Nina, Matt and Glace moustache – a story of Soller country folk… Published in Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 3rd April 2016 The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in Stockwell, London in 2005 was the trigger that brought Nina and Matt to Soller. The horror of the killing and the aftermath for those living nearby…
By Shirley Roberts I am so aware, as I write this, that many readers wish they were me today. All three of my granddaughters are here in Majorca and all of us able to go out together. So many reading this are in the UK, Germany, Sweden and the USA. We all have different restrictions…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin -29th April 2014 Each new season brings the newcomers, the business ideas and new people here ready to make their mark for the first time. The Movers and Shakers arrive to have their Soller moment and we all watch with great interest as they try hard and either succeed…
Written by Shirley Roberts 13th June 2022 June is a wonderful month in Mallorca. The arrival of summer and beach days is celebration enough for some. For others it builds up to the celebration of Sant Joan on the eve of 24th June. This is said to be a Christian adoption of the pagan ritual…
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…
Feb 15 at 8:04 PM The film set also known as Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 17th February 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX What a week we have had in the Soller Valley . It was a jump from one excitement to the other and it was all in the name of illusion. …
Soller is a unique place on the Island of Mallorcawith special praise given to its location, beauty and heritage. The number of return visitors to this location speaks for itself and sometimes the place reaches saturation point with all the returners and new visitors to the Valley. Soller is known as the place which is…
The Swallows, Cyclists and Walkers of the Soller Valley Written by Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday April 4th 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox This weekend marks the change in the Soller Valley to the next season. This one is defined by activity groups and the return of the swallows. The Swallows…
Moving to SOLLER in Mallorca Every year a new intake of people arrive in the Soller Valley. They are people who have just achieved that retirement nest egg and dream, to the individual who came here on holiday and doesn’t want to go home. The many others between those extremes represent families and career moves…
By Shirley Roberts Written by Shirley Roberts in 2025 We are often asked for the dates and outline of all the fiestas in Soller. Some are planning their holidays around the dates and others want to avoid them. The Soller Valley fiestas on this list are local and will happen whether there are visitors in…
