Historic hotels often honor their illustrious guests of the past with tributes and commemorative acts. Because the intimate history of universal literature overlaps with the biography of a few dozen renowned establishments where writers
Around 7:50 PM, as expected, it started raining over Parc del Fòrum, where the Primavera Sound festival is being held. The rain was very heavy, mixed with wind, during the performance of groups like the American band Geese. The wind caused water to reach inside the stage; the Americans were literally soaked. And just five minutes before Geese finished their concert, it was suspended, as were all the festival’s performances. An announcement was made over the PA system to everyone about the suspension of performances until further notice. Among the concerts that have been definitively suspended are those of Alex G and Mac DeMarco.
The Government, that is, Pedro Sánchez, has already broken the tie in the war of versions between the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, and the head of the Interior portfolio, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. He has done so in favor of the latter. The press release from the Government delegation in…
After the press conference of the league runner-up president, I watched Star Wars again. Like Pavlov’s dog, after Florentino I wanted Darth Vader. In fact, the staging, white and radiant, messy and lonely, very Soviet, in which we saw someone speak from a…
Jordi Pujol i Soley will be condemned by history or time, but not by the courts. The Audiencia Nacional decided this morning that the former president of the Generalitat, 95 years old, is not in a condition to be tried, given the cognitive deterioration he suffers.
A passenger ship with about 270 people on board, including passengers and crew, has capsized this Sunday off the coast of northern Cyprus. In response to this situation, the Turkish Cypriot coast guard has launched an urgent rescue operation, local authorities reported, describing the situation as “serious.” At least six people have died, according to Turkish media, the country to which the vessel was headed.
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) today Thursday kept interest rates at 2.5%, with an eye on the worsening conflict in the Middle East and the impact it may have on inflation.
The Aragonese Pyrenees, the area of the mountain range that concentrates the most peaks over 3,000 meters in altitude, is a faithful thermometer of what happens in the mountains. Captain José Manuel Mora of the Civil Guard, head of the Greim (Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group) in Aragon and Navarre, indicates that between January 1, 2026, and last Wednesday, his area of operation recorded 661 people rescued, of whom 506, 76.5%, required this help “due to an overestimation of their abilities, whether due to lack of technical, physical, or mental capacity.” Mora details that daily they encounter cases of “so-called city hikers who take routes from internet applications, want to do the same, and are not qualified for it.”
Ceuta remains the whirlwind that can engulf the Spanish Government. The declassification of Intelligence documents to try to prove that the Executive did not receive a clear warning about what could happen at the end of July has provided more information about the events in Ceuta, but it has not resolved the confusion about the behavior of state mechanisms on both sides of the border.
Every return of the Tour de France to Orcières-Merlette brings back memories of that afternoon in 1971 when Luis Ocaña made history. For many, that remains the most important feat in modern cycling. Due to the magnitude of the stage, the differences generated, and above all, the defeated rivals, fundamentally the insurmountable Eddie Merckx. Ocaña broke away when there was still an eternity ahead (60 km) and the minutes fell one after another until the definitive 8m40s. Not even when they hinted from the car that it was enough to wear yellow did he give up continuing to increase his lead. The Spanish champion, a genius with his own ghosts, showed that even the most dominant rider could be defeated, even humiliated. “Luis Ocaña killed us all today, like El Cordobés kills his bulls,” Eddy Merckx acknowledged after the stage, in a phrase reported the next day by La Vanguardia and which perhaps remains the best way to explain what happened in Orcières-Merlette. “A magnificent feat, which Spanish cycling greatly needed,” said Federico Martín Bahamontes for this newspaper that same day.