Interview

Opera needs a revolution
Víctor García de Gomar
Artistic director of the Liceu opera house

Opera needs a revolution

Formally appointed as the Liceu opera house’s artistic director at the start of 2019, García de Gomar has now been in the job for a few months. Here he gives his vision of what the Barcelona institution should be striving for

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Opera needs a revolution
“Cooking needs its own time to do, and so does filming; you need to have a plan B”
Gessamí Caramés
"Pin-up" cakemaker on TV3's "Cuines" programme

“Cooking needs its own time to do, and so does filming; you need to have a plan B”

The pin-up on the popular cookery programme explains how she found her vocation for cooking, life in and out of the studio, who some of her role models are, and shares some of her opinions on food and cooking

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“Cooking needs its own time to do, and so does filming; you need to have a plan B”
“I wanted to be Mary Poppins and I did it”
Dàmaris Gelabert
Singer educator and music therapis

“I wanted to be Mary Poppins and I did it”

interview Thousands of children love her songs, and nurseries and schools around the country use them in their classes, while they can also be heard in theatres and she has a large following online. Dàmaris...

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“I wanted to be Mary Poppins and I did it”
“They want to lock me up for my ideology”
Valtònyc
Rapper exiled in Belgium

“They want to lock me up for my ideology”

Josep Miquel Arenas Beltran is better known as the rapper Valtònyc. At the end of November, the European Court of Justice’s advocate general advised the courts that Spain could not demand Valtònyc’s...

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“They want to lock me up for my ideology”
Figting against FRAUD
Steven Kemp
Criminologist

Figting against FRAUD

What is criminology?There’s a common misconception that criminology is related to crime scene investigation or serial killers, but it’s a social science rather than a forensic science or TV drama....

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Figting against FRAUD
“AI is made so that you like it”
Begoña Román
Chair of the Ethical Committee of Social Services in Catalonia

“AI is made so that you like it”

Does the difference between types of intelligence lie in emotion?Exactly. People think about robots. Yet, most AI has nothing to do with robots. It’s artificial intelligence we use to delegate tasks...

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“AI is made so that you like it”
Thinking with the hands
David Bagué i Soler
Lutier

Thinking with the hands

interview Skill, patience, intelligence, sensitivity, tacit understanding and artistic sensibilities all come together in a Bohemian house in Barcelona’s Gràcia neighbourhood. David Bagué i Soler greets...

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Thinking with the hands
Introducing the smart tutor
David Bañeres
Membre of SOM Research Lab at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

Introducing the smart tutor

What advantages will a smart tutor give students?One of the challenges we face at the UOC as a virtual university is providing students with the most personalised support possible. In universities in which...

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Introducing the smart tutor
’Family concert audiences keep on growing’
Helena Bagué
Singer of El Pot Petit band

’Family concert audiences keep on growing’

When she goes up the stage, the singer and actor, Helena Bagué, becomes Jana d’El Pot Petit, one of the most popular bands of the new children’s cançó, or, better, family cançó in Catalonia and...

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’Family concert audiences keep on growing’
Patrycia CENTENO
Patrycia Centeno
Journalist

Patrycia CENTENO

Journalist Patrycia Centeno (La Coruña, 1983) has been a pioneer in analysing the role of non-verbal communication in politics. She has just published Sin decir ni mu

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Patrycia CENTENO