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Editorial 
5th March 2019 TENNIS! VALENCIA TO HOST THE SENIOR MASTERS CUP (MAY 17th -18th)
##EXCLUSIVE VALENCIA TENNIS REPORT Once again Valencia will be adding another prestigious tennis event to its increasingly filling calendar. After the successful staging of the Davis Cup Quarter Final between Spain and Germany at the Plaza de Toros and the Women´s ITP Pro Circuit $60,000 + H (hotel) last year, the city will now host […]
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28th February 2019 ‘DEACON BLUE’ PLAY VALENCIA ON FEBRUARY 28th 2019 AT ‘SALA REPVLICCA’ (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!)
##EXCLUSIVE ‘24/7 VALENCIA’ INTERVIEW WITH LEAD SINGER RICKY ROSS OF ‘DEACON BLUE’ 1. You were touring Valencia and Spain last year. What drew you back? We had an amazing reaction in Valencia with a sold-out show last year. Hopefully, when we have a new record out in 2020 we can build it up a wee […]
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27th February 2019 THE LAKE OF RICE AND THE FOREST ON THE DUNES: L’ALBUFERA NATIONAL PARK
##EXCLUSIVE REPORT ON L’ALBUFERA OF VALENCIA With its unique mix of paddy fields, barracas, rustic rice restaurants, sand dunes, reeds, pines and beaches, you won’t find anywhere more quintessentially Valencian than the Albufera National park. Right next to the city, the Albufera is easily the biggest freshwater lake in the whole of the Iberian Peninsula. […]
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24th February 2019 MUSIC, DANCE AND CULTURE IN RUZAFA…JARITÉ ESPAI OBERT
##EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ROBI BERTASI 1. What is the history of Jarité? Jarité owner Robi Bertasi: Around three years ago, ‘Jarité Espai Obert’ (Cultural Association) started a new stage with its current management. We have added new workshops and a more ample programme of cultural events to strengthen its presence in the creative neighborhood of […]
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30th January 2019 DOG REFUGE IN VALENCIA
No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich. – Louis Sabin With its numerous parks, open spaces and of course ‘El Rio’ Garden of the Turia meandering through the centre, Valencia is a great place to own a dog. I love nearly all animals… not insects, […]
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22nd January 2019 LIVE MUSIC! ‘LA EDAD DE ORO’ IS LOOKING FOR A NEW VENUE VERY SOON!!!
One of the great things about Valencian nightlife is the number of bars and clubs run and owned by the people who work in them, not plastic franchises but labours of love with their own special character. First in the Carmen and now in a more spacious locale in Distrito 8, La Edad de Oro […]
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20th January 2019 Kenneth Tynan on Valencia
KENNETH TYNAN ON VALENCIA In his 1975 book ‘The Sound Of Two Hands Clapping,’ Kenneth Tynan wrote: “The new tourism, of which I am a charter member, is more selective…Valencia where a noisy and majestic ugliness stands sentinel, ever ready to repel outsiders, is one of the few places that come close to fulfilling all […]
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Art 
18th January 2019 CHILL OUT AT THE LEGENDARY ‘EL CAFETÍN’ IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE
This is one of the most legendary and open-minded café-bars of the Barrio del Carmen. It is also said to be the first one that turned the area from a no-go zone in the late ‘70s/early1980s to the highly popular & buzzing centro histórico of today. La Transición, as it was known, was a time […]
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14th January 2019 EXCLUSIVE REPORT ON THE DYNAMIC BARRIO OF BENIMACLET (VALENCIA)
##The city of Valencia can be split into sub-divisions or neighbourhoods often known as “barrios”. One of these barrios is called Benimaclet, a name with Arabic origins meaning “sons of Majlad.” This barrio is located to the northeast of Valencia’s city centre. Before 1970, this barrio practiced local sovereignty; therefore Benimaclet was its own town […]
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Editorial 
10th December 2018 ABOUT BREXIT
BREXIT » Independence Day It’s curious that the biggest patriots are often their countries’ biggest embarrassment and that they tend to divide their countries more than unite them. Even more curious and ironic is how the patriotic Brexit campaign used the “Independence Day” rallying call to such great effect and applause, since it echoes one […]
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