The Guardian
The Germans sneeze loudly': refugees on their adopted homelands
A record number of refugees arrived in Europe between 2015 and 2016. First comes the excitement but soon they realise it is not entirely like home. Two years have passed and refugees living in UK, Spain, France and Germany tell whether...
The Guardian
Leonora Carrington: Britain's lost surrealist
Leonora Carrington escaped a stultifying Lancashire childhood to run off with Max Ernst and hang out with Picasso and André Breton in 1930s Paris. She fled the Nazis, escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Spain and became a national...
Curated Video
Spain and Portugal
Spain and Portugal discovers the similarities and differences between Spain and Portugal.
Curated Video
Archival Panic and Increasing Specialization
Historian Teofilo Ruiz (UCLA) gives valuable advice to young and aspiring historians and muses on some intriguing aspects of the sociology of the professional historical community.
Curated Video
Non-barking Dogs
University of Oxford historian John Elliott describes how one intriguing avenue of historical scholarship lies in trying to develop an understanding for why some historical events didn’t happen.
Señor Jordan
Asking for & Giving Directions in Spanish with Elena! (Spanish in Context)
Learn to ask for and give directions in this simple video created by Elena from "tu escuela de español". This video was made as a collaboration between Señor Jordan's Spanish videos and "Tu escuela de español".
Curated Video
Spanish Series Buena Gente S3 E3
The Spanish series Buena Gente is a show for learning Spanish. In Season 3, learn Spanish with Alejandro and Sandra as they deal with new neighbors, a trip to Spain and a soccer tournament. The Spanish series is appropriate for beginning...
Curated Video
El Gran Error De Napoleón: España 1808
Aprende sobre el gran error de Napoleon que ocurrio en España 1808. En 1808, la rivalidad de Napoleón con Gran Bretaña condujo a una desafortunada intervención en Portugal y España, que desencadenó una revuelta nacionalista contra los...
Curated Video
El Ataque de Wellington: Salamanca 1812
Mientras Napoleon atrasa su militar para la invasion de Rusia, Wellington prepara su ataque. En 1812, las fuerzas francesas en España se sobre estiraron severamente, ya que Napoleón retiró las mejores tropas para su invasión de Rusia....
Epic History TV
Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain 1808
In 1808, Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the French. At Bailén Napoleon's Empire suffered its first major defeat, and though Napoleon...
Epic History TV
Napoleon's Vietnam: Spain 1809-11
In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a popular insurgency as well as a...
Financial Times
Why western Europe dominates football
Soccernomics' author and FT columnist Simon Kuper says climate and geography have helped the region's national and club teams to dominate world football - and draws a parallel between today's Champions League and the Scientific...
Easy Languages
Mexican in Spain, my 5 cultural shocks
Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...
Jabzy
Causes of Japanese Internment - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Causes of Japanese Internment
Epic History TV
Wellington Strikes: Salamanca 1812
In 1812 French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic fortress-cities of Ciudad Rodrigo and...
Easy Languages
The best places to visit in Spain
Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...
Easy Languages
Latina living in Spain
Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...
Easy Languages
Everything that happened during my tour in Spain
Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...
Financial Times
The next steps for Catalonia
FT's chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman and Europe editor Tony Barber discuss events in the Spanish region and their implications for political stability.
Curated Video
Picasso’s Guernica: Great Art Explained
Guernica is the most famous anti-war painting in history, and Picasso’s best-known work. It has gone from a piece that was created in protest at the horrific bombing of a small village in northern Spain, to an icon and a universal symbol...
Curated Video
Francisco Goya's Third of May Painting
On May 2nd, 1808, Spanish citizens rose up against the occupying French forces. The next day, the French struck back at dawn. Hundreds of Spanish citizens were rounded up and shot. When Ferdinand VII regained power, Goya requested...
Easy Languages
Easy Catalan 09 - Why do Catalans want independence_ - without subs
Why do Catalans want independence_ without subs Easy Catalan helps you learn Catalan in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of different cities where Catalan is spoken in everyday life.
Easy Languages
Easy Catalan 09 - Why do Catalans want independence_ - with subs
Why do Catalans want independence_ with subs Easy Catalan helps you learn Catalan in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of different cities where Catalan is spoken in everyday life.
Curated Video
50 City Names You Pronounce Wrong! | (How to say European cities in English)
How to pronounce 50 European city names in British and American English. Many people mispronounce the names of cities and other places when they speak English. It makes sense because place names often don't follow typical pronunciation...