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FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Cordoban Skies… How a Moorish daredevil made aviation history
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2 Jun, 2023 @ 19:00
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FREED AT A BRUSHSTROKE. Recalibrating a Chapter in Spanish Art History
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20 May, 2023 @ 11:15
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JACKS CORNER: Emergency Services on the Costa del Sol just got better
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Ladies man: Spanish free-thinker Luis Vives was the world’s first Renaissance Man and championed education for all women back...
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22 Apr, 2023 @ 15:31
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Driving on sunshine: Are solar cars the future?
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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: The controversy in a small Valencian village over plans for a massive solar...
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27 Jan, 2023 @ 11:50
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Superstition emptied a Spanish village in the 14th century before turning it into a must-visit festival
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8 Jan, 2023 @ 18:38
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Better luck this time! Spain’s chequered history in the FIFA World Cup
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20 Nov, 2022 @ 10:45
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Life is Easy with Eyes Closed… (But opened for John Lennon in Spain’s Cabo de Gata!)
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THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF SPAIN’S COUNTRYSIDE: CONCERN AS COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECTS TURN MEGA
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18 Sep, 2022 @ 13:13
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James Bond inspired by iconic expat and British spy Alan Hillgarth who lived in Mallorca
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What do King Solomon, Andalucia’s Rio Tinto mines, NASA and Mars have in common?
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LONG READ: Jack Gaioni reveals the fascinating story of Lola Montez, the fake Spanish dirty dancer who captured a...
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2 Sep, 2022 @ 17:55
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Beer today, gone tomorrow?: The history of cerveza in Spain
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12 Aug, 2022 @ 17:20
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SEEDS OF HISTORY: SCIENTISTS USING OLIVE SEEDS TO PROVE BIBLE STORIES
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10 Jul, 2022 @ 14:58
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Meet the last shepherds eeking out a living on Spain’s ancient pastoral routes
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5 Jun, 2022 @ 17:00
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How scientists in Valencia are pinning hopes on protecting the oldest living species on earth
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28 May, 2022 @ 14:15
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Wind of change: Two sides of the ecologist movement clash as Spain debates renewable energy
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10 Apr, 2022 @ 15:00
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World Water Day: What you should know about the rain in Spain
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22 Mar, 2022 @ 08:00
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Given the bird: How falcons are used to protect Spain’s airports from the dangers of bird strikes
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6 Feb, 2022 @ 16:15
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SPANISH AUTHOR CARLOS ZAFON: The pen is mightier than the camera…
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4 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45
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Dredging up history: Galicia clean-up project could shed light on mysteries of Spanish Armada
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15 Aug, 2021 @ 16:15
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Basque magic: How Spanish children ended up playing in English teams before ‘foreign players’ became a thing
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She’s Dynamite! (literally): Civil War heroine who took the fight to Spain’s men
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How Henry VIII gambled away the crown to a cheeky Spaniard
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Jack Gaioni explores the horrors of a Civil War concentration camp and Franco’s grip on the Spanish press
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