Category: Opinion
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A protest of pots, pans and spoons
At around 10pm the air was filled with a familiar sound. Some of the residents of my block had slid open their doors and stepped out onto their balconies. They were ready to protest.
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Do Barça believe?
Toward the end of the Celta game, banners started appearing behind the goal where the ultras sit. Each carried a different slogan, but the overall message and accompanying hashtag was the same. #JoHiCrec. I believe.
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Llivia – The Spanish town in France
If you take the C-16 road north from Barcelona towards the Pyrenees, you’ll eventually hit the French border. And then, a few minutes over the border into France, is Spain. Again. Welcome to Llivia.
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El Clásico – the biggest show on earth
El Clásico. The biggest show on earth. If you like football. Or perhaps even if you don’t. Because El Clásico really is a show. There’s more going on than just the football.
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Leonard Cohen helped me pass an exam
In the exam hall before the papers were handed out, all I could hear was the beat at the start of the song. Dum dum, dum dum, dum dum…