A civil war that has lessons for us today

TEN years ago I took a train from Valencia, a vibrant Spanish city on the coast, to Teruel, a town high in the Aragon region and famous for its Mudejar architecture and its delicious magras con tomate.

- With Graham Davies

The train struggled a little towards the high-altitude destination and the weather began to change from T-shirt to jumper.

I often recall the journey at this time of the year. I was researching my book on the Welsh volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, and the cool breeze when I met up with my historian colleague was nothing compared to what happened in Teruel in January 1938.