Will we be able to see the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, the member of parliament Gabriel Rufián, or the former mayor Ada Colau spending the night in a nine-square-meter house equipped with a kitchenette and microwave but without a bathroom or running water? This was the surprising announcement of an exhibition, "sponsored by Ikea," at La Capella in Barcelona, where, according to the photographer and artist Joan Fontcuberta, public figures, even Maricarmen Abascal, would be invited to stay overnight. But you won't see it, because it is all a lie. This Monday, during the press conference for the presentation of the eighth edition of the Festival Clàssics –dedicated this year to the lie—, Fontcuberta, the conceptual godfather of the event, played at setting traps for the journalists from the very first minute to demonstrate the fragility of truth. The lie, therefore, made sense within the theoretical framework of the festival.

In sexuality, normality does not exist. And, furthermore, people lie quite a bit about what they do and don't do in bed: we come from a historically taboo subject that, at the same time, confers a certain status. Saying you have a lot of sex continues to be a strong selling point. Many times this creates "what's expected" to be a kind of "collective mirage" created from lies and exaggerations.

On the first anniversary of the devastating storm in the Valencian Community, marked by a state funeral, the most pressing issue is the 229 preventable deaths, a tragedy that will forever haunt the political leaders who failed to rise to the occasion, especially President Carlos Mazón. A man who was slow to arrive at the Civil Protection Coordination Center (CECOPIO) on that fateful day and is even slow to resign. According to World Weather Attribution, a collaborative forum of scientists specializing in the impact of the climate crisis, the storm of October 29th was 12% more intense due to global warming caused by greenhouse gases.

Lying is ingrained in the human condition. Although children are brought up to tell the truth, they soon realise that we adults tell quite a few lies. Everyone does it, whether by action or omission. Sometimes we lie simply out of selfishness, with the idea of making a profit, even though we may harm other people. Other times we do it in a pious way, thinking that in this way we benefit them.

Vox has done it again: it has used immigrants for its populist discourse and has attracted the media spotlight at the start of the election campaign in Madrid. On this occasion, the far-right party has perpetrated a poster in which it contrasts an adorable white-haired woman with a supposed immigrant minor with her face covered, accompanied by the slogan "A mena [acronym for Menor Extranjero No Acompañado, unaccompanied foreign minor], 4,700 euros a month. Your grandmother, 426 euros a month pension". These are two simple sentences - but they are a lie.