Posts Tagged ‘Richard Baxell’
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Len Crome Memorial Lecture 2014: Taking Sides
1March 2, 2014 by Lydia Syson
The Spanish Civil War ‘gripped the imagination of a generation’, said Valentine Cunningham this weekend at Taking Sides: Artists and …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Andre Friedman, Art, artists, Authors Take Sides, Carmen Herrero, culture, Gerda Pohorylle, Gerda Taro, IBMT, John Cornford, Len Crome, Richard Baxell, Robert Capa, Spanish Civil War, The Mexican Suitcase, Valentine Cunningham
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Homage to Catalonia: the debate
3March 4, 2013 by Lydia Syson
“You’ve written a book about the Spanish Civil War? Oh yes, Orwell, right?” “Mmm. Yes and no.” I’ve had a …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: Barcelona, Christopher Hall, Franco, Homage to Catalonia, IBMT, ILP, Jim Jump, Len Crome, Mary Vincent, May Days, Orwell, Orwell Society, Paul Preston, POUM, quiet front, Richard Baxell, Spanish Civil War historiography, Stafford Cottman, Tom Buchanan
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2nd March 2013 George Orwell’s ‘Homage to Catalonia’ 75 years on
0January 29, 2013 by Lydia Syson
I’m looking forward to the 2013 Len Crome Memorial Lecture, which this year will be held not at the Imperial War …
keep readingCategory Bookings | Tags: Christopher Hall, conference, George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, IBMT, lecture, Len Crome, Paul Preston, Richard Baxell, Tom Buchanan
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Talking about the Spanish Civil War
0September 15, 2012 by Lydia Syson
Paul Preston must know more about the history of twentieth-century Spain than anyone else alive. A captivating speaker, who charms …
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