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Rising Stars: Plumeti Rain

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…

Masía El Altet Olive Oils: Among the Best

Masía El Altet Olive Oils: Among the Best

The World’s Best Olive Oils (WBOO), basing its results on 19 fairs and events worldwide, has determined that among the 50 best olive oils produced around the globe, four belong…

Ford: Valencia’s Other Fiesta

Ford: Valencia’s Other Fiesta

The news that the Ford plant at Almussafes, Valencia had reinstated the third daily shift of production and was producing a record number of cars in the summer of 2014…

A Cool Way to Sell Shoes

A Cool Way to Sell Shoes

“Walking through a little Mediterranean place seeing its painted shutters over white stone walls, where the sun tries to enter and fill with its light a cosy and natural atmosphere.…

Chez Ramon

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…

Sherlock Discovers Valencia

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…

Top British Designer and Lladró

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…

Money Laundering Made Easying in Valencia

Money Laundering Made Easying in Valencia

All kinds of important activities will now be possible for Valencians as the linguistically schitzophrenic airline Vueling announces its direct flights from Valencia to Zurich and back (unless there’s an…

Pickevent: You Choose, in London or Valencia

Pickevent: You Choose, in London or Valencia

According to The Guardian newspaper, Pickevent is “The world’s first professional network that connects attendees, speakers and event organisers.” And one of its founders is Valencian Jose Moliner. Pickevent enables…

The Journalist’s Best Friend: Olhops

The Journalist’s Best Friend: Olhops

There is an old urban legend about somebody who once used a computer for the first time, pressed the button that opened the CD Rom and exclaimed: “Great; somewhere to…