Holly Willoughby's alarming decision: quitting amid kidnap threats
“It seems wrong that a woman’s career has been potentially cut short due to external, random yet serious threats from a stranger...”
Tourists take over Soller
The problem is that locals cannot go about their daily business and all the while, tourists are blissfully unaware of the fierce polemic raging in the town.
Russell Brand and the dangerous power of media
Brand’s millions of adoring fans are saying that the establishment was coming for him.
Self-checkouts in Palma
I find them a totally dehumanising experience, and something inevitably goes wrong when using them.
Soller Revolts
In a recent tourist survey conducted among travellers to the island this summer, only a third said they'd return, and frankly, who can blame them?
Sizzling summer madness in Soller valley
So, I wish those arriving in our valley this month lots of luck and bon courage.
For whom the bell tolls in Soller
“Mediterranean rural towns and villages often have churches with noisy bells and in my book, this is also to be respected...”
Running in Rhodes
“In Mallorca, anyone who starts a fire, even if unintentionally, can end up with stiff fines and a prison term...”
Daylight robbery in Soller
“Maybe it’s the crime writer in me but there was something about the man that seemed odd. For one thing, he was exaggeratedly mopping his face with a large colourful handkerchief which looked ridiculously theatrical...”
Mallorca's Hot Stuff
“It’s fair to say that July and August are my least favourite months of the year on the island: It is horribly hot, crowded, expensive, booked out and there’s nowhere to park...”
Killer Go fund me in France
France has all but descended into a state of civil war following the tragic shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk in Nanterre, a West Paris suburb.
Harry and Meghan Meltdown
Rebranding the Sussexes would not be easy because, frankly, what do they have to offer?
The Titan Five
All the same, what joy is there in visiting a graveyard under the sea where countless lives were lost?
Alien Aldi
It starts in small ways and soon, before we know it, everything will require digital ID, passwords, QR codes and other bureaucratic paraphernalia.
It’s all change in Balearic politics
As they say, you cannot please all of the people all of the time but this heavy swinging of the pendulum means one thing: the populace demand change.
This Boring show
While the row raged across social media with calls for both presenters to be fired, a froideur enveloped the two former friends and both began to protect their own careers.
E-scooters are back!
“They merrily ride at speed the wrong way up one-way streets and make the pavements their own so that pedestrians, pensioners and mothers with pushchairs have to swerve out of the way...”
Brave new Soller
For those contemplating a visit to Soller, please just heed my advice and avoid the summer months like the plague unless you have no alternative.
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Basket cases in Soller
There’s a new phenomenon in the Soller valley that has started to eclipse even those pesky electric scooters.
Anna Nicholas 20/10/2023 14:40