Peter Mandelson on how fortunate we are that the European Commission is unelected, remote, unaccountable, and a major bureaucracy.
Why less democracy is better for Europe
Posted: March 3rd 2010 11:50. Last modified: March 3rd 2010 11:53
Portrait of the artist as a jam-jar
Posted: January 19th 2010 08:05. Last modified: January 19th 2010 08:06
And of a great British pub landlord, Juan from Málaga.
Nice work if you can eat it
Posted: January 14th 2010 11:03.
Influence of fat content on palatability of roast beef.
La gran estafa de la Sal del Himalaya
Posted: December 24th 2009 19:12. Last modified: December 24th 2009 19:23
Las mentiras de empresas como Evicro, y como fabricar tu propia Sal del Himalaya casi gratis y de manera sostenible.
An unusual case of risus sardonicus
Posted: November 9th 2009 22:35. Last modified: November 10th 2009 11:34
Is Mr Barbecue Bunny’s sardonic grin pre- or post-mortem?
Still life or road-kill?
Posted: October 20th 2009 17:21. Last modified: October 20th 2009 17:23
There’s an oddly proportioned hare in one of this autumn’s auctions in Barcelona.
Pan di Spagna?
Posted: September 29th 2009 17:52. Last modified: September 29th 2009 17:55
A Sicilian says it ain’t.
Bites with denomination of origin
Posted: September 28th 2009 15:24. Last modified: September 28th 2009 15:26
Tracing that hot doggie.
Wok jock croc shock?
Posted: September 1st 2009 08:41.
Will my favourite herpetoid be safe from the war on the narco wild life?
Virgin and Child
Posted: May 22nd 2009 11:02. Last modified: May 22nd 2009 11:09
At Giseno, Lago di Como.
Lipoplasty loaf
Posted: April 27th 2009 01:14. Last modified: April 27th 2009 01:17
What happens when you forget dough during secondary fermentation and then bake it without beating it down.
Drunk and disorderly
Posted: April 6th 2009 17:02. Last modified: April 7th 2009 19:40
A British soldier’s hazy recollections of civil war in Portugal.
Belgian tourist turns suicidal after eating tapas at the Lizarran chain
Posted: March 25th 2009 19:40. Last modified: March 25th 2009 19:41
Carles Miró wonders why more people are not similarly affected.
Sausage sourcing as an index of international cultural and political orientation
Posted: March 19th 2009 19:14. Last modified: March 19th 2009 19:35
The cases of Spain and Holland.
Duck hunting in the nature reserve on the Llobregat
Posted: March 18th 2009 18:38. Last modified: March 18th 2009 18:46
It’s no longer a swinging safari now the nature-lovers have got guns too.
Crisisssss – 4 fuets for 5€
Posted: March 14th 2009 08:59. Last modified: March 14th 2009 09:59
Stallholders in Vilafranca del Penedès are slashing prices, but don’t let greed get the better of you.
What happens to bars that don’t win the lottery
Posted: February 9th 2009 13:20. Last modified: February 9th 2009 13:29
A special offer on meat balls with cuttlefish will have to do until the wheel of fortune creaks in their direction.
Ice cream van music from New York
Posted: January 31st 2009 18:03.
I kind of thought there’d be some Italian. How disappointing, but still good for killing baby rabbits to. This is an excellent resource, even if they seem to have some vague something against George W.
When the Japanese ruled Spain
Posted: January 26th 2009 10:43.
Linguistic evidence for Japanese domination, with several field reports of a more general nature.
My 5% bookstore - new stuff
Spanish history
- EL DISCURSO BOLCHEVIQUE: EL PARTI COMMUNISTE FRANÇAIS Y LA SEGUND A REPUBLICA ESPAÑOLA (1931-1936)
CEAMANOS LLORENS, ROBERTO
20.00€ - LA HUELLA MORISCA: EL AL ANDALUS QUE LLEVAMOS DENTRO
RODRIGUEZ RAMOS, ANTONIO MANUEL
19.00€ - CASTILLA Y EL MUNDO FEUDAL (3 TOMOS): HOMENAJE AL PROFESOR JULIO VALDEON
VAL VALDIVIESO, Mª ISABEL DELMARTINEZ SOPENA, PASCUAL
90.00€
Modern Spanish fiction
- EL OFICINISTA (PREMIO BIBLIOTECA BREVE 2010)
SACCOMANO, GUILLERMO
18.00€ - LA ENMILAGRADA
GOMEZ-ARCOS, AGUSTIN
18.95€ - DIAS DE HIELO Y FUEGO
ORDOÑEZ, ROCIO
18.00€
Spanish classics
- TRAGEDIA DE NUMANCIA
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE
33.00€ - LIFE IS A DREAM / LA VIDA ES SUEÑO (ED. BILINGÜE INGLES-ESPAÑOL)
CALDERON DE LA BARCA, PEDRO
16.64€ - INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA (FACSIMIL) ESTUCHE 2 VOL.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE
39.90€
On this day
Barcelona
- March 22 1460 El prÃncipe 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 quÃmica, 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 [...]
The peepul's choice
- Bloody Galicians
- Binding referendum on the future of Catalonia, hosted by Kalebeul
- How not to win la Guerra de los Toros, or The Cattle Raid of Cooley revisited
- Tour guide learns routes from Google Streetview
- Photos and video of snowstorm in Park Güell
- Kalebeul’s 5% bookstore
- The Two Gardeners
- Why less democracy is better for Europe
- Administrative note
- Kalebeul, voice of the voiceless
- Follow la quiniela live with PHP data import to Excel
- Man combing Vietnamese pot-bellied pig in Cuenca courtyard
- The naming of El Picazo
- What’s your ex-pat blogging style?
- The coming and going of the gypsies
- The green of the louse/Lo verde del piojo
- Fiesta mayor programmes and Zapatero
- Barcelona and the great European fire sale
- Lipoplasty loaf
- Interactive electronics/dance performance
- Windows Vista: Error en el servicio Servicio de perfil de usuario al iniciar sesion. No se puede cargar el perfil de usuario
- New Abramovich yacht pictures
- Some more sun goddesses
- Traductor castellano-andaluz
- Dogs’ bollocks
- Follow la quiniela live with PHP data import to Excel
- How regional language policy in Spain is pissing off foreign investors
- Sagrada Familia mural
- Jaws is not a feminist shero
- Forum auction not to include mayor Clos
