Day archive for September 15th, 2008

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More iconoclasm in the Catalan pre-Pyrenees

Posted: September 15th 2008 19:43.

Re yesterday’s post on the Santa Majestat in Caldes de Montbui, here’s some anti-Catholic propaganda from the time of George Borrow, taken from the The life of Ramon Monsalvatge:
On the 8th of December, 1832, I was sent from the convent of Sabadell to that of my native town, Olot, to study philosophy. I continued there [...]


Categories: God, the angels and the orders of the faithful, Liberals & locals, War

“TV3 in the hands of a soviet”

Posted: September 15th 2008 09:24. Last modified: September 15th 2008 18:31

This is the horrendously debt-ridden nationalist-whatever Catalan regional broadcaster, the “whatever” bit depending on the composition of the regional government. In five years it has halved its audience share, dropping from first to fourth place. “De hecho, toda la información es finalista, en el sentido de tener como objetivo prioritario la visión de extrema izquierda [...]


Categories: Les bourgeois, Splog, Theatre

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On this day

Barcelona

  • March 22 1460 El príncipe de Viana alcanza por primera vez el perdon de su padre, y se viene de Mallorca á Barcelona.
  • March 22 1848 

    En obsequio del beato José Oriol, cuyo fiesta se celebra mañana en la parroquia de Ntra. Sra. del Pino, se cantan en la misma iglesia solemnes maitines á las 4 y media de la tarde de hoy.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 22 de març de 1919 Alta cultura. Les coses, és clar, haurien pogut ésser diferents… En acabar el batxillerat, la meva intenció no fou pas d’estudiar per advocat. M’hauria agradat més d’estudiar química, i per tal de servir el que jo creia que era la meva vocació, vaig matricular-me al preparatori de Ciències. Matricular-se! Prenguin nota de la parauleta! El [...]

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