They said it would never happen. The cost was toted across the world as a crying shame and it was. Several politicians stated incorrectly that it was not […]
The ghost airport of Castellon comes to life!
Category: People
Silk in Valencia, and paella and La albufera
There is a striking monastery outside Albocasser with a small café run by Monche who used to be a radio presenter. It was here, under the arches at […]
The lost village of La Estrella
La Estrella is a village 24 kilometres from Mosqueruela and the same again from Vilafranca. From the first town the track is of dirt and very bumpy, largely […]
Toni the melliferous beekeeper
Toni is a professional beekeeper and an educator, not to mention someone with movie star presence. He promotes the awareness of bees, the important role they play in the […]
Living art in a haze
A friend of mine kept on talking about an artist who used to live in Majorca and had had considerable international success with his paintings of the beautiful […]
A young woman of Spain
It is a lamentable fact that in Spain unemployment among the young is double the national average, at the moment in Castellon standing at some 50%. That there […]
A hippy artist sort of
The castell a fifteen minutes walk from Atzeneta was showing a small exhibition that took me by surprise. I do not want to do injustice to the castell […]
New Neighbours
The area of the mountains where I live is dotted with old fincas, many uninhabited and in need of serious repair. As remote as this region is, […]
Portrait of an artist in Benicassim
A few days ago I drove down to Benicassim to photograph Joan Simo, a local artist with a colourful reputation. His gallery and home is on the […]
Free fruit
I was brought up on the mantra that there is no such thing as a free lunch. But nobody said anything about fruit. Of course lunch has […]