Posts Tagged ‘Cave Hospital’
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The cave hospital, at last.
0September 27, 2013 by Lydia Syson
‘This hospital is in a cave. When Felix heard, she imagined a storybook kind of cave, where dragons lurk on piles of gold at the end of winding tunnels. Theirs is a great horizontal gash in the rock face of a hillside, an unhappy open mouth. But its roof is solid stone. And it won’t be far from the fighting. keep reading
Category News | Tags: 35th Division, AABI, Almudena Cross, Angela Jackson, Battle of Ebro, Bisbal de Falset, Cave Hospital, Enric Masip, IBMT, Len Crome, Medicine and war, Nan Green, No Jubilem La Memoria, Patience Darton, Peter Crome, Winnifred Bates
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In praise of cross-fertilisation
0September 10, 2013 by Lydia Syson
In the past week my work as a writer has taken me to Edinburgh to participate in a conference on transgressive sexualities in the eighteenth century, to the opening of a new exhibition at London’s Guildhall (Victoriana: The Art of Revival) and on Friday, to my first ever football match – England at Wembley, no less. Before the game, a lively Moldovan folk band swapped tunes and dance styles with English brassplayers and bodypoppers. There is a theme here, I promise you. keep reading
Category News | Tags: Broad Vision, Cave Hospital, Ebro, Edinburgh, Eighteenth-century sexuality, Philosophy Football, politeness and prurience, Rich Mix, That Burning Summer, Victoriana, Wembley
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20th-25th September 2013: Battle of Ebro 75th anniversary commemorations in Spain
0September 5, 2013 by Lydia Syson
The last section of A World Between Us is set during the opening stages of the Battle of the Ebro, the longest and bloodiest battle of the Spanish Civil War, towards the end of which the International Brigade volunteers were sent home. On Saturday 21st September I’m honoured to be speaking about the Cave Hospital at La Bisbal de Falset keep reading
Category Bookings | Tags: AABI, Cave Hospital, Corbera, Ebro, Gandesa, IBMT, La Bisbal de Falset, Len Crome
