Literature Salomé Esper Odd reality Salomé Esper’s literature invokes an alternate reality, where fantasy blends with the mundane. With her acclaimed 'La segunda venida de Hilda Bustamante', this is her first time at the Madrid Book Fair.
Photography Jon Gorospe Rethinking the city With his images, Jon Gorospe invites us to rethink the city, in conversation with one of the main events at PHotoESPAÑA 2026: ‘Volver a imaginar’ [Reimagining]. An exhibition that brings together big names in photography.
Sport Diego García Carrera Madrid goes race walking Spanish race walking has found its greatest champion in Diego García Carrera, former member of the Iberia Talento a bordo team. Proof of his commitment is Madrid Marcha, the event where he brings together the world’s best race walkers.
Cinema and theatre Mariana Rondón & Marité Ugás Urgent storytelling With ‘It Would be Night in Caracas’, Venezuelan Mariana Rondón and Peruvian Marité Ugás have garnered three nominations at the 2026 Platino Awards, including Best Film. We chatted with them a few days before the ceremony.
Literature Ana Merino An All-Round Author With her first attempt at novel writing, writer Ana Merino has become the new recipient of the 2020 Nadal Award for 'El mapa de los afectos', a portrait of America’s Midwest that captures today’s main social issues and in which references to Spain abound.
Photography Maria Contreras Coll The Gaze that Humanizes Tragedy From refugee camps to Nepal’s rural heartland, photographer María Contreras Coll casts an intimate look into the faceless stories of forgotten people. Her gender perspective fights the rockstardomness prevailing in traditional photojournalism and vindicates women’s photography.
Music Julián Villagrán Back to the 90s This isn’t an actor who also sings, but a musician that has made a career out of acting. Villagrán launches his first album, influenced by rave music and independent British rock.
Fashion María Ke Fisherman Crochet adored by trap María Lemús and Víctor Alonso make up one of fashion’s most ground-breaking duos. Turning knitwear into the sought-after fabric for trap rappers and modern artists is one of their successes. Another, the fact that their production comes from a cloistered convent.
Literature Almudena Grandes Journey to the Women’s Asylum The writer brings back the crime of child killer Aurora Rodríguez Carballaira in ‘La madre de Frankenstein’, the new instalment of her series dedicated to the post-war era where the reader is submerged into the suffocating and chauvinistic Spain of the 1950s.
Sport Fátima Gálvez Shooting at Inequality Tokyo 2020 is five months away, and Fátima Gálvez is honing her skills to have a shot at her first Olympic medal. After her fifth place in London and a diploma in Rio, the sport shooter is going for the podium, giving it her all to keep hitting targets and breaking down barriers like gender inequality.
