Matthew Tree
@matthewtree.bsky.social
Writer in English and Catalan (my second language). 19 books out since 1996: fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, diatribes, a road book...
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fantàstic. M'has fet venir gana!
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
fantàstic. M'has fet venir gana!
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This is the November article for Catalonia Today magazine, about a Catalan food expert and his book about how Catalan dishes are now popping up all over the world.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
Thought for food
Last month, the gastronomic writer Jaume Fàbrega brought out his 85th book. I'll repeat that: his 85th book. Fàbrega has written at length about Catalan cuisine (one of his works on the subject runs...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is the November article for Catalonia Today magazine, about a Catalan food expert and his book about how Catalan dishes are now popping up all over the world.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
This is the November article for Catalonia Today magazine, about a Catalan food expert and his book about how Catalan dishes are now popping up all over the world.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
Thought for food
Last month, the gastronomic writer Jaume Fàbrega brought out his 85th book. I'll repeat that: his 85th book. Fàbrega has written at length about Catalan cuisine (one of his works on the subject runs...
www.cataloniatoday.cat
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is the November article for Catalonia Today magazine, about a Catalan food expert and his book about how Catalan dishes are now popping up all over the world.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2594...
'Dol'. L'article d'avui (2/11/25) al Punt Avui: www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
Dol
No diré cap nom, en part perquè crec que ella, persona més aviat discreta, no ho hauria volgut i en part perquè els que la coneixien ja sabran qui és. La vaig conèixer a Londres, on treballàvem...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
'Dol'. L'article d'avui (2/11/25) al Punt Avui: www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
The composer Karl Lewkovitz (who wrote the hit musical 'Goodbye Barcelona') is in the process of turning Andrew Feinstein's book 'The Shadow World', an exposé of the international arms industry, into a truly amazing musical. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Shadow World: A New Musical by Matthew Schmolle - Indiegogo
Help 'Shadow World', inspired by Andrew Feinstein’s acclaimed arms trade exposé, hit the stage.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The composer Karl Lewkovitz (who wrote the hit musical 'Goodbye Barcelona') is in the process of turning Andrew Feinstein's book 'The Shadow World', an exposé of the international arms industry, into a truly amazing musical. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
A short article in the October issue of Catalonia Today magazine about yet another attempt by linguistically prejudiced Spanish judges to limit the use and teaching of Catalan.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2586...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2586...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A short article in the October issue of Catalonia Today magazine about yet another attempt by linguistically prejudiced Spanish judges to limit the use and teaching of Catalan.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2586...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2586...
Un article breu al Punt Avui d'avui (19/10/25) sobre els orígens de - i les diferències entre - Halloween i la Castanyada. www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
El vespre dels sants
A jutjar per la quantitat de bruixes de sucre i carbasses de xocolata que van aparèixer als supermercats, com per art de màgia, fa unes setmanes, qualsevol hauria dit que Halloween estava a punt de ca...
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October 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Un article breu al Punt Avui d'avui (19/10/25) sobre els orígens de - i les diferències entre - Halloween i la Castanyada. www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
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“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
A new review for the novel 'Just Looking', now on my blog, should anyone ask.
matthewtree.net/2025/10/09/a...
matthewtree.net/2025/10/09/a...
A brand new review of ‘Just Looking’ by Michael Eaude, occasional literary critic for Catalonia Today magazine and The Independent newspaper. - Matthew Tree
Four disparate people meet on a cruise-ship: the main narrator Jim who has just separated from his wife of 20 years; the brilliant alcoholic journalist, Jean-Pierre; his girlfriend Helen; and the youn...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A new review for the novel 'Just Looking', now on my blog, should anyone ask.
matthewtree.net/2025/10/09/a...
matthewtree.net/2025/10/09/a...
Bravo!
Avui fa dinou anys que Anna Politkóvskaia va ser assassinada. D'altres periodistes russes, però, parlen amb la seva veu. [Fragment de «El meu país estimat» de Ielena Kostiutxenko, tr. @miqcab.bsky.social]
October 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Bravo!
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Viola la seva filla de 20 anys al carrer i davant del seu altre fill de 8 anys. L'enxampen els mossos. La filla diu que no és el primer cop. Ni defensa, ni fiscalía demanen presó. La jutge, "no pot fer res". Llibertat amb ordre d'allunyament de 200 PUTUS METRES.
Acaba de trencar ordre d'allunyament
Acaba de trencar ordre d'allunyament
October 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Viola la seva filla de 20 anys al carrer i davant del seu altre fill de 8 anys. L'enxampen els mossos. La filla diu que no és el primer cop. Ni defensa, ni fiscalía demanen presó. La jutge, "no pot fer res". Llibertat amb ordre d'allunyament de 200 PUTUS METRES.
Acaba de trencar ordre d'allunyament
Acaba de trencar ordre d'allunyament
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Los AC/ DC en Lloret de Mar 1983
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Los AC/ DC en Lloret de Mar 1983
L'article d'avui (5/10/25) al Punt Avui, sobre la censura de segons quins textos. www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
La crisi del paper
Al mes de maig passat, el règim de Trump va retallar subvencions d'1,2 milions de dòlars a moltes editorials petites –que funcionen com una opció alternativa vital per contrast amb les grans editorial...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
L'article d'avui (5/10/25) al Punt Avui, sobre la censura de segons quins textos. www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
An (almost) embarrassingly good review of the novel 'Just Looking' and a couple of others by Michael Eaude, literary critic of Catalonia Today and until recently of the Independent newspaper.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2577...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2577...
Sleepwalking to the end of humanity
Set 15 years in the future, Just Looking is an assault on racism and a warning against fascism. Le Pen, explains the undercover journalist Jean-Pierre at the start, is passé . Now new French fascis...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An (almost) embarrassingly good review of the novel 'Just Looking' and a couple of others by Michael Eaude, literary critic of Catalonia Today and until recently of the Independent newspaper.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2577...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2577...
Just thought I'd leave this here (again).
October 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just thought I'd leave this here (again).
There two new posts (short, previously published articles) on my website. One about arriving in Barcelona 40 years ago and another about a recent visit to five death camps.https://matthewtree.net/blog/
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There two new posts (short, previously published articles) on my website. One about arriving in Barcelona 40 years ago and another about a recent visit to five death camps.https://matthewtree.net/blog/
The September article for Catalonia Today magazine, about death camps and other things...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2578...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2578...
WHAT I DID IN THE HOLIDAYS
In 1963, the Holocaust survivor Joaquim Amat-Piniella published the autobiographical novel 'K.L. Reich' (recently reprinted); in 1977, the writer Montserrat Roig brought out a non-fiction book called....
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September 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The September article for Catalonia Today magazine, about death camps and other things...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2578...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2578...
The June/August article for Catalonia Today magazine, now available on the internet. www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2544...
ARRIVAL - 08 Jun 2025
After the summer, a new TV channel called 2Cat will be starting up in Catalonia, broadcasting integrally in Catalan. What might raise a few eyebrows is the fact that 2Cat is being financed by Radiotel...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The June/August article for Catalonia Today magazine, now available on the internet. www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2544...
L'article d'avui (21/09/25) al Punt Avui, sobre la vida a Mart i com no la trobarem gràcies al senyor Trump.
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La revelació
Fa un parell de setmanes una notícia força transcendental per la humanitat sencera va fer la volta del món, Catalunya inclosa. Malgrat tot, no sembla que la gent en general li hagi fet gaire cas. Ras....
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September 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
L'article d'avui (21/09/25) al Punt Avui, sobre la vida a Mart i com no la trobarem gràcies al senyor Trump.
www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...
Un homenatge molt bonic i molt variat (música, parlaments, tristor, humor) ahir a Girona, a la Rosario Palomino, fundadora del grup 'No em canviïs la llengua'.
September 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Un homenatge molt bonic i molt variat (música, parlaments, tristor, humor) ahir a Girona, a la Rosario Palomino, fundadora del grup 'No em canviïs la llengua'.
Demà mateix. Obert a tothom.
September 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Demà mateix. Obert a tothom.