• Richard is a contributor to 'War of Words,' a new series for Radio 4 on newspaper correspondents in the Spanish Civil War
• On 28 April 2012, Richard is joining Paul Preston and Helen Graham at the People's History Museum in Manchester for Guernica 75: memories of the Spanish Civil War and the International Brigades
• On 5 May 2012, Richard will be speaking about the International Brigades at a conference/workshop on the life and times of Bert Ramelson. Contact Terry McCarthy for more details
• On 20 October 2012, on the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Basque children, Richard will be speaking about the links between the British volunteers and the niños. Full details to follow

Current work...

• Richard is writing The Unlikely Warriors, a history of British anti-fascist fighters from 1932 to 1945 for Aurum Press
• Richard is reviewing Elizabeth Roberts' Freedom, Faction, Fame and Blood for the Journal of Contemporary History