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Valencian e-sports in Rio

Valencian e-sports in Rio

22 million Spaniards play e-sports apparently, sweating on their sofas through marathons of intense fingerwork. Many of them will make use of the Valencian company Encom Games, which recently signed…

Natsu Valencia (the other) Land of the Rising Sun

Natsu Valencia (the other) Land of the Rising Sun

In Spain, Valencia is known as the land of the rising sun, situated as it is on the east coast, the first place to see the sun rise. Unfortunately, Japan…

Expats love Valencia

Expats love Valencia

By Laurence Lemoine www.valencia-expat-services.com In recent years many have chosen to live in Valencia, under the Spanish sun. Valencia has witnessed a massive surge of expats: French, Italian, British and…

Carmina Sánchez: The Singer and the Song

Carmina Sánchez: The Singer and the Song

Music has always been at the centre of Valencian culture, and there are very few villages that don’t have their own band. One such village is Polinyà del Xúquer, near…

Valencian Oil Outhealthies the Rest

Valencian Oil Outhealthies the Rest

If Shakespeare was allowed to invent 1,500 words without even being able to spell his own name, then I claim ‘to outhealthy’ as a legitimate English verb. Nonsense aside, Valencian…

SOCRATIC CLASSROOM.

SOCRATIC  CLASSROOM.

We are a group of students from Ribalta High School and today we would like to tell you about an innovative project in our school. It is called the Socratic…

Tom Bennett: “Educating children well is an art”

Tom Bennett: “Educating children well is an art”

Press Release from Caxton College Caxton College’s II Educational Innovation Forum emphasised the need for teachers to constantly recycle, to avoid “fake” education. Professor Tom Bennett visited Valencia in April…

José Benlliure Museum

José Benlliure Museum

I’m not sure if I really know what nooks and crannies are, but I know one when I see it, and I know that I like them. One such spot…

Valencian Oysters: Pearls before Snails

Valencian Oysters: Pearls before Snails

Many people think twice before eating oysters, equating them with snails and other gastropods. The word ‘gastropod’ makes you think you’re going to eat something magnificent and gastronomical, whereas etymologically…

GlucoNightWatch Guarding Children

GlucoNightWatch Guarding Children

GlucoNightWatch was founded with the intention of ending sleepless nights for parents whose children suffer from diabetes. GlucoSentry is a device that lives up to its name by guarding children…