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…
A thought from Shirley Roberts www.sollerweb.com 2020 dawned and most of us had not a clue what was to befall us in the decade to come. Brexit happened 31st January 2020 Covid Pandemic started March 2020 Cost of living Crisis developed late 2021 Ukraine war 24th February 2022 Hamas, Israel war 7th October 2023 Statistics…
By Shirley Roberts A long time ago I went to Buckingham Palace and inadvertently met the Queen. I was 19 and working as a ‘CESR’. Computers as we know them were in their infancy and office machines trying to do better than ‘tippex,’ ran ‘paper tape’ applications for standard letters. As a ‘Customer Education Support…
A Humans of Majorca story May 24th 2020 By Shirley Roberts Every part of Majorcan society and life is living their dream or should I say nightmare in the lockdown. Beauty is all around us and the air and sea are cleaner than they have been in a generation. Benefits are promised but some have…
Waving at us today from their Corona Virus Lockdown are Madeline and Ian from Matlock and Solleric in Soller Pat and Malcolm from East Anglia and Solleric in the Port of Soller Margaret from Oakham and Camp de Mar Cheryl and Clive from the Port of Soller Debra and Simon from Soller Kate and Gary…
Press release from the Jumeirah – Port of Soller – 10th Septem,ber 2014Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel & Spa is delighted to announce the appointment of a new General Manager – Jordi Tarrida.Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hotel company and a member of Dubai Holding, has announced Jordi E. Tarrida as the new General Manager at Jumeirah Port…
EL TREN DE SOLLERHERE COMES THE TRAIN(reproduced from the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Wednesday 25th June 2014)‘El Tren de Soller’ is the title of the FIRST EVER MUSICAL ABOUT MAJORCA for a global audience. The Isla Theatre Project may only be a year old but it already ‘cutting edge’. The world premiere of ‘El Tren…
By Shirley Roberts And all other small towns… The Hallmark Movies on TV are sugar sweet and will hardly win any Oscars. There’s a ‘small town’ theme running through most of them. The hero or heroine has left for the big City for education or a fine job and said goodbye to small town roots. …
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAINS DAY 2014 Theme: “Mountain Farming” Covering around 27 percent of the earth’s land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth. They not only provide sustenance and wellbeing to 720 million mountain people around the world, but indirectly benefit billions more living downstream. In particular,…
As our City fills with locals, visitors, holiday makers, tourists and strangers take a minute to consider this. The Spanish peninsula and its islands are foreign, in a sense in which France, Italy, Germany and Scandinavia are not. These countries represent near neighbours whom we have often talked with over the garden wall. This is…
