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...

© Manuel Medir
“If singers only used strictly correct Catalan, maybe fewer people would actually listen to music in Catalan”

Mama Dousha

Mama Dousha, the alter ego of Bruno de Fabriziis from Poblenou, is emerging as one of the breakout stars of today’s Catalan music scene. A couple of years ago, Rikiti became a...

Teachers dancing in one of the Miró Collection rooms during the Plastic and Communication sessions, part of the 12th Summer School, 1977. Archive of the Fundació Joan Miró
The modernising imagination

Anniversaries are an opportunity to celebrate, take stock and reflect on the journey so far. The exhibition Poetry Has Just Begun. 50 Years of the Miró, curated by blanca arias,...

© Frederic Camallonga
“I think my characters are better people than I am, and I’m perfectly fine with that”

Isabel Coixet

Calling it an office would be misleading. Yes, like any workplace, Isabel Coixet’s is a furnished space – though more colourful than most. But the moment you walk through the...

Colm Tóibín visited Barcelona in June to present the reissue of his personal homage to the city.© Brigitte Lacombe
Colm Tóibín. A love letter to Barcelona

Irish writer Colm Tóibín remembers arriving in Barcelona in 1975 and reflects on a deep, enduring connection with streets he knows by heart. Though he lived in the city for only...

Children playing on the ramps, sliding tubes and slides in the Margaret Michaelis gardens, in the Vallcarca i els Penitents neighbourhood. © Imatges Barcelona / Júlia Arnau
Childhood in Barcelona: fewer children and greater poverty

It’s not a secret that Barcelona has an increasingly ageing population. But what impact does the declining birth rate have on the planning of infrastructure like schools and...

Gabriel Ferrater at Mas del Pacarany with his sister Amàlia and their mother, Amàlia. © Arxiu Gabriel Ferrater
A more realistic Gabriel Ferrater from Reus

Ramon Gomis wrote a seminal book on Gabriel Ferrater in the late 1980s. Now, with greater perspective and a more realistic approach, he revisits the subject, moving away from the...

© Fundació Joan Brossa / Elisabet Mateu
Joan Brossa. The Mental Feeling of Complete Happiness

The Fundació Joan Brossa - Centre de les Arts Lliures is committed to fulfilling a dual mission: preserving Brossa’s legacy and memory, while also establishing itself as a centre...

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