A siege mentality
‘Gibraltar, dear friends, Gibraltar. We should have taken Gibraltar,’ were allegedly some of Hitler’s last words
Garzon cleared of Franco deaths probe
The judge was handed an 11-year ban three weeks ago for illegal phone tapping
Francisco Ayala (1906-2009)
A Spanish writer belonging to the Generation of 27, a literary movement composed of writers, diverse artists and filmmakers
Secrets from the Spanish Second Republic
Fabulous hoard emerges after seven decades
Poet Carlos Pranger: The new Brenan
Poet releases his second book of poems
Spanish Civil War communal graves located
Junta releases map of the 50,000 victims still awaiting a decent burial from Civil War
Final rest for Franco’s victims
The Junta is preparing to excavate Civil War mass graves
Anarchy in Spain
Europe's strongest libertarian movement turns 100.
My naked angel
It is 70 years since seminal novel Darkness at Noon – inspired by the Spanish Civil War - was first published. Matthew Pritchard recounts how
Obama’s man
Remarkable story behind the photo of this unknown Afro-American, who fought against Franco, in advance of US president’s visit
Red bishops honoured
Bishops are fighting to ensure the memory of priests executed during the Civil War are not forgottten
Massacre remembered
During the early days of the Spanish Civil War, a large group of women and children were rounded up and shot in a chapel near
Remembering Franco
Writing exclusively for the Olive Press, Franco biographer Paul Preston claims the legacy of the dictator’s rule has come to nothing as Spain embraces democracy.
The Spanish Civil War and the Written Word
Many books have been written in English on the civil war that tore Spain in two. Carlos Pranger looks at some and concludes now is
The search for Lorca’s Grave
WHEN the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, Gerald Brenan was living with his wife Gamel Woolsey in Churriana, a village west of Málaga.