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The little pastry shop celebrating Madrid’s changing seasons
“The best pastelería in Madrid” is a bold claim, with the potential to spark messy cream fights. But a good argument can be made that El Artesano, a small pastry shop in Ventas serving the local community for over 50 years, is an honest contender.
The power and art of protest photography
The sun sets at around 4 pm in Warsaw, so it's dark by the time protestors can leave their offices, schools and factories. As soon as they're out of work, they wrap up warm, often in black and red, and head to the streets to protest against the patriarchal ruling class.
The story of Madrid’s hidden (and noseless) Virgin Mary statue
Worn paths strewn with broken bricks, bits of marble, litter and syringes crisscross the dusty land behind the building’s graffiti-scrawled bricks. A small temple-like structure draws the eye to the highest point. Inside it stands a battered five-foot tall white marble statue of the Virgin Mary, votive candles and carefully tended five-gallon buckets of red roses at her feet.
Madrid’s Human Beehive
During lockdown, the nightly applause for healthcare workers here must have been epic. Thousands of people opened their windows onto their wide, windy boulevards and, for a few minutes, clapped as one giant entity within Spain's biggest human beehive.
The churrerías preserving Madrid’s disappearing street food culture
These stubborn little tin huts that churn out churros hold the torch of Madrid's street food culture. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and our new desire for outdoor eating, they're a way of life that may well return!
Life under lockdown in a Greek refugee camp
"There's nothing to do", explains Nabil (not his real name). "We just wake up, eat and sleep". Nabil, a 22-year-old Syrian refugee, has been living in the Nea Kavala camp in northern Greece, just next to the Macedonian border for almost one year.
Celebrating the voices of Barrio La Guindalera
La Guindalera's traditional high streets and beautiful no-frills bars set it apart from its upmarket neighbour of Salamanca, writes Suzanne McCullagh, a resident and advocate of the area.
Selective confinement reawakens Vallekas’ ancient spirit of resistance
An anthem of resistance is the united response of the people of Vallecas against the President of the Comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Diáz Ayuso, who has imposed new restrictions to lock down Madrid's poorest neighbourhoods and install border patrol.
Empty Spain: The Valley of Fornela
Just before the pandemic, photojournalist Melanie Guil visited a small Spanish town in León that, for decades, has been fading from the map. She asked the residents' of Fornela tell us their stories, and here they are.
We need to talk about racism towards Madrid’s Chinese community
Racism towards the Chinese community in Madrid exists. It’s time to talk about it, writes Rose Lander.
As Lavapiés’ food banks endure, it’s time to get involved
Vecinas de Lavapiés are an incredible group of neighbours serving daily meals and weekly food supplies to their fellow neighbours. They're the little sister of La Cuba, one of Lavapiés' first Covid-19 relief food banks, and Vecinas have joined forced with Plaza Solidaria, a long-standing local association you may have spotted distributing hot food on Plaza de Tirso de Molina over the years.
Gracias por su visita: A no-frills photography project about the Spanish tortilla
‘Gracias por su visita’ , a photography project and zine after my no-frills heart, emerged out of British photographer Joseph Fox and designer Lizzie Frost's desire to create something that was simple and fun, and a way to connect with Madrid.
Madrid’s ‘Tourist Saviour Complex’
Just as Spain was finally starting to recover from its last financial crisis, the deepest recession we’ve ever witnessed has only just begun. Poverty, inequality and reliance on precarious work inflicted by a decade of government-imposed austerity remains all around us, and the few tourists that trickle in today – just as their pre-pandemic forefathers did – continue to feed into this.
Madrid’s golden age of commercial ceramic art
Welcome to the golden age of ceramic art that took Madrid by storm, until the dictatorship and renovation works meant that all these beautiful old works of art were covered, sealed up and entombed for a future accidental renaissance which is happening right now.