Cities – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

World Heritage taxi

And why not? The taxi has far, far greater claims than beautiful but culturally insignificant places like Úbeda. But would drivers stump up the bribes required by UNESCO officials?

Two cool & contrasting Barcelona retro photo series

With a chart comparing Catalan to Madrilenian GDP 1980-2009.

Cameron to use whales to stop the violence?

Bonus: a rather old cetation/transportacean joke.

Plumbing economics in Barcelona

Two ways of screwing up a boiler installation and still making a profit.

Pi$$-poor flat advertising in Barcelona

If in doubt, lead off with an exploding boiler.

Screwed by the euro

A Madrid barman does the sums.

Brits pronouncing Barça

It’s Barker vs Barser, but you can’t blame the proto-Lebanese.

Gypsy boy giving guided tour of Can Tunis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlODow8BV4 The rest of the TVE documentary is in the YouTube links. (Via Vidi)

Eye of the sabre-toothed tiger in Horta, Barcelona?!

Could extravagant and shameless extrapolation of the last glacial period put the fear of the woolly mammoth into the council?

Montserrat Tura and PSC hypocrisy in La Clota, Horta

The demented, evil swine has herself photographed in a neighbourhood her party has spent the last 20 years doing its damnedest to destroy.