Humphrey Carter
Deputy Editor
Oxford-born Humphrey Carter joined the Bulletin in 1994 as a photographer, having studied photography, film and psychology in the UK. After having travelled the world and worked in many fields, within months of joining the Bulletin he secured exclusive access to Australia’s most wanted man in Mallorca and ran with the story for the following ten years for the local and international media. He was made Deputy Editor in 1997 and has been sent on numerous overseas assignments - he fronted the multi-media coverage of Real Mallorca’s European football campaign. His work has been featured on the front pages of newspapers and magazines around the world and is a regular commentator for leading international media outlets, in particular television and radio.
Entertainment
Majorca's rolling stone
Interview with Geoff Dominy who has just cut his first album with local and international musicians in Palma.
Tourism
Majorca feeds off top TV series
Package holiday sales are being boosted thanks to television series.
Society
"At 6.30pm on 23 August 2007, my life changed"
Interview with Sergeant Stu Parker who was critically wounded in Afghanistan in the worst case of friendly fire since 1991 in the Gulf War
Rugby
Rugby has really taken off in Majorca
Nearly 6,000 players and spectators are heading to the island next month for the Majorca Beach Rugby tournament in Magalluf.
Entertainment
"Palma has a new church of music"
Interview with Fredrik Thomander, an international Swedish songwriter and producer who has opened a state-of-the-art recording studio in Palma.
False claims
Ambassador backs bogus holiday sickness claims' clampdown
The new rules will fix the legal costs that can be claimed in package holiday sickness claims.
Health
"We need a more united approach to tackling combat stress"
Interview with David Bellamy, a master practitioner in clinical hypnotherapy, who is now practising on the island and is creating a new body to help military personnel.
Tourism
All-inclusive price war brewing
Majorca still has good value-for-money offers for all-inclusive hotels.
Tourism
"It’s a small price to pay for preserving paradise"
Balearic tourism minister and vice-president, Bel Busquets, on the tourist tax, holiday rentals, saturation ... .
Emergencies
German cyclist dies after driver "tests positive" for drugs
The dead cyclist was one of a group of twelve. They were hit by a Porsche Cayenne yesterday morning.
Bylaws
Zero drinking tolerance in Calvia
The town hall is preparing another summer crackdown on anti-social behaviour in its main resorts, in particular Magalluf.
Charity
British war veterans coming to Majorca for a change of scene
Members of the armed forces who saw action in The Falklands, Northern Ireland and Gulf 91 will be arriving on the island at the end of this month.
Sport
"One of Britain’s fastest men on two feet"
Interview with Majorcan resident David Jones, who won gold and silver at the last Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962.
Tourist taxes are not new
Regular travellers have been paying tourist taxes for years, so what is the Balearic problem?
Recycling, what’s new?
Forty years ago I was returning empty cans for change in the United States.
Balearics and Catalonia
I have Catalan and Majorcan friends and their views differ a great deal.
Illegal street trading
This is going to be a key issue this summer following the death of an illegal trader.
Society
"Most families in America have been affected by gun violence"
North American residents Jeff Harter and Jennifer Wasmer who are behind the March For Our Lives protest against US gun violence in Palma.
Harry Goodfun
There is not much fun in tourism any more and this year could be rather unhappy.
- 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
The resilient British tourist
Hotel price hikes, tourist tax and a sense of not being as wanted as they once were (tourists in general), the British are standing firm.
Humphrey Carter 01/04/2018 00:00