He has been a guest lecturer on journalism or contemporary Spanish history and participant in seminars at numerous universities, including Oxford, MIT and Stanford. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ Varadarajan, Tunku (7 October 2022). "'España' Review: Spanish Empire and Its Aftermath". Wall Street Journal. Tremlett hits his stride, though, in his retelling of the events surrounding the Madrid train bombings in March 2004. The links with Al-Andalus and the Reconquista, underlined both by the terrorists and the then prime minister, José María Aznar, are woven into the narrative.

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Faber & Faber was founded nearly a century ago, in 1929. Read about our long publishing history in a decade-by-decade account. He had his first taste of Spanish life when he lived in Barcelona for two years in the mid-1980s. After a period in Lisbon and then in London he returned to Spain in the mid-1990s. He was The Guardian's correspondent for Spain, Portugal and the Maghreb for a dozen years. He was also Madrid correspondent for The Economist for a decade until 2016. In 2012 he was voted Correspondent of the Year by the Madrid International Press Club. He has been a regular current affairs commentator for Spanish broadcasters, including state-owned TVE television, La Sexta and the country's biggest radio station, Cadena SER, as well as contributing to newspapers like El País or El Mundo. He was co-founder and curator of the Docubeats documentary project at The Guardian and El País. Richard Baxell, How the International Brigades were ‘thrown into the heart of the fire, [in:] The Spectator 17 October 2020 This digging up of the past marks Giles Tremlett's starting point for a series of essays on Spain, loosely presented as a travel book, exploring some of the more intriguing aspects of the country through its history, taking in everything from flamenco to Basque nationalism. After years working as the Guardian's Madrid correspondent, he has amassed a treasure trove of fascinating information and anecdotes. He graduated in Human Sciences at the University of Oxford in 1984 and has also studied at the Universities of Barcelona and Lisbon.

Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011 . Retrieved 26 May 2010. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Faber Members have access to live and online events, special editions and book promotions, and articles and quizzes through our weekly e-newsletter. Find sources: "Giles Tremlett"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War Bloomsbury ISBN 978-1408854006 Become a Faber Member for free and receive curated book recommendations, special competitions and exclusive discounts.

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Dan Hancox, The International Brigades by Giles Tremlett review – fighting fascism in Spain, [in:] The Guardian 3 October 2020 Faber & Faber: Ghosts of Spain [Giles Tremlett, 9780571221684]". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011 . Retrieved 26 May 2010.

Larman (2017). "Isabella of Castile by Giles Tremlett review – she fought and conquered" . Retrieved 23 June 2018. Ghosts of Spain contains some real gems, including the story of Hildegart Rodríguez who was brought up by an ambitious mother to be a child prodigy. She edited her first newspaper aged 14 and founded the League for Sexual Reform, only for her mother to shoot her dead in a jealous rage while she slept. Grimes, William (21 February 2007). "In the Land of Flamenco, Civil War’s Buried Bones". The New York Times.