Jordi Llavina

Jordi Llavina

The void to which speculation and real estate predation lead us

Culture | 18/11/2025

At the corner between Portaferrissa Street and the Rambla, you can still see four plaques: those of the Rambla and those indicating the Rambla dels Estudis and the Rambla de Sant Josep.

One hundred poems that perfectly capture the essence of the great Seamus Heaney

Culture | 29/10/2025

Irish poet Seamus Heaney in 2009 / WIKIMEDIA

A chilling witness to the war in Ukraine

Culture | 21/10/2025

An anesthesiologist and a nurse prepare a Ukrainian soldier for surgery at a hospital in Kramatorsk.

Joan Pons, high literary sleight of hand

Culture | 24/09/2025

Albert Camus

The Unknown Masterpiece: Why You Should Rush to Read Max Blecher

Culture | 08/09/2025

Detail of a silkscreen print by Romanian artist Marcel Janco

Cesare Pavese, the writer who carried suicide like a curse

Culture | 14/07/2025

Cesare Pavese, in a file image

A resounding story about male desire

Culture | 28/06/2025

Carlos Casajuana, recently photographed in Barcelona

It's been a while since I read a book as moving as 'The Birds' by Tarjei Vesaas.

Culture | 30/05/2025

The song of the woodcock precipitates the action of 'The Birds', by Tarjei Vesaas

This immense work must be read with the admiring eyes of a child.

Culture | 22/05/2025

One of the original illustrations for Andersen's tales included in the Adesiara edition

'Chocolate Street': A book full of memorable pages

Culture | 30/04/2025

Joan Colom Archive / MNAC

The Spirit of Hope: On Antoni Marí's Latest Book

Culture | 07/04/2025

A watchmaker adjusts a watch by hand in his workshop in Marseille, France, in a file image.

Can there be joy in forgetting?

Culture | 01/03/2025

Elderly people in a nursing home accompanied by a center worker.

Leaving your man because he scares you and coming back for the same reason

Culture | 11/02/2025

Detail of an English bell tower