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UNCOVERED: 3 | History Defined

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

‘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

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

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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

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

‘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

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

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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

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…

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - UK

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 Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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

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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

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

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

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.

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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.

The Conversation

Albania's developing tourism industry could help stop its young people from leaving – and boost its economy

It has been more than 30 years since Albania opened its doors to tourists, but telling a friend that you’re off to Tirana or Dhërmi for a long weekend might still raise some eyebrows.

The Guardian - AU

‘Brothers in arms, a long way from home’: the first Australians to fight fascism overseas

The discovery of a rare photo from the Spanish civil war raises questions about why volunteers from Australia are not commemorated

The Guardian - UK

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

Tribune News Service

Rays get offensive in beating Tigers again

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There probably need to be some qualifiers.

Wales Online

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

The National (Scotland)

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…

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