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Thursday, 9 July 2026

WELSH SINGER BONNIE TYLER DIES




Finally, she didn't manage to get through her recovery successfully and unfortunately Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has died at the age of 75. She had been in induced coma at a Portuguese hospital, where she lived, after undergoing an intestinal surgery last May.  These official statements were on her webpage, following her health issues:

"[6/May/26] We are very sorry to announce that Bonnie has been admitted to hospital in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home, for emergency intestinal surgery. The surgery went well and she is now recuperating. We know that all of her family, friends, and fans will be concerned about this news and will be wishing her well for a full and swift recovery.
[Update 8/May/26] Bonnie has been put into an induced coma by her doctors to aid her recovery. 
[Update 12/May/26] As of this morning Bonnie remains seriously ill but stable in hospital in Faro, however her doctors are still positive that she will make a full recovery.
[Update 15/June/26] Bonnie is no longer in coma but remains very unwell and in intensive care in hospital in Portugal. Although her condition is improving it is a slow process. Her doctors remain confident that she will make a good recovery but it is going to take time."  

Less than a year ago, on August 2nd 2025, the last time she sang in Coruña .The singer had a new record and was about to start a tour this summer right into 2027.
 It's a heartache, RIP.


+ info @ "The Guardian"

Video ABC News:  


Video "IT'S A HEARTACHE", Bonnie Tyler:


Video "TOTAL ECLYPSE OF THE HEART", Bonnie Tyler:

Video "I NEED A HERO", Bonnie Tyler:

Video "THE BEST", Bonnie Tyler:


Video BBC News:

Tuesday, 16 June 2026

[Cultural Week 2026] CINEMA, AGAIN



It's the second time that the school devotes its traditional annual Cultural Week to the topic of CINEMA. The first time was 7 years ago in 2019, as you can see above on the first poster, below is this year's. This counts as the 16th cultural week set up in the school.

So today we bring a flashback post and on this link CINEMA you can see the English works done by students for that first time. You can also remember the complete information of that first Cultural Week on our library's blog "ARQUIVOS DO TRASNO".

Here's also the flasback to all Rafael Dieste's cultural weeks held up to now, since 2010 to 2026, except for 2020 which had to be put off due to the lockdown. Each of the links show the previous posts devoted on this blog to each of them.

2010 - GREECE
2017 - COSMOS
2018 - GASTRONOMY
2019 - CINEMA
2021 - THE SEA
2022 - HEALTH
2023 - CITIES
2025 -
2026 - CINEMA



Thursday, 11 June 2026

5 FACTS ABOUT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 2026 AS IT KICKS OFF















Today the 2026 Football World Cup kicks off. The championship is held in Canada, Mexico & USA. Here are 5 facts and some words and idioms connected with football and much more on previous posts linked here.





Wednesday, 1 April 2026

APRIL FOOL'S DAY 2026


 Today's APRIL FOOL'S DAY, all about it on the previous posts from this blog in this link APRIL FOOL.


Friday, 27 March 2026

RAFAEL DIESTE'S HOMECOMING 2026

Rafael Dieste's 2026


Homecoming 2026 Facebook video link

Homecoming 2026 Instagram video link

Fifth edition of Homecoming 2026 organized by English teacher Isabel Viña on Friday, March 24th.
Video by @rodri_vibees (César Rodríguez) from RafaelDieste social media.

Thursday, 19 March 2026

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS!


 Today it's Father's Day in Spain. Always celebrated on the 19th of March, Saint Joseph's Day. In the UK, however, Father's Day isn't a set date, it's the third Sunday in June, as you can read here in A BRIEF HISTORY OF FATHER'S DAY.
And below vocabulary for when dads go to the barber's shop.

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY 2026: 6 FACTS ABOUT THIS DAY +"WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME"


 






(Info & pics from Toursim Ireland)

Wallace National Monument, Scotland
Telling Stone, Jutland
Cibeles, Madrid
Empire State Building, New York
Reichsburg Tower, Cochem, Germany
Niagara Falls
Trinity College, Dublin
London Eye
Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin
Sydney Opera
Chicago
Pyramids, Egypt
Torre de Hercules, A Coruña                               ⁶

Being today, March 17th, Saint Patrick's day, the patron of Ireland, here are six surprising facts about the day, landmarks and monuments around the world that have turned GREEN (even Coruña's Torre de Hércules) and an Abba's song with an Irish flavour and that takes us to the Irish town of Kilkenny.
 Song's lyrics on the video so you can sing along.

Video-lyrics "WHEN YOU DANCE WITH ME", Abba:


Friday, 13 March 2026

FRIDAY, 13th: UNLUCKY DAY'S SUPERSTITIONS


For Americans and British, today being Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, just as for us is a Tuesday the 13th. Below information taken from the Wikipedia about this tradition of unlucky days:
 
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. For example, 2015 had a Friday the 13th in February, March, and November, which will happen again in 2026. Leap years that begin on Sunday such as 2012 and 2040, also have three Friday the 13ths in January, April, and July. 2017 through 2020 had two Friday the 13ths, as did 2023; 2016, 2021, and 2022 had just one Friday the 13th, as will 2025, 2027, and 2028; 2024 will have two Friday the 13ths.

For a month to have a Friday the 13th, the 1st must be a Sunday.

In Hispanic countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (martes trece) is considered a day of bad luck.

The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) an unlucky day. Tuesday is considered dominated by the influence of Ares, the god of war (or Mars, the Roman equivalent). The fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade occurred on Tuesday 13 April 1204, and the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans happened on Tuesday 29 May 1453, events that strengthen the superstition about Tuesday.

There is a Tuesday the 13th in months that begin on a Thursday.

 On the link below you can find more explanations:
[Taken from USA TODAY]

Including some superstitions:







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