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Iberospherical

The Shifting Ebb and Flow of Transatlantic Migration

One family’s generational journey there and back again, and how it questions contemporary certainties

6 min readApr 10, 2024

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Ellemeno

How Mathematics Taught Me to See

I never realized what I was missing, until algebra took an unexpected turn

6 min readAug 23, 2023

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Equations inscribed in frosted glass, with a blurred image behind

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Ellemeno

I Found Myself Stretched Out on a Beach

Chilling by a driftwood fire, I burned away my nagging doubts

7 min readAug 25, 2023

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I Found Myself Stretched Out on a Beach

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Ellemeno

What Makes Fire So Alluring?

I never feel as alive or as contemplative as when staring into and stoking flames

4 min readDec 3, 2023

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What Makes Fire So Alluring?

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Rainbow Salad

The Playwright and the Proletariat

A tale of culture wars in an alternate history

4 min readJan 20, 2024

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A modern replica of an Elizabethan theatre

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Iberospherical

Well, It’s Been Quite a Month!

A look back at how the pub has progressed over the last four weeks

5 min read3 days ago

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A goat turns its head, looking back over an arid, rocky landscape

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A-Culturated

A Guy Down My Road Has a Bright Green Toenail

Should he call a doctor? Or a cultural transcreator?

5 min read3 days ago

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Close-up image of toes with fluorescent green nail polish protruding from beneath baggy trousers

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Three Imaginary Girls

Songs in the Key of a Philosophy of Life

Philosophy is bunk — all you need is music

6 min read4 days ago

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A young woman in a colourful T-shirt browses records in a vinyl record store

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Iberospherical

Love & Literature — Catalonia’s Unique Take on World Book Day

A rose by any other name…

3 min readApr 22, 2024

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Temporary stalls selling books in a town square in Mataró, Catalonia, for World Book Day

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A-Culturated

How Tribalistic Sport Can Actually Build Cross-Border Understanding

It’s all a question of context and perspective

5 min readApr 20, 2024

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A French street filled with people on a summer’s evening. A young child wearing a France football shirt sits on a parent’s shoulders

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Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

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Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.

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