Gift of the Gabo

One of the authors behind Was Gabo an Irishman talks to Charlotte Mackenzie about the inspiration behind the anthology, magic realism and her...

Bogota ‘getting smarter’ as a city

[caption id="attachment_5519" align="alignright" width="300"] Urban planning is one of ten categories used to rate the cities Photo: MacAllenBrothers...

Bogota to get 2,851 new bikes

Thousands of public bicycles to be available at bike stations set up around the city in bid to encourage Bogotanos to use public transit City...

Bogota’s 2015 mayoral candidates

Eleven candidates are vying to replace Gustavo Petro in the Bogota Mayoral elections on October 25 this year. Get to know them: Clara López –...

Peace Process Latest:

Pope Francis praises peace talks, plans visit Colombians should come together and work for peace, Pope Francis said earlier this month of the...

Mariana Duque-Mariño – ‘I am trying to get back to the top 100’

Mariana Duque-Mariño is the highest-ranked Colombian female tennis player in the WTA world ranking at 134. The 25-year-old from Bogota had hoped to...

What to watch: Film reviews

Still Alice 4 stars As the dust settles on the Oscars and people argue the rights and wrongs of naming Birdman best picture, or wonder why Selma...

Cinema in the sun

We take a look at the winners and highlights of this year’s Cartagena Film Festival One hundred and seventy films and countless academic and...

Sonar comes to Colombia

After twenty years in Barcelona, Sonar festival to cross the Atlantic Colombia’s festival scene continues to grow this year, as iconic Spanish...

Where to go: Eating Out

Casa Vieja (Carrera 10 #26-60) On first entering Casa Vieja, you feel like you've stepped into a time-machine, away from the busy intersection of...