Sunday, 29 May 2022
Remember me
On the whole, we may not be so religious these days but many of us still love to witness the elaborate trappings of the Church. Easter is approaching, and with it the most important date in the Christian...
At this time of year the days become shorter, the temperatures begin to fall and it's usually a good idea to keep an umbrella to hand. Yet, autumn also opens up new possibilities for getting out and about,...
Despite having no shortage of homegrown festivals, Catalonia is always willing to import foreign celebrations if they promise their participants a good time. The likes of Halloween or Saint Valentine's...
The Darling Buds of May is the name of a novel from the 1950s, but it has since passed into the language as a common expression. And with good reason. If there is ever a time associated with flowers, naturally,...
This year promises to be crucial to the success of the sovereignty process, while at the same time it is 300 years since the Nueva Planta decree was issued by King Felipe V, in which Catalonia lost its...
The year that is now coming to an end saw the most successful TV series of the moment invading different places in Catalonia. Game of Thrones spent several weeks filming in Girona and Canet de Mar, shooting...
A powerful photo, showing the hands of the mayors of more than 400 Catalan towns and cities, holding the batons that symbolize their representative power. The batons were held high to protest against the...
Football is a global business. We all know that. And Barcelona is Catalonia's greatest ambassador to every corner of the world. We all know that, too. The proof of it cold be seen this summer, when Barça...
Xavi Hernández never won the Ballon d'Or, but he has been a key piece in the decade-long dominance of F.C.Barcelona in Spanish and international football. He was also one of the key figures in South Africa,...
They say that the mobile, digital, multimedia era we're living in has killed the book, the magazine and reading habits among youngsters. Millennials don't read. They surf the web, they tap the screens...
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