The project is named Casa Bosc (Forest House) because that is what it is. This dwelling not only looks at the forest but, by letting it in so much, it becomes the forest. In Camprodon, the house ensures that nature is not just the landscape contemplated from the window, but a constant presence in domestic life. Sliding openings widen the limits of a home that is no more than 60 square meters and connect the interior spaces with the trees that surround it. When they are opened, the forest extends inside; when they are closed, the light and shadows continue to be part of the house.

The whole scene gives off an unreal light. Four black men with bare chests and in precarious trousers hold candelabras and a clearly feminine figure rises imposingly at the top of some red stairs. In the gloom, one can already distinguish the curve of a breast and the angle of a hip, which the dress – champagne-colored, scaled, increasingly resplendent as the light grows – and the cape – green, perfectly straight – enhance with precision. The close-up finishes drawing a time and a country: the anti-gravity pompadour, the painted beauty mark, the watermelon-pink lips, the jaw-dropping neckline, the jewelry that wouldn't last half a walk down La Rambla and, above all, the face, so mythical, of Sarita Montiel.

Mercè wanted to go for a snack at the Bar Estudiantil to remember old times, when she used to go to the Central University. Sitting in her wheelchair, she watches life go by while having a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream, a "suís".

Death has many downsides, mostly negative, and beyond the emotional challenges it leaves behind, one of its challenges is management: the remains, the organization of a ceremony, and also what we will do with everything that has remained of the person who has left us. Children, or often siblings, face this transition with very different philosophies, since grief is also a personal response, so the management of the deceased's properties, from their clothes to their furniture, generates friction within the family.

Do not be alarmed if you run into teenagers on the street wearing stickers the size of a gummed label on their faces. Your vision is not failing you, nor are you experiencing a vitreous detachment. It is simply a trend that has been spreading among young people after the American brand Starface began marketing them. The reason? Treating acne pimples with hydrocolloid patches that absorb the liquid and protect them. But if until recently many of these patches were sold in beige tones, with the intention of going unnoticed, some young people have now decided to do the exact opposite: turn the pimple into an ornamental pretext. The patches are sold in bright colors – even fluorescent ones – and take the form of stars, moons, hearts, emojis, panda bears, avocados, or ghosts, in addition to reproducing fictional characters. Famous people like Justin Bieber and North West, along with her mother, Kim Kardashian, have joined this trend. But, as often happens with contemporary fashions, not everything is new under the sun: behind these apparently innovative stickers, a much older gesture is hidden.

The 38th edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion has been held this week at the Port Vell with a lineup of fashion shows that has combined established and emerging proposals, and a parallel program that has brought part of the activity to different points of the Catalan capital. We compile what caught our attention the most from what is much more than a showcase of glamour.

Without invitation or queues. Fashion enthusiasts will be able to follow some of the 080 Barcelona Fashion shows from the street, which opens today, with what will be one of the novelties of an edition that aims to claim fashion beyond the catwalk. Thus, within the framework of PLEC, an initiative of the Barcelona City Council, the fashion shows can be enjoyed from various points in Barcelona through a large screen that will be installed each day in a different area of the city. Today it will be the turn of Plaça de Can Fabra in Sant Andreu, Wednesday at Plaça de les Glòries, Thursday at Plaça del Mar in Barceloneta, and Friday in front of the Born Market. "The goal is to bring fashion closer to the citizens," highlights Nàdia Quevedo, commissioner of Economic Promotion, Commerce, Catering, and Fashion Plan of the Barcelona city council. On October 21 and 22, the Port Vell sheds will host a program with talks, musical performances, and artistic proposals such as an installation dedicated to the editorial archive of creative director Luis Venegas.

Our history can be explained through kings, wars, revolutions, and great inventions. But it can also be explained through the stones, sediments, volcanoes, and minerals that have conditioned human life throughout the centuries. Without all the resources that the Earth offers, many of the great civilizations would not have been possible. And without the geological processes that transform it, our history would have been very different. This is the perspective proposed by the geologist and popularizer Esther Lapaz, who invites us to retrace the past of humanity through geology in her new book Con los pies en la Tierra (Ediciones B, 2026).

On October 5th, in the middle of the midterm election campaign, Donald Trump delivered a speech in Nebraska. Nothing new: patriotic grandiloquence and discursive posturing about the greatness of America. Once the speech ended, Y.M.C.A., by the Village People, played—that song which in the seventies became an icon of gay culture and which today Trump has adopted as his campaign soundtrack. The president then gave himself over to his now-characteristic robotic dance, until a movement revealed an unexpected detail: the suit's label, with the name Jos. A. Bank. An American brand that, at first glance, seemed consistent with one of Trump's most recurring proclamations: consuming products manufactured in the United States. But is the case of Trump and his protectionist measures in fashion exceptional?

When we still thought that the phenomenon of low cost and Airbnb would not change the world for the worse, the family formed by Judith, Robert, and the two little ones, Marc and Mateo, headed towards Cassà de la Selva to catch, first thing in the morning, a flight bound for London. Since the flight was delayed and they had time to kill, they decided to stop by Santa Coloma de Farners.

At Consell de Cent with Enric Granados, the observer has a very creamy pistachio ice cream, right at the opposite corner of a brunch spot full of girls who laugh and laugh and don't seem to be from here. A burly man, with bushy eyebrows and a grumpy face, walks an English bulldog that walks with exactly the same hip sway. Next to him, a sophisticated girl with a designer coat and the poise of a sphinx leads a stylized greyhound that looks like it came straight from a Milan runway. We even have the local version of Kim Kardashian: a girl with infinite nails and a tight dress holding a Pomeranian so perfectly groomed it's painful, as if it just came out of a beauty salon. The Weimaraner, agile and muscular, goes back and forth at full speed while the gym guy runs his daily kilometers. An elegant lady, who takes great care of herself and is always well dressed, makes a perfect pair with the wire-haired dachshund with "whiskers" and eyebrows that give it a very dignified and serious air, ideal for accompanying the lady to have a snack and run errands.

This autumn, decoration trends move away from perfection and claim warmth, material, and personality. Visible grain wood, braided fibers, artisanal-looking ceramics, and colored glass gain prominence in spaces where objects no longer just fulfill a function, but tell a story and claim all the attention.

Barely two weeks ago, the Catalan clothing brand Desigual launched a campaign mocking the touristification, massification, insecurity, and rising prices currently stifling Barcelona. A campaign that public opinion perceived as a misstep, due to playing frivolously and without a defined critical will with such a poignant social issue, simply to sell clothes. But little did we know that, in a matter of a few days, the brand would manage to completely turn its image around. The sudden change of direction has arrived with the new campaign, titled Born to disobey. A girl, with a defiant attitude in front of a robot, questions the infallibility of artificial intelligence, which collapses in the face of human singularity, and encourages standing up to the dictatorship of algorithms. And looking straight into the camera, she says: “She was designed to obey. I was not.” The brilliance of the ad, however, lies in the fact that its protagonist is not just any model, but Vivian Jenna Wilson: Elon Musk’s trans daughter.

Imagine going back a hundred years, to the Barcelona of 1926. Cinema was still silent and a fashion show could be, literally, an extraordinary spectacle. In Paris, the great houses had begun to use those presentations to showcase the new collections of the designers of the era, but in Catalonia, no one was doing it. Located at the Pla de la Boqueria, Santa Eulalia saw the opportunity and decided to import the formula. “We were pioneers thanks to the vision of my grandfather,” recalls Luis Sans, fourth generation at the helm of the house, founded in 1843. In that adventure, Pere Formosa also played a key role, having started as an apprentice and ending up becoming a master of the house and the driving force behind that event

Summer is synonymous with water, fun, and strong emotions, and water parks have become major protagonists during holidays around the world. Although amusement and theme parks continue to lead the preferences of many families, aquatic complexes have evolved far beyond traditional pools and slides. Today, these venues compete to offer the most spectacular experiences, from almost impossible descents to tropical oases, and have established themselves as top-tier tourist destinations. Therefore, we take a tour of some of the most recognized water parks on the planet, spaces that attract millions of visitors year after year in search of unforgettable adventures.

Beyond the tourist market of Encants in Plaça de les Glòries or the already historic Camello in Portaferrissa, Catalonia is full of small and large fairs of antique dealers, opportunities and collectibles to visit this summer throughout the most diverse towns on the coast and inland, with special abundance in the towns of Girona, and to vary a little from the (also) routine of looking for a spot on the beach for the umbrella and towel. These types of fairs are, moreover, spaces for discovering treasures: antique plates, historical photographs that could well inspire a novel or chandeliers of the kind not sold at Ikea are some of their great attractions. They also bring the pleasure of haggling in the heart of 21st century Catalonia, exchanging trading cards, looking for old typewriters, accordion cameras, postcards of the first Coca-Cola ads, iconic siphons or Playmobil figures and enjoying the satisfaction and good prices of second-hand items, which also contribute to the circular economy. In Catalonia there are true marchés aux puces to choose from, like the most ambitious ones in France or the rastros most emblematic of the late last century where you can waste time rummaging until you find a unique and singular treasure at a bargain price.

Since the hip prosthesis operation, Mercè has a new wheelchair, and it has changed her life. Hers and Ricard's, her son's. Now she walks too, but with the wheelchair a new dimension has opened up. After many years, Mercè will be able to travel down all those streets she hasn't been down for years, because they are pedestrian-only and she couldn't go there walking or by car.

Why does a family continue to work with centuries-old fabrics when everyone consumes new clothes that may not even last a year in the closet? In an era dominated by Shein and Temu – among other fast-fashion giants – there is a shop in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter that defies this logic and works in the exact opposite direction. At L’Arca, sheets, bedspreads, and curtains from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are transformed into wedding dresses or pieces of ready-to-wear. Its raw material is not just quality cotton, silk or linen: it is time. “It is part of a history and we are only writing a new chapter,” summarizes Carmina Pairet, one of the current managers of the space she shares with her sister Nina Balmes.This way of understanding fashion is not a recent trend, but the result of two family lines – one with roots in Maresme and the other in Garrotxa – that have revolved around lace for almost two centuries. The exhibition Treasures of L'Arca, which this year is hosted by the Museum of Arenys de Mar, recovers this history and shows how lace was much more than a decorative element: it also constituted a powerful industry, a business with international projection and a heritage that has managed to reinvent itself. But to understand why a family continues to work today with centuries-old fabrics, we must go back to Catalonia in the mid-19th century.When the tip was luxury, culture, and merchandise

In 1856, at the height of Barcelona's industrial boom, Casa Vives was founded, one of the companies that best understood the commercial potential of Catalan lace. Beyond the romantic imagery that surrounds it, lace was much more than an ornament: it was a prosperous industry, a business with an export vocation, and a product capable of competing in major international markets. The firm's participation in the Universal Exhibitions of Barcelona (1888) and Chicago (1893) is a good example of this. "Lace was luxury, culture, and merchandise," summarizes Carmina Pairet.

For decades, talking about menopause and the changes it causes in women has been a taboo and neglected topic. Fortunately, from that "women's issues", we are moving towards a new era where importance is beginning to be placed on this vital stage. This stage involves, beyond the often-caricatured hot flashes or the better-known osteoporosis, a whole series of hormonal changes that affect women's overall health and life. A physiological transition discussed with rigor and in a very didactic and understandable way by Laia Blanco, Inés Ramírez, and Stéphanie Kauffmann in the book "Placer en la menopausia" (Plataforma editorial), a guide that proposes women face this stage of life with well-being, pleasure, and fullness. These goals can be achieved if it is understood and managed appropriately. As Inés Ramírez explains, "there are a whole host of symptoms linked to menopause that are underdiagnosed and are still very taboo. Hence the need to talk about this topic. And we do so from the observation and experience of all the years we have spent in consultation, seeing women who suffer from all these symptoms associated with genitourinary syndrome of menopause".

The ascent to Mount Fuji does not begin at the summit, nor even at the trail that climbs up the mountain. It begins much earlier, when it is still pitch black at the fifth station and the air retains that dry, biting cold that surprises those who have just left behind the mugginess of midsummer in Tokyo. At that hour, groups form almost in silence. Headlamps are adjusted, backpacks are checked, and the final preparations are made before starting the climb.