The Massive Downpour of 1989
In early September 1989, twenty-three years ago last week, the South-East of the island was surprised by a ferocious Gota Fría, bringing torrential rain and utter devastation with it. Entire […]
The Synagogal Anniversary
Synagogues did not exist in Mallorca between 1435 and 1987. The island’s Jewish community had been banished and eradicated twice, first in 1391 and then in 1544, had been massacred, persecuted, […]
The Long Walk to Lluc
Earlier this morning, thousands of ordinary Mallorcan people, young and old, will have arrived at the monastery of Lluc after a night-long foot march across the island and up into […]
Mallorca Day 2012
La Diada de Mallorca (Mallorca Day 2012) will be celebrated on September 12th, 2012. The Diada commemorates the pledge made by Jaume II in 1276 of the Carta de Franqueses i […]
The Shoemakers’ Monument
Mallorca has a long tradition of shoemaking. We would normally think of Inca as the island’s major leather and show town, but Llucmajor also had an important shoe industry, right […]
The Art of Arson
Fire is undoubtedly fascinating to us at some stage of our lives, a primeval attraction perhaps. Luckily, the curiosity usually wanes with age and once we come to understand the […]
The Truth in Literature
Literature has always been about the conflict between fiction and reality, the clash between the real and the surreal, the relation between the mind and the written word. Some of […]
The Baliza de sa Punta Plana
I am not quite sure what a Baliza is. From afar it looks just like any old lighthouse. Perhaps a Baliza is a secondary lighthouse of smaller proportions with a […]
The City of Courtyards
There are more than 90 patios (courtyards) to be found around the centre of Palma. Most of them are not open to the public eye, other than perhaps through an […]
Hail the Melon
If you have nothing better to do, you could go to Vilafranca de Bonany (2,958 inhabitants) today and have a look at this year’s crop of melons. The Festa i […]
The Gota Fría and the Blue Moon
You may well know by now that I am ill-equipped when it comes to taking pictures of the moon. This month of August 2012, we had two Full Moons, the […]
The Balearic Mountain Championship
The annual car race up the Sant Salvador mountain near Felanitx is the fourth out of six races making up the Campeonato de Baleares de Montaña 2012 (Balearic Mountain Championship). […]
Feeding the Starved
This may not be the image that the Mallorca Tourist Board would want to see highlighted, but there you go. Ever since unemployment rose to unprecedented levels here in Mallorca, […]
The European Day of Jewish Culture 2012
Next Sunday, September 2nd, the European Day of Jewish Culture 2012 will be celebrated in Europe, in Spain as well as here in Mallorca. This year’s event will be under […]
The Day When Felanitx Is Ruled By The Penyas
Today, the town of Felanitx is celebrating its patron saint day, the Festes de Sant Agustí. Every year, August 28th turns into a bit of a bit of a pandemonium […]
Ban Lifted on Gorgollassa, Giró and Viognier Grapes
The 2012 wine harvest has started. It is always the […]
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