ENERGY revolution
Catalonia depends on power from abroad, but things are changing with more renewable energy sources
Risks of RUNNING
Starting running without properly preparing for it is potentially just as harmful as living a sedentary lifestyle. Running has become fashionable, but make sure you take the right precautions before jumping into your running shoes
Apple App Store
Google Play Apps
Kleptomaniac state
October 1, 2017, the General Strike against repression two days later, the Declaration of Independence and the December elections organised by Rajoy after imposing Direct Rule are the vivid contents of Catalonia Reborn
Homes for ART
Where creation takes place can be as important as the creative act itself. Catalonia has some 30 residences for artists and scholars, where they can find the peace, concentration and inspiration they need for their work
An everlasting passion for BLUE
The Blueproject Foundation returns to its origins to mark its fifth anniversary: a homage to the passion of artists such as Warhol, Fontana, Basquiat and Klein, as well as to the organisation’s creator, Carlo Salvi
English hour On El Punt Avui TV
Going native with Neil Stokes
Catalan connections with Marcela Topor
Small talk with Nicole Millar
The Week in Football with Barney Griffiths
Our finest hour with Matthew Tree
Opinion
random thoughts
Terry Parris / Writer terryparris@hotmail.com
News from El Punt Avui
My space
Catalans abroad
Mariona Trias Campaña. gemma busquets. gbusquets@elpuntavui.cat
is from Banyoles, Pla de l’Estany. Mariona moved to Barcelona when she was 17, where she started her studies in Hair/Makeup/Special FX. In 2001, she went to live in New York for a year and a half, where she continued her studies. She’s married to Jan, from Mexico, and they have twin boys: Roc and Klaus. They moved to London six years ago
carla garcia. berta coll. bcoll@elpuntavui.cat
Carla is from Barcelona and has been living in Berlin for seven years. She is the founder of the digital magazine Femspire, for women who want more from their life. www.femspire.com
road safety
Roadworthiness test updated for new technology
Catalonia’s roadworthiness testing authority (ITV) will from this week incorporate a series of innovations aimed at adapting the test to modern vehicles equipped with new technologies. One of the main...
Features
Interview
Sharon Gunning / Oliver Holmes-Gunning
Teacher / Undergraduate student and teacher
Fabian Mohedano
Promoter of timetable reform
Books
Tragedy in the Cathedral
Favourite for a Palafrugell literary prize in 1905, Josafat was then rejected because of its immorality. Its publication a year later caused an enormous scandal due to its anticlericalism and sex descriptions. It is now Prudenci Bertrana’s best-known book
Food & Wine
Basket
Text: CUINA MAGAZINE Photo: Anna García Frigola
july food programme
Text: CUINA MAGAZINE
Sergi de Meià
(Barcelona)
The Net
The Eye
Temps de Flors, Girona
Photo: Sara Cabarrocas
Circuit de Catalunya, 2016
Photo: Valenti Fradera
ECCLUB
Join our ECClub to enjoy English language and culture in Catalonia Whether you are a native English speaker who wants cultural activities in your mother tongue or a Catalan who wants to improve and practise your English, Catalonia Today has just the thing for you. For less than six euros a month, our English Culture Club offers a whole world of activities, resources and reading groups held in Abacus stores around the country. More information at ecclub@cataloniatoday.cat. Here are a few of our specials for this month:
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Cinema
Every Thursday in Cinemes de Palamós, every day in Girona’s Cinema Truffaut and Wednesday to Sundays at Cinemes Girona in Barcelona. Get a great price with your ECClub card.