Events

Public meeting 'Fighting Franco: British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War 1936-39' at Friends' Meeting House, 43 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW, with doors opening at 7:30pm. Speakers include Professor Paul Preston, author of The Last Days of the Spanish Republic; Richard Baxell, Chair of the IBMT and author of Unlikely Warriors; Professor Valentine Cunningham, editor of The Penguin Book of Spanish Civil War Verse; and Carmen Negrin, granddaughter of Juan Negrin, the last prime minister of the Spanish Republic. Tickets are £5 on the door or £4 pre-booked.

‘Five Things You (Almost Certainly) Didn't Know About The Spanish Civil War’ hosted by David Ebsworth, whose second novel, ‘The Assassin’s Mark’, sees Jack Telford, a left-wing reporter, among an eccentric group of tourists on one of Franco’s battlefield tours during the civil war. 2pm at Chorlton Library, Manchester M21 9PN.

‘Five Things You (Almost Certainly) Didn't Know About The Spanish Civil War’ hosted by David Ebsworth, whose second novel, ‘The Assassin’s Mark’, sees Jack Telford, a left-wing reporter, among an eccentric group of tourists on one of Franco’s battlefield tours during the civil war. 6pm at Hwyl Llandeilo Literary Festival, at the Angel Inn, Llandeilo, SA19 6EN.

‘Road to Freedom’: a programme of guitar recitals, folk singing and flamenco dance, as well as film from the British Film Institute’s archives, to remember the West Country and the Spanish Civil War. 2.30pm and 7.30pm at the Curzon Cinerma & Arts (46 Old Church Road, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 6NN; 01275 871 000), Tickets £10/£9 in advance or £12/£10 on the door, or £6 student matinée. www.curzon.org.uk