Bambalina’s Puppet Magic in Asia
The Valencian Puppet Company Bambalina has been thrilling children and adults alike since 1981; and now, the children and adults of China and Korea (the south, not the north, where…
Chez Ramon
Valencia’s ‘Mercado Redondo’ (Round Market) is a popular place for souvenir-seeking tourists and Valencians with an inclination towards haberdashery. It used to have a song bird market on Sundays before…
Hostel Innsa: Art, Architecture and Mercedes
The Innsa Hostel is smack bang in the middle of Valencia’s Carmen district and located in a 16th century palace that used to be the residence of the Valencian Renaissance…
Benicassim International Music Festival (FIB)
FIB 2014, Benicàssim came and went again! 27 new artists were added to the festival 20th Anniversary lineup. With these new additions the lineup was: Wolf Alice, Charli XCX, Aeroplane,…
Valencia: the Cradle of Feminism
In this harsh, unharmonious age, men and women often make cruel, malicious jokes about each other; for example, a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle, or…
Sherlock Discovers Valencia
Something is cooking in Calle de las Cocinas. Valencian sleuths are converging on number 4, Calle de las Cocinas, searching, if not for Moriaty, then at least for a little…
Let’s Get Digital!
New Intraoral Scanning Techniques Improve the Comfort of Visits to the Dentist Anyone who has ever gone to the dentist for removable dentures or crown and bridgework is familiar with…
Top British Designer and Lladró
At the age of 16, Nottingham born Paul Smith was starting a menial job at the local clothing warehouse, dreaming all the time of a career as a professional racing…
Say the Bells of Albaida
The sound of church bells tolling for you across the fields and meadows is indeed one of the finest sounds there is; unless you happen to live next door to…
Valencian Men Tougher than the Rest
A Valencian man spent two days in a tree in Chirles near Polop, Alicante. Surprisingly he was not a student of Dendrology, but had managed to fall into the tree…
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