UN alarm over rightwing laws that could ‘whitewash’ Franco era in Spain Three UN experts warn proposed ‘harmony laws’ may contravene international human rights standards The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
‘Massive and exciting impact’: show celebrates Spain’s first abstract art museum Exhibition explores how a Spanish-Filipino artist in 1966 opened a trailblazing cultural outpost in Cuenca’s ‘hanging houses’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024
Portugal’s Carnation Revolution – archive, April 1974 On 25 April 1974, an almost-bloodless coup brought down more than 40 years of dictatorship in Portugal and ended Europe’s longest-lasting dictatorship The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
MAGA didn't come out of nowhere Author David Austin Walsh says "respectable" conservatives have tolerated racists and neo-Nazis all along Salon · Apr 20, 2024
Paolo Taviani obituary Acclaimed Italian film-writer and director who worked in tandem with his brother Vittorio for six decades The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024
Sun, sea and rock’n’roll: how Torremolinos got its groove back A February festival brings a touch of glamour to the Costa del Sol resort – and a welcome off-season tourism boost The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024
Franco Manca is offering free pizza to anyone with this Italian name Want free pizza goodness to warm up this cold January? If you have this name, then it is your lucky day Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024
‘It’s about being able to say goodbye’: Spanish graphic novel explores early Franco-era reprisals The Abyss of Forgetting chronicles a woman’s struggle to find remains of her father who was murdered after civil war The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024
Sea crossings, cleaning, and Connery’s coffee: memories of Galicians who came to Britain Generations of families that left Franco’s Spain for London in a half-forgotten migration are to be celebrated in an exhibition The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023
Alexander Payne on the inspirations of 'The Holdovers' and the movies that shaped him A deep affection for cinema tends to run alongside the moviemaking for Alexander Payne The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023
A capitalist cheerleader wrote the US’s hottest new self-help book. Surprised? Arthur Brooks spent years advocating cuts to the social safety net. Now, with the help of Oprah, NPR and the Atlantic, he’s teaching Americans to be happy The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2023
‘Take flowers to our mass grave’: letters from Spain’s Franco victims collected in new book Thousands of people were imprisoned and shot by the Franco dictatorship between 1939 and 1944. Their letters home form a moving memorial to their bravery and the strength of love The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023
Who is Pedro Almodóvar: iconic director and counter-culture trailblazer The playful maverick, whose short film Strange Way of Life is out now, is one of the greatest and most subversive filmmakers of our time Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2023
Morbidelli secures Pramac Ducati seat for MotoGP 2024 after Yamaha split Morbidelli, a member of Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Academy, will ride one of the satellite squad’s Desmosedici GP24s next season, replacing Honda-bound Johann Zarco. Autosport · Sep 18, 2023
Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023 OPINION - When it ran in fright over Róisín Murphy, the BBC betrayed its purpose In his biography of his father Richard, Jonathan Dimbleby writes of his father’s shame at the timidity of the BBC during the Spanish Civil War. The BBC, thought Dimbleby senior, was, in effect, through editorial selection, siding with the Franco regime. It is a reminder that, even when they do…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023 The widow and the murderer: a friendship born of tragedy The long read: A decade after Maixabel Lasa’s husband was shot by Basque separatists, she received a message from one of his killers. He wanted to meet her
The Conversation · Aug 2, 2023 Wild times in Madrid's roaring 20s: how Spain's youth partied hard before Franco took away their dance halls It is often thought that wild dance clubs only arrived in Spain in the late 1970s and 80s, once the dictatorship ended and the country had been freed from the ghosts of Franco’s conservatism. But evidence shows that 100 years ago (or even more) so-called “dancings” were happening in Madrid…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023 Spain holds first democratic election after death of Franco – archive, 1977 On 15 June 1977, the country voted in the first free election since 1936. The Union of the Democratic Centre, led by Adolfo Suárez, emerged as the largest party overall
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023 Spanish election 2023: Socialists and Conservatives neck and neck in early tallies Spain is voting in general election that poses choice between left-wing or right-wing coaltions
The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023 The Rock and the hard right: Gibraltar fears rise of Vox in Spanish election Talks on border status are still not resolved, and success for the nationalist party could lead to a far more hardline attitude
The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2023 Spanish election offers opportunity to far right as PP seeks power Conservative People’s party struggles in final days of campaigning and is forecast to fall short of overall majority
The Conversation · Jul 20, 2023 Does Spanish nationalism exist? In the last two decades, the Spanish political scene has been characterised by convulsion. Among the many variables that shape this reality, one of them is the confrontation between the centre – Madrid – and the peripheral areas, some of which have their own distinct identity.
Wales Online · Jun 29, 2023 Tonight's rugby news as Johnny Sexton summoned and Wales stars wonder how much tougher it will get The latest rugby headlines from Wales and beyond
Reuters · May 30, 2023 Factbox-Who's who in Spain's July 23 snap general election Spain's snap parliamentary election on July 23 is unlikely to produce a working majority for any one party, with complex pre- and post-ballot alliances holding the key to governing Spain.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2023 Witnesses sought after cyclist killed in Humboldt Park hit-and-run Rick Lomas, a British citizen who moved with his wife to Logan Square years ago, was working to get his U.S. citizenship. He was struck May 7 and died three days later.