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.
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.
Majorca
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.
Majorca
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.
Majorca
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.
Majorca
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.
Majorca
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.
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Passport and traffic queues: the week in Majorca
There was chaos at passport control, there were too many vehicles on the road, and the government was talking tourist limits.
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What's on in Majorca: 10-16 July
Fiestas for the Virgen del Carmen, so demons, fireworks and night parties this weekend in Cala Bona, Cala Ratjada, Porto Cristo, Portocolom, Puerto Andratx, Puerto Pollensa. Santa Margalida fiestas start in the likes of Santa Margalida (as would be expected). Queen tribute show in Palma on Wednesday. Rolling Stones and Deep Purple trib shows in Alcudia on Saturday night.
- Ryanair grounds 12 Spain routes over excessive airport taxes
- Tourists' favourite places in Mallorca in the winter
- Fears that other hotels in Mallorca will be occupied by squatters
- Pay 300,000 euros and the Cala Bona hotel squatters will leave
- Short term rental regulations will cost Spain billions and jobs