2009 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

European parliament report on language policy favours individual choice

Another nail in the coffin of the language police is creating a wave of Europhile euphoria in this household.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona has had impact on mainstream acceptance of Spanish in USA

Barcelona’s huge subsidy to Woody Allen may attract some tourists, but the film has not achieved the politicians’ goal of promoting the notion of a separate Catalan identity.

Voter registration campaign for EU elections in June

Here, for example.

“an equilibrate balance between apprentice and entertainment”

Has Loftwines, actually a first floor Barcelona office, been trying too much of its “communication tool”? Or do they believe their clients will be too drunk to notice yet more fucked translation? The original copy is pretty terrible, although you’ve got to wish someone luck whose line is that boozing is good for business. Just…

Spanish judicial independence

Judge Garzón would be ineligible for appointment to the judiciary in England and at the European Court, so why is he tolerated in Spain?

“Palermo’s history is marked by the multitude of conquerors and subsequent cultures that settled there”

Cruise companies don’t appear to regard original copy as an important differentiating factor.

Revealed, the difference between Jews and Anglo-Saxons

Someone called Emily has found an original way of telling us apart.

Spain impeding free movement of capital in Europe

Will the rich get their assets out of Spain before Zapatero manages to fleece them?

PP’s Last Supper?

Nice one from Ignacio Escolar, who quotes Luke and asks who’s playing Judas in this photo.

Revisionist history of 17th century Mediterranean trade

Molly Greene describes the complex anarchy that existed between the collapse of the Mediterranean powers and the entry of northern fleets.