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A prime minister defending immigration? It can happen. It just did here in Spain

Pedro Sánchez’s tone sharply contrasts with that of his European counterparts. He needs to prove it’s not just rhetoric, says Guardian Europe columnist María Ramírez

The Guardian - UK

‘A street-boy throwing stones at pompous windows’: Claud Cockburn and the birth of guerrilla journalism

Forty years after the death of the man who exposed Nazi sympathisers in Britain and interviewed Al Capone, his son used MI5 files to illuminate his amazing story in a new book

The Guardian - UK

Spanish judge shelves landmark case of Franco-era torture victim

Julio Pacheco says he will appeal against the ‘devastating’ decision to abandon the first such investigation in Spain

The Guardian - UK

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If something can happen once, it can happen again – Dennis Glover’s reading of history sounds an alarm about the present

Are we living in a pre-war rather than a post-war world? This is a legitimate question, given that there are more than 120 armed conflicts worldwide. The International Crisis Group has noted that 2024 began with:

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Omaze: Newlyweds win UK's biggest ever house draw with £5million dream pad in London’s Victoria Park

The spectacular house is the most valuable property ever to be won in a UK prize draw

Evening Standard

Rosa Regàs obituary

Spanish publisher opposed to the Franco regime who went on to write acclaimed novels

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: Joel Meyerowitz in 1960s Málaga

With his groundbreaking use of colour, the New York photographer captured a sense of freedom with flamenco artists living under General Franco’s rule

The Guardian - UK

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Spain publishes list of art seized during civil war and Franco dictatorship

Culture ministry hopes to help people reclaim family property plundered by Franco regime

The Guardian - UK

Bad Habit by Alana S Portero review – hard times in Madrid

A vivid debut of trans life in Spain after Franco observes a world of violence and petty cruelties with compassion

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: What does it take to win? Man City’s Kyle Walker knows the answer

The England defender shares his life story, lessons and secrets to success in a new BBC series. Plus: five of the best tech podcasts

The Guardian - UK

Catalans once longed for freedom from Spain. Now that doesn’t look so appealing

With most voters in Catalonia rejecting independence-seeking parties, the pro-separatist chaos of 2017 is a distant memory, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez

The Guardian - UK

A song and dance: Eurovision’s history of controversy

With a long track record of international spats and political statements, rows have become a familiar part of the show

The Guardian - UK

UN alarm over rightwing laws that could ‘whitewash’ Franco era in Spain

Three UN experts warn proposed ‘harmony laws’ may contravene international human rights standards

The Guardian - UK

‘Massive and exciting impact’: show celebrates Spain’s first abstract art museum

Exhibition explores how a Spanish-Filipino artist in 1966 opened a trailblazing cultural outpost in Cuenca’s ‘hanging houses’

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Portugal’s Carnation Revolution – archive, April 1974

On 25 April 1974, an almost-bloodless coup brought down more than 40 years of dictatorship in Portugal and ended Europe’s longest-lasting dictatorship

Salon

MAGA didn't come out of nowhere

Author David Austin Walsh says "respectable" conservatives have tolerated racists and neo-Nazis all along

The Guardian - UK

Paolo Taviani obituary

Acclaimed Italian film-writer and director who worked in tandem with his brother Vittorio for six decades

The Guardian - UK

Sun, sea and rock’n’roll: how Torremolinos got its groove back

A February festival brings a touch of glamour to the Costa del Sol resort – and a welcome off-season tourism boost

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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 Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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 - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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

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