Books

 Homage to Catalonia
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george packer

Orwell and journalism Homage to Orwell

Flocks of sheep pasturing are a common sight in Ibiza  ARCHIVE

Ibizan festive fare

David Izquierdo, in front of the Liceu opera house, one of the book's protagonists.  ALBERT SALAMÉ

Unknown Barcelona

Soller Pont de la Creu, on the road to Fornalutx.

A sad farewell

The cover of Mercè Rodoreda's The Diamond Square.

What was published in 2014? In English, life after drowning

Sant Jordi in Catalonia: Statue of the saint on the Pati dels Tarongers in the Palau de la Generalitat,  A. PUIG / J. RAMOS / A. GARCÍA

All about George Of knights and dragons

Score to Song of Sybil. Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO-2010)

An eye for detail

The influential English novelist George Orwell.
Book of the month

“1984” - George Orwell

Georgina Hardinge.  ARCHIVE

An Englishwoman in Valencia

Book review

A disappointing second serving

Not without some interesting observations of the US lifestyle, Matthew Quicks' The Good Luck of Right Now does not live up to his earlier offering, The Silver Linings Playbook