Incident
30-year-old dies after 50 metre fall at view point
30-year-old was canyoning with friends when the accident occurred during the final absail down the cliff side.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 11-17 June
The summer fiestas are now with us. For Sant Joan (John the Baptist), there are night parties on Saturday in Deya, Mancor de la Vall and Muro.British indie band The Magic Numbers headline the Summer Pie Festival at Es Baluard in Palma.BH Mallorca Stage in Magalluf kicks off the season on Thursday.There's an all-day festival at Palma Arena on Sunday for freedom of expression.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 7-13 May
Magalluf Mallorca Live Festival with headliners Primal Scream and The Prodigy.Massenet's opera "Werther" with the Balearic Symphony Orchestra.The start of the Deya International Music Festival at Son Marroig.Fairs/fiestas in Campanet (with demons' fire-run), Campos (including the famous Friesian cows contest), Felanitx, Inca (Dijous Gros on Thursday), Son Carrió ... and Soller: the Moors and Christians are Monday, 14 May.

Can Calo boasts being set in one of the best locations on Mallorca.
Can Calo boasts being set in one of the best locations on Mallorca.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 22-28 May
Can Picafort's nautical fair and seafood gastronomy this weekend. Cossier folk dancers in Alaro and Manacor, a prehistory fair in Arta, ecological fair in Puigpunyent, the orange fair in Soller, the Posidonia Festival in Deya on Saturday, and the Palma book fair in the Passeig Born starts on Friday. Cala d'Or jazz over the weekend.
History
The Guardia Civil officer who turned down Ava Gardner
"That was unthinkable. I refused. 'Sorry, but I'm on duty'."
Art
New Miró exhibition at Belmond La Residencia
A new exhibition by the Catalan master Joan Miró has been opened at Belmond La Residencia and will run during 2017.
Art
Joan Miró at Belmond La Residencia
Belmond La Residencia Hotel in Deya will be proudly exhibiting Tête (Head), 1975.
Art
Miró exhibition opens at Deya’s Belmond La Residencia
Exhibition will last until the end of the month.
Comment
The beauty of Majorca
It is such a shame that the more problematic resorts such as Magalluf and the Playa de Palma get all the publicity, mostly bad, when there are so many other areas of the island that are both scenic and trouble free.
Jason Moore19/08/2015 00:00