Spain

Barcelona. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Barcelona

Adolf Hitler (left) and his interpreter (centre) talking to Spanish leader Francisco Franco. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/US Army Signal Corps/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Second World War

The Library Hitler’s fury, Franco’s guile and the bribe that saved the world

Seve Ballesteros. (Photo by Brian Morgan/Getty Images)

My history hero: Seve Ballesteros (1957–2011)

A painting showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: all at sea

Mutiny at sea: the forgotten story of murder and brutality aboard HMS Wager

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Hotel Florida: Truth, Love and Death in the Spanish Civil War

A 16th-century illustration of the 'Golden Hind'

The Library The Tudors in 50 moments: part 2

Pliny the Elder depicted in a mid-12th century miniature, writing and giving his book to Roman emperor Vespasian. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

My history hero Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79)

The battle of Agincourt and the Spanish communists

Charles V depicted on a 16th-century gold coin.

Books interview with Kwasi Kwarteng: “Wars are bloody expensive – so the only way nations can buy what they need is by printing their own money”

An illustrated map of Seville.

Ye olde travel guide: Seville, 1670

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621

The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Spanish Armada: England’s lucky escape

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 battles that shaped Britain

The battle of the Nile, fought at night in the Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. (Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Second World War

Britain’s 10 most significant naval battles