A Portuguese Quinta: A Story of Immigration Told Through Subtle and Profound Silences

Director Avelina Prat embraces solidarity in this tale of a Spanish professor’s escape as he seeks to rediscover himself in Portugal.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – With less than three months left in 2025, and while waiting for the releases that will hit theaters until the end of December, it can already be said that this has been…

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The Racing Heart of long COVID: POTS Silently Affects Thousands of Patients

A study from the Karolinska Institutet reveals that nearly a third of patients with long COVID develop postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a condition that transforms daily life and primarily affects middle-aged women.   HoyLunes – Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, is a condition where the heart beats abnormally fast when changing position from lying down to standing up.…

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Madrid Becomes a Living Map of European Cinema with the First Edition of CINEU

Twenty-two auteur films, awarded at Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and San Sebastián, will transform Madrid’s districts into laboratories of ideas and cultural encounters, with free admission for all audiences.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – Starting Thursday, October 3, Madrid will host the First European Film Showcase, CINEU, a decentralized and free-of-charge auteur cinema festival across the capital’s districts. With…

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The 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.…

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Absurd 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…

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Valladolid to Host the First Open Mic Poetry World Championship

Valladolid becomes the heart of universal poetry with a competition that will give voice to one hundred poets before the statue of Zorrilla. The event will take place on October 18 at the foot of the statue of José Zorrilla.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – On Friday, October 18, Valladolid will become the World Capital of Poetry with…

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Los Domingos: The Intimate Faith That Wins the Golden Shell in San Sebastián

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s third film claims the festival’s top award, along with the FIPRESCI Prize and the Irizar Award for Basque Cinema, consolidating the strength of Spanish cinema in a gala marked by the condemnation of the genocide in Gaza.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s third feature film (Baracaldo, Vizcaya, 1978), “Los Domingos”,…

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The Economy for the Common Good: When Peace Is Sown Through the Economy

M.ª Pilar Rueda Requena presented at the 17th Congress of Writers for Human Rights an ethical and transformative proposal that brings together social justice and a culture of peace.   By Ehab Soltan HoyLunes – Yesterday, September 26, 2025, Valencia became a great square of thought and words with the inauguration of the 17th Congress of Writers for Human Rights.…

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The Reproduction of the Work of Art: Loss or Revaluation?

Between the artist’s unique imprint and the infinite circulation of its reflections, art reinvents itself with every gaze.   By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Is reproduction a threat to the authenticity of the work, or could it become a way of bringing art closer to more people? This question has challenged us throughout time and has sparked intense debates around…

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