There are many misconceptions in Colm Tóibín's Catalan nationalist tract (A sweet revenge for Catalonia, 31 July), which must be addressed. Tóibín claims, on the flimsiest of evidence, that Catalans as a whole are opposed to bullfighting, that they are in the grip of a strong anti-Spanish identity, and that there is a significant movement in Catalonia for complete independence from Spain. Not so. Given that at least half of Catalan residents are Castilian-speaking immigrants, or recent...
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