Enjoy Mallorca: Palma’s summer fiestas one hundred years ago
The summer 1921 fiestas had essentially therefore been about having fun!!
Enjoy Mallorca: Alcudia, Sant Jaume and the disappearance of a settlement
What happened to Guinyent? Why did it disappear?
Humans of Mallorca: The Ratlines of Mallorca
There was a time when Hitler's favourite commando was in Mallorca.
Enjoy Majorca: When the useless walls of Palma came tumbling down
The city had to expand, and the only way it could do was by knocking the walls down.
![The city had to expand](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
The city had to expand
The city had to expand.
![The Talaiotic culture](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
The Talaiotic culture
The Talaiotic culture.
Ninety years ago: The Republic in Mallorca
The authorities, those about to be removed, didn't really know how to react or what to do.
![The Republic was going to be established](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
The Republic was going to be established
The Republic was going to be established.
Vandals, Visigoths and Vikings: Mallorca’s uncertain history
As history goes in Mallorca, there is hardly anything, prior to the conquest of Jaume I in 1229, to which specific dates can be attached.
![Alfonso the Magnanimous](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Alfonso the Magnanimous
Alfonso the Magnanimous.
The remarkable Natacha Rambova
The legendary Natacha Rambova an American artist, designer and possibly a British spy is connected with the foundations of the beginning of tourism in Majorca.
![Spain was the “first centre Ratline activity which facilitated the escape of Nazi fascists’.](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Spain was the “first centre Ratline activity which facilitated the escape of Nazi fascists’.
Spain was the “first centre Ratline activity which facilitated the escape of Nazi fascists’.
![The location of the church would have had some strategic purpose](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
The location of the church would have had some strategic purpose
ALCÚDIA: Alcúdia Triennal. Fotos: Bárbara Cordero ALCÚDIA: Alcúdia Triennal. Fotos: Bárbara Cordero
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- 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"
Viewpoint
The island of history
“It is amazing the people of historical prominence who have lived on Majorca...”
Jason Moore17/10/2020 09:10