Documentary on flamenco music post-Covid for BBC Radio, December 2022
Guy
Hedgecoe
Print and broadcast journalist
Behind Spain’s news
Spain battles spiralling energy costs
TV report for BBC News, broadcast June 2022 (camera: Juan Domínguez) https://youtu.be/7wuTjyGvPJ0
The far right and Andalusia’s regional election
Radio report for BBC World Service, broadcast June 2022. https://soundcloud.com/guy-hedgecoe/andalusia-election-bbc?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Spain at the sharp end of Europe’s energy crisis
TV report for BBC News, broadcast October, 2021 (camera: Juan Domínguez) https://youtu.be/xehatna9EP0
Spanish farmers fearful of Iberian Wolf
Report for BBC Radio, broadcast April 1st, 2021. https://soundcloud.com/guy-hedgecoe/spanish-farmers-fearful-of-wolves?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Spain looks ahead to Covid passport
TV report for BBC News, broadcast March 2021 (camera: Juan Domínguez) https://youtu.be/edTvx05XdEU
The political crisis driving Spain’s flag obsession
Radio piece for BBC Good Morning Scotland’s ‘Reporter’s Notebook’ segment. Broadcast on February 16th, 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0715y2s
Blog
Lengua
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better.” –George Orwell, ‘Politics and the English Language’. He’s back. Spain’s former prime minister,...
No Country for Old Uncertainties
“In the Spaniard’s heart is a great yearning for freedom, but only his own. A great love of truth and honor in all its forms, but not in its substance.” Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses I stumbled upon this quote recently as the tributes poured in for Cormac...
Recent work
Vinicius Jr case opens wider racism debate
May 23rd, 2023. Published by BBC Online Insults aimed at Real Madrid soccer player Vinicius Jr have triggered a fierce debate about racism in sport and whether Spanish society has a problem with the issue. Spanish police have arrested three people in connection with...
‘Flamenco on the edge‘
Documentary on flamenco music post-Covid for BBC Radio, December 2022
Spain battles spiralling energy costs
TV report for BBC News, broadcast June 2022 (camera: Juan Domínguez) https://youtu.be/7wuTjyGvPJ0