Il·lustració ©Riki Blanco
Time, the most precious thing of allKeynes’s unfulfilled promise

In a celebrated lecture delivered in Madrid in 1930, the eminent economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that...

Illustration ©Riki Blanco
Time, the most precious thing of allA cure for the virus of hurry

Many of us work, drive, talk, think and eat too quickly. Instead of reading, we tend to skim, scroll or...

© Laura Guerrero
“We have created an environment where ordinary people can do extraordinary things”

Lluís Torner

Lluís Torner is a person who radiates passion and enthusiasm for cutting-edge research, particularly in the science of light, photonics. The Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO...

Illustration © Eugènia Anglès
Weathering the blow of climate changeTransforming and mitigating

Climate change is accelerating. Each year, temperature records are broken, and we are forced to devote ever greater resources to recovering from the shocks of extreme weather...

© Joan Mateu Parra
“My political beliefs never influenced my professional decisions”

José María Mena

José María Mena admits that, if it were up to him, he would never have retired. He is, and always has, been a fighter who likes to be on the front lines. For years, he led the...

Illustration © Irene Pérez
Tourism: The danger of being too successfulReclaiming La Rambla for the people of Barcelona

La Rambla, one of Barcelona’s most iconic thoroughfares, is undergoing a transformation led by the KM_Zero...

Tierno Galván, Narcís Serra and other invited authorities at the San Isidro celebrations in 1981. © Imagen Fotógrafos / Biblioteca Pública Arús
The two sides of Tierno Galván’s personality

In 2012, the son of Enrique Tierno Galván donated his father’s personal archive to Barcelona. This collection was entrusted to the Gran Logia Simbólica Española [Symbolic Grand...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allDemocracy: A triple fracture

The far right does not hold a monopoly on attacks against democracy. In fact, this phenomenon arises in a...

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