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Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

Jul 24, 2018

San Sebastian with kids

San Sebastian — it’s got one of the best city beaches in the world and a gastronomic culture that draws people from…

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

May 8, 2018

Head to the hills

If it’s a Bank Holiday weekend, it must be time to hit the road. Ever since I started work I’ve been a firm believer that you…

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

Apr 7, 2018

Packing and going

Going on a big adventure is a little bit like doing DIY. All you really want is the wall painted a new colour, but you know…

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

Jun 4, 2018

When wood chopping gets competitive

We can all see how it would happen: you want to prove you can chop wood faster than your brother…

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

Jul 13, 2018

To Galicia and back

Put it down to me being Libra, or a middle child, or just the way I’m made, but I’ve never been the best at making…

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

Apr 9, 2018

First day nerves

Of course the children were nervous. They were starting a new school where they knew nobody and would be taught in Basque. So it…

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

Apr 18, 2018

A week is a long time in weather

Before we got here, a lot of people mentioned that it rained in San Sebastian. That’s OK, I thought…

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

Apr 26, 2018

Living in a land where ‘es’ means no

Basque is not an easy language. It doesn’t look like other European languages with its clusters of ‘t’s and ‘x’s and frequent ‘k’s. It’s not related to other languages — not any, anywhere — and it doesn’t sound like other languages: where else does ‘es’ means ‘no’?

Katherine Stathers in The Spanish experiment

May 22, 2018

For the love of trees

In 1982, the Japanese government introduced a health initiative called shinrin-yoku — which translates as forest…

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