The Catalan Way

• Another twist and turn to the Catalan story 6 years ago I want to follow up on my last post about the Catalan situation. It’s not very clear what is happening. It’s one of those moments in history when you imagine there is lots of activity behind the scenes which it’s impossible for the interested observer to know about. However, there is plenty...
• 'What's happening in Catalunya now?' I am asked 6 years ago There is no news about Catalunya now on the BBC. It’s not that there is no news – oh no, there is a lot happening but it seems we are not to be told about it. Luckily we have the benefit of the internet and the ability to read Catalan so I hope here to […] The post ‘What’s happening in...
• Why I believe we should care about what's happening in Catalunya. 6 years ago I’m sitting here in Cornwall trying to write a post about what’s going on in Catalunya and I keep having false starts and long pauses while I read more and more on Twitter, on Facebook, in the news. For the past two months I’ve been battling a cold virus – I can’t seem to clear […] The...
• Catalan prisoners and exiles 6 years ago Court hearings in Spain and Brussels Today is a big day – several important court cases all are happening now. It has just this moment been announced that four of the Catalan prisoners will remain in jail – the two Jordis, Oriol Junqueres and Joaquim Forn. The others have been released on...
• Postcards For Catalunya 7 years ago Ten people are in prison in Spain right now who should not be there. Two of them are the ‘Jordis’ – the leaders of two pro-independence Catalan civic groups and eight of them are members of the Catalan government. As we know, the President and four other members of the cabinet are now in...

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