Catalonia tales: 'Spain is like a father forbidding his son from leaving home'

Five articulate Catalan 16-year-olds keen to discuss independence. Front row: Aniol, Helena, Anna. Back row: Aleix, Joan. Photograph: Jon Henley

Jon Henley: As Catalonia prepares for a vote which could redraw the map of Spain, Jon Henley goes in search of ordinary people's stories. Here he talks to young people and first-time voters