THE LUNA COLLECTIVE

Finding your place in the world can be challenging, but for 18-year-old Swedish singer-songwriter Paula Jivén, music is the perfect vehicle through which to channel all the strong and conflicting emotions that come with growing up and trying to define who you really are.

Paula Jivén Boldly Navigates the Complexity of Growing Up in Her Enchanting Debut EP ‘The Duality In Me’

MADRID NO FRILLS

It’s a cloudy and chilly March Saturday in the Valley of Fornela. There are no customers in the bar of the local albergue, only a man called León sitting quietly by the fireplace. “In winter, there are only four of us”, he says while he waits for his café con leche to cool down. He is one of the few remaining residents of Peranzanes, the capital of the valley. All four of his daughters, as most of the youth and adult population, have migrated to urban hubs in search for better opportunities.

Empty Spain: The Valley of Fornela

MADRID NO FRILLS

Ucramarket is one of the most important hubs for the Ukrainian community in Madrid and, in just one week, it’s also become a collection point for donations from madrileños destined for Ukraine. 

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How Madrid's Ukrainian community are organising in response to Putin's invasion

MADRID NO FRILLS

Located just across the street from Plaza de Nelson Mandela, right in the heart of Lavapiés, sits the clothing store Pantera opened just last month with the mission to help integrate manterxs into the labour market.

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Pantera, Madrid's first anti-racist shop, is the manteros' next step in their fight against criminalisation

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Right at the intersection of Divino Pastor and Monteleón, in the heart of lively Malasaña, there is a sign that reads ‘Guitarra Ángel Benito Aguado’. If we are lucky enough to find the blinds up, we can see luthier Yunah Park inside, working with silent dedication.

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The Korean luthier keeping one of Spain's disappearing traditions alive