Matthew Tree

Matthew Tree has lived in Barcelona since 1984. He has published novels, short stories, an autobiography and several essays, in Catalan, and has a regular column in the El Punt Avuinewspaper. A collection of his articles and essays published in English appeared earlier this year.

If voting could change anything: the 2012 Catalan Elections

A vote next week will probably enable the controversial referendum on independence in Catalonia. Madrid continues to try to thwart the move, while demonstrations – and statistics – tell a different story

By Matthew Tree

/ 23 Nov 2012