Lorca (Spain)

Type: City

Name: Lorca (Spain)

Country: Spain

Latitude: 37.68

Longitude: -1.7

population: 85,756

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13 articles

First Reported Feb 27 2010 - Updated Feb 27 2010 - 1 Documents

Ian Gibson: «I could manage without Granada, but not without Madrid»

Ian Gibson, born in Dublin in 1939, is a historian, and author of numerous biographies and books on Spanish history, including a controversial (it was researched and written during the dictator Franco’s lifetime) investigation into the assassination in ... [Published Feb 27 2010 by SUR]

Entities: Ian Gibson, Granada (Spain), Lorca (Spain), Madrid

First Reported Feb 05 2010 - Updated Feb 05 2010 - 1 Documents

Flamenco's humane roots | Mike Marqusee

Forget the Hollywood image – flamenco has deep-rooted social and political resonances that cross culture and genre Flamenco is a name widely known but a music little understood (outside its Andalusian heartland). Forget about Hollywood images of flounces ... [Published Feb 05 2010 by Comment is free | guardian.co.uk]

Entities: Mike Marqusee, Lorca (Spain), Gypsies, Camarón de la Isla, Spain

First Reported Oct 25 2009 - Updated Oct 25 2009 - 1 Documents

Tamara Rojo

Britain offers great art a true sanctuary

One of the world's greatest ballerinas says we should treasure our lack of political interference in the arts On Thursday, I will run on to the stage at Covent Garden to dance the part of Mary Vetsera in Mayerling , one of the great roles in the ... [Published Oct 25 2009 by Comment is free | guardian.co.uk]

Entities: Spain, Tamara Rojo, Lorca (Spain), Japan, United Kingdom

First Reported Oct 11 2009 - Updated Oct 11 2009 - 1 Documents

Bullfighting finds a messiah as ban in Barcelona looms

Jason Burke The Observer, Last month, bullfighting fans in Barcelona enjoyed a historic afternoon corrida. The main draw for a 19,500 sell-out crowd in the Plaza Monumental, the brick-and-tile bullring of the Catalonian capital, was Jos Toms Romn Martn, ... [Published Oct 11 2009 by Observer]

Entities: Barcelona, Lorca (Spain), Spain

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...'different schools and nations”; celebrations with poems, indigenous songs, stories, plays, and a ceremony organized in the Philippines titled, "In the Galaxy of Languages, Every Word is a Star.” This celebration has also been important in Bangladesh, where they have been celebrating the diversity of languages since 1952."

Americas: International Mother Language Day [Elites TV - Feb 24 2010]

...Instead, they argued, many locals simply wanted "to eliminate a shameful practice that is considered repulsive by a large number of Europeans" .In 2004 campaigners declared Barcelona 'an anti-bullfighting city'. More than 20 Catalan towns followed its example...

Bullfighting finds a messiah as ban in Barcelona looms [Observer - Oct 11 2009]

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Americas: International Mother Language Day [Global Voices Online - Feb 24 2010] UNESCO invites the world to celebrate the International Mother Language Day annually on February 21 to encourage all communities to “promote linguistic and cultural ...
Flamenco's humane roots \| Mike Marqusee [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Feb 05 2010] Forget the Hollywood image – flamenco has deep-rooted social and political resonances that cross culture and genreFlamenco is a name widely known but a music little ...
Britain offers great art a true sanctuary [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Oct 25 2009] One of the world's greatest ballerinas says we should treasure our lack of political interference in the artsOn Thursday, I will run on to the stage at Covent Garden ...
Abortion debate opens Spain's wounds [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Oct 23 2009] Zapatero's attempts at modest abortion reform have met with protests that reveal a dark truth about the Spanish psycheIn September 2008, the remains of Federico ...