Author Archive for Richard Baxell

In Memoriam: Manus O’Riordan (1949-2021)

November 6, 2021
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<em>In Memoriam:</em> Manus O’Riordan (1949-2021)

It’s always sad when someone dies prematurely, but there is some consolation that Manus’s final hours were spent doing what he loved and dedicated to what he did much of his life.
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Book Review: Two New Titles by Alexander Clifford

August 14, 2021
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<em>Book Review:</em> Two New Titles by Alexander Clifford

Fighting for Spain: The International Brigades in the Civil War, 1936–1939, and The People’s Army in the Spanish Civil War: A Military History of the Republic and International Brigades by Alexander Clifford. Pen and the Sword Military, 2020.
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Jan Kurzke’s Spanish Civil War Memoir: A Soldier’s Tale

August 14, 2021
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Jan Kurzke’s Spanish Civil War Memoir: A Soldier’s Tale

Kurzke's memoir The Good Comrade was published this past May by the Clapton Press, after having been tucked away for years, known only to a small number of specialist historians. In this new introduction to the book, Richard Baxell explains why it's so valuable.
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Geoffrey Servante (1919-2019)

August 5, 2019
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Geoffrey Servante (1919-2019)

Over the last few years, several announcements have mourned the passing of the last British volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. First there was David Lomon, then Philip Tammer, and then recently Stan Hilton, all of whom were hailed as “the last of the last.” In fact, none of them were. As a November 2017 article by Carmelo...
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London Gallery Reprises 1937 Spanish Pavilion

March 6, 2017
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London Gallery Reprises 1937 Spanish Pavilion

A lovingly curated exhibition goes to great lengths to re-create the impression of the original Spanish Republic’s Pavilion in the famous Paris Exposition of 1937.
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Book Review: Hochschild’s Spain in Our Hearts

December 3, 2016
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<em>Book Review:</em> Hochschild’s <b></b>Spain in Our Hearts

Adam Hochschild, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.


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Stan Hilton (1918-2016)

December 3, 2016
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Stan Hilton (1918-2016)

Sadly, we have now reached the end of an era. With the death of 98-year old Stan Hilton, there are no longer any British veterans of the International Brigades who fought in the Spanish Civil war of 1936-1939 alive to tell their tale.
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Book Review: Pitch Battles

September 10, 2014
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<i>Book Review:</i> Pitch Battles

“Fear and Loathing in La Liga by Sid Lowe (New York: Nation Books, 2014).
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Book Review:Henry Buckley: The inside story

March 22, 2014
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<em>Book Review:</em>Henry Buckley: The inside story

The Life and Death of the Spanish Republic: A Witness to the Spanish Civil War. By Henry Buckley (London: Tauris, 2013).
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Book Review: In Spain with Orwell

September 15, 2013
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<i>Book Review:</i> In Spain with Orwell

In Spain with Orwell: George Orwell and the Independent Labour Party Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, by Christopher Hall (Tippermuir Books, Perth, 2013) £12.50
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