Sally Davies
@allthingsbarna.bsky.social
'Barcelona's foremost foam analyst' – Bloomberg. 'Credulous' – El Temps. Sketches of Spain for Time Out, Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Indy, Nat Geo & oh loads of others.
Coneixo cap periodista d'art de Barcelona (English, català, español)?
January 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Coneixo cap periodista d'art de Barcelona (English, català, español)?
Spain loses a national treasure.
Muere Cecilia Giménez, autora de la restauración del 'Ecce homo' que dio la vuelta al mundo
Cecilia Giménez, la pintora aficionada responsable del fenómeno viral del 'Ecce homo' de Borja, con el...
www.europapress.es
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Spain loses a national treasure.
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High-speed rail passengers in Spain shoot up 77% and prices drop 40% thanks to competition.
High-speed rail passengers in Spain shoot up 77% and prices drop 40% thanks to competition | Sur in English
The national market and competition regulator (CNMC) reveals that the arrival of Iryo and Ouigo drove passenger numbers to record highs, while rail outstrips air travel o
www.surinenglish.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
High-speed rail passengers in Spain shoot up 77% and prices drop 40% thanks to competition.
I think this a gift link, LMK if not and you'd like to read it.
Nazis, artists and the Holy Grail: The fascinating 1000-year history of Spain’s Montserrat
A millennial monastery, a miraculous Madonna and a dramatic landscape make ‘saw-tooth mountain’ one of Catalonia’s most powerful symbols
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I think this a gift link, LMK if not and you'd like to read it.
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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“Between 2020 and 2025, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment rose by 59% in Madrid and 47% in Barcelona” @brendanboyle.bsky.social
Spaniards split from their city centres
What's a city without citizens?
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“Between 2020 and 2025, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment rose by 59% in Madrid and 47% in Barcelona” @brendanboyle.bsky.social
Ah, lovely. Madrid regional govt is bunging Woody Allen €1.5 million to film there and include the word 'Madrid' in the title – cf Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which had the same deal. H/T @ianmount.com's excellent Bubble newsletter.
a man wearing glasses says stop me before i make a complete imbecile of myself
ALT: a man wearing glasses says stop me before i make a complete imbecile of myself
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ah, lovely. Madrid regional govt is bunging Woody Allen €1.5 million to film there and include the word 'Madrid' in the title – cf Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which had the same deal. H/T @ianmount.com's excellent Bubble newsletter.
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1906.
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
1906.
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Did everyone but me know about this? If you can't make it to/afford In-Edit, apparently lots of the music docos come out on this afterwards, and there's tons of good art and photography docos (plus some great films). All free.
CaixaForum+, la plataforma de streaming de cultura y ciencia - CaixaForum+
Todo el contenido audiovisual de cultura y ciencia. La plataforma de streaming que estabas esperando. Acceso gratuito y desde...
caixaforumplus.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Did everyone but me know about this? If you can't make it to/afford In-Edit, apparently lots of the music docos come out on this afterwards, and there's tons of good art and photography docos (plus some great films). All free.
My friend is about to get on a flight from Barcelona with a troupe of castellers.
September 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My friend is about to get on a flight from Barcelona with a troupe of castellers.
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It sounds like Spanish national airport operator AENA is very much over Ryanair and MOL.
Haven’t seen something this… forthright in quite some time, and goodness me, forthright it is.
www.aena.es/en/press/sta...
Haven’t seen something this… forthright in quite some time, and goodness me, forthright it is.
www.aena.es/en/press/sta...
September 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It sounds like Spanish national airport operator AENA is very much over Ryanair and MOL.
Haven’t seen something this… forthright in quite some time, and goodness me, forthright it is.
www.aena.es/en/press/sta...
Haven’t seen something this… forthright in quite some time, and goodness me, forthright it is.
www.aena.es/en/press/sta...
I don't think I have enough followers in Spain to merit a residency renewal rant but… JODER
September 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I don't think I have enough followers in Spain to merit a residency renewal rant but… JODER
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Entre Dos Aguas by Paco de Lucía. The name of the song, 'Between Two Waters' refers to his native city of Algeciras, which sits where the Atlantic and Mediterranean meet.
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Paco de Lucia - Entre dos aguas (1976) full video
YouTube video by KayoooS
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August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Entre Dos Aguas by Paco de Lucía. The name of the song, 'Between Two Waters' refers to his native city of Algeciras, which sits where the Atlantic and Mediterranean meet.
youtube.com/watch?v=2oyh...
youtube.com/watch?v=2oyh...
Please enjoy these photos of Lorca and Dalí, friends from the ages of 19 (Dalí) and 25 (Lorca), until Lorca's execution.
August 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Please enjoy these photos of Lorca and Dalí, friends from the ages of 19 (Dalí) and 25 (Lorca), until Lorca's execution.
Travel PSA: Ryanair is increasing its underseat bag allowance by 5cm to 40x30x25. If you travel as light as I do this is thrilling news.
August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Travel PSA: Ryanair is increasing its underseat bag allowance by 5cm to 40x30x25. If you travel as light as I do this is thrilling news.
Tell me you've never tried sliding a tortilla out of a pan without telling me etc
July 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tell me you've never tried sliding a tortilla out of a pan without telling me etc
Em mataran (ii)
En 'The Times' escribe una persona que ha vivido en Madrid y en Barcelona y lanza esta sentencia sobre cuál es mejor
Sí, lo sabemos: es el eterno debate, pero es interesante cómo el medio analiza las dos ciudades españolas, que dice tener 'mucho en común'. Desde 'tapas de primera hasta hoteles de lujo', aseguran. Po...
www.huffingtonpost.es
July 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Em mataran (ii)
Regular readers* will know of my ongoing fascination with Birmingham Live’s hysteria over all things Spain-related. Lifetime achievement unlocked today as they quote me rubbishing one of their fave topics. (I do not remember saying this or ever being asked about it but anyway)
[*of Twitter pre-2024]
[*of Twitter pre-2024]
Spain denies reports UK tourists face new £98 rule at airports
Holiday hotspot has denied "hoax" claims UK tourists are being asked to prove they have a certain amount of money to enter the country.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Regular readers* will know of my ongoing fascination with Birmingham Live’s hysteria over all things Spain-related. Lifetime achievement unlocked today as they quote me rubbishing one of their fave topics. (I do not remember saying this or ever being asked about it but anyway)
[*of Twitter pre-2024]
[*of Twitter pre-2024]
Old-person rant but omfg yes. An exhausting amount of every press trip is very young people saying 'AMAZING' to really very ordinary things they are too inexperienced to have come across or that are very silly but designed to look cutting edge and clever nymag.com/intelligence...
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Old-person rant but omfg yes. An exhausting amount of every press trip is very young people saying 'AMAZING' to really very ordinary things they are too inexperienced to have come across or that are very silly but designed to look cutting edge and clever nymag.com/intelligence...
‘Ya habrá tiempo en septiembre para volver a exigir soluciones’
El Mundo Today | Los barceloneses que llevan meses criticando el turismo empiezan a buscar destino de vacaciones
<a href='https://www.elperiodico.com/es/autor/el-mundo-today-1850889' >La actualidad del mañana de Barcelona de El Mundo Today</a>
www.elperiodico.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
‘Ya habrá tiempo en septiembre para volver a exigir soluciones’
So good to be back in the ‘hood, where my local caff looks like this and where a café con leche costs €2.10 despite *gestures broadly at Modernista splendour*
#barcelonatravel #modernisme #palaudelamusica
#barcelonatravel #modernisme #palaudelamusica
April 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
So good to be back in the ‘hood, where my local caff looks like this and where a café con leche costs €2.10 despite *gestures broadly at Modernista splendour*
#barcelonatravel #modernisme #palaudelamusica
#barcelonatravel #modernisme #palaudelamusica