Valencian Scientists Turn on the Tap Water
‘Aquapot’ is the name of a project that is the brainchild of Valencia Polytechnic Professor José Miguel Arnal; a project whose purpose is to provide safe drinking water for people…
American Stories in Valencia
Where’s Freddy? We live in a global village, but some people are more global than others; meet Ree Gillett. Freddy the Frog is a character from a children’s book written…
SURFING THE USA WITH CORO CORCHEAS
Merecedes Villegas, a retired English teacher at IES Campanar accompanied a Valencia choir (Coro Corcheas) to the USA in the summer of 2013. Like quavers on sheet music, a group…
‘The Way’ to Get more Tourists
While the tourist authorities scratch their heads and wonder how to increase the number of tourists, one not very good film is achieving just that. According to Koldo Lasarte of…
Folk-Jazz-Arabe on Film
Valencian British-Portuguese-Morrocan Soundtrack for Valencian Azerbaijan Documentary A Valencian-based British-Portuguese-Morrocan group has provided the soundtrack for a Valencian documentary about Spanish pilots in Azerbaijan during World War II. Actually…
Jorge de Sancho: a breath of fresh hair in Valencia.
In this busy age, multi tasking is the key to survival, and if you don’t have time to practise your English and get a haircut; then Jorge de Sancho may…
The Marqués de Cáceres: Wine and Grandeur
We are so used to seeing the emblematic name, Marqués de Cáceres, on a bottle of wine that it is easy to forget that it is a real person, and…
Jarit Brings Africa to Valencia
It’s always nice to learn something new and recently I learnt how to say ‘friendship’ in the Wolof language of Senegal. The word is ‘jarit’ and Jarit is a Valencian…
The Foundation for Justice
“The Foundation for Justice is a non profit making organisation that works in the field of Human Rights through our involvement in projects on three main areas: awareness raising, training…
Adapted Sports by Rafael Ibañez
Hello! I am Rafael, that is clear. I am a 16-year-old boy (this was written in 2011) and I live in Spain. But this text isn’t about me in particular.…
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