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Cinema Tourism Comes to Cuenca

Cinema Tourism Comes to Cuenca

Cinema Tourism (Set-Jetting) is a reality, and you only have to do the Math to realise that. Following the release of Out of Africa, the number of visitors to Kenya…

It just doesn’t come any better.

It just doesn’t come any better.

By Chris Dennison What have Ruzafa (or if you prefer it Russafa), El Grau de Gandia and France got in common? The answer, my friends, is NES. On Thursday 15th…

Ruzafa in the FT

Ruzafa in the FT

In November 2016 The Financial Times newspaper highlighted the attractions of Valencia’s very own Notting Hill, and gave a mere five reasons for living there. First of all the neighbourhood…

Maduixa Teatre Makes it in New York

Maduixa Teatre Makes it in New York

Brooklyn’s On stage at Kingsborough was the scenario in October 2017 for this Valencian theatre group’s premiere performance in the USA, part of a tour that also took them to…

Surf’s Up for Iván

Surf’s Up for Iván

  Alicante-born Iván Pastor was declared world Raceboard champion in Australia for the 9th time in November 2016. Raceboard is a variation on windsurfing, in which Iván competed in the…

Sorolla Sotheby’s Success

Sorolla Sotheby’s Success

To celebrate a Spanish final in the Champion’s League, London auctioneers Sotheby’s has put a painting by Sorolla up for auction. The painting reflects the artist’s vision of Valencia, and…

Guastavino: The Documentary

Guastavino: The Documentary

The Valencian documentary company Endora’s documentary about the legendary Valencian architect and builder Rafael Gustavino, has won the Golden Dolphin Award at Cannes, for a work with filming taking place…

Rodolfo Navarro: The Long March from the Great Wall to Shenzen

Rodolfo Navarro: The Long March from the Great Wall to Shenzen

The latest news about Valencian artist Rodolfo Navarro is that he has been contracted by China’s third largest city, Shenzen, to erect a statue in one of its squares. The…

Watercolour in Valencia

Watercolour in Valencia

By Chris Dennison   “Watercolour is a swim in the metaphysics of life…. A mirror of one’s own character.” (Anonymous) I was chatting the other day with Jose Galarzo, president…

Pablo Noguera in the French Institute

Pablo Noguera in the French Institute

Valencia (and half French) artist Pablo Noguera’s latest exhibition deals with the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, drawing on sources such as Homer’s Odyssey to reflect upon this critical situation.…