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25th February 2024 LOCAL HISTORY: IN MEMORIAM OF BOB SMILLIE
In the Cementerio General de Valencia lies a memorial designed by Scottish sculptor Frank Casey in dedication to a Glaswegian named Bob Smillie. It was placed there some 82 years after his death in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Smillie was a trained chemist who studied at the University of Glasgow. From a socialist […]
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Music 
11th June 2023 BOB DYLAN PLAYS ALICANTE ON JUNE 15th ON HIS ‘ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS’ TOUR!
Throughout his years as a musician and songwriter Robert Allen Zimmerman (now legally known as Bob Dylan) has been a rebel with a cause. Confrontation with the establishment started at an early age and he remains defiant to this day. Early signs of this came whilst playing music at a school talent show in the […]
