Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin and tell you the story of ‘A day in the Life of a Mallorca wedding celebrant’. Friday 23rd September was the glorious wedding day of the fabulous S & A getting married in the Finca Son Pont in Puigpunyent. The location was specially chosen to have the…
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…
Cine Con Cienca begins in Majorca Published in Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 4th September 2016 By Shirley Roberts The Cine Ciutat is a cinema complex that we all know and love. The films we have been able to watch there in the S’Escorxador area with its easy parking and great tapas food court was…
Luke Rhinehart, the Author of the Dice Man publishes a new book for a new generation. Collated by Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 28th August 2016 Luke and I have a connection via my brother who co wrote with him. We also enjoyed time together in the Port of Soller…
Sarah completes Sue Lloyd Roberts important new book WAR ON WOMEN This article was published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 21st August 2016 By Shirley Roberts Sarah Morris is the beloved daughter of Sue Lloyd Roberts who was my neighbour from Fornalutx. Sue died last October after fighting so hard to survive leukemia…
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…
Soller in its Dog Days of Summer Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 16th August 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The ‘Dog Days’ are the hottest and most unwholesome time of the year according the calendar. My long forgotten Latin tells me that Sirius, the Dog Star is responsible for the time between…
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…
Music for Milk By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 9th August 2016 As the beautiful summer life of the Island of Majorca continues it masks some real life problems. The school holidays that last for over twelve weeks traditionally have a nutritional problem which affect the lives of many hundreds…
North London to North Mallorca Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 17th July 2016 Matthew Dean is a relocater and arrived in the Soller Valley twelve years ago with Jay, his wife and two daughters. He is one of those people who was introduced here by his wife’s family who had a holiday home…
