When Valencia’s Brothel Got the Green Light
There is an old joke, not so funny when you think about the high standards of journalism to which we all adhere, about the Pope arriving at JFK airport and…
Where the Plazas Have a Name: Rodrigo Botet
It’s one of Valencia’s quaintest squares, and one that has appeared in at least two international films: The Curse of the Pink Panther and The Boy Who Stole a Million.…
Cavanilles
If you move in botanic circles, then you are probably either a sunflower or likely to have come acrosss the name Cavanilles at least a dozen times per pollination. Antonio…
Valencia: the Cradle of Feminism
In this harsh, unharmonious age, men and women often make cruel, malicious jokes about each other; for example, a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle, or…
Valencia’s Quietest Cemetery
Most major cities face the same worrying problem, and Valencia is no exception; what on Earth do you do with the corpses after you execute your criminals? I’d driven past…
The Valencian Napoleonic Society
In the year 2002 Joaquin Blasco strolled across the battlefield of Waterloo. Unlike Napoleon, he didn’t meet his nemesis, but he did meet a lot of people from different countries…
Valencia Ends Executions of Transexuals
I imagine that most people, when shopping among the colourful sights and enticing aromas of the Central Market, are blissful unaware that they are planning their meals upon the place…
Peanuts and Puzol
When you drive into Puzol, a village situated to the north of Valencia, from the coastal motorway (south exit), the first thing that strikes you is an old wall on…
America’s First Letter was Sent to a Valencian
The first setter ever sent from America was a long time being delivered. The truth is, it was carried most of the way, across the Atlantic Ocean by the sender;…
Isabel of Villena
Not many people like being called a bastard, and not many people have schools, streets and libraries named after them, and yet Isabel de Villena is, was and has all…
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