The Blog
X Maria virgine, gaudete!
The saga of the potential Maria de la Salut no-confidence vote has attracted a good deal of attention in the local media.
Food for Thought
This is best way to cook mussels
Mussels are so plentiful and cheap that they are sometimes called the poor man’s shellfish, a distinction that once belonged to oysters
Frank Confidential
Water, water everywhere! Plus - the 'raves' in my valley
I had started to notice that late at night our valley above Andratx town was alive with the sound of music and motorbikes.
Words and More
Did you know
People who say that money doesn’t bring happiness are often those who don’t have any to spare.
The Blog
Whatever happened to the resilience?
The situation is currently “disastrous”, but “we all agree that next year there will be a rebound effect, if confidence recovers”.
Spotlight On Soller
The new start begins
The talk this week has been of starting a Bridge Club and we need a teacher as most of us have never played. Volunteers please contact me at the Bulletin.
The restaurant review
Better kind of fish and chips
When I saw the dish on the Rambar menu last week it couldn’t have been listed in a more concise way: “fish and chips”, it said and gave a €15 tag.
Food and wine
Llampuga beats lightning this year
The five principal centres for catching and eating llampuga are Majorca, Ibiza, Malta, Sicily and Sardinia.
The Blog
All the world’s a theme park
Assuming that travel does return to normal, there remains the sheer voracity of tourism, an industry which is unquestionably vital for economies and is estimated to be worth (along with travel) 8.9 trillion US dollars at a global level.
Frank Confidential
Majorca and the 'second wave' divide - plus, getting the kids back to school
Rather like the United Kingdom, Spain has got itself in an awful knot over whether and when schools should re-open to pupils and students.
The Blog
The Council presents ... a low-key observatory
The observatory will be an “important” tool for “positioning Majorca as a sustainable, safe and modern destination and one of quality”.
Gardening Tips
Gardening In Majorca
The winter vegetable garden can be planted up now, carrots, beetroots, celery, leeks turnips and radishese are a few.
The restaurant review
Another four 10S at the same place
Top marks at a Japanese restaurant in Palma.
Weather
All you need to know about the weather in Majorca
On Friday the humidity dropped compared to the extreme heat we felt yesterday.
Did you know
Words and more
Bread is more than staple food: it can mean money, aterm young britons got from the United States in the early 1950s
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.
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.
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.
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- The 90 day rule does have some positive results in Spain!
- German low-season tourism in Mallorca set for a new record
Viewpoint
Majorca has got in shape
One good thing to have come out of this pandemic, from what I’ve seen, is that more people are getting fit and healthy.
Humphrey Carter19/07/2020 02:05