7.12.2019Doubting Thomas And The Pigs Of Sineu The Sineu fair (Fira de Sant Tomàs) is the Mostra de Matances, the show of products made from slaughtered pigs, with charcuterie - sobrassada especially - the star of the show. Full article
28.11.2019Advent, Christmas Lights And Fairs The switching-on of the lights in Palma this week is in keeping with how authorisation for illumination for Advent was once given. Full article
24.11.2019Patterns with Tongues and Bonfires "Roba de llengües" (cloth of tongues) in Majorca is the only example in Europe of the "ikat" dyeing technique still being used. Full article
13.11.2019The Other Capital Of Majorca The capital of the Part Forana. A capital created from rivalry, from industry, from a market, and from a fair. Full article
8.11.2019Santa Maria la Major: The coronation and the fiestas Over 20,000 people were packed into a football ground for the coronation of an image of the Virgin Mary. Full article
30.10.2019The Founding Of The Seventh Art Away from Palma, the Teatre-Cine Recreatiu in Llucmajor led the way on the island for what was being called the seventh art. Full article
19.10.2019Majorca's Greatest Celebrity Errol Flynn had an association with the island during the 1950s that surpassed pretty much any other celebrity link that had preceded him or was to come after him. Full article
11.10.2019Deià And Art Tourism Deià had its "school" of artists in the same way that Pollensa did, yet it is Pollensa which enjoys far greater prominence for having been at the centre of artistic promotion. Full article
5.10.2019Visions Of An Orchestra The Balearic Symphony Orchestra, of which Majorca is rightfully proud, owes much to the vision of three contemporaries - Antoni Noguera, Josep Tous and Josep Balaguer. Full article
28.9.2019A Majorcan World Viewed Through Wine The Majorcan "Weltanschauung" (world view), Josep Maria Llompart said, can be observed "through the transparencies of a glass of red wine". Full article
21.9.2019How To Create A Tradition The dances of the Archangels in Calonge for the Sant Miquel fiestas were created ten years ago. Full article
13.9.2019The School Built Like A Palace The architect responsible for the school in Sa Pobla also designed what became the royal residence in Palma. Full article