tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88126924155955916532024-03-13T23:18:02.269-07:00Standing in a Spanish DoorwayA blog on social / public issues / education and cultural life in Catalonia, Spain and wider Europe.Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.comBlogger853125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-75295023333502448642023-10-13T12:03:00.001-07:002023-10-13T12:03:33.235-07:00New post and Last post: Please join me now over on my new Substack page<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'm afraid it's goodbye.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But thanks for the memories...and thanks for reading!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After 14 years here and 832 posts, and my intro to online posting, it's all over because I've found someone new to share my life with! Well, you know what I mean...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please join me now over on my new Substack page: <a href="https://bretthetherington.substack.com/">https://bretthetherington.substack.com/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All my old blogposts are there so for nostalgia's sake we are not really parting are we?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBE-OmPNKbO5nAOgKcuG-6TCCWDr8aPUqpJ62uY9hN04M7RfzRQlCdvx7FbjoZ2IU3-FevqhM6w84-0Jhp41D29AXplxAE5UNS2D3zGDsgqBJj6BxM1PcSlmApFHIfyJ9cvFmU4Ccr20BczpG0MyHcoeH9tyNnaJNkYWfuD-of9W7S5pqffa8uURaTu8q/s1600/brett%20hetherington%20smiling%20on%20stool%20in%20studio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBE-OmPNKbO5nAOgKcuG-6TCCWDr8aPUqpJ62uY9hN04M7RfzRQlCdvx7FbjoZ2IU3-FevqhM6w84-0Jhp41D29AXplxAE5UNS2D3zGDsgqBJj6BxM1PcSlmApFHIfyJ9cvFmU4Ccr20BczpG0MyHcoeH9tyNnaJNkYWfuD-of9W7S5pqffa8uURaTu8q/s320/brett%20hetherington%20smiling%20on%20stool%20in%20studio.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-10252693497009881952023-10-04T23:18:00.016-07:002023-10-07T01:46:49.882-07:00"Sacedoncillo" (An abandoned town) composed and performed by Alba Asensi [& Manolo López] <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypSTaMrrXkw" width="320" youtube-src-id="ypSTaMrrXkw"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-31451131486712829582023-10-04T09:03:00.006-07:002023-10-04T09:04:22.592-07:00Spanish Government Complaint Box Causes Boomerang ...(Reposted from archives Oct. 2013)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4P9LwSOJumwvRDK6yp9vuShAWMy_gqr1Z9b20ATTVj6GMj0Qd1mGh_wJ3osA9UtcdyjlFhJN_IDO48OGRP_UobAAJTERSGwkLdrv6jmPF92Q5TcpD3fA4PHn05yk7v5wuWOK-21q4_dNJNR3L3u2bljiPgF_KgvOWWS-Za6nTFmeL9_2wmTyVqU8VO0n8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="375" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4P9LwSOJumwvRDK6yp9vuShAWMy_gqr1Z9b20ATTVj6GMj0Qd1mGh_wJ3osA9UtcdyjlFhJN_IDO48OGRP_UobAAJTERSGwkLdrv6jmPF92Q5TcpD3fA4PHn05yk7v5wuWOK-21q4_dNJNR3L3u2bljiPgF_KgvOWWS-Za6nTFmeL9_2wmTyVqU8VO0n8=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><a href="https://bretthetherington.blogspot.com/2013/10/spanish-government-complaint-box-causes.html?spref=bl">Standing in a Spanish Doorway: Spanish Government Complaint Box Causes Boomerang ...</a>: "The Spanish Minister of Employment and Social Security,Fátima Bañez, has launched a “complaint box” to combat workplace fraud. ...<div><br /></div><div>"...<i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The move has sparked controversy in the blogosphere and on social networks, and created a boomerang effect against the Spanish government: the first complaints received through the new system were directed at the government itself and members of the political sphere, not at ordinary citizens as intended." </span></i></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-2927383583402197412023-09-30T08:18:00.013-07:002023-10-03T13:08:42.270-07:00"90 seconds exactly" (Translated from the Catalan original “Tot just noranta segons” with the author, Antoni Cardona)<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63ubdlLmhacYC6ATlxBoqdzFrnaeMsj2TyP0LJJgHgFns2gjW87rEVgx-_o0K_9qmBkVVCGxuLclwa4TM0Y_ZxIo2t08QyKAyem0mS4EJnH_Rw2ZZhjqoqsmUXy02pe1OygJUC3hPwWTGLrOcIWgarEdP55bIh2ZYgCCpIwMNMAY-SImQTIUaFox0lpQS/s1298/lampecropmitrand%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63ubdlLmhacYC6ATlxBoqdzFrnaeMsj2TyP0LJJgHgFns2gjW87rEVgx-_o0K_9qmBkVVCGxuLclwa4TM0Y_ZxIo2t08QyKAyem0mS4EJnH_Rw2ZZhjqoqsmUXy02pe1OygJUC3hPwWTGLrOcIWgarEdP55bIh2ZYgCCpIwMNMAY-SImQTIUaFox0lpQS/w640-h640/lampecropmitrand%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #555555; font-family: Chivo, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Photo: </em><a href="https://www.corneliakraft.com/" style="background-color: #fcfbf8; font-family: Chivo, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-thickness: 0.075ex; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;">https://www.corneliakraft.com/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When Nadia was running downstairs</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">from the 6th floor, doing up her dressing gown,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">cursing the wind and her mistake</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">she came across the boy from door 4, floor 4</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the one who never says good morning</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">She put the brakes on her crazy run</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">having seen the second floor was wet,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">she was about to fall near the front door:</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">her slippers were loose</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and she hadn’t found the money nor time</span></p><pre class="wp-block-verse" style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size); overflow: auto; text-wrap: wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">to go to the shoe-repairer </span></pre><pre class="wp-block-verse" style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size); overflow: auto; text-wrap: wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></pre><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">…her precious headcovering flew</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and landed at Magda’s feet</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the new postwoman, who took it and put it</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with sound judgement on a parked motorbike.</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then Fatima, from the <em>halal</em> supermarket, fell</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">in love with its bright colours,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and although she didn’t wear it,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">against her mother’s advice,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">she took it thinking to give it</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">to her close friend Raissa,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">who would never dare to go outside</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">without a <em>hijab</em> covering her hair.</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And from the doorway, when Nadia sees</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Fatima taking the headscarf off the motorbike,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and the great joy she had on her face</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">she gave up her claim on the very thing</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">that Karim, her husband,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">didn’t know</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">was a gift from a clandestine love</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with whom, years before,</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">in Morocco, Nadia had dreamt of a future.</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; 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color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-de9837c0-7fff-ba9f-2c07-9d7445daaacf" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tot just noranta segons </span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mentre la Nàdia baixava l’escala corrents</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">des d’un sisè pis, cordant-se la bata,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">maleint la ventada i el seu error;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">es creuava amb el noi del quart quarta, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">aquell que sempre li nega el bon dia;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">la cursa boja frenava uns instants </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">veient el terra mullat de la planta segona;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ensopegava a prop de la porta d’entrada: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">les sabatilles li anaven balderes </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">i no havia trobat el moment ni els diners </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">per dur al sabater...</span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">...el seu objecte preuat voleiava</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">fins aterrar just als peus de la Magda, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">la nova cartera, que amb molt bon criteri </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">el deixava damunt d’una moto aparcada.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Al moment la Fàtima, del súper </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">halal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">s’enamorava de la peça de roba </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">de colors tan llampants,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> i malgrat que, desoint els consells de sa mare,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ella no en duia, la prenia pensant </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">regalar-la a la Raissa, l’íntima amiga</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">que mai no gosaria anar pel carrer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> sense </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">hijab</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> cobrint-li els cabells. </span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I quan la Nàdia veu, des del portal, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">la Fàtima amb el vel a les mans,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">i amb quanta il·lusió aquesta se’l mira,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">renuncia a reclamar el mocador </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">que el seu home, en Karim, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">no sap que va ser el regal </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">d’un amor clandestí</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">amb qui, uns quants anys enrere, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">al Marroc, la Nàdia somiava un futur.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.voliana.cat/llibres/desoris-endrecats/" target="_blank">Antoni Cardona i Torras</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #fcfbf8; color: #242321; margin-block: 1.25rem 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><a href="https://www.voliana.cat/llibres/desoris-endrecats/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">2022</span></p><div><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-8938408530401745012023-09-24T13:12:00.002-07:002023-09-24T13:12:34.963-07:00The Sobremesa Podcast: "More than Quixote – unusual books on Spain with David Price from Secret Kingdoms"<p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDzbZPEruJmL89L0CVdfFvD3N9e9ZjNX-i2z3em8CqcSm5NHXhu7czSzCEXpvtmWRtHeWwL4amtLQ8Lgk3qfcjLhRqTp59nIuDxc2HpbwinIaZyBIAPmMdlijhsrCFrG-BcwrSnR0aM2DWLVZPajwfy13bIkw0_P7oYm1-9wSAzvJVR50MSeJM7WoculbR" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDzbZPEruJmL89L0CVdfFvD3N9e9ZjNX-i2z3em8CqcSm5NHXhu7czSzCEXpvtmWRtHeWwL4amtLQ8Lgk3qfcjLhRqTp59nIuDxc2HpbwinIaZyBIAPmMdlijhsrCFrG-BcwrSnR0aM2DWLVZPajwfy13bIkw0_P7oYm1-9wSAzvJVR50MSeJM7WoculbR=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/01ogjKyUpngHPNpQMcuneG">https://open.spotify.com/episode/01ogjKyUpngHPNpQMcuneG</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/01ogjKyUpngHPNpQMcuneG" target="_blank">Really informative chat</a> with a guy who clearly knows his literature (and I don't just say that because because he's complimentary about my latest work <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/01ogjKyUpngHPNpQMcuneG" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He also <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/01ogjKyUpngHPNpQMcuneG" target="_blank">briefly talks about</a>:</span></div><div><div class="Ar Au Ao" id=":390"><div aria-controls=":3c5" aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" aria-owns=":3c5" class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" g_editable="true" hidefocus="true" id=":38w" itacorner="6,7:1,1,0,0" role="textbox" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 382px;" tabindex="1"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Miguel de Cervantes - The Banks of Algeas/ The Great Sultana<br />María de Zayas y Sotomayor - Exemplary Tales of Love and Tales of Disillusion<br />Maria Dueñas- a Vineyard in Andalusia<br />Salvador Dali, Marx brothers - Giraffes on Horseback Salad<br />Gerald Brenan - South of Granada/ Spanish Labyrinth / The Literature of the Spanish People<br />Almudena Grande - Ages of Lulu/ The Frozen Heart</span></div></div></div><div><p></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-70806141881551900462023-09-16T02:22:00.000-07:002023-09-16T02:22:14.788-07:00Unsung Spain in Madrid: an evening with author Brett Hetherington (Wed. 20 Sept, 8pm)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iG0V8iHL2DM" width="320" youtube-src-id="iG0V8iHL2DM"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-16979355472121335412023-09-10T13:27:00.000-07:002023-09-10T13:27:05.666-07:00"Women-led local council revives a small Spanish town against all odds"<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Roboto, "Nimbus Sans", "Segoe UI", system-ui, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem;">They wanted to stop the depopulation of the municipality... and they did it!</span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WpQB4Lb0Xe0tN88-6ZjHo26ht2G5fE3RxQecFuewNt0ePwBbVTEC0_kDY8xP2NSGi7GcdJ7wrEIRY_FcUvlsg3D49qBoX-0hxF5uIREjiFrHt84PSgxtGJo4WV6CY1X7aQhJ4FAeVGXuWrAZqSLIHXRihIR5dPU2-96L_ldvC5VpzhMsTkKB-a9AasaP/s800/Untitled-design-4-800x600.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WpQB4Lb0Xe0tN88-6ZjHo26ht2G5fE3RxQecFuewNt0ePwBbVTEC0_kDY8xP2NSGi7GcdJ7wrEIRY_FcUvlsg3D49qBoX-0hxF5uIREjiFrHt84PSgxtGJo4WV6CY1X7aQhJ4FAeVGXuWrAZqSLIHXRihIR5dPU2-96L_ldvC5VpzhMsTkKB-a9AasaP/w640-h480/Untitled-design-4-800x600.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Roboto, "Nimbus Sans", "Segoe UI", system-ui, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">[Edited photo by Francisco Lomero]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">"In mid-June, an all-female independent group, Women for the Municipality of Angüés (AMPMA), [began] its second term leading the small Aragonese town of Angüés, Spain, after winning, for the second time, an absolute majority in the municipal elections of May 28, 2023. Their term of office is today's most unique political phenomenon in Spain's democracy...</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The first thing they did when they assumed the legislature in 2019 was to eliminate the mayor's salary and remove the cell phones, Christmas bonuses, and Christmas dinners of councilors paid by the City Council: Now, the positions are completely voluntary, and this saved the locality about <a href="https://borderperiodismo.com/2023/05/15/el-pueblo-espanol-gobernado-por-mujeres-hace-cuatro-anos-nos-preguntaban-cuanto-tiempo-ibamos-a-durar/" style="color: #1287c8; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">12 000 euros per year</a>. In addition, they reduced energy costs by installing solar panels in the Town Hall and changing the street lighting."</span></i></p><div><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;">Read more from source at Global Voices <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2023/06/07/women-led-legislature-revives-a-small-spanish-town-against-all-odds/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></div><div class="postmeta post-header-credit" id="post-header-credit" style="background-color: white; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Roboto, "Nimbus Sans", "Segoe UI", system-ui, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 768px;"><div class="credit" style="margin: 0.375rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="author contributor" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: table; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 1rem 0.75rem 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="avatar-container" style="display: table-cell; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"></div></div></div></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-11425076988804421622023-09-04T05:38:00.001-07:002023-09-04T05:38:49.370-07:00Video: "Sign Language" by [Catalonia's] Macaco - 'Lenguas de Signos ft. Monsieur Periné'<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFbReaYvvc4" width="320" youtube-src-id="DFbReaYvvc4"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"This song is dedicated to all the people...who make of a touch and a look, something far superior to the language of words."</i></span><p></p><p><br /></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-74322095273419190032023-08-30T03:03:00.000-07:002023-08-30T03:03:14.616-07:00How Japan saw Europe (or at least how one artist did)<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Japanese pictorial map of Europe from the year 1932.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFCUREr2KNN1kmO2ZicnsW51ZG3QBjIxAN0WNLAN9UpJs2AuEEnyUAw6_SBxdGebMp-9g9d5lCwH4XHm4CGITWSnTjN67LPgdXvrJUVpcTYT6y02lonau3ZjAxrSpRy2sINjUSh05R1eaAtDoUCgb5if91wzTmXHbWKhsrWzn71skrQ5OjNvl-AJiOT8F/s892/370964291_7359200407439940_6304509050302284349_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFCUREr2KNN1kmO2ZicnsW51ZG3QBjIxAN0WNLAN9UpJs2AuEEnyUAw6_SBxdGebMp-9g9d5lCwH4XHm4CGITWSnTjN67LPgdXvrJUVpcTYT6y02lonau3ZjAxrSpRy2sINjUSh05R1eaAtDoUCgb5if91wzTmXHbWKhsrWzn71skrQ5OjNvl-AJiOT8F/w604-h640/370964291_7359200407439940_6304509050302284349_n.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-59029267042556905612023-08-24T07:59:00.009-07:002023-08-25T14:25:02.772-07:00Fish and chips? Spain's Jews are the origin<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdlDA5GCq5UqyEvJ1icPY7cmDt2cfMadqCzXn8LTPog3MHDtu84aUIivIEJqqXnD6ld84T_8bFe6nIhU1SmuNNZzQUaxYbd7sG2Caw5ZkV5mElC9N1QEa10JIV5VFBtj9Q59C8AU3Vbbir1AUwljGkCvJmx0ii53Qqp1AJqZXVqNEHQhDetan6ILDfrot/s1200/fish-and-chips-ilustracion-leonardo-berbesi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdlDA5GCq5UqyEvJ1icPY7cmDt2cfMadqCzXn8LTPog3MHDtu84aUIivIEJqqXnD6ld84T_8bFe6nIhU1SmuNNZzQUaxYbd7sG2Caw5ZkV5mElC9N1QEa10JIV5VFBtj9Q59C8AU3Vbbir1AUwljGkCvJmx0ii53Qqp1AJqZXVqNEHQhDetan6ILDfrot/w640-h360/fish-and-chips-ilustracion-leonardo-berbesi.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[Illustration: Leonardo Berbesi]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-7694db98-7fff-580d-a55e-ccd9d89f0d92"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">"The history of the dish begins with the persecution of the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula, during the 16th century. </span></i></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Many of them ended up in England, taking the fried fish with them. It was a Sephardic dish that they used to eat on Fridays. </span></i></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The secret was the use of oil, which sealed the flavours, made the flour crispy and the fish very tasty. </span></i></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">To those islanders accustomed to lard, frying in oil seemed revolutionary…’ Later we read: ‘…A Jewish fishmonger who emigrated from Eastern Europe, named Joseph Malin, was the first to come up with the idea, in 1860, of putting fried fish and potatoes together in his store in [London's] East End…"</span></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Found at <a href="http://businessovertapas.com/" target="_blank">BoT </a>but original source is <a href="https://www.tapasmagazine.es/en/why-fish-and-chips-is-the-british-gastronomy-icon/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-59300960305207598472023-08-17T01:04:00.000-07:002023-08-17T01:04:02.453-07:006 years ago today: Video: My latest interview with ABC TV (Australia)...<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">6 years ago today I spoke to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ABCTV </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(Australia) about the Barcelona terror attacks. Driven by fanatical religious extremists, a white van zig-zagged down Las Ramblas. Fourteen people were killed and more than 100 injured.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://bretthetherington.blogspot.com/2017/08/video-my-latest-interview-with-abc-tv.html?spref=bl">Standing in a Spanish Doorway: Video: My latest interview with ABC TV (Australia)...</a>I talked via Skype to host Fauziah Ibrahim about the Barcelona terror attacks of 17 August 2017....</span>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-66216349139019658052023-08-13T11:27:00.004-07:002023-08-13T11:27:45.336-07:00Standing in a Spanish Doorway: "You Hated Spain" (Reposted)<a href="https://bretthetherington.blogspot.com/2013/08/you-hated-spain.html?spref=bl">Standing in a Spanish Doorway: "You Hated Spain"</a>: (Ted Hughes, below) [A poem by Ted Hughes, which I dedicate to my twin-brother Matt (a poet)<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio4AQu2IHR1osCtHAYZEXLQpA6gOqXON0nGDozjU0qM-TjUN8PYUHxjcg3RDYkcB0JpclCd7Cl-NxbdRRLm57DEP_iX7eLj6nwsDT87gT0PDrrLNwELIuYHdEi0kp29PP_h6kqj2XK4YFubXRNrmbqQAGjimNFXG9MtL6R6-LKxROZVAZp2c2SzfbRuxOB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="387" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio4AQu2IHR1osCtHAYZEXLQpA6gOqXON0nGDozjU0qM-TjUN8PYUHxjcg3RDYkcB0JpclCd7Cl-NxbdRRLm57DEP_iX7eLj6nwsDT87gT0PDrrLNwELIuYHdEi0kp29PP_h6kqj2XK4YFubXRNrmbqQAGjimNFXG9MtL6R6-LKxROZVAZp2c2SzfbRuxOB" width="172" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-79117807349595001192023-08-05T09:26:00.006-07:002023-08-05T09:26:55.224-07:00Yet another ⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review of my latest book<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfdrrI6pWvDvgROatokLDArLj3BLRY6UGYIIwE4_0aSJXrG9j7ZtL-cYIG61fTsKKx8m1EiCYFcwtWcj9lHMzl1mF4nuGlTfbz54p-Z8Uh2zmd0Zw7XS9iGi3lrEV1rbGDHbLsvNYsgxqNUn7iICiS8FraSZp7_vtPa_XTQIBzujLUmKsJNqhfApvNBWi/s680/slow%20travels%20open%20book%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="505" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfdrrI6pWvDvgROatokLDArLj3BLRY6UGYIIwE4_0aSJXrG9j7ZtL-cYIG61fTsKKx8m1EiCYFcwtWcj9lHMzl1mF4nuGlTfbz54p-Z8Uh2zmd0Zw7XS9iGi3lrEV1rbGDHbLsvNYsgxqNUn7iICiS8FraSZp7_vtPa_XTQIBzujLUmKsJNqhfApvNBWi/w298-h400/slow%20travels%20open%20book%20cover.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thanks for your <a href="https://www.amazon.es/review/RZTEGD0FSWWSF/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1949643042" target="_blank">very complimentary words</a>, Andrew M...</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">I found Brett's very personal account of his travels through Spain <b>a moving and very rewarding read</b>. </span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>His affection for the country and its peoples<b> shines through</b> and his encounters with the people he meets on his travels <b>avoid caricature and shallow conclusions</b>. </i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>He is clearly still discovering aspects of the country he loves and enjoying the opportunity to <b>complete the picture.</b>"</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">[Read the full Amazon reader review </span><a href="https://www.amazon.es/review/RZTEGD0FSWWSF/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1949643042" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">.]</span></span></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-24228700000421853822023-07-27T12:29:00.003-07:002023-07-27T12:29:26.855-07:00"Salvador Dalí’s Rare 1969 Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Rediscovered and Resurrected"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazfyaQktOSA-L5l6fvyDO8ib24jMckCa9xprxE7hQcs5YdP81OJ8fgVI_FIGR7BUmv9WSd3CrR7DDph2RcB8UKVrc6m78MynmWFXz0u4J6rSS5_7rg22U8ckJ0z6Y1EOuZ5bFC2SQ9esdoxElQ9IfKbZavbwYqwu1n7JLPYjTzSM2W5ID_x7ruVzOWUCi/s457/salvadordali_alice.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazfyaQktOSA-L5l6fvyDO8ib24jMckCa9xprxE7hQcs5YdP81OJ8fgVI_FIGR7BUmv9WSd3CrR7DDph2RcB8UKVrc6m78MynmWFXz0u4J6rSS5_7rg22U8ckJ0z6Y1EOuZ5bFC2SQ9esdoxElQ9IfKbZavbwYqwu1n7JLPYjTzSM2W5ID_x7ruVzOWUCi/w448-h640/salvadordali_alice.webp" width="448" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #262626; font-family: fira-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i> "Two masters of the fanciful and philosophical, together..."</i></h2><div><br /></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"For more than half a century, this unusual yet organic cross-pollination of genius remained an almost mythic artifact, reserved for collectors and scholars...</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Random House commissioned surrealist kingpin Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904–January 23, 1989) to illustrate the Carroll classic for a small, exclusive edition of their book-of-the-month series. Dalí created twelve heliogravures — a frontispiece, which he signed in every copy from the edition, and one illustration for each chapter of the book."</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read more and <b>see more of the wonderful illustrations</b> at source <a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/02/salvador-dali-alices-adventures-in-wonderland/?fbclid=IwAR3wHeEW4oOkD1LcyyMBLFgI3jk7NKe4rSCZYDSnFjRTBt0j1WMo2DkUgZQ" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-62706165545979214242023-07-17T08:47:00.001-07:002023-07-17T08:47:25.409-07:00"Constructed Views: Stone Cut" <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTuwcOaQ6NEfXK8yhJbfSEdiAfDvNERd13SPo_6TBiJwfVeanTdBOt0BZ7-oxvYqX5DTaMOT453_etgvHM4qKeuu2y-4r76i3Gx6QP3ivuYCwEWwvKkQbNQNnKjy6-rPQwLLkPA_Uniy_72a2tYbXFKpPFYjhQY6ZfbTOux4Cw8-HMgZUvinOkFX3Ldzeu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTuwcOaQ6NEfXK8yhJbfSEdiAfDvNERd13SPo_6TBiJwfVeanTdBOt0BZ7-oxvYqX5DTaMOT453_etgvHM4qKeuu2y-4r76i3Gx6QP3ivuYCwEWwvKkQbNQNnKjy6-rPQwLLkPA_Uniy_72a2tYbXFKpPFYjhQY6ZfbTOux4Cw8-HMgZUvinOkFX3Ldzeu=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">A captivating short documentary on </span>Etsuro Sotoo,<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> the Japanese immigrant stone cutter who ended up being a chief supervisor at the Sagrada Familia cathedral (still under construction) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">in Barcelona.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.nowness.com/series/constructed-views/stone-cut-la-sagrada-familia">https://www.nowness.com/series/constructed-views/stone-cut-la-sagrada-familia</a></span></span></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-45149983050475227152023-07-08T13:43:00.002-07:002023-07-08T13:43:14.268-07:00Video: Launching my book "Slow Travels in Unsung Spain" in Barcelona<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/AdcbqX7bjKo" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Reading two short extracts and doing a Q and A session with an audience at Fahrenheit 451, an independent bookshop in Barcelona.
Gary Gibson from Blanquerna Ramon Llull University kindly introduced me.</span></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-71499099201631589272023-07-02T09:54:00.007-07:002023-07-02T09:55:17.048-07:0020 Ways to Divide Europe according to overly simplistic stereotypes...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DEyBBkP02biEh4U56VOoCrzPYJqm7pl-t-FFbXD8jF6V1ULNtck9eNMRo39F5SbJZt-HopwZl3zN8vf97TM-R_Fe3QiJTpQhfKGXkUownKfAUkUiO9YjT5qV42CxXKrXqEPVXyPWMX40ofSixVGJXCR_SH968XcgCl89WhKR9-Knu1dKRcsyoM3pxBcR/s1200/F0C9PQwX0AEdCb0.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DEyBBkP02biEh4U56VOoCrzPYJqm7pl-t-FFbXD8jF6V1ULNtck9eNMRo39F5SbJZt-HopwZl3zN8vf97TM-R_Fe3QiJTpQhfKGXkUownKfAUkUiO9YjT5qV42CxXKrXqEPVXyPWMX40ofSixVGJXCR_SH968XcgCl89WhKR9-Knu1dKRcsyoM3pxBcR/w649-h760/F0C9PQwX0AEdCb0.jpg" width="649" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-60590131791451755022023-06-25T23:20:00.009-07:002023-06-25T23:22:49.184-07:00Spain smuggling rubbish into Morocco<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWPZqN8m38U-gxYaeio_H7G098QK0ZZuFRMAe6X6PGZ2eX8ptKoAeztXbEBae9wwIhc-FzUTE6N202sdrw7Qews8DVm_bx4r6EvJKW21xUH-PFaERlWy0xm83qcNFwMTqiWEC-8vinJfwVh2MEgws7_2hppnqpJPLXJ0RwpTUX8PcqpHpbc9TZp-TOQU5/s1200/GettyImages-1246502698-scaled-e1686730600700.webp"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWPZqN8m38U-gxYaeio_H7G098QK0ZZuFRMAe6X6PGZ2eX8ptKoAeztXbEBae9wwIhc-FzUTE6N202sdrw7Qews8DVm_bx4r6EvJKW21xUH-PFaERlWy0xm83qcNFwMTqiWEC-8vinJfwVh2MEgws7_2hppnqpJPLXJ0RwpTUX8PcqpHpbc9TZp-TOQU5/w640-h426/GettyImages-1246502698-scaled-e1686730600700.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="334pq" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0" style="background-color: #15202b; color: #f7f9f9; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 20px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0"><div id="media-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; float: left; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse; width: 931.859px;"><div class="image-wrapper" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="image-caption" style="background: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.8); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 20px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 931.859px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images]</span></div></div></div><div class="post-page-content-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse; width: 931.859px;"></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="334pq" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0"></div></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 20px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0"><div id="media-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; float: left; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse; width: 931.859px;"><div class="image-wrapper" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="image-caption" style="background: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.8); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 20px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 931.859px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images]</span></div></div></div><div class="post-page-content-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse; width: 931.859px;"></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="334pq" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0"></div></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0"><span style="background-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.8); color: white; font-family: "Open Sans"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[Pic: ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images]</span></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 20px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0"><span style="background-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.8); color: white; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 20px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ddd9e-0-0">Moroccan politicians are discussing how to stop their country being a dumping ground for Spain and Global North rubbish. </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="334pq" data-offset-key="48prj-0-0" style="background-color: #15202b; color: #f7f9f9; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="48prj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="48prj-0-0">This follows revelations that eight people in Spain are being investigated for trafficking 5,700 tons of plastic waste to Morocco.</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="48prj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="48prj-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="48prj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="48prj-0-0">Read more from source <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230614-spanish-waste-is-being-smuggled-in-morocco-govt-must-act-mp-says/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-88348046212331896282023-06-18T10:04:00.008-07:002023-06-21T08:10:48.956-07:00Launch of my latest book (in Barcelona)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXduG25ypdBSzqVOfks9Xv3-l5ttVE5kB6XYBQUtGuTuPr0czoeAh7PU4Jpu_sRUp5tSURwtH3RVuPzwXgXpGU_XKESYdQNTWyVmYdr0wjcPIV-WJMAF-viH-927VRdLMiYnbCUPVswEj7DM6mxV2UfOLNUXP8Pn1bWDTDzVjJS0d_qyDBe2IX3hYYw/s640/fahrenheit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXduG25ypdBSzqVOfks9Xv3-l5ttVE5kB6XYBQUtGuTuPr0czoeAh7PU4Jpu_sRUp5tSURwtH3RVuPzwXgXpGU_XKESYdQNTWyVmYdr0wjcPIV-WJMAF-viH-927VRdLMiYnbCUPVswEj7DM6mxV2UfOLNUXP8Pn1bWDTDzVjJS0d_qyDBe2IX3hYYw/w400-h400/fahrenheit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm happy to say I'll be launching my non-fiction book,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NJG91W7/" target="_blank">"Slow Travels in Unsung Spain"</a> at this unique independent bookshop:</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.libreriaf451.com/en/" target="_blank"><b><i>Fahrenheit 451</i></b></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(C/- de la Ribera, 8, </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">[El Born] BARCELONA </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">[Metro: Barceloneta] </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Friday, 3Oth June, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">7.00-8.00PM.</span></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We'd love to see you there!</span></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(Look inside the book here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NJG91W7/">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NJG91W7/</a> )</span></span></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-56497675783019597692023-06-15T14:38:00.000-07:002023-06-15T14:38:04.868-07:00A coincidence?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">On the same day that the neighbouring region's new ultra right culture Minister is installed,...at a cafe in a coastal town in Catalonia a Black man is refused service by a waiter who racially insults him.</span> </span></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-60467657077760210632023-06-11T13:40:00.004-07:002023-06-11T13:41:43.485-07:00Anaïs Nin started her famous diary in Barcelona?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7xbo4wUsMAr8r0w-4lf0Yht1_L6ujVnmDuVSm2DecCIWBiwy7VBAb-n2IUkh5K5gz1eov0q78yXFVJQoVXI2S6iNpPik4uMNDsF2DbWzu7wj_NnHdHASxlW8yxT103fvwSiy14aPjaP5UxOM5vQHTwi-fU-g5TQaWrefa4TZDIv_QyLSv9fB1jSpSw/s527/98308999_2653693868180495_3347264023195287552_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7xbo4wUsMAr8r0w-4lf0Yht1_L6ujVnmDuVSm2DecCIWBiwy7VBAb-n2IUkh5K5gz1eov0q78yXFVJQoVXI2S6iNpPik4uMNDsF2DbWzu7wj_NnHdHASxlW8yxT103fvwSiy14aPjaP5UxOM5vQHTwi-fU-g5TQaWrefa4TZDIv_QyLSv9fB1jSpSw/s320/98308999_2653693868180495_3347264023195287552_n.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"In Barcelona I didn't have the impression that the absence of my father was definitive. I thought it could come at any moment. We saw his family, his parents, his grandmother...It was his homeland...".</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://barcelodona.blogspot.com/2020/05/els-diaris-danais-nin-comencen-barcelona.html?fbclid=IwAR0dSx4pKLZ66pOIwUEHwWIb-DmM9tULZ3eo_Yl1AcX1tIgUxnf-8Mit_Kw" target="_blank">A blog </a>(in Catalan) on the childhood of the great writer in Barcelona.</span></p>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-27442830135959863942023-06-05T04:24:00.000-07:002023-06-05T04:24:24.425-07:00Spanish Government Complaint Box Causes Boomerang Effect (from October 2013.)<a href="https://bretthetherington.blogspot.com/2013/10/spanish-government-complaint-box-causes.html?spref=bl">Standing in a Spanish Doorway: Spanish Government Complaint Box Causes Boomerang ...</a>: "The Spanish Minister of Employment and Social Security,Fátima Bañez, has launched a “complaint box” to combat workplace fraud. ...<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU5_u8fdFcWcfqTBg_hfgCouTwvDm0V1flVLhstXtxJfN4FhKo51n81-PN_cBL_auKO_hQJ2V1USd8ktSrW7EKTrhybGyi6lGmjukAuM7_rvpycLYL-GctPl-Zkmw42wAIQdV8cIH2di4YPntvUXAdF7hv1AACXI1e8RhWbwdzFhknjaTO1pn3qz3pWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="375" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU5_u8fdFcWcfqTBg_hfgCouTwvDm0V1flVLhstXtxJfN4FhKo51n81-PN_cBL_auKO_hQJ2V1USd8ktSrW7EKTrhybGyi6lGmjukAuM7_rvpycLYL-GctPl-Zkmw42wAIQdV8cIH2di4YPntvUXAdF7hv1AACXI1e8RhWbwdzFhknjaTO1pn3qz3pWA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-84502330554544209412023-05-24T23:03:00.000-07:002023-05-24T23:03:51.667-07:00"Spain Welcomes Springtime With ‘Maya’ Girls"<p><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"The festivity of the Maya comes from pagan rites and dates from the medieval age, appearing in ancient documents. It takes place every year in the beginning of May and celebrates the beginning of the spring. </span></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Girls between 7 and 11 years old are chosen as “Maya” and should sit still, serious and quiet for a couple of hours in altars on the street decorated with flowers and plants and afterwards they walk to the church with their family where they attend a ceremony. </span></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(All photos by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)" Source <a href="https://designyoutrust.com/2015/05/maya-girls/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></i></span></p><div class="mainpost" style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Poppins !important; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; width: 990px;"><img alt="7" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-719937 lazyloaded" data-sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px" data-src="https://e4p7c9i3.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/737-990x707.jpg?iv=584" data-srcset="https://e4p7c9i3.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/737.jpg?iv=584 990w, https://e4p7c9i3.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/737-650x464.jpg?iv=584 650w" decoding="async" height="707" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px" src="https://e4p7c9i3.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/737-990x707.jpg?iv=584" srcset="https://e4p7c9i3.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/737.jpg?iv=584 990w, https://e4p7c9i3.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/737-650x464.jpg?iv=584 650w" style="border-radius: 8px; 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font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-79264751874430715072023-05-21T03:07:00.000-07:002023-05-21T03:07:03.698-07:00"Demand for Garraf's international schools is growing..."<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PBYsAFEUsNo" width="320" youtube-src-id="PBYsAFEUsNo"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">News video of the school where my wife Paula teaches.</span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(Of course, not all the students/families there are "foreigners" because there's plenty of local Catalan/Spanish kids too.)</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"These days the educational centers are already thinking about the pre-registration periods for the next school year starting in September, including the international schools in the region. These are private centers that are noticing a notable increase in demand, from families who want to send their children to school in an educational system different from the one designed by the Catalan administration. The arrival of new foreign families in Garraf is one of the factors that explain this increase."</i></span></div></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812692415595591653.post-89876146689254683122023-05-14T07:49:00.028-07:002023-05-14T10:49:21.314-07:00"A cursed woman:" Jordi Corominas i Julián: Clotilde Cerdà en Mujeres Malditas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj0TBCi6Q5_pidiqKyzP1LuBXFJFKzciJeqp5p5BLzadtu7qy9LzsbeZ-pZnxqnmyz3kk60XG4UI2_UNsRRV0IW4vHLwa09jv9d8DyWdmU97B4BqvIhX6omkDsEqfALhg_cPTc9p4NJOCMnatuuGYWyG_QCbGFxlmOX2JhJP9Nd-VvF3QIfngTbLKJQ/s320/descarga%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj0TBCi6Q5_pidiqKyzP1LuBXFJFKzciJeqp5p5BLzadtu7qy9LzsbeZ-pZnxqnmyz3kk60XG4UI2_UNsRRV0IW4vHLwa09jv9d8DyWdmU97B4BqvIhX6omkDsEqfALhg_cPTc9p4NJOCMnatuuGYWyG_QCbGFxlmOX2JhJP9Nd-VvF3QIfngTbLKJQ/s1600/descarga%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><a href="https://corominasijulian.blogspot.com/2021/08/clotilde-cerda-en-mujeres-malditas.html?spref=bl" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jordi Corominas i Julián: Clotilde Cerdà en Mujeres Malditas</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">: "</span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A biography of Clotilde Cerdà, multifaceted and [relatively] unknown." You can listen to it at the link above.</i></div><div><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"Clotilde Cerdà (1861-1926) was a child prodigy, world-famous harpist, anti-slavery activist and defender of women's rights. Everything indicates that the author of the "Ensanche", Ildefons Cerdà, was not her biological father."</i></span></div>Brett Hetheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702371494104087763noreply@blogger.com0