Andrew Ede
Background in business publishing. Started an online blog about Mallorca in 2005, which went daily in 2007, covering culture, environment, history, politics, tourism and more. Became a regular contributor to the Bulletin in 2010 before joining the staff a few years later.
Enjoying Majorca
Visions Of An Orchestra
In 1935, the Conservatory in Palma, which had come into being as the Conservatori de Música Balears in 1879, was officially declared the regional conservatory, and a superior one at that, by the national ministry for public instruction.
Majorca’s Culture Club
La Movida was freedom of expression, and the freedoms spread to society in general.
The Demon And Wheels On Fire
The tradition of the rodelles had a single demon who would fall down dead when the thunderclaps had finished.
Piano In Nineteenth-Century Majorca
Chopin has created a piano link with the past that today manifests itself in not one but two festivals in his honour at the Charterhouse in Valldemossa.
Fiestas
Tomatoes And Straw: The Neo-Fiesta
The neo-fiestas have developed their rituals, some of which appear to parody traditions of fiesta organisation.
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What's On for the Week
Village People at Port Adriano, Piano week, Moors and Christians in Pollensa, Demons in Can Picafort and Inca.
Fiestas
Two days in July
The triumphal carriage and the Triennial. The dates don’t seem to make a lot of sense, but for very specific Majorcan reasons they make complete sense.
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What's On Tips
Sant Crist Triennial; fiesta fireworks and demons; La Beata; Cossier folk dancers; Mary Lee's Corvette; jazz dates.
What's On for the Week
Fiestas galore this week across the island. Bellver concerts, jazz in Port Adriano and Michael Jackson show.
Politics
British resident standing for election in Pollensa
"Absolutely astonished." Susan Mackay's reaction to being invited to represent Junts Avançam at the municipal election.
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Tourist money and Christmas lights: the week in Majorca
Podemos were demanding an audit of the tourism ministry; there was a less than convincing explanation about how the tourist tax is spent; matters were heading towards the courts and Brussels; and the lights went on in Palma.
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Indoctrination and the missing million: the week in Majorca
Majorca's hoteliers were asked not to be alarmist; the attempt at communicating the benefits of the tourist tax was "dismal"; schoolchildren were at risk of being indoctrinated; and Madrid was making an appeal about bulls.
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Bookings tumble and no rentals appeal: the week in Majorca
Catalonia wasn't alone in experiencing a drop in reservations; a modest increase in low-season flights was being promised; Madrid missed a deadline; and someone was in trouble because of ham.
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Communications and chicken farming: the week in Majorca
There were fears of a Catalonia "domino effect"; the Balearic government admitted that communications about tourist tax spending weren't very good; holiday rentals were on the Madrid government's agenda; and there was a reason to be cheerful for a chicken farmer.
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Tourist tax projects and health scare: the week in Majorca
Catalonia was generating concerns for the Balearics, at least one mayor was unhappy about tourist tax project decisions, Biel Barceló had continuing problems, Thomas Cook launched a new airline. And were tour operators being advised against Palmanova or not?
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Catalonia, contracts resignation, false claims: the week in Majorca
Y Viva España rang out, the tourism minister was doing good work, a Liverpool court handed out significant sentences, and there were yet more illegal immigrants.
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Independence week in Majorca
Catalonia, some of it, was wanting independence; Més took a view on Balearic independence and also found the legal system taking an interest in party members; the tourism minister was not entirely reassuring; Monarch went under; the rural world was having a spat; and Majorca contributed to a Nobel Prize.
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What's on in Majorca: 7-13 August
Fiestas in the likes of Cala d'Or, Cala Ratjada and Can Picafort. In Llucmajor, the "cavallets cotoners" dance for Santa Candida on Sunday. The Pollensa Music Festival and Sa Pobla Jazz Festival continue. Michael Bolton plays Palma on Saturday.Please note that fireworks displays are subject to possible cancellation because of the weather conditions. Notifications are being made on a daily basis.
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What's on in Majorca: 17-23 July
Fiestas all over the island - Alcudia, Felanitx, Inca, Manacor, Porto Cristo, Sa Coma, Valldemossa. Craig David in Magalluf on Tuesday. Tom Jones in Port Adriano on Thursday. Music festivals in Pollensa on Saturday and at Puerto Alcudia's Hidropark on Sunday.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
- Mallorca needs to remember price is king
Comment
Murder in Alcudia: Twenty Years Later
People I’ve spoken to this week remember her fondly. She was known to many.
Andrew Ede 31/08/2019 09:49