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COVID-19 has brought the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918 sharply into the collective consciousness, but it was not the first worldwide pandemic to be faced by the modern state. In the winter of 1889, a

Mushroom clouds in burning skies, wandering skulls, and thousands of people confined in atomic shelters as insects: the final decade of the Cold War brought a global proliferation of visual expressions of the anxiety of

In an interview with the ABC news network, U.S. President Donald Trump recently defended the use of waterboarding, stating the view that it “absolutely works” and indicating his wish to see the practise of this

A new political party is causing a stir in Spain. Although less than a year old, Podemos (‘We Can’) has already secured five MEPS and recently topped a Spanish opinion poll ahead of both major

I have just been on short holiday in Andalusia, visiting Granada and Córdoba. While travelling through that beautiful landscape, I had with me Tariq Ali's novel Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree on the collapse of

When King Juan Carlos assumed the throne of Spain on 27 November 1975, dignitaries from around the world came to Madrid for the religious ceremony, a sacramental anointing that was witnessed by, among others, the