I ring the doorbell of Pilarín's house, and she herself opens the door. It's Saturday afternoon, she has just turned eighty-five, and we have arranged to have a snack and talk about food, one of the topics that the artist from Vic enjoys. Wherever she goes to sign books, there is always someone who brings her food. She herself has given away thousands of times Vic sausages. In Vilafranca del Penedès, where she has presented the books of the Castellers de Vilafranca, the Xerigots cheese shop gave her a box full of cheeses. “I’m taking them to my son’s house tomorrow for lunch,” she tells me as she prepares a nice tray on which she places Vi De Muller (she says the ratafia broke the other day), some biscuits from Reus, and the sponge cake that I have brought her. “I have sugar limited because I have had diabetes since I was 70, but having it limited doesn't mean I can't eat it from time to time,” she comments.

It must have been the summer of '59 when Pilarín Bayés started partying with Joan. She says it was a fluke; they kept running into each other for any reason and acted like it was pure coincidence. They strolled without holding hands; no one was on the same page. He said he'd never party; he was an independent spirit, and it wasn't until late summer that the relationship was revealed and everything became known.

Pilarín Bayés (Vic, 1941) is a very methodical reader. She reads in the morning and at night. These are the schedules she's set for herself and the ones that work best for her. She says she doesn't usually have time for reading in the afternoon because work doesn't allow it. Although she celebrated her 84th birthday this year and could retire, her schedule is full of projects. "When I was younger, I could pick up a book and read it in one sitting," she says. Now she reads gradually; she has a set time and a book marked waiting in its turn.

The building at 4 Peu de la Creu Street, in Barcelona's Raval neighborhood, has memory and culture glued to its walls. For years, it housed the offices of Edicions 62, until it left and the headquarters of the Democratic Memorial moved there in 2015. The institution left the building in 2023 Because their lease was running out, they needed a more suitable space for exhibitions. After a complete renovation, the editorial and audiovisual content creation branches of Abacus, which the cooperative groups under the nameAbacus Futur"We're taking another step forward in the history of Abacus, remaining faithful to the legacy of our founders but at the same time renewing ourselves to respond to the challenges posed by education and culture," said Abacus president Maravillas Rojo during the inauguration of the space. The building, which will house around 100 people, was named Casa Abacus and aims to be "a house full of culture in the heart of Raval."