Events

‘Ocho’, a play about the eight Hull men who joined the International Brigades and the women they left at home. Written by BAFTA award-winning Jane Thornton, with music by Dave Rotheray (The Beautiful South), and performed by the Spotlight Ensemble of Archbishop Sentamu Academy at the Archbishop Sentamu Academy Theatre, 1 Bilton Grove, Hull HU9 5YB, starting at 7.30pm.

Commemoration of the 80th anniversary of  the Battle of Caspe in March 1938 during the retreat through Aragón in which the British Battalion and other International Brigade units came under sustained attack. The programme of events is being organised by the local history group Asociación Bajoaragonesa de Agitación y Propaganda.

Cañada Blanch Centre public seminar: 'Religious Violence in the Spanish Civil War: Iconoclasm and Crusade’ by Professor Mary Vincent (University of Sheffield) at London School of Economics, Cowdray House, Portugal Street, WC2A 2HJ (Seminar Room COW1.11, 1st floor) at 6pm-7.30pm; free.

‘¡Buenos Días Dictador!’, a new exhibition of works by artist Sonia Boué about the Spanish Civil War, in particular a response to the years of exile suffered by many Spanish Republicans and their families; at the Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford OX1 2AQ; opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm.