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NASA is probably the world’s best-known acronym. “To boldly go where no man (or woman) has gone before” and all that. But it is not the most...
There are moments in life when you realise you have become a proper adult. Buying a house. Getting married. Having children. And receiving twelve...
We hear a lot of talk these days about the fears that Artificial Intelligence will soon become so sophisticated that it will take over and – in the...
Harry Merlin Piper, a native of Salou, is something of a genius or perhaps just a genius, period. A gifted ventriloquist and magician who can make all...
Parting can ache to the core. I walk the land we have nurtured, and which has nurtured us, and I say my long goodbyes. Drought, storms, wildfires too...
Barcelona’s English-speaking cultural scene can sometimes feel hidden from view, but every so often a production comes along that deserves a wider...
There is a moment in every neighbourhood WhatsApp group when it ceases to be useful and becomes a form of theatre. Someone creates the group so...
Last July, the Supreme Court of Spain declared that all signs in Catalan public schools – referring to different departments, courses and toilets...
It was tragic. The only water was the tears. They streamed down the cheeks of our dear Catalan friend. The giant inferno in central Spain was at the...
The growing globalisation and diversity of our planet inevitably casts the spotlight on the issues of nationalism, ethnic minorities and unique local...
It’s turning out to be a different sort of Christmas this year. The big family seasonal lunch – with turkey, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and...
The rumours have been abounding for some time now in the media, both social and professional; by word of mouth; or simply in people’s dreams: the...
And the gap grows ever wider. There was a time when my family faced life on the street. That generation’s world collapsed due to disease and death...
One of my favourite movie scenes kicks off Quentin Tarantino’s ’Reservoir Dogs’. A group of bank robbers are ready to pay for breakfast in a...
For years, part of my professional life depended on other people’s footnotes. Academics would send me dense Catalan or Spanish manuscripts on urban...
As a Hollywood movie might say, the following is a true story. In December I was awoken at an hour normally reserved for foxes, bakers and people with...
I’ve had three types of Christmas in my life so far. The UK 1970s and 80s edition: house smells of tangerines, Sellotape and anticipation. My...
Autumn in Catalonia means one thing: wild mushroom season. Or, as locals call it, bolet fever – a national pastime ranking somewhere between...
Barcelona is a city that knows how to turn up the heat. In the clubs. In the politics. In the football. But come summer, it turns it up a bit too much...
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