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Temperatures take a dive!

A cold front from the north brings winter temperatures.

Viggo Mortensen transports us to the Wild West

Appaloosa and the new 007 adventure, Quantum of Solace, are the pick of the new films out this week.

What's On in Barcelona

In this new section in English Paul Jutsum will tell you about some of the main exhibitions or other cultural events from one of the city's well-known museums or cultural centres.

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Hereu declares "Nissan has a future and must have a future in Barcelona "

Imatge de l'alcalde Jordi Hereu

Barcelona's Mayor also said "it is not right to use the crisis to take decisions which go beyond the present conjuncture".

The best news photos

The World Press Photo rewards the best in news-related photography and you can see the work of the latest competition winners at the Contemporary Culture Centre (CCCB).

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'Kreutzer Sonata' at the Romea

Music by Ludwig van Beethoven accompanies this play about the flight of Lev Tolstoy.

A frustrated teacher at the Teatre Gaudí

The Barcelona theatre is staging a play about the clash between pupils who do not want to be taught and a teacher with a passion for his vocation.

'La Cena' is now on at the Sala Beckett

Nuria Legarda offers us a production based on a combination of different languages that gives form to the plot.

Rodchenko

An exhibition covering the career of Russian artist Alexander Rodchenko, the father of constructivism, is now on at La Pedrera.

The best photos of 2007

Nearly 60 World Press Photo 08 award winners will be showing their work at the CCCB.

'Cancún' is on at the Teatre Borràs

What passes through your head when you are 50 and start thinking what your life could have been?

'Play With A Tiger'

The Teatre Lliure is staging one of the few pieces written for the theatre by Nobel Literature Prize winner Doris Lessing.

Be aware of Planet Earth

Parc del Fòrum has an exhibition to make people aware of the causes of natural phenomena.

'El bordell' is on at the Teatre Lliure

This Lluïsa Cunillé production is a metaphor for Spain 25 years ago with three rather unusual characters.

'Beauties of the 19th century'

The Barcelona Photographic Archive is dedicating an exhibition to the photographer Joan Martí i Centellas, who produced an album called Bellezas de Barcelona (Beauties of Barcelona).

'The History Boys' is on at the Teatre Goya

The Barcelona theatre is back with this Alan Bennett story directed by Josep Maria Pou.

Modern art from the USA at the Joan Miró Foundation

The exhibition explores the development of modern art in the US with more than 100 works from the end of the 19th to the end of the 20th century.

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Date: 21/11/2008

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