Community life in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 18th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox We are half way through 2017 and every month we celebrate a Fiesta or a religious occasion. There will be parades, programmes and the involvement of hundreds and sometimes thousands of…
From 1959, Mallorca was in the middle of the Cold War with the construction of an American base on the highest peak of the Sierra de Tramuntana. Antoni Janer Torrens ARA Balears In the Balearic Islands, the scars of the Cold War are still clearly visible. On September 26, 1953, the Madrid Pacts were signed. After founding…
The day of Saint Ursula also known as The Feast of the Virgins On the evening of 20th October every year a young mans fancy turns to love in Soller. It is the day for declarations of love and roses. A guitar and some doughnuts wouldn’t go amiss … Let me explain Tradition says that…
Elena Davis is 100 Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 21st July 2015 Photograph by Rachel Fox Happy birthday Elena – enjoy your party tonight and all the other celebrations that are planned to mark this majestic birthday. Elena might forgo her poker game or drive into Palma this week because she…
By Rachel Fox Pics by Rachel Fox Legend has it that Robert Graves chose Mallorca as his home partly on the advice of Gertrude Stein… “Majorca is a paradise – if you can stand it”, she said. Mallorca became my paradise when I moved here 18 years ago, but now we are hanging on to our…
The writers of the Soller ValleyThe skills, talent, art and self indulgence of writing are part of the fabric of life in the Soller Valley. Amongst our neighbours we have published authors and poets who make their living by their craft. We have film and TV writers by the dozen. We have hundreds of people who…
Soller’s gone sporty Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 29th September 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox As autumn arrives the Soller Valley has turned to sport. Groups of walkers are taking the place of the sunbathers and stout boots and backpacks have replaced bikinis. I really would like to know what they carry in…
SOLLER SHIRLEY –A Wedding Celebrant of the Soller Valley As a journalist of www.sollerweb.com and of the Majorca Daily Bulletin there is much information already out there about me. The ‘About Us’ Page on Sollerweb tells you of the life I lead here since my permanent relocation to Majorca ten years ago. The ‘Wedding Celebrant’ part…
Roads and railways in Soller By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 31st January 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox This week the state of the roads, particularly the mountain roads have been exercising us. The Coll Mountain road is closed because of the landslides caused by last weeks’ weather. The snow…
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
