from the editor

A new life model

Sílvia Pérez Cruz
musician

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

Wanting, in her words, to “vindicate the beauty and richness of all ages”, Sílvia Pérez Cruz (Palafrugell, 1983) has structured her new album, Toda la vida, un día (Sony Music), into five “movements”...

City of cocktails

Barcelona has the first (Paradiso), third (Sips) and seventh (Two Schmucks) best cocktail bars in the world, while Raval is home to historic bars like Boadas

A tale of two cities

In a 2012 book (Modesta España), veteran journalist Enric Juliana explained Spanish governments’ consistent economic discrimination against Catalonia by pointing out that Europe will in the future look...

The spy capital

Diplomats, civil servants, journalists and academics move around the European Union capital of Brussels without being what their credentials say they are

THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE

THERE’S YOUR EXPLANATION

In his article on the facing page regarding the economic status of Barcelona and Madrid within the Spanish state, Eduard García – a member of the Economy Section of the Catalan National assembly –...

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

No, no, NO!

Neil Stokes
THE LAST WORD
Neil Stokes

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER

Matthew Tree
Long-term resident
Matthew Tree

Tea for few

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

THERE’S YOUR EXPLANATION

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

What’s your dream job?

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

HALT FARM FIRES

Highs and lows

Punk in a hijab

A tale of two cities

A new step for independence

Christian Buono and Adrià Ramon
COOP-ERA PROJECT coordinators

“If there are no people left in the countryside, we’ll have sold out”

Recessional heritage

Return to rural life

The spy capital

SOME SUGGESTIONS:

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

Sílvia Pérez Cruz
musician

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

Els amics de les arts
pop-rock band

“We had never talked about love so clearly”

oriol Romeu
Girona midfielder

“I’m rediscovering myself” and enjoying it

anna vicens
PRESIDENT OF THE CATALAN ASSOCIATION OF SOMMELIERS

“Sommelier is a highly sought-after profession”

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through D. O. Terra Alta

City of cocktails

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through D. O. Conca de Barberà

Wine tourism, one of the country’s main assets

In deep shit

Tourism - Just a passing fad

The state of the Spanish State

Cruel lovers

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!