Category: Catalonia/Spain
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My Catalonia
[This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, March 2022.] When I think of Catalonia what immediately comes to mind is the word ‘home’. I see the wide view across rows of vineyards, the mountains of the Penedès in the distance, the tops of Montserrat further away, only able to be seen in winter when the…
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So, how was your summer?
[This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, Sept. 2021.] When people ask me this question I’ll be able to say it was unique. I had some novel experiences. Because the Spanish government doesn’t seem to have the ability to get its Social Security department to pay welfare benefits properly, I…
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“50 years of Greenpeace” — My interview with their spokesperson in Catalonia
[This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, April 2021.] 1. What is your name (and position?) Fernando Fernández, Mobilization Coordinator of Greenpeace in Catalonia. 2. What do you think is currently the most important issue for Greenpeace in Catalunya and what is Greenpeace doing about this issue? For Greenpeace,…
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A bigger hassle
[Pic: JOSEP LOSADA: Protesters in Barcelona] [This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, March 2020.] Riots, disturbances, protests, brutal human rights violations, night-time shenanigans or “police-community liaison?” The events that began immediately after the election here in Lleida, Barcelona and Girona (as well as Valencia and Madrid) can be called…
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In a small world
[This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, December 2020.] Barcelona isn’t well-known for flamenco but Kayoko Nakata, thinks it should be. As a Japanese flamenco dancer with a Catalan husband and two year-old son, she lives near the city’s Sant Pau hospital. When she can, she goes back to her…