Madrid, 63 Years On

The Instituto Cervantes is the official Spanish language and culture centre created by the Spanish government in 1991. The Instituto's mission is to spread the knowledge and appreciation of the Spanish universe by enabling people to engage with the language and culture of Spanish-speaking countriesworldwide. The Instituto Cervantes is the official place to learn Spanish in London.

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His years in Madrid, from 1962 until becoming a Reuters correspondent in 1984

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Instituto Cervantes London presents a lecture series marking 50 years since the beginning of democracy in Spain.The fifth and final event in the series is a lecture titled ‘Madrid, 63 Years On’, delivered by journalist and writer Jules Stewart, in which he will reflect on his years as a correspondent for Reuters in Madrid.Jules Stewart’s first encounter with Madrid was in 1962, when he was a Spanish-language student at the Complutense University. He visited the city several times throughout the 1960s and lived there permanently between 1970 and 1987, during which time he worked as a journalist—first as a freelancer and later as a reporter for Reuters—covering major events such as Franco’s death and Spain’s Transition to democracy. Event in English.

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