Notice how polite the anarchists and communists are here? And so much more effective. They fought- and would have won if the western...

This is from the Facebook page of Nick Lloyd, who runs an excellent Orwell tour in Barcelona "August 8th":

Spent yesterday at two museums: the Picasso and the History of Catalunya. At the Picasso I went to the temporary exhibit of Picasso's...

I think one of the most difficult things for me to get used to here in Barcelona is the mid-day break thing. Not that I have problem with...

See? I didn't just make the whole thing up!

Spent first part of the day yesterday going over parts of the script with LLuis-Anton. This translating business is very interesting. as...

So...Walking down the street in a working-class neighborhood in a city thousands of miles, several time zones, and dozens of languages...

See, I told you there was a George Orwell Plaza in Barcelona!

Another interesting day! I'm guessing Alan Warren thought we were going to talk for a bit, maybe get a bite together. Nine hours later,...

The other day, when I was heading to the theatre for the reading of 1984, my host, Lluis-Anton, gave me his metro pass. "That's okay," I...

Today I am going to meet with Alan Warren, who is one of the people who runs Porta de la Historia: "Porta de la Historia is a...

"Plaza of the Unknown Militiaman." So back when the workers rose up in Barcelona to save their country from the fascist rebels,...

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Well, that was amazing. I can honestly say that was by far the best walking tour I've ever been on. What I thought was going to be a...

This morning I'm going on an Orwell walking tour of Barcelona! The same person who introduced me Miquel Berga, the Orwell scholar, also...

And here we all are: the cast of the reading at Almeria Theatre. Next to me is Lluís-Anton, the novelist/playwright, filmmaker who...

Headin' over to the Almeria Theatre for the reading after our last meeting bout the final line in the script and book. Winston finally...

Look! It's me talking to the cast of the Catalan reading at Almeria Theatre!

Anyone who knows me at all knows that the idea of me being speechless is as unrealistic as powdered water. But sitting in a theatre in...

Today is the reading of the first draft of the Catalan translation of 1984! So far things have been going very well, and Lluís-Anton has...