Oficina Ciutadana de Memòries Sintèriques [Citizens’ Office of Synthetic Memories] by Domestic Data Streamers at Disseny Hub Barcelona. © Imatges Barcelona / Júlia Arnau
Artificial intelligence bursts onto the creative and cultural scene

New times are ahead, and they will change everything. Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing about a significant shift in the economic and business sectors, as...

Illustration © Irene Pérez
Montjuïc 1971

Jackie Stewart pulls up in front of the Tyrrell garage at the stadium, slows to a stop, and, without taking his hands off the steering wheel, briefly closes his eyes. When he...

© Joan Roca de Viñals
Marta Orriols: “I never once thought, ‘I want to be a writer, and I’ll get published’”

Marta Orriols

We are at Casa Fuster, the modernist building designed by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner on Passeig de Gràcia. Now a luxury hotel, we sit on a maroon velvet sofa. On the...

© Joan Mateu Parra
“My political beliefs never influenced my professional decisions”

José María Mena

José María Mena admits that, if it were up to him, he would never have retired. He is, and always has, been a fighter who likes to be on the front lines. For years, he led the...

Nexus: Power is information

I read Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari before it became a global publishing sensation and long before the author emerged as a cult figure in Silicon Valley and Davos. This admission...

Tierno Galván, Narcís Serra and other invited authorities at the San Isidro celebrations in 1981. © Imagen Fotógrafos / Biblioteca Pública Arús
The two sides of Tierno Galván’s personality

In 2012, the son of Enrique Tierno Galván donated his father’s personal archive to Barcelona. This collection was entrusted to the Gran Logia Simbólica Española [Symbolic Grand...

David Walliams was in Barcelona to deliver an address on the eve of Saint George's Day at the Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria. © Ajuntament de Barcelona
David Walliams. The man whom Roald Dahl saved

David Walliams’ parents granted him one wish: a small black-and-white television in his room. As a child, he happily spent hours devouring British wrestling. However,...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allCultural apocalypse

There is a debate within the left that I find not only intellectually misleading but also politically...

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