Here Comes the Sweet
Some people might consider it a bit strange to describe the sun as ‘sweet,’ spicy perhaps, piquant even. Nevertheless the Valencian cake manufacturer Dulcesol…
Gandia International Cartoon Festival
Gandia was the centre of the universe, or at least the one inhabited by Bugs Bunny and Friends, when the International Festival of Shorts…
British Cemeteries of the Mediterranean
Wherever there has been a British presence in Spain there is usually a British cemetery where many stories of Anglo-Spanish collaboration are to be…
A Giant ShowLeap for the Deaf
We’ve all seen people using sign language in the streets and wondered what they were talking about. Now, thanks to ShowLeap, a Valencian initiative,…
Kibi Toys: Stimulating the Senses
Isaac Saneleuterio and Maya Callejo are two Valencians who probably wouldn’t give their children a Play Station as a present. They are the creators…
A Miracle (or 2) for Christmas
Vicente Gandia is one of my favourite Valencian wine makers, and I don’t say that just because Javier Gandia once bought me lunch, although…
Barefoot on the Beaches
Barefoot, bareback, bare everything. If you can tackle the sight of naked men and women and are prepared to grab the bulls by the…