ALAN SILLITOE of Soller… Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – published in 1958 Alan Sillitoe was born in 1928 in the manufacturing City of Nottingham.The workers of that industrial place were to be the inspiration for many of his works. Alan Sillitoe came to live in Mallorca on the back of a Military Pension like…
Brand Soller Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Tuesday 12th February 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox Thousands of people are dependant on ‘Brand Soller’ now that our place in the universe is under the spotlight. The days of small town tourism, adequate restaurants and a relaxed view of the fiestas has gone for ever. The…
The Feast of the Assumption – Saturday 15th August 2015 The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on 15th August each year. This year it falls on a Saturday. It commemorates the death of Mary and her assumption, body and soul, into Heaven before her body began to…
Mountains and Prawns in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 10th March 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX The beautiful weather of the past weekend brought everybody out. The beach and the Port of Soller were busy as was the City of Soller preparing for the big events of the Fiesta of the…
In the 19th Century the Port of Soller had a large fleet of Sailing Ships transporting goods to the East Coast of Spain and the South Coast of France. The advent of the ‘Steamers’ (steam boats) in the second half of the 19th century brought the sailing vessels to an end. The Soller shipping lanes…
By La Palmesana Editorial Office-July 21, 2022 The vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca and executive councilor for Sustainability and the Environment, Aurora Ribot, and the island’s director for the Environment, Inmaculada Férriz, presented today at a press conference the new hiking route, the Route of the Lighthouses. Likewise, the route will allow contact with the…
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A wonderful Christmas show in English for all the family.12th to 21st December 2014 Theatre Municipal Catalina VallsPasseig de Mallorca 9,Palma www.christmascarolmallorca.com An Isla Theatre Project
Nick Campion – Astrologer of our parish… Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 2nd October 2016 By Shirley Roberts Photographs by Mike McDowall The Soller Valley is awash with interesting people who turn up and stay. Nick Campion in one such who had never been to Majorca before when he was invited to…
Time to make a decision or two Written by Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees The chatter of the week has surrounded the report from the General Council of Economists and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce. This study looked at Spain from 1975 to 2020 and came up with glaring problems for those wanting…
THE HAVANERAS Is known as the ‘Fishermans lament’ as it originates in the exile of fishermen and others from the Catalan regions of Spain to Cuba. It is widely sung in the resorts of the Costa Brava and in Mallorca. The Port of Soller hosts a weekend each year in September devoted to the music…
