SubjectCulture and leisure
![Portrait of Àngels Margarit © Jordi Play](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_125_digital_entrevista_1100.jpg?itok=KF2gDA9k)
Àngels Margarit
Àngels Margarit (Terrassa, 1960) is an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer and instructor who has lent her artistic experience to the direction of the Tensdansa festival in...
![Noia llegint a Wattpad](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_125_digital_tendencies_1100.jpg?itok=zn7NIREf)
The Wattpad phenomenon has revolutionised the publishing world. Young women writers are making it big on this platform, first online and then in bookshops. Their books, covering a...
![Retrat d'Enric Casasses © Albert Armengol](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1_bm_125_digital_enriccasasses_1100.jpg?itok=wZOFrrEk)
Enric Casasses
Poetry permeates Enric Casasses’ entire oeuvre. Having passed the age of seventy and with a succession of books and prizes, the poet talks about his published work and the work that has...
![© Imatges Barcelona / Marc Lozano](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_125_digital_visionsurbanes_1100_1.jpg?itok=2UltSOKG)
The changes made to the names of the city’s streets and squares are a reflection of each municipal mandate. By action or omission, the names of streets and squares speaks volumes about...
![Retrat d'Antoni Vila Casas © Flaminia Pelazzi](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_entrevistavilacasas_1100x548_01_baixa.jpg?itok=ai7qJAcd)
Antoni Vila Casas
Antoni Vila Casas (Barcelona, 1930) has long donated part of his fortune to philanthropic projects. The foundation he set up has two directions: in the social-health-related...
![Visitants fullejant els llibres exposats a un estand de la 40a edició de Comic Barcelona. © Edu Bayer](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/comic_portada_debat_1100x548.jpg?itok=KWllKbao)
We have had access to manga publications for more than thirty years. More and more international publishers are launching new comic collections in general and...
![El periodista Josep Maria Huertas intenta el 1997 travessar el carrer de Lisboa enfangat, al barri de la Clota. © Pepe Encinas](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_llibres_1100x548_croniquesfang_baixa_0.jpg?itok=-lYdX49E)
Through the book Cròniques del fang [Mud Chronicles], Jaume Fabre pays a fitting tribute to the journalist Josep Maria Huertas Claveria and the journalism named after...
![Recorregut amb pilotes gegants creat per l’artista Albert Gusi en col·laboració amb el Centre Cívic de Navas i l’Associació de Memòria Històrica del barri. © Albert Gusi](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_tendencies_1100x548_01_baixa.jpg?itok=fuarA5fG)
In 2021, Barcelona City Council adopted a Cultural Rights Plan designed to strengthen social cohesion through the recognition of the right to cultural practices, and to promote...
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