from the editor

Save water, save life

In most parts of the world, water is a scarce resource and unevenly distributed, while a lot of it is wasted, polluted and unsustainably managed. It has been and still is the source of many disputes, tensions...

Daniele Finzi Pasca
Director of Cirque du Soleil’s show ‘Luzia’

“Cirque du Soleil goes beyond theatre”

The world’s largest contemporary circus producer has returned to Europe for the first time since the pandemic began with a show in L’Hospitalet

Maria Brasero.
Gaduated in Communication and Publicity in Barcelona and in Film Production from UCLA

“The sky is the limit”

Why did you leave Catalonia?I left Catalonia in 2009, right at the beginning of the crisis, because it was very hard to find a job in the field I studied, which was Media and Communications. So I took...

OVERHEARD

Barcelona is a city where plenty takes place outside the home or workplace in full view of the public. The other day, on the edge of a hospital car park, I witnessed the awful sight of a naked young man,...

SPAIN’S PARADOX OF PLENTY

In 1934, early in his famous Study of History, Arnold Toynbee hypothesised that it is not abundance but the challenge of scarcity that, by eliciting an appropriate response, leads human societies to progress....

A 'normal' Sant Jordi

After two years of being seriously affected by the pandemic, this year’s celebration of books and roses will be closer to what it was before coronavirus struck

Matthew Tree
Long-term resident
Matthew Tree

THE BEAUTIFUL CITY

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

LA MEMORIA

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

Whose flaw is that again?

Matthew Tree
Long-term resident
Matthew Tree

THE WAY THEY WERE

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

Don’t stop the music

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

UKRAINE’S BLOOD LANDS

On the up

Golden apple

OVERHEARD

SPAIN’S PARADOX OF PLENTY

Ingrid Teixidor
Celler Oliveda

Ingrid Teixidor

Joan Mateu
Painter

Making the ordinary extraordinary

Basketmaker
Tortellà (Garrotxa)

Dani Iglesias

Actors, co-founders of escapade theatre
(Barcelona)

Sue Flack & Caspar

Maria Brasero.
Gaduated in Communication and Publicity in Barcelona and in Film Production from UCLA

“The sky is the limit”

xavier mas craviotto
is from Navàs (Bages). Before moving to Bristol, he did a postgraduate degree in language consultancy and publishing services in Barcelona and taught Catalan as a foreign language

Diverse and eclectic

Anna Cantón. marcela topor. mtopor@cataloniatoday.cat

Language lovers’ heaven

Rafel Hidalgo. marcela topor. mtopor@cataloniatoday.cat

Living alongside history

A 'normal' Sant Jordi

How will plants adapt to climate change?

Every drop counts

from the editor

Save water, save life

Isona Passola
creator and producer of the ’Cucut’ tv series

“Well-explained stories interest everyone”

Paula Jornet
THEATRE ACTRESS, COMPOSER AND SINGER

“There will be more diversity on stage tomorrow”

Daniele Finzi Pasca
Director of Cirque du Soleil’s show ‘Luzia’

“Cirque du Soleil goes beyond theatre”

Llibert Ferri
Journalist

“It’s Putin’s revenge”

Passion, Innovation and Determination

A promised land

The Curse of Civil War Loss

Poetic vigour

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through...Montsant

Basket
Text: CUINA MAGAZINE Photo: Anna Garcia Frigola

The best of Bages

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through the Massís del Garraf

Basket
Text: CUINA MAGAZINE Photo: Anna Garcia Frigola

The spice of life

Digital classrooms

Blockchain, far beyond bitcoin

The never-ending search for digital talent

Mar Gutiérrez-Colón
PHD in English Philology (URV) and head of the team developing the new Art of Reading application

Learning English through fun

Barcelona, January 2021
Photo: Juanma Ramos

Return of the Kings

The best coming art

Blanes, 2019
Photo: oriol duran

Make way for the Carnival King!

Horrorland, Cercs 2018
Photo: ACN

Are you ready for the fright of your life?