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Will McCarthy

London, Valencia

Editor at 24/7 Valencia

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | 247valencia.com | Will McCarthy

    Indie legends ‘The High Llamas’ present their latest album ‘Hey Panda’ in Valencia. Under the direction of multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and arranger Sean O’Hagan, the Anglo-Irish avant-pop band The High Llamas, a classic reference of the most sybaritic European indie, have developed a very specific sonic footprint: baroque melodies of the sixties, wide orchestral strings and vintage synthesizers with a warm echo, all mixed in soft harmonies.

  • 4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Will McCarthy

    Elon Musk’s extraordinary role in reforming the federal government has led some to call him a shadow president. In May, he will also likely become the de-facto mayor of his own town in the coastal plains of South Texas. The side drama is taking place in the village of Boca Chica, Texas — 1,800 miles from Washington, in the corner of one of the nation’s poorest counties wedged between the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico.

  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | Will McCarthy

    SOLANO COUNTY, California — It doesn’t take long, driving north from San Francisco past bay and sea, to remember just how new, in the scheme of things, this place is. Towns become infrequent and then disappear altogether, replaced by hills, fields and farms. The land opens up in green and yellow, a reminder of a time when California was defined in the national consciousness by verdant pastures and gold-flecked creeks, rather than by crime or unaffordability.

  • 2 months ago | tribalfootball.com | Will McCarthy

    Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly known as Genoa CFC, is one of Italy’s most historic football teams. Founded in 1893, it holds the title of the oldest football club in Italy, with a rich legacy in Serie A and Serie B. Indeed, the club has won nine Italian championships. Based in the coastal city of Genoa, the team plays its home matches at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, a stadium shared with fierce rivals Sampdoria—a matchup known as the intense Derby della Lanterna.

  • 2 months ago | yahoo.com | Will McCarthy

    For decades the hippie enclave Arcata has flown three flags at a Veterans Memorial in a plaza at the center of town: one for California, one for the United States, and one for earth. But over the past three years, a debate over the order in which they fly has improbably divided the foggy North Coast community, sparked ballot measures and lawsuits, and led to a broader reckoning over free speech, nationalism, and the respect owed our home planet.