Tag: catalonia

• August 31, 2025

  Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, left the port of Barcelona this afternoon

  Thanks to @DiEM25official Barcelona group
• June 21, 2025

  “Night duty:” A prize-winning poem by Antoni Cardona, translated from Catalan

  [Recording here.] The poem “Guàrdia de nit” was awarded the Màrius Torres Award 2025 by the Council of Medical Associations of Catalonia Translation of Guàrdia de nit, by Brett Hetherington and Antoni Cardona [Inspired by Joan Salvat-Papasseit’s (1894-1924) “Nocturn per a acordió”]You are here: I did emergency night duty.You don’t know what it is to…
• May 4, 2025

  “Sunrise from the south” (a new poem with Catalan translation)

  Behind the treesAway from the darkIn just one little cornerA patch of childhood blue skyBut each time I looked up from my tea and cakeIn only seconds travelling west fast It accosted meEven shamed meUntil the pale patch in mere minutesHad migrated into a couple of fluffed bars low Down on the horizon madeBy the…
• July 27, 2024

  Short video: “Life and culture in Barcelona, Catalonia/Spain:” my opinions

  I and three other foreign residents were interviewed by The Movement Hub on their YouTube channel… From their summary: “Experience Spanish & Catalan Culture Through American & Australian Eyes Are you curious about life in Barcelona? In this video, three Americans and an Australian share their experiences with Spanish and Catalan culture, providing unique insights into life in Catalonia.…
• September 30, 2023

  90 seconds exactly

  (My translation from the Catalan original “Tot just noranta segons” with the author, Antoni Cardona) When Nadia was running downstairs from the 6th floor, doing up her dressing gown, cursing the wind and her mistake she came across the boy from door 4, floor 4 the one who never says good morning She put the…
• July 16, 2023

  Video: Launching my book “Slow Travels in Unsung Spain” in Barcelona
• June 19, 2023

  Launch of my latest book (in Barcelona)

  I’m happy to say I’ll be launching my non-fiction book, “Slow Travels in Unsung Spain” at this unique independent bookshop:Fahrenheit 451 (C/- de la Ribera, 8, [El Born] BARCELONA  [Metro: Barceloneta]  Friday, 3Oth June, 7.00-8.00PM. We’d love to see you there! (Look inside the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NJG91W7/ )
• February 12, 2023

  Grabbing Granados

  [This article* was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, Feb. 2023.] A huge boat is sinking in The English Channel. A man is clinging on to the side of a tiny raft, only big enough for one woman to kneel on. Soon, both drown in sight of other passengers. According to witness Daniel Sargent, this…
• February 7, 2023

  Pandemic poem

  (30 Jan. 2022) cut        down cut down to bone cut off to spite it and cut off from cut away to put away just to stay away cut          out cut out your needy cut me down I’m not cut out for it
• January 29, 2023

  La mà que va signar el paper* (The Hand That Signed The Paper) by Dylan Thomas

  (*Translated into Catalan below with Antoni Cardona) La mà que va signar el paper va enderrocar una ciutat; Cinc dits sobirans van posar taxes a l’alè, Van duplicar els morts a la terra i van partir pel mig un país; Aquests cinc reis van fer que morís un rei La poderosa mà porta a una…