More than just a family business: A Life Told in Flowers
Having a flower shop, sometimes, is more than just managing a family business. In this intimate portrait, a young florist from Poland revisits the childhood memories, family losses, and quiet moments that shaped their lifelong relationship with flowers. She tells the story of how through generations of her family, arranging bouquets became both a craft […]
From personal project to a community hub: the story of a bookshop
Smaragda, founder of a bookstore Poli Cool, shares the unexpected, chaotic, and heart-warming story of how it went from a personal project to a full online bookshop. What started with a few book promotions, a first book’s royalties, and absolutely no idea how to run a bookstore quickly grew into a catalogue of over 500 […]
Makeup, Hate & Politics: This Greek TikToker makes political make up videos
Greek makeup artist and TikTok creator Manos reflects on why everything is political—from eyeliner and labels to police violence, misogyny, homophobia and online hate. Blending humour, anger and vulnerability, he explains how he turns hateful comments into content, uses his platform to speak openly as a gay man and navigates the contradictions of being a […]
The last fight of Perucha, Spain’s cycling legend
Domingo Perucha is an institution of Spanish cycling. Some of the world’s most iconic bicycles have passed through his hands. His story is rooted in the 20th century: postwar, hunger, and hard work. Now, Perucha (as he is known throughout Madrid) faces the last escape of his life: the Community of Madrid wants to evict […]
Fight for Housing Between Climate Change and Inequality
In Recsk, a small village in northern Hungary, a mudslide occurred in mid-June 2023, when soil extracted from the local mine was washed down onto houses during a heavy thunderstorm. For a long time, it was believed that the victims would receive 500 million forints in government aid, based on a government decree signed by […]
This Hungarian artist challenger the fake Instagram world
With her hobby, Renya Biacsics has created a true pop art culture: on her Instagram, we can see funny, witty everyday scenes drawn in her signature style, most of which are based on real events. Her satirical illustrations appear online, on the walls of cafés and bars, or even on clothing — always with refreshing […]
Fight for housing: in Spain, tenants against a corporation
In a housing block on Martín Muñoz Street in Las Posadas (Vallecas) are up against the investment fund Nestar-Azora over rent increases through hidden loopholes in contracts. After more than a year of fighting, they won the case. This inspiring story demonstrates not only the power of social mobilisation, but also the importance of defending […]
A Day in the Life of Assyia, an influencer struggling with an eating disorder
At 14, Assyia weighed 80kg. At school, she was bullied by other students. This led to depression and her dropping out of school at age 15. In the midst of her depression, she began to lose weight, and those around her told her that she looked better. That’s when her eating disorder began. Today, Assyia […]
Sphera Hotline: Should we be learning alternative careers?
Shall we be afraid of AI and of it taking our jobs? No need to panic just yet, while AI is able to do many tasks previously performed by humans, it also needs people to operate and manage it. With the help of our experts, Flore Barcellini and Moustafa Zouinar from the National Conservatory of […]
Data is not free for the environment: technology and climate change
In arid and climate-stressed Spain, one of the groups calling for a moratorium on new data centres calls itself Tu Nube Seca Mi Río – Spanish for “your cloud is drying my river”. In recent years, Spain has become a leading destination for tech giants to set up their data centres in Europe. Madrid even […]
