Estéreo Picnic 2018: local names to watch

Everyone knows about the big foreign names, but we always like to keep it local, so we’ve made a special playlist for those of you who need a guide...

Estéreo Picnic 2018: Gorillaz not Guerrillas

Estéreo Picnic is back again and bigger than ever. Find out what’s going down at the event. It’s comin’ up, it’s comin’ up, it’s...

I used to be bad at this: mastering the ‘used to’ in English

[caption id="attachment_27638" align="alignnone" width="960"] "In Bogotá we are used to traffic jams"[/caption] People often get confused when...

FITB: The Best of Colombia in theatre

[caption id="attachment_27999" align="alignnone" width="1600"] An electric tribute to Nina Simone, Negra / Ánger rocks the stage.[/caption] The...

A wobbly start of 2018 for Colombian cyclists

[caption id="attachment_27955" align="alignnone" width="700"] Sergio Henao showing his Colombian champion jersey in France       ...

Oli’s Big Topic: Have you become a bitter foreigner?

[caption id="attachment_27838" align="aligncenter" width="696"] Oli Pritchard starts his new column as he means to go on - direct, honest, and maybe...

Colombia elections: Duque comes out on top in legislative elections

[caption id="attachment_27878" align="aligncenter" width="1060"] President Santos encourages Colombians to go and vote at the start of the day....

Lost in translation: Translation tricks between Spanish and English

[caption id="attachment_27639" align="alignnone" width="960"] A few translation tricks to help improve your English and Spanish.[/caption] With a...

Book review: Voices of Bogotá

Voices of Bogotá, the long-awaited selection of short stories from the Bogotá Writers group was one of several English-language books to be...

Big stories in 2017: Strikes, scandals and natural disasters

Big stories in 2017: Colombia is a country with big news and 2017 has been no exception. Many of those have been sad events but we have been proud to...