounge. “We are trying to be a multicultural meeting place where people from different countries can meet in a relaxing atmosphere while listening to good music,” Costello Club’s Marta Negri enthuses. “People practice not just English or Spanish but all languages, and another project here is Cine Forum, where you can watch an English or Spanish movie and have a debate about it afterwards. Our interchanges are always open to proposals, and many of the participants are involved in the artistic and music world, so we’ve had several interesting ideas.”
Shelf life If practicing your Spanish skills in big groups is not your thing, there are also smaller, more intimate watering holes offering language exchanges. In the Malasaña district, Downtown Madrid has a friendly atmosphere and its smaller space makes it less daunting to meet other people. At the helm is Gemma Pascual. “Everyone has the same objectives–to practice a language, meet new people, disconnect from the daily grind and definitely to have a good time,” she explains. Just along the road, there’s also Olé Lola, a stylish, inviting bar which has its intercambio every Tuesday. Other comfy little places are bookstore café bars, where if you ever weary from the small talk there’s always the option of browsing and reading. J&J Books, already an expatriate landmark for its wide array of second-hand paperbacks and trivia Fridays, holds its intercambios on Wednesdays and Thursdays. A wonderful discovery is Bacchus Madrid, which likewise offers the brilliant mix of books and booze. It holds intercambios every Thursday that attract a number of regulars who want to start the weekend early. A great plus for the serious learners is a free half-hour English class before the intercambio starts, given by Erica Lillquist, a certified teacher and Bacchus Madrid’s tireless hostess. “I love meeting new people and intercambio is a great way to make new friends from different countries,” Erica says. “Also, I think it is a more natural way of practicing language skills than a classroom setting.”
Mighty IT
Another massive intercambio group is MadridBabel, founded in 2000. Today it has a whopping 16,000 members from all around the globe in its online groups and forums. It holds international meets twice a week, represents Spain in the Language Exchange International Federation and is also known for its strict no smoking policy. Its message, “Somos internacionales, please don’t smoke” might turn off the human chimneys and social smokers, but it’s literally a breath of fresh air in a city that hasn’t quite kicked its nicotine habit.
Intercambios have also hit cyberspace–perfect for those who feel less inhibited in the virtual world than a real-life social setting. Myintercambio.com, a Madrid-based website spearheaded by IT whiz Anna Bitanga, was launched recently and has already attracted more than a thousand members. The social network site is intended for Spanish and English learners only, to facilitate optimum leaning, but its brilliance lies in its interactive component. Native speakers update their status, write blogs, upload video and
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audio files, correct each other and answer language queries. You can even find intercambio partners according to location, arrange get-togethers in the real world, and teachers can post services online.
Chatting or chatting up? The downside? A few intercambios have the stigma of being disguised pick up joints, a perfect venue for prowling males looking for easy hookups with foreigners. A few female friends have in fact stopped attending intercambios for fear of meeting overzealous men looking to “practice English”. It’s something you can’t prevent in any open social set up, especially one that invites such a mixed international crowd. But this is the exception rather than the rule, and after attending more than a fair share of intercambios around Madrid, I’d safely say that most attendees are more eager to practice “hablar” rather than “ligar”. “For me, intercambios are more than just a language exchange, it’s also a cultural exchange of ideas, expressions and…awkward silences,” says Bacchus Madrid regular David Ibarra. Beyond learning new vocabulary, cross-cultural interaction–especially in such a fun city like Madrid–sometimes proves no words are necessary to discover that, in the end, we all speak the same language.
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Directory of intercambios and resources BACCHUS MADRID Thur: C/Donoso Cortes, 58 (Metro: Islas Filipinas/Moncloa) at 9pm. O’CONNELL STREET IRISH PUB Tues: C/ Espoz y Mina, 7 (Metro: Sol) at 9pm. Tel: 91 532 79 56 COSTELLO CLUB From 7 Sep: “Are you Talkin’ to Me?”, C/Caballero de Gracia, 10 (Metro: Gran Vía) Website: www.costelloclub.com, www.facebook.com/costelloclub Contact: Sara Navarro 664 439 607 or 91 523 01 74 DOWNTOWN MADRID Wed: C/San Mateo, 21 (Metro: Alonso Martínez/Tribunal) from 6 to 11pm. Contact: Gemma Pascual. Tel: 600 907 873. email: idiomas@downtownmadrid.es DUBLINERS IRISH PUB Mon: C/ Espoz y Mina, 7 (Metro: Sol) at 9pm. Tel: 91 522 75 09 INMADRID CLASSIFIEDS at www.inmadrid.com has lots of intercambio ads and you can place your own for free. J&J BOOKS AND COFFEE Wed & Thur: C/Espiritu Santo, 47 (Metro: Noviciado) from 8pm. Contact: 91 521 85 76 MADRIDBABEL Wed: International Evening, Quiet Man, C/Valverde, 44 (Metro: Tribunal/Gran Vía) at 9pm. Sun: International Afternoon, The Quiet Man, C/Valverde, 44 (Metro: Tribunal/Gran Vía) at 7pm. Contact: Fran Rodríguez Veiga. email: madridbabel@yahoo.es MULTILINKUAL: FOREIGNERS AND SPANIARDS IN MADRID Tue: O’Neill’s, C/Príncipe, 12 (Metro Sol), from 10pm. Wed: International Dinners for 15 in selected restaurants. Thur: Beer Station, Cuesta de Santo Domingo, 22 (Metro Santo Domingo/Callao), from 10pm. Fri: Discounted original version movies in Cine Ideal. Contact: David Poza, email: puestres@yahoo.es MY INTERCAMBIO (ONLINE): www.myintercambio.com OLÉ LOLA Tue: C/San Mateo, 28 (Metro: Alonso Martínez/Tribunal) from 8 to 11pm.
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Smooth operator Could the Madrid metro map be easier to understand? Jeff Wiseman talks to Dr Max Roberts, a British psychologist who is looking to make our underground journeys smoother in every sense of the word
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o you belong to a metro group? Perhaps you’re an “outy”—happy to be last on, because it allows you to be first out. Or maybe you’re an “endy”—someone who prefers an end carriage because they’re invariably good for the station exit. But at present, following recent academic research, the most important question is whether you’re a straight or a curvy. This doesn’t concern the trains, or the stations, but instead the one aspect of underground travel that no passenger can avoid—the map.
Starting point It started in London. Dr Max Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Essex, became curious about how we use design to help us find our way. The London Underground map is a classic, but he wondered if it really served its purpose as well as possible. His idea, as he says, was “to take away the harsh zig-zags and replace them with smooth curves”. It sounds like trying to turn C3PO into Cameron Diaz, but Dr Roberts was undeterred, and a new curvy Underground map was born. “I’ve always been interested in maps. They’re liberating,” he says, when asked about the origin of his interest. “I was allowed out by myself from quite a young age, and maps helped me go wherever I wanted.” He bought a book about the history of the London Underground map, which examined the original design
The new, curvy Madrid Metro map
by Henry Beck, and showed proposed extensions. “I thought the extensions didn’t make it look very nice, and that Henry Beck wouldn’t have liked it either. I suddenly decided to have a go myself”. Nothing divides opinion quite so much as changing something with which everyone is familiar, and sure enough reaction was mixed. Dr Roberts’ experimental curvy map was loved for its playfulness, but hated for its lack of geometry. While neither is correct in correlating with reality above ground, the curvy is in fact the more accurate geographically. Decide for yourself by checking out the curvy version at http://london-underground.blogspot.com/2007/06/curvy-tube-map.html.
Round trip But if London was the starter, Madrid served up a main course. The team in charge of the latest design for the Madrid metro map in 2007 were inspired by Dr Roberts’ ideas. The lead designer was Rafa Sañudo, of Raro design, and the company created both straight and curvy examples, which can be seen at www.raro.net. The curvy version wasn’t chosen in the end, but Dr Roberts thought it had too many wiggles anyway. He felt it could be rounded even further to make the map more aesthetically pleasing and easier to read. He therefore re-designed it himself, improving its fluidity, and the end result can be seen above. What’s immediately noticeable is the circular and centralising effect of Line 6. On the current official map, this line is rectangular and perhaps the most indistinct, though its grey colour doesn’t help. To give an indication of what has been ironed out, Lines 1, 3 and 5 on the current metro map all have 12 right angles. But of course the key question is which map serves the traveller best. Dr Roberts decided to put the “straight” and “curvy” to the test.
Getting on With the help of university student Chrysavgi Doukanari, 20 people were tested with the official Madrid map, and 20 with the curvy one. None of the participants were familiar with the city nor its metro, and they were asked to plan their best route for five journeys, each of which included at least two changes of train. They were then asked to complete a ratings quesThe good doctor himself
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tionnaire, which revealed some remarkable results. Using the official map, the average time taken to plan a journey was 44.5 seconds. The average for the curvy map was 22.6 seconds, almost twice as fast. “This is an enormous difference,” confirms Dr Roberts. “One of the largest between a pair of maps I have ever seen.” Basing an estimate of two minutes per station, and ten minutes per interchange, the people using the curvy map also figured out quicker journeys—an average of 60.9 minutes, compared with 70.1 minutes for the official map. “It is rare to get such a large difference in estimated journey duration too,” he adds. He believes the current map fails to focus people’s attention, so that their gazes flounder when attempting to identify detail. Finally, the overall score from the questionnaire put the icing on the cake. With the maximum result being 77, meaning the user loved the map, and an indifferent score being 44, the curvy map hit a rating of 63.4, while the official map struggled with a rather disappointing 34.8. In terms of the 40 participants, 31, or more than 75 per cent, preferred the curvy option.
Next stop? So is the design of the metro map likely to change? Dr Roberts is realistic. “In any country, large bureaucratic bodies like state transport undertakings hate the thought of outsiders doing a better job than they do, so I have not even tried to contact the officials in Madrid. On the other hand, the city guidebooks market is huge, and most of these like to include a metro map, so I am sure that in the future some of my designs will surface in some form or another.” It’s been a long and fascinating ten-year journey for him. There is now a travelling map exhibition (see www.essex.ac.uk/~mjr/umu.pdf), which started last February in the UK, and has been a success. It includes maps that break all the rules, that teach us about good design, that challenge our preconceptions, and even maps that are purely decorative. But there’s been no real map for his path. In fact, perhaps uniquely, the journey has actually been the map itself.
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The myth of the Madrileño diet The Mediterranean diet of fresh fruit, fresh veg, fresh fish and seafood, is often touted as the key to a long and healthy life. But how much does that apply in Madrid with its deep-fried calamares, fat-soaked churros and additive-packed bread. Sonja Martin debunks a few myths.
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hole grains, fish and red wine—the Spanish way of eating is often touted as one of the healthiest. The country’s eastern and southern shores tie it to the conglomerate of food habits vaguely labelled as the Mediterranean diet, which is considered likely to keep us living to a ripe old age. Used in countless tomato sauce or pizza ads, the diet has become immortalised as the Holy Grail in the eating stakes, both tasty and good for you. Spain is lovingly thrown in this ‘Good Eaters’ category, known for glugging olive oil and feasting on fresh seafood. So the population must have super healthy eating habits, right?
Bread and batter Spain may count as Mediterranean, but today’s Madrileño diet is perhaps not quite as healthy as the country’s reputation suggests. Do crispy churros and sickly sweet chocolate really cut it as good for you and lifeprolonging? Does the deep-frying habit of the Spaniards not negate much of the goodness in those battered boquerones? Doesn’t watering down red wine with sugary
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Thirty two per cent of Spanish males are overweight, and incidents of high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes are increasing at a startling rate.”
lemonade just make it a glorified soft drink? Anyone who’s spent more than a few minutes in Madrid will know that health and vitality are not always the order of the day. Many raciones come in varying shades of yellow, dictated by the thickness of batter. That staple of the socalled Mediterranean diet, the whole grains, is noticeably absent, with pan integral either a forgotten myth or packed with so many bizarre ingredients and sugar that it stops being bread and becomes something else entirely. Other than the ubiquitous pimientos de padrón, vegetables are largely ignored at mealtimes, and fruit sometimes seems like it was cultivated in a can. Most olive oil used either at home or in the catering trade is the refined, non-virgin type, and supermarket shelves are increasingly full of processed and packaged foods.
Power mad? There have been some key changes in the eating habits of Spaniards within the last few decades. After the desperate ‘Years of Hunger’ during the early part of Franco’s rule, Spain emerged as a food-producing super-power. The country still produces vast amounts of pig, sheep and cattle meat, along with mountains of fruit and veg, and more olives than any other nation. Its hams are famed worldwide, its seafood transported at lightning speed to every corner, and to the centre, of the country. But being a food giant doesn’t come without its downsides. Eighty per cent of Spain’s organic food production is exported rather than consumed on the peninsula. It is also the only EU country that cultivates genetically modified crops on a large scale and one of the few to disagree with a ban on the use of battery cages for hens. Go to any supermarket, or indeed many independent butchers, and you’ll find that most hams and embutidos come with added nitrates, preservatives and E-numbers. Dairy products are highly adulterated, and boiled to a scarily high temperature so that they can be kept without refrigeration for years. Increasingly consumed in their skimmed or low-fat versions, supposedly health-conscious customers are often unaware that the tasty fats are replaced by sugar, additives or other fake foodstuffs. Vast amounts of bread products and bakery goods are made with vegetable oil and sweeteners, meaning you could die of ill health before they go off.
New generation The Spanish diet has undergone a disappointing revolu-
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tion in recent years, with staple ingredients no longer what they once were. Sadly, this trend shows few signs of stopping, as the eating habits of younger generations seem further and further from that of their grandparents. A report from the Community Nutrition Unit at Bilbao Department of Public Health has shown that the traditional ‘Mediterranean’ habits are found much more prominently among older groups, while those aged 30 or under consume considerably more processed foods, meat, bread, and alcohol, and fewer fresh fruits and vegetables. Thirty two per cent of Spanish males are overweight, and rates of high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes are increasing at a startling rate. While many small-scale or organic farms continue, the fashion for intensive farming and animal production has sadly taken hold within the country. Animal welfare is often not a priority, with high incidences of tail docking reported in the pig-farming industry. According to a report from the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Complutense University in Madrid, there is a higher risk of foetal death or congenital abnor-
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malities in the offspring of Spanish agricultural workers who work in farms using pesticides, and the risk is increased if the child is conceived during the months of April to September when pesticide use is at its highest. It seems that whatever claims to a healthy diet the Spanish might have now come doused in pesticides and E-numbers; a lifetime of eating habits bending to the profits of big food manufacturers.
Touch base Does that mean that it’s all bad? The good news is that Spain hasn’t reached the dire straits of the United States or England but individual food backlashes have already begun. Good quality, real food is still available, and is more of an ethical must than ever before, both in terms of health and as a means to support the farmers who continue to produce food in an honest way. In an industrial environment in which price and quantity are all too often valued over quality, consumers should vote with their fork. So to follow the Madrileño diet the healthy way, how should you be eating? I suggest you get acquainted with your local market and get nosy about where food comes from. Start asking questions and reading ingredients lists, and maybe hide your frying pan for a while. The traditional base of the Spanish diet, with lacto-fermented chorizo, raw milk cheeses and seasonal gluts of oranges, tomatoes and pomegranates is pretty healthy. So the objective is to stick to that base, aiming for the quality of old rather than the cheap foodstuffs of new, while ignoring the stale white bread that comes with your menú del día. Make use of seasonally cheap vegetables, get slurping on some gazpacho and make the most of the shiny fish and seafood available in Madrid’s markets. The last nuggets of advice are obvious; if you eat out, choose wisely, and drinking that much beer is never going to be good for you. T H E E N G L I S H - L A N G U A G E M O N T H LY
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Season’s Eatings
Tapping into Madrid’s finest watering holes
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September is grape harvest time in Spain so you have a wonderful excuse, if one is needed, to celebrate with some Bacchanalian wine tasting sessions. Spain is the third largest producer of wine in the world after Italy and France, and has an abundance of grape varieties such as Tempranillo, Albariño, Garnacha, Palomino, Cariñena and Monastrell. Major Spanish wine regions include the Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Jerez (the home of the fortified wine Sherry), Rías Baixas in the northwest region of Galicia (known for its white wines made from Albariño, see Pour favor, below), and Cava-producing Catalonia. Viniculture (winemaking) in Spain dates back as far as 4000 BC but has had a chequered history. Spain was a great wine producer under the Romans but a dry country under the Islamic Moors. Spanish conquistadors exported wine and vines to the New World of South America, but during the 20th century Spanish production suffered in the civil war. However, since the end of Franco’s dictatorship Spanish winemaking has embraced modern methods and has gone from strength to strength. Spain is now regarded as a serious wine producing country.
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Where? Calle del General Lacy, 38 (Metro: Palos de la Frontera). Tel: 91 187 5175 When? Mon-Sat, 10.30am-12pm. Closed Sundays. What? If you have been in Madrid long enough the chances are that you will have discovered that the local bar is essential to the madrileño existence. This bar becomes somewhere that you choose to frequent either due to its proximity to your place of work, or your casa, or simply because you have, for one reason or another, developed a particular affection for the place. I have to confess that the
from Plaza Santa Ana in Las Letras that sells sherry and nothing else. From ultra dry manzanillas to strong olorosos, if it’s Sherry you are after, this is your heaven.
Buy Lavinia (C/Ortega y Gasset, 16, Metro: Nuñez de Balboa) is a modern and chic wine boutique that also has a stylish restaurant and bar upstairs, where you can drink wine bought in the shop at store price. Also, try the highly enjoyable ‘fast food’ version of wine tasting. Get a card at the register, charge it with some money, and then you can help yourself to some tipples from self-service wine dispensers. Salud!
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Whether you are a wine aficionado or a novice who doesn’t know their Rioja from their Ribera, Planeta Vino (C/Monte Esquinza, 24, 5C, Metro: Alonso Martinez or Colon), runs group courses in English where you can hone your wine tasting skills. There are a variety of options on offer, from beginners’ classes to sessions aimed at the wine connoisseur. Go to www.planetavino.net for more information about availability and prices. If it is not theory but purely practical experience you are looking for there are plenty of wine bars and tabernas in Madrid to put your taste buds into action. Pinkleton & Wine (Mercado de San Miguel, Plaza de San Miguel, Metro: Opera) has some of the best wines in Madrid. The bartenders know their stuff and can provide advice and recommendations. Explore the market and grab a few gourmet tapas to go with your copa. La Venencia (C/Echegaray, 7, Metro: Sevilla) is a cavernous and none-too-modern taberna just around the corner
¡Pour favor! What to drink this month Toward the top of a green valley sloping down into the Atlantic inlet called the Ría de Pontevedra sits a tiny estate surrounded by vines in every direction. Here, Gerardo Méndez and his family manage their vineyard that, thanks to its total remoteness, eluded phylloxera–the 19th century virus that basically wiped out nearly all of Europe’s vines. Their Cepas Vellas give new meaning to the words ‘old vines’ when you find out that some of them are more than 200 years old. With their handpicked harvest centred around the idea that wine is 80 percent grape and 20 percent not destroying the grape in the bodega, their DO Ferreiro Albariño is easily one of the best elaborations of Spain’s premier white grape in existence. Appearance Like most pure Albariños, it’s pale yellow in the glass with light green tints.
“Do Ferreiro” 2009. Bodegas Gerardo Méndez. DO: Rias Baixas. 13 percent ABV Available from Bodega Santa Cecilia (www.santacecilia.es): €13.65.
Some “legs” or “tears” indicate a slight glycerol mouthfeel. Aroma It’s a fragrant Albariño with bright fruit and citrus oil scents. Among the blend you can discern green apples, pineapple and kiwi. There are floral/herbal scents like grass or wildflowers, and if you look for it you can pick up a slight bakery-like scent similar to flour or warm bread. Taste The fruits you smell are all there in the mouth, and you might even get some melon too. The acid is strong but not too sharp, and some steely minerality is felt in the centre and on the tip of your tongue. Really, Sr Méndez makes a wine with excellent equilibrium, something many other Albariños fail to achieve. You don’t even notice you’re drinking a wine with 13 percent ABV, which is a bit high for Albariño. In the end the balanced finish leaves you with the aforementioned fruits and the lingering structure elements of citric acid and minerality. Try it with Albariños of standard elaboration (no oak, lees, or late harvests) are never overtly complex. What they can be is good, balanced, refreshing and structural, which
means, like this one, they can be kept for years. So it’s great on its own, and also with simple aperitifs. With the region, climate, and crisp style, seafood makes a perfect companion, but according to Manuel, the owner’s son, you cannot go wrong with any good food as long as the wine is good too. Go ahead and try it with steak if you wish. Final thoughts Everything about this wine is positive: it’s for everyone–connoisseurs, aficionados, foodies, or friends just stopping by. It’s an excellent wine made from a great grape. Moreover, as Albariño sails to all corners of the international market, it’s a special treat to have a family-owned operation run out of a little stone winery behind their house. A house where the grape is king, and maybe the only spot in the world that has wine grape vines older than 100 years. A producer who celebrates the grape as the expression of that fruit, in that land, during that specific harvest year. If you’re really lucky, you’ll find two different vintages and get to compare them. Then you’ll see that Gerardo Méndez produces wines to ■ THOMAS SPAETH hunt after.
Mayrit has come to acquire that special position for me. In the bustle of a capital city like Madrid it’s nice to find an oasis of quiet where you can have a cup of coffee and a conversation without having to shout over loud music, stand as you enviously eye occupied tables or meander your way through a crowd of jostling customers. Taking its name from the Arabic al-Majr?t (“source of water”), Mayrit can be considered one such place. People? Ensconced at the corner of calle del General Lacy, with its proximity to Atocha and the bustling centre, Mayrit attracts a variety of clientele, ranging from the business professional grabbing a quick lunch to the random intellectual poring over Kafka in a quiet corner. The café’s special charm is its atmosphere, which is relaxed and nonintrusive. Soft lighting, simple but stylish furnishings and strains of flamenquito playing in the background lends to the lounge-like feel.. Food & Drinks? The selection of food on offer can range from a long list of tapas, including the traditional Spanish omelette, to a variety of fusion cuisine. The quality is good and the service is efficient and friendly. For an evening coffee or an after dinner drink there are little tables set up on the pavement, from which you can watch the world go by. One very pleasant waitress will be happy to try her English if you need guidance with the menu. Anything else? If you are interested in a “happening” place to be on a Friday or Saturday night then this is certainly not for you, but if you want a little coffee, a little conversation and a whole lot of ambience then Mayrit can be ■ TEHEZEEB MOITRA the ideal place.
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Jeff Wiseman heads to Madrid’s Hipódromo for drama, excitement and the thrill of the race. And, of course, a little flutter
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Go on Jorge!” screams an elegant middle-aged man, clenching his fists and waving them in the air. He’s part of an equally animated crowd, raising their voices as a group of horses thunders past. When Jorge is the first jockey to cross the finishing line, the man crouches, screams “Si! Si!” and does a peculiar celebratory dance in which he appears to punch a small invisible gnome at his feet. People around him are not quite so happy, and make comments that are best not repeated. The mix of euphoria and disappointment has been caused by the climax of the first horse race at today’s race meet at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela. Excluding July and August, the meetings take place every Sunday morning from late March to mid November, when the first of six races starts at 11.15am. They’re flat races for the horses, but a roller-coaster of emotion for the visitors.
You’re off! A free bus service operates to and from the course and it only takes a few minutes from the starting point on Paseo Moret, beside Moncloa metro. The entrance fee is 9, which allows you to sit in the stands, have access to the track side and see the horses parading around the paddock. An excellent list of the races, horses, colours and form is provided by a free programme. Of course, no racing event would be complete without the chance of a flutter, and there are plenty of kiosks to take your bets. However, despite the excellent programme, it’s difficult to discover any odds. If you’re keen to know starting prices it’s best to take a copy of A Galopar, a race guide available every Thursday and Saturday for 3.20 from Loterías y Apuestas shops.
Feeling lucky? Odds aside, popular bets include a ganador, meaning win only, or a colocado–similar to the UK’s “each way”—by which a chosen horse can finish first or second, or even third if the race has 11 horses or more. A gemela gets a little more complex, as the horses that finish first and second must be specified, in order, for races with between three and five runners, although
with six horses or more the order is open. For added risk, a trío no reversible requires predicting, in order, the horses to finish first, second and third, while a cuarteto extends that to fourth place too, although being optimistic about a financial return for the latter may suggest you’ve been in the sun a bit too long. For me, the simplicity of a ganador is too tempting, and I make my decision based on my Grand National crite- That there horse has been drinkin Photo: Jeff Wiseman ria—in other words, the name of the horse. The start is anything but promising, as while the middle-aged the care and attention given to the horses. The most surman is celebrating Jorge’s victory, my choice, Esquimo prising aspect is the age of the jockeys, some of whom Green, fails to show. Maybe it prefers cold weather. look as though they should be getting on with their Matters don’t improve in the following race, when the homework. After watching the parade, my money next wonderfully named Orgi only manages to come in goes on Lunatique Club, which finishes second, and then fourth, although perhaps its name implies it likes to be on Cris Cross, which remarkably romps home first. surrounded by others rather than alone in front.
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Setting the pace The story of the Hipódromo more than matches the highs and lows of the races. An earlier course, La Castellana, was closed to make way for the development of Nuevos Ministerios, and the Hipódromo was designed to replace it. Construction started in 1935, but the outbreak of the Civil War put the works on the front line during the conflict. The building was eventually completed in 1941 and was the highly innovative work of architects Carlos Arniches and Martín Domínguez, together with engineer Eduardo Torroja. The cutting-edge factor was reinforced concrete, curved sheets of which, supported not by columns but by braces on the back wall, were used for the grandstand roof. The original San Siro football stadium in Milan inspired the design. It’s still an impressive sight today, visited by architecture students and historians, and it’s considered a gem of 20th-century construction in Madrid. A Royal Decree, granted in October 2009, designated it a building of significant cultural interest. Between races, I take a stroll around the paddock, which provides photo opportunities and also emphasises
Despite having operated since 1941, the Hipódromo was forced to close in 1996 due to financial problems, and only reopened in 2005. The closure meant the biggest race in the Spanish calendar, the Gran Premio de Madrid, was cancelled, although it’s been re-established since 2006, taking place on the last Sunday in June. Lester Piggott, riding Toté, won the race in 1967, and other famous jockeys who have ridden at the Hipódromo include Willie Shoemaker, Pat Eddery and Kieren Fallon. For the penultimate race Le Big Boss catches my eye, finishes first, and takes me marginally into profit. There’s one race remaining. Should I quit while I’m ahead, or have another flutter? I immediately choose two horses, Cantina and Funes, betting on both as ganador. Lo and behold Cantina wins! But wait a minute. Funes comes second. I’m dumbstruck as I realize that if I’d made them a gemela—a first/second combination—the win would have paid almost 1000. I console myself that it was just for fun, head for the return bus and think about… 1,000! 1,000! Suddenly I stop, scream loudly and punch a small invisible gnome at my feet. Really, really hard.
The Madrid skyline forms a dramatic backdrop as another race thunders past
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Five great places to buy... Eco-friendly products are becoming increasingly popular. Whether you’re looking to respect the environment or for additive-free food, your conscience can rest easy at the following establishments. Here’s to a healthy life… ■CAMINO MARTÍNEZ
Ecocentro Opened in 1993, this is a very famous ecological store, consisting of three adjoining places: a vegetarian restaurant which has a daily menu for €8.50, a small supermarket with fresh products such as fruit, vegetables, tofu, etc., and a third area which contains self-help books, herbal remedies, presents, furniture, clothes and incense. And everything of natural origin. C/Esquilache, 2 (Metro: Ríos Rosas/Cuatro Caminos). Tel: 91 553 55 02. www.ecocentro.es. Shop: Mon-Sun 10am-midnight, Restaurant: Mon-Sun 1-5pm, 9-midnight.
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Ecozap After thinking about your stomach at ecological food shops, try Ecozap for a lower part of your body–your feet. This place offers a wide range of shoes made from ecological and biodegradable natural fibres like leather, cork, hemp and cotton. The advantage is that natural fibres are softer, more adaptable and allow your feet to breathe more easily. C/Santa Bárbara, 9 (Metro: Tribunal). Tel: 91 523 09 29 or 639 902 277. www.ecozap.es. Mon-Sat 12am-9pm.
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Hidelasa A huge supermarket for good health, which covers 1,000 square metres, where you can find absolutely everything related to well-being. It stocks ecological food including dietary lines, such as biscuits, pasta, milk, bread, and yogurt, without sugar, gluten or egg. There are natural cosmetics and bath products too, made with aloe vera or rosehip, as well as non-prescription medicines and many other helpful items. Avenida de América, 35 ( Metro: Cartagena). Tel: 91 299 08 00. www.hidelasa.com. Mon-Fri 9.30am-8pm, Sat 10am-3pm.
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Naturale This shop only opened recently and has ranges of ecological goods designated specifically for men, women, children, teenagers, maternity, and babies. Everything devoted to well-being and healthy living. There is also a section for the home too. C/Hernán Cortés, 18. (Metro: Chueca). Tel: 91 521 33 53. www.e-naturale.com. Tue-Sat 11am-2.30pm, 5.30-9pm.
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Baby Deli Opened only a couple of years ago, the daughter of famous fashion designer Carolina Herrera was one of the founders of this lovely children’s shop. In its colourful space, mums and dads will find ecological, natural, biodegradable and fair trade food, accessories, furniture and clothes for their kids. There is also a café, and organized play and learning activities. C/Lagasca, 54. (Metro: Serrano). Tel: 91 110 24 59. Zielo Shopping Mall, Avenida de Europa, 26 (Cercanía: Pozuelo). Tel: 91 709 33 39. www.babydelistore.com. Mon-Sat 10am-8.30pm.
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Let battle commence As the new football season gets underway, Dani Hidalgo looks at the contest between Real and Barça, and the potential of other challengers. Who’s in? Who’s out? And will it just be Messi? Messi
espite the economy slowing things down more than usual during the summer transfer market, the forthcoming 20102011 season of La Liga promises to be packed with excitement. The only aspect that is likely to remain unchanged is Barcelona and Real Madrid’s monopoly of first and second position in the table. Despite it still being a two-team league, the fight between the new Real and a more experienced Barcelona promises to be an exhilarating show for football fans, and thanks to a great summer transfer window, numerous new contenders appear as strong candidates for the European competition spots of 3rd to 6th place. On the other hand, many teams have lacked business savvy over the past months, and some deflated squads will struggle to equal their achievements from the 2009-2010 season.
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Barcelona: the face of the World Champions Mourinho’s statement is a bold one, especially considering that the face of Spain, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Champions, is mostly reflected in the Barcelona squad. A whopping eight national team players that lifted the World Cup will adorn Barça’s starting eleven this season: Victor Valdés, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi, Pedro and David Villa. Spain’s ‘tiqui-taca’ passing style will be represented throughout the campaign by the “blaugrana” entity. Led by Pep Guardiola, the most successful young coach of our time, the reigning Liga champions are the team to beat this season. Barcelona fans can be more optimistic than ever. Propelled by the best youth academy in Spain, Barça’s short and long term future shines bright.
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The Most Deflated Squads Sevilla No substantial signings, losing the Spanish Super Cup to Barcelona, and not qualifying for the Champions League have given Sevilla the worst possible start. It looks like it could be a gloomy season.
Mallorca Being stripped of your first chance in European competition since 2003 over economic issues is a tough pill to swallow. But even more rough for Mallorca is having had to part with their manager (Gregorio Manzano) and three key players (Borja Valero, Mattioni, and Mario Suarez) from their successful 2009-2010 campaign due to the same economic turmoil.
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Star signing David Villa: The four-time top Spanish scorer of La Liga is the perfect complement to Barça’s attack. Villa has the ability to play on the wing or up top, and will be a prime mark for Xavi and Iniesta’s assists.
Dealing with the loss of World Cup stars David Villa (Barcelona) and David Silva (Manchester City) will be tough on Valencia. At this point, reaching a Champions League spot for a second consecutive season seems like a Herculean task, if not a miracle.
Ronaldo vs. Messi When news struck of Raul’s switch to German side Schalke 04, Cristiano Ronaldo immediately let Real Madrid know of his intention to don the ex-captain’s number seven shirt. The Portuguese star hopes that going back to being ‘CR7’ will allow him to shine the way he did during his time at Manchester United. Those close to him know that he is angered most when people automatically assume he is the world’s second best player, behind Lionel Messi. However, last season proved that Barça’s Argentinian star is still alone at the top of football’s Olympus. Messi shined in key matches throughout the season, while Ronaldo was nowhere to be found in both “Clásicos” against Barça, as well as the Atlético derby, the home Champions League elimination versus Lyon and the Alcorconazo–the Copa del Rey fiasco against Second Division B side, Alcorcón. If Mourinho can mentally prepare his pupil not to succumb to the pressure of key matches throughout the season, Cristiano may then prove he can be at Messi’s level.
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Real Madrid: the umpteenth revolution “In Mou We Trust” is the new motto of Real Madrid fans all over the globe. Florentino Perez’s Galáctico–the term used by the press to describe his star acquisition–comes in the form of a manager. In his eight years as club President, Florentino has brought the superstar likes of Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Robinho, Kaká, and Cristiano Ronaldo. However, fearing the possibility of Barcelona claiming a third consecutive league title, the all-powerful Madridista has steered away from bringing offensive powerhouses and has taken a new approach by signing last season’s most successful coach, José Mourinho, and giving him full control of first team affairs for the first time in Real’s recent history. The Portuguese manager has already incorporated Ricardo Carvalho (from Chelsea), Sami Khedira (Stuttgart), Pedro León (Getafe), Di María (Benfica), Canales (Santander), and Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen), none of whom are of a galáctico or superstar nature. As a matter of fact, Carvalho is the only player in that list who is more than 23 years of age. Mourinho has brought a new transfer philosophy to Real: if the youth academy doesn’t produce, bring in Europe’s most promising young players. After winning titles with his three previous clubs (FC Porto, Chelsea and Inter), ‘The Special One’ will now try to add some Spanish silverware to his personal trophy case. “This season will only be an acceptable one if we win at least two of the three titles we are in contention for,” said a confident Mourinho during his first press conference at the club.
Star signing Mesut Ozil: Along with Thomas Muller, the best young performer in the recent World Cup. Look for this young German, and Canales, to cause awe in Real Madrid’s offensive midfield. T H E E N G L I S H - L A N G U A G E M O N T H LY
Diego Forlan
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The Most Improved Squads Atlético Despite a poor Liga performance last season, Atlético managed to snap a 14-year title drought by winning the 2010 Europa League. Preserving the attacking duo of Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero, and the signing of two top-notch defensive players like Filipe Luis (Deportivo), and Diego Godin (Villarreal) has boosted expectations.
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European Championship Qualifying 3 Sep 8.45pm—Liechtenstein v Spain 3 Sep 9.00pm—England v Bulgaria 3 Sep 8.15pm—Lithuania v Scotland 3 Sep 5pm—Armenia v Rep of Ireland 3 Sep 7.30pm—Montenegro v Wales 3 Sep 8.45pm—Slovenia v Northern Ireland 7 Sep 8.45pm—Switzerland v England 7 Sep 9pm—Scotland v Liechtenstein 7 Sep 8.45pm—Rep of Ireland v Andorra Champions League 14-15 Sep 8.45pm–Matchday 1, group stage 28-29 Sep 8.45pm–Matchday 2, group stage Europa League 16 Sep Matchday 1, group stage 30 Sep Matchday 2, group stage La Liga 12 Sep Real Madrid v Osasuna 12 Sep Barcelona v Hercules 12 Sep Athletic Bilbao v Atletico Madrid 12 Sep Getafe v Levante 19 Sep Real Sociedad v Real Madrid 19 Sep Atletico Madrid v Barcelona 19 Sep Deportivo La Coruna v Getafe 22 Sep Real Madrid v Espanyol 22 Sep Barcelona v Sporting Gijon 22 Sep Valencia v Atletico Madrid 22 Sep Getafe v Malaga 26 Sep Levante v Real Madrid 26 Sep Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona 26 Sep Atletico Madrid v Real Zaragoza 26 Sep Racing Santander v Getafe Premier League 19 Sep 2.30pm–Man Utd v Liverpool 25 Sep 1.45pm–Man City v Chelsea
F1 12 Sep 2pm–Italian GP, Monza 26 Sep 2pm–Singapore GP
Tennis 30 Aug-12 Sep U.S. Open, Flushing Meadows
Espanyol After a shaky start in 2009, the “Periquitos” ended the year on a high note. By signing Mattioni (Mallorca), Dátolo (Naples), and Osvaldo (Bologna), Espanyol have added quality to their defence, midfield and attack respectively.
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Villarreal
28 Aug-19 Sep La Vuelta a España
It is said that every time top-notch clubs ask why they aren’t signing South America’s best young talent, one answer is “Villarreal already have”. This season, six talented youngsters have been called up from their B squad.
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4 Sep South Africa v Australia 11 Sep Australia v New Zealand
Cycling Basketball 28 Aug-12 Sep World Championship, Turkey
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Pilgim’s progress Rob Bertels tries a different approach to the Camino de Santiago, and finds that sometimes it’s not how you finish, it’s how you start
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eople have been tramping routes to Santiago de Compostela for over 1,000 years. The idea of a Christian pilgrimage dates back to the discovery of the remains of St. James on the site of the city in the ninth Century. But these paths were previously important for Roman trade and for pagan ritual–a westward journey towards the setting sun and the ‘End of the World’, Spain’s westernmost point of Cabo de Finisterra. Ever since coming across the Camino de Santiago in Paulo Coehlo’s The Pilgrimage, I’d wanted to hike this old way across the north of Spain; to feel the history and see the landscape which has inspired and challenged so many.
Get me to the church The Camino Francés is the most famous route, running some 800km from the French Pyrenees across the top of the peninsula, by way of the monasteries, churches and hospices of medieval Christianity, which provided refuge for the traveller. But there’s a whole web of long-distance trails across Europe which signal the way to the tomb of the saint. In simpler times, before Easyjet and mass
‘The landscape hardly changed for two weeks’
Follow the yellow swab road I set off one bright Sunday morning in May, with what I calculated would be about a month’s hiking ahead of me. I’d been warned that this route was not much frequented and that I was unlikely to meet many fellow walkers until I reached the Camino Frances, hundreds of kilometres north at Sahagún in the province of León. Services and lodgings for pilgrims were in development or nonexistent, people said. Indeed, in apparent confirmation, the start from Madrid couldn’t have been much more inglorious– a couple of yellow swabs of paint on the lampposts outside Rodilla, just north of Plaza Castilla, send you out of the capital. I strode on, sweaty and tottering a little with my weighty pack, but gleeful nonetheless. The path is wellmarked, with yellow arrows on walls, hoardings, posts and pillars guiding you through the apartment blocks and alleys of the northern suburb of Fuencarral, and then to SEPTEMBER 2010
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the open land beyond. The shapes of Madrid’s four towers got gradually smaller.
Pain and terrain That first afternoon, skirting the El Pardo woods and passing Tres Cantos, I escaped the city but was never far from the hum of traffic. I managed 27km before collapsing, exhausted and stiff, in a lonely field somewhere outside of Colemenar Viejo. I was beginning to regret not having done a bit more training, and doubt the efficacy of carrying a tent, pans, books and tins of food in my huge rucksack. My feet were fine, but my neck, shoulders, back and legs felt like they’d been hammered and coated in hot lead. This set the tone for a first week of aches, sleepless nights and unpredictable weather conditions. There are no pilgrim’s albergues in the Madrid region, so I camped where I could find shelter. Clouds hung over the Sierra Guadarrama and I was battered by gales coming off the mountains around Mataelpino and Navacerrada. Passing through the forested peaks, the snow was quite deep and the chill biting. The sudden sight of the spires of Segovia, on the endless green flats of
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tourism, a pilgrimage would begin in your own city, on your own doorstep. The organic nature of setting off like that appealed to me, and wanting to find out more about my city, I decided to make Madrid my starting point. There’s a mountain of information and useful sources to plan your walk online. I found out that I needed a Credencial del Peregrino, a Pilrgim’s passport, to collect stamps along the way and prove my story at the various lodgings. This can be obtained at the Church of Santiago and Saint John the Baptist, just a stone’s throw from Calle Mayor. Carlos, the local priest, gave me a wry smile when he discovered I was planning to walk the entire way from Madrid. Then he stamped the front page of my passport, and said ‘reza para nosotros, eh’–pray for us.
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by the local council. I would venture down the silent streets and across the tumble-down plazas to the local bar to ask for the key, old heads in berets turning away from a bullfight to stare up at me. In these places–Añe and Nieva, Coca and Peñaflor de Hornija–as a pilgrim and a traveller I was a novelty. As such, people opened their doors to me, made me food when the shop was closed or cooked special meals at the bar. In the tiny hilltop outpost of Piñilla Ambroz, when a thunder storm raged, an old couple took me in and sat me by their log burner with a bottle of beer and the British election on TV. Although I didn’t cross paths with other pilgrims, I didn’t feel alone.
The hills are alive Everything changed quite drastically when I joined the Camino Francés on day 14 of my journey. With the Cordillera Cantabrica appearing on the horizon to signal the end of the plains, I came upon the sight of a steady stream of walkers moving slowly through the landscape with their backpacks, poles thrusting up and down. Soon I was with them–Italians, Germans, Finns and Japanese, Russians and Spaniards–part of an international procession wending like an enormous trail of ants across Spain. After the solitude of my path from Madrid, it was all quite a shock. With the huge numbers of tourists came numerous albergues, hotels and restaurants, with ‘Menu del Peregrino - 9 ‘ chalked on almost every signboard I passed. In the evenings, where previously I had slept in empty bedrooms, I was suddenly sharing dorms with hoards of snoring old folk. The smell of sweaty socks and deep heat rub filled the air as people tended to injuries and illnesses and debated the next day’s hiking. These pilgrims were a purposeful bunch, always in mind of their destination, and I found myself caught up in their activity–to bed at 10, then rising before dawn to march on to the next albergue and secure a bed. There was a kind of joylessness about it which seemed totally at odds with what I knew about Spain, maybe because the Camino is a kind of international bubble which exists outside all that.
Finishing straight
‘The path climbs through the hills’
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Castille, was a rousing one. I went on whistling ‘Home on the Range’ and scurried down the mountain.
Open door policy From Segovia to Valladolid, and finally into León, the landscape hardly changed in two weeks. Cereal fields were occasionally broken by sandy pine groves, and the heads of wind turbines, electricity pylons and church spires were my only landmarks atop the swaying green infinity. But I didn’t find the walking tedious. It was a pleasure to go under those massive skies, to hear only the wind and the clomp of boots on the muddy track, and to see only deer, and hare, and birds. In the afternoons, when I arrived at a village, I always found accommodation. There are pilgrim’s shelters in most of the places along the way ranging from the dishevelled to the luxurious. They’re usually free or ask for a small donation, and run W W W. I N M A D R I D . C O M
As we walked, we conversed for hours or days. I met many a lost soul, people in the midst of crises or uncertainty who wanted to use their time away to get a new perspective on their lives. After my weeks walking solo, it was great to have the company and the chat. But I missed the empty expanses, the silence, the sense of doing something a bit different. As we approached Santiago, I became more impatient with the ever-increasing crowds, the legions of cyclists flashing by, and the big groups of hikers I had to weave past. In Galicia, towns like Sarria and Portomarín were overrun with tourists, and the albergues were huge, military-style operations with hundreds of mattresses. It was not the peaceful rural idyll I had imagined, especially when an orchestra of snores commenced at a quarter to eleven every night. However, the Galician scenery remained lovely. The path climbs through the hills and new colours appear as if by magic–the purple and pink of moorland plants, and the greens, browns and russets of hilly pastures below. On the morning of 31 May I negotiated the modern white blocks of the outskirts of Santiago to enter the old town, and make the last few steps towards the spire of the cathedral. I’d come 676 kilometres, and I felt a strange mix of pride and disappointment. It felt anticlimactic, this grey morning, with the shopkeepers, café owners and bankers going about their weekly business. There was no fanfare, no flower-tossing crowds to cheer me home. I’d had no revelations, no flashes of inspiration from above. Despite the meetings and the conversations, I felt as though I’d not made a deep connection with any of my fellow travellers. Maybe in all of this, somewhere, was my lesson. Then the yellow arrows ran out. T H E E N G L I S H - L A N G U A G E M O N T H LY
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App attack Andrew Sheehan introduces the iPhone applications to help make your life in Madrid that little bit easier
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echnology, in theory, should make our lives easier, even if in practice that isn’t always the case. Thankfully, those with an iPhone or iPod Touch will be pleased to know there are several useful “apps” available in the AppStore that can make your life as a Madrileño/a a bit more manageable. Let’s get downloading…
Metro Madrid The Metro Madrid app is much more than a digital counterpart to the paper maps available in metro stations. It’s a tool that can give you a custom route to your destination, simply by entering the metro stations where you will begin and end your journey. When using a data or a WiFi connection, the metro cerca option can quickly locate the closest metro station to your location. Metro Madrid also includes the hours of operation for every metro line. Price: Free
EMT Madrid EMT Madrid (Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid) is another great app that performs the same function as Metro Madrid, but for the EMT Public buses. It contains lists of all bus routes and stops, as well as the options to find the closest stop to your location (internet connection required). EMT Madrid is also able to keep a list of favourite stops for quick referencing. But the real showstopper is its ability to display upcoming arrivals at any given stop, in real-time. Knowing exactly when the next bus will arrive can mean the difference between making a run for it, or another vino tinto. Price: Free
iSpeak Spanish iSpeak Spanish is a real-time Spanish to English (or vice-versa) translator app. Although it requires an
servicaixa.com, it lists show times, as well as movie reviews, and ultimately handles ticket purchasing and retrieval. After completing a purchase, tickets are saved in the app under a section called My Tickets. You can then present your tickets direct from the app upon arrival at the venue. The app also has the ability to create a “favourites” list for quick access to preferred cinemas and theatres. ServiCaixa comes in Spanish by default, but the interface can be easily switched to English. Price: Free
Internet connection to perform translations, they can be saved and then reviewed later, on or offline. The app also features a “Speak it” option that speaks out the translated text in Spanish or English for you, plus there’s the ability to quickly email translations. iSpeak offers further apps that translate between English and other languages, too. Price: 1.59 / $1.29
Madrid Street Map Lite
WhatsApp WhatsApp is neither Madrid nor Spanish specific, but can be a useful, money-saving app. It’s a communication program that lets you send text, pictures, audio notes, and video (video on Phone 3GS only) between iPhones and iPod Touches at no cost. WhatsApp sends messages over the internet, and requires both sending and receiving parties to have the app installed. Once installed, the app will scour your device’s contact list looking for other registered WhatsApp users and automatically add them to your WhatsApp contacts. Since the app works over the internet, you can send messages between each other anywhere in the world, free of charge. iPhone users without data plans and iPod Touch users can still enjoy WhatsApp from WiFi hotspots. Price: 0.79 / $0.99
ServiCaixa – Venta de Entradas The ServiCaixa app gives you the ability to purchase tickets for movies, theatre productions, sporting and other events directly from an iPhone/iPod Touch. Just like the company’s website,
Madrid Street Map Lite offers a completely offline map of Madrid’s streets. This app is ideal for the iPod Touch (or iPhone without a data connection), as the map can be accessed without the need for an Internet connection. Unlike the Google Map app, Madrid Street Map Lite is just a basic no-frills map, which means no searching for street names, locals etc. Those looking for a bit more may want to check out the Madrid Street Map (non-lite) version, which costs 1.59 / $1.99, but includes the ability to search street names and amenities. Price: Free
Skype The Skype 2.0 app is now available for iPhone/iPod Touch. Skype itself needs little introduction, being almost the de facto method of calling home for those living abroad. The Skype app offers most of the same features as its PC counterpart, letting you chat with other Skype users, send SMS messages and place phone calls worldwide at low rates. iPhone users with data plans can enjoy Skype wherever they are, as all Skype features can now be used over a 3G data connection. iPhones without data plans and iPod Touch users will need to be in WiFi hotspots to use Skype. Price: Free
letter to the editor Dear Editor, I am writing to take issue with your August article ‘Take me to the river’, which I feel paints a false, idyllic picture of the M30/Madrid Rio project, fails to inform readers of its real cost or chequered history and shows a disturbing dependence on official information and PR spin. As someone who has lived overlooking the M-30 site for the last ten years, from the outset, I feel the project has been characterized by a lack of transparency and public consultation. In 2006 we were sent a PR DVD, which showed virtual blossoming landscapes, whilst outside the window 80 hectares of green areas were destroyed, (including the historic Arganzuela park) and gallons of concrete took their place. The 30 hectares of park created on top of the concrete, where your writer strolled, are merely a distraction compared to what has been lost, yet it has been presented in mainstream media as some kind of triumph. There has been extensive criticism from environmental and professional groups of all aspects of the project. In fact, the lack of any kind of prior environmental study led to a Brussels investigation and its being declared illegal in October 2008. To cap it all, the project will not lead to a greener city; 250,000 more cars per year now pass through the M30 tunnels, leading to additional pollution–one study presented by Ecologistas en Acción showed this to be ten times more than the safe level. Protests by local groups went largely unreported. The initial budget of 3.900 million has skyrocketed. Including debt repayments, the work will cost madrileños 222 million per year–until 2040! It appears much of this will go to the pockets of Banco Sabadell, and Dragados-Ferrovial, who are predicted to get 14 million profit annually until then. Residents have already seen local taxes increase by over 40 percent in two years and future quality of life will doubtless be affected, as Madrid is the most indebted city in Spain. The work is still ongoing and initial predictions of its duration (3 years) have proven laughably false. Kilometres of wasteland still stretch from Pte. Toledo down to Nudo Sur, making a mockery of the promises of ‘our trusty alcalde’. Whilst not denying the basic premise of the article–a Sunday stroll around the river–I believe journalists have a responsibility to challenge official accounts and question the validity of decisions. As a resident in the thick of it all, I am disturbed by the way media, including InMadrid in this instance, have uncritically reported this out-of-control, expensive, and undemocratic project and neglected to mention very real negative effects on local people and environment. Yours, Ben Roberts (Below are a few links with further information on points I mentioned above:) www.informativos.telecinco.es/dn_3848.htm (early overview) http://habitat.aq.upm.es/boletin/n28/arlop.html (criticism from professionals) www.madridiario.es/2008/Octubre/madrid/madrid/106983 (M30 project legality) www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/reforma/M-30/ (exceeds budget) http://ejepeatonal.com/article129.html (real cost), www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tPV8TWenzM (resident report) www.foromovilidadsostenible.org/m30/ (30 myths of the M30)
Editor’s reply: Many thanks for your concise and informative email, about what is clearly a very controversial topic. On this occasion we would emphasise that the article wasn’t intended to be investigative, and the spec was, as you mention in your final paragraph, to experience a stroll through the developed area with a particular focus on the river itself. Our journalist, Elizabeth Ellis, reported what she saw and found, albeit we appreciate the problems–past, present and future–with the project that your email highlights. We trust the above will draw readers’ attention to the issues. T H E E N G L I S H - L A N G U A G E M O N T H LY
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Manzanares - Rio Bravo or Rio Oh no?
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Laurent Zylberman’s Tibet Galeria Rita Castellote C/ San Lucas, 9 (Metro: Chueca). Tel: 91 308 23 25. TueFri 11am-2pm, 5-8.30pm; Sat 11am-2pm. Free. Between September and October 2008, Laurent Zylberman was one of the first Western photographers allowed to document the tumultuous region of Tibet. Characterized by its history of violence and confrontation, this exhibition embodies the tension felt between the native agricultural population and the Chinese
Museo del Prado Po del Prado, s/n (Metro: Atocha). Tel: 91 330 28 00. Tue-Sun 9am-8pm. €8, students under 25 €4. Los amores de Mercurio y Herse. Una tapicería rica de Willem de Pannemaker This Mercury
urbanizing forces that have invaded, infiltrated, and destroyed the region’s ancient culture and traditions. The photographs also capture the contrasting spirituality of the Tibetan population with the materialistic and militaristic force of the Chinese occupation. Despite the danger and risk in his journey, Zylberman was determined to record the tension in order to reveal and comment on the drastic changes this region is experi-
encing. In one example, by documenting a military march and juxtaposing it with a photograph of Buddhist monks amongst mountainous rubble, Zylberman visually portrays the contrasting lives of Tibetan and Chinese inhabitants. It is difficult to remain unaffected by the moving and emotional images. The gallery will have booklets on the political, social, and economic context of this region for those wishing to know more. 16 Sept until 16 Nov.
España). Jessica Stockholder’s exhibit playfully displays previously dull and monotonous objects and transforms them into vibrant, joyful and abstract sculpture. Until Feb 2011.
Círculo de Bellas Artes C/Alcalá, 42 (Metro: Sevilla/Banco de España). Tel: 91 360 54 00. Tue-Sat 11am-2pm, 5-9pm; Sun 11am-2pm. €1. This is the war! 170 breathtaking photographs by Robert Capa, many depicting the Spanish Civil War. Until 5 Sept.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Po del Prado, 8 (Metro: Banco de España). Tel: 91 369 01 51. TueSun 10am-7pm. General admission €8, students €5.50. Mario Testino. Todo o Nada This collection combines Mario Testino’s commercial digital photographs from eminent magazines such as
and Herse Series brings together eight tapestries woven by William de Pannemaker with gold (yes, real gold) thread during the 16th century. The elaborate and decorative use of color, line, and detail render these works as impressive and incredibly valuable masterpieces. Each tapestry reconstructs Ovid’s epic tales, with themes of love, seduction and jealousy. The tapestries prove as rich and rewarding as the stories. Until 26 Sept.
Centro de Arte Reina Sofía C/Santa Isabel, 52 (Metro: Atocha). Tel: 91 774 10 00. Mon-Sat 10am-9pm; Tue closed; Sun 10am-2.30pm. General admission €6, temporary exhibition €3, free Mon, Wed-Fri, 7-9pm, Sat 2.309pm and Sun 10am-2.30pm. Jessica Stockholder. Peer Out to See (Atisbar para ver) Unusually, this is located in the luminous Palacio de Cristal in the Parque del Buen Retiro (C/Alfonso XII, 14. Metro: Banco de
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Other galleries Richard Billingham Debuting his presence in Spain, this exhibition presents 24 of Billingham’s recent photographs that portray his personal, domestic life. Mostly capturing images of his son Walter as well as the picturesque essence of the UK’s South Downs, Gower, Constable Country and Norfolk, Billingham combines black and white as well as color photographs to mimic the eclectic and yet harmonious nature of family life. La Fábrica Galería, C/Alameda, 9 (Metro: Atocha). Tel: 91 360 13 25. Tue-Sat 11am-2pm, 4.30-8.30pm. Free. 9 Sept until 23 Oct. Why Not? An exhibition that juxtaposes the styles of Ernesto Arroyo and Axelle Fossier, two European artists whose talent and creativity create an endless sense of wonder as they help unravel the mysteries of the world around us. While Arroyo uses his wit and sense of humour to transform and renovate daily objects, Fossier accentuates the dreamlike and tenebrous perplexity embedded in urban settings and landscapes. Blanca Berlín Galería, C/Limón, 28
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La Vida por Delante Told from the perspective of Momo, a young Arab boy, this is a touching, humorous and graceful story of marginalized characters. Momo finds himself living in a suburb of Paris in a pension owned by Señora Rosa, an ex-prostitute and a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz, who has taken it upon herself to offer housing to uncared for youths. The two characters’ stories intersect at very distinct points in their lives–one fighting against history and the other struggling to deal with problems such as racism, family, ageing, loneliness and euthanasia. Teatro La Latina, Plaza de la Cebada, 2 (Metro: La Latina). Tel: 91 365 28 35. Tickets (telentrada.co om) From 18 . Wed, Thurs 8.30pm; Fri 10.30pm; Sat 8pm, 10.30pm; Sun 8pm. From 10 Sept
El Cerco de Leningrado The story of two very different women who share a determination to remain faithful to their principles when faced by a capitalist world that misunderstands justice and equality. With their values often isolating them, they survive daily
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Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Allure and contrasts them with arrays of analogue photographs that reveal and immortalize private moments in the photographer’s life. From gorgeous top models to innocent children, the aim of this collection is to highlight the beauty of intimacy and revelation. 21 Sept until 9 Jan.
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dance life with humour, and find sympathy and strength in each other. Two experienced and award-winning actresses, Beatriz Carvajal and Magüi Mira, take on the main roles. The production has been well-received throughout Spain and now arrives for Photo: Clece SA Madrileños to enjoy. Teatro La Fiesta de los Jueces Bellas Artes, C/Marqués de Casa Riera, Jamlet 2 (Metro: Banco de España/Sevilla). This unusual and comic version of Tel: 91 532 44 37.. Tickets (Box office, Shakespeare´s Hamlet follows the telentrada.com) Tues-Fri 8pm; Sat same story line but rather than being 6.30pm, 10pm; Sun 7pm. 3 Sept-12 set in Denmark it takes place in the ficOct titious state of Aragonia. Including musical numbers and red noses, as well as La Fiesta de los Jueces specific Spanish cultural references, it’s both a wild and absurd work, full of Based on the Costumbrism farce El spontaneous laughter as the cast wink Cántaro Roto written by von Kleist in and joke with the public. Teatro Casa 1806, this version is a satire dealing de Vacas, Paseo de Colombia (Metro: with corruption in the judicial system. Retiro). Tickets (atrapalo.com, Judges become manipulated puppets, entradas.com, elcortteingles.es) 18. have to think from the perspective of Thurs-Sun 10pm. Until 19 Sept others, and experience how it feels to be scrutinised by an audience. Although the original version dealt with the German system at the time, many parallels can be drawn with the present. At times similar to opera buffa, the humour-filled show is accompanied by diverse musical numbers, and raises the question as to whether justice is a joke. Teatro Canal, C/Cea Bermudez, 1 (Metro: Canal). Tickets (entradas.com) 12-25. Wed-Sat 8.30pm; Sun 7.30pm. 1-26 Sept
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(Metro: Noviciado/San Bernardo). Tel: 91 542 0am-2.30pm, 5pm-9pm. 93 13. Mon-Sat 10.30 Free. From 16 Sept. Muestra fotográfica de Alberto Pombo Did you know that during the Spanish Civil War, Gran Vía was called Avenida de Rusia? Covering the history of Madrid’s busy and fast paced thoroughfare, Alberto Pombo’s photographs cele-
brate 100 years of Gran Vía’s existence. Biblioteca Pública Manuel Alvar, C/Azcona, 21 (Metro: Diego de León). Tel: 91 726 37 01. Mon-Fri 8.3 30am-9pm. Sat, Sun 11am-7pm. Free. 1 Sept- 30 Sept.
Artistas Invitadas Five artists (Clara Carvajal, Soledad Córdoba, Concha García, Anna Malagrida and Amparo Sard) exhibit a selection of sculptures, photographs, drawings, and videos that illustrate their imaginative, poetic talent and craft. Galería Marlborough, C/ Orfila, 5 (Metro: Alonso Martinez/Colón). Tel: 91 319 14 14. Until 11 Sept.
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Festival Internacional Miradas al Cuerpo Now in its third year, this international festival celebrates emerging contemporary dance. Through various performances, workshops and round tables, it serves as a platform to exchange ideas and reflect on contemporary understanding of the body, images and representation. This year, a special co-production between groups from Essen, Lucerne, and Madrid called Das 6 Tage Rennen will be performed in an attempt to strengthen international collaborations. A choreographer from each group will become involved with dances from the other country by spending a 6-day artist’s residency in order to produce a 20 minute piece. The three pieces will be premiered at this year’s festival in Madrid and will later travel to Germany and Switzerland. Don´t miss your chance to see the results of this unfolding experiment. Teatro Lagrada, C/Ercilla, 20 (Metro: Acacias/Embajadores). Tel: 91 517 96 98. Tickets (entradas.com m, atrapalo.com) 912. 9pm. See www.teatrolagrada.com. 2 Sept-3 Oct
version of French author Prosper Mérimée’s tale is the particularly personal, feminine view with which Aída Gómez, who created her dance company in 1997 and was later named director of the Spanish National Ballet, approaches her work. She returned to her company in 2001 and has since toured nationally and internationally. This work tells the story of Carmen, an independent, strong Roman Gypsy woman, as a torero and Don José battle to express their love for her. Presented in the style of traditional Spanish theatrical dance and with influences of Bizet´s opera, Gómez creates a unique, contemporary performance of a well-known tale. Teatro Canal, C/Cea Bermudez, 1 (Metro: Canal). Tickets (entradas.com) 20- 30. Wed-Fri 8pm; Sat 7pm, 10pm; Sun 7pm. 1-11 Sept
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Grabbed By The Dandies Following their concert at Sala Heineken, Jack Coory meets Zia McCabe of The Dandy Warhols to talk music, conformity and fables about record labels.
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he Dandy Warhols have always appeared to exist with tongue firmly in cheek. What other conclusion could you reach about a band whose first hit single contained the lyrics “I never thought you’d be a junkie because heroin is so passé.” This was back in 1998, but it forever endeared them to tight-jeaned 1960s revivalists. After the band’s relationship with fellow stoner rockers the Brian Jonestown Massacre was famously chronicled in the documentary DiG in 2004, it appeared that they would go on and lead a hipster revolution. They were appearing everywhere–US chat shows, magazines, TV, and the now notorious Vodafone adverts. However, they have somewhat dropped off the radar since those heady days, and today, after having recently left Capitol records and released the album Earth to the Dandy Warhols on their own label, I find myself asking the question–are the Dandies still relevant? reflection upon being asked what it’s like being on their own label. “With Capitol it was a big battle, it’s just like having parents and being a rebellious adolescent. You feel that you can do a better job on your own and just split off from the bill payers and the people who look after everything. We didn’t have any idea of how hard it was going to be.” So much for entrepreneurship, you might think, but her concerns are a microcosm of the conflicts that professional musicians tackle on a regular basis. She (CC) flickr: sflaw
I personally fell for the Warhols as a hormonally-challenged teenager, circa 2000. The minute the horn section kicks in on “Godless”, the opener to 2000’s legendary Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, even the most cynical first-time listener would be grooving in approval. Indeed, when it comes to the Dandies there are no shortage of cynics, or down-right haters. These detractors tend to point towards their self-indulgence and image obsession as reasons why this Portland four-piece shouldn’t be taken seriously. Admittedly, one always got the sensation that there was an element of jocular fabrication in the Dandy Warhols’ image. They almost seemed to exist cognitively as a caricature of the bands they openly revered (take your pick from The Beatles, My Bloody Valentine and The Rolling Stones). However, their image seemed so measured and their songs were so hypnotic and infectious that it all seemed a tad pedantic to dislike them simply for their unapologetic revivalism and somewhat manufactured brand. In addition, I never really saw them as plain Velvet Underground ripoffs. Sure, they do borrow and recycle a lot of ideas but they had a sound that was irrepressibly and undeniably their own. This is why I loved them and continue to hold them in high veneration to this day.
Zia McCabe
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All by themselves In saying that, nobody can refute that things have changed. Welcome to the Monkey House, an album full of electronic grooves and undeniable charm, was released seven years ago but was followed by the underwhelming Odditorium in 2005, seemingly stalling their momentum. Their most recent offering Earth to The Dandy Warhols on their own label Beat Peter Holström (CC) flickr: dwhartwig the World Records is filled with vintage Dandies goodness and is widely considered a return to form. Before admits that they are heading off to meet keyboardist Zia McCabe I assumed now looking for a “magithat the Dandies had now reached a level of artistic cal label, which is willnirvana, independent from record label intrusion and ing to put up the money Courtney Taylor (CC) flickr: dwhartwig free to explore and develop whichever musical whim and let us look after our took their fancy. Happy days one assumed. music and our brand. We have a better perspective But I was somewhat mistaken. McCabe pauses for now that we have been on our own.”
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McCabe even revealed that she felt that their retraction from the limelight was something symptomatic of the vicissitudes within the music business. “Everything has been very confusing because the decline of the music industry has actually coincided with us changing label. It’s hard to have hindsight on the whole thing. We stopped being massive around the same time that there stopped being massive bands and we’re selling less but so are most people.” She even hints that perhaps the group had taken their privileged position for granted, but ensures that she and the band want to keep making music. “We want to be fulltime artists, not people who work fulltime and do art on the side.” An important theme that arises here is the reluctance to conform. Conformity is (CC) flickr: sflaw never something with which an artist aspires to be associated, but the issue of conformism and the pressure that was placed on the band to follow a certain direction that was essentially against their own principles is still clearly something that plays heavily on their current position. It also brings up an interesting juxtaposition, because one could argue that the Dandies were at their best (artistically as well as commercially) during their most conformist period. It was only when Odditorium came around that their predilection for the quirky was overridden by, at times, a self-indulgence that resulted in nine minute long directionless studio foreplay.
Stand and deliver It was in concert however, where they stood out the most for me as a teenager. Looking back at the numerous times I saw them live, touring the albums Thirteen Tales and Monkey House, I recalled the shirtless front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor gazing nonchalantly through the lights and smoke, the set-list perfectly collated with a mixture that contained not only their hits but also their more obscure tracks. Fast forward to 2010 and when the Dandy Warhols take to the stage at the Sala Heineken it is a far cry from the last concert I saw them play seven years ago. No curtain, no horns in the background, hell, even lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor has his shirt on and looks every one of his 43 years. They stand on stage and seem to linger, long enough to hear a penny drop. But then the drum rolls, and the guitar builds–that river-like guitar from Peter Holmström that sounds vaguely familiar–and Taylor-Taylor croons and whispers into his microphone, McCabe thumps her tambourine against her thigh, bopping seductively, and we all feel hypnotized, just like always. The true hits come out like they were on demand—“We used to be friends”, “Get Off” and all the others—and the crowd slowly builds from courteous to downright rowdy. Three quarters through the gig, song interludes are filled with chants, claps and whistles. Taylor-Taylor looks out at the fans in awe “Wow! You guys are great”. The Dandies are still as fun, playful and captivating as they have ever been. Some things never change.
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Russell Parton gets out his olives and tells us what we should, or shouldn’t, be listening to
Sala The Man Who Killed Sam Wilson Unsigned
Meet Sala, another new group hot on the indie scene with Madrid connections aiming for a swift domination of your eardrums. The group is the brainchild of guitar-wielding troubadour Sala Elassir— born in Beirut, raised here in Madrid and now plying his trade in London whilst, it seems, making frequent trips to Spain to play in our beloved capital. Debut EP The Man Who Killed Sam Wilson is the kind of melodic pop-rock that makes you feel as though you’ve just been holding your breath underwater and are elated by realising you’re not going to die after all–like a speeded up Jack Johnson only with muscular electric guitars and insatiable drum patterns. “Count Me Out” starts off procedures, with the stabbing guitar and staccato melody staying on one note most of the time and putting me in mind of The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” and that song “Lump” by The Presidents of the USA. “Flip a Coin” shows us that there’s life yet in the old 12-bar blues structure, whilst “Oh Vivianne” and “Margot” are hymns to her featuring blaring choruses, whammy bars, loud guitars and lyrical cliches. Very upbeat, wilfully hedonistic, slightly teenagey but the EP is impressively executed and undeniably cañero which in the end probably overrides its cheesy guitar solos and derivative songwriting style.
Amy McDonald Mon 27 Sept La Riviera Puerta Bajo de la Virgen, s/n (Metro: Puerta del Angel/Principe Pio) 22 from www.ticketmaster.es This young Scottish singer returns with songs from her recent second album, A Curious Thing, made in the Black Barn recording studios owned by modfather Paul Weller, who collaborated with his guitar on the track “Love Love”. The connection continues in the songstress’ concerts, when she performs an acoustic version of the glorious “A Town Called Malice”, from Weller’s days with The Jam. At only 22 years-old, and with two albums behind her, she devours the stage, with her single “Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over”, performed with an intensity that lingers long after she’s left the limelight.
Arcade Fire The Suburbs Merge Records I remember getting the last Arcade Fire effort, Neon Bible, for my 26th birthday, and boy was I excited. But the album fell short of the transcendental brilliance I was expecting from the authors of Funeral, the group’s sublime debut. So for me, new album The Suburbs was all about atoning for that lapse. Certainly the way it focuses on a single theme has more in common with the earlier album; though a mammoth 16 songs in length it’s incredibly wellfocused, expounding the depths of individual alienation within suburban landscapes with varying degrees of satire, wit, pity and resignation. “Living in the sprawl / Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains / And there’s no end in sight,” sings Canadian multi-instrumentalist Régine Chassagne, and it’s great to hear more of her voice–a touch of serenity and the perfect foil to main man Win Butler’s emotional intensity. The rhythmically interesting “Modern Man”, with its compound time signature, and the two-parter “Sprawl”, would be personal highlights, but throughout there is no let up in quality–compositions, lyrics and arrangements are all top notch and what’s more, it’s still growing on me. One of the best albums of the year so far.
Robyn Body Talk Part II Island I know we did Robyn a couple of months back, but it’s a trilogy of albums and the first one was pretty good, so let’s see them through together, OK? Right. So Body Talk Part II is only 8 songs long but packed full of production goodness from music chums Diplo and Kleerup–it even contains a collaboration with everyone’s favourite ‘gangsta’ bar Al Capone, Snoop Dogg. Petty niggles about Robyn’s tendency to alternate between femme fatale and hipster queen aside there are some top quality songs here. Single “Hang With Me” featured acoustically on Body Talk Part I, and here reappears as a fleshed out twenty-first century take on power pop that tastefully melds modern tweaks and studio trickery into an old style pop song with verse, bridge and chorus. The melody’s most effective as it glides from one part to the next, the coyness of the lyrical hook “If you’re real and not pretend, I guess you can hang with me” giving the song a playfulness that undercuts its romanticism. This type of dichotomy is expressed elsewhere, in the contrast between the sweetness and light finale “Indestructible”, complete with string quartet, and the disembodied robot vocals and apocalyptic cynicism of “We Dance to the Beat”. Robyn’s second offering of the year, and her standards are maintained if not bettered. Body Talk Part II is well worth checking out.
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En Vivo 2010 Festival Thurs 30 Sept – Sat 2 Oct Getafe Open Air Calle de la Confianza, 4 (Metro: Juan De la Cierva) Thurs 25, Fri 40, Sat 40 Three day pass 69 from www.ticketmaster.es One of the biggest events in the Spanish music calendar, this mega festival will feature a packed line-up of the best Spanish rock and rap at Getafe Open Air, a new space dedicated to music in Madrid. There are more than sixty bands, and this year’s headliners are Def Con Dos on Thursday, SkaP, Rosendo, Violadores del Verso Ojos de Brujo and La Mala Rodríguez on Friday, then Fito y Fitipaldis, Ilegales, La Excepción, Quique González and SFDK on Saturday. We couldn’t help noticing tribute bands too, including Gansos Rosas (Guns’n’Roses) and Metalmania (Metallica). A great weekend awaits. www.envivofestival.com/2010/
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Fri 17 & Sat 18 Sept Penelope c/Hilarion Eslava, 36 (Metro: Moncloa) 1 day 30, two days 50 from www.ticketmaster.es This new festival is dedicated to the darker side of music showcasing Spain’s thriving Goth scene. The festival line up includes Goth, deathrock and darkwave outfits from around Europe and the US. Friday’s line up includes Ahrayeph, Date at Midnight and Los Carniceros del Norte, whilst Angels & Agony, Colony 5 and Merciful Nuns are amongst Saturday’s bill. Dress code almost certainly black. www.myspace.com/spaingothicfestival
booking ahead Alejandro Sanz Wed 8 Sept, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O’Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. www.palaciodedeportes.com Limp Bizkit Sun 12 Sept, Palacio Vistalegre, C/Utebo, 1 (Metro: Vistalegre). 28.30 from www.ticketmaster.es Supertramp Wed 15 Sep, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O’Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. 40 from www.ticketmaster.es Miguel Bosé Thur 16 Sept, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99, (Metro: Goya/O Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. 40 from www.ticketmaster.es Peter Gabriel Wed 22 Sept, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. 45- 125 from www.ticketmaster.es
Mechanismo Empire of Light EP Unsigned Madrid’s never been at a loss for aspiring indie rockeros, and among the more impressive groups to catch FTR’s eye recently have been Mechanismo. Though based in Madrid, the group’s founding members were brought up in Chicago and Manchester, and there’s more than a hint of this in their debut EP, Empire of Light. There’s a definite nod to OK computer-era Radiohead in the songwriting and the twopart harmonies, subtle in their deployment, recall The Everly Brothers in their prime. It’s a full sound with ambient U2-style guitars, nimble basslines and the occasional falsetto that recalls Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Empire of Light is a high quality recording, the bright-sounding kick drum marking each beat almost obsessively on opener “Home”, giving an undercurrent of urgency to an otherwise chilled number. The count in of “Inside Out” signals an intent to rock out—which Mechanismo do well—though it seems never without neglecting the melody, which singer Sebastian Maharg Bravo invariably carries nicely. It’s an impressive debut from a group you could be hearing more of soon. Interested parties take note that the EP launch is on 16th September at Sala Sol.
visit Madrid’s Fashion Night Out, on 9 Sept., around Serrano. Shows, music and surprises are on offer as shops stay open until midnight.
Goldfrapp Sat 25 Sept, La Riviera, Paseo Virgen del Puerto (Metro: Principe Pío/Puerta del Angel). Tel: 91 365 24 15. 26.20 from www.ticketmaster.es
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Tue 7 Sept Sala Heineken c/Princesa, 1 (Metro: Plaza de Espana) Tel: 91 547 57 11. www.salaheineken..com 25 from www.ticketmaster.es The nine piece TSPO hit Madrid as part of their 2010 European Tour, and now celebrating their 21st year together. With an energy that belies their years, their frantic and uplifting performance will have you jumping up and down in no time. With 27 albums to their name, more than 1,500 live performances, and a track record that includes Glastonbury, expect fun, novelty, and strong rhythms. These boys have drawn crowds of 15,000 in Japan and are prolific tourers. Despite a predominantly Japanese website (and who can blame them?), their catchphrase says it all: And Paradise goes on. It will be hard to find a more unusual Tuesday night in the city.
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Elton John with Ray Cooper Sat 2 Oct, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. 45- 120 from www.ticketmaster.es Massive Attack Fri 8 Oct, Palacio Vistalegre, C/Utebo, 1 (Metro: Vistalegre). 35 from www.ticketmaster.es Guns N’Roses Sat 9 Oct, Palacio Vistalegre, C/Utebo, 1 (Metro: Vistalegre). 50.50 from www.ticketmaster.es Sting Sat 30 Oct, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O’Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. 46- 126 from www.ticketmaster.es Michael Bublé Sun 31 Oct, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O’Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. 35 from www.ticketmaster.es Shakira Fri 19 Nov, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O’Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. 45 from www.ticketmaster.es
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live listings Rock/pop BOITE, c/Tetuan, 27 (Metro: Sol). Tel: 91 522 96 20 www.boitemadrid.com
3 Sep: Un Lobo En La Jaula + Emerge + Mopane 9 Sep: Ramesses + Moho 10 Sep: Vinodelfin 17 Sep: Mürfila 22 Sep: The Extraordinaires featuring Eddie Nichols (Royal Cron Revue) 23 Sep: Raul Pulido 24 Sep: Tinnitia + Louded + The Happiness Project 30 Sep: Rulo y La Contrabanda SALA CARACOL, c/Sebastian Elcano, 18 (Metro: Embajadores). Tel: 91 527 35 94 www.salacaracol.com
5 Sep: Desorden Publico 7 Sep: Obituary 8 Sep: Zurich + El Resto 9 Sep: Jairo Martin y Largo Cabaret + Malacabeza + Cous Cous Glam 11 Sep: Generacion Terranga 19 Sep: Remake + Fullhouse + Red Light 23 Sep: Motel 3 + Aldo Linares + Narcxoleptica + Sector De Agitadas 24 Sep: Mousses + Reptile Wine + Street Life Records 25 Sep: The Paff Booms + Un Chico Listo + The Backliners + Los Nocturnos 26 Sep: Demiurgo + Nepholokia + The Great Destroyer X + others 29 Sep: Delirium Tremens + Mirrors Lake 30 Sep: Baked Beans + The Drop + Soulstation CONTRA CLUB, c/Bailen, 16 (Metro: Opera). Tel: 91 523 15 11 www.contraclub.es
1 Sep: Raul Garcia 2 Sep: Aline Frazo 4 Sep: The Forty Nighters 8 Sep: Kifli 9 Sep: Nacho Salgado e Isabel 11 Sep: Miss In Blues 15 Sep: Flamencos y Otras Aves 16 Sep: Martin Page & The Polariods 17 Sep: Minimoon 18 Sep: Lya Luan 22 Sep: Abdon Alcaraz 23 Sep: Manin Talin 24 Sep: Frob 25 Sep: Adrian Usero 29 Sep: Flamencos y Otras Aves 30 Sep: Gipsyjam COSTELLO CLUB, c/Caballero de Gracia, 10 (Metro: Gran Via) Tel: 91 522 18 15. www.costelloclub.com
2 Sep: Perro Flaco 3 Sepo: Pygmalion in the Classroom 4 Sep: O’Clock 9 Sep: Nadadora 10 Sep: Loser 11 Sep: Alex Ferreira 16 Sep: Platos Rotos 17 Sep: Sons of Rock 18 Sep: Area 52 22 Sep: Julio de la Rosa 23 Sep: Noche Movistar 24 Sep: Gizmo 25 Sep: Sergio Layos SALA GALILEO GALILEI c/Galileo, 100 (Metro: Islas Filipinas/Canal). Tel: 91 534 75 57. www.salagalileogalilei.com
1 Sep: Grupo Alturas 2 Sep: Olga Manzano 3 Sep: Andres Suarez 4 Sep: Brath 5 Sep: Francisco Espinosa 6 Sep: Orquesta Tipica de Fernando Fierro 8 Sep: Black Light Gospel Choir 9 Sep: Andres Lewin 10 Sep: Rafael Amor 11 Sep: Oh Yeah Festival 12 Sep: Antonio de Pinto 13 Sep: Ibericum 14 Sep: Paco Bello Trio 15 Sep: Kaspar + Jonathan Johansson 16 Sep: Murder + Moddi 17 Sep: Sonaires de la Frontera 18 Sep: Judith Mateo 19 Sep: Escuela de Musica y Danza Libre Galileo 98 24 Sep: Javier Krahe 25 Sep: Al-Trantran 26 Sep: Adelante Afica 27 Sep: The Garbo
COMPILED BY ALLON STAGE 28 Sep: Pecker 29 Sep: Marwan GRUTA 77, c/Cucillo, 6 (Metro: Oporto). Tel: 91 471 23 70. www.gruta77.com
1 Sep: Franky Med & Friends 2 Sep: XI Concurso de Rock 3 Sep: Under Duress + Electric Fence + Ruznik 4 Sep: Los Gandules + Juako Malavirgen 5 Sep: The seed + Toushin 8 Sep: El Paramo + Toundra 9 Sep: Reboyo y los Reboyetes + El Sobrino del Diablo 10 Sep: Mama Ladilla + Bosco El Tosco y su Puta Banda 11 Sep: Mama Ladilla + Bosco El Tosco y su Puta Banda 12 Sep: Wakane 13 Sep: Super 400 (USA) 15 Sep: Las Madres + Dinosaurio 16 Sep: Brijitte West (UK) + Malfario + Mae Kurtz 17 Sep: Star Mafia Boy + Donald Reagans + Mallory Knox + others 18 Sep: Soul Movers (Australia) 19 Sep: Los Nastys + Yakuzas + Against The Odds + Mother Mayhem 21 Sep: High Hats 22 Sep: Tierra + Bahía Cochinos + La Jara 24 Sep: Hyperkorf 25 Sep: Freedonia 26 Sep: Top Models + Albert Gil dj 28 Sep: 9 Pound Hammer 29 Sep: Los Reyes del K.O. 30 Sep: Amasijo + Turrones SALA HEINEKEN, c/Princesa, 1 (Metro:Plaza de Espana). Tel: 91 547 57 11.
www.salaheineken.com 4 Sep: VNV Nation 7 Sep: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra 16 Sep: Los Nocheros 17 Sep: Uno 23 Sep: Zenttric 24 Sep: Jacksontribute 25 Sep: Stiff Little Fingers 30 Sep: The Posies SALA JUGLAR, c/Lavapies, 37 (Metro: Lavapies). Tel: 91 528 43 81. www.salajuglar.com
12 Sep: Blue Infinity MOBY DICK CLUB, Avda del Brasil, 5 (Metro: Santiago Bernabeu). Tel: 91 556 17 44. www.mobydickclub.com
3 Sep: Lithium + Mayhem Boulevard 8 Sep: Blue Identity ( 5 inc. free band CD!) 11 Sep: Chabola VIP 14 Sep: Disco Ensamble + Jaakko &Jay 15 Sep: Ben Howard 16 Sep: Lemon Juice 22 Sep: Iguana Tango 23 Sep: Doc.Rock 25 Sep: Nube 9 (Homage to the Beatles) + Flaming Pie 28 Sep: El Secreto de Karnak 30 Sep: Hule + Doctor Hillman CAFE LA PALMA, c/Palma, 62 (Metro: Noviciado). Tel: 91 522 50 31. www.cafelapalma.com
2 Sep: +M.A.S 4 Sep: Tibi & Her Cello 9 Sep: La Chica del Trebol 10 Sep: Jean Bruce & The Fangs + Freakmummy 11 Sep: Goymamba 16 Sep: AA Henchman 17 Sep: Jacobo Dicenta 18 Sep: Virgybonn 23 Sep: Aer y Los Recuerdos del Futuro 25 Sep: Igor Spengler + Bub
Flamenco LAS TABLAS Plaza de España, 9 (Metro: Plaza de España). Tel: 91 542 05 20. www.lastablasmadrid.com CARDAMOMO C/Echegaray, 15 (Metro: Sol). Tel: 91 369 07 57. www.cardamomo.es CASA PATAS C/Cañizares, 10 (Metro: Antón Martín). Tel: 91 369 04 96. www.casapatas.com
Celtic/folk O’Neill’s tel: 91 521 20 30 Triskel Tavern tel: 91 523 27 83 The Irish Rover tel: 91 597 48 11 Taberna Elisa tel: 91 369 74 263
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dance & mixed CLUB COLORS, Laydown, Plaza de los Mostenses, 9 (Plaza de España). First & third Fri of the month, 12.30am-3am. www.myspace.com/clubcolors Dance, sit, or even lie down while listening to the beats inspired by different electronic and dance genres at this “sexy groove session”. COPOLACLUB, c/San Hermenegildo, 7 (San Bernardo/Noviciado). Wed-Sun 11pm-3.30am. www.copolaclub.com Funky disco-bar with jazz, soul, pop and chilled house upstairs and electronica and techno downstairs. Test out your DJ skills on weeknights. €
FOROCIO.COM FIESTA DE INTERCAMBIO, Sala Torero, c/Cruz, 26 (Sevilla). Wed. www.forocio.com. Meet people from all over the world at this awesome international party. € JOY ESLAVA, c/Arenal, 11 (Sol). Daily 11.30pm-6am. www.joy-eslava.com. Hosting lots of guest bands and DJs, Joy attracts a mixed crowd who get all dolled up to dance to an eclectic mix of music. €€ KAPITAL, c/Atocha, 125 (Atocha). Thur-Sat midnight6am. Over-the-top seven-floor macro-club playing everything from house to hip hop to Spanish pop. €€€ NEU!CLUB, Sala Galileo Galilei, c/Galileo, 100 (Islas Filipinas). Sat 9.30pm-5.30am. myspace.com/neuclub. Electronica, bluegrass, Motown, 60s, rock and pop during the musical, cultural and audiovisual nights, plus live music and DJ sessions. €€
OCHO Y MEDIO, c/Mesonero Romanos, 13, corner of Gran Vía, 34 (Callao). Fri 1-6am. myspace.com/ochoymedio. Popular night featuring electro-disco, bastard-pop, punk-rock, new wave and postpunk. €€ OUI MADRID, c/Jorge Juan, 99 (Goya). Thur-Sat midnight-3am. www.ouimad.com. Start the night off right at this chic restaurant which turns into a nightclub around midnight. Take the elevator to the top floor and dive into the crush of people. Don’t forget to dress to the nines! €€€ PACHA, c/Barcelo, 11 (Tribunal). Thur-Sat midnight-6am. www.pacha-madrid.com. Ultra-classy Pacha, a major force in Madrid since the 80s, now plays house, hip hop and commercial music on three floors. Worth a try, but leave those Converse at home! €€€ REINA BRUJA, c/Jacometrezo, 6 (Callao/Santo Domingo). Fri-Sat 11pm-5.30am. www.reinabruja.com. Well-mixed, popular hip hop and R&B for the fashionable youth of Madrid. €€ YA’STA, c/Valverde, 10 (Gran Vía). Thur-Sat midnight6am. www.yastaclub.net. Thursdays are jazz, funk and soul, Fridays are dirty rock and electro, and Saturdays are techno and psychedelic trance. Talk about a complete weekend! €€
indie pop & rock ESPIRAL POP, c/San Andrés, 23 (Tribunal/Bilbao). Wed-Sun 11pm-3am. myspace.com/espiralpop. Pop and electro pop at this funky café with featured DJs. € INDEPENDANCE CLUB, c/Santa Engracia, 26 (Alonso Martínez). Thur-Fri-Sat midnight-6am. www.independanceclub.com. Enjoy popular, danceable indie-pop and rock at this excellent indie club. Email info@independanceclub.com with your full name, number of people and day attending for free entry! € SALA TABOO, c/San Vicente Ferrer, 23 (Tribunal). Thur-Sat 11pm-5.30am. www.taboo-madrid.com. Hosting both concerts and DJs, this Malasaña venue has it all, from funky electronica to punk-rock to trip-hop by upcoming artists. Watch out for its indie night, Dots Club, on Thursdays. €€ TRANSMISSION CLUB, Sala Star Studio 54, Plaza del Carmen, 3, lower floor (Sol). Fri 11pm-3am. myspace.com/transmission_club. Here’s a bar with a heavy musical focus, even mixing up the styles—postpunk, gothic, 80s and more—depending on the night. € TUPPERWARE, c/Corredera Alto de San Pablo, 26 (Tribunal). Wed-Sun 10pm-3am. myspace.com/tupperwarebar. Super-kitsch design and an indie-pop vibe that gets everyone dancing. € WILD THING BAR, c/Martín Machio, 2 (corner Padre Claret) (Alfonso XIII). Sun-Thur 9pm-close, Fri-Sat 10pm-close. www.wildthing.es. DJs rock this artsy bar with 90s and indie greats every night of the week. Make sure you take advantage of its happy hour on Thursdays from 9pm to 1am, when beers are only €2! €
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The 7th Madriz me puede festival (basically, Madrid knocks me off my feet!) by Goa Electronic Parties looks to pay homage to the classic Madrid era of edgy law-bending, when the word ‘glamour’ still had real significance, and when the city entertained the likes of Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra and the great bullfighter Manolete, who cut more ears out of the bull ring than in it. As always, the festival will feature the best electronic music artists from the city. In the Main Room, you can count on the drum beat of Pilas, as well as the impressive Damian Schwartz, Gerardo Niva & Álex Guerra, and a dj set from one of the capital’s most illustrious, Dr. Smoke, who, of course, is the great Oscar Mulero. And that’s not all. In the venue’s Crystal Club there’ll be Tito, Sandro Bianchi, Señor Lobo, and Álvaro Cabana mixing his best tracks, plus two of the coolest duos in the city—Play the Game and Wagon Cookin’. The dark beats of Pervert will fill the upper floor, along with bubbling acid house from District 909 (HD Substance and Tim Baker), the elegant tones of Redsonja aka Pelacha, the funky beats of Dali & Dynamite, and sheer wisdom from classic Madrid sound Miguel Mendoza. Does Madrid knock you off your feet? Check out this great Goa party on the 19th and you may find that the city, 50 years on, is still a surrealist and cosmopolitan meeting point for the elite of the world. 7th Madriz me puede festival, Fabrik Espacio Multiusos, Avda de la Industria, 82 Cra. Fuenlabrada-Moraleja de Enmedio Km. 3500 Humanes de Madrid, Sun 19 Sep 1pm-1am, 30. See www.goaclub.es
electro, house, techno & drum’n’bass AUDIUM, c/Ventura Rodríguez, 7 (Ventura Rodríguez). Sat 1-7am. myspace.com/audiumclub. Techno and deep house music from RedSonja, Miguel Mendoza, Xpansul and more. €€ CAPOTE, c/Santa Teresa, 3 (Alonso Martínez). TuesSat 10pm-5am. This little gem of a bar puts on a good show with resident DJs Timo and Roberto Jean. Enjoy some tasty house music to whet your appetite. €€ CASSETTE CLUB, Sala Boite, c/Tetuan, 27 (Sol). Sun midnight-6am. myspace.com/clubcassette. Electro to help ease you into the working week with a smile on your face. A cool night for a cool crowd. €€ DARK HOLE, Sala Flamingo, c/Mesonero Romanos, 13 (Callao/Gran Vía). Sat 1-6am. myspace.com/darkholegothicclub. Madrid’s unofficial gothic headquarters. Listen to dark ambient, electro and goth music until dawn. €€ DOMINION CLUB, Sala Jala Jala, c/la Puebla, 6 (Callao/Gran Vía). Fri 10.30pm-3am. www.myspace.com/dominionclubmadrid DJs Fran Raven and guests spin a dark mix of EBM, dark electro, synth pop, industrial electro and future pop. FREE DU:OM, Sala Heineken, c/Princesa, 1 (Plaza de España). Fri-Sat midnight-6am. www.duomclub.com. Dress to impress and dance the night away to house and progressive house provided by some truly talented DJs: Hugo Serra, Iván Pica and Pombo. €€€ ELIXIR, Changó, c/Luchana (corner of Covarrubias) (Iglesia/Bilbao). Sat midnight-6am. A classy venue with good-looking people, hot go-gos, decadent design and dance music till dawn. €€€ LOW CLUB, Sala Pirandello 1, c/Princesa, 3 (Plaza de España). Fri-Sat midnight-6am. www.intromusica.com. Spend your weekends dancing away to resident and international DJs spinning the latest electro and techno beats. €€€ MOMA 56, c/José Abascal, 56 (Gregorio Marañon). Wed-Sat midnight-6am. www.moma56.com. Dance to resident DJ Koke’s tunes at this disco bar. €€ MONDO, Sala Stella, c/Arlabán, 7 (Sevilla). Thur-Sat 0.30-6am. www.web-mondo.com. Funk and electronica feature in this fantastic venue located smack dab in the centre of town. Fridays lean more towards house, techno and electro under the night’s pseudonym, The Room. This is a place you night-owls won’t want to miss! €€ OHM, Plaza Callao, 4 (Callao). Fri-Sat midnight-6am. myspace.com/ohmclub. Great house DJs, great people and a great vibe. And don’t miss Weekend on Sundays, which features funky house. €€ 69 PÉTALOS, Avda Alberto de Alcocer, 32 (Cuzco/Colombia). Fri 11pm-6am. www.grupo69petalos.com With a shake-up of funk,
RnB and popular house, plus cabaret, ludicrous outfits and general debauchery, the totally fabulous 69 Pétalos will leave you begging for more. €€ SUPERKLUB, Sala COOL, Isabel la Católica, 6 (Santo Domingo). Sun midnight-6am. Sunday evenings just got better than ever, with Superklub spilling non-stop house music into your Monday morning as if the weekend was never going to end. €€€ TWIST CLUB, Sala Wind, c/Montera, 25 (entrance in Plaza del Carmen) (Gran Vía). Thur midnight-6am. myspace.com/twistmadrid. By far the best drum ‘n’ bass night around. Head over and get hooked on music from Xol and you’re sure to have your Thursday nights booked. €€ VOODOO CLUB, Sala Moon, c/Aduana, 21 (Sol). Fri midnight-6am. Voodoo is a Friday club session that caters for all the urban tribes, an offbeat night with a wide music policy covering the whole broken beats spectrum (from hip hop, dubstep and breaks to dirty electro and drum&bass). Whether it’s on the main dancefloor with its booming sound system and amazing light show, in the intimate backroom or at the chill-out bar, you’ll just love the venue and the cosmopolitan crowd it attracts.
reggae, funk, jazz & world music BERLÍN CABARET, c/Costanilla de San Pedro, 11. Mon, Tue, Wed: shows 1.30am; Thur: shows 1.30am & 3.30am; Fri, Sat: shows 1.30am, 2.30am & 3.30am. www.berlincabaret.com Located in La Latina, Berlín Cabaret attracts a diverse audience spilling out from the many bars in the area. It offers a lively, funky atmosphere with eclectic music ranging from the Jackson 5 to “La Lambada” and live cabaret shows, such as Psicosis Gonsales and In Drag. €€ LA BOCA DEL LOBO, c/Echegaray, 11 (Sevilla). WedSat 10.30pm-3.30am. www.labocadellobo.com Rock, funk, electronic jazz and rare groove served up four nights a week, plus live music. €€ COSTELLO, c/Caballero de Gracia, 10 (Gran Vía). Daily 6pm-3am. www.costelloclub.com. Everything from funk and electronic jazz to pop, rare groove and rock music. €€ EL JUGLAR, c/Lavapiés, 37 (Lavapiés). Daily midnight-3am. www.salajuglar.com. Get your daily dose of funk, house, reggae and breaks at this neighbourhood hotspot. € EL JUNCO, Plaza Santa Bárbara, 10 (Alonso Martínez). Daily 11pm-6am. www.eljunco.com. Latenight funk and electronic jazz. €€ MARULA CAFÉ, c/Caños Viejos, 3 (La Latina). Daily 10.30pm-6am. www.marulacafe.com. Come and get your funk on at the palace of funk, also known as Marula Café. € SWEET FUNK CLUB, c/Doctor Cortezo, 1 (Sol/Tirso de Molina). Thur-Sat midnight-6am. sweetfunkclub.com. Feel free to get a little dirty at this hip-hop club near Sol. €
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Kevin Bambury looks at the movies which might make an impact in the next few months, all of which show a flourish of Spanish flair
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f you’re a movie fan and you’ve spent a summer watching big budget blockbusters you might need a break from all those dizzying special effects. So a dose of home-grown Spanish movies is strongly recommended over the next few months. While there are bound to be new directors and actors making a name from themselves, the following films promise something special, made with a large helping hand of Spanish talent.
Bruc ETA–October 2010 Directed by Daniel Benmayor, Bruc is based on the true story of the battle of Bruch, which took place in 1808 near the mountain of Montserrat near Barcelona. According to legend, a boy shepherd managed to trick French troops into retreating by using his drum and the echoes of the mountains, to give the impression of a colossal Spanish army. The French generals and Napoleon himself were none too pleased with this embarrassment and sent a number of mercenaries to kill the boy. As always with historical action movies, liberties may be taken with the plot, but it looks to be entertaining.
Enterrado (Buried) ETA–October 2010 This movie stars the affable Ryan Reynolds as a US contractor based in Iraq. Unfortunately Reynolds is kidnapped during a convoy attack and wakes up to find himself buried alive inside
a coffin with only his cell phone, a knife and a candle. To make matters worse, his air supply is limited. The story sees Reynolds moving away from his usual romantic comedy roles and into something more interesting and challenging. Director Rodrigo Cortés has had success in Spain with the black comedy Concursante and this will be his first Hollywood movie.
Los Ojos de Julia ETA–29 October 2010 If you are a fan of The Orphanage this movie will definitely be on your must-see list. It is set to open the Sitges film festival at the beginning of October and film insiders have been raving about it for months. Belen Rueda plays a woman who is slowly going blind, and sets about investigating the death of her twin sister who suffered from the same degenerative illness.
Mientras Duermes (Sleep Tight) ETA–Autumn 2010 This new film from REC director Jaume Balagueró is set in an ordinary Spanish apartment block and is based around the life of a portero. But unlike normal porteros (at least, I hope) he likes to take advantage of his privileged position and uses the information he gathers to trick and cheat the residents. Goya winners Luis Tosar and Marta Etura are the stars, and if Balagueró previous work is anything to go by, it’s likely to be a hot ticket. After filming, he is due to make a third and a fourth instalment of the REC series.
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Agnosia ETA–October 2010 Bárbara Goenaga plays a woman who suffers from a rare mental illness known as agnosia in this thriller directed by Eugenio Mira. The illness means that although her sensory organs are in perfect condition, her brain doesn’t interpret the signals she receives correctly. Enemies of her father begin to pursue her in order to extract some industrial secrets that she harbours, and form a sinister plan to take advantage of her sensory confusion. This thriller also stars the brilliant Eduardo Noriega and originates from the same producers as Pan’s Labyrinth and The Orphanage.
La Piel Que Habito ETA: 2011 Pedro Almodóvar’s new film will reunite him with Antonio Banderas, who will play a plastic surgeon seeking revenge against the men who raped his daughter. The movie is based on a novel by Thierry Jonquet and will also star Elena Anaya. Almodóvar has said that it will be a horror movie but “without the frights and screams”—no doubt a statement that should spark everyone’s imagination. As with all the director’s movies, it’s sure to make an impact.
Jessica Cogan previews the big-screen releases heading to Madrid this month
Get Him to the Greek (Todo sobre mi desmadre) Not every spin-off is a born winner, but Get Him to the Greek–a Forgetting Sarah Marshall spawn–does just work. It outdoes its source material. Russell Brand is Aldous Snow, a funny blip in Sarah Marshall, but the star here. He’s a boozy, druggy, partying rock star who Aaron (Jonah Hill), a record label suit, has to wrangle from London to his gig in LA. In the course of their journey, Aaron learns to lighten up and the two develop a friendship. It’s a modern, dirtier, grosser My Favorite Year. Judd Apatow is the producer here and you can certainly feel his influence. For all of the funny stuff–and there is a lot–there’s also heart, along with a very funny cameo by P. Diddy. Despite the Forgetting Sarah Marshall connection, familiarity with the earlier film is not a prerequisite for enjoying Get Him to the Greek, and like most movies that come out of the Apatow factory, this one demands an open mind, a willingness to laugh at the obscene and profane, and an understanding that comedy can sometimes be peppered with tragedy. It’s not perfect, but it works better than one might assume from the juvenile and lacklustre preview. Out now
Bright Star Jane Campion (Sweetie, The Piano, Portrait of a Lady) makes a richly evocative film-poem out of the real-life story of Fanny Brawne’s romance with John Keats in the final three years of the great English poet’s brief, fervent life. Ben Whishaw, who played one of the Bob Dylans in I’m Not There, brings a nicely understated combination of turbulence and delicacy to the Keats role. Campion deepens the character drama by giving special attention not just to the great poet’s amours, but also to the mercurial, highly charged threeway relationship between Keats, Brawne (an excellent Abbie Cornish), and the unctuously abrasive Charles Brown (a superb Paul Schneider), the poet’s friend/secretary/literary aide. Fanny’s family, the widowed Mrs. Brawne (Kerry Fox) and her two younger siblings, have telling moments as well. What gradually emerges on-screen feels a little like a Jane Austen story filtered through the darkling moods of a Bronte novel, but whatever its influences, Bright Star consistently generates its own distinctively austere version of unsentimental romance, a quietly credible blend of modern roughness and quaint elegance. The literary pleasures extend through the final credits, during which Whishaw delivers
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Predators If you don’t count the rubbish Alien vs Predator movies, this is the second sequel to the 1987 Arnie actioner Predator. A pumped-up Adrien Brody takes the lead as one of a motley group of soldiers and psychos who wake up on a strange planet ready to be picked off by a bunch of big-game-hunting aliens. Out now The Karate Kid This reboot of the 80s classic shifts the action from California to China and sees Will Smith’s son Jaden take Ralph Macchio’s bullied brat-turned-arse-kicker role. Jackie Chan makes an excellent new Mr “wax on, wax off” Miyagi. Out now You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Conocerás al Hombre de tus Sueños) Churning them out at the steady rate of one per year, Woody Allen’s latest effort is a London-set comedy-drama with dark themes and a light touch, starring Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts. Eminently watchable, but you can’t help wishing Woody would slow down and strive to make another Annie Hall. Out now
Eat, Pray, Love
a fine reading of “Ode to a Nightingale.” Out 3 Sep
The Runaways In piecing together this partially fictionalized account of the rise and collapse of 70s girl rock band The Runaways, writer/director Floria Sigismondi has erred on the side of sanitisation, omitting or softening some of the more lurid details of the behind-the-scenes goings-on. Although strongest when focusing on the musical elements, the movie is also effective in illustrating the friendship/quasi-lesbian romance that blossoms between the two leads. Where it underperforms is in the home life of the central character, Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), and in finding a satisfying finishing point. The Runaways form in 1975 when guitarist Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and drummer Sandy West (Stella Maeve) separately approach manager/agent Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) intending to start an all-girl rock band. He puts them together, and intoduces singer Cherie Currie, who is described as “the lovechild of Bridget Bardot and Iggy Pop.” All the girls are under 19, but with Currie just shy of 16 her first taste of fame and its associated pressures lead her to alcohol and drugs. Eventually, unable to cope, she quits the band. But once Currie has left, the narrative flounders, and Sigismondi decides to end by flashing ahead several years to when Jett is a major star, allowing for the use of Jett’s “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” and “Crimson and Clover”, but leaving the final connection between Currie and Jett brief and unsatisfying. The film is an engaging take on the price and fleeting
nature of fame, and the weaknesses are more than compensated for by the performances, the ‘70s art design, and the soundtrack. Out 10 Sep
Eat, Pray, Love (Come, reza, ama) In Eat, Pray, Love, Julia Roberts communes with an elephant, is counseled by a toothless medicine man and eats a lot of pasta. It’s a Roman/Indian/Indonesian holiday in which, playing journalist Elizabeth Gilbert, she searches her soul ad nauseam—in an ashram, among ruins and in a remote lush landscape that looks like Club Med. It’s a thin story about a privileged woman who ends her marriage for vague reasons and decides to get in touch with her true self. The soul-searching is glib, with Liz absorbing aphorisms and spouting truisms as if she has unlocked the mystery of life. In India, she accuses fellow traveller Richard (an affable Richard Jenkins) of “speaking in bumper stickers” but the same could be said of the entire screenplay. Roberts is often charming as she brings the sometimes-unsympathetic Liz to life, but Ryan Murphy’s direction spends too much time in long close-ups of her troubled face, misty-eyed or deep in contemplation. Some convincing sparks are at least struck with the charismatic James Franco, who plays David, a struggling actor and Liz’s first lover after the dissolution of her marriage. Though there are a handful of funny lines, the deeper observations are facile, and the whole journey feels like a rich girl gone slumming. And for those of us along for the ride, it’s a bit of a slog. Out 24 Sep
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Lope Directed by Brazilian Andrucha Waddington (House of Sand), this bodice-ripping, sword-swishing Lope de Vega biopic stars Alberto Ammann as the renowned Madrid-born Golden Age playwright, as well as his Celda 211 co-star Luis Tosar, Spanish-English actress Leonor Watling and Pilar López de Ayala. 3 Sept Todo lo que Tú Quieras Based in Madrid, this drama stars Ana Risueño as a mother who dies unexpectedly following an epileptic fit leaving her grieving husband (Juan Diego Botto) to try to fill her shoes—quite literally—for their four-year-old daughter Dafne. 10 Sept Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec (Adele y el Misterio de la Momia) Paris, 1912: when a 136-million-year-old egg hatches and a pterodactyl starts terrorising the city, it’s up to feisty reporter Adèle Blanc-Sec (Louise Bourgoin), fresh from a trip tackling mummies in Egypt, to stop it. Filmmaker Luc Besson—of Leon and The Fifth Element fame—directs this adaptation of Jacques Tardi’s comic books. 10 Sept
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The American (El Americano) George Clooney plays an assassin trying to find a bit of R&R in the Italian mountains in this stylish thriller from photographer-turned-filmmaker Anton Corbijn, director of 2007’s impressive Joy Division biopic Control. 17 Sept
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bookbuzz Collected Stories Hanif Kureishi Faber There’s more misery contained within the hefty 688 pages of Hanif Kureishi’s Collected Stories than you could shake a stick at. But, boy, is it gripping stuff. After all, don’t they say ‘misery likes company’? Almost all of the characters in the collection of short tales are suffering from some kind of dilemma or inner trauma, whether it be the whisky-drinking Muslim in ‘My son the fanatic’ who’s concerned about his son’s increasingly radical views, or sparky Nina, the delinquent teen in ‘With My Tongue Down Your Throat’ who turns her life on its head after getting a visit from the Indian half sister she’s never met. Kureishi, through his screenplays, novels and plays became not only a famous writer but something of an icon to Asian Britains and anti-Thatcherites in the Eighties and Nineties. And reading this pot of gems—dating from the past 12 years—it’s clear to see why. He dissects the complexities of relationships and married life from every angle, and no emotion is left unturned. Some of the stories, like ‘Goodbye Mother’, in which a middle-aged man takes his old dear on a cemetery visit, are so burdened with pain, regret and acceptance they’re almost difficult to read. ■ KATHERINE ROBINSON
The Last Patriarch Najat El Hachmi Serpent’s Tail
Though not a pretty story, The Last Patriarch is a joy to read. To thank for that you have Najat El Hachmi’s superb story telling skills and her eye for the comic in the face of the darkest of subject matter. It follows the story of Mamoun, the last patriarch, from his beginnings in a village in Morocco to his eventual immigration to Girona. Physically attractive and spoiled by his sisters and mother, he grows into a tyrant,
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especially when it comes to his daughter, who is the narrator of the tale. Domestic violence, drunken abuse, attempted murder, secrets and false accusations are the norm as the narrator attempts to break away from the father she both loves and hates at the same time. Originally written in Catalan by Moroccan-born El Hachmi, the novel caused a sensation in Catalonia, winning the region’s most prestigious writing accolade, the Ramon Llull Prize in 2008. The only thing that takes some getting used to is the absence of quotation marks to denote speech – though this seems to add to the book’s unique charm. ■ KATHERINE ROBINSON
Tinkers Paul Harding Windmill Books
Harding’s mesmerising debut (and Pulitzer winner) begins eight days before the death of George Washington Crosby, a grandfather and repairer of clocks. Timepieces and the order they provide have defined George’s existence but now, as his hallucinations suggest, his Time is running out and the neat order of things is unfurling into chaos. Clocks are exploding, strewing mangled cogs, wheels and brass into eternity. As the hours pass until George’s body finally succumbs to serious illness, we are transported into this beautifully drawn character’s world. In this touching short novel Harding manages to detail a journey through George’s own turbulent life, then an inexplicable switch into his father’s memories, which themselves touch on George’s grandfather, encompassing decades of the Crosby family saga. It is the story of a paternal line touched by profound spirituality and empathy, but blighted by epilepsy or mental infirmity. Through the painful episodes that unfold Harding reveals how tragically vulnerable these men are to the whims of the pragmatic, cold and less-enlightened people around them. One might playfully argue a little misogyny here, given that these other characters—selfish, soulless and hard—are predominantly women. The minds of George, his father and grandfather are knitted together with poetic and lyrical language, magical realism, symbolism, history and anecdote. The narrative is not linear; it changes perspective and tense with few signposts, making reading occasionally flummoxing. But it is this esoteric quality that allows the reader to transcend the normal sense of separation from the characters, and experience deep empathy with their mental states. A spellbinding, haunting and life-affirming book, and essential reading for anyone wanting to sample a unique and fresh literary experience from a master craftsman. ■ LAURA EDGECUMBE-ANSDELL
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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Stephenie Mayer ATOM Just when the Twi-hards out there thought they’d seen the last of Stephenie Mayer’s teen vampire romance series comes The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner–a Twilight novella. It’s an accompaniment to the Eclipse book in the series, and started as a writing experiment which then took on a life of its own. Mayer thrusts the reader into the world of Bree–a newborn vampire who is generally endeavouring to survive while living with a pack of equally young and very unstable vampires, drinking her fill of human blood, and trying to figure out–with the help of her new best friend Diego–what their enigmatic leader Riley isn’t telling them. Of course, Twilight fans know how the book concludes, and it isn’t a happy ending. This is considerably darker than any of the other books, and Bree and Diego actually talk to each other like real teenagers trying to work out if they like each other, rather than Edward and Bella’s over the top “You are my life now” style dialogue. The refreshing aspect is that when Bree claps eyes on Edward for the first time she merely describes him as “the vampire with the dark red hair”. What, no descriptions of how breathtakingly beautiful he is? Bella certainly wouldn’t agree. But is all of this relevant? Millions of Twilight fans around the world will snap this up whether it’s bad or good. Fortunately, it’s most definitely the latter. ■ KATHERINE ROBINSON
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Teacher (QTS) and an NVQ3 Required native English female to work with 1 to 6 year old children in a British Nursery School in Pozuelo. School Holidays paid. Possibility of full day job (9.00h a 17.30h) or half day job (9.00h a 14.30h).The Nursery is very well communicated with Madrid centre by train or bus or metro ligero.
Please send your CV to britishnursery@britishnursery.com. www.britishnursery.com
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accommodation accommodation-offered CUTE ONE BEDROOM FLAT IN SOL, SIX MONTHS MINIMUM One bedroom apartment, Totally Furnished, breakfast bar, washing machine, dish washer, oven, microwave, dining area. Air conditioning and heating. Basthroom with a bath. Double bed. Although is location in a street full of life with typical Spanish bars , proximity to shops, restaurants, social amenities a flamenco dancing school, very innovahousing@gmail.com. LOVELY STUDIO 2 MINUTES FROM PLAZA MAYOR 40m2,in front of San Miguel Market, 2 minutes walk from Plaza Mayor. Totally furnished, separated kitchen with dining area, washing machine, dish washer, glass hob, TV. Air conditioning and heating. Bathroom with a bath. Social amenities. Contact: innovahousing@gmail.com or calling 622737470, 670681435. BEAUTIFUL 3 BEDROOMS APARTMENT NEAR UNDERGROUND. 3 bedrooms apartment, confortable and near Pavones underground station. Fully furnished, two rooms for couples and one single. Free and easy parking 24 hs. Publics swimming pools and supermarkets at the zone. Rent for long season. Bills included. Phone: 666 161 898. COZY AND CHARMING STUDIO , MINIMUM 6 MONTHS LET Lovely 42m2, dining area, walk in wardrobe, separate kitchen with washing machine, dishwasher, microwave oven. Air conditioning and heating, Bathroom with a bath. Doble bed and sofa bed. Contacts: rentals@innovate.es or call 622737470 or 670681435.
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books OPEN SUNDAYS J&J Books and Coffee now open on Sundays. Buy, sell, and trade your English books plus great food, drinks and events available. C/Espiritu Santo, 47. Metro: Noviciado. Call: 91 521 85 76. SPECIALS ON NEW AND USED BOOKS EVERY MONTH Petra’s International Bookshop 91-541-7291. C/Campomanes 13, metros Sto Domingo, Callao or Opera.
classes art-classes ART STUDIO MADRID Painting and drawing. Come and discover different techniques in abstract and figurative painting. All levels are welcome. Enjoy and enrich your creativity! Classes in English, Spanish and French. Classes are held also on Saturday mornings. Calle Don Ramón de la Cruz 26, Metro Velázquez. Contact Genoveva at genojuan@gmail.com 669-29-47-58. FURNITURE DECO & RESTORATION STUDIO MADRID Furniture restoration & decorative painting. Come and learn to restore old furniture and transform it with different techniques. Discover a new world of decorative painting. No previous skills required. Classes in English, Spanish, French and German. Contact Paloma on 620 362 842. STUDIO: C/San Hermenigildo 18. Metro San Bernardo. Email: palodesell@gmail.com.
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MADRID Learn Spanish easily with experienced teacher, graduated by International House. One to one or groups. Materials provided. Grammar and conversation for all levels. DELE exam. From 15 euros negotiable. Contact Javier: 661 871 239. Email: javiersanjoseespeso@hotmail.com. Web: http://javiersanjoseespeso.jimdo.com. SPANISH CLASSES Qualified native teacher with experience. One to one or groups. Grammar, conversation. DELE.Revision text. Zone: Moncloa or in your place. From 15 euros negotiable. Cristina 656 634 343. Email: cristina_dom@hotmail.com. SPANISH CLASSES Private Spanish teacher, 25 years experience, role-play, conversation, grammar, business courses. DELE examination. One-toone or small groups. Easy learning, low fees. Maria English and French spoken. Tel: 91 573 64 71 699 33 15 05. SPANISH AT YOUR OWN PACE Learn Spanish at your own pace with experienced teachers. References available. All levels and purposes: survival, business, DELE, etc. We go to your place and provide the material. €25 / hour. 91 367 12 60 / 646 806 402 / mgil2000@hotmail.com. SPANISH ONE-TO-ONE Would you like to know the difference between SER and ESTAR, POR and PARA? Experienced and qualified bilingual teacher offer private lessons only at his place located in Huertas zone. All levels and reasonable rates. Please call anytime or leave a message at (91) 4201049, or email me for further information: gmarcano60@hotmail.com.
english PROFESORA NATIVA DE INGLÉS PARA PEQUES Y ADULTOS Soy Inglesa nativa (de Londres) y llevo 4 años dando clases de inglés a niños, jóvenes y adultos. Clases en grupo (2 a 4 personas) o clases individuales. Llamar para precios y disponibilidad. Clases en su domicilio o centro. Teléfono: 649 95 46 42 email: palomairving@hotmail.com. ENGLISH STUDIO Clases de Inglés 20€ Hora y media Lunes a Viernes – mañanas y tardes Zona: Metro el Carmen Grupos reducidos Titulada por la Universidad de San Francisco, California, USA. Certificado CELTA Victoria e-mail: victoriaangelesolson@hotmail.com. BOOK GROUP! DO YOU WANT TO READ BOOKS IN ENGLISH? Interested in reading books in English? Do you want to come to class and talk about the story, the characters and the ideas? Or ask questions about the language? More details: www.illuminateEnglish.com We organise small group classes. The students read a chapter a week and then have a 2.5 hour class once a week to talk about it. Email: info@illuminateEnglish.com Tel: 627 619 563 Price: 25€ per 2.5 hour class We also organise classes in history, literature, films and other topics. Contact us for more information. PROFESOR NATIVO DE INGLÉS 7AÑOS DE EXPERIENCIENCIA Me llamo Lewis y soy un profesor nativo de inglés con 7 años de experiencia. Ofrezco clases de inglés para adultos y niños. Le puedo ayudar a mejorar la conversación, la escritura, la lectura y los ejercicios de listening; además, puedo proporcionale materiales de apoyo. Vivo en el centro de Madrid y me traslado. 20 € por hora para una persona. 30 € por hora para dos personas. Para los niños también ofrezco una sesión de grupo de 1,5 horas de duración por 50 € (hasta 5 niños por groupo) lew.cooper@yahoo.co.uk.
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clubs clubs-art DO YOU LIKE TO SING? Coro Universitario Complutense is looking for new members. Come on, you will enjoy singing with us very much. Rehearsals on Fridays from 8-10pm. www.corouniversitariocomplutense.com or call Angel: 646 932 315. WRITERS’ GROUP Writers with work in progress and a view to publication welcome. Call Charlie on 91 816 2419, or e-mail madridwriters@patchword.com. SKETCH MADRID Monthly meet ups to draw and sketch in and around Madrid with friends. See sketchmadrid.blogspot.com or contact Ben via sketchmadrid at gmail dot com. GOT THE ACTING BUG? THE MADRID PLAYERS NEEDS YOU! The Madrid Players puts on productions throughout the year. Pantomime, Shakespeare, drama, comedy, cabaret 3-act plays. So if you think you’d like to be involved then we’d love to hear from you! We are always looking for new members, either to work on stage or in production, there are so many areas for you to get involved in. So email us at madridplayers@gmail.com to find out how to get involved!.
clubs-gay GRUPO GAY EN MADRID PARA APRENDER Y PRACTICAR YOGA Somos un grupo gay de todas las edades, y nos reunimos en Madrid en un local céntrico para aprender y practicar YOGA. Clases gratuitas. email: buhozen@yahoo.es.
clubs-general-social ST. GEORGE’S GUILD Invites you to join an informal talk, given on a wide range of subjects. Our Speaker for October: Sr. Ruiz Morales, diplomat talks of his time in Samarkland and it’s history. We meet 1st. Tues in the month at St.George’s Church hall, Nuñez de Balboa. 2€ a visit No membership fee. Contact Jenny on Email: jennyeffer@hotmail.com Tel: 91 547 89 13 or Stephen on 650984329 or at madridbeast@hotmail.com. CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB Hail hail the Celts are here! Madrid Emerald meet at Finbar’s, c/Marqués de Urquijo, 10, Metro Argüelles to watch all the Celtic games. Tel: 91 548 37 93. ENGLISH - SPANISH-ART - MUSIC CLUB Los Mitos, Calle Moratin 5. Former Manhattan Martini Bar. 2nd de September.Open 7pm-2am.ask for troy. AMERICAN DADS IN MADRID? Are there any other American dads out there? I am a guy from California, married to a lovely spanish woman with three kids. Any golfers out there registered with the federation of madrid? If so, contact me and lets get together and play some golf!!! Email me at oyccyf@hotmail.com. JOKES EVENING. ASOCIACIÓN EDUCATIVA OSCAR WILDE Asociación Educativa Oscar Wilde Based in San Sebastián de los Reyes this new initiative is open to English speakers and English learners of all nationalities. Pub Quiz Bar Nuba Walk in the country Jokes evening Check blog for dates. For more info see our blog http://asedow.blogspot.com or ring this number 916542230 If this is your cup of tea contact us at asedow@gmail.com. THE DRINKING CLUB WITH A RUNNING PROBLEM! The Madrid Hash House Harriers meets every weekend kum rain, shine or credit crunch. We sprint, run or, more likely, crawl a pre-set trail of about one hour somewhere outside Madrid and return coughing and wheezing to a welcoming can or three of beer. If this sounds like your bag and you have a wacky sense of humour then visit our website www.madridhhh.com or call Jim on 607 726 654. On on!!. BOOK CLUB If you enjoy reading, have an open mind and like sharing ideas come and join our monthly book club. Suggestions for books are always
welcome. If interested email Jo milliej7@yahoo.co.uk. CHEAP IN MADRID A blog about all the entertainment,social and cultural activities FREE or very cheap in Madrid.The blog is concise with a description of the event,place,time and how long it is available.Keep a close watch to enjoy football related activities in Madrid for the coming World Cup 2010 in South Africa. The blog address is http://cheapinmadrid.com/. ST. GEORGE’S GUILD LIBRARY Over three thousand books from biographies to thrillers and also LargePrint and Audiobooks, open three days a week. 15€ for a years membership, 50 cents to borrow a book. Open Tues. mornings from 10.30am , Thurs. evenings from 6.30pm and Sundays from 11am for more info call Jenny on 915478913 by email: jennyeffer@hotmail.com or Stephen on 650984329. INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH SPEAKING GROUP We are an international English speaking group +35. We meet for once a month for lunch and also for trips and cultural activities. If you are an English speaker and new in town, you can contact us at: acurras@hotmail.com. ACA Adult Children of Alcoholics or Dysfunctional Homes is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program for people who grew up in dysfunctional homes. We hold regular meetings in Madrid. Email: aca.madrid.english@hotmail.com, phone: Jeff 608 099 510 or visit our web to learn more at: http://www.adultchildren.org/. ACA is a non-profit organisation. Meetings Fridays 06:20 to 07:50 pm. EFL MADRID POKER CLUB Friendly poker club - plays every Thursday go to www.EFLMadrid.com and click poker for more details. AMERICAN DADS IN MADRID? Are there any other American dads out there? I am a guy from California, married to a lovely spanish woman with three kids. Any golfers out there registered with the federation of madrid? If so, contact me and lets get together and play some golf!!! Email me at oyccyf@hotmail.com.
clubs-sports SNOOKER 4 table Snooker Club looking for new members and/or league players. All levels welcome. Open every day from 17.00 to 23.00. Selection of cues and accessories for sale. Phone Mark on 618 784 550 or visit www.snookermadrid.com. MADRID LIONS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB, EST. 1997 Madrid Lions Rugby Football Club welcomes new players of all levels and nationalities. Pub night Thursdays from 8.30pm at Finnegan’s, Plaza de las Salesas (Metro Alonso Martinez or Chueca) where you can find out why we are Madrid’s most popular and successful social rugby club. Check our web page www.madridlionsrfc.com, email info@madridlionsrfc.com or ring Charlie on 636 067 716. GAA Madrid Harps GAA Club seeks Gaelic footballers, with or without experience, for their Mens and Ladies teams. Contact Lorcan on 699 492 334, see www.madridgaa.com or write to MadridHarps@gmail.com. MADRID BARBARIANS RUGBY CLUB - RUGBY FOR ALL Madrid Barbarians are looking for players (& supporters)of all abilities, ages & nationalities. Aim: to be the most social & competitive club in Madrid. League & social matches, games with worldwide touring teams & regular training. Fun, rugby & our mitico ‘tercer tiempo’. More details on F/book group: Madrid Barbarians Rugby Football Club. Call Andrew 679060539 email: andrewsmith@telefonica.net. ¡YNWA! MADRID REDS, OFFICIAL LIVERPOOL FC BRANCH MADrid REDS, the Official Branch of Liverpool FC supporters in Madrid meets for most (available) televised games at the Triskel Tavern, calle San Vicente Ferrer, 3; Metro: Tribunal. More information and possible pub venue changes at our website: www.MADridREDS.com or from: info@MADridREDS.com You’ll Never Watch Alone. FOOTBALL TEAM FC Britanico de Madrid, formed 1972, welcomes new players for matches at weekends. Training/practice on Wednesday evenings. Visit our website www.fcbritanico.com for info, results and much more, and e-mail if interested fcbritanicodemadrid@gmail.com. MADRID CRICKET CLUB Madrid Cricket Club is looking for players of all levels and nationalities. Play in the Spanish national league! For more info contact Joss (663 395 058) or Manny (627557572). www.cricketinmadrid.com.
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counselling COUNSELLING MADRID Counselling Madrid is devoted to the international community in Madrid. We provide confidential counselling services to students, expats and spouses. Visit our website for more details: www.counsellingmadrid.org. PSYCHOTHERAPIST/COUNSELOR. US trained/licensed. Specialized in Solution Focused and Family Systems Therapy. Help in relationships, life transitions, crisis or bereavement. Discover new understanding, find more effective approaches and develop strengths in resolving problems and dealing with emotional distress. David Hugener MSW. Tel: 91 594 22 08 or 636 204 220. Sliding scale. PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHIATRY/SPEEC H& OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Counseling, Psychology, Psychiatry, Speech and Occupational therapy services in English and Spanish (some services also available in other languages) for all ages. Our staff of professionals has vast clinical experience helping adults and children in the English-speaking community in Madrid with depression, anxiety, cultural adaptation, couples/relationship problems, sensory impairments, language disorders and more. www.sinews.es.
desperately-seeking RECENTLY WIDOWED 36 year old seeks others in same situation to start social and support group. Call Jon on 610912912 or e-mail me at j_bgoode@yahoo.com. MUSICIANS Want to get together and play a little blues, country and folk... we could rock too. Mike, 677176679. PUPPETEER/ STREET THEATRE PERFORMER WANTED Think street theatre in Madrid needs a shot in the arm? So do I. I am a puppeteer and Commedia del´ arte performer looking
for someone with an interest in Puppetry and Commedia and with a view to performing on the streets of Madrid and beyond. I have my own puppets/ puppet theatre/ masks. An English and Spanish speaker would be ideal. Email: pantalone@hotmail.co.uk or tel: Simon on 660363574. LOOKING FOR HOOPING/HOOPDANCE CLASSES Any girls out there know a bit of hoopdance/hooping? I’d love to get classes in Aug/Sept! I have a travel hoop and a few basic notions. Please contact me at hoopingmadrid@hotmail.com, thanks!.
for-sale HP DESKTOP PC Desktop PC - HP Pavillion 7855 CPU only (no monitor, keyboard etc) 1Ghz AMD ATHLON 450MB RAM CD-Rewriter 32x DVD player 2x USBs on front (4 in total) Audio, graphics 32MB hard drive 20GB LAN 10/100bse-t TV composite video out (connects to any standard telly) Comes with power lead Good working order Price 25€ Email: reverend_rogers@yahoo.com. TV, MICROWAVE, MOUNTAIN BIKE, COFFEE MACHINE &MORE MOVING SALE Mountain bike- €100 TV- Phillips 19”, all connections great condition €50 Microwave, coffee machine, air humidifier, toaster, iron, bedside lamp all good condition- make an offer! Contact Kate misskateappleton@hotmail.com.
FURNITURE, KITCHEN TOOLS, CDS, BOOKS...AND MORE. Furniture like mattress, chairs, mirrors...kitchen tools, CDs, music, books in English and for teaching English, clothes for male and plenty of other things. Email: ljtsaa@gmail.com. CAR FOR SALE SEAT IBIZA 1998, 1.9 Diesel, 5 door, good working order, ITV (road worthy certificate) until July 2011, cd, air conditioning, electric windows, central locking. We have to sell it as we are leaving the country. Contact Kate on misskateappleton@hotmail.com. ENGLISH BOOKS, CDS, MATERIAL FOR TEACHING OR LEARN Books, CDs, DVDs. Materials for teaching or learning english. Resources for english teachers. Text books, “oposiciones” materials and “temarios” and more. 91 530 8787. 10 euros. ljtsaa@gmail.com. NEW FEMENIN CITY-BIKE FOR SALE New bicicle used 4-5 times. Very nice and comfortable. Grey and black. Perfect for the city! 99 Euros. Call NIna on 699015056. MOVING SALE! ENGLISH BOOKS, BLANKETS, POTS, PANS. Moving sale! Make me an offer for English books, two double size blankets for winter, some kitchen items, like a glass dish, ceramic dish, wok etc I can email photos. Also cat litter “house” to reduce smells, computer speakers, basically Id rather they went to a good home and I get a few euros than the landlord keep them. Some items not available till 11/09. venus672005@hotmail.com. ST GEORGE’S CHURCH BOOK SALE Children and adult second-hand books for sale. Saturday 18th September from 11 until 14h. St. George’s Church, C/ Nuñez de Balboa 43, metro Velázquez. For more information, contact Angela on 685179644. TV CABINET Birch veneer TV cabinet with movable glass door, measurements H: 66cm L:130cm D:60cm. If you have any questions or are interested in buying it please contact me via email: scillero@yahoo.es. Thank you Email: scillero@yahoo.es. MATTRESS FLEX DAVOS 150X190 *NEW* Mattress for sale: FLEX Davos, Viscoelastic and Multisupport. Firm and very comfortable. 150x190cm. Purchased new from El Cortes Ingles, comes with guarantee. For sale because of moving. Call Andrew 689479320 amoodz@gmail.com. PANASONIC 28 INCH TELEVISION
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Panasonic TX-w1E 28” TV. Can be seen working. Stereo sound, remote control, teletext, 2 AV inputs, Euroconnector to connect TDT, DVD etc. Comes with instructions. Email: reverend_rogers@yahoo.com. IKEA SOFA BED & COFFEE TABLE I´m selling a 2 person sofa bed & a coffee table in pristine condition Vendo un sofa cama y una mesa de centro en perfecto estado Call 610042224 (lunch time) / email me p.t1219@yahoo.com Llamar al 610042224 a la hora de comer ó enviar 1 mail al p.t1219@yahoo.com. RETRO 80S SONY BOOMBOX Sony ‘boombox’ (twin cassette, radio, detachable speakers), Late 80s vintage. Can also be used as amp for ipod/mp3. Fully restored and working,Operate on mains or batteries.Amazing sound. Price 25€. Email reverend_rogers@yahoo.com.
health-and-fitness ASHTANGA YOGA AND THAI MASSAGE My name is Amorn from Thailand. I live in Madrid almost two years now. I am Ashtanga Yoga teacher and also offer Thai Massage (certified from Wat Pho Traditional Medical School in Bangkok Thailand) and Thai cooking classes at home and outside. My place is located in the center of Madrid, metro Goya and Principe de Vergara. For more information about me and price for Yoga, Thai massage and cooking class, please kindly check at my website: www.BAAN-AMORN.COM or write me at: BRIESELANG70@YAHOO.DE. ESCUELA DHARMA DE YOGA INTEGRAL Hatha Yoga Dinámico, método orgánico. Respiración, fortalecimiento, flexibilidad y relajación. Atención personalizada. Precios asequibles y descuentos. Clases colectivas e individuales. Horarios de mañana, mediodía y tarde. Todos los niveles. Grupo de Meditación. Seminarios de fin de semana. Pregunta por nuestros masajes. Website: www.yogaorganico.es Adress: Asociación Shiva-Shakti de Yoga Integral. c/Pelayo 80 1ºdcha (subway stations: Alonso martinez, Chueca). More information: 91 310 51 81 and info@yogaorganico.es.
heart-to-heart hetero SPORADIC INTERCOURSE I’m a pleasant and good-looking man of 35 years old looking for Sporadic Intercourse with women until 55 years old. bonnezeste@gmail.com. ATTRACTIVE MAN (34 Y.O.) FOR SWINGER RELATIONSHIP I am a 34 y.o. Spaniard, speaking English and French, with many and varied cultural interests, and a very open-minded approach to affective relationships. Physically speaking, I am tall, slim and attractive. I would be willing to meet a woman with similar characteristics and views, interested in having a stable and respectful relationship within a swinger life-style. Email: elsewhere101@hotmail.com. BBW ADMIRER!!! Hi, I would like to meet up with a BBW. please email me: berrycollinscocktail@googlemail.com. JE CHERCHE FILLE INTELLIGENTE, AGRÉABLE, tranquille, et lectrice, pour amitié et peut-être plus. Prof de français, j’ adore enseigner, lire, penser, la conversation, nager, le cyclisme nocturne, la philosophie, les travaux manuels, le design, la guérrilla graphique, dessiner, explorer, la tendresse. Je promets de te répondre. Gustavo. dcufacuc@gmail.com. MAN OFFERS SEX,SPANISH & FUN WITH GIRLS Handsome guy (33), offers spanish, sex & fun with girls around Madrid. Come on, babe! ;) john_madrid_world@yahoo.es. ¿QUIERES CONOCER A UN ACTOR PORNO? ¿Harta de la monotonía?¿Quieres nuevas experiencias y sensaciones? Escríbeme y te doy mi web y te cuento sobre mi. seis-cero-nueve-diez-cero-seis-ochonueve-siete. CHICO DE 33 AÑOS MÚSICO QUIERE CONOCER CHICA Soy un chico de 33 años, músico de profesión, amante del arte, la naturaleza, la cultura, etc. Quiero conocer una chica romántica y soñadora. Tel: 647 733 924. Email: elunicornio2008@hotmail.es. INTERCAMBIO (SEX) I’m looking for an intercambio, not a language exchange but a fluid exchange. I´m not
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friendship THE TICKLING GROUP Hi, I would like to set up a tickling group in town. If you are interested, please send me an email:s_inbcn@yahoo.es. BUSCO CHICA INTELIGENTE, AGRADABLE, Y LECTORA, para amistad, y quizá más. De mí dicen: Está siempre en la inopia (una profa); es como los curanderos, no se sabe cómo hace, pero funciona (mi padre); es alguien a quien le gusta crear y destruir (un pariente al min. de conocerme); ¡¡Gustavo, deje de hacer cosas con las cejas!! (mi capitán, ante más de 100 personas); hay mucho hijo de puta que hace magia (un enemigo). tvaplc@gmail.com Contestaré. LONDON CALLING But living here. Male teacher hoping to meet some new and interesting people. Please contact nothotmaildotcom@yahoo.co.uk ...
i-saw-you SHAMROCK Hi. I saw you saturday 21st in a pub called shamrock at pintor rosales. You were working there and I couldn´t tell you that you impressed me a lot. I was with a friend sitted in front of the bar. Hope you don´t mind and don’t feel upset. I would like to know about you. Thanks a lot. Cris.
intercambios spanish-offered SPANISH GIRL IS LOOKING FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS Spanish girl is looking for english speakers to exchange conversation spanish-english. I like to practise sports, travel. Please contact at 620624203 Sofia. soniaguayabita@gmail.com. CAN I HELP YOU? Hi all!! I’m 29 spanish journalist and i’d like improving my english level. i can help u with your spanish while we chat over a drink!. I’m interested in movies, theater, sports,... Please email me: rojasrpr@hotmail.com. SPANISH GUY LOOKING FOR INTERCHANGE Spanish man (33) offers spanish for english, russian, french, german, swedish. . .with girls, and open to make new friends. Please only girls willing to make interchange meetings more or less often. No matter your spanish level. If interested: quantumobile@yahoo.es. Hasta luego. SPANISH NATIVE SPEAKER Hi, I’m a Spanish teacher. I want to exchange language lessons and practical conversation (for free). I can show you Madrid while we learn English and Spanish. If you’re interested, please let me know. My email address is: intercambioenmadrid@yahoo.es. YOU LEARN SPANISH AND I LEARN ENGLISH I’m Spanish and I would like to improve my English, helping yourself with your Spanish. Email:antoniojoserodriguezmendez@gm ail.com. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH ME? Hi! I am a Spanish girl and I want to improve my English. I would like to know English o American people who want to improve their Spanish. amatista33@hotmail.com. SPANISH FOR ENGLISH EXCHANGE spanish woman 38 would like to do spanish for english exchange with native speakers.Intermediate level. Interests music, travelling, reading enlaestrellablanca@yahoo.es. AUSTAUSCH SPANISCH – DEUTSCH Ich suche ein person um Deutsch zu sprachen. Ich kann mein Spanisch bieten. 34 Jahr Alt. Mannlich, sympatisch und angenehmen. Wenn du hast ein Fixedtelefonnummer, könnten wir sprachen frei per Telefon. Tel.-0034 679386200 Email: ceotber71@hotmail.com. LIVELY AND OUTGOING SPANISH
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GIRL Lively and outgoing Spanish girl (35) would like to exchange SpanishEnglish with native English speakers. My English level is pretty high. I am sure I can help you with your Spanish and show you around beautiful Madrid.Drop me a line:m_maria75@hotmail.com. 32-YEAR-OLD SPANIARD LOOKING FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS Just moved back to Madrid after living in England for several years. I’ve had intercambios in the past and they generally were a very positive experience. Ideally I’d like to meet people with whom I share more than an interest in each other’s native language. Some of my interests: music, spirituality, photography, psychology, scepticism, theatre, Malasaña. So, café o cañas? nr2sw6-int@yahoo.co.uk. SPANISH GUY LOOKING FOR INTERCHANGE Spanish man (33) offers spanish for english, russian, french, german, swedish. . .with girls, and open to make new friends. Please only girls willing to make interchange meetings more or less often. No matter your spanish level. If interested: quantumobile@yahoo.es. Hasta luego. FREE LANGUAGE EXCHANGE I´m a Spanish girl (teacher) who want to improve and refresh my english. I live in the city centre of Madrid. NEED TO SPEAK OR IMPROVE SPANISH? I am 34. I need to improve my english. I offer spanish for english over a coffee or a drink. If interested, email me to madrid.interchanges@yahoo.es. FRIENDSHIP ENGLISH -SPANISH Hello, my name is David. I’ve just arrived from London. I have been living there for a year. I was working in a hospital and now I would like to meet a English or American girls for friendship. Around 30-35 years old. In the meantime to improve my English. I’m living currently in Madrid, Prosperidad, Northern area. please send me a message. davidmadrid.80@gmail.com. SPANISH OFFERED I’m looking for a nice person for practising english, and spanish too. If you are interested, please, let me know with an email: kowalski_imb@hotmail.com Regards. SPANISH OFFERED I’m a female from Madrid, in my forties, and I’m interested in practice my english, so I offer Spanish for English. If it’s your case send me and e-mail to: aisaro@hotmail.com. INTERCAMBIO ESPAÑOL-INGLÉS Hi,how are you? My name is Elena.If you are interested in Spanish-English exchange while having a coffee or a drink, please email me.See you soon! elenamadrida@yahoo.es. WORTHWHILE ENGLISH-SPANISH EXCHANGE I’m a 35 years old guy from Madrid looking for someone to help me keep my English alive. In exchange I offer teaching experience and comprehensive knowledge of the Spanish language, high standard pronunciation and heaps of patience. Though I’m an easy-going pleasant chap, I demand serious people with a real interest, so ... no time-wasters please. luis_aller@hotmail.com. NEED TO SPEAK OR IMPROVE SPANISH? I am 34. I need to improve my english. I offer spanish for english over a coffee or a drink. If interested, email me to madrid.interchanges@yahoo.es. SPANISH LAWYER OFFERS SPANISH CONVERSATION I AM A 36 Y.O. SPANISH LAWYER LOOKING FOR LANGUAGE EXCHANGE WITH U.K. OR USA NATIONALS FRIDAY EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS. LIVE IN THE ENSANCHE DE VALLECAS AREA. COULD MEET IN SOL AREA. TEL. 618.04.28.17 JOSÉ. ENGLISH-SPANISH I’m 32yo guy from Madrid. Looking for English speakers, for “intercambio” English-Spanish. mail: jsinver@yahoo.es. CENTRAL MADRID GAY GUY LOOKS FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS Hi! Want to practice Spanish? I´d like to practice my English. We can help each other & enjoy ourselves at the same time (coffee, beers, cinema, exhibitions, etc.) I’m a friendly gay guy who lives in the center. My email is practiceyourspanish@gmail.com. INTERCHANGE SPANISH-ENGLISH hi, I’m looking for a english native to exchange english-spanish and help each other with our lenguage while we took a coffee. I’m from Madrid, and we could meet up close to the city center to take a coffee, walk, etc. My name, Alberto cheer up!!! and contact with me: myemailpersonal@yahoo.es 655763382. ICH SUCHE JEMAND UM DEUTSCH ZU SPRECHEN Ich bin spanisch und
ich lerne Deutsch in Segovia (in der nahe Madrid) Ich mochte ein Austausch Deutsch-Spanisch machen. Cesar.
english-offered MY PERFECT ENGLISH PARA MEJORAR MI ESPAÑOL BASICO Hello I need help with my basic Spanish as I need to improve it. I can help you with your English, I am a teacher, so I will correct you, you need to be happy with this and able to correct me in return. Email: michael.james21@hotmail.co.uk.
other FRENCH/SPANISH - ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXCHANGE I am French, living in Madrid for 10 years. I would like to practice my English with native English speakers. In return I can teach you French or Spanish. Email: Cat_09@hotmail.com, 607 515 531. LANGUAGE EXCHANGE SPANISH, RUSSIAN - ENGLISH Hi, I’m looking for someone (I prefer female, but I don’t care) to improve and practice my speaking skills in English with an English Native Speaker who are staying in Madrid also I’ll help you with Spanish or Russian in exchange. If you’re interested, just send an e-mail: npolison@yahoo.com.ar npolison@gmail.com or phone me: 633352-008, skype or messenger: npolison. INTERCAMBIO ITALIANO-FRANCÉS Chico italiano de 32 años quiere mejorar su nivel de francés. Los que estén interesados se pueden poner en contacto conmigo llamando al 678 020 286 o mandando un correo electrónico a giorgiogiorgi77@hotmail.com. INTERCAMBIO ITALIANO-FRANCÉS Chico italiano de 32 años quiere mejorar su nivel de francés. Los que estén interesados se pueden poner en contacto conmigo llamando al 678 020 286 o mandando un correo electrónico a giorgiogiorgi77@hotmail.com. A BLOG FOR FOREIGNERS ABOUT SPAIN (IN ENGLISH) This is a blog for foreigners living in spain, written in English about many topics about Spain: art and culture, trips, history, Spanish idiosyncrasy. . . Good to have a little fun and to learn nice things about this country at the same time! It is called: sangria, sol y siesta.
groups MADRIDBABEL: INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MADRID!!! Meet people from all over the world, practise languages absolutely FREE & make new friends through our wide range of international activities: EVERY WEDNESDAY > International Evening from 21:00 at The Quiet Man (Valverde 44 - metro Tribunal or Gran Vía). EVERY SUNDAY > International Afternoon from 19:00 at The Quiet Man (Valverde 44 - metro Tribunal or Gran Vía). EVERY WEEK-END > Films in o.v., international dinners, tapas evenings, excursions, sports, wine tastings, cultural visits, parties & many other activities!! For more info contact Fran (madridbabel@yahoo.es) or visit www.madridbabel.es. INTERCAMBIOS MEETINGS THREE TIMES A WEEK MADRIDINTERCAMBIOS: Practice your languages in a friendly atmosphere, and meet new people. Come to the International Exchanges Meetings (free) - every WEDNESDAY, 11pm-1. 30am in GRAZIE MILLE, c/Mayor 31 (Metro:Sol), with FREE Italian Foods - every THURSDAY, 9. 30pm-2am in CAFE MADRID, c/Escalinata (Metro:Opera), Party after! - every FRIDAY, in different places (check in Facebook). 1st time? Ask for Antoine or Andrea! Informations & pictures: http://madridintercambios.glo24.com Facebook group MADRIDINTERCAMBIOS.
jobs jobs-offered BRITISH/IRISH T.E.F.L. TEACHERS REQUIRED Young dynamic T.E.L.F. teachers required from September 2010. Experience with children essential. Knowledge of Spanish preferred. Block hours Monday to Thursday. Full time and part time available. Contract and social security offered. Please send CV to cambridgeenglish@hotmail.com. SALES STAFF FOR INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY COMPANY! Sales jobs available, primarily in Madrid but with option of work in Portugal, Southern Spain and beyond. The main job entails
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telemarketing our available investment and lifestyle properties to clients. Option to tour potential clients around coastal properties and attend property fairs! (Optional, non compulsory!) Excellent commissions! Money driven experienced sales staff required. No time wasters! Call for details. (Mon-Fri 10 - 7):- 912 219 101 Or email:Jobs@mscproperty.com. ACADEMY SEEKS MUSIC, DRAMA AND PRIMARY TEACHERS. ACADEMY offers part/full time positions for Drama, Music and Primary teachers. For native speakers or high English level teachers, experienced with children 3 to 10. Excellent payment. Send CV to lc_artsmart@yahoo.es and for further information call 914292446. AU PAIR NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER Interna or Externa. Required to work evenings (2-3 hours) from Sept onwards (Central Madrid). Please call Tony on 661 767 783.
jobs-wanted ENGLISH TEACHER 8 years experience teachiong Business Engl. in Madrid. Engl. native, passport. Reliable, never broken a contract. All contracts considered. casamaja2001@yahoo.ie mike. WINDOW/WALL VINYL DESIGNER AVAILABLE I am a vinyl/graphic designer and am available to do customised private work for businesses,events, homes, lettering and personal gifts! My designs can be cut quickly and applied to any flat dry surface and are very easily removed!. AU PAIR/NANNY-INTERNA OR EXTERNA Filipina Girl seeks employment in line with subject abovechildren or elderly. I have experience and am a fluent English speaker with basic Spanish, but learning it. Other offers considered too. Please contact Malcolm at this addressnadamasqueso@yahoo.com for details etc, Thank you. BILINGUAL TRANSLATORINTERPRETER ENGLISH-SPANISH Looking for work as Translator, interpreter or editing. Native command of both languages. Over 25 years experience in multinational companies. Accurate and fast. Also weekends and evenings. Excellent rates. Phone 606.398.111. Email: silviamerino@telefonica.net.
religion MISSING SOMETHING? Why not join some 300 sincere, international (from 20 countries) English-speaking Christians? The English-speaking Catholic Community of Madrid has vibrant Sunday celebrations at 11am on c/Drácena, 23. The congregation is young, the choir is great & we socialise after services. Our church is alive, positive & solid. Visit us at www.ourladyofmercy.info. CHRISTIAN SERVICES Oasis Madrid is a Christ-centred community that helps people follow Jesus. We hold services every first and third Saturday of the month at 6pm on the St Louis University campus. We have several community groups that meet on a weekly basis at various places throughout the city. See www.oasismadrid.org or call 91 522 68 60 for more information. MOUNTAINVIEW INTERNATIONAL CHURCH. We are a community of faith and friendships that make a difference. Weekly services (including an exciting kid’s programme) at 10.30am in Colegio Balder, Las Rozas de Madrid. We offer groups and service projects to help grow in faith, deepen friendships, and care for the needy and the world around us. Visit: www.mountainviewchurch.com or call Richard Wallace on 91 630 51 37. CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP Every Saturday at 18:00 on calle Carlos Caamaño, 1, an international group of Christians gather to praise God as prompted by the Holy Spirit. You are welcome to join the Charismatic prayer Group of Our Lady of Mercy if you like lively prayer. 627-046-056 (David). see www.ourladyofmercy.info if you need a map. BIBLE STUDY WITH FR. JIM, SJ The 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month there is a Bible study that follows the 11:00 AM service at Our Lady of Mercy. You are welcome to join us! We are international and Fr. Jim makes sure we are theologically well grounded. We are located on calle Dracena 23, metro Pio XII. Web: www.ourladyofmercy.info email: olm@ourladyofmercy.info. BIGGEST CHOIR THAT SINGS IN
ENGLISH IN MADRID The choir at Our Lady of Mercy sings Gospel or Contempoarary or at times in Latin. We have grown to over 40 members and represent over 15 countries. We lift people up on Sundays and you are welcome to particpate if you feel so called. See the web: ourladyofmercy.info for more details or come any Sudnay at 11:00 AM and sing with us! Nothing like it elsewhere in Madrid!.
services DENTIST English dental surgeon offers high quality dental treatment in Madrid. 24-hour emergency service. Call 661 857 170. Clinica Dental Cisne, c/Magallanes, 18-1º, 28015 Madrid. Call 91 446 32 21. LIVELY CELTIC MUSIC Talented Irish musicians available for concerts, functions, weddings and parties. Tel: 654 225 305. PIANO TUNING Do you have a piano at home? Probably it is time to tune it!!!. Are you planning to buy a piano? Wether it’s a brand new or a second hand one you need a professional technician advise. Contact Andrés at 661530299. info@lasteclasnegras.com English, Spanish and French spoken. COMPUTERS / NETWORKS / WEBSITES System administrator offers professional service. Computer / laptop repair, data recovery, password recovery, IT infrastructure planning, software installation and maintenance, network administration, resolving email problems, IT security, backup solutions, web pages. Windows, Linux/UNIX supported. I speak English and German. email: info@jjaeger.fastmail.fm or Tel.: +34 91 559 31 58 Mobile: +34 65 335 11 36.
tertulias FRIENDS Hello we are a group of people- most of us are women- that meet Saturdays. Would you like to come and join us for a drink? Pls Contact us amistad5@live.com. LESBIAN WOMEN OVER 40 TERTULIAS The purpose of this group is to mitigate the possible social isolation that often comes suffering population sector, with the intention of share different experiences between us and the desire to progress in the fight for equality. We are 90% spanish people and we talk, watch films, go out to have a drink, museums.. send us a mail: mujeres.madrid@fundaciontriangulo.es. OPEN TERTULIA EVERY THURSDAY Meet us to have a good time... in English! (19:30-21 h, Metro Bilbao area). http://sites.google.com/site/tertuliainenglis hmadrid/ Email: tertuliainenglish@gmail.com. PUB PHILOSOPHY GROUP Pub Philosophy Group every SUNDAY, 6pm8.30pm, Molly Malone’s, c/Manuela Malasaña, 11 (Metro: Bilbao). Contact Lawrence: philomadrid@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 606 081 813. INFORMAL CHAT LA VAGUADA SUNDAY EVENING Sundays: from 19,00 to 21,00 hs. Place: Autoservicio Flunch (La Vaguada)simekitrika@gmail.com We come back in October. EAT MY JOB Hear Ye! Hear Ye! For all those people who are lucky to have a job, but hate your job(Hello, English teachers?), use http://www.eatmyjob.com/ to release your frustrations and make us laugh in the process! Check it out...online rant sessions!. MADSHORTS LITERATURE GROUP Madrid-based literature reading / discussion group. Any genre, translations or papers in English, though it’s mainly prose. Read three texts for a monthly two-hour interesting discussion. We do outings for meals, theatre, films and literary events also. Contact madshortsmadrid@gmail.com. THE 6TH MAD OPEN MIC: CAPTURED WORDS Wednesday, October 6. Register to read/speak your words or come to just listen in. No fee. Cafe Concierto La Fídula, Calle Huertas 57. 9pm start up. For further information: www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm & click on the open mic icon or write to margiekanter@gmail.com.
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Don’t get caught without a copy of InMadrid Every month, on or before the 1st, thousands of copies of Madrid’s favourite English-language magazine are delivered to over 200 locations throughout the city and comunidad. Here’s a selection of our distribution spots, ordered by metro stop. Points marked in orange are major distribution outlets, where you will be almost guaranteed to find a copy at any time of the month. If you’d like to become a distribution point for InMadrid, just send an email to distribution@in-madrid.com
Name EOI Embajadores Teatro Cuarta Pared Turismo Barajas Turismo Barajas 2 British Council Elcano Tavern Areia FrescCo Pasajes O'Connor's International House Club Ivy La Biotika El Inti de Oro Cervantes Taberna Elisa Hotel Tryp Atocha Filmoteca Española Hostal Cervelo Moharaj Finbar's Marion Café Natura Si Soho Cambridge Hotel Lope de Vega La Tapería Faborit Phuket Thai L'Spirale Moharaj Embajada de Australia British Embassy & British Consulate Molly Malone's The Handyman Chamartín Tourist Office Diurno Momo El 26 de Libertad Finnegans The Irish Corner Facultad de Filología Wall Street Institute St. Patrick's Abbey Sal y Ven American Women's Club La Gallette II Principe Sport Gym Paddy's English Jet New York University Wall Street Institute City Yoga English Systems The Monks Linguarama Summa Alfredo's Barbacoa Larry's Bar SushiOlé Teacher Training Madrid Wall Street Institute Faborit Geografic Club Ribs Fórmula SI Instituto de Empresa Booksellers British Council U.S. Mississippi Linguacentre Kennedy Language Esc. Oficial de Idiomas American Store Public House Galileo Galilei Ugly Paddy El Estragón Taberna Chica Juana la Loca Alba 3 Centro de Negocios Cat's Hostel Pizzería Della Cabeza Centro Cultural de Lavapiés Herbata La Librería de Lavapiés Teatro Sala Tis Café Barbieri Moharaj Saint Louis University International House UCM Geografía e Historia Univ. Antonio de Nebrija El Chile Verde Scruffy Murphy's J & J Books International House Bo Finn
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Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Teatro Oficina de Turismo Oficina de Turismo Academia de Idiomas Pub Pub / Restaurante Buffet Vegetariano Librería Irish Pub / Restaurante Academia de Idiomas Academia de Idiomas Restaurante Macrobiótico Restaurante Peruano Restaurante Italiano Irish Pub Hotel Cine Hotel Restaurante Hindú Irish Pub
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Embajadores Acacia Aeropuerto T-1, T-2, T-3 Aeropuerto T-4 Alcobendas Alonso Cano Alonso Martínez Alonso Martínez Alonso Martínez Alonso Martínez Alonso Martínez Alonso Martínez Antón Martín Antón Martín Antón Martín Antón Martín Antón Martín Antón Martín Antón Martín Antón Martín Argüelles Argüelles Tienda Vegetariana Argüelles Ropa / Complementos Argüelles Academia de Idiomas Atocha Hotel Atocha "Café / Restaurante" Atocha Café Atocha Restaurante Tailandés Atocha Restaurante Italiano Banco de España Restaurante Hindú Banco de España Embajada Begoña Embajada Begoña Irish Pub / Restaurante Bilbao Irish Pub / Restaurante Canillas Oficina de Turismo Chamartín Café / Vídeo-Club Chueca Restaurante Chueca Bar de Tapas Chueca Irish Pub / Restaurante Chueca Irish Pub / Restaurante Ciudad Lineal Universidad Complutense Ciudad Universitaria Academia de Idiomas Colombia Irish Pub / Restaurante Colombia Academia de Idiomas Colombia Club Social Colombia Restaurante Internacional Colón Gimnasio / Centro de Belleza Concha Espina Irish Pub Concha Espina Academia de Idiomas Concha Espina Universidad Concha Espina Academia de Idiomas Cuatro Caminos Centro de Yoga Cuatro Caminos Academia de Idiomas Cuzco Restaurante / Pub Cuzco Academia de Idiomas Cuzco Restaurante Cuzco Restaurante Texano Cuzco Disco-Pub Cuzco Restaurante Japonés Diego de León Academia de Idiomas Estrecho / Tetuán Academia de Idiomas Goya Café Goya Pub Goya Restaurante Americano Gran Vía Academia de Idiomas Gregorio Marañón Centro de Formación Gregorio Marañón Librería Iglesia Academia de Idiomas Iglesia Universidad Iglesia Academia de Idiomas Iglesia Academia de Idiomas Iglesia Academia de Idiomas Islas Filipinas Tienda Americana Islas Filipinas Discoteca Islas Filipinas Sala de Espectáculos Islas Filipinas Irish Pub La Latina Restaurante Vegetariano La Latina Bar de Tapas La Latina Bar de Tapas La Latina Centro de Negocios La Moraleja Hotel Lavapiés Lavapiés Lavapiés Herbolario y Más... Lavapiés Librería Lavapiés Teatro Lavapiés Café Bar Lavapiés Restaurante Hindú Lavapíes Universidad Metropolitano Academia de Idiomas Metropolitano Universidad Complutense Metropolitano Universidad Complutense Metropolitano Restaurante Mexicano Moncloa Irish Pub Noviciado Pub / Librería Noviciado Academia de Idiomas Nuevos Ministerios Irish Pub / Restaurante Nuñez de Balboa
Name O'Brien's Petra’s International Bookshop Gimnasio Arián EBC TEFL Training Wall Street Institute Academia Oposiciones NES British Language Centre Siam Mughul Indian Restaurant Delhi Restaurant Room Madrid Actual Plus Cines Golem Ocho y Medio Colorado Express Lempika 1001 Noches El Vergel Clínica Dental Prosperidad The Towers Home English Clínica Cisne Taste of America Ail The English Centre La Gamella Ecocentro Embajada de Irlanda British Council American Embassy Irish Rover Natura Si Moore's III Viajes Zeppelin Beer Station Gimnasio Ópera Templo del Gato La Tábula Agra Faborit Hyland Hotel El Prado Turmadrid Faborit Al Natural Faborit Artemisa El Inti de Oro Naturbier Babylon Idiomas Training Express Hotel Moderno Inhispania Bangkok Los Amigos Hostel Tijcal O'Connell St. Dubliner's O'Reilly's Interpublic Café Hotel Asturias Sin Tarima O'Neill's El Parnasillo La Solera Hotel Victoria Talking Point Cherrypop Frozen Yoghurt Yelmo Cineplex St. Andrew's Cross Mad Hostel El Horno Mercado de Fuencarral Moore's II Triskel Tavern Upbeat Discos Quiet Man Shamrocks
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Santiago, 1 Campomanes, 13 Flora, 3 Orense, 16 Av. Mediterráneo, 15 Ferrocarril, 16 Plz Castilla, 3 bis (Pasaje) plt 5 ofic 2 San Bernardino, 6 San Bernardino, 10 Duque de Osuna, 6 Conde Duque, 7 Gran Vía, 71; 1º Martín de los Heros, 10 Martin de los Heros, 11 Martín de los Heros, 4 Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, 10 Martín de los Heros, 28 Pº. de la Florida, 32 Plaza Prosperidad, 3, 2b Pº. de los Olmos Meléndez Valdés, 14 Magallanes, 18; 1º Serrano, 149 Nuñez de Balboa, 17 2ºD Nuñez de Balboa, 17 Entresuelo Alfonso XII, 4 Esquilache, 4 Pº. Castellana, 46 Miguel Ángel, 1 Serrano, 75 Av. de Brasil, 7 Dr. Fleming, 1 Gutiérrez Solana, 6 Pza. Santo Domingo, 2 Cta. de Santo Domingo, 22 Fomento, 3 Trujillos, 7 Travesía de Trujillos Isabel la Católica, 9 San Bernardo, 13 Serrano, 19; 2º Drch Prado, 11 Duque de Medinaceli, 2 Plaza Cortes, 4 Zorrilla, 11 Alcalá, 21 Ventura de la Vega, 4 Ventura de la Vega, 12 Plz. Santa Ana, 9 Plz. Santa Ana, 1; 1º Plz. del Cordón, 1 Arenal, 1 Montera, 10-12 Arenal, 15 Arenal, 26; 4º Izq Cruz, 26 Espoz y Mina, 7 Espoz y Mina, 7 Espoz y Mina, 5 esq Psj Matheu Crra. de San Jerónimo, 18 Sevilla, 2 Príncipe, 9 Príncipe, 12 Príncipe Cruz, 8 Victoria, 4 Victoria, 2 Calle Postas, 26, Plaza Mayor Doctor Cortezo General Margallo, 26 Cabeza, 24 Esgrima, 11 Fuencarral, 46 Barceló, 1 San Vicente Ferrer, 3 Espíritu Santo, 6 Valverde, 44 Pintor Rosales, 6
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