The best biographies are often the result of an obsession. And then there are those driven by a love of art, which adds a plus to any portrait of an artist. The writer Marta San Miguel (Santander, 1981), journalist and José Hierro Poetry Prize winner, has novelized the life of Enric Granados (1867-1916) alternating the not so well-known story of the composer from Lleida with a narrative that follows his footsteps from a contemporary perspective.
The Madrid Municipal Police have arrested playwright and theater director Ramón Fernández Paso as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault on a minor at the intersection of Alcalá Street and Paseo del Prado in Madrid, according to police sources.
A cargo ship with a massive shipment of cocaine has been intercepted on the high seas and docked at the naval base the Duque de Ahumada ship of the Civil Guard this Sunday. The vessel, according to sources familiar with the investigations cited by El País, could amount to tens of tons of this substance and would reach record figures, although its weighing is still pending.
The Vatican media will have a new head. Or rather, a new female head. Her name is Montserrat Alvarado, Mexican by birth and American by adoption, and she will be the new prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, starting November 1. For the first time, a woman will lead the media galaxy of the Holy See. Additionally, she will be the first layperson chosen to hold the position of prefect alone. Alvarado will be in charge of one of the largest Vatican “ministries,” which oversees Vatican News, Vatican Radio, L’Osservatore Romano, Vatican Media, the Holy See Press Office, the Vatican Publishing House, the Vatican Printing House, and the Vatican Film Library.
The United States once thought of turning Germany into an agricultural and livestock country, without an industrial pulse, with the aim of preventing its rearmament forever. Eighty years later, the United States is pushing Germany towards rearmament. Henry Morgenthau Jr., a sponsor in the 1940s of a pastoral Germany, would be horrified today.
The very bold and eye-catching signs of the latest bakery mainly aimed at occasional visitors to the green axis of Consell de Cent street are irritating many nearby residents. However, this is not just a matter of taste. The tremendously flashy setup of prominent eyes, yellow color, and different reliefs intended to evoke the happiest cheese blatantly violates the urban landscape regulations of the Barcelona City Council. They might even get fined.
The Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, who fell in the second round of Roland Garros, confirmed after the match the abrupt breakup with the one who had been his coach since last January, the Argentine Mariano Puerta, finalist in 2005 of the clay Grand Slam, the first one Rafa Nadal won.
The Rolling Stones have reached their fifteenth number 1 on the official UK albums chart with their new album, Foreign Tongues, thus matching an old record held by the Beatles.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney illustrated his approach to Europe during his trip this week to the Old Continent, while his compatriots increasingly embrace the idea of joining the European Union (EU), an idea that not long ago seemed an aberration just to consider.
Christmas lottery tickets are now on sale. The rush of the present gives no respite, and procrastinating is for idlers. What can be done today, don’t leave for tomorrow. If we buy concert tickets one and two years in advance, there’s nothing strange about getting the lottery tickets…