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This German air force, created on September 1936 was sent to Spain where, on April 26, 1937, it totaly destroyed Guernica (city in the Basque Country).  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hem-cover.png</image:loc><image:title>Hem Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/7bbc4996-9e84-4829-af51-7f488fa31926.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>7bbc4996-9e84-4829-af51-7f488fa31926</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_5156.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5156</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/avt_prix-hemingway_9559.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AVT_Prix-Hemingway_9559</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-04T10:10:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2024/02/24/an-artist-comes-to-the-bulls-david-yarrow-in-miura/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/abel-juan-carlos-rafael.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Abel Juan Carlos Rafael</image:title><image:caption>Raphael Nadal, Abel Lusa, H.M. King Juan Carlos of Spain</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1731.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1731</image:title><image:caption>El Toro by David Yarrow hanging in Cambio de Tercio (Photo: Abel Lusa - The Proprietor)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/dunwoody.png</image:loc><image:title>Dunwoody</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/8aed58e1f68bb16f159b9d5131d5e1cbp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8aed58e1f68bb16f159b9d5131d5e1cbp</image:title><image:caption>BULLISH by David Yarrow (2024)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/121655513_3615385988473995_4333147304720914514_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>121655513_3615385988473995_4333147304720914514_n</image:title><image:caption>Autumn 1968. Finca Zahariche in Lora del Río, Spain. Standing, in a black suit, Ferruccio Lamborghini, next to Eduardo Miura, patriarch of the famous family of fighting bull breeders. The year before, the legendary car began to be sold, the Lamborghini Miura, the first supercar in history. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/miura-yarrow-14-by-richard-dunwoody-small-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miura Yarrow 14 by Richard Dunwoody small</image:title><image:caption>Eduardo Dávila Miura, Klarina Pichler, Alexander Fiske-Harrison, Eduardo Miura, Tom Williams, David Yarrow, Antonio Miura © 2024 Richard Dunwoody - All Rights Reserved</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/miura-yarrow-14-by-richard-dunwoody-small-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miura Yarrow 14 by Richard Dunwoody small</image:title><image:caption>Eduardo Dávila Miura, Klarina Pichler, Alexander Fiske-Harrison, Eduardo Miura, Tom Williams, David Yarrow, Antonio Miura © 2024 Richard Dunwoody - All Rights Reserved</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/miura-yarrow-0-by-richard-dunwoody-small-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miura Yarrow 0 by Richard Dunwoody small</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/miura-yarrow-14-by-richard-dunwoody-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miura Yarrow 14 by Richard Dunwoody small</image:title><image:caption>© 2024 Richard Dunwoody - All Rights Reserved</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-04T10:10:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/a-dedication-to-seville/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_001-small-desert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_001 small desert</image:title><image:caption>Alexander Fiske-Harrison &amp; Camille Natta in the Sahara Desert in 1998 (Photo: Camille Natta [timer])</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/whatsapp-image-2025-09-15-at-10.24.30.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>WhatsApp Image 2025-09-15 at 10.24.30</image:title><image:caption>Camille Natta in 1998</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-04T10:09:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/24/interlude-jules-william-fiske-harrison/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-08T09:59:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2018/10/31/xanders-blog-my-article-in-the-daily-mail-on-seville/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/blog-post.png</image:loc><image:title>Blog Post</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-15T14:17:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2023/10/31/an-essay-on-bullfighting-2019-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cornada-a-montoliu_new.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cornada a montoliu_NEW</image:title><image:caption>The death of a bullfighter: Manolo Montoliú in Seville</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image2-3.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image2 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image1-2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image1 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image0-3.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image0 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/full-cover-for-6-x-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>full-cover-for-6-x-9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/article-1022833-016925b700000578-366_468x468.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spanish matador Jose Tomas stands after being tackled by a bull in Cordoba</image:title><image:caption>A bloody art-form: José Tomás learning the hard way early in his career</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sevilla-morante-veronica-k9sg-u42042663830kco-1248x69840abc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sevilla-morante-veronica-k9SG-U42042663830KCo-1248x698@abc</image:title><image:caption>The greatest exponent of the two-handed cape today, Morante de la Puebla</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/h2dhxw34sfhaxaxof7yytexgwi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>H2DHXW34SFHAXAXOF7YYTEXGWI</image:title><image:caption>Drugged? Shaved horns? Damaged beyond being a danger?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-08T10:29:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2025/06/07/my-latest-interview-in-the-times-and-abc-spain-spanish-fighting-bull-prowls-birmingham/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-07T12:24:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2024/11/26/bullfighting-in-the-dominican-republic-alexander-fiske-harrison-in-el-caribe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-26-143826.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-11-26 143826</image:title><image:caption>Bullfighting, a Cultural Passion that Endures in El Seibo (Photos by Danny Polanco)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/6744a0a6565d6_40-1024x683-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6744a0a6565d6_40-1024x683</image:title><image:caption>Bullfighting, a Cultural Passion that Endures in El Seibo (Photos by Danny Polanco)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/6744a0a6565d6_40-1024x683-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6744a0a6565d6_40-1024x683</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/6744a0d30e85a_42-1024x683-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6744a0d30e85a_42-1024x683</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/673fe245da73c_corrido-de-toro-en-el-seibo-dpolanco-32.jpg</image:loc><image:title>673fe245da73c_corrido-de-toro-en-el-seibo-dpolanco-32</image:title><image:caption>The bulls are born and raised in the pastures of Central Romana. Declared a Cultural Heritage by the Senate</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/el-caribe-english.png</image:loc><image:title>El Caribe English</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-12-17T13:05:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2024/12/16/adolfo-suarez-illana-and-juan-jose-padilla-tell-my-story-in-part/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-16T21:37:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/08/04/bullfighting-roundup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/telegraph.png</image:loc><image:title>Telegraph</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/men-in-blazers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Men in Blazers</image:title><image:caption>Alexander Fiske-Harrison, centre, with the 'Men in Blazers' for Esquire TV (Photo: Toni-Ann Lagana)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/callejon-plaza-de-toros-pamplona-2015-jim-hollander.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Callejon Plaza de Toros Pamplona 2015 Jim Hollander</image:title><image:caption>Alexander Fiske-Harrison in his striped jacket (Photo: Jim Hollander)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/casa-paco-2015-inside.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Casa Paco 2015 inside</image:title><image:caption>Seated, L-R, Jim Hollander, David Mora and Julen Madina (Photo: Alexander Fiske-Harrison)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/casa-paco-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Casa Paco 2015</image:title><image:caption>Pamplona: The Runners' Breakfast 2015 (Photo: John Kimmich on Jim Hollander's camera)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cartel-cuellar.png</image:loc><image:title>Cartel Cuellar</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ujf.png</image:loc><image:title>ujf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/union-jack.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Union Jack</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ujfii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ujfII</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ujf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ujf</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-06T13:18:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/25/the-text-of-my-speech-at-the-university-of-seville-on-into-the-arena/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-06T11:37:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/25/juan-jose-padilla-the-comeback-of-the-century-for-the-nycct/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:53:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/25/the-spectator-a-good-run-by-alexander-fiske-harrison/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:51:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/25/alexander-fiske-harrison-in-abc-many-foreigners-would-not-spend-a-cent-in-spain-without-the-bulls/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:50:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/back-to-school/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:48:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/the-cult-of-the-bull/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:47:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/fiesta-how-to-survive-the-bulls-of-pamplona-by-fiske-harrison-hemingway-welles-and-the-mayor-of-pamplona/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:45:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/my-article-see-you-soon-cuellar-in-el-norte-de-castilla/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/untitled.png</image:loc><image:title>untitled</image:title><image:caption>Alexander Fiske-Harrison, Larry Belcher and Dyango Veslaco in Café Oremvs (Photo: Mónica Rico)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:43:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/10/23/noel-chandler-prince-of-pamplona-a-tribute/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_3583.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3583</image:title><image:caption>The cartel from Algeciras that year</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/untitled-i.png</image:loc><image:title>untitled-i</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0392.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0392</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0388.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0388</image:title><image:caption>L-R: Allen Carney, Tom Källene. Joe Distler, Alexander Fiske-Harrison, Bill Lyon (Photo: God knows, Deirdre? Lourdes? I am the only person not to have had a siesta in this group)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0368.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0368</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0358.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0358</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0347.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0347</image:title><image:caption>L-R: Joe Distler, Anna Nelubova, Alexaner Fiske-Harrison, Deirdre Carney, </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/30.jpg</image:loc><image:title>30</image:title><image:caption>Jose Mari Manzanares retires from the ring, and has his 'coleta' cut by his son, now a great matador himself</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rolf.png</image:loc><image:title>Rolf</image:title><image:caption>Rolf von Essen, the most senior member of the Pamplona 'cuadrilla' - he was introduced to Ernest Hemingway there by Orson Welles during the San Fermín of 1959 writes to tell me that the photo of Noel bullfighting above was taken on April 26th, 1979 at the ranch of Marqués de Ruchena near Seville, who are our friends the Valdenebro family. This is Rolf that day - a far superior torero práctico - and you can make out Noel behind the burladero. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:41:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2016/09/07/essay-on-bullfighting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/madrid-spain-las-ventas-bullring-plaza-de-toros-memorial-to-dr-alexander-jbx0c1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>madrid-spain-las-ventas-bullring-plaza-de-toros-memorial-to-dr-alexander-JBX0C1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/los-alburejos-i.jpg</image:loc><image:title>los-alburejos-i</image:title><image:caption>The author with his horse by Nicolás Haro</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/scan_20160906-6.png</image:loc><image:title>scan_20160906-6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/scan_20160906-5.png</image:loc><image:title>scan_20160906-5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/scan_20160906.png</image:loc><image:title>scan_20160906</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/071412-pam03-padilla-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juan Jose Padilla in triumphant bullfight in Pamplona Fiesta de San Fermin</image:title><image:caption>Bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla, who lost an eye in a goring and recovered to fight again, goes over the horns to kill a fighting bull from the Torrehandilla ranch in a bullfight inPamplona, northern Spain, 14 July 2012, closing the Feria del Toro in the Fiesta de San Fermin. Padilla was awarded one earl for each of his bulls and was carried out of the ring on shoulders. One horn is hitting Padilla in his shoulder and neck area, but he was not wounded.  Photo and caption by Jim Hollander / EPA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cazalis-jt-natural1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cazalis-jt-natural</image:title><image:caption>The Master from Madrid, José Tomás by Carlos Cazalis, from his forthcoming book, &lt;em&gt;Sangre De Reyes&lt;/em&gt;, 'Blood Of Kings'</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/8363394741_e85b11abf6_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8363394741_e85b11abf6_b</image:title><image:caption>The innovator from Seville, Juan Belmonte (Photo courtesy of the archives of the University of Navarre)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foto-frascuelo-toreando.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foto-frascuelo-toreando</image:title><image:caption>The old style of Frascuelo</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0375.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0375</image:title><image:caption>The solemnity of Córdoba, Manolete (Photo courtesy of the personal collection of Juan Pedro Domecq)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:37:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2017/06/18/ivan-fandino-we-who-are-about-to-die-salute-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/19143289_1491897880861642_7942221363018123048_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>19143289_1491897880861642_7942221363018123048_o</image:title><image:caption>Iván Fandiño and David Mora together (Photos courtesy of David Mora)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/19055820_807663452740871_6037630668215564295_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>19055820_807663452740871_6037630668215564295_o</image:title><image:caption>The bulls of Baltasar Ibán before the corrida, in the corrals o Aire Sur L'Adour (Photo: Cyril Vidal)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/baltasar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baltasar</image:title><image:caption>The hierro, 'iron' or brand, of the ranch of Baltasar Ibán along with its colours. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14977313092154.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14977313092154</image:title><image:caption>The fatal moment (Photo: AFP)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/071113-fandino-pinned-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ivan Fandino tossed by bull in Pamplona Fiesta de San Fermin</image:title><image:caption>A near miss: Iván Fandiño does a pase de pecho with a bull from the ranch of Torrestrella of Álvaro Domecq on July 11, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain (Photo © Jim Hollander / EPA)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/071410-el-fandi-close-up-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spanish bullfighter El Fandi in Pamplona bullfight in Fiesta de San Fermin</image:title><image:caption>Spanish bullfighter David Fandilla, 'El Fandi,' lifting his cape and calling to the bull for a charge during his bullfight in Pamplona, Spain on 13 July 2010.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/071410-fandi-runs-bull-red-tipped-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spanish bullfighter El Fandi in Pamplona bullfight in Fiesta de San Fermin</image:title><image:caption>A photograph released on 14 July 2010 shows Spanish bullfighter David Fandilla, 'El Fandi,' as he puts his hand on the bull's head after placing a pair of banderillas (barbed sticks) into the bulls muscular neck during his 13 July 2010 in Pamplona, Spain, in the Fiesta de san Fermin. El Fandi, fighting bulls from the El Pilar ranch, earned two ears for this performance.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/071113-fandino-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SPAIN PAMPLONA FIESTA DE SAN FERMIN</image:title><image:caption>Iván Fandiño does a pase de pecho with a bull from the ranch of Torrestrella of Álvaro Domecq on July 11, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain (Photo © Jim Hollander / EPA)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:36:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2018/07/04/an-open-letter-to-the-new-mayor-of-pamplona/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_2665.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2665</image:title><image:caption>Larry, AFH and Chapu</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/abc-de-sevilla-may-2018-crop-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC de Sevilla May 2018 crop logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ftl-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>FTL logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:35:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2019/04/02/the-great-fighting-bulls-of-pamplona/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ftl-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>FTL logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-osborne-tentadero-2018-iii.png</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo Osborne tentadero 2018 III</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-osborne-tentadero-2018-ii.png</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo Osborne tentadero 2018 II</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-osborne-tentadero-2018-i.png</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo Osborne tentadero 2018 I</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-pamplona-afh-running-circled.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo Pamplona AFH running circled</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-toros.png</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo toros</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nc3bac3b1ez-de-cuvillo-campo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Núñez de Cuvillo campo</image:title><image:caption>A Paradise For Man And Beast: The ranch itself in spring.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-toro-indultado-con-afh.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo toro indultado con AFH</image:title><image:caption>Pardoned bull being treated. He is in narrow alleyway with large oxen in front and behind to calm him. The veterinarian on the left – hand open – is explaining the process to the photographer for my book, Into The Arena, Nicolás Haro, and myself, far right in black.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-toro-indultado-con-jose-tomas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo toro indultado con jose tomas</image:title><image:caption>José Tomás with Idílico, in the old ring of Barcelona in 2008</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nunez-del-cuvillo-osborne-bull.png</image:loc><image:title>Nunez del Cuvillo Osborne bull</image:title><image:caption>The Osborne Bull</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-01T13:33:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/about-the-author/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/covers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Covers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cover</image:title><image:caption>The Bulls Of Pamplona, with the Mayor of Pamplona, Ernest Hemingway's grandson, Orson Welles's daughter, Captain Dennis Clancey of the 101st Airborne and Texas Rodeo Champion Larry Belcher, along with the finest bull-runners including the late Julen Madina, Jokin Zuasti, Joe Distler and Reuters &amp; EPA photographer Jim Hollander, The Bulls Of Pamplona, published by Mephisto Press in 2018. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-29T13:07:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/09/09/the-pamplona-post-the-dangerous-summer-editors-my-article-in-the-telegraph/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:40:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2018/10/15/xanders-blog-unpopular-truths-bullfighting-sufism-beauty-wisdom/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:40:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2020/04/27/miura-many-bulls-for-pamplona-will-end-up-in-the-anonymity-of-a-slaughterhouse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/miuras-eduardo-miura-afh-antonio-miura-eduardo-dc3a1vila-miura-in-the-finca-zahariche-in-2010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>miuras-eduardo-miura-afh-antonio-miura-eduardo-dc3a1vila-miura-in-the-finca-zahariche-in-2010</image:title><image:caption>Miuras - Eduardo Miura, AFH, Antonio Miura, and the matador Eduardo Dávila Miura in the finca 'Zahariche' in 2010 (Photo: Lucy Gould)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/padilla.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Padilla</image:title><image:caption>AFH and Juan José Padilla in the ring together (AFH personal collection)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/abc-1.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.abc.es/cultura/toros/abci-miura-muchos-toros-pamplona-acabaran-anonimato-matadero-202004220146_noticia.html"&gt;Click here to read the original story&lt;/a&gt; (in Spanish)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/abc.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC</image:title><image:caption>Click here to read the original story (in Spanish)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:40:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2020/07/21/alexanders-diary-daily-telegraph-pamplonas-spectacular-bull-runs-are-too-often-misunderstood/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:39:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2021/08/10/short-story-el-indultado-the-pardoned-one/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/el-indultado.png</image:loc><image:title>el-indultado</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:39:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2021/09/24/feria-has-returned-to-seville/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:39:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2021/10/05/le-prix-hemingway-2021/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:39:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2022/02/03/with-the-ambassador-con-el-embajador/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:39:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2023/01/05/my-latest-project/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:38:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2023/07/18/article-about-me-in-the-times/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/afh-in-the-times-pamplona-6-july-20231024_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AFH in The Times Pamplona 6 July 20231024_1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:38:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2023/11/04/the-last-matador-juan-jose-padilla-for-gq-unedited-by-conde-nast/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mail-on-sunday.png</image:loc><image:title>mail-on-sunday</image:title><image:caption>Mail on Sunday, 24 July 2018</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13781903_10157186010625026_1990973282246047688_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13781903_10157186010625026_1990973282246047688_n</image:title><image:caption>Diario de Navarra, 11 July 2016</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/financial-timas-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>financial timas</image:title><image:caption>Financial Times, 31 May 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cover-of-coren-times-article1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cover-of-coren-times-article1</image:title><image:caption>The Times, 6 December 2009</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/financial-timas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>financial timas</image:title><image:caption>Financial Times, 31 May 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/abc-clipping.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC clipping</image:title><image:caption>ABC, 31 August 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hola-clipping.png</image:loc><image:title>Hola clipping</image:title><image:caption>¡Hola!, 13 May 2015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/361884107_10167930465390026_6320047031766547828_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>361884107_10167930465390026_6320047031766547828_n</image:title><image:caption>The Times, 5 July 2023</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-spectator.png</image:loc><image:title>The Spectator</image:title><image:caption>The Spectator, 16 August 2023</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/valencia-spain-16th-mar-2014-spanish-bullfighter-juan-jose-padilla-e4jap6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>valencia-spain-16th-mar-2014-spanish-bullfighter-juan-jose-padilla-E4JAP6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:38:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2024/03/10/my-comments-on-us-national-public-radio-chat-gpts-comments-on-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-10-145709.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-10 145709</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-09-150039.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-09 150039</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-01T06:38:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2024/03/14/artificial-intelligence-gives-its-opinion-on-bullfighting-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-151152.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 151152</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-150717.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 150717</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-150622.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 150622</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-143759.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 143759</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-143355.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 143355</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-142844.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 142844</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-142331.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 142331</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tlsh-2000-0609-0014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TLSH-2000-0609-0014</image:title><image:caption>'Can Computers Converse', Commentary essay in The Times Literary Supplement, TLS, by Alexander Fiske-Harrison covering his time as one of ten judges at the Loebner Prize 2000, the international Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence held at Darmouth College in New Hampshire, USA, where AI was invented 50 years before.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-14-125530.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-03-14 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Fiske-Harrison)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-31T14:12:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/about-the-bullfight/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0336-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0336 (1)</image:title><image:caption>AFH with a novillo-toro, a three-year-old bull, of Saltillo called Consejote. In the burladero, the ‘hide’, in the background is the breeder of the bull, Enrique Moreno de la Cova and our friend, the breeder, Antonio Miura (Photo by Nicolás Haro on the Saltillo ranch, Los Miravalles, in Palma del Río, Cordoba Province, Andalusia, southern Spain.)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/10-art.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10 Art</image:title><image:caption>The art of the matador José Tomás, regarded by many as not only the most artistic torero alive today, but in history. This photo was taken during a historic corrida in Nîmes, France, in 2012 by Carlos Cazalis, and forms part of his book </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/071009-jandilla-toril-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>July 10, 2009 - Pamplona, Spain - Jandilla bull leaves the Toril.</image:title><image:caption>July 10, 2009 - Pamplona, Spain - Jandilla bull leaves the Toril.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/seville-feria-el-fundi-killing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>seville-feria-el-fundi-killing</image:title><image:caption>Matador El Fundi having just placed the sword between the shoulder blades of a Miura bull in Seville in 2009 (Photo: Alexander Fiske-Harrison)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_2234.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2234</image:title><image:caption>Matador Antonio Ferrera places his own banderilleras in a bull of Victorino Martín in Seville in 2009 (Photo: Alexander Fiske-Harrison)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/19-picador.jpg</image:loc><image:title>19 Picador</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2004-veronica-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>July 14, 2003 Pamplona, SpainToros: Torrestrella</image:title><image:caption>July 14, 2003 Pamplona, Spain&#13;Toros: Torrestrella</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/071215-bull-enters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fiesta de San Fermín in Pamplona</image:title><image:caption>A bull enters the ring in Pamplona, July 12th, 2015 (Photo: Jim Hollander / EPA)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2003-paseo-img_5191-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11 July 2003 - Pamplona, Spain - Paseo.</image:title><image:caption>El paseíllo, 'the procession', 11 July 2003, Pamplona (Photo: Jim Hollander / EPA)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/maestranza-antigua.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Maestranza antigua</image:title><image:caption>La plaza de toros de la Maestranza se encuentra en el barrio del Arenal de Sevilla, Andalucía, España. Fue construida en el siglo XVIII. Es propiedad de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla.  Real Maestranza, Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer: Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Sevilla (1855) </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-31T12:24:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2023/10/15/article-about-me-in-the-spectator/</loc><lastmod>2023-10-21T15:38:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/my-speech-on-the-bulls-before-the-spanish-ambassador-at-the-reform-club/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/alexander-fiske-harrison-toreando-un-novillo-de-satlillo-burladero-antonio-miura-ganadero-de-saltillo-felix-moreno-de-la-cova-banderillero-abraam-neiro-matador-eduardo-davila-miura-foto-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander Fiske-Harrison toreando un novillo de Satlillo, burladero Antonio Miura, ganadero de Saltillo Félix Moreno de la Cova, banderillero Abra'am Neiro, matador Eduardo Dávila Miura, foto - Nicolás Haro (3)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-06T13:53:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2020/03/20/xanders-blog-confinement-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-my-article-in-the-daily-telegraph/</loc><lastmod>2020-03-20T16:32:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2018/09/25/a-referendum-on-spanish-culture-itself-podemos-on-bullfighting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ctxt-pic.png</image:loc><image:title>CTXT pic</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ctxt-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>CTXT logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/altamira-cave-ii.png</image:loc><image:title>Altamira Cave II</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/altamira-cave.png</image:loc><image:title>Altamira Cave</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/google-doodle-cueva-altamira-720x360.jpg</image:loc><image:title>google-doodle-cueva-altamira-720x360</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-21T20:36:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/seville-i-have-not-deserted-her/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-11T14:55:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/26/the-dead-gods-with-cold-eyes/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-11T14:51:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/02/25/he-came-to-seville-and-he-is-called-manzanares/</loc><lastmod>2016-08-13T14:50:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/09/06/cuellar-bullfight-minus-bull-equals-fight/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/encierro-cuellar-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A1-46123580.jpg</image:title><image:caption>First encierro, 30/08/15 (Photo: Antonio Tanarro / El Norte de Castilla)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/abc-cover-juli.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC cover juli</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/abc-cover-escribano.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC cover escribano</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11828749_875519032541460_7081789042409516294_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11828749_875519032541460_7081789042409516294_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dos-toreros-ii.png</image:loc><image:title>Dos Toreros II</image:title><image:caption>Manuel Escribano and Alexander Fiske-Harrison (on Tramadol and Oxycodon for broken ribs, see post here. (Photo: Lore Monnig)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dos-toreros.png</image:loc><image:title>Dos Toreros</image:title><image:caption>Manuel Escribano and Alexander Fiske-Harrison (Photo: Lore Monnig)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6464.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6464</image:title><image:caption>Saltador in action (Photo: Alexander Fiske-Harrison)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6448.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6448</image:title><image:caption>Recortador in action (Photo: Alexander Fiske-Harrison)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/abc-cuellar.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC Cuellar</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-06T13:16:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelastarena.com/2015/08/12/love-of-animals-or-hatred-of-man/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cuellar-jim-hollander.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pictures in the News: Cuellar, Spain</image:title><image:caption>Fighting bulls from the ranch of Luis Terron are herded by hundred of horse riders down a slope leading to the town of Cuéllar, in the second 'encierro' or running-with-the-bulls in this town's fiesta. Horsemen and women herd the bulls through forests and open fields into the town where runners then test their bravery in a stampede to the bullring on the town's paved streets. The 'encierro' in Cuéllar is the oldest in Spain. (Photo: Jim Hollander / EPA)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/abc.png</image:loc><image:title>ABC</image:title><image:caption>ABC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/el-mundo.png</image:loc><image:title>El Mundo</image:title><image:caption>Francisco is carried wounded from the ring. Although not toreando, 'fighting', that day, the matador Juan José Padilla ran in unarmed to help save his injured friend. He was my first teacher in the ring, and I wrote the sotry of his comeback after he lost his eye for GQ here. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelastarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/el-pais.png</image:loc><image:title>El Pais</image:title><image:caption>El País, Spain's equivalent of The Guardian (The Guardian ran the story here.) 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