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20th December 2021 12 days of Valencia Christmas
Many expats will be heading home for Christmas. The call of the family party, the industrially-boiled vegetables and the soporific splendour of Christmas TV and too much port is far too strong. “The atmosphere is not the same here, they just don’t know how to do Christmas in Valencia” they’ll tell you. But things are […]
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Music 
13th March 2021 VALENCIA MUSIC…EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE LEGENDARY ‘PEP BOTIFARRA’
24/7 VALENCIA: Tell us about your Valencian roots and your first experiences with music from your land… PEP BOTIFARRA:My first contact with traditional Valencian music was via my family. Most specifically, my grandmother Otília Borredà who was from the town of Benigànim. She knew so many songs and popular sayings and as I practically grew […]
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Art 
27th February 2021 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LEGENDARY FILMMAKER & PHOTOGRAPHER LARRY CLARK (IN VALENCIA)
Born in 1943, Larry Clark is a living legend when it comes to urban photography and edgy filmmaking… including the coming-of-age, award-winning film ‘Kids’. Directors Gus Van Sant, Francis Ford Coppolla & Martin Scorsese have cited Clark’s photography collection as a major influence in their films, including ‘Taxi Driver.’ As a teenager, Larry Clark suffered […]
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Music 
21st February 2021 VALENCIA MUSIC…THE HARP AND EVE MATIN (INTERVIEW)
24/7 VALENCIA: TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND MUSICAL EDUCATION… EVE MATIN: I come from a Persian family but I grew up in Peru. Despite the fact that no one in my family is a musician, I was mysteriously attracted to the harp. I started as a classical harpist and did most of the […]
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wines 
12th February 2021 A LOOK AT THE NEW WINES FROM ‘VICENTE GANDIA’ …PIONEER OF QUALITY WINES FROM THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY
Bodegas Vicente Gandía was founded well over 100 years ago. Then, their main interest was exporting wines from their premises in the ‘Grao’ in Valencia, founded during the golden age of the railway when transporting wines from Utiel-Requena and elsewhere took off. More lately, they moved a lot of their operations to the giant plant […]
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Places 
4th January 2021 CHILLING OUT AT ‘CAFÉ MUSEU’ IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE
Set in a mellow corner of the historic centre, ‘Café Museu’ can rightfully claim to have a worthy history all of its own. As one of the first bohemian bars of the Barrio del Carmen, it was founded in 1972 as ‘Raco.’ It was a favourite haunt of the local Art students whose college then […]
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Music 
28th September 2020 A HISTORY OF SPAIN’S SEPHARDIC ROOTS…AN ALBUM BY MARA ARANDA
1. Tell us something about your musical background… My experiences in music are many and diverse, given that they have been accumulated over 30 years of a professional career in music. I believe that destiny has led me to share experiences with musicians with whom I have had an affinity, on both a personal and […]
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Music 
3rd August 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC… JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999)
24/7 Valencia: Could you tell us more about the legendary Valencian born composer? Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo: “Joaquín Rodrigo was born in Sagunto (Valencia) on 22 November 1901, the day of Santa Cecilia, the patron saint of music. At the age of three, he lost his sight as a result of a diphtheria epidemic. […]
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Music 
5th July 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…’BAPTISTE BAILLY TRIO’
24/7 Valencia:Tell us something about your musical background and experiences… Baptiste Bailly: I started music when I was 8 years old. I started playing drums and it’s only much later that I discovered the piano, when I was about 15 years old. I remember going one day with my parents to see a world music […]
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BOOKS 
31st July 2016 Author Jason Webster (Exclusive interview)
What is your view of the political stalemate in Spain? By the time this interview is published the situation may well have changed significantly, so it’s not easy to say. At the time of writing (late January), the possibility of forming a lasting coalition government looks unlikely, although I suspect that something temporary may be […]
