The true crime of football and a book that makes 100 years: what you cannot miss this week

The week ahead, with Jordi Garrigós

Some of the things we hope not to miss in the next seven days

I will repeat the great experience of eating at Cal Vermell, in Gósol. If the Pedraforca had a specific taste, it would be that of the cuisine of this small and cozy restaurant, which works with seasonal mushrooms like a gastronomic goldsmith. Tradition and modernity meet in their starters (order the scrambled mushrooms with egg and parmentier and the artichokes) and in the main courses, especially in their rice dishes that make you want to mop up the sauce with bread. An extraordinary find.

I will listen to Aeròbic per a principiants, the new EP by Poor Tramit and Rodrigo Laviña (formerly of At Versaris, Extraño Weys), two MCs with a tendency to team up and who, on this occasion, are joining forces with production duo Middle Name. If you have kept track of these usual suspects of our rap scene, you will imagine where the new songs are heading: relaxed, elegant, intelligent verses with tons of flow. Step by step, they continue to raise the ceiling of national hip-hop.

I will premiere the new Panenka podcast. After the abrupt end of Brazalete Negro, the true crime about soccer that has delighted us for several seasons, now comes De qué planeta viniste, a new product from the popular Catalan magazine. The first episode stars Carlo Padial: filmmaker, writer, and one of the funniest people in this country.

The week in review, with Thaïs Gutiérrez Vinyets

Notes on what we have seen, felt, tasted and, in short, lived in the last seven days

I have purchased tickets to go see the Dhub exhibition André Ricard. Design in use which will be on view until March. The exhibition reviews the trajectory of one of the most relevant and pioneering figures in contemporary design and places emphasis, above all, on the practical aspect of his creations, designed to make life easier and to be tools at the service of people.

I have celebrated the return of The Gilded Age, one of my favorite period dramas, which you can find on HBO Max. The series is set in late 19th-century New York, where a power struggle takes place between the Old Money families, the traditional upper class, and the new rich who sought to make a place for themselves in society, a struggle represented by characters from different generations whom we reunite with in this new season.

I have reread the book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie, now that 100 years have passed since its first edition. The book represented a revolution in the detective genre at the time and is considered the best mystery novel in history, according to the award that the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) of the United Kingdom granted it in 2013.

I haven't been able to stop thinking about the actor Patrick Stewart, a giant of modern theater and cinema, who died this week at 86 years old. Known to the general public for having played Captain Picard in Star Trek and Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men he was, in reality, an immense classical theater actor, trained in the Shakespearean tradition.

More plan and activity suggestions:

• What you can do this weekend
• Plans for things to do with children
• Series premiering this month
• Video games being released this month
• What you can do in the Girona regions
• New restaurants to discover
• The casteller agenda