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Beast of a movie
Carnival capers FORGET Christmas and the three kings. They should by now be a fading memory in the face of Spain’s most hedonistic landmark on the calendar: Carnival. Cadiz’s famous Carnival, the biggest and most prestigious in Spain - and one of the biggest in the world - is now in full swing and runs until February 26. For those wanting a more ‘Brazilian’ experience head to Tenerife . Spain’s second biggest Carnival is in Sitges, near Barcelona, while there are plenty of local events around Spain.
BRITISH BEEF UK architectural legend Norman Foster courts controversy designing bullfighting poster
DIVERSE: Foster (right) with wife Elena has designed the Gherkin and Sevilla poster
HE’S known for his revolutionary designs, including the Reichstag dome, the Hearst tower and the Gherkin in London. But despite being the world’s richest living architect, Norman Foster somehow f o u n d time to knock up a local bullfighting poster for Sevilla. N o w ,
HE miraculously escaped death when his siblings were buried alive. Now, Bobi, a pure-bred mastiff, has been declared the oldest dog that ever lived. According to the Guinness World Records (GWR) he will be 31 in May. His Portuguese owner, Leonel Costa, explained that his parents had decided they couldn’t afford more animals, so when a new litter was born they had dug a hole and dumped the unfortunate pups in it. But they somehow missed Bobi, a Rafeiro do Alentejo
By Walter Finch
the British architect - behind a string of local buildings, including Madrid’s Torre Bankia and Barcelona’s Nou Camp redesign - has designed Sevilla bullring’s annual festival poster. The architect will certainly lose credibility in the eyes of animal rights activists after he was commissioned by the Real Maestranza to promote its controversial season of ‘corridas’. His reputation is bound to take a wobble, like his infamous Millenium bridge, in London, that had to be shut and fixed at a cost of millions after it wobbled on opening. But the Pritzker-prize winner, who has a home in Madrid, is
Great escape
mastiff, who grew up in Leiria, between Lisbon and Porto. By ‘tradition’ once a pup had opened its eyes burying was no longer an option. So when Leonel - then just eight - and his brother found Bobi hiding, they kept quiet until his eyes opened and he gained a reprieve. The previous ‘oldest dog ever’ was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey who was born in 1910 and lived for 29 years and 5 months.
unlikely to worry, being married to Spaniard Elena Ochoa, 64, for nearly three decades. Foster, 87, based the artwork on the striking red and yellow of the celebrated festival and on the minimalist architecture of the historic Plaza de la Maestranza.
Wild
It depicts a bull's head sat above the symbolic hide of a wild bull with the contours of the arena framing the imagery. Foster explained he took inspiration from ‘the symbolic’ features of the bullring, including the bullfighter's cape, the colours of the festival and a bull’s head adorning one of its doors. See Time’s up?, page 6
THE movie As Bestas (The Beasts) was the big winner at the 37th Goya Awards, which took place in Sevilla. The film, which follows a middle-aged French couple who encounter shocking violence after moving to a village in Galicia to be close to nature, won nine of the 17 categories for which it had been nominated. These included Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Denis Menochet (inset). Then came Cinco Lobitos (Lullaby), a story about motherhood, which won three awards: Best Actress for Laia Costa (above), Best Supporting Actress for Susi Sanchez, and Best New Director for Alauda Ruiz de Azua.
Jankto’s declaration
SPAIN has finally got an officially gay player. Getafe’s Jakub Jankto has become the first current La Liga player to say publicly that he's gay. The 27-year-old Czech international is back in his native country playing on loan for Sparta Prague. Jankto took to social media saying that ‘I want to live my life in freedom, without fear, without prejudice, without violence, but with love’. He added: “I'm gay and I don't want to hide anymore.” He is the highest-ranked European player to 'come out' with 45 international caps to his name.
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