2019 marks the 80th anniversary of the exodus of the Spanish Republicans fleeing persecution from the Franco regime.
In the living memory of the elderly are brothers and fathers going off to one or other to war, and the stories of those who never returned.
French Mothers Mean Business Generous maternity leave, universal healthcare, subsidised childcare, state-funded crèches and écoles maternelles, and even a medal for raising a large family (yes, really – read on). France has long been known…
The Chemin de la Liberte, a 50-mile trek, sets off over the Massif de Couserans in Ariège, one of the most difficult and treacherous escape routes over the Pyrenees,
The documentary described below, now finished, will be screened on Thursday 17th December on Catalan channel TV3 at 23h05 [(Argelès concentration camp)] A moving documentary of the ‘concentration camp’ hastily set up on the beaches…