It was the moment the Spanish Civil War came to Scotland – eight months after it had ended in Spain. October 16, 1939 saw the first Nazi air raid over Britain to bomb ships in the Firth of Forth. Many… Read More ›
Spanish Civil War
Archie Cochrane, father of evidence based medicine
This wee gem from Cardiff University shows Archie Cochrane, the father of evidence-based medicine, in his prime. Update March 2020: the film is temporarily unavailable but I hope to have it back up soon. He is the narrator so you… Read More ›
What Franco wanted us to see……
The small town of Belchite in Aragon was reduced to rubble in the course of one of the bloodiest battles of the Spanish Civil War. First taken by Republican troops on September 6 1937 it was won back by the… Read More ›
