Day tripper options from Barce...
If you’ve had enough of the city (and in clammy July, who hasn’t?), you might like this guest post I’ve written...
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British and homeless in Barcelona
Posted on Aug 30, 2016
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The A-Z of Spanish politics
Posted on Feb 13, 2016
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Poblet Monastery in Catalonia – withdrawing from the world
Posted on Jan 17, 2016
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Why can’t I vote in Spain’s general election?
Posted on Dec 9, 2015
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The financial reality of (my) life in Spain
Posted on Nov 15, 2015
Tapeando in Poble Sec
If you’re looking for a sociable corner of Barcelona to go on a tapas crawl with locals, take a look at this article I’ve...
read more¡¡¡Hawd yer wheesht!!!
So I am back in Barcelona after a week in Scotland, holding hands with the home country (here’s a gratuitous picture of a...
read moreMy first Barcelona protest mar...
Somewhat staggeringly, I have managed to live in Barcelona for precisely one year now without writing about the growing sense of...
read moreLey lines of Barcelona –...
It’s fair to say that the church of Sant Pau del Camp (Saint Paul of the Countryside) ranks pretty far down most visitors’ ‘to see in...
read moreThe city and I
If you know me, you’ll know it’s not often I quote All Saints. But if I was to say: “Sometimes I feel like my only friend is the city...
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The glutton’s guide to gluten-free Barcelona
Posted on Apr 29, 2014
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13 things I would change about Spain
Posted on Jun 19, 2013
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Dog days in Barcelona
Posted on Sep 13, 2012
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Does living abroad give you a split personality?
Posted on Mar 2, 2014
Randomness & nostalgia
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The saints and souls of Barcelona
Posted on Oct 30, 2011
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The city and I
Posted on Apr 16, 2012
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British and homeless in Barcelona
Posted on Aug 30, 2016
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Horse heaven in the Catalan hinterland
Posted on May 14, 2013
What the hell's a guiri in a rowboat?
Guiri is one of those words, like feminist or peely-wally, that I want to reclaim. Locals use it to refer to tourists - you know the ones - who stick out a million miles. No matter how long I live in Barcelona, that's always going to be me. (P.S. While Barça locally refers to the football team, Brits use Barca as shorthand for the whole city.) 
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