November favourites
🫥 Better late than never I guess?
It’s almost the end of December, and here she is, bringing last month’s favourites list.
Without further ado, shall we jump in? Here’s what I loved the most in November:
+Bernat FC kicks off
In the last week of November, a project I’ve been working on for quite a while finally made its debut. +Bernat Football Club is an idea built together with Fernando Pelayo, (the best!) bookman at +Bernat (an iconic bookshop in Barcelona you should visit). It was born out of a desire to create a space where people into football and topics like art, culture, social impact and justice, literature, and more could get together to chat over a nice drink.
The first edition had a fantastic line-up, and I had the honour of moderating a panel titled “Football for one, football for all”, centred around both the inclusion and exclusion that the game can promote. Our guests were the incredible sports journalist and host Andrea Ginés; Jordi Grive and Hannah Royles from A.E. Ramassà; and author and visual artist Carmen Berasategui.
If you’re in Barcelona, you should definitely join us for the next edition, with date and theme still TBD. Keep an eye on the IG account!
IRL meetings in Brussels and London
Last month, I took advantage of a couple of work trips to meet up with friends and people I had never met in person. I think I say this every time I talk about these meet-ups here, but I 100% recommend putting in the effort to meet people outside of screens and have a proper chat IRL. As grateful as I am for the connections we can only make because of screens and the ~web~ that ties them together, there’s something special about exchanges that happen in the real world.
In Brussels, I got to spend some time with Harlem Lamine, talking about all things football and research, and getting shown around the city. Do check out his work and website, which, by the way, is beautiful.
In London, I of course met up with Hayley | Director @ HTVB, who adventurously joined me in the away section at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea x Barça Femení (and saw Sam Kerr at M&S five minutes before I arrived). Champions nights are the best, even when the temperature is ridiculously low and the second half of the game is kind of dull.
I also got to see Lydia Crudge and Michaela Gooden, who are doing great things in women’s football, and Anika Leslie-Walker, a brilliant scholar and researching important topics around sport and sociology.
Needless to say, it was great, fun, and inspiring to meet so many incredible people. I’m already looking forward to the next meet-ups. Who should I meet next?
Thefootballgal x Adidas collab
It was SO cool to see this happening. I’m sure you all know who @thefootballgal is and probably dream of sporting a football kit personalised by her. It only makes sense that she’d land such an epic collab with Adidas, launching her own Predator boots. For some reason, watching this unfold genuinely felt like seeing a close friend succeed, and I caught myself feeling very proud and very happy for her, lol. Yet another good thing the internet brings into our lives.
