Illustration ©Natàlia Pàmies
Family feuds

While I hang out the washing, Hannah is sitting on the sofa watching telly. Whenever I’m around, she always puts on TV3 – a sort of magnanimous gesture, smiling...

Mural in tribute to Candel on Carrer de la Muga, in Marina de Port, commissioned by Sàpiens magazine and painted by muralist Roc Blackblock. © Enrique Marco
A nation of immigrants. Candel by Genís Sinca

It’s striking that the first biography of the author of Els altres catalans [The Other Catalans] has taken so long to appear. Genís...

© Jordi Play
“It’s important that video games get recognition on a par with other cultural industries”

Conrad Roset

While making coffee, Conrad Roset (1984, Terrassa) shares some of the ideas he’s mulling over for his next project. It’s Monday morning, and the illustrator welcomes me into his...

Illustration ©Natàlia Pàmies
Franco: Why We Must Not ForgetFrom “I too am an adulteress” to #MeToo

Significant progress has been made since the days when adultery was considered a criminal offence, punishable...

Illustration ©Natàlia Pàmies
Franco: Why We Must Not ForgetHow TikTok is rewriting history and shaking democracy

It’s been fifty years since Franco’s death, yet paradoxically, Francoism is experiencing a resurgence. It’s...

Illustration ©Natàlia Pàmies
Franco: Why We Must Not ForgetSocial mobilisation and the crisis of the dictatorship

Social polarisation and growing individualism are creating opportunities for reactionary forces that...

Illustration ©Natàlia Pàmies
Franco: Why We Must Not ForgetEducation or barbarism. Building democracy to confront hatred

Faced with hate-filled and exclusionary rhetoric that threatens democracy, and with the declining role of the...

Illustration ©Riki Blanco
Doll’s house

In our family, we’ve always been the sort to moan endlessly when we’re ill – all dramatic sighs and martyr-like expressions. That’s exactly the state I was in when it all started...

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