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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 1d

The composer Karl Lewkovitz (who wrote the hit musical 'Goodbye Barcelona') is in the process of turning Andrew Feinstein's book 'The Shadow World', an exposé of the international arms industry, into a truly amazing musical. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

Shadow World: A New Musical by Matthew Schmolle - Indiegogo

Help 'Shadow World', inspired by Andrew Feinstein’s acclaimed arms trade exposé, hit the stage.

www.indiegogo.com

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 2d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 2d

And it's not difficult. Catalan is my second language (Spanish comes third: I learnt it six years after Catalan) so I speak Catalan all the time simply out of convenience. And I hardly ever have any problems, be it in Nou Barris or Banyoles. If I can do that, so can anyone else, if they wish.

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 3d

A short article in the October issue of Catalonia Today magazine about yet another attempt by linguistically prejudiced Spanish judges to limit the use and teaching of Catalan.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2586...

www.cataloniatoday.cat

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 6d

Un article breu al Punt Avui d'avui (19/10/25) sobre els orígens de - i les diferències entre - Halloween i la Castanyada. www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...

El vespre dels sants

A jutjar per la quantitat de bruixes de sucre i carbasses de xocolata que van aparèixer als supermercats, com per art de màgia, fa unes setmanes, qualsevol hauria dit que Halloween estava a punt de ca...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 15d

A new review for the novel 'Just Looking', now on my blog, should anyone ask.
matthewtree.net/2025/10/09/a...

A brand new review of ‘Just Looking’ by Michael Eaude, occasional literary critic for Catalonia Today magazine and The Independent newspaper. - Matthew Tree

Four disparate people meet on a cruise-ship: the main narrator Jim who has just separated from his wife of 20 years; the brilliant alcoholic journalist, Jean-Pierre; his girlfriend Helen; and the youn...

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 17d

Bravo!

Editorial La Segona Perifèria @segonaperiferia.bsky.social · 18d

Avui fa dinou anys que Anna Politkóvskaia va ser assassinada. D'altres periodistes russes, però, parlen amb la seva veu. [Fragment de «El meu país estimat» de Ielena Kostiutxenko, tr. @miqcab.bsky.social]

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Marta @latorrecollons.bsky.social · 18d

Viola la seva filla de 20 anys al carrer i davant del seu altre fill de 8 anys. L'enxampen els mossos. La filla diu que no és el primer cop. Ni defensa, ni fiscalía demanen presó. La jutge, "no pot fer res". Llibertat amb ordre d'allunyament de 200 PUTUS METRES.
Acaba de trencar ordre d'allunyament

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Jose stk @jose74.bsky.social · 18d

Los AC/ DC en Lloret de Mar 1983

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 19d

L'article d'avui (5/10/25) al Punt Avui, sobre la censura de segons quins textos. www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...

La crisi del paper

Al mes de maig passat, el règim de Trump va retallar subvencions d'1,2 milions de dòlars a moltes editorials petites –que funcionen com una opció alternativa vital per contrast amb les grans editorial...

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 21d

An (almost) embarrassingly good review of the novel 'Just Looking' and a couple of others by Michael Eaude, literary critic of Catalonia Today and until recently of the Independent newspaper.
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2577...

Sleepwalking to the end of humanity

Set 15 years in the future, Just Looking is an assault on racism and a warning against fascism. Le Pen, explains the undercover journalist Jean-Pierre at the start, is passé . Now new French fascis...

www.cataloniatoday.cat

Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 22d

Just thought I'd leave this here (again).

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 23d

Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2e...

You don't think it will happen to you: a deep friendship forged on Ukraine's frontline

YouTube video by The Guardian

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 28d

There two new posts (short, previously published articles) on my website. One about arriving in Barcelona 40 years ago and another about a recent visit to five death camps.https://matthewtree.net/blog/

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 29d

The September article for Catalonia Today magazine, about death camps and other things...
www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2578...

WHAT I DID IN THE HOLIDAYS

In 1963, the Holocaust survivor Joaquim Amat-Piniella published the autobiographical novel 'K.L. Reich' (recently reprinted); in 1977, the writer Montserrat Roig brought out a non-fiction book called....

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · 29d

The June/August article for Catalonia Today magazine, now available on the internet. www.cataloniatoday.cat/article/2544...

ARRIVAL - 08 Jun 2025

After the summer, a new TV channel called 2Cat will be starting up in Catalonia, broadcasting integrally in Catalan. What might raise a few eyebrows is the fact that 2Cat is being financed by Radiotel...

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · Sep 21

L'article d'avui (21/09/25) al Punt Avui, sobre la vida a Mart i com no la trobarem gràcies al senyor Trump.
www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/artic...

La revelació

Fa un parell de setmanes una notícia força transcendental per la humanitat sencera va fer la volta del món, Catalunya inclosa. Malgrat tot, no sembla que la gent en general li hagi fet gaire cas. Ras....

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Matthew Tree @matthewtree.bsky.social · Sep 10

Un homenatge molt bonic i molt variat (música, parlaments, tristor, humor) ahir a Girona, a la Rosario Palomino, fundadora del grup 'No em canviïs la llengua'.