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12th April 2021 Double for Real Club Náutico Gandía and Real Club Náutico Torrevieja in the V Regatta of the SUMA League
##The SUMA League Fixed Bank Mediterranean SUMA League in Benidorm held last Sunday, April 11, its V Regatta of the season. The weather conditions gave a respite and allowed the rowers of the Comunitat Valenciana to offer a great show of rowing. The SUMA League has now passed its halfway point and has four of […]
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History 
12th April 2021 ‘SAN VICENTE FERRER DAY’ 24/7 VALENCIA
##The weekend following Easter is known as the Pascua de San Vicente. The first Monday after Easter Monday is San Vicente Ferrer day, which means we all get a second consecutive long weekend. San Vicente Ferrer, along with his luckless namesake San Vicente the martyr ( who was tortured and executed by the Romans and […]
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Art 
10th April 2021 ‘Les Arts’ fuses opera and gastronomy at ‘Contrapunto’
Les Arts fuses opera and gastronomy with the help of chef Pablo Ministro at ‘Contrapunto’ – The arts centre and the chef of ‘Contrapunto’ restaurant prepare a gastronomic proposal inspired by the main opera and zarzuela titles. – The mezzo-soprano Sandra Ferrández and the baritone Borja Quiza starred in the first session of ‘Maridajes’ about […]
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Editorial 
2nd April 2021 Easter at the Beach in Valencia
All that remains of the old Barcelona railway tracks, which used to cut off the Cabanyal and the other sea front areas from the rest of the city, are a few spaghetti western style stations in Boulevard de la Serreria. The lines now go underground but the years of separation have meant that the “Poblados […]
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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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History 
23rd February 2021 TANKS FOR THE MEMORY
For those of us living in Spain today, democracy is a given and pretty much unmoveable. The dark, dull days of dictatorship seem a long way off. However, if some dangerously deluded bright sparks had got their way on 23 February 1981, things might have been a whole lot different and at the centre of […]
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Food 
16th February 2021 Red Valentine Beetroot Soup
By Helen Westwater of ‘La Ola Fresca’ This month’s recipe combines the earthy red of beetroot and the pure white of coconut milk with a heady mix of spices, to steer off any last winter colds and cheer the hearts of any lost Valentinos. Beetroot, happily a vegetable that is available all year in […]
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wines 
13th February 2021 SIX WINES FROM VALENCIA AND SEVEN CHAMPAGNES
This month we look at six wines from DO Valencia and seven Champagnes from Taittinger. DO Valencia. DO Valencia covers the parts of the province not covered by DO Utiel-Requena and DO Cava. Alicante and Castellon have their own controlling bodies. It is split into a number of sub-zones which cover the area from Xativa […]
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Food 
6th February 2021 Hannah Banana Cake by ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
##It may be a strange phenomenon but in ‘La Ola Fresca’ most of our best loved cakes seem to adopt personalities all of their own. From the arrival of the much-pursued ‘El Señor Brownie’ came his happy partnership with his sun-kissed, wheat-free, partner-in-crime ‘Gloria Zanahoria’ (carrot cake with rice our and almonds). Then recently, out […]
