Fossar de la Pedrera tour
January 23rd, 2014
Short report on BTV on my Fossar de la Pedrera tours in Catalan/Spanish with Cementiris de Barcelona. Information here
Places in Barcelona
Articles in ‘Places in Barcelona’
A bodega in Barcelona
January 23rd, 2014
Art in an old bodega bar in Barcelona’s Raval heroically resisting the enslaughts of design, ‘vintage’ and International Tourism.
Bodega Montse, L’Arc de Sant Agusti , 7
Barcelona storm
October 4th, 2013I love the Barceloneta just before a storm breaks. This one late August 2013.
Montjüic in the early 20th century
October 4th, 2013Montjüic in the early 20th century. No trees but no tarmac either. Still a mountain.
Dolphins spotted in Barcelona harbour
April 25th, 2012
Remarkably, four bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were spotted inside Barcelona harbour (Moll de Barcelona) last month by wildlife experts, the first sighting in recent times in the port itself, though the animal is reasonably common in waters off Barcelona. Loved to have seen them! More here in Catalan
Iconic photo by Català-Roca
March 6th, 2012
Iconic photo by Català-Roca of gypsy girl with doll from Montjuic with the Canadenca chimneys and Poble Sec in the background. 1950.
The story of El Paral.lel
June 22nd, 2011My lastest article in Barcelona Metropolitan. A history of El Paral.lel in Barcelona
Parallel, 1913
February 8th, 2011
Remarkable photo by Frederic Ballell of El El Paral.lel in July 1913, when the avenue was the centre of Barcelona’s nightlife. Music halls, cafés, prostitution, cabaret artists, bon viveurs and a hotbed of anarchism. Many more old photos here
The only Spanish witness at the Nuremburg Trials
December 10th, 2010
Latest history article for Barcelona Metropolitan on Fransesc Boix, the only Spanish witness at the Nuremberg Trials.
