Books

A young couple take a selfie during a recent Sant Jordi's day in Barcelona ORIOL DURAN ELISABETH MAGRE

Saint George as a symbol of diversity?

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1066 and all that

Warm Earth

Mountain memories

Rambla Verdaguer and Plaça Catalunya in Girona. ARCHIVE

Love at first sight

Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia, around 1930. /  ARCHIVE

In praise of Gaudí

American author Barbara Wilson.  ARCHIVE ARCHIVE

The traveller A mildly deranged vision

Irish novelist John Banville, author of The Blue Guitar. /  J. LOSADA
John Banville
Writer

'The only function of art is to make us feel more alive'

Stefanie Kremser during her trip to Barcelona to publicise her novel, The Day I Learned to Fly. /  J. LOSADA

The homeland of affection

An image of the coastal town of Portbou on the French/Spanish border in 1930.

A revolution through poetry The doubting volunteer

Mallorca's sacred monastery of Lluc  ARCHIVE

A quiet pilgrimage