Catalonia

TODAY: In 1938, George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia is published.“Underneath all the trappings of talking animals and fairy godmothers are tough stories about people who are marginal,  undervalued, and isolated.” Rebecca Solnit on how life inside this strange new fairytale doesn’t have to be lonely. | Lit Hub Life in a Pandemic How did writers…

Spain’s best-known bull running festival in the northern town of Pamplona has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, Pamplona city hall said today.The San Fermin celebration is centuries old and typically attended by hundreds of thousands of people.During the celebration half-tonne fighting bulls chase hundreds of daredevils, many of…

* Spain's death tally only counts those who tested positive Government has defended its count * Issue has fuelled political tension * Spain has third highest death tally worldwide, over 20,000 * Death toll could be thousands higher, a Reuters count shows By Joan Faus BARCELONA, April 20 (Reuters) -…

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain already has one of the world's highest death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic. But data indicating the true number of fatalities could be much higher is fueling public anger and could cause problems for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's fragile government. Spain's total deaths rose to 20,852…

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain already has one of the world’s highest death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic. But data indicating the true number of fatalities could be much higher is fueling public anger and could cause problems for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s fragile government. FILE PHOTO: Concepcion Espinar, 85, and…

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubBACK LAST summer Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist prime minister,…

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubBACK LAST summer Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist prime minister,…

Free association is one of the basic bedrocks of the civilized order. No one should be compelled to associate with anyone else against his will. The problem with slavery was that the slave was forced to associate with his master. He would have vastly preferred to have no relationship with the latter at…

ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Northcentral University Grenon, Vincent, Lafleur, France, Samson, Ghislain  (2019) Developing the Techno-Pedagogical Skills of Online University Instructors Grigoryan, Anna  (2017) Feedback 2.0 in Online Writing Instruction: Combining Audio-Visual and Text-Based Commentary to Enhance Student Revision and Writing Competency Grindal, Todd, Silander, Megan, Gerard, Sarah, Maxon, Tiffany, Garcia, Elisa,…

The arrival of Podemos and VOX on the Spanish political scene not only meant that voters had new electoral options. It also led to a new, groundbreaking style that was a change from the stereotypical, uncreative and overused rhetoric displayed by other par… Read More