from the editor

Sharpe in his own words

Miki esparbé
actor

“Theatre is a marathon and filming is a daily sprint”

In a 2025 full of important projects, from the new film by Cesc Gay to a series based on the book by Cercas, Anatomía de un instante, on March 14 Miki Esparbé (Manresa, 1983) appears in the premiere...

Asami Miotani
Japanese Association of Friendship with Catalonia

“We have been waiting for a Tokyo-Barcelona flight for many years”

They were the pioneers in laying the foundations for stable economic and social relations between Catalonia and Japan. Founded in 1985, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Japanese Association...

Atavistic cruelty and strange beauty

Why a documentary about bullfighting? Albert Serra explains that Jordi Balló, head of the Master’s degree in documentary-making at Pompeu Fabra University, suggested the possibility of him shooting...

London’s latest headline comedian is Catalan

Sergi Polo from Barcelona has become a regular on the comedy scene in the British capital with a routine entirely in English

The coworking company attracting big corporations

Networkia rents offices to larger companies setting up in Barcelona or Madrid; with nine centres, it now has its sights set on Lisbon

Neil Stokes
THE LAST WORD
Neil Stokes

I DID IT MY WAY

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

Sant Jordi’s: A Britalan’s Guide

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

FLYING FLOCK

Matthew Tree
Long-term resident
Matthew Tree

PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED

Barney Griffiths
THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE
Barney Griffiths

THERE’S STILL TIME

Martin Kirby
HEADING FOR THE HILLS
Martin Kirby

My better half is apoplectic

In Search of Humanity

Prophecy and REMEMBRANCE

Atavistic cruelty and strange beauty

In Search of Humanity

The Gift of Doubt and Reason

COLONIAL “NORMALITY”

Miki esparbé
actor

“Theatre is a marathon and filming is a daily sprint”

Neil Stokes
Journalist and Catalonia today contributor

“This is my homage to Catalonia”

London’s latest headline comedian is Catalan

The day of reading and romance

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Mireia Vilanova. marcela topor. mtopor@cataloniatoday.cat
is a Barcelona-born, LA-based producer working in film, TV and digital media. She has led numerous projects in the US and Europe that have screened at top-tier festivals such as Tribeca, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Outfest and Palms Springs ShortFest, among others. She is currently in pre-production on her debut feature, I Live Here Now, directed by Julie Pacino

City of opportunity

JOSEP PRAT.
Journalist and author who has worked with newspapers like La Vanguardia and the South China Morning Post. With his wife he is the owner of the PIZZA HERE chain of pizzerias in Vietnam

Landscape and culture

Christian Rodrigo
Actor, producer, director and acting coach from Barcelona

Hard work equals success

Asami Miotani
Japanese Association of Friendship with Catalonia

“We have been waiting for a Tokyo-Barcelona flight for many years”

David bueno
Specialist in neuroeducation, author of ‘The art of being human’

“We have lost the art of conversation and we no longer talk to each other”

Joaquim Uriach
President of the Palau de la Música Catalana

“Some people still don’t know the Palau”

Sarai Sarroca
Director of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC)

“Catalonia is now more arid in every way”

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through Terra de Mallorca

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through Corpinnat

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through Terra del Cava

Wine cellar. ANNA VICENS

Wine route through Monsant

Volunteers against fascism

Letters to Monsieur Printemps
The unpublished memoirs of Tom Sharpe

A patchwork life

Paradise lost

Look no further

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

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

Pla de la Seu, Tarragona, July 2022
Photo: Xavi Vicente

The sky is the limit

Barcelona, January 2021
Photo: Juanma Ramos

Return of the Kings

The best coming art

Blanes, 2019
Photo: oriol duran

Make way for the Carnival King!