Lladro
Lladro Lladro. It makes you think of the frilly, floral porcelains like those on the shelves of the curio cabinet in your grandmother’s dining…
Mujeres Ceramistas del Paraguay (Women Ceramicists of Paraguay)
MuVIM Mujeres Ceramistas del Paraguay (Women Ceramicists of Paraguay) With the work of Julia Isídrez, Carolina Noguera Y Ediltrudis Noguera 10 y Guillen de…
Neville Electrifies Valencia
Unfortunately we are not talking about football manager Gary Neville, but about the Julius G Neville company, whose products, manufactured in Liverpool, were used…
Fallas is Dead; Long Live Fallas!
The last of the gunpowder has exploded; although there always seems to be at least one kid in every neighbourhood who has some lethal…
7 Julio: A Barrel of Laughs
The restaurant isn’t in the nicest of locations, in an industrial estate on the southbound road leaving Valencia; but once inside, angels soar to…
El Convent: An Aria and a Prayer
There are not many places where you can climb down a mountain, enter a cloister and then find yourself in an excellent restaurant, surrounded…
Valencia’s Iron(Wo)Man
Maria José Martínez Maroto is not an ordinary woman, nor an ordinary athlete; she was the only woman representing Spain in the Half Ironman…
Ciao Valencia: Vicios Italianos
They say you shouldn’t mix business with pleasure, and yet five international friends have found both in Valencia, via London and Orlando. Vicios Italianos…
Vicente Todolí: Oil and Painting
When he resigned in 2010, The Guardian newspaper said of him: “His curiosity, wit, rigour and passion make him a model for future directors…
Juan XXIII Discovers the L’Iber Museum
Students of Burjassot’s Juan XXIII school visited the world’s largest collection of toy soldiers and learnt all about the history of the world and…
Chinese Capital Riding Valencian ‘Bikes’
Bikes is the name of a cartoon film in the production stage, as they say, and not unrelated to the success of Cars. An…
Cleaning Up in Fallas
There is surely nothing worse than waking up in March with a dirty Fallera dress in your wardrobe. It’s happened to me more times…