Good Books, Good Works
Valencia has a new second hand bookshop in Calle Moratin 11, and book lovers will have the satisfaction of knowing that in buying one of these moderately priced books, they…
American Space: Your Giant Leap in Valencia
When I first heard about American Space, I had visions of Neil Armstrong and the man from ET with the jangling keys. However, American Space is much more down to…
Javier Alvarez Finds the Route
Javier Alvarez is a Valencian biologist and journalist who has travelled the world working on a multitude of projects. ‘The Route’ is one such project, a documentary which relates the…
Xceed: Partying is our business
Have fun and help people! Not many could turn down that offer, not even on a cold, wet, windy Monday morning in February. In fact it’s an offer you can’t…
Bridges (and Deserts) for Music
Bridges (and Deserts) for Music Most of us, from time to time, are willing to cross the street to make a donation to an NGO; Isra García however, went a…
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,…
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,…
Suricatta Systems: Gimme Shelter
When the Lorca (Murcia) earthquake of May 2011 brought disaster closer to home, Valencian property company Urbana IDR decided to do something about it and participate in the project to…
Valencians Return to Defend Tunisia
Don Juan de Zamoguerra was a Valencian soldier who in 1574 was in charge of the defence of the Santiago fort of Chikly, situated in the middle of a lagoon,…
Tramundi and the Snowball
“I love you Mum. You are the best of the world” How does it affect you as a mother when you read a message from your child like that? You…
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