This is an English translation of a Dutch text about the 'Manifesto des Seize' of 1916 by Homme Wedman. First published in Dutch in 1995 in the 'Tweede Jaarboek Anarchisme / De AS 112' under the title ...

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 ...

When one side of the Spanish Civil War asked the world for help, a small band of Australian men and women answered the call.

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.