Ramsay Ames - from Hollywood to Benalmádena
Ramsay Ames, in one of her photos as a pin-up girl for the American army. (Yank, The army weekly magazine)

Biography

Ramsay Ames - from Hollywood to Benalmádena

Singer, pin-up girl, Hollywood actress, pioneer of Spanish television and radio broadcaster, Ramsay Ames fell in love with Spain and the Costa del Sol

Carlos Zamarriego
  • Charles Pickman: A pioneer of typical Sevillian ceramics
    The monastery with one of the chimneys in the background. (SUR)

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Charles Pickman: A pioneer of typical Sevillian ceramics

    A titan of the 19th century industrialist era of Seville, Pickman set up a ceramics factory in the city at the end of the 1830s, which continued to operate until 1982

    Tony Bryant |
  • Jean C. N. Forestier: Creating exotic paradises in Spain
    Forestier's fountain of the lions in Parque María Luisa in Seville. (Tony Bryant)

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Jean C. N. Forestier: Creating exotic paradises in Spain

    The celebrated French landscape architect was responsible for several large-scale garden and park projects in Ronda, Seville, Barcelona and Madrid

    Tony Bryant |
  • Richard Ford. Spain through the eyes of Romanticism
    Sketches of Ford wearing typical attire during his time in Spain. (SUR)

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Richard Ford Spain through the eyes of Romanticism

    Among the places the Englishman visited on his extensive journeys, Ronda fascinated him; his visit is recorded on a ceramic plaque in the town

    Tony Bryant |
  • Paco Manoja: The Torremolinos 'influencer' who went skinny-dipping with Brigitte Bardot
    Paco Manoja shows the photo of the tribute he organised to the footballer and world champion Bobby Moore, which was attended by the president of C. D. Málaga, Juan Moreno de Luna. (Marilú Báez)

    In the frame

    Paco Manoja: The Torremolinos 'influencer' who went skinny-dipping with Brigitte Bardot

    The 94-year-old owner of the legendary Bar Central reveals all: his love affair with BB, his taxi ride with Ava Gardner, martinis with Eddie Fisher and the Oscar that was stolen from him

    Francisco Griñán |