The Red Penguin Art Gallery is 1st Commercial Art Gallery within El Corte Inglés in Andalucía. marbellas.com joined artists for the Colourful Launch. Report Louise Cook Edwards, photography ©Gary Edwards Serious art lovers and Marbella’s creative elite were out in force to celebrate the launch of the new Red Penguin Art Gallery at El Corte Inglés in  Marbella. Some 200 guests enjoyed the spectacular collective exhibition entitled Identity which kickstarted...

Marbella and Malaga are great for shopping, but if you want the full-on retail therapy experience in the run up to Christmas, then head to Madrid and shop ’til you drop. From the pijo paradise of Calle Serrano, to funky Fuencarral, whatever your tastes and budget, Madrid is shopping heaven. Report:  Louise Cook Edwards  Photography: Brands & Gary Edwards Madrid, if you do not know Spain’s capital, is a city that manages to be cool, friendly,...

A Time for Reinvention! Inspiration & Reinvention Networking Groups Launch in Marbella Spain Following the global energy shift of 11.11.11. signifying a time of interconnectedness, the buzzword of the moment seems to be Reinvention as the world looks to solutions to age old problems, and we human beings seek greater meaning and fulfillment in our everyday lives.  The good news is that a powerful group of highly professional and motivated individuals from London...

An interview by Louise Cook Edwards with Wendy Salisbury, best selling author of the Toyboy Diaries, on the launch of her first novel “Blood on the Sand” on Amazon and Kindle. LCE: What prompted you, as an English woman, to write a book about bullfighting? WS:  Blood on the Sand is essentially a love story.  In the 1960s, when I was 18, I came to Andalucía for an extended holiday.  My parents had already built a villa in Las Chapas and my sister had...

Costa Press Club attracts record numbers at open evening at Hotel Don Carlos Marbella. On Thursday October 13th the Costa Press Club hosted at the Hotel Don Carlos, Marbella its first ever ‘Open House’ . This is believed to be the largest ever gathering on the Costa del Sol for foreign-resident journalists and media professionals. Over 100 people from 15 countries working in the press and media industries took part. The Open House was a chance for members of the...

The romantic contemporary classic restaurant, Nueva Kaskada, opened its doors to Marbella society recently to present the autumn/winter season with an exciting new menu by celebrated German master chef, Ewald Fichthaler. Fashionable Marbella was out in force at the celebratory cocktail party to officially mark the autumn/winter season at the chic restaurant that effortlessly combines a natural countrified location overlooking a waterfall, with contemporary décor and...