Lisbon
Catarina Botelho on crisis, arts and just everyday life in Portugal
The visual artist and photographer from Lisbon focuses on the relationship between close friends, family and objects, as well as doing the odd stint working abroad. We talk about the arts in Portugal, culture during a crisis and staying forever amateur
lisbon, lisbon, economical crisis, dictature, culture, art, portugal
Suburbs of Europe
Once fires burnt in the French 'banlieue' of Paris. Once those Lisbon suburbs were considered dangerous, and those Barcelona suburbs remained obscure, and that Strasbourg suburb on the country's border gentrified, though no-one knew exactly why. Once hip hop defined the peripheries of cities, before breaking out of its ghetto identity and moving to the city centres. Snapshots from the rings of some of Europe's most famous southern and western capitals
- Read the special edition Suburbs of Europe
- Beyond Gaudi: exposing the gateway to Barcelona
- Chelas: not such a dodgy neighbourhood of Lisbon
- Six years after riots, French discuss French 'banlieue'
- Port du Rhin: Strasbourg’s problem suburb (which is also on the border)
- European hip hop between Brussels, Amsterdam, Hanover and London
Laura Cesana: 'There should be more Erasmus programmes for teachers'
A linguist and voyager, the Italian painter transported her Jewish origins from the United States to Portugal, where her multiple identities are exhibited by a flourishing brushstroke
lisbon, italy, rome, identity, travel, lifestyle, art market
Rhys Hughes: 'the Welsh are very proud'
The British short-story writer, 41, cites Italo Calvino and Raymond Queneau as his influences, discusses literature, lipograms and Iberia - and why the boy from Wales only publishes in certain languages
lisbon, united kingdom, greece, europe, spain, literature, brunch
Joschka Fischer as new EU foreign policy representative?
The upcoming European Summit in Lisbon (18 – 19 October) sees the contents of the new constitutional treaty definitively fixed. Sylvie Goulard, former counsellor for then European Commission president Romano Prodi, teaches the dummies
lisbon, western eu, joschka fischer, politics, erasmus, france, interview
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