Get up, get dressed, get out… A little exploration from some Soller minds… By Shirley Roberts Happy? I find when I am at my happiest I have used my own mantra. ‘Get up, get dressed and get out’. The biggest blessing, I have in my life, is the ability to forget. So many awful things…
The obituary of Elena Davis of the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Friday 19th August 2016 By Shirley Roberts Photograph by Rachel Fox Elena Davis died on Thursday 18th August 2016 at the great age of 101. She recently celebrated her birthday in the Juan March Hospital where she was being…
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BELMOND LA RESIDENCIABelmond La Residencia in Deià is among the best 100 holiday retreats worldwide in the 18th Annual BILANZ Hotel Rating.Bilanz is the prestigious leading Swiss business magazine covering all facets of economic affairs. Every year it publishes a review on hotels worldwide and Belmond La Residencia features as one of…
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…
Deirdre Quiery from Belfast to Soller… Deirdre Quiery is a testament to education, good teachers and a thirst for knowledge that enabled her to survive appalling sectarian times. Deirdre was a child of the troubles in Belfast and was educated in Our Lady of Mercy School in between 1968 / 1975. This was a catholic…
Written on 9th May 2023 by Shirley Roberts The last 24 hours have been a ‘fascination of social media’. Coming out the other side I am making a personal statement. Strong feelings on all sides mean that some views are one dimensional. I would just like to offer a little contribution to ‘both sides’. Five…
By Shirley Roberts The tales of the people who live and visit here are many and varied. Some are obviously here to make money in whatever way works for them. Scams, criminality and opportunism exist in Majorca just like anywhere else in the world. We all like to think we live in a world where…
This family have come from Harare to take their place in the Anglican Church in Palma 2022-03-17 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Every new person arriving in Mallorca has the potential to make a difference. This can be for themselves, their families, their adopted new community or even the political stage locally and nationally….
Natty & Marcos of Don Pedro in the Port of Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 16th April 2017 I know Natty and Marcos because I met them as they arrived on the Repic Beach of the Port of Soller in 2013. They opened…
