Between fragility and hope: when love becomes the force that defies cancer. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Within the body, a garden blooms — delicate flowers, beautiful even in their fragility. Where life once overflowed, now dwells a silent battle: that faceless visitor spreading like an endless winter. The skin remembers every touch, every scar that tells a story…
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The Soup Tureen V: The Day of the Kidnapping
On the bitter shore she found only the deserted sand, the waves swallowing the footprints, and her red scarf, soaked and half-buried. She picked it up with trembling hands, pressed it against her face, and stayed there, her gaze lost in a landscape she no longer recognized… By Nuria Ruiz Fdez. HoyLunes – But that story —the real one—…
Read MoreHave You Become Aware of How You Are Aging?
Beyond the years and the wrinkles, aging involves an attitude. Old age does not begin with age itself, but with the renunciation of projects. Keeping the mind active, creating, and learning are the keys to a long and fulfilling life. By Ana Rosa Rodríguez HoyLunes – It is common for people to experience a series of physical, cognitive, mental,…
Read More“A Simple Accident” by Jafar Panahi Premieres in Spain After Winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2025
Filmed in secret and marked by a powerful political and moral charge, the film explores revenge through the wounds of the past, guilt, and the impossibility of forgiveness in a society scarred by repression and silence. In Spanish theaters from Friday, October 17. By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – In A Simple Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh), Iranian director Jafar…
Read MoreOctober 12: Between History and Contemporary Debate
Between celebration and memory: October 12 as a mirror of our shared history. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Every October 12, Spain and much of Latin America commemorate what has traditionally been known as “Hispanic Day” or “Day of the Race”. This date recalls the historical encounter between cultures that took place in 1492, when Christopher Columbus arrived on…
Read MoreThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting
From the balcony to oblivion: power, memory, and laughter as trenches against manipulation. By Edinson Martínez HoyLunes – “In February 1948, the communist leader Klement Gottwald stepped out onto the balcony of a baroque palace in Prague to address the hundreds of thousands of people crowding the Old Town Square.” Thus begin the opening lines of “The Book of…
Read MoreAlarms and Closures: Collateral Effects
When prevention turns into disconnection: school closures due to climate change reveal the urgent need for a more flexible, digital, and human educational system. By M.ª Pilar Rueda Requena HoyLunes – Over the past year, we have observed with growing concern the increasing tendency to close schools and other public institutions in response to adverse weather forecasts, such as…
Read MoreThe Speed of Change and the Need for Critical Thinking in the Technological Era
When technology accelerates life to the point of vertigo, critical thinking becomes the only refuge against noise and immediacy. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Human beings feel that reality moves too fast for our capacity to assimilate it. Probably, in every era, people have experienced life slipping through their hands and reality transforming before they could fully grasp it.…
Read MoreAbsurd Excuses I Tell Myself Not to Write (and That You’ll Surely Recognize)
Between mismatched socks and endless cups of tea, we discover how the most absurd excuses can become both the brake—and sometimes the spark—of writing. By Lidia Roselló HoyLunes – I’ll confess something: sometimes I don’t write simply because I don’t feel like it. There, I’ve said it. But the dangerous part isn’t laziness itself, it’s the highly creative excuses…
Read MoreBetween Pages and Silences, a Baby Found Peace
When books not only teach or entertain, but also lull, soothe, and offer peace in the most unexpected moments. By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – I am not going to be the one to “discover” now the beneficial power of books, of what they are capable of achieving in all of us. They have not only given, and continue…
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