Majorca Mallorca
Bridging Cultures- Bridging People
Participants are given 48 hours to write, shoot, edit and submit a film adhering to an as yet unannounced theme and rules.
The Blog
Permanent teleworker tourism: new or old?
Bauzá was suggesting there could be "permanent tourism", and the Balearics would be one of the parts of the country most suited to this, because of its obvious attraction as a coastal destination.
Spotlight on Soller
June Glooms
The June gloom arrived in Soller last Friday night in the guise of the police looking for the loudest party in the world.
Humans of Majorca
Humans of Majorca surviving boating lockdown
My interest this week was centred on a group of people of the sea with different tales to tell.
Are you coming on holiday to Majorca this year?
Newspaper
How to get your souvenir special
Find out how to receive a hard copy of our special supplement.
Food & Wine
White veal needn’t put you in the red
The blanquette de veau, a stew in a white sauce, is one of the classic dishes of provincial French cooking.
Gardening
Gardening In Majorca
The truth of the matter lies in the composition of the soil so to make a Hydrangea happy we must provide it with all it wants and that means starting from the bottom or simply put, the soil it prefers.
Food
Get cooking with the American chef in Majorca
These Chocolate Chip cookies are a little different than your normal ones because I add less sugar and use maple syrup and molasses instead.
Food For Thought
Foreign connections in Catalonian dishes
The flat greixonera that is best for this dish can be bought at weekly markets all over the island.
Gardening
Gardening In Majorca
May really is an active month in the garden with all those peas and broad beans ready for harvesting as well as sowing seeds and transplanting those seedlings that are large enough to handle.
The Good Life
Healthy Happy Gardeners
With health services recommending increased intake of fruit and vegetables what better way to do this than to grow your own especially here when we are blessed with such fantastic weather.
The Week In Tourism
Right hand and left hand: the quarantine
The health ministry took everyone off guard by announcing the quarantine, including the tourism ministry.
Food
Get cooking with the American chef in Majorca
Learn to make vegetarian tacos, a quick breakfast with left overs and asparagus, mushroom and egg dinner. Three lessons in one video.
Food For Thought
Who said cooking eggs is easy peasy?
Of someone who isn’t a very good cook, we often say: “He can’t even fry an egg.” But it’s not at all easy to fry an egg properly and just as problematic to boil or scramble one.
Did You Know
Words and more...
In the late 19th century, Trilby wore a soft felt hat with a narrow brim and an indented crown that became known as the trilby.
My Column
Brainless professors
It’s good to get some laughs during lockdown. It certainly beats the relentless drudgery of the day to day corona news.
- Another body found by a Mallorca beach
- As the town hall announces 21 million euros investment, Playa de Palma residents denounce drugs and homelessness
- The growing problem in the Balearics of the illegal marketing of second homes as tourist accommodation
- Sunday weather in Mallorca - Feeling some effect from Storm Jana
- Balearic government plans big increase in tax on cruise ship passengers and even a cash levy on hire cars
Viewpoint
No name, no pint - no point
One thing is for sure, the UK is good for a laugh right now, which is very sad.
Humphrey Carter25/06/2020 00:39