Xàtiva: a Castle in the Air
In April 2023 the Star Wars spin-off ‘Andor’ used Xàtiva castle to shoot some scenes for the second season. Valencia’s City of Arts and…
The Burning of Xátiva
The War of Spanish Succession was part of a wider European conflict between Catholic France under King Louis XIV and a largely protestant coalition…
El Genovés R.I.P.
The name Francisco (Paco) Cabanes may not ring many bells, even among born and bred Valencians. However, there are not many Valencians who have…
Jose Ribera: Lo Spagnoletto
In June 2020 the Parisian auction house Daguerre sold a painting by Valencian artist José Ribera, ‘Un filósofo: el feliz geómetra’ for 1.8 to…
Valencian Watergate; a Good Thing
Not all plumbers break into the Democrat party headquarters in Washington, bringing down President Richard Nixon. There are good plumbers too; Valencian plumbers whose…
Turning Water into…………..Beer
Alchemy is back in fashion and nothing need be what it was at first, as the quality, artisan beer makers at Mediterranea have demonstrated…
Divina Aurora: the Eternal Business
There is a terrible joke, perhaps only appropriate on Halloween; what is the last sound a person hears before they die? Coughing. Here’s…
Valencia: Where the Streets Have a Name: Calle de Martí
Really, they should have named a fountain after Francisco José Buenaventura de Paula Martí y Mora; he is after all accredited as being the…