Rising Stars: Plumeti Rain
While northern Europe looks through its wet windows dreaming of a few seconds of sun, Laura Peña sits at her computer wishing it would rain. Laura and her partner Pablo…
LA MASIA DEL VINO: The Church of Good eating
La Masia Del Vino makes quite a visual impression when you slip inside from the pedestrian street where it is situated just behind Valencia’s MUVIM Museum and the main library,…
AIDA: More & Books
A Little second hand bookshop behind leafy Viveros Park describes itself as Books&More, which is quite an understatement because AIDA, a Spanish NGO with premises in Valencia, Segovia and Madrid,…
LA VITA È BELLA: Bring on the Minstrels
The first thing that strikes you on entering this Italian restaurant just off Valencia’s main square is the decor. It’s pretty hard to keep your eyes on the menu (or…
When Valencia’s Brothel Got the Green Light
There is an old joke, not so funny when you think about the high standards of journalism to which we all adhere, about the Pope arriving at JFK airport and…
Jordi Machí: Artistic Heaven in Lebanon
Jordí Machí travelled the world in search of success, paintbrush in hand, until his arrival in Lebanon in 2012, initially to visit a friend. A chance meeting with a Beirut…
Cocktails RU
Most of us enjoy a relaxing cocktail from time to time, as long as they are not of the Molotov variety, named after the Russian Minister who sent his tanks…
They Can See Clearly Now
August 2014 was a good month for the people of Kisumu, a port of 400,000 inhabitants in Kenya, which was visited by a team of ophthalmologists from Alicante. The doctors,…
Adios, Heavy Metal
More and more adults opt for orthodontics to improve their smile and oral health and are choosing alternative techniques to do so. Orthodontia is usually associated with teenagers, but an…
The Oceanographic: Something Fishy in the city of Valencia
British Etymologist Unimpressed by Europe’s largest Oceanographic Park My arrival at Europe’s largest Oceanographic park was not an outstanding success. In fact I seemed to cause a bit of a…
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