The Francisco Franco dictatorship in Spain lasted almost 40 years, from his military invasion of the Second Spanish Republic in 1936 and three years of civil war to his death in the fall of ...

English writer George Orwell was born on this day in 1903. Here is a quiz on one of the most well-known and prolific writers ...

Another was Orwell’s Nose (2016), described by its literature professor author John Sutherland as a “pathological biography”. It analysed the role of smells in Orwell’s writing and his private life, ...

Catalan psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles’s treatment of mental illness at the institution included art—and was championed by ...

Sunburned, beer-clutching tourists in Magaluf, sprawling expat enclaves on the Costa del Sol, and full English breakfasts served alongside Barcelona’s architecture – this is the image many associate ...

Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life’ on Eileen O’Shaughnessy, George Orwell’s first wife, and her under appreciated role in his work and life ...

Jim McNeill was one of dozens of Australians who fought against General Franco's forces. (Supplied: Illawarra Museum)After the Spanish Civil War broke out in July 1936, McNeill was determined to ...

Having read George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia – his fascinating insight into his experiences as a Republican volunteer in the civil war – I had decided to come to the city to see it ...

A memorial honouring men from East Lancashire who volunteered to fight fascism in the 1930s Spanish Civil War has been unveiled in Burnley. ... better known as author George Orwell.

The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939, ... Among the names on the list was Eric Blair, better known as author George Orwell.

"Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac." The English author Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) wrote under ...

A Scottish band is to have one of its songs housed in the first museum dedicated exclusively to the Spanish Civil War. The Tenementals' track "A Passion Flower’s Lament" is to be included in The ...