I'll be writing a post soon about the last ten years and the effect they've had on me. One of the very many things I have to be grateful for during this decade is discovering the films of Adam Curtis. Curtis's documentaries focus on the political and...

This week has seen a startling series of events redefine the way the UK acts on international law, and the way British governments understand the power of the courts. Under the principal of Universal Jurisdiction, an arrest warrant was issued by...

"Most of the genuine Catalan people I know ( real ones – not the ones who are called Jordi Gárcia Sánchez et al)" You won't hear many Catalans spouting this kind of crap (though I know 'charnego' still gets chucked about sometimes by the...

Hello gentle reader. You might notice some changes around here today as I'm testing some new plugins on my WordPress installation. The first one is that you can now 'vote' on comments by giving them a thumbs up or thumbs down. It's so much fun, you...

TV3 is reporting that of the 700,000 people eligible to vote in today's referendum/consultations, 200,000 voted. If that number is correct, the turnout stands at just under 30%. What does this mean for Catalonia? There are several points to take into...