Come to Spain and enjoy a refreshing standalone leisure drink in the Plaza Mayor.
Sally Davies
@allthingsbarna.bsky.social
'Barcelona's foremost foam analyst' – Bloomberg. 'Credulous' – El Temps. Sketches of Spain for Time Out, Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Indy, Nat Geo & oh loads of others.
Sixty-seven people have died as a result of a campaign of misinformation on social media. That's the story here.
Diario Público@publico.es · 5d ago❗El número de muertos en la entrada masiva a Ceuta asciende a 67 personas
Can a three-course menú del día for €11.90 be any good? Let's find out.
Is Spain really Europe’s progressive poster child? 🇪🇸🏛️ Across Europe, Spain is seen as proof that progressive politics can still succeed and govern with confidence. But the reality behind its image as the continent’s left-wing darling is more complicated.
Podcast | Special: Is Spain really Europe’s progressive poster child?
For many observers across Europe, Spain has become a rare success story – offering hope that progressive politics can still succeed, govern, and project confidence on the world stage. But the reality ...
ftm.eu
In the UK, where my 'Because it's the 100th anniversary of the death of Gaudí; no, it's still many years from completion; it's not the cathedral actually, that's a whole other building" t-shirt answers a lot of questions I was getting really tired of answering tbqhwy.
Absolute solidarity with anyone who blew hard-earned cash on Primavera Sound last night. Rain happens but it sounds like a complete shitshow.
TFW you check into a hotel late at night on a nondescript stretch of street and then fling open the windows first thing and OH HELLO
This is an absolutely mad story. (The documentary mini-series Abandonados comes out on Disney today.)
Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery
The long read: Elvira and her brothers, Ricard and Ramón, were left at a train station in Barcelona aged two, four and five. As an adult, when Elvira decided to look for her parents, she discovered a ...
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Casa Batlló looking radiant and bedecked with roses ready for Sant Jordi tomorrow. That's right, I did just say bedecked. #bedecked
Yes yes it's now the tallest church in Europe and yes yes everyone's favourite pope is coming to officiate in June but more importantly the Sagrada Família peregrine falcon chicks have hatched. Live feed is here:
Falcons pelegrins - Sagrada Familia
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Weirdly fascinated by this. The mighty Ebro. Galicia and all its little tributaries.
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis watershed map of Spain shows whether a drop of water ends up in the Atlantic or in the Mediterranean. Beautiful visualization by @joewdavies.
El restaurante en cuestión es Hofmann, pero todos los abusos que están saliendo a la luz en este tipo de establecimientos de alta cocina han sido justificados históricamente por personajes como Ferran Adrià y otros chefs "estrella", como parte de la "formación" de los cocineros.
324cat (Mirall)@324cat.eurosky.social · 4mo ago"Violència, agressions psicològiques i humiliacions constants." És el clima que es respirava a la cuina d’un restaurant d’estrella Michelin a Barcelona. Un excuiner que hi treballava relata les amenaces que patien i que el van dur a abandonar el sector...
“If you feel something really strong near the coast, don’t wait for the alert… move inland or up. Even a first floor can be enough.”
Not if, but when: how Spain’s coastal towns are preparing for tsunamis
In the holiday hotspots of the Costa del Sol, the risks are rarely mentioned. But in neighbouring Cádiz, the country’s first tsunami-ready town is leading by example
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This is a great read on the story behind Tesco’s cheap Spanish wine and what you’re actually getting for your money.
Andy Neather@hernehillandy.bsky.social · 4mo agoMy blog is out: Anatomy of a bottle of plonk: Two £4 bottles at Tesco tell us a lot about the state of the #wine trade - but it's not all bad news. Plus: my Tesco recommendations - and what I've been drinking, inc Greek white, Tablas Creek, Tuscan red : aviewfrommytable.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
Catalunya: hold my beer
Rodalies will remain free: the Catalan government extends free train tickets
The Catalan government will maintain the measure for an additional month to compensate for the rail disruptions caused by Storm Harry and ensure users’ mobility.
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FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4mo agoFuel: Lithuania halves train ticket prices
Joan Miró on His House Roof Montroig, Spain 1948 • Irving Penn
Seriously guys I will translate this stuff pro bono just to not have to look at it every day
"…and the trains will be free for a month" – this is how you run a rail service that's had a really rough week.
Éamann Mac Donnchada@almagroschool.bsky.social · 6mo agoScratch what I said earlier: in spite of the renewed rain the regional train company says 80% of service will be back tomorrow and the trains will be free for a month
Despite everything that's going on, it is nice to feel that there are some adults in the room after all.
BREAKING NEWS: Spain Rejects Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ as EU Pushes Back at Davos | AC1Z
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Coneixo cap periodista d'art de Barcelona (English, català, español)?
