Cultura

More than one person decided last February that this summer they would spend it in the isolated and gloomy moors of Yorkshire, in northern England. Not to take refuge in a place with less stifling temperatures, but because they were stunned after seeing Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi act in those settings in the latest audiovisual adaptation of Wuthering Heights, directed by Emerald Fennell. The film unleashed Brontëmania and caused, on the one hand, the novel’s sales to soar by 504% in just two days, according to data provided by Amazon; and, on the other hand, hotels and tourist apartments in the area to notice a significant increase in occupancy.

I said I wasn’t going to look and I looked. And, like Lot’s wife, whom God did not consider necessary to name in Genesis – perhaps because she was a woman – what I saw turned me into a statue. My retinas, into salt. Goosebumps. An ecstatic scream of which I was not aware until…

In its effort to open its doors to the entire public and reach all audiences, the Museo Nacional del Prado has prepared a special program to celebrate the solar eclipse this Wednesday, August 12, the astronomical event not only of the summer, but one could say, due to its exceptionality and rarity, of this 21st century.

In 2003, Javier Elzo sparked some controversy with statements to La Vanguardia. The sociologist dared to say that the botellón favored communication among young people. In his opinion, that shared and face-to-face outdoor activity humanized the…

Joker to the core, perhaps to challenge the archetype of the solemn and grumpy French writer, David Foenkinos (Paris, 1974) talks about his latest novel, Todos aman a Clara (Alfaguara), as if it were not about him. But he admits that there is a lot of himself in its pages.

When I was a child, I loved receiving wedding invitations at home. As an adult, a wedding is simply one of the worst pieces of news one can receive. That invitation should be replaced by a black dot like in Treasure Island where pirates received their death sentence. Something similar happens with hotel stays. At first glance: Who doesn’t want to go to a good hotel? From which day of the stay does the hotel start to do harm? What does a hotel room, as an emblematic non-place, do to your body night after night? You can never trust a hotel room because it is made not to be honest with anyone. It flatters you, welcomes you, makes you feel special when to it you are just another, the same as those before and after.

Summer is the best time of year to enjoy movies with the family. The long school holidays are always more pleasant and refreshing when planning an afternoon with the little ones at home in a dark room where you can escape the intense heat and, at the same time, ready to recover that child we all carry inside to dive into endless entertaining adventures. Animation is always a foolproof genre. Titles as attractive as those that arrived at the beginning of the summer season like Toy Story 5, Minions & Monsters, or Disney’s live-action Vaiana have dominated the Spanish box office – between the three they have grossed more than 32 million euros and nearly six million viewers – achieving success for family productions to which several new releases join starting today.

Since 2001, when the UK Labour government decided to establish free universal entry to access the fabulous collections of its national museums (from the National Gallery to the Tate, the Victoria & Albert, or the British Museum), the number of visits increased exponentially in the following decade, reaching increases of more than 250%. For a quarter of a century, this measure has not only been envied by audiences across Europe but the mere possibility of charging an entrance fee has been unimaginable for the British. Until now. The economic difficulties faced by many of these museums have led some to dare to touch what was considered untouchable, and the option of easing their battered finances by charging admission has been put on the table. For now, there is talk of a fee for tourists, but some voices call for a return to order. .

My grandparents were people of walking and bus rides. They did not trust traveling underground. The few times I traveled with them on the subway, they appeared tense: a fall, a shove, a robbery. In a way, wherever the sun did not shine was always territory for the unexpected, the dangerous, and the hidden. Insects lived underground. Worms, the dead, ownerless treasures, evidence of unsolved crimes. Also purely practical aspects like the fact that it was not safe. The ceiling could collapse. What happens if you get trapped in a tunnel, if the train doors close before you. And not to mention the stifling heat or the excessive gathering of unknown people, their smells.

Pepe Habichuela (José Antonio Carmona Carmona) passed away this Tuesday at the age of 82 in Madrid, according to El País, after suffering from an illness that kept him away from the stages in 2024.