Graham Greene: Travels with a priest in post-Franco Spain
Graham Greene first travelled around Spain with Durán in 1976. (SUR)

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Graham Greene: Travels with a priest in post-Franco Spain

The British author based the character Monsignor Quixote, in the book of the same name, on his friend Leopoldo Durán

Jennie Rhodes
  • William Mark: A 'second paradise' for a British consul
    The funerary monument erected in honour of William Mark. (SUR)

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    William Mark: A 'second paradise' for a British consul

    The diplomat took up the position in Malaga in 1824 and, seven years later, he succeeded in opening the first Protestant cemetery in Spain

    Tony Bryant |
  • Finding out what it means to be human - on a motorbike
    Lindsay and Craig Foreman in Turkey in November. (SUR)

    In the frame

    Finding out what it means to be human - on a motorbike

    Dr Lindsay Foreman, who has lived in the south of Spain since 2019, is travelling around the world with her husband, gathering research to present at a psychology conference

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • Dolph Lundgren: A 'distinguished' Marbella resident
    His luxury Marbella home. (SUR)

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Dolph Lundgren: A 'distinguished' Marbella resident

    The legendary Swedish actor moved to the Costa del Sol to give his children a normal life away from Hollywood, and has since been appointed ambassador of the town

    Tony Bryant |
  • Creating art from discarded waste
    The mosaic installation on the hiking route in the mountains that surround Torremolinos.. (SUR)

    Art

    Creating art from discarded waste

    Michael Brown. An environmentally friendly Canadian artist living in Torremolinos used thousands of pieces of broken tiles to create a mosaic inspired by a pattern from the Alhambra palace

    Tony Bryant |
  • Michael Hoskin: The professor of the Antequera dolmens
    Professor Michael Hoskin at the inauguration in 2017. (A. J. G.)

    Foreign Influencers in Southern Spain

    Michael Hoskin: The professor of the Antequera dolmens

    The Cambridge University professor discovered that the megaliths faced El Torcal and La Peña de los Enamorados instead of the sun

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • Ava Gardner: a lasting imprint on the Costa del Sol
    The mural on the wall of the Princesa Solar in Torremolinos. (SUR)

    Foreign Influencers in Southern Spain

    Ava Gardner: a lasting imprint on the Costa del Sol

    A 12-metre-high mural adorns the wall of a hotel in Torremolinos to commemorate Gardner's visit during the summer of 1955

    Tony Bryant |
  • 'Ukraine should not give up a single square foot of its land'
    Jay JC Buckley was treated like a hero when he first visited the Ukraine frontline in August 2022. (SUR)

    In the frame

    'Ukraine should not give up a single square foot of its land'

    SUR in English speaks to 22-year-old Briton Jay JC Buckley, who now lives in Malaga town, about his decision to go to the Ukraine frontline as a freelance war reporter in August 2022

    Tony Bryant |