Barcelona
‘They say I should clean floors’: Barcelona’s working-class, leftwing mayor Ada Colau fights for third term
The city’s first female mayor is reviled by the elites and pro-car lobby, but embraced by others for her social policies
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
27, May, 2023 @4:00 PM
Barcelona’s beaches could vanish as authorities abandon ‘enhancement’
Along Spain’s east coast, storms and rising sea levels are eating away at the coastline – but the old solutions are out of fashion
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
11, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
Dream dinner party guests: Obama, Springsteen and Spielberg delight Barcelona restaurant staff
The trio attended Bruce Springsteen’s concert and made a last-minute dinner reservation at the Palace Hotel’s Amar restaurant
Danya Hajjaji
28, Apr, 2023 @10:06 PM
‘I feel I was raped’: six women in Barcelona seek justice after relationship with ‘spy cop’
Legal challenge also takes aim at Spain’s home ministry after police officer allegedly posed as anarchist
Ashifa Kassam in Barcelona
25, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM
Suspended in time: inside Barcelona’s civil war air-raid shelters
Exhibition brings together new photographs of 40 of the more than 1,000 shelters built during conflict
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
16, Apr, 2023 @7:00 AM
‘A plague of locusts’: Barcelona battles port authorities to curb cruise tourists
Councillors and residents hope to limit the number of daytrippers arriving by boat to preserve the city’s streets and character
Ashifa Kassam
09, Apr, 2023 @8:00 AM
Barcelona green space plan could improve health of 30,000, study finds
Creating more green areas could also save up to £40m a year in costs linked to mental health issues, say researchers
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
30, Mar, 2023 @10:02 AM
Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery
The long read: Elvira and her brothers, Ricard and Ramón, were left at a train station in Barcelona aged two, four and five. As an adult, when Elvira decided to look for her parents, she discovered a family history wilder than anything she had imagined
Giles Tremlett
28, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM
‘Like a vacuum cleaner running all day’: noisy nightlife making Spanish streets ‘uninhabitable’
Tensions between residents and revellers have reached boiling point after loosening of serving restrictions during Covid
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
25, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM
Imaginary Friends: Barcelona art show aims to connect with our inner child
Exhibition evoking childhood experiences brings together installations by nine artists
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
21, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM
Police investigating disappearance of British rugby player in Spain
Levi Davis, 24, was last seen on CCTV leaving a pub in Barcelona in October 2022
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
28, Feb, 2023 @5:13 PM
Carlos Saura obituary
One of Spain’s most celebrated directors best known for his 1990 film ¡Ay Carmela!
Michael Eaude
21, Feb, 2023 @12:50 PM
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