There was an excellent leading article in the Oxford Times on 15 January about the IBMT’s plans for an International Brigade memorial in Oxford and in response to ‘No Other Way’, the new book about the Oxfordshire volunteers. The article, copied below, can be accessed here: www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/leader/11722727.Fitting_tribute To order ‘No Other Way’, send […]
A message from our colleagues in the AABI (Association of Friends of the International Brigades) in Madrid… A new year has begun which seems to herald important political changes. These changes will only become a reality if we are ready to fight for them. We hope that the victory of Syriza in Greece might […]
The IBMT is proud to announce publication of: ‘No Other War: Oxfordshire and the Spanish Civil War 1936-39’ by Chris Farman, Valery Rose and Liz Woolley, with a foreword by Professor Tom Buchanan, 124 pages, fully illustrated, £5 (plus £3 p&p). ‘No Other Way’ tells the untold story of the 31 men and […]
Happy birthday to Stan Hilton, the last surviving British International Brigader, who is 97 today (31 December 2014). Here is an article by David Leach about Stan Hilton, which first appeared in 2013 in IBMT Newsletter no.1-13. Since it was written, Stan has moved from Yarrawonga to a nursing home at Ocean Grove, Victoria, to be […]
2015 New Year greeting cards from the IBMT and our sister organisations in Denmark and the Netherlands. In the US, ALBA (Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives) have produced this 4-minute video about their successes in 2014: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAjMop733k&feature=youtube_gdata_player
From our US friends in ALBA comes news that the December 2014 issue of their magazine, The Volunteer, is now online, at www.albavolunteer.org featuring: NEW: Read the print edition in PDF on ISSUU News ALBA Institutes draw more than 80 teachers More than 80 high school teachers from New York City and New Jersey participated […]
New year greetings from our friends in the AABI, the Madrid-based Association of Friends of the International Brigades (www.brigadasinternacionales.org)… We want to send you our best wishes for the new year 2015 before we all get caught up in the usual whirlwind associated to this season, and we hope it brings us all a […]
The IBMT is proud to be a sponsor of the exhibition Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War, which is currently at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. The exhibition has justifiably received excellent coverage in a variety of press including The Art Newspaper, El País, El Mundo, The Times, The Telegraph, Financial Times, […]
The Pallant House Gallery in Chichester (9 North Pallant, PO19 1TJ) is hosting the ‘Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War’ exhibition until 15 February 2015. On 14 February 2015 the gallery will host an ‘IBMT Day’. IBMT members will be able to visit the exhibition and hear talks by […]
By Pauline Fraser ‘Tomorrow we’ll have coffee in Huesca’ we called the tour of the Aragon, the title capturing something of the blighted hope of the milicianos in 1936 and 1937. Forward to October 2014 and our coach party of 30 duly drove to Huesca to enjoy that legendary cup of coffee, remembering the […]
Interviews on ITV with Spanish Civil War child refugee Herminio Martínez and Pallant House Gallery’s Artistic Director Simon Martin about the Chichester gallery’s superb new exhibition “Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War”: www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-11-10/art-shows-the-human-cost-of-conflict For more information about the exhibition itself go to: www.pallant.org.uk
Congratulations go to everyone involved in the writing and production of the International Brigades musical “Goodbye Barcelona” for winning the 2014 award for Best Musical in the Spanish Musical Theatre Awards. It also won Best Stage Director and Best Newcomer. See: www.broadwayworld.com/spain/article/Ganadores-de-la-7-edicin-de-los-Premios-del-Teatro-Musical-20141103 With typical modesty co-writer Karl Lewkowicz said afterwards that he hoped […]
