History Snippets

Murcian Halloween Horrors With Halloween arriving at the end of the month, (similar to the Spanish El Dia de las Muertos, which launches a three-day festival/celebration throughout much of the Hispanic [...]

Murcian Matadors: Women of the Bullring. Ernest Hemingway in Spain, 1927 (with a bull) The great American novelist, Ernest Hemingway, had a considerable passion for Spanish bullfighting, which he saw as [...]

Ice Ice Baby In February 1935, a tiny baby girl was found abandoned amongst a load of fresh fish, in a fish ice-box, at an unnamed location (probably in the environs [...]

Spain and the Beautiful Game On 6th August 1927, the Aberdeen Press and Journal published an article on the rise of ‘futbol’ in Spain. The piece was written by an unnamed [...]

Suits You, Sir! Late 19th century view of Aguilas The port town of Aguilas has long been a favourite with ex-patriots from the British Isles. Indeed, 67 years ago, on October [...]

The Chaste Diana Bandits Diana the Huntress, by Cametti (1720) America had its tough outlaws and robbers in the 1930’s, such as the gun-toting Ma Barker and Bonnie Parker (of Bonnie [...]