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Music 
31st March 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KUAMI MENSAH (AFRO LATIN REGGAE)
##Kuami Mensah is a Valencian based musician with a truly international vision. Originally from Benin, Africa, he has settled in Valencia, Spain. He has collected a stellar cast of musicians from Valencia and Benin for his ‘Minon M’zon’ album. It is nearly 70 minutes long, with 15 songs and the beautiful booklet has translations in […]
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Music 
30th March 2020 LES ARTS FOR EVERYBODY (STREAMING OPERA)
Les Arts begins a cycle of ‘streaming’ with its most successful opera productions – Thanks to the collaboration of Unitel, the theatre’s website will allow you to enjoy free recordings such as ‘Turandot’ or ‘El anillo del Nibelungo’. – Verdi’s ‘Otello’, directed by Zubin Mehta and Gregory Kunde in the title role, opens the Les […]
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Music 
29th March 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…. Mi and L’au (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
1) Where did you meet and what are your backgrounds? Paris. Mia was into art therapy and modelling, and I was working for a cinema production company. We then flew around, betting on the map, drinking one million bottles of wine, and finally woke up, half dead, half ecstatic, by a lake, butt naked, in […]
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Food 
28th March 2020 FOOD BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’ ….CHIMICHURRI AND CARROT TOPS
##If you get an organic veg box, you will find your vegetables don’t come neatly trimmed to fit their plastic container but bustling with a jungle of accompanying vegetation. Waste not, want not! Don’t throw it in the bin. These leaves and tops are the top of the pops… with nutrients of around six times […]
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Food 
27th March 2020 HOLA CEVICHE, CEVICHE LA OLA…FOOD BY HELEN WESTWATER OF LA OLA FRESCA
##With most of Europe in meltdown with some serious climate change wake-up call weather, here’s to a recipe that does not need to be cooked in the oven! It’s ‘Hola ceviche, Ceviche La Ola!’ Fresh fish doused in a wave of the zippiest & zappiest citric and spicy flavours. There are a variety of ceviche […]
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Sports 
27th March 2020 VALENCIA FOOTBALL…A BUSY FEW WEEKS
##As the local sports journalist Kike Mateu is one of the first cases to confirm positive for the Coronavirus in Valencia, the premier football club in this city are themselves struggling to ward off a losing bug that has seen them fall to defeats in the last four away matches. Mateu who is regularly seen […]
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Editorial 
27th March 2020 VALENCIA IS THE LAND OF ORANGES
##For many Northern Europeans, the first time you hear the name Valencia is in connection with oranges. For well over a century, sweet oranges and mandarins have arrived from Valencia traditionally bringing a bit of exotic sunshine to the dark northern winter. Oranges play an important role in the history and economics of the city, […]
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Food 
26th March 2020 THAI RED CURRY WITH PUMPKIN AND COCONUT AT LA OLA FRESCA
##By Helen Westwater of La Ola Fresca This month’s recipe, Thai Red Curry with Pumpkin and coconut, is a little spice and a scent of some of the ‘Tapas Audaces’ we were serving in our ‘Gourmet Knights’ sessions with Alberto Corella in La Ola Fresca on Friday and Saturday nights. The recipe requires some ingredients […]
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Health 
26th March 2020 STRETCHING
##As Michael Caine once said, and not a lot of people know this, from when you get up in the morning to when you go to bed at night you can lose a couple of centimetres in height. You relax and stretch in bed and browbeaten during the day you finish up the day shorter. […]
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Editorial 
25th March 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC …EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SOLEDAD VÉLEZ
##Soledad Vélez is a little bit special. She has a unique quality with a memorable chorus, an interesting turn of phrase, the lilt in her distinctive voice, the implied sense of having lived more than her years. Along with the independent attitude, there’s a touch of Billie Holiday somewhere in the mix. What do you […]
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