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After two days of severe weather warnings from the meteorological service, the alert level moved to red on the third day. The president of t...

It was strange to wake up to eery stillness. Outside the city of Valencia, our place is usually quiet, but all the same there’s always a sli...

On my latest visit to her house, there came a moment when Matilda, my five-year-old granddaughter, thrust an etch-a-sketch at me and said, ‘...

There are things to establish when you move somewhere new. You know, find a doctor, identify a well-supplied grocer, work out your way aroun...

Living in the province of Valencia in Spain gives us a lot of joy. The only serious downside, and it might be a lot more serious in coming y...

‘The problem,’ the saying goes, ‘is the English can't remember history, while the Irish can't forget it’.  My mother gave me a fine ...

We like to think of ourselves as good immigrants, Danielle and I. That makes us  want to get familiar with our new host country and, specifi...