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Music 
31st May 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…MARK TAIT OF 5th AND PONTIAC
Tell us something about your background and experiences. I spent my formative years on the island of South Uist. It is located off the west coast of Scotland, way up north. Everybody seemed to sing or play an instrument. It might have been because there was only one television station and I may be wrong […]
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Editorial 
30th May 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC WITH ‘JUNE’S KALEIDOSCOPE’
24/7 VALENCIA: ##Tell us something about your musical background and influences… JUNE’S KALEIDOSCOPE: I grew up as a classically trained pianist, starting to have piano lessons at the age of six. Then I entered my first Conservatory and finished my degree almost fourteen years after. Those years gave me the music foundations to compose my […]
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Music 
29th May 2020 WHEN RAY GELATO (THE GODFATHER OF SWING) PLAYED VALENCIA!
RAY GELATO WITH ENRIC PEIDRO Cafe Mercedes Jazz:“Throughout the album, Gelato and Peidro musically bring out the best in these compositions that, without exception, come from the pen of some of the brightest saxophonists and “Swingantes” that Jazz has known. This includes Gene Ammons, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Flip Phillips, “Lockjaw” Davis, Charlie Ventura, Jacquet […]
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Food 
28th May 2020 PERUVIAN & MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT ‘SIMALÚ’
OPEN AGAIN! Celebrating their 5th anniversary in Valencia this year, ‘Simalú Restaurante’ is set in the heart of the historic centre of Valencia. Having worked in top quality restaurants in Argentina and Valencia, highly experienced Peruvian Chef & owner Gustavo Medina has established in Valencia the best of traditional & modern Peruvian cuisine and combined […]
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Music 
28th May 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…SPUTNIK
1-Who are Sputnik? Sputnik is the key name of the cosmonaut Antonio J. Iglesias, appointed for a secret Jamaican space mission. There is an imaginary satellite that captures signals and filters & transmits them whilst continuing to orbit in space: A Jamaican dream. It is a solitary experiment but at the same time it is […]
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Sports 
24th May 2020 VALENCIA FOOTBALL…WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
With the coronavirus continuing to bite into large chunks of the La Liga season until June, the back pages of the tabloid newspapers have become increasingly fanciful and desperate with their transfer gossip… in an attempt to fill their pages and engage the readers. Valencia Football Club have not avoided this unwanted attention with Rodrigo, […]
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History 
21st May 2020 ‘TIRANT LO BLANC’
First published in Valencia in 1490, ‘Tirant lo Blanc’ (or Blanch in the original medieval spelling) is the iconic Valencian novel par excellence. It was the first Spanish chivalry romance to be published and according to the Spanish National Library “the most read book in medieval Europe”. It was written by Valencian courtier Joanot Martorell […]
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Editorial 
18th May 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…ERIN CORINE
##24/7 Valencia: Can you tell us something about your musical background & education? Erin Corine: My musical background is a curious combination of family tradition and formal training in classical music. I’ve always felt a beautifully ethereal connection of undying love and devotion to my first instrument, the flute, but I’ve come around in the […]
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Editorial 
15th May 2020 LAURENCE LEMOINE OF ‘VALENCIA EXPAT SERVICES'(EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
24/7 Valencia:Please tell us something about your background, upbringing and education. LAURENCE LEMOINE:I was born in Paris, in a very traditional family. Raised with 5 brothers and sisters, we have always received an abundance of love and very powerful values. Since the age of 12, I wanted to be a journalist, which led me to […]
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Art 
13th May 2020 NOW OPEN! TEAS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND MORE! SHOPPING AT ‘D TES MAGATZEM’ IN RUZAFA
>##24/7 Valencia: What is the philosophy behind D TES MAGATZEM? D TES: Our philosophy is to bring to this corner of Valencia one of the largest collections of delicious teas from different parts of the world. Which countries? Especially from mysterious China, exotic India and traditional Japan. We have added a section of teas brought […]
