Events

Floor 4 Gallery, University Library, University of Southampton, Highfields, Southampton SO17 1BJ

George Brown Commemoration weekend. Friday 29 June 8.30pm wreath laying at St Columcilie's Graveyard followed by Live Music at The Otter Bar Inistioge.  30 June 12 noon SCW Poster Exhibition at Cols Abhann Inistioge, film show.  2.30pm Tree planting at Woodstock Gardens 4.30pm Brass Band recital at Millennium Gardens with Spanish buffet.  1 July 12 noon guided tour of Woodstock Gardens.  www.georgebrowninistioge.com

IBMT's annual commemoration at the International Brigade memorial, located in Jubilee Gardens, on London’s Southbank, SE1. With music, spoken word and wreath-laying. Starts at 1pm and runs for about an hour. Followed by an informal social at Horse & Stable pub on Westminster Bridge Road.

Unveiling of new plaque at the former Basque children’s colony site at Pendragon House; full details to be announced; check:
www.basquechildren.org

Commemoration at the Wales International Brigade memorial, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3AD; from 11.30am followed by a tapas lunch at Curado Bar, 2 Westgate Street, Cardiff CF10 1EB. Contact Mary Greening:
membership@international-brigades.org.uk

Tolpuddle Martyr's Festival.  Full details at http://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/festival

Unveiling of a plaque in the municipal cemetery of El Perelló, near Tarragona, to mark the remains of two British Battalion members, John Ferguson and James Scott, in a mass grave where the bodies of many Spanish Republicans are also buried. The unveiling coincides with the 80th anniversary of the final action of the British Battalion in the Battle of the Ebro. More details, including confirmation of date, to follow.