Articles about Spanish history, books and Cinema

History

• The Reconquest of Malaga
  People think of 1492 as the year of fall of Granada. That was, after all, the year that the last sultan of that kingdom, the ill-fated Boabdil, surrendered the keys of city to the conquering Christians before riding into exile, thus bringing to an end seven centuries of Muslim rule in Spain. But by this… Read more: The Reconquest of Malaga

Cinema

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  Review: Calle Málaga
  In 1978 Mae West made an ill-advised comeback at the age of 86. She played the part of a glamour-puss without a “nod to the passage time” and looking “positively embalmed”. Making allowance for her seniority, seeing her act a sex-symbol you are reminded of what Samuel Johnson said about a dog walking on its… Read more: Review: Calle Málaga