2021

After another year hit by the pandemic, we review some of the key moments in the news at home and abroad

Xavier Cusidó Oliete

A northern paradise

Why did you leave Catalonia?I’ve always been an adventurer. Meeting new people, living in new places and the challenge of starting from scratch always attracted me. I started getting a taste for freedom...

THE GAME

Millions of people are now playing it. Plenty are as desperate and traumatised as the competitors in The Squid Game, but if you live in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat or Santa Coloma or Sant Roc or La Mina...

1992

1992 was a watershed year in Spain. After 15 years of reforms (democratic transition, European integration, a modern welfare state…), the New Spain celebrated its transformation through four – yes,...

Time to relocate

A lack of raw materials and high transport costs are revealing the dangers of depending so much on Asia; it is time for governments to consider what, beyond microchips, needs to be produced on a local level

Laia Bruguera. lbruguera@elpuntavui.cat

Christmas gifts under threat

The crisis in raw materials and transport poses problems for retailers and customers during the Christmas shopping period

Matthew Tree
Long-term resident
Matthew Tree

IS NOTHING SACRED?

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

MAKES ME WONDER

Neil Stokes
THE LAST WORD
Neil Stokes

mea maxima culpa

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

THE SLAP

Matthew Tree
Long-term resident
Matthew Tree

A EURO FOR THE GUY

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

Zero hope

THE GAME

1992

Time to relocate

Squatting for
Christmas

December

Ingrid Teixidor
Celler Oliveda

Ingrid Teixidor

Joan Mateu
Painter

Making the ordinary extraordinary

Basketmaker
Tortellà (Garrotxa)

Dani Iglesias

Actors, co-founders of escapade theatre
(Barcelona)

Sue Flack & Caspar

Xavier Cusidó Oliete

A northern paradise

Juan José Ruiz Gómez
He works as a lawyer in Norway

In the far North

Quim Miró
He is in charge of www. exteriors.cat

Living a balanced life

Bibiana Mas
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A land of cold beauty

Laia Bruguera. lbruguera@elpuntavui.cat

Christmas gifts under threat

Manola Brunet
CHAIR OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION’S CLIMATOLOGY COMMISSION. PROFESSOR OF CLIMATOLOGY AT THE URV

“We’re losing the seasons”

Xavi Jiménez
PRESIDENT OF THE GEPEC-EDC ECOLOGIST GROUP AND SECRETARY OF THE CATALAN FEDERATION OF ECOLOGISTS

“We must take action now”

Half a century of struggle

Sílvia Ferrando
NEW DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF THEATRE

“The institute is a meeting place”

Judith Colell
NEW DIRECTOR OF THE CATALAN FILM ACADEMY

“TV3 has to be the hub of our productions again”

Vicenç Fajardo
President of La cuina de l'Empordanet

“We have a loyal clientele, and that’s our Michelin star”

Joan Martí
DIRECTOR OF THE BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCES (CSIC)

“We still know very little about natural hazards”

MIQUEL BERGA
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND WRITER

Just the right amount of irresponsibility

The end of corsets

Independent woman in a hostile world

Gain your ends - and damn them

ALBA BALCELLS
HEAD OF THE CATALAN WINE INSTITUTE (INCAVI)

“We need to explain Catalonia’s wines better“

Immersed in wine

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through L’Empordà

Basket
Text: CUINA MAGAZINE Photo: Getty Images

Viladrau chestnuts

Digital classrooms

Blockchain, far beyond bitcoin

The never-ending search for digital talent

Mar Gutiérrez-Colón
PHD in English Philology (URV) and head of the team developing the new Art of Reading application

Learning English through fun

The best coming art

Blanes, 2019
Photo: oriol duran

Make way for the Carnival King!

Horrorland, Cercs 2018
Photo: ACN

Are you ready for the fright of your life?

Festa major in Banyoles
Photo: Sara Cabarrocas

A cause for celebration