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    Between the Oranges and Olives: Periana, Malaga

    Between the Oranges and Olives: Periana, Malaga

    For the past 15 years I’ve lived and worked in Barcelona. Barcelona is beautiful, and vain. She spends her time looking in the mirror,...
    Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

    Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

    ‘Sometimes we give to the devil what he already has.’ The historian and novelist Arturo Pérez-Reverte shaped his career as a war...
    Film of the Week

    Film of the Week

    Abre Los Ojos (1997) From the moment we follow Eduardo Noriega’s handsome, twenty-something yuppy Cesar driving out of the garage of his...

    Capçanes, Priorat: Prehistoric Art

    Name: Capçanes Occupation: Catalan village, located in the El Vall foothills of the Priorat region. In the news because: It’s the site of...
    Glossary of Spanish Perjorative Terms

    Glossary of Spanish Perjorative Terms

    Can you tell your bolos from your botiflers? Or a morlaco from a mangurrino? Then read on, and you'll be ready if some gent calls you a...
    Know your Iberian Trees: The Stone Pine

    Know your Iberian Trees: The Stone Pine

    Name: Stone Pine In Spanish: Pino piñonero AKA: Parasol pine, umbrella pine, pinus pinea. The handsome umbrella canopy and bright green...
    A Short History of Prominent Barcelona Guiris

    A Short History of Prominent Barcelona Guiris

    During his time as an Erasmus student in Barcelona, Dr. Olaf Jordbear-Knutssen (b. Aarhus, 1959) dedicated himself to an exhaustive...
    Spanish Book Club: Los Mares del Sur by Manuel Vazquez Montalbán

    Spanish Book Club: Los Mares del Sur by Manuel Vazquez Montalbán

    This week, a postmodern take on the hardboiled detective novel, the Planeta-award winning and internationally acclaimed Los Mares del...
    Spanish Film of the Week

    Spanish Film of the Week

    Mar Adentro (2004) ‘When you spend so long in people’s care, you learn to cry with a smile.’ In Alejandro Amenábar’s moving film, Javier...
    News Cheat: Carles Puigdemont

    News Cheat: Carles Puigdemont

    Name: Carles Puigdemont Age: 53 Appearance: Mop-topped German football coach Joachim Low, with nerdy specs. In the news because: He's...
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    Moving to...El Born

    Moving to...El Born

    Walden 7: Architecture Inspired by Social Experiment

    Walden 7: Architecture Inspired by Social Experiment

    The Desertification of Spain's Drylands

    The Desertification of Spain's Drylands

    Sobrepesca: Spain's annual fish supply already gone

    Sobrepesca: Spain's annual fish supply already gone

    Benito Muros: The Spaniard leading the fight against Planned Obsolescence

    Benito Muros: The Spaniard leading the fight against Planned Obsolescence

    What is: A Supermanzana

    What is: A Supermanzana

    The 'Top Manta': Barcelona's Street Bazar

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    The New Camp Nou

    The New Camp Nou

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    Living In: Alella

    Living In: Alella

    Postcards from the Ledge: Barcelona's Congost Valley

    Postcards from the Ledge: Barcelona's Congost Valley

    What is: Andorra Land Art

    What is: Andorra Land Art

    Gibraltar: Banter or Belligerence?

    Gibraltar: Banter or Belligerence?

    Exploration of Catalonia's Nether Parts: Castellet i la Gornal

    Exploration of Catalonia's Nether Parts: Castellet i la Gornal

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