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Casa Castro per Verònica Hansen
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The cheesemonger of the Gòtic

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They say that every purchase we make, what we put in our basket every day, has more power than the vote we cast in an electoral ballot box. Especially direct acquisitions from producers are, clearly, a commitment to that activity. When we go to buy in a street-level store, we...
Ferran Bartolomé actuando © Carme Escales
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The man who travels with knowledge

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"When you stop asking yourself why things are the way they are, you will stop learning." This message, given by a high school teacher to his student, Ferran Bartolomé Romero, has always stayed with him. It was probably preaching to the choir, because Ferran has childhood memories very close to...
Marie Martínez, jefa del departamento de francés en la EOI Barcelona Vall d’Hebron. © Carme Escales
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Verbs and 'crepes' for a Francophone immersion

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French, the language that, until the middle of the last century, most Catalans had studied at school as their first foreign language, has been losing speakers here, on the other side of the Pyrenees. Now, and for several years already, only those who have ties with France or another French-speaking...