Nasty neighbours

Disputes that in England might be settled by single combat (thanks Transblawg) are often resolved here using anonymous notes left in the entrance hall: We request of a resident of this building (specifically of the rear façade) that out of consideration for the [right to] rest of the remaining residents she moderate her tone of…

Last call for tomorrow night

The info now includes links to a map and transport information, since no one seems ever to have been to Cornellà, even when José Montilla was still mayor.

Paradox

The Spanish securities market commission wants an end to politicising of its activities, it says. So why, then, with the referendum two months away, is it displaying a prominent link on its homepage to a government pro-European constitution site?

Ah, Flash!

Either I’m going crazy or La Retaguardia’s find-a-home-in-four-steps tool doesn’t work on any browsers. That’s quite an achievement.

Pere Botero's

“On Ponent Street lived another woman known as the Queen because she was daughter of one of the Three Kings”

Boil 'em!

Proudfoot productivity study

Here (PDF) is a scary report which suggests that in Spain in the period 1995-2003 average annual growth in hours worked per person was 3.4% while labour productivity fell on average by 0.3%. That’s not good news with a shrinking, ageing workforce. Management planning and control is apparently the big problem, and I’m sure Proudfoot…