Make Way for Tomorrow: a forgotten classic that illuminates with tenderness and lucidity the drama of old age. By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – It is always necessary to rescue from the back of the cinematic wardrobe—though also from the wardrobe of every art—works full of value, great films somewhat forgotten, or completely forgotten, that have contributed to cinema…
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It Reads Like a Movie
When narrative turns into cinema: Frederick Forsyth and the art of writing movies that are read. By Edinson Martínez HoyLunes – The notes that have finally conquered these pages are the result of repeated attempts to focus ideas on content constantly interrupted by the astonishment of coincidences. Having just finished reading “The Afghan” and, contrary to my habit, I…
Read MoreFrom Fire to Creation
This summer’s wildfires are an open wound. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – How much nature and how many human creations have disappeared because of the wildfires of recent years? Each summer grows more intense, and with it, the destructive fire. Our lives are being transformed and, even if we refuse to acknowledge those changes, they are happening. Art reminds…
Read MoreThe Drug that Promises to Slow Forgetting
An experimental antibody therapy offers the possibility of slowing the advance of Alzheimer’s, while thousands of families in Spain live daily with the disease that erases memories and consumes identities. By Ehab Soltan HoyLunes – “My mother looks at me, smiles, but she doesn’t always know who I am”, says Laura, 48, as she adjusts a blanket over her…
Read MoreBorn for Failure, Created for Glory
From failure to glory: how to transform adversity into inner strength. By Omaira Vivas HoyLunes – Life is an enigma; no one can predict the glorious future or the life full of failures of each new being that comes into the world. Some people sometimes estimate the blessings and fortunes that the family in which the individual is conceived…
Read MoreMurderers
Between the harmony of summer and the horror of intentional fires: a reflection on the fragility of nature and the invisible shadow of those who destroy it. By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – “This doesn’t happen in winter, does it?” my partner asks me, as we watch the sunset over the seafront promenade of Cullera, leaning on the window of…
Read MoreHugo’s Journeys: Do You Choose War or Peace?
In Cartagena, a grandfather and his grandson discover that peace is built in everyday life. Between innocent questions and profound reflections arises the conviction that peace is not a utopia, but a possible path that begins in the everyday: in the gesture of sharing, in the acceptance of differences, and in the individual responsibility of building a fairer world. By…
Read MoreSummer: Art, Tradition, and Modernity Under the Sun
A journey through the celebrations, festivals, and artistic expressions that, under the summer sun, transform streets and squares into living stages where tradition meets modernity, memory is renewed, and art is shared in the open air. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – When summer arrives, the everyday dresses up in celebration, and the urban landscape becomes a living stage. Squares…
Read MoreThe Orange Room: Writing with Flour-Covered Hands
Between Flour and Words: How Writing is Kneaded in the Kitchen, Where Ideas Mix with Ingredients and Creativity Bakes on Every Page. By Lidia Roselló HoyLunes – I was kneading a chocolate-and-walnut cake, in case you’re wondering, when the idea I had been searching for all week finally arrived. Flour on my eyelashes, sticky hands, and the radio blasting the…
Read MoreThe Scent of a Dream
When someone you loved returns in a dream, perhaps it’s not nostalgia: perhaps it’s a compass. By Nuria Ruiz Fdez HoyLunes – Sometimes, the people who are no longer with us return in our dreams to remind us that life is not just about breathing, but about daring. This is the story of such an encounter, of that hidden…
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