In Catalonia, Romanesque art flourished from the early 11th century until well into the 13th century, when it began to coexist with Gothic architecture. To this day, various examples remain in the form of religious buildings scattered throughout the region, although the largest concentration is found in Old Catalonia (Catalunya Vella). These artistic elements, which form part of our heritage, provide an excellent pretext for embarking on a journey that combines art and history in surprising locations.

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In our country we have places postcardBut we also have scattered throughout our country different towns that seem to have sprung from the pages of a fairy tale, the kind we were told as children and imagined with dragons, princesses, fairies, brave spirits, and other characters living adventures. They are the charming towns.

Below we present a selection of the most outstanding Passion plays and suggest alternatives to discover the towns that host them and their surroundings, apart from the religious customs that set the rhythm of this festival.

There are a couple of hours left until a new performance ofThe ferryman At the Teatre Lliure de Montjuïc in Barcelona, ​​eleven-year-old Bruna Luz is restless and starts dancing before going on stage, while she waits for her turn to have her hair done, change, and put on her microphone. Beside her, ten-year-old Bruna Armengol joins in her games and laughs nonstop while waiting for the same. In a little while, they will become Mercy and Honor Carney, and their characters will travel to a rural area of ​​County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It will be a day in late August 1981, and the Carney family will be celebrating Harvest Day. But the festive family day will end in tragedy.

When we talk about Pythagoras, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the theorem that bears his name, one of the discoveries this Greek philosopher and mathematician of the late 6th century BC made during his lifetime. But he made quite a few more. He was also the first to relate music to numbers, which led him to identify mathematical patterns in music. So, it's not so strange that these two fields are linked.

Misha was born on July 3, 2025. Six days later, on the 9th, his mother, Madona, received a call from Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona requesting her admission. The heel prick test performed on her son at the hospital where he was born showed results that were confirmed shortly afterward: severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). This disease is caused by a disorder of several genes that prevent the development of the immune system, responsible for fighting all kinds of infections. The first response is to isolate the patient. So Madona and her son went to live in a hospital room while they waited for Misha to receive the treatment that would cure him. He had to reach three months of age or weigh five kilos. "I was with him in the hospital the whole time until they were able to perform a transplant. It was very hard, although Dr. Andrea Martín's medical team made everything very easy for us," Madona recalls. Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is one of the many and diverse rare diseases that exist, and this Saturday, February 28th, is the day commemorated. "A disease is considered rare when it affects fewer than one in 2,000 individuals. It's a small part of the population, but precisely for that reason, extra effort must be dedicated to dissemination, so that affected families can have the option of consulting the appropriate referral centers and so that the country's healthcare centers are prepared to care for these patients, with complex conditions that affect..." says a pediatrician and member of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit (UPIIP) at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

"For me The Tatano It's a fun and magical memory from my childhood. I spent many family moments sharing recipes, crafts, imagination, reading, and lots of laughter," says Xavier, from Alella, who is now 23. "Roser has arrived." The Tatano"What a rush there was when I heard that phrase! There weren't enough hands to tear open the plastic wrapping of the magazine and start reading Pere Sense Miedo," recalls Roser Maria, 25, from Ferreries.The Tatano It connected me to the world of reading. My older brothers read the Strong Horse And I imitated them by reading. The Tatano",” says Martí, from Maçaners, who is 24 years old. The three of them tell their story in issue number 241 of the iconic magazine, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary on newsstands. And like them, a series of tataners Those who grew up with the stories of Pere Sense Miedo, Rita Pinyada, and Nono and Petunia, among many others, share how being readers during childhood shaped them and the fond memories they cherish.

Some medical terms are more difficult to understand than others, especially when discussing complex pathologies or rare tests. Children, however, may initially encounter this difficulty with even the most basic vocabulary, encompassing everyday health terms and related concepts. For this reason, medical vocabulary specialists from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona have collaborated with over 3,000 children and young people from schools and institutes throughout Catalonia to develop a platform to explain medical terms to children in their own words, using new digital and multimedia formats. This platform, called Diximed, is aimed at children and families, as well as pediatricians and educators. "You have to approach the child's needs, but keeping in mind a psycholinguistic theory that says nothing is learned in leaps and bounds, but always from what is already known. And if what a child knows is incorrect and no one explains it to them, they will always end up carrying that misconception," says Rosa Estopà, principal investigator of the Lex project, a research group at Iulaterm. To carry out this initiative, the participating children were asked to explain what they knew about certain words, such as flu, louse, vaccine, coronavirus, cancer either chickenpoxAmong many others, they were asked to draw them. "We told them they had to do it as if they were explaining it to a child their age who came from another planet," Estopà recalls.

Pregnancy is a very important stage in a woman's life. Many changes occur on different levels—physical, emotional, social, etc.—and, especially, self-care becomes crucial. Some aspects of this attention to personal well-being are within the control of the pregnant woman and her immediate environment, but others, in many cases, are beyond their reach. This is the case with the effects of climate change and pollution, especially relevant in urban contexts, which can affect pregnancy and early childhood, and which are of increasing concern to these groups.

San Silvestre Race in Hospitalet del Infante

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The Fia-haia of Bagà and Sant Julià de Cerdanyola

Christmas Pudding

Gironella Christmas Market

"The quiet stage by definition." That's how some manuals and guides describe the stage of childhood between the ages of 6 and 12, which coincides with primary school. Although perhaps it's not as quiet as it seems. "It's a more blurred stage than the others. In fact, most studies and intervention programs focus on early childhood or adolescence, leaving this period in the background. But it's a crucial stage for cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, and represents a window of opportunity for health promotion and the prevention of future problems." in emotional education, dermatology, and respectful parenting.

Telling a bedtime story, making up a tale if the child throws a tantrum at mealtimes, or entertaining them by explaining all sorts of interesting facts when they're in a waiting room, a restaurant, or at the bus stop. Some parents still do these things, but others prefer to give their children a mobile phone or tablet to keep them entertained. When screens take center stage, certain habits that allow family members to connect and spend quality time together—such as reading—are lost.

Preadolescence is a stage that, depending on each individual's developmental level, typically extends from 10 to 13 years of age. Therefore, at age 12, they are immersed in a period of change, especially on a psychological and sexual level. While we cannot yet consider young people of this age to be adolescents, we can still refer to them as such. older children That wouldn't be the most appropriate term because, as Núria Casanovas, a child and adolescent psychologist and vice president of the Social Intervention Psychology Section of the Official College of Psychologists of Catalonia, explains, they no longer have a child's brain: "they are in the midst of a transition."

You get home at dusk, tired from a double shift if you have children, and you promise yourself that, considering how hard it was to get up in the morning—as you do every day, in fact—you'll go to bed early tonight. But, one more night, when everything stops and the kids are finally asleep, you just can't manage it: that book you're reading, that series you're hooked on, taking the time to check social media and interact with the people you follow and who follow us, having time to chat with your partner after dinner, preparing for the next day... And you're back at the end of the day... And the next day, at work, at school, or at college, you remind yourself again that you have to go to bed earlier because the accumulated tiredness is starting to affect you. Does this situation sound familiar? Do you recognize it? Sleep procrastination –revenge bedtime procrastination, as it has been dubbed in English—is a situation that, to a greater or lesser extent, young and old, we have all experienced.

Friendships play a fundamental role in the growth of children and adolescents. They learn to relate to others, build their identity, and feel part of a group. But not all relationships are always positive. Some can limit them or cause discomfort. As child and adolescent psychologist Margot Fusté points out, in these cases it's important to know how to identify what's happening and, above all, how to support them.