APAVAC Reading Club (Part 2)
By Michelle Ann Prabhu Hiya! > While looking up last year’s Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro, I came across an article that mentioned that two of her “short” stories had been made into “full length” films.…
It’s official! English is Official!
Officials at the European Union (and France) have finally accepted English as their lingua franca. Certain concessions are however expected to be part of the agreement that will put vast…
Jump the Queue with Stanboo
Being an Erasmus student involves taking a series of important decisions. However, if you’d rather dedicate your neurons to the pursuit of the Valencian students’ dream: sun, sand, sangria and…
Mascarell: Another Valencian Secret
The Valencian Community never ceases to amaze, and there always seems to be one more little gem of a place which only get spoilt by tourism when people like me…
Playing Ska Harmonica (Skarmonica) with The Toasters in Valencia
Adapting the Blues Harmonica to play Ska music – by a rock musician living in Valencia. About 10 years ago I met a famous ska musician. It wasn´t my first time meeting…
There Be Dragons on the Streets of Valencia
If, like most people these days, you walk down the street with your attention absorbed by some electronic device or other, you might, should you be walking the streets of…
Daze of Dawn to play in Primavera Sound 2014
Valencian rock band Daze of Dawn will be playing this year in PRIMAVERA SOUND 2014 in Barcelona Spain. Primavera Sound is arguably one of Spain´s largest and most popular international…
The Friendly Ghost in the Machine
The word ‘robot’ is one of the few words in the English language deriving from Czech, and whose original meaning is ‘slave’, or somebody engaged in boring, forced labour. It…
Valencia: Where the Streets Have a Name
On 31st July 1826 the Spanish Inquisition executed its last victim in Valencia. The heinous crime for which he was publicly garrotted in the square that stood where the Central…
Confucius Inspires Valencian Scientists
Confucius once said “I heard it and I forgot. I saw it and I understood.” More than 2,500 years later, his words inspired Valencian scientists Laura Blanco and Guillermo Granda…
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