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Botanic Garden Prague

In the district of Troja, in Prague, there´s the Botanic Garden, with play areas and activities for all ages.

Spa Premier Madrid

For a better life and complete health inside and out, nothing better than the treatments and the proposals that Spa Premier offers. Relaxation, beauty and health: all of

Tribute for the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe in New York

On the 18th of January the birth of one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature will be commemorated, an influence to numerous writers and movements such as surrealism and the damned poets of 19th century France: I´m talking about the great Edgar Allan Poe, American writer than in his short 40 years of life managed to build a renovating work of gothic literature, a fundamental piece of romantic literature which inspired the detective novel genre. The life of Poe was shaped by the death of the women he loved the most, something which is reflected in most part of his poetic creation as well as in his prose. His biological parents died when he was barely two years old and, due to this, him and his sister were adopted by two different families, the Allan family in the writers case, although they never acknowledged it legally. The death of Mrs Allan, his stepmother, the person who Poe was closest to, occurred when Edgar was still a teenager, which knocked the boy hard and left him completely helpless because his stepfather, tired of the new vices of the 16 year old, ended up cutting him off, a main reason as to why Poe lived with so many economic difficulties throughout his life. This was aggravated due to the choice of the writer of dedicating himself exclusively to literature, which was unheard of in his time. The work of the writer was delimited by the economic condition he was going through, “writing what sold the most”, reason why his poetic work isn´t as extensive, despite his talent. However, it´s in prose and...

Tribute to Povera Art in Rome

On the occasion of the celebration of the 150 years of unity of Italy, the famous artist, critic and curator Germano Celant has organized a series of events and curated a series of samples in honor of the “Arte Povera”, one of the Italian movement that encouraged – more significantly – the artistic creation of the post war period. This current, which was known nationally and internationally only during the late Sixties, was based on the realization of works of art through the use of material considered “poor”, ie low economic value. Thus, using glass, wood, leaves or rocks, metal plates, coal, and others. The only rule that moved the current was to find easily available materials   and create a work of art – with its auratic value – from what could be considered trash. The reason was a metaphorical escapade from the distribution of the art, and the desire to advance towards a different approach, avoiding the realization of distance-generating objects in the viewer, but creating works that invite to interact with them. In this sense, Arte Povera is very committed to a social level, offering a strong critique of the media, as well as rejecting the reductive images and creations of serial pop art or minimalism. It is for these reasons, that this art proposes an interesting extremism at the operational level and which also highlights a strong belief in the spontaneity of the creative act, and a desire to recover the utopian dimension of artistic creation. Until January 8th, at the Maxxi museum in Rome, you can visit the exhibition “Homage to the Arte Povera”, created...

Yoga Studio Barcelona

Yoga Studio is one of the most complete centres in the Catalan capital. Spaces to share and study this millenary science and philosophy.

Aire de Sevilla

Aire de Sevilla is more than just an urban spa, because it´s located in the remains of a hammam, recovering the traditions of Arabic baths.

Sushi Express Barcelona

One of the best takeaway Japanese food places in Barcelona. Located in Eixample, it´s a recommended place to sample the best of this fantastic Oriental cuisine.

Calma Urban Spa Valencia

The urban spa Calma, in the centre of Valencia, has a thermal circuit, hairdressers, aesthetics, yoga and pilates.

L´Art Du Bain Marrakech

In the Medina in Marrakech, next to the Dyers district, this charming shop with handmade soaps opens its doors.

The Anonymous fashion and its ‘merchandise’ in New York

We´re all aware of what´s going on in New York these days and the great efforts of the Occupy Wall Street movement to stop the huge machine which is feeding the economic recession and which is pushing us towards the economic abyss. Day to day, thanks to the social networks, we´re aware of everything which is going on on a global level regarding activism and political actions of thousands of young people, students, unemployed and activists. The benefits of the social networks have permitted that a very simple idea like pacific protesting spreads throughout the globe and that people wake up to new ways of communication and action. However, on the social networks there´s a trap to which people are just reacting to: the discomfort of anonymity and consumerism through itself. Now there are websites on the internet that offer Anonymous products. Mainly T-shirts with the slogans of the anonymous group of activists, the logos created by them and the phrases which refer to the group. So what´s the problem with this? Simple. A proposal that at first sight was marginal and against the system is being absorbed by the system in a much more accelerated way. We have to pay attention to the information that´s being handled on the social networks. Not everything that´s being posted or tweeted is necessarily true. This makes the the configuration of truth goes through us and the level of fiction of the news is manipulated even more. In the case of the Anonymous ´merchandise´, we just have to turn our back on these type of operations for wanting to profit from the...