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How Real Oviedo went all the way to the depths of Spanish football, twice, and came back again

IN PROFILE Born in Spain, Inés Suárez participated in the conquest of Chile with her lover, Pedro de Valdivia, and defended the new settlement they founded, Santiago, from an attack by the Indigenous

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

On 21 October 1805, smoke filled the skies over the seas west of Cape Trafalgar, a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain, as a fierce battle raged. After nearly five hours of int

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AS THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY MAKES ITS JOURNEY TO ENGLAND’S SHORES, THE BBC HAS RELEASED THIS RETELLING OF THE MOMENTOUS EVENTS OF 1066. BUT DOES THIS MEDIEVAL EPIC FALL INTO THE SAME TRAPS AND TROPES AS SO MANY DRAB HISTORICAL DRAMAS BEFORE IT?