Spain: between two extremes

Albert Camus once described a nationalist as someone who loves their country too much. I recently wrote a small reflection on … More

Is it happening again?

‘It is happening again,’ says the giant to FBI Special agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch’s mystery series Twin Peaks. This … More

I took the elevator up to the third floor. Normally, I would have taken the stairs in order to get … More

I concur with the point that, sometimes, the treatment of certain groups can be so cruel and unfair that you … More

The Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza has won many literary prices, including the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2015, and the Premio … More

Fernando Savater’s Contra el separatismo is like a breathe of fresh air in a Catalonia marked by years of frustration, … More

I’ve been unfairly slow in writing my review of Elizabeth Minnich’s book, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and … More

“And don’t say anything. Think of your children,” a woman close to me said. The woman was not the first … More

Since 2008, I’ve lived in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. My wife is from Barcelona. She’s both Catalan and Spanish, and … More

Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars.” I like this quote; … More