5.5.2017The bragging rights of May fairs Sineu's fair, this coming Sunday, is considered to be the older of the two. The town can point to documentary evidence that 1318 was the year when it started. Full article
20.3.2017The island of everlasting spring The poster for this campaign featured a lady in a swimsuit, an almond tree in early blossom, the sea and a plane. The slogan read - "Mallorca, island of everlasting spring". Full article
6.2.2017Telling Fantastic Stories: Majorca's folk tales There are few Majorcans from history who can hold a candle to Alcover's promotion of deep-rooted and old traditions. Full article
15.1.2017The Joys of Sant Antoni If you thought Sant Antoni was just about demons and setting the place on fire, then Manacor proves that there is another aspect to his celebration. Full article
9.1.2017Julian and the Cossiers of Campos The fiestas are a further example of tradition that has been revived, and so the cossiers dance for Sant Julià (and Santa Basilisa). Full article
24.12.2016Christmas Eve and the Last Judgement of the Sibil·la In 2010, the Sibil·la was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by Unesco. It is now sung at churches across the island on Christmas Eve. Full article
15.11.2016Why The Surprise? Majorca on film The relationship with film dates from the very earliest days of the moves to attract tourists to Majorca at the start of the twentieth century. Full article
7.11.2016Retro Promotion: Travel Fairs Of The Past Travel fair representation of the past once involved a re-creation of the Charterhouse in Valldemossa and Chopin's cell. Full article
25.10.2016The Re-Birth Of Majorcan Swing Swing is a legacy that goes back to the 1920s and to the days when it first started to emerge and to be turned, eventually, into a Majorcan musical tradition. Full article
23.10.2016The pepper that almost died out It wasn't to until the eighteenth century that sobrassada was spiced up and adopted a reddish hue. Paprika had really arrived. Full article
9.10.2016From Cuba With Love: Havaneres The habanera was popularised in the 1860s. In Catalan it became the havanera, and is now to be heard at fiestas and on other occasions in Majorca. Full article
4.10.2016The giant sweet shop of the Tramuntana Sugar, cream, chocolate, custards, this is a wonderland conjured up by some candy wizard. This is Esporles on the first Sunday in October. Full article