Spanish Republic

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It is 80 years since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and the end of a short-lived republican government which had made it a priority to introduce modern education and culture to even the most remote parts of Spain. Simon Watts reports on the movement of writers, artists and volunteers who took part in cultural missions to the rural poor. PHOTO: Village children watching a film, Andalucia 1934 (Courtesy: Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid)