Lorca, Spain News

HAVING successfully forged for himself a second career as a presenter of thoughtful documentaries about serious things, it is now conceivable that many people think of Michael Portillo as merely "that nice man off the telly", rather than a widely rev iled Conservative MP.

Flamenco's a cultural expression born of poverty, sex and violence in the medieval merchant ports of southern Spain.

When she co-founded her flamenco troupe more than 25 years ago, Carlota Santana heard plenty of misconceptions.

"Leonardo, played by sophomore Danny Bride , struggles against the Bridegroom, freshman Alexander Clague while the Bride, senior Natasha Velasco , is caught in-between during a scene from the University of La Verne Theatre Arts Department production of Frederico Garcia Lorca's tragic play "Blood Wedding." . For more than 75 years, Federico Garcia ...

A worker walks on the roof of a tent covering the spot where Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is believed to be buried in Alfacar, Spain.

CUNDY'S HARBOR, Maine -- On the big screen, the leader of the Dead Poets Society at an all-boys prep school was an inspirational teacher played by Robin Williams.

A policy of forgetfulness has long hidden Spain's mass graves. Now the bodies, Lorca among them, are being disinterred Bodies displayed in a street of Barcelona during the Spanish civil war.

One of the great mysteries of modern Spanish history may soon be solved. This week, a team of archaeologists and historians from the University of Granada began excavations of a mass grave located outside the southern town of Alfcar.

Crews prepared Wednesday to exhume a grave believed to hold the remains of the acclaimed poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war.

Crews prepared Wednesday to exhume a grave believed to hold the remains of the acclaimed poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war.

London, 26 Oct: For more than seven decades after his killing, the location of the grave of one of Spain's greatest poets, Federico Garca Lorca, has been the country's most enduring literary riddle.

The answer to one of Spain's great historical mysteries is believed to lie in an area of olive-clad mountainside, the size of half a football pitch.

Zapatero's attempts at modest abortion reform have met with protests that reveal a dark truth about the Spanish psyche Areal view of Madrid's Calle Alcal, where one million met to demonstrate against the government's abortion reform Photograph: H Ctor/EPA In September 2008, the remains of Federico GarcA a Lorca, one of Spain's greatest poets and an ...

Happy, light ballets have their place in the world, but dancer and choreographer Luis Montero said he prefers to bring something heavier to the stage.

Archaeologists think they may have found the site where the poet Federico Garcia Lorca was killed during the Spanish Civil War.

Lanjarn, on the southern slopes of Spain's Sierra Nevada, is ideal for anyone in search of clean air, mountain views and authentic culture.

Seventy-three years after the death of Spain's most acclaimed modern poet Federico Garcia Lorca, controversy is brewing in Spain over his lost remains.

Federico Garcia Lorca achieved lasting fame with his poetry in the 1920s and '30s -- first in Spain and then internationally -- but he was also a popular playwright, with major productions in Madrid.

Jose Tomas's triumphant exit from Cordoba's Arena during Nuestra SeA ora de la Salud second bullfighting in Cordoba, Spain, 26 May 2009.

Edison Chen will appear in his first movie since his career was derailed by a sex photo scandal more than a year ago.