In July 2010 Catalonia’s parliament voted to ban bullfighting from 2012 onwards. This 2011 season, which runs until September, is the last time you will be able to watch a bullfight in Barcelona in the cities bullring, the ‘Monumental’. The Catalonian ban has been a catalyst to opponents of bullfighting across Spain who hope to see a ban throughout the country. The bullfight is an event that divides opinion fiercely, witnessed in the pavements splattered with blood-red paint outside the ...