I write about lots of different things for lots of different people. Currently living in Barcelona and available for assignments.
Alchemy From a Can
How did one of Greece’s most recognizable dishes end up covered in bechamel sauce?
How host families are giving homeless refugees a helping hand in Barcelona
Since the pandemic began in March, the hostels of Barcelona have sat quiet and empty.
But in the last few months, two of these have once again been filled to capacity, housing around 70 formerly homeless young men from around the world.
The project, run by the BarcelonActua (BAC) foundation, aims to help social integration and fight homelessness for young immigrants in irregular situations...
A Cheese Invented and a Sauce Championed
When the pandemic hit France in March, dairy farmers Laura and Lionel Vaxelaire saw orders for the Munster, tomme, and yogurt their small farm in the Vosges produces plummet...
IN PICS: The sleepy Spanish town where nothing is quite as it seems
The sleepy village of Romangordo in Extremadura has been transformed thanks to a team of artists and now visitors find that nothing is quite as it seems.
Since August 2016, the small village of Romangordo in Caceres province has been slowly transforming its streets into an open air museum...
IN PICS: Loggerhead turtles hatch on Barcelona beach for the first time
Loggerhead sea turtles hatched on Barcelona’s Mar Bella beach over the weekend from what is being hailed by conservationists as the first ever recorded nesting site on one of Barcelona’s city beaches.
The Sights, Sounds, and Smells of the Rural France May Soon Be Protected by Law
When Corinne Fesseau first got Maurice—named after her grandfather—she assumed the tiny chick would become a chicken, like the one already in her backyard. But pretty soon Maurice grew into a beautiful Gallic rooster, and, as roosters do, he began to crow, sometimes as early as 6:30 or 7 a.m...
The Utilitarian Pleasures of Playing Board Games By Yourself
Brandon Waite was packing up after an evening playing board games with his friends when he noticed “1 to 4 players” written on the side of one of the boxes. Just like that, he stumbled onto the idea of playing games by himself...
How to Make Sense of an Undrowned Town
Residents of Celles in France were evicted so their village could be flooded. Then, it wasn’t...
The Hidden French Tunnel Sculpture That Took 30 Years to Complete
Artist Daniel Monnier spent a couple of decades away before returning to complete his vision...
The Disobedient Children of Monsters
When they learned their fathers led the reign of kidnapping, torture and murder that tore Argentina apart, their first reaction was disbelief. Their next was to take action.
In the Streets of Argentina Lie Hidden Memorials to Disappeared People
On August 25, 1978, the soldiers came for Emilio de Lorenzo. It wasn’t entirely a surprise: two years earlier a military dictatorship had staged a coup and taken control of Argentina. As a social activist, and a member of the leftist groups Juventud Peronista and the Montoneros, De Lorenzo knew his politics put him at odds with the dictatorship...
Can you make money selling your data?
Companies are selling our data and making billions doing so. So, why shouldn’t we get in on the act?
Revolutionary Memoir
Had he lived, Che Guevara would have been 90 this month. The guerrilla fighter, doctor, writer and idealist found fame as a hero of the Cuban revolution. Long before all that though, he was Ernesto Guevara – an Argentine youth who grew up in Rosario and Córdoba Province. In the month of his birthday, we go in search of the man and the legend...
View to a Cure
VR fi lm-makers are creating immersive trips through the Argentine landscape as part of the treatment for cancer patients – with some unexpected results...