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9th November 2021 Interview with ‘Jimmy Glass’ Jazz Bar Owner Chevi Martínez
Jimmy Glass Jazz Bar is Valencia’s best-known jazz club but don’t stroll in expecting to find people in double-breasted suits and kipper ties, drinking whiskey sours to a backdrop of Miles Davis or Billie Holiday. Apart from the stage and the photos of jazz performers on the wall (mostly taken by the owner himself), it […]
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BOOKS 
7th November 2021 VALENCIA BOOKS…’LA BALADA DEL BAR TORINO’ RAFA LAHUERTA YÚFERA
Rafa Lahuerta Yúfera is a Valencian writer, blogger and former member and founder of the Valencia CF supporter’s group Gol Gran. His book “La balada del bar Torino” (in reference to the bar in C/Barcelonina where Valencia C.F. was founded back in 1919) was published to acclaim. It is more than just a book about […]
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Music 
2nd November 2021 FROM LOCAL LAD TO ETERNAL LEGEND…. NINO BRAVO (1944 -1973)
The Festival Nino Bravo in Aielo de Malferit is just one of more than 20 such festivals and conventions all over the Spanish speaking world. The small town near Onteniente (Ontinyent) and the birth place of this unique big voiced singer teems with hardcore fans from as far away as Chile and Australia…all coming to […]
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Food 
29th August 2021 Cannellini Bean Puree at ‘La Ola Fresca’ in the barrio of Benimaclet!
##A few years back, i went to Italy and I was lucky to take part in an olive oil tasting under the guidance of olive oil expert Johnny Madge. We dived into the slippery world of olive oil to find out what really is in those bottles labelled as Extra Virgin. As it is widely […]
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Places 
12th August 2021 Valencia Port Area (Poblados Marítimos)
Valencia’s Poblados Marítimos have been through a lot. Over the years they have been destroyed by fire, suffered the worst of the city’s floods, and been flattened by bombs. Not so long ago, the area’s residents had the America’s Cup crowd strolling about and Formula One cars careering around their once peaceful streets and crumbling […]
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Places 
13th July 2021 ‘MALVARROSA’ BEACH OF VALENCIA
##Valencia has always had a strange relationship with the sea. The city’s port has been a great source of wealth over the centuries but Valencia doesn’t feel like a maritime city and as people round here will tell you, the city was built with its back to the sea. People have been making sandcastles and […]
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wines 
11th June 2021 VALENCIA WINES…TONI SARRIÓN, PRESENTS IN ‘MI CUB’ (MERCADO DE COLÓN) THE LATEST VINTAGE OF MESTIZAJE BLANCO
##TONI SARRIÓN, PRESENTS IN ‘MI CUB’ THE LATEST VINTAGE OF MESTIZAJE BLANCO: REGENERATIVE VITICULTURE OF A GENEROUS HARVEST DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. – Mustiguillo only uses its own grapes, so if there is no good harvest the 35 countries that receive its wines would miss some bottles. – Their land uses compost from its own […]
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Music 
16th May 2021 VALENCIA MUSIC… ANA ZOMEÑO HAS A NEW E.P. OUT!!!
24/7 VALENCIA: Could you tell us about your musical upbringing and background? ANA ZOMEÑO: They tell me that I sing the way I talk. I don’t know if that’s true but it’s what I like to do most in the world. At the age of eleven I discovered the guitar and, thanks to one of […]
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History 
15th May 2021 VICENTE BLASCO IBÁÑEZ…VALENCIA’S MOST UNIVERSAL CITIZEN
Novelist, journalist, politician, war correspondent, founder of Utopian communes, publisher of books and newspapers, voluntary exile, tireless traveller, political prisoner, anti-clerical, duellist and womaniser…Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was born in Valencia in 1867. His novels have made him one of Valencia’s most celebrated literary sons but, just like so many Valencia Football Club managers, he always […]
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Food 
14th April 2021 VALENCIA CUISINE… DOUBLE MICHELIN STAR CHEF RICARD CAMARENA
##Legendary Valencia Chef Ricard Camarena is the winner of the national prize for gastronomy, a Double Michelin star chef and Michelin Green star chef too. This expert proposes together with Amstel a surprising combination of flavours… Turron and Amstel Oro are part of Ricard Camarena’s recipe. Artichokes with nougat, anchovy vinaigrette and truffle slices, paired […]
