Interview

“The pandemic has given the sea a break”
Miquel Ventura
MARINE BIOLOGIST

“The pandemic has given the sea a break”

This summer saw the launch of a network of marine control stations along the Catalan coast that is the result of a project by the Fundació Mar, beginning with Cadaqués in Girona and Mar Bella in Barcelona.What...

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“The pandemic has given the sea a break”
Sharpe’s legacy
Dr Montserrat Verdaguer
President of the Tom Sharpe Foundation and executor of the wirter's estate

Sharpe’s legacy

How did the Tom Sharpe Chair come about?This project is the culmination and the start of the fulfillment of Tom Sharpe’s will, in which he leaves me as the executor of his work. He wanted his work to...

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Sharpe’s legacy
Scratching a little deeper
Douglas Suttle
Translator and publisher

Scratching a little deeper

Douglas Suttle, a Londoner, studied History and Archaeology at university. After working in the wine import business in England, he moved to Vilafranca del Penedès some 10 years ago and worked at first...

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Scratching a little deeper
“Art is a MIRROR of our consciousness”
Quim Hereu
Painter and main proponent of Strambotism

“Art is a MIRROR of our consciousness”

How did the lockdown go, was it profitable and productive?It happened that I’d just started painting La Llibertat, the third part of the trilogy of the visual manifesto of Strambotism, when the Covid...

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“Art is a MIRROR of our consciousness”
“We’re not in competition with cinemas”
Jaume Ripoll
Cofounder and editorial director of Filmin

“We’re not in competition with cinemas”

Increasingly more people are watching films and TV series on online platforms. One of the pioneers of this trend has been the Catalan company Filmin, which now has more than 14,500 titles, almost 3,000 of them in Catalan

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“We’re not in competition with cinemas”
“Playing with the family helps us to communicate again”
Xavier Moratonas
Founder and Head of Lu2

“Playing with the family helps us to communicate again”

Xavier’s work involves playing games and using them as a tool for learning and for improving communication skills, social skills, problem-solving and critical thinking

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“Playing with the family helps us to communicate again”
“Keeping up in this profession is much harder for a woman”
Sílvia Bel
Actor

“Keeping up in this profession is much harder for a woman”

€You began on stage early, didn’t you?When I finished at the Institute of Theatre, there was a lot going on. Doors were opening. I first did something with Lurdes Barba. In the Sant Agustí convent...

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“Keeping up in this profession is much harder for a woman”
“We don’t want any firm to go under”
Joan Canadell
President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce

“We don’t want any firm to go under”

Speaking from confinement at home, Joan Canadell prioritises people over the economy but also points out that many companies will be hit hard by the devastating effects of the Covid-19 crisis. A supporter...

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“We don’t want any firm to go under”
Opera needs a revolution
Víctor García de Gomar
Artistic director of the Liceu opera house

Opera needs a revolution

Formally appointed as the Liceu opera house’s artistic director at the start of 2019, García de Gomar has now been in the job for a few months. Here he gives his vision of what the Barcelona institution should be striving for

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Opera needs a revolution
“Cooking needs its own time to do, and so does filming; you need to have a plan B”
Gessamí Caramés
"Pin-up" cakemaker on TV3's "Cuines" programme

“Cooking needs its own time to do, and so does filming; you need to have a plan B”

The pin-up on the popular cookery programme explains how she found her vocation for cooking, life in and out of the studio, who some of her role models are, and shares some of her opinions on food and cooking

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“Cooking needs its own time to do, and so does filming; you need to have a plan B”