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…
Valencian Photographer Wins Award
A photographer from Villareal, Castellón, Antonio Porcar Cano won the Photo of the Year for his picture of saxophonist Benny Golson in front of an image of the legendary Billy…
Money Laundering Made Easying in Valencia
All kinds of important activities will now be possible for Valencians as the linguistically schitzophrenic airline Vueling announces its direct flights from Valencia to Zurich and back (unless there’s an…
Pickevent: You Choose, in London or Valencia
According to The Guardian newspaper, Pickevent is “The world’s first professional network that connects attendees, speakers and event organisers.” And one of its founders is Valencian Jose Moliner. Pickevent enables…
Segrelles: From Albaida to the Moon
1885 was not a great year in Valencian history, being the year of the worst cholera epidemic, one of many, to decimate the population. And yet it was the fate…
APAVAC 5th Reading Club Session
Hiya all! This month’s Book Club started with a lovely surprise from APAVAC for the participants… a most original handcrafted Tea Mug, custom-made for us by Colla Monlleó, Plaça Redonda.…
British Parliament Conquered by Castellón Scientist
A graduate of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) Dr Maria Jose Marin Altaba has won the SET for Britain 2014 poster competition held at the House of Commons in March…
The Journalist’s Best Friend: Olhops
There is an old urban legend about somebody who once used a computer for the first time, pressed the button that opened the CD Rom and exclaimed: “Great; somewhere to…
Gow is Now
I had always believed that dressing smartly meant taking clothes from the wardrobe rather than from the back of the chair, but apparently there is a new concept, a new…
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…
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