Indisputable proof that Gaudi was Portuguese

Sez our foreign correspondent of Bar Agujas d’Ouro in Estremoz, Portugal. Its radical eclecticism picknmixery suggests the architect may have mistakenly interpreted the lack of aesthetic coordination in many cathedrals and other large, old, respectable buildings as the result of a synchronic design choice rather than the typical diachronic process in which committees regret the…

Avui switches to English

Best writing there for ages, too: Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/vhosts/avui.cat/httpdocs/inc/layout_main.php on line 1233 Fatal error: Call to a member function FetchNextObject() on a non-object in /var/www/vhosts/avui.cat/httpdocs/inc/layout_main.php on line 1238

Spanish football celebrations on Barcelona Ramblas

John Chappell must have stayed up in conservative, nationalist Gracia if he had a quiet night. We were with friends on Carretera de Sans, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many Spanish flags. Delicious detail: two young ladies, their prodigious assets barely concealed, beating up a violent pimp-ish type and immediately seducing some…