Barcelona Metropolis

• Books
• Culture Folder

The Fundació Joan Brossa – under the baton of Joan M. Minguet and with a large team of collaborators as its orchestra – is presenting the book Altres...

• Interview

Maruja Torres arrives at our interview on foot with the aid (more mental than physical) of a wooden walking stick. She says that walking is good for her, and...

• In transit

Few people in the world are as clear about things as the Frenchman Pierre Lemaitre (Paris, 1951). As if he were a Napoleon of literature or a resurrected Dumas, his...

• Culture Folder
• Debate

Are museums in crisis? Depending on where we stand. Like the society they mirror, these marvellous artefacts of knowledge and enjoyment are constantly...

• Urban visions

A few months ago, work began on the site next to Estació de França train station where the monumental State Public Library is to be built. Covering 16,000 m...

• Urban visions

Major world cities are seeing a sharp rise in highly skilled migrants, in contrast to the previous low-skilled migration. Barcelona is a clear illustration of this...