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Barney GriffithsCatalonia Today |
There are moments in life when you realise you have become a proper adult. Buying a house. Getting married. Having children. And receiving twelve...
Barcelona’s English-speaking cultural scene can sometimes feel hidden from view, but every so often a production comes along that deserves a wider...
There is a moment in every neighbourhood WhatsApp group when it ceases to be useful and becomes a form of theatre. Someone creates the group so...
For years, part of my professional life depended on other people’s footnotes. Academics would send me dense Catalan or Spanish manuscripts on urban...
As a Hollywood movie might say, the following is a true story. In December I was awoken at an hour normally reserved for foxes, bakers and people with...
I’ve had three types of Christmas in my life so far. The UK 1970s and 80s edition: house smells of tangerines, Sellotape and anticipation. My...
Autumn in Catalonia means one thing: wild mushroom season. Or, as locals call it, bolet fever – a national pastime ranking somewhere between...
Barcelona is a city that knows how to turn up the heat. In the clubs. In the politics. In the football. But come summer, it turns it up a bit too much...