SubjectCulture and leisure
![Llibre: Las mejores palabras, Daniel Gamper](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/llibres_gamper_1100x548_3.jpg?itok=WaU-q-sc)
Free speech is society’s right to discuss important matters, because it is only through discussion that the truth can be discovered. In fact, democratic life involves discussing those...
![Il·lustració © Joan Alturo](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/albertos_dossier_1100x548_8.jpg?itok=1a6Q6ofo)
The design of the current welfare state and the social and economic reality facing young people today suggest that their demands will be more of a qualitative (a reorientation of policy...
![Retrat de Jordi Casanovas © Santiago Sepúlveda](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/c_entrevista_1_0.jpg?itok=_UdcTnwa)
Jordi Casanovas
Jordi Casanovas was going to be an inventor, but he was struck by the fever for theatre due to the Argentine authors Rodrigo García and Javier Daulte. One of the most prolific...
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Lídia Heredia
Each morning, we can start the day listening to Lídia Heredia on her TV3 programme Els matins. Credibility, rigour and professionalism are words that describe her and what she...
![Shooting of the film Solo química [Just a Little Chemistry]. © Rodar y Rodar.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/cultura_20.jpg?itok=j5qzXkqR)
Does it make sense to speak of a Catalan audiovisual market today? Catalonia’s audiovisual ecosystem is undergoing a serious crisis. We have talked with professionals in the sector,...
![El visor d'una càmera de fotografia digital. © Goroka. Ajuntament de Barcelona.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/01_foto_intro_plec_goroka.jpg?itok=jHonSxax)
Major cities are always accompanied by a story that promotes them in the world. In the culture corner debate we analyse why the crisis endured by the audiovisual sector does not...
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