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The Struggle for Catalonia: Rebel Politics in Spain by Raphael Minder is a superbly researched and in-depth investigation into the arguments for and against Catalan independence. Minder explores the history, culture, language, and politics of Catalonia, using anecdotes and stories to highlight the many facets of Catalonia’s identity and its movements for autonomy or independence. It is balanced, and fascinating, and helped me reach a very informed point of view. By analyzing Catalonia’s present and past from all angles, by interviewing people with opinions across the spectrum, Minder has produced an excellent work of nonfiction that is consistently fair, empathetic, and forward-thinking.

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In Spain, Santander Hopes a New Arts Center Will Reinvigorate the City

The Botín Center is a rare example of family philanthropy in Spain. To some, however, it promotes the culture of money more than the culture of art.

JULY 3, 2017 The center was inaugurated by King Felipe VI and opened with two very different exhibitions. One floor is partitioned into separate rooms to hang 81 drawings by Francisco de Goya on loan from the Prado museum in Madrid. The walls also help protect the fragile works from damaging light.

In contrast, the other floor remains open and bathed in natural light, even if some of the installations by the artist Carsten Höller are already brightly lit. Mr. Höller’s “Y” show opens onto a light corridor, which he also compared to a uterus, that lets the viewer choose between two itineraries exploring the relationship between life and death. At one end, Mr. Höller suspended two bird cages filled with canaries, a bird valued for its bright singing and color but also as a harbinger of death when detecting toxic gases in mines. Because of the center’s construction delay, Mr. Höller said he had the rare opportunity of “having three years to prepare one exhibition.” His goal, he said, was also “not to take anything away from this immaculate new space.”

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By BY BEN DOOLEY, RAPHAEL MINDER, MARC SANTORA, ISABELLA KWAI AND NORIMITSU ONISHI from World in the New York Times-https://ift.tt/2KVFLVl The discovery of the U.K. variant has prompted more travel restrictions. Canada, France, Japan, Spain and Sweden find cases of the new coronavirus variant. New York Times

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By BY BEN DOOLEY, RAPHAEL MINDER, MARC SANTORA, ISABELLA KWAI AND NORIMITSU ONISHI from World in the New York Times-https://ift.tt/3rsxrx7 The discovery of the U.K. variant has prompted more travel restrictions.  Japan, Spain and France find the new coronavirus variant, mostly linked to travel from Britain. New York Times

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By BY BEN DOOLEY, RAPHAEL MINDER, MARC SANTORA, ISABELLA KWAI AND NORIMITSU ONISHI from World in the New York Times-https://ift.tt/2WNrYD2 The discovery of the U.K. variant has prompted travel restrictions.  Japan, Spain and France find the new coronavirus variant, mostly linked to travel from Britain. New York Times