Barça-loners: will breakaway Catalonia fracture Spain?
In conjunction with the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia, this series examines the quest for a separate Catalan state, the costs and benefits, the impact of the financial crisis and the origins and implications of this historical faultline running through northeastern Spain
Catalonia independence timetable: 'Once it has started it cannot stop'
Catalan voters are expected to return a pro-independence majority to the regional parliament on Sunday. Then a referendum will be held within two years, says one campaigner
Catalonia tales: 'Spain is like a father forbidding his son from leaving home'
Jon Henley: As Catalonia prepares for a vote which could redraw the map of Spain, Jon Henley goes in search of ordinary people's stories. Here he talks to young people and first-time voters
Catalonia tales: 'read the press in Madrid to see what Spain thinks of us'
Jon Henley: As Catalonia prepares for a vote that could redraw the map of Spain, Jon Henley has gone in search of ordinary people's stories. Here he speaks to staunch independentistas
The Catalan language is still in danger, despite its resurgence
Quim Monzó for La Vanguardia
Catalonia tales: 'What will we eat?'
Catalonia tales: 'Independence began as something small in my heart'
Catalonia tales: 'We agree on almost everything … just, um, not on this'
As Catalonia prepares for a vote which could redraw the map of Spain, Jon Henley goes in search of ordinary people's stories. In Terrassa, he speaks to a couple divided over independence
Catalonia tales: 'I can't see anything but a hypocritical interest in independence'
As Catalonia prepares for a vote which could redraw the map of Spain, Jon Henley goes in search of ordinary people's stories. In Barcelona he speaks to those who defy the separatist clamour
