Great Valencian Ghosts
Today it is haunted by civil servants who wander the corridors carrying mysterious pieces of paper with blank looks on their faces, seemingly wandering aimlessly, as if searching for some…
Magnolia You Sweet Thing
A favourite place for Valencian children (and some adults) to play is in the little park known as the Glorieta, just near the emblematic Calatrava Bridge. Both here and in…
Bollywood in Buñol
The film that swept the board at the Indian equivalent of the Oscars, Filmfare, was mostly shot in Spain, including a key scene filmed at the annual tomato throwing festival,…
La Puerta del Mar
La Puerta del Mar (or Gateway to the Sea) was built in 1946 in imitation of the city gate that stood on the same site. The original was built in…
Guillen de Castro: the Streets Have a Name
Napoleon’s troops must have marched along Guillén de Castro when besieging Valencia on two occasions (one home win and one away win) at the beginning of the 19th century. It’s…
The Burning of Xátiva
The War of Spanish Succession was part of a wider European conflict between Catholic France under King Louis XIV and a largely protestant coalition of Britain, Holland, Portugal and Austria,…
Sink Market Soars in Valencia
Spain is the country where I discovered the concept of the double sink, and a wonderful moment it was. Ever since then, when one sink is full to the brim…
Valencia International Returns to IES Pere Boil
On Wednesday 24th September 2014 Valencia International returned to IES Pere Boil in Manises to recruit journalists for Valencia International in a visit kindly sponsored by the Santillana Richmond publishing…
Bahía de Denia Brut
The delightful little fishing village was named after the Goddess Diana and is now a place where people with boat like to sip champagne as they watch the sun go…
When Dracula Got Sunburnt in Alicante
Christopher Lee, tired of playing Dracula didn’t quite manage to say “never again” and took part in this German production with Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski. Valencian director Jesus Franco…
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