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  1. Old Fart At Play: Public decency in Majorca

    6.2.2011Old Fart At Play: Public decency in Majorca

    I apologise for this title. If you are offended, or have already been offended, please avert your eyes. I risk offending public decency. What follows includes references to bodily functions and nudity. Look away NOW!

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  2. The Source Of The Problem: Jaume Font and the PP

    5.2.2011The Source Of The Problem: Jaume Font and the PP

    Jaume Font. James the Source. The source of much discontent within the local Partido Popular; discontent that will rumble on despite Font's departure from the party.

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  3. The Wrong Box: Chopin didn't live here

    4.2.2011The Wrong Box: Chopin didn't live here

    Where did Chopin stay when he was at Valledmossa? The question has required a judge to decide. So what?

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  4. Adopting Positions: Marketing Majorca

    3.2.2011Adopting Positions: Marketing Majorca

    Are generic advertising campaigns the best way to promote Majorca? Evidence from further afield than Europe would suggest not.

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  5. What Will Be: Rosa in the rough

    2.2.2011What Will Be: Rosa in the rough

    The Pula Golf course and the Partido Popular politician Rosa Estarás are at the centre of yet another alleged scandal.

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  6. Out In The Midday Sun: Mad Dogs

    31.1.2011Out In The Midday Sun: Mad Dogs

    The "Mad Dogs" series will air from 10 February. It is causing the anticipated and usual guff.

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  7. The Morality Of Tourism

    30.1.2011The Morality Of Tourism

    The trouble in Egypt is good news for Majorca, but should tourists have ever been going to Egypt?

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  8. A Troubled Bridge Over Water: Porto Cristo

    29.1.2011A Troubled Bridge Over Water: Porto Cristo

    The bridge in Porto Cristo has been at the centre of protests for years. The most recent ones have looked to keep the bridge, but it is not popular with everyone. And now it will finally come down.

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  9. The Importance Of Being Erstwhile

    28.1.2011The Importance Of Being Erstwhile

    "To lose one director of a tourism agency, Sra. Barceló, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose a second looks like carelessness."

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  10. The Price Barometer: Majorca under pressure?

    26.1.2011The Price Barometer: Majorca under pressure?

    Majorca is more expensive than mainland Spain. So says the UK Post Office. But so what?

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  11. Money Isn't Everything: Tourism promotion

    25.1.2011Money Isn't Everything: Tourism promotion

    Something rather odd has been happening. Prospects for this summer's tourism are looking good. It's not just the regional government saying so, the tourism industry is also confident.

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  12. Chickens Coming Home To Roost

    24.1.2011Chickens Coming Home To Roost

    Majorca is alive to the sound of clucking. To the sound of chickens coming home to roost. It wasn't that there was something bad or stupid done in the past, just that the hatching of plans taken some years ago is being exposed as questionable.

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