Generalitat – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Constantí Ribalaigua, the Catalan who DIDN’T invent the daiquiri, for Pete’s sake

Of Tate Cabré, ethnicity, creativity, and talking dogs that shit up walls.

Law to oblige distributors to dub or subtitle half of all films in Catalan

Here. With 350 million illegal flicks downloaded in Spain last year, that horse has already bolted. So adieu cinemas, and adéu language, but more work for bureaucrats and lawyers, who will also thrive from the proposal to make it punishable for a spouse not to perform half the housework. Q: Who’s going to invest in…

Emphyteutic lease

The Catalan Generalitat has been using Enron-like accounting to accumulate hidden liabilities.

Pujol, cacique

It’s not exactly a secret that Catalonia is currently run by spiteful, greedy, semi-literate buffoons, but our leaders’ protest re the Economist’s description of ex-regional president Jordi Pujol as a cacique should help to convince anyone still in doubt. The Oxford English Dictionary defines cacique thus: 2. In Spain or Latin America, a man who…