BOAT RADIO sets sail from the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 8th May 2016 By Shirley Roberts Mike McDowall is a name you might have heard of if you are a lover of Radio, particularly Radio 4 and World Service. His career has spanned twenty-five years, beginning with hospital radio in…
The first UK FOLK FESTIVAL is coming to Mallorcathis weekend… 23rd to 27th April 2016at the BH HOTEL, MAGALUF We are very excited to share with you the daily programme for the FIVE DAY event in Magaluf. The programme is subject to alteration but in outline will look like our poster. Dancing, music, Ceilidhs and…
FERIA DE ABRIL 2016 29th April 2016 to 8th May 2016 Fifty years ago Mallorca was emerging into the world of mass tourism. Hotels were being built everywhere and an infrastructure created that could sustain it. 25% of the residents of Mallorca at the time were not born here. Many of them were economic migrants…
Nina, Matt and Glace moustache – a story of Soller country folk… Published in Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 3rd April 2016 The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in Stockwell, London in 2005 was the trigger that brought Nina and Matt to Soller. The horror of the killing and the aftermath for those living nearby…
New season, new choices in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 29th March 2016 The Soller Valley is buzzing with people arriving for an Easter break. The Hotels are spruced up and looking their best and the restaurants have fine new menus for this year. The overwhelming feeling is that the…
Earth Yoga, the Beating Heart of Santa Catalina… By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 27th March 2016 Three strong women who met in the melting pot that is Mallorca are the faces and bodies behind Earth Yoga. Sandra and Jay met on the Repic Beach of the Port of Soller…
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…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Written by Debra Reynolds Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Saturday 26th March – Holy Saturday Holy Saturday is the final day of Lent, Holy Week and the Easter Triduum. As on the Friday, there is no Mass offered on this day. The Easter Vigil Mass, which takes place after sundown…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Good Friday – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord followed by a procession Friday 25th March – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord takes place at 7.00 p.m. in the Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square in Soller. This is followed by a procession…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Holy Thursday – The Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by a procession Thursday 24th March – The Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper takes place at 7.00 p.m. in the Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square in Soller. This is followed by a procession of the…
