by hedgecoe | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog
Members of the Kamikaze theatre company in Jauría, by Jordi Casanovas. Photo: Vanessa Rábade “We have to accept that theatre is entertainment. But you can’t take the word ‘enjoyment’ to mean the avoiding of reality. Theatre should be a widening of reality.” – Alfonso...
by hedgecoe | Mar 4, 2019 | Blog
It’s still early days in the Supreme Court trial of 12 Catalan leaders for their role in the 2017 failed independence bid. But, with all the defendants having given an initial testimony and several of the highest profile witnesses having taken the stand, certain...
by hedgecoe | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
Spanish general election campaigns aren’t supposed to begin like this. They tend to kick off in echoey sports centres in Zaragoza, or lifeless conference halls in Marbella, with amp-busting canned music and kitsch flag-waving. But you could make the case that the 2019...
by hedgecoe | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog
A couple of weeks ago, Irene Lozano, head of the Spanish foreign ministry’s España Global department, launched a campaign called “This is the real Spain”. The idea was to try to ensure that outsiders got an idea of the country that was removed from the dark, Francoist...
by hedgecoe | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog
Spain’s year began with a hangover from the traumatic recent events in Catalonia and moved into what looked like a semi-permanent state of political turmoil. There was upheaval as the corruption-plagued Popular Party was ousted from power and replaced by the...