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Spain
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This Guy Was The Richest Man In The World For Two Days
12 Sep 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
The owner of Zara was able to reach the top spot on the Forbes list for just two days, although he has held top spot before in years gone by.
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Brad Pitt Saves Fan From Certain Death [Video]
25 May 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Brad Pitt isn’t only ridiculously good looking, he’s also acutely aware of his fans. He even came to the rescue of a girl in Spain.
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You Won’t Believe What They’re Doing With Old Vespas
23 Mar 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
A Spanish furniture company is taking classics and turning them into art and, if you’re a Vespa fanatic, it may just be for you.
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Shocking Video By Actress Pretending To Be Drunk Goes Viral As Man Tries To ‘Keep’ Her [Video]
29 Oct 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Would you offer to help what looked like a drunk and confused woman wandering the streets? It looks like many in Madrid wouldn’t.
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No Thanks! Pictures Show Staggering Numbers Of British Tourists On Spanish Beaches [Images]
23 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What with all the doom and gloom of Nkandla, wind storms and load-shedding, these awful photos of a Spanish beach remind us why we love Cape Town so much
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Former Cape Town Student Dies Bungee Jumping
22 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tragedy has struck after a young woman was killed in a bungee jumping accident in Spain. Whilst circumstances remain unclear investigators have begun to piece the accident together.
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Seem Knowledgeable And Funny At The Same Time – Here’s A Good Joke To Tell About the Greek Crisis
20 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s one for the next dinner you go to, unless that dinner happens to be at your friend Stavros’ house of course. Pick your audience wisely my friends.
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Seagull Steals GoPro – Captures Cool Footage [Video]
14 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Throw a slaptjip in the air close to the beach and the seagulls will come. You wouldn’t expect them to make off with your camera though would you?
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Bull With Flaming Horns Shows This Idiot Who’s The Boss [Video]
10 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Hopping into the ring with an angry bull is ill-advised at the best time (not too mention inhumane), but add some fiery horns to the equation and you’re asking for trouble.
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Please Enjoy These Pics From Running With The Bulls [Gallery]
08 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
We know that the cheetah is the fastest land animal but we would do well not to underestimate the speed of a rampaging bull. When they catch you it isn’t pretty.
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Photo Shows Exactly How You Smuggle An 8-Year-Old Boy In A Suitcase
09 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I don’t know what you answer at the check-in counter when they ask you if you packed your own bag and you know you have packed a human.
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Here’s What You Get For Taunting A Bull [Graphic Video]
15 May 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I absolutely abhor this activity and think it should be banned and that the Spaniards should just stick to La Tomatina. Nothing says ‘peace’ like throwing thousands of tomatoes in the streets.
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Look At This Yank Get Drilled By A Bull In Spain
16 Feb 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spain loves its bull festivals. This one, the Carnaval del Toro, got super exciting for one bull, but not so much for one American chap.
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They Reckon This 12-Year-Old Is The Next Lionel Messi [Video]
07 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
It must be nice to be 12 years old and be compared to one of the greatest footballers on earth. Then again, when you got skills like this ‘laaitjie’, they might be on to something.
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The World’s Most Eccentric Aristocrat Has Died – Rest In Peace, María del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James-Stuart y de Silva
21 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This duck practically wrote the book How to Live Life to the Fullest. She did write her memoirs, so if you want to learn how to spend your millions properly, maybe try giving it a read.
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This Craft Beer Is Made With Seawater
16 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I love salted caramel candy. It makes me happy inside. This is like the male equivalent: Salted beer. YUM!
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Woman Forced To Admit Hen Night Mistake, As Baby Is Born With Dwarfism
13 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Oops. This is one mistake that will really and truly change your life, because there is absolutely no way to white-lie yourself out of it…
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Radical Footage Shows Matadors Gored By Bulls As Spanish Festival Is Suspended [Video]
22 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
See what happens when a bull becomes so agitated – nay – so totally pissed off, that 3 Tereros feel the full brunt of this beast’s anger.
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They Reckon They’ve Found The Holy Grail
07 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Two historians claim they have found the Holy Grail, not sitting in a long forgotten tomb or cave filled with snakes, but in a museum. But maybe it’s too much bling for a carpenter to afford.
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Friday Morning Spice
26 Jul 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
North Korea shows off captured US ship. Train Driver in custody. Facebook nears milestone. Malema says Africa doesn’t need borders. China orders production cuts. SA woman (119) might be world’s oldest. SABC are fooling themselves (again).
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Radical CCTV Footage Shows Spain Train Crash As It Happened [Video]
25 Jul 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Incredible CCTV footage has surfaced showing the train crash in the northern Spanish region of Galicia as it happened.
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77 Dead And 131 Injured So Far In Spain’s Worst Train Disaster In 40 Years [VIDEO]
25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The death toll is rising from a train crash in the northern Spanish region of Galicia. The crash occurred on Wednesday evening when the train jumped the tracks, derailing at least six carriages.
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Not An Ideal Weekend: Woman Gored In Thorax, 22 Others Injured In Bull Run Pile Up [GALLERY + VIDEO]
15 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In Pamplona Spain the final day of the San Fermin festival was a blood bath, with 23 people being injured on Saturday. Bull runners ran to the entrance to escape the bulls but instead blocked the path for the bulls leaving them with nowhere to go.
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It’s That Time Of Year Again: A Complete Gallery Of The Spanish Running Of The Bulls [GALLERY]
09 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Every year in Spain thousands of participants are chased down the streets by bulls. This is part of the annual Running of the Bulls festival. This is what has been happening at this year’s festival.
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The World’s Biggest Food Fight: Tomatina Fest 2012 [GALLERY]
30 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This year Spain is celebrating its 64th Tomatina Fest. The event brings together over 40 000 tomato enthusiasts – armed with 100 tons of the red fruit – for an epic battle taking place in the small village of Buñol.
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NBC Olympic Livestream Catches Nip-Slip In Women’s Waterpolo, Twitter Erupts [VIDEO]
03 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
US broadcast network NBC has received a lot of criticism for its broadcast of the Olympics so far. This has included its choice of camera work and editing, as well as delaying the coverage of events and only broadcasting them during primetime. Coverage of the women’s waterpolo between Spain and USA, which was streamed live on NBC’s website, provides a good argument for a delayed broadcast.
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Bull Gores Runners During 2012 Pamplona Festival [GALLERY]
10 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A bull has gored two Britons and an American during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona over the weekend. The three were among several people caught and attacked by the animal after he had had broken free from the pack.
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Spanish Activists Looking To Sue Former Bank Manager For Financial Crisis
12 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spanish activists are raising a large private fund to pay for a civil action suit against Rodrigo Rato – the former chairman of Bankia, one of the banks central to the Spanish financial crisis. The fundraiser is following the usual decentralized online-activist structure, with members organizing themselves under the #QuerellaPaRato (“Lawsuit for Rato”) hashtag.
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Spain’s King Juan Carlos Apologises For African Hunting Trip
18 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
Spain’s King Juan Carlos finally issued an apology this morning for the hunting trip he took to Africa recently where he shot live game on a private reserve in Botswana, including elephants. The scandal might never have come to light if he hadn’t had an accident during the trip and had to be taken back to Spain for emergency hip surgery.
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Spanish Royal Shoots Himself
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Felipe Juan Froilan, the 13-year-old grandson of the king of Spain, has learnt at a young age what it feels like to shoot yourself in the foot. (A learning which, considering he’s fifth in line to the Spanish throne, may serve him well later in his life as a state figurehead.)
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