1.7.2016T-Day In Majorca: Tourist tax introduction Is the tax in fact all about general tax-raising? Were funding from Madrid far better, would there be a tax? That's the logical conclusion to be drawn from the tourism minister's spin. Believe that if you wish, but many will not. Full article
29.6.2016Where resort time stood still Quiet Colonia may be, but tonight there will be the bangs of fireworks for Sant Pere. Not quite enough, though, to waken the dead of all the prehistory. Full article
19.6.2016When The Greatest Came To Majorca It was to be a boxer who came to only fight an exhibition who was to provide what were arguably the greatest moments in Majorca's boxing history. Full article
19.6.2016Saving The Tramuntana: Tourism confusion The Tramuntana mountains were declared a World Heritage Site in 2011. This declaration should guarantee conservation and preservation, so why is there a campaign which suggests that it these are not being guaranteed? Full article
12.6.2016Spain in Palma: the Pueblo Español It is a curious place, one for which the greatest interest lies perhaps in the philosophy of the time that it was created. Full article
29.5.2016The John of Corpus Christi The first Hairy John of the season appears today. The Sunday after Corpus Christi. Hairy John will dance in the streets of Pollensa as will the eagles. Full article
8.5.2016The spirit of Soller: Es Firó Es Firó: "It has a sense of immeasurable brotherhood ... rooted in the depths of the soul." It is more than just a fiesta. Full article
1.5.2016The forgotten mining industry of Majorca The story of mining in Majorca is one that gets very little exposure. Yet mining was once an important industry. Full article
11.4.2016Dry stone: intangible cultural heritage The Balearic regional government's culture ministry and the islands' councils are joining force in participating in an international campaign which is aimed at having "pedra en sec" - dry stone - be declared Unesco intangible cultural heritage. Full article
28.3.2016The four poems of Easter Blai Bonet is one of the writers celebrated in the Walking on Words project that has seven routes that combine walking with the life, the times and the works of major names in Majorca's literature. Full article
21.3.2016The burnt image: Majorca's cinema pioneer The film in Soller was shot by one Josep Truyol Otero, who can claim to having been one of the pioneers of Majorcan film if not the pioneer. Full article
7.3.2016Woolworth in Palma Eight years after the Woolworth store had opened, it was to close, as were the other Woolworths in Spain. Full article