Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 6hYes, I love her and loved the gig I saw back then. I'm not sure I'd much enjoy the experience described here though (too old, too tired). 000
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 7hDidn't have Anne Carson down as the most obvious person to review a Rosalía gig, but turns out I was quite wrong.lrb.co.ukAnne Carson · On RosalíaWe require heroism of our entertainers. We want them sacrificing themselves to a certain ultimate degree of input. No... 111
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don't have enough followers to merit making jokes this niche but it's not going to stop me 011
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That is sad. One of the first restaurants I ever went to in madrid. 100
Reposted by Sally DaviesOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026LEGO Lets You Build Gaudí’s Sagrada Família in Its Largest Set Everopenculture.comLEGO Lets You Build Gaudí’s Sagrada Família in Its Largest Set EverWhen work on the Sagrada Família first began in 1882, the original architect could hardly have imagined that, 144 years later, the ambitious undertaking would still be underway. Yet here we are. 36123
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just been at a (very nice) restaurant where we felt obliged to speed up and leave at 11pm because all the other diners were foreign and left at 10pm. Obviously this is much nicer for the staff but also, on a Friday night, it kinda sucks. 000
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Is the answer to 'why are Spanish restaurant kitchens closing earlier' not simply 'because they now have to open two hours earlier or lose the tourist dollars'? The language shift in any dining room between the first and second sitting is striking.elpais.comEl fin de las cenas a las 10: por qué España abandona una de sus costumbres menos europeasLa última comida del día se adelanta en las reservas de los restaurantes, y también en las casas. ¿Por qué cenábamos tan tarde y por qué estamos dejando de hacerlo? 030
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Many people are saying it's going to be the scoop of the year. 110
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's been rehoused after the Previous Giant Squid Museum was reclaimed by the sea. The authorities say it was a storm but I suspect a giant tentacle and will get to the bottom of it. 010
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Planning entire trip to Asturias around the GIANT SQUID MUSEUM 250
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Extraordinary graph showing number of heatwave days in Spain. 012
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is great. H/T @essentialbcn.bsky.socialflamencomanuscript.substack.comEntre dos aguasFlamenco's biggest hit was a rumba and the rumba came home on a boat. On cantes de ida y vuelta and Latin American roots of the guitar . 010
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I meant to say couple of dozen but you get the gist 011
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Aw. A retvrn movement called Save Europe Act held a demo in Barcelona today. A couple of fash supporters showed up and then all these other people came to tell them what they could do with their massive carpet. Must have taken them ages, too. 131
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I know we were promised jetpacks, but the fact that I can have Revolut accounts in £ and €, and I only have to point my phone at the machine, and it automatically pulls the money from the relevant account, seems better. 110
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Just been reading about it and apparently the owner has had Casa Alberto for thirty years, so its previous incarnation was before my time anyway! Glad he's just got two places and isn't one of the all-consuming grupos we have here. 020
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Two of my favourites and I didn't even know they'd been taken over, so there you go. 210
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You would think there was a lesson in that business model (essentially a large, dusty cupboard with no real seating that has sold the same ten very simple things for over 100 years and has almost zero overheads or staffing because it only opens for four hours a day = KERCHING) 230
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Oh I might do one of these for BCN. Be an awfully short list these days, mind. We didn't have Sevilla or Madrid's options to start with because the hipsterising/globalisation monster started here so much earlier. 120
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Do not get me started. Something like the dozen most authentic, charming bar/cafes in Barcelona have, in the last five years, been bought up and turned into coctelerías for eurotrash. It's heartbreaking. It's not like the cocktail crowd didn't already have eleventy million options. 131
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 21/08/2026And Lucía y el Sexo!! I feel like the first time we met might have been here, or one nearby. 200
Reposted by Sally DaviesFitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We are pleased to announce that our online shop is now shipping to EU countries. All EU orders are 20 per cent off until 28 August with the code ‘EU20OFF’. fitzcarraldoeditions.com?utm_source=b... 1209
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 03/08/2026How was this 12 years agoyoutube.com🔊 A relaxing cup of café con leche in Plaza Mayor (Ana Botella)YouTube video by Reelmember 020
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Come to Spain and enjoy a refreshing standalone leisure drink in the Plaza Mayor. 220
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I was actually feeling a bit sorry for him. Life must be very complicated when you find foreigners so terrifying. Where would you go on holiday once you'd exhausted the Lake District and Devon? 030
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This is absolutely correct where 'rampaging' means 'standing on a beach confused, soaking wet and queuing up to go home again' 193
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Sixty-seven people have died as a result of a campaign of misinformation on social media. That's the story here. 12811
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Yes. It's a bit of a premium situ (you pay a hefty supplement, which includes pica pica) but it feels extremely luxurious to be able to appreciate the space in relative silence. 110
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Not the most nuanced chicken jalfrezi I've ever eaten but, you know, fine. 010
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Free poppadoms! Pakoras are fine. Tamarind sauce down my front, which is why no one would come for lunch with me. 100
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Can a three-course menú del día for €11.90 be any good? Let's find out. 220
Reposted by Sally DaviesFollow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 15/07/2026Is Spain really Europe’s progressive poster child? 🇪🇸🏛️ Across Europe, Spain is seen as proof that progressive politics can still succeed and govern with confidence. But the reality behind its image as the continent’s left-wing darling is more complicated.ftm.euPodcast | Special: Is Spain really Europe’s progressive poster child?For many observers across Europe, Spain has become a rare success story – offering hope that progressive politics can still succeed, govern, and project confidence on the world stage. But the reality ... 095
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 17/06/2026In the UK, where my 'Because it's the 100th anniversary of the death of Gaudí; no, it's still many years from completion; it's not the cathedral actually, that's a whole other building" t-shirt answers a lot of questions I was getting really tired of answering tbqhwy. 010
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 05/06/2026However, they have just this min announced they will refund tickets, so there's that. 010
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 05/06/2026So I heard from my house guests, who were there. I was scouring social media all night to send them updates but there were zero comms from the organisers. One late and solitary post on Insta saying Massive Attack were playing, after they'd told 50k people to leave and wouldn't let them back in. 110
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Absolute solidarity with anyone who blew hard-earned cash on Primavera Sound last night. Rain happens but it sounds like a complete shitshow. 100
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 03/06/2026(Casa Thomas, 1895-98, Lluís Domènech i Montaner) 010
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 03/06/2026TFW you check into a hotel late at night on a nondescript stretch of street and then fling open the windows first thing and OH HELLO 170
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Oh no, I liked Mr Inbetween. I am something of a lady dad though. 010
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Well I've seen The Bear and WWDITS. So… Shogun then. Shogun. Right. 110
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Noted! Just need to find three more things to make a Disney sub worthwhile. Surely the least variation of all the streamers… 110
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 29/05/2026No I was hoping one of you would do it, since I also CBA. I'm glad we got closure on who the parents were, at least. 110
Sally Davies @allthingsbarna.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This is an absolutely mad story. (The documentary mini-series Abandonados comes out on Disney today.)theguardian.comThree abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mysteryThe long read: Elvira and her brothers, Ricard and Ramón, were left at a train station in Barcelona aged two, four and five. As an adult, when Elvira decided to look for her parents, she discovered a ... 120