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.
Spotlight North: The illegal anchoring in Puerto Pollensa
Each summer there are complaints and some action, only for the issue to return the next summer.
Spotlight North: Controlling the beaches in Alcudia
The latest council meeting also brought up matters related to the beaches.
Spotlight North: And on it goes ... the students of Bellevue
The Alcudia students do not attract the same level of attention as those of Arenal and this owes much to location.
The week in tourism: The amber that adds to the red light flashing
"The way that they are going, it could be more than just a figurative red alert that we should be worrying about."
The Blog: Motoring life in the slow lane
High summer is here, and it is not like last summer. The roads are busier.
Viewpoint: When the Covid map turns red
Balearic measures were all about “saving the season”.
The Blog: There are types of tourist, and there are types
What to do with the type of tourism that doesn't benefit the image of the island?? What do you think?
Viewpoint: On Covid message
The messages become predictable. As predictable as the situations they refer to.
Enjoy Mallorca: Alcudia, Sant Jaume and the disappearance of a settlement
What happened to Guinyent? Why did it disappear?
Viewpoint: The cowards of abuse
Online in its various forms has bred and reinforced harassment, intimidation and the cowardice.
Spotlight North: The anti-mayor poster of Santa Margalida
The Workers Front claimed that the fines were dished out for political reasons
Spotlight North: Municipal workers taking Pollensa town hall to court
Lorena Luque had, said the union back in March, suffered “discriminatory and humiliating” conditions
Spotlight North: Bussing the workers into Alcudia Bay
Great excitement in Sa Pobla, Muro and Inca on Tuesday.
Spotlight North: All’s well for Alcudia’s Spanish students
Viajes Finalia which organises the Mallorca Island Festival student trips to Bellevue, issued a statement...
Spotlight North: Another week, and it’s Puerto Pollensa’s beaches
Summer had finally arrived at Puerto Pollensa and Cala Sant Vicenç beaches.
Viewpoint: Abandoning responsibility
Why else would there be a shift in focus to hospital response capacity?
The week in tourism: Listening to the hoteliers
Are Mallorcan hoteliers the ones who run the tourism industry in the Balearics?
Viewpoint: Radicalised and on the streets?
One profile was radicalised as a sympathiser of Islamic State.
The Blog: Controlling the “botellón”
Could opening up the nightlife industry stop the contagion? What do you think?
Coronavirus news
The Blog: An even more alarming state of alarm
Had the government seemingly confined us all illegally?
Andrew Ede 16/07/2021 11:55