Spanish Practices

Can you really explain the history of Spain in just ten minutes… without starting a civil war at the dinner table? In this fast-paced, witty episode of Spanish Practices, I skip the dusty timelines and heroic statues and follow the ordinary people who didn't choose history — but got trampled by it anyway. From Iberian goat farmers in ancient Sagunto to Roman toga cleaners ankle-deep in ammonia… From the splendour of Al-Andalus and the fall of Granada to the quiet knock of the Spanish Inquisition… From empire, silver and inflation to Napoleon's invasion, civil war, Franco's dictatorship and Spain's remarkable transition to democracy in 1975… This is Spanish history told differently — human, humorous, and occasionally irreverent. Because Spain isn't just kings, conquistadors and crowns. It's survival. Adaptation. Endurance. A 3,000-year story of ordinary people navigating conquest, collapse, faith, famine, dictatorship and democracy — and still somehow making it to the fiesta. If you're curious about Spanish hi