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8th September 2023 A FAMILIAR FIGURE IN VALENCIA…AN INTERVIEW WITH ‘GAVIN WATSON’
24/7 VALENCIA: Tell us something about your background, travels and experiences GAVIN WATSON: I’m originally from Scotland, Perth, born and bred so to speak but left for New Zealand and played football for a North Island club which actually turned out to be a great chapter in my life. At that time rugby was the […]
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27th July 2023 ‘GASLIGHTING’ IN VALENCIA
What is ‘Gaslighting’? The Oxford English Dictionary definition states that ‘Gaslighting is to manipulate (a person) by psychological means into questioning his or her own sanity.’ In simpler terms, gaslighting is a form of abuse where one person aims to control another. The abuser will make the victim question their reality by making them think […]
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18th May 2023 DELIVERING DREAMS: VENANCI FERRER’S REMARKABLE JOURNEY AS A POSTMAN FOR 40 YEARS!
In the heart of Extramurs, located next to the bustling Rojas Clemente Market of Valencia, resides a much loved, 63 year old retired postman, Venanci Ferrer. For 40 years, the many streets of Spain that he journeyed afoot served as his kingdom and his territory, as he diligently carried out his duties as a postman. […]
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1st February 2023 SALVA CIGES: THE ARTIST WHO DEFENDS L’ALBUFERA! (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
24/7 Valencia: Could you tell us something about where you were born and where you grew up? SALVA CIGES: I was born on the 26th of October 1952 in Anna, a bewitching agricultural village. The municipality is a sort of ‘water landscape’ in the region of Valencia and is considered one of the most beautiful […]
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31st December 2022 REMEMBERING ‘CRAZY’
‘Crazy’ passed away this month. He was a well-known figure on the Valencia alternative scene. A DJ, a poet, a philosopher, a free thinker and sometimes of no fixed abode.We remember back to interesting conversations with ‘Crazy’…late at night in the historic centre after a concert, at the ‘Feria Alternativa de Valencia’ in the Turia […]
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24th September 2020 ’24/7 VALENCIA’ INTERVIEW WITH ‘STUART ATKINSON’
24/7 VALENCIA: Tell us something about your background and upbringing… STUART ATKINSON: I was brought up in Lanark, a sleepy little town in central Scotland, before moving on to Glasgow to study and gain my Ph.D. in cancer research. Glasgow may have a reputation for being a rather stark place with a rough character, but […]
