Sian Mackay tells a story of War, Resistance, Art and Love in Von Ripper’s Odyssey Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 25th September 2016 by Shirley Roberts Sian Mackay is a writer and a long time resident of the Soller Valley. She has held many publishing roles including several years as a freelance journalist for…
We are still searching for Karlo’s Angelby Shirley RobertsThere is a taxi driver in Palmanova who is an ‘Angel’ and there are many people who want to thank him. On Thursday 6th September 2012 our Angel came across Karlo in serious distress. Karlo is a talented female impersonator and entertainer of Majorca. He exploded onto…
Soller Web – ‘Made in Soller’ Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Web story began over ten years ago with the relocation of a group of families to the Soller Valley . They arrived with their ideas, businesses and children to make a new life in the Tramuntana. A web designer here, a writer there,…
The language of SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 6th November 2012I love a good argument, an interesting debate and stimulating exchange of views. I have learnt not to take such discussions personally and accept them for what they are. To that end I am airing my ‘sitting on the fence’ contribution to the…
You know you have become Majorcan when the BELEM takes pride of place at ChristmasIt’s almost that time when the decorations come out, the tree gets dusted off or purchased fresh. You know that you have made the transition to being Majorcan if the special honour is given to your BELEM. The Belem is the…
The LOVE LOCKS of Soller Lovers lock the engraved padlock around the post of a significant place to them and then ceremoniously throw away the key. This takes some planning as you first have to get the padlock engraved with your special message. That done you take your padlock , key and a bottle of…
MUSIC FOR MILK was amazingPublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletinon Sunday 14th August 2016Photographs by RACHEL FOX On Wednesday 10th August 2016 a Pop Up Concert took place in Soller. From the original idea to performance took 5 days and we had a great time. Sollerweb is the information source for the Soller Valley and…
Written by Debra Reynolds Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Sunday 27th March – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Events in Soller at Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square begin at 9.30 a.m. with the procession I described in my previous article on the brotherhoods and the processions. This is a very joyful…
NOVEMBER the month of romance in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 1st November 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox St Ursula has a lot to answer for but she gives us the Day of the Virgins in October and the bunuelas to eat for the winter. Story has it that Ursula was so…
A Humans of Mallorca story By Shirley Roberts The Anglican church in Mallorca is busy working behind the scenes to keep its presence warm and effective in the Lockdown. Not easy when both the Anglican Vicars recently left their posts on the island for ecclesiastical pastures new in the Diocese of Europe. The congregations in…