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Gandia International Cartoon Festival

Gandia International Cartoon Festival

Gandia was the centre of the universe, or at least the one inhabited by Bugs Bunny and Friends, when the International Festival of Shorts and Cartoons took place there between…

Turning Water into…………..Beer

Turning Water into…………..Beer

Alchemy is back in fashion and nothing need be what it was at first, as the quality, artisan beer makers at Mediterranea have demonstrated by turning sea water into beer,…

ARVET Opens up Export Market

ARVET Opens up Export Market

Bathroom products may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but according to ARVET, the Valencian association of exporters of goods transformed from materials (that’s the best I can do with…

Valencian Technology in Washington

Valencian Technology in Washington

Washington was witness to the power of the Valencian imagination at Tech Jam 2016, when two Valencian start ups presented their wares in March 2016. The event was organised by…

APAVAC Reading Club News

APAVAC Reading Club News

“The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy I usually read rapidly.  I have this urgency to get from cover to cover as fast as possible.  I’ve tried to analyse this; is…

Valencia Versus the Red Palm Weevil

Valencia Versus the Red Palm Weevil

The red palm weevil (or Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus as its mother calls it) is an insect that has been killing palm trees all over the Mediterranean, and which arrived in Spain…

The Law of the Jungle

The Law of the Jungle

Miguel Ángel Gómez  is a Valencian lawyer from Alzira, currently based in Sagunto. But once a year, Miguel Angel the mild mannered lawyer enters a telephone box and out comes…

Lithuanian Rock in Valencia

Lithuanian Rock in Valencia

On the 8th of April 2016 Andrius will publish a new single named “The gist”. through YouTube and all his social networks. The song is the first single of new…

Valencian Architectural Giants

Valencian Architectural Giants

Two Valencian architects, Carla Herranz and Carla Garzó won the 2016 Rethinking Competition, an international competition encouraging architects to reinvent themselves and think outside the box. The challenge was to…

Taverna Olimpia

Taverna Olimpia

There are really only two things I know, or thought I knew about Bulgaria; that they are the biggest exporter of roses in the world, and that they nod assent…