Is there an equation that relates the slave-owning roots of some of the great Catalan fortunes of the 19th century with the incorrigible zipizape of the price of rental housing in Barcelona? In physics this is called, with a broad brush, the theory of everything, that is, a single law that brings together all known … Read more
Loughborough University (UK), throughl GaWC (Global Cities Researchers Network), has generated for decades a ‘ranking’ of cities in the circuit of the global economy. He divides them into three large groups, Alpha, Beta and Gamma, with some subdivisions inside them. Above all are New York and London, followed by a list of 50 cities that … Read more
The writer, lawyer and stage director Josep Maria Loperena he has dead this Friday morning at 82 years old. Born in Alguaire (Segrià) in 1938, he studied Philosophy and Letters and Law at the University of Barcelona and was a theater director in the 1960s and 1970s. At the end of the 1970s, he left … Read more
The Argentine soul of Barcelona is in mourning and not only for the death of Maradona. A few days ago, the Tango nightclub announced that it will not open doors again. One more victim of the pandemic. It is not strange that in the Catalan capital there is a place with the name of this … Read more
The coronavirus has forced an atypical bridge of La Purísima (with holidays 6 and 8 December). With a large part of Barcelonians in the city due to weekend municipal confinement, leisure options for these holidays are scarce due to the restrictions of the first phase of the de-escalation. The curfew remains in force, from 10 … Read more
Ni Reyes Estévez, ni Carles Castillejo ni José Luis Blanco. The first post covid race, the Milla Sant Pau disputed this Saturday in Barcelona, ended with surprise: he took it Josep Díaz Carretero, an unknown athlete who surprised the three great male stars that the poster presented. Diaz Carretero He will be able to tell … Read more
Nine o’clock study rooms permanent of the city of Barcelona They will be operational again from next Monday, June 29, with a limited capacity of 50% and a schedule from Monday to Thursday from 20:30 to 23:30. Likewise, the study rooms located in the libraries can also be used during their opening hours, which are … Read more
Barcelona He had to access to six city beaches is closed for several hours this afternoon due to the high concentration of bathers. As explained by the Barcelona City Council, on the beaches of Sant Martí, Nova Icària, Bogatell, Mar Bella, Llevant and Sant Miquel entry has been restricted due to crowds of people and … Read more
The influenza pandemic of 1918 was literally a best seller. It was also a terrible way to die. The sick more serious amorataban victims of cyanosis heliotrópica. Blue, almost black, were unrecognizable even to his family. But, don’t freak out the squeamish, this chronicle is not about the pathology of the brutal pandemic, but what … Read more
The disappointment of Barcelona and its metropolitan area for not advancing to phase 3 of the de-escalation next Monday has not prevented dozens of people from meeting this Friday at the Ciutadella park from the Catalan capital to celebrate a macro bottle at 8:00 p.m.. The good weather has led to dozens of young people … Read more