© Laura Guerrero
“We have created an environment where ordinary people can do extraordinary things”

Lluís Torner

Lluís Torner is a person who radiates passion and enthusiasm for cutting-edge research, particularly in the science of light, photonics. The Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO...

Illustration © Eugènia Anglès
Weathering the blow of climate changeTransforming and mitigating

Climate change is accelerating. Each year, temperature records are broken, and we are forced to devote ever greater resources to recovering from the shocks of extreme weather...

© 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...

Illustration © Irene Pérez
Tourism: The danger of being too successfulReclaiming La Rambla for the people of Barcelona

La Rambla, one of Barcelona’s most iconic thoroughfares, is undergoing a transformation led by the KM_Zero...

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...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allDemocracy: A triple fracture

The far right does not hold a monopoly on attacks against democracy. In fact, this phenomenon arises in a...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allHope in the face of fear

It’s no coincidence that recent years have seen a surge in apocalyptic dystopias in literature and film. Nor is it surprising that catastrophism and polarisation have seeped into...

Audience at the opening event of the Grec Festival 2023. © Images Barcelona / Paula Jaume
Analogue critics, digital promoters. Has cultural criticism become obsolete?

The profound technological shift and changing patterns of cultural consumption have fundamentally shaken the role of journalists and cultural critics, reshaping their identity...

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