from the editor

Artificial intelligence and human stupidity

Iconic shops with unique personality

Pharmacies, patisseries, hat shops, butcher’s shops, bars and restaurants, Barcelona has some 200 establishments that are listed as iconic

The journey of El Bulli

El Bulli 1846 offers visitors the opportunity to reflect on the role of cuisine and, at the same time, to remember the role that the Roses restaurant played in culinary innovation

Selling arms to the enemy

A few days after the victory of the PP and Vox in the país valencià on May 28, I received a furious e-mail from a friend in Castelló. She raged about the politicians and the “brainless idiots” who had voted for them

Autumn of concerts

A plethora of international stars join Catalan household names and newcomers alike in a season packed with music events all around the country

A day of protest and celebration

September 11 is La Diada, Catalonia’s national day, and as has happened every year for over a decade the pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC) has organised a mass demonstration in the centre...

Neil Stokes
THE LAST WORD
Neil Stokes

STRUCTURAL TREASURES

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

BRAVO XAVI

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

YE GODS

Matthew Tree
Long-term resident
Matthew Tree

BEACHHEAD

Neil Stokes
THE LAST WORD
Neil Stokes

SPIRIT OF SEPTEMBER 11

Marcela Topor
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Marcela Topor

Wonders can cease

Riding the canyon

The journey of El Bulli

Autumn of concerts

Lovely ghosts

Eugenia Fuenmayor
Scientific Director of Eurecat’s Digital Area

“Ethics cannot remain on the sidelines of technological evolution”

Iconic shops with unique personality

Limits on machines

AI explosion

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Mireia Vilanova. marcela topor. mtopor@cataloniatoday.cat
is a Barcelona-born, LA-based producer working in film, TV and digital media. She has led numerous projects in the US and Europe that have screened at top-tier festivals such as Tribeca, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Outfest and Palms Springs ShortFest, among others. She is currently in pre-production on her debut feature, I Live Here Now, directed by Julie Pacino

City of opportunity

JOSEP PRAT.
Journalist and author who has worked with newspapers like La Vanguardia and the South China Morning Post. With his wife he is the owner of the PIZZA HERE chain of pizzerias in Vietnam

Landscape and culture

Christian Rodrigo
Actor, producer, director and acting coach from Barcelona

Hard work equals success

jordi roca
EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA PASTRY CHEF

“We are resolute, committed and have a solid team”

judit neddermann
songwriter

“I’ve reconnected with peace to make my music”

Josep M. Ganyet
COMPUTER ENGINEER

“I trust a lot in European values, I trust little in Spain”

Sílvia Pérez Cruz
musician

“Singing sad songs doesn’t cause me pain; it helps me cleanse”

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through Priorat

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through Tarragona

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through D. O. Terra Alta

City of cocktails

Selling arms to the enemy

Puncturing pretensions

Beating the odds

In deep shit

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

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

Pla de la Seu, Tarragona, July 2022
Photo: Xavi Vicente

The sky is the limit

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!