Body of Spain’s fascist party founder to be removed from basilica Family will rebury José Antonio Primo de Rivera in Madrid cemetery to pre-empt state exhumation The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Rays get offensive in beating Tigers again ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There probably need to be some qualifiers. Tribune News Service · Apr 2, 2023
The sister act from a successful family hospitality business who have opened a new coffee shop and bar in Swansea Sisters Kristina Wadham, 43 and Mia McNab, 49, daughters of the man behind Remo's and Franco's in Aberavon, have opened their new family business, Mimi and Kiki's, in Clydach this week Wales Online · Mar 29, 2023
Our Fathers Fought Franco: How one Lothian coalminer joined the fight against fascism IN the new book Our Fathers Fought Franco (Luath Press), edited by Willy Maley, four adult children tell the stories of their fathers. Here’s an… The National (Scotland) · Mar 20, 2023
'Serious concerns' over TGA's decision making on landmark psilocybin, MDMA ruling How an intensive lobbying campaign penetrated the TGA ahead of its world-first ruling to label MDMA and psilocybin as medicines. ABC News · Mar 17, 2023
We’re All Just Fine by Ana Penyas review – home truths in a tyrant’s reign Rich in detail, this award-winning debut explores the evolution of Spanish womanhood through drudgery, dictatorship and liberation The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
New book looks at lives of four Scottish volunteers who fought in Spanish Civil War I HAVE written often enough The National (Scotland) · Feb 27, 2023
Remains of anti-Franco activist who died in 1973 recovered in Catalonia Forensics identify remains of Cipriano Martos, an antifascist forced to drink sulphuric acid during a police interrogation The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023
Spanish director Carlos Saura dies aged 91 Spanish director Carlos Saura, who died on Friday, hit the global spotlight in the 1960s with critiques of Franco's dictatorship, later focusing on films about music and dance, notably flamenco and tango. Radio France Internationale · Feb 11, 2023
TGA psychedelics decision met with relief, cautious optimism and 'serious reservations' Advocates welcome a surprise decision from Australia's drug regulator to approve two psychedelic drugs for mental health treatment, but some clinicians are concerned the decision may be premature. ABC News · Feb 4, 2023
‘Some weeks I only speak to the postman’: how to escape learned loneliness – and soar socially The time we spend with our close friends has plummeted over the past decade. Here is an expert guide to making new connections and reviving old ones The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023
What is Opus Dei, and why is it so controversial — both in and out of the Catholic Church? While the group is known for its secrecy, this is far from the first time it has appeared in the headlines. ABC News · Jan 30, 2023
Madrid exhibition tells story of Spaniards sent to Nazi concentration camp About 7,500 Spanish Republicans who fled to France were deported to Mauthausen camp in Austria The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023
Spain exhumes 53 bodies from Franco dictatorship's shallow graves Forensic archaeologists have exhumed 53 bodies from shallow graves in the Basque town of Orduna that were dug in 1941, as part of a process of healing the country's wounds from the Franco dictatorship era. Reuters · Dec 12, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022 ‘Rebekah Vardy is a warrior’: the Game of Thrones star who’s turning Wagatha Christie into a serious drama From learning to flush loos in fake nails, to acting like her face was frozen by cosmetics, taking on the trial of the century wasn’t easy. Ex-Harry Potter actor and wildling Natalia Tena tells all
Al Jazeera · Nov 18, 2022 Can new Spanish law lay the ghosts of the Civil War to rest? ‘Democratic Memory Laws’ bring some relief to families of General Franco’s victims, but much needs to be done, they say.
Motorsport · Oct 28, 2022 Ferrari | North America, Imola: Franco takes lights-to-flag win in interrupted race It was poleman Manny Franco (Ferrari Lake Forest) who took the win in the gathering gloom of the first race of round 7 of the Ferrari Challenge North America after some of his closest rivals on the grid were eliminated in incidents that brought out the safety car three times.
Inverse · Oct 27, 2022 You need to watch the most revolutionary ghost story on HBO Max ASAP “What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again?”
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 Robert Wilson: ‘We shouldn’t make theatre if we can’t laugh’ As his new version of Alfred Jarry’s scandalous Ubu Roi is staged in Spain, the innovative director considers the collision of the terrifying and the comic
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 Anger in Spain at vandalism of memorial to German fighter pilot Memorial to Nazi airman shot down in Spanish civil war had been looked after by Spanish ace who killed him
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022 Spanish fascist’s family to exhume remains from Valley of the Fallen Family of José Antonio Primo de Rivera act before new legislation designed to honour civil war and dictatorship victims takes effect
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022 Virtual Spanish civil war museum aims to cut through political divide Online history centre launches against backdrop of renewed debate over the conflict’s legacy
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022 Personality and Power by Ian Kershaw review – follow the leader… for good or ill The great historian’s analyses of a dozen 20th-century democrats and dictators are individually cogent but his conclusions tend to the obvious
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2022 ‘I was lacking deeper connection’: can online friends be the answer to loneliness? People you don’t see face to face can still provide a community, says Yasmina Floyer
Motorsport · Sep 11, 2022 Ferrari Challenge puts on dramatic show for Race 1 Sonoma Ferrari Challenge took to the hills of Sonoma for the final North American weekend of its 2022 championship.