Celebrity Mallorca Issue 114

Issue 114

Juan Rico

Celebrity Press Photographer

Judge Jules

Exclusive Interview

The Oscars Direct from LA

Sebastian Ginard Art Meets Technology

Seabins

Save Our Oceans

Property guide

Mallorca Hot Spots - News & Events - Real Estates United

Contents Publisher & Editor: Donna Suarez Tel. +34 602 531 676 email: donna@celebritymallorca.es Publisher: Cristina Moyle Tel. +34 615 029 195 email: cristina@celebritymallorca.es Reporter: Wendy Wighton Urquhart Tel. +34 677 603 790 email: wendy@celebritymallorca.es Music & Events Editor: Larrick Ebanks Tel. +34 664 033 490 email: larrick@celebritymallorca.es Director Of Advertising: Matthew Cull Tel. +34 684 169 261 email: matthew@celebritymallorca.es Advertising Executive: Kaia Tollefsen Tel. +34 655 954 442 email: kaia@celebritymallorca.es

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News & events

The Oscars 2019 2nd Gastronomic Tournament A touch of Class Lions Brunch Womens Circle Cala Nova Cancer Care Hairdresser & Visagist

Lifestyle

16 Be proud of your smile 17 Soulful house sensations

Art & Culture

18 Sebastian Ginard

Fashion

Advertising Executive: Karen Williams Tel. +34 677 458 766 email: karen@celebritymallorca.es

20 Meysa Halavi

Event photographer: Vicki McLeod Tel. +34 649 090 886 email: ads@celebritymallorca.es

22 2019 Events Spotlight 24 Lifestyle charters 26 Tracey Furness

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Boats, Bikes & Automobiles

Celebrity

28 Juan Rico 32 Judge Jules 35 Amanda O’Riordan

Mallorca Hotspots

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Environment

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Property

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by Wendy Wighton Urquhart he great and the good turned out in their finery for the 91st Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Rami Malek won Best Actor for his portrayal of Freddy Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Mahershala Ali took the gong for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Greenbook which also snagged Best Film”.

Olivia Colman saw off the competition to take home the Best Actress award for her performance in “The Favourite” and Regina King was named Best SupportingActress for “If Beale Street Could Talk.”

The Oscar for Best Original Song went to Lady Gaga for “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born.”

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Ed Sinclair & Olivia Colman

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Amatus Sami-Karim & Mahershala Ali

Olivia Colman - Best Actress

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undreds of golfers took part in the 2nd gastronomic Tournament at Real Golf of Bendinat on Saturday, February 23rd. Between 9 and 5pm they battled it out on the green for the coveted trophies and later tucked into fantastic food and wine at the Eagle Restaurant in the club. There was plenty of choice too, from 3 different kinds of paella, sushi and salads but the longest queue by far was at the Jamรณn counter and it was definitely worth the wait. Entertainment was provided by Manu Lloris Cabranes whose Asturian bagpipe playing went down a storm.

For more information about Real Golf de Bending log on to hit://www.realgolfbendinat.com/es or call +34 971 405 200 To book Manu Lloris Cabranes to play at your event call +34 727 775 793

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ll roads led to IL Carpaccio in Santa Ponsa last month for another quintessential gathering organised by the effervescent Cleo and her Diamante Events ensemble.

Once again it was a sellout event attended by many locally familiar faces all of which had a fantastic time enjoying a beautifully prepared 6 course gourmet dinner whilst being serenaded by the amazing talents of Mallorquin Hearthrobs IL DUO. Our own Kaia was there to capture the moments and judging from the hangover she suffered the next morning, a wonderful night was had by all.

But don’t take our word for it, look out for the next one coming soon and see for yourselves. :)

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ions Club celebrated a beautiful Sunday morning Jazz brunch in aid of the Dolly Cancer fund, to help fellow suffers with their initial treatment. This spectacular event organized

by Lion Claudia Capitanio was held at the stunning hotel Albatros situated in Illetas where fantastic jazz tunes by JAZZ N TIME accompanied the guests throughout the day.

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By Marilena Estarellas he Women’s Circle of Mallorca is an intellectual, social, professional and cultural platform dedicated to women.

“Círculo de Mujeres de Mallorca” offers support, learning and help to women from all walks of life in the Balearic Islands. It also helps to create joint projects, synergies and alliances to empower women. On February 19th, Women’s Circle of Mallorca held a meeting at the OD Hotel PORT PORTALS. The theme this month was WOMAN, COUPLE AND SEX. Beatriz Gonzalez started us off with a talk which was followed by a workshop with Sensual Boutique Palma then a talk on the importance of gynecologyaesthetics. We ended our day at an exhibition by MISTERIOS FEMENINOS and VEGAN & RAW companies and fabulous finger food from the hotel OD PORT PORTALS.

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Cala Nova Cancer Care

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ala Nova Cancer care, a wonderful thank you lunch held at the OD Hotel Portals Nous, end of year celebration giving thanks to the volunteers and hard workers who helped raise money and awareness throughout the year.

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Hairdresser & Visagist

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by Ken & Angela Ross

tefan Niedenzu once again held an amazing art and music filled swarie in his Palma studio/ salon. With top personalities from Sweden, Germany and Spain the extravert hairdresser to the stars hosted yet another of his now legendary annual parties which spilled out on to the streets from his trendy salon. Over a hundred clients and guests enjoyed the chilled wines and cocktails whist soaking in the amazing atmosphere of fun and culture.

Stefan’s parties have become a part of the new exciting social scene in Palma, where the capitals beautiful people gather to enjoy the very best in grooming and care.

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Be proud of your smile O

ne of Mallorca’s newest dental practices, is also one of the most technologically advanced. A2 Dental in Portals, conveniently situated next to the Hotel OD Portal opened for business in Autumn last year and has been ‘wowing’ their patients ever since. Currently boasting a 5 - star google rating, clients have been impressed with the modern clinic, professional approach, state of the art technologies (such as a 3D Dental Scan, Digital Smile Design, Plasma rich in growth factors, treatments under sedation) along with the careful treatment they had received from Dra. Nilsson, Dr. Rico, and their whole team of specialists at A2 Dental.

The team understand that some clients, whatever their age, may be nervous about visiting the dentist, and are happy to take time to understand any concerns or worries you might have and can offer a reassuring and patient approach to any treatments you might need. They specialise in: -Advanced oral implantology -Aesthetic dentistry & veneers -Invisible orthodontics -Digital smile design -Pediatric dentistry -Treatments under sedation Please call in, their door is always open for a talk about your needs from one of their friendly and professional English-speaking team.

Tel: 971 20 11 23 C / Miguel de Cervantes, 13 Floor 1, Portals (Calviá) (Next to the Hotel OD Port Portals) info@a2dentalmallorca.com www.a2dentalmallorca.com

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lmost 4 years later, we are pursuing one of our dreams. That is to organise music events which simply burst at the seams with a gathering of great people enjoying good moments and dancing to soulful house tunes.

Why soulful house you may ask? The word Soulful defines an era of the 70’s and for us, expresses a feeling or emotion which comes from the soul. The word house in the music scene derives from electronically created dance beats. So when we put soulful and house together, what we create is a style of music which encompasses an expression of timeless melodic tunes coupled with beautiful ,soulful vocals. This music seamlessly connects us and expresses joy, love and the desire to just dance!

So, here it is... Chapter 2, Soulful Friday Shakedown.

A selection of some of the best soulful house tunes, mixed by Roberto Mocha.

Come along and get into the groove with us on Friday 22nd February, at the stunning location, Can Blanc Restaurant from 6pm to 11pm. Watch this space for more news on this event!

Thanks for taking the time to read our story so far!

We look forward to seeing you on our journey.

Sebastian & Zakia

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by Wendy Wighton Urquhart ebastián Ginard has a unique talent for combining technology with art and he’s making a name for himself in Mallorca and the United States. “My style is very unique because my work is a mixture of different techniques that’s inspired by graffiti, street art and pop art.”

An avid fan of technology, a career in IT was a no brainer but in his spare time Sebastián loved to draw and paint and it wasn’t long before he started experimenting with the two.

“My technique starts with digital images, which i put on different canvases then I finish them all by hand, dripping paint, adding collages, spraying, whatever i feel it needs, i love to get my hands dirty and I really get involved in the process.”

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“My style is very unique because my work is a mixture of different techniques that’s inspired by graffiti, street art and pop art.”

It’s not just his technique that’s different, Sebastián also loves to recycle objects by turning them into art.

“Like all creative people i’m always thinking about new styles, new elements and new canvases. The shutters are very special to me because they’re authentic Mallorcan and it makes me feel so good to give them new life. The idea for the pallets came to me very suddenly, i’d seen them being used for lots of different things but when I added my artist they looked really unusual and cool, i love them.”

The price of Sebastián’s work depends on how big the piece is, how many images are included and how long it takes to do the work.

A 1 metre square dinner table costs around 2,500 euros and no-one will ever have one the same because Sebastián’s designs are never repeated, and he’s happy to take his client’s ideas onboard too.

“I see my art as something that’s very flexible, if you see a piece that you like but you want different colours, different images, your house, your dog, a country, that’s no problem, you can choose

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whatever you want and i will work with that.” surprised by that but believes it’s imporYou won’t just see Sebastián’s paintings on tant for Mallorcans to get out and explofurniture and walls, in the past he’s been re the the rest of the world too. commissioned to work on a wide range “For people like me who grew up in of objects. “My paintings can be applied Mallorca it’s very important to get off on cars, boats and motorbikes with plasthe island and see what’s going on in tic wrapping and that again is another the world. Miami is one of my favourinew canvas and it doesn’t have to be te places and i’ve sold a lot of painthe whole thing i can even do it on just tings there, one day i’d love to have one tyre. Sebastián is also turning his my own gallery in the US and another “Like all creative hand to retail but in a very unusual and one here in Palma.” people i’m always original way.

You can see more of Sebastián’s de“People bring me their favourite clothinking about new signs on instagram: thing and whether it’s jeans or a t-shirt @ginarddesign or a jacket we discuss what sort of ima- styles, new elements and on his website: ge they want and then i apply the deand new canvases.” www.ginarddesign.com sign to it. The price varies depending how big the image is and how long it takes me - but every image is unique and is never repeated so it’s very personal.”

Mallorca has always been a favourite destination for artists, musicians, poets and writers and Sebastián’s not

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Fashion

Meysa Halavi

by Wendy Wighton Urquhart

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he Iranian designer, Meysa Halavi, is brin- she’s decided what what type of person would suit that ging colour and style to Europe and her uni- particular pattern that she starts sketching. que creations are proving to be a hit with Meysa is so busy keeping up with demand that she fashionistas. Meysa’s first love was painting doesn’t have time to sew the pieces herand fine art but a shopping trip with her self like she used to and has now emploMum changed her life and her career. yed four people to do that for her, but “The first piece I designed when i was she still designs absolutely everything 18. I wanted to go to University to study herself. painting but during the holidays I went The new line includes coats, tunics, dresshopping with my mum and bought fabric. I sketched a design for a lightweises, scarves and for the first time jeweght tunic and had the fabric printed with llery has been added to the collection. hands all over it. I sewed it together my“Three months ago I decided to design self, and I loved it. I still have it actua- I based this line of jewellery to go with the clothes and I lly and it’s been framed.”That was 12 jewellery on the wanted my pieces to be different to other years ago and she hasn’t looked back.

I based this line of jewellery on Now she travels all over the world and evil eye because stores. the evil eye because i wanted to put peois constantly surprised and inspired by i wanted to put ple as far away from evil as possible, what she finds.

“When i go to other countries and see people as far away so most of my jewellery has evil eyes.

All of the pieces are made of silver then unique fabrics I buy them and when I from evil as get home I distribute them all over the gold plated and they look very stylish.” floor in my house. Sometimes they stay possible.”

Meysa says the constant support and there for 6 months or a year while I deencouragement of her family has kept cide what i’m going to do with it.”When her focussed and her goal now is to creashe’s trying to come up with a new design for the fabric te elegant clothes for elegant people and have branches Meysa tries to blend the ancient symbols and designs with new, modern ones, like the Farsi words she’s of Meysa Design all over the world. used on some of her latest creations. When the fabric There’s more from Meysa’s fashion line on instagram is printed it goes back on the floor and it’s only after at MeysaDesign CELEBRITY MALLORCA - 114 | 20

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By Hamish Goddard t is a great pleasure to have been invited to submit a diary column on ‘Boats, Bikes and Automobiles...’ for Mallorca’s Celebrity magazine, and to enjoy this privileged opportunity to give you a flavour of some of the things to look out for within each of these pastimes taking place on our fabulous island in 2019 – and it is a busy schedule already!

On the sailing front, it is not nearly as seasonal as one may think, with plenty of winter-series regattas taking place outside the big events of the summer - which will include the Palma Vela at the beginning of May, the Palma Superyacht Cup in June, the TP52 Superseries in July and the Copa del Rey in August, all of which are major regattas on the international calendar with plenty of rockstar helmsmen and fantastic yachts taking part. My day job continues with e3 Systems, suppliers of communications solutions to the super yacht industry and Palma retains its position as one of the world’s primary berthing and refit hubs, bringing some of the most prestigious and important yachts and associated events to our local waters - not to mention a huge amount of income...

Nature was kind to this island in infinite ways, but also in placing us close to the gateway of the Mediterranean as yachts pass through between seasons spent in the Med and the Caribbean - with a beautiful city open all year round, beaches and mountains, and an airport with huge capacity and within easy reach of anywhere in Europe.

Is there any wonder the island is mooted as being one of the best places in the world to live?!

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As Vice-President of the Driving Mallorca Classic and Performance Car Club, we were invited to bring our members along to the ‘9 Treffen Tramuntana’ Cape to Cape Rally with its regular slot at the beginning of February and it’s not-for-the-faint-hearted route from Andratx to Formentor over the Tramuntana mountains. The event gets bigger every year with around 70 cars taking part this time, most of which were Porsche 911s in various iterations - although as capable as they unquestionably are, it was fun that some true exotics joined us for the day, amongst which was a garish but spectacular deep purple McLaren 720s. Lluc Monastery was the midway pit stop - an unlikely choice for this raucous bunch - and they provided a truly magnificent spread.

For those interested in ‘car culture’, it’s worth popping up to Son Moix stadium on Sunday mornings for ‘Cars and Coffee’ - a gathering of hundreds of cars from hot hatches to hypers..

I have also been busy organising our first-of-the-year ‘Grand Hotel Sunday Brunch’ drive-outs, meeting early on a Sunday and going for a 1-2 hour blast, finishing our latest instalment of this theme at the magnificent Son Net Hotel in Puigpunyent in mid-February. These events typically take place on one of the middle Sundays of each month aside from high summer - and further details can be found on the ‘Club Driving Mallorca’ Facebook page for anyone that wishes to join us in their ‘fast, interesting or classic car’!

Our regular 6.00pm-onwards Wednesday evening Classic & Sportscar Shows start again at the beginning of March at The Boat House Bar & Restaurant on the Paseo Maritimo, opposite the Palma Auditorium.

For those into rallying, Porto Portals hosts the XV Mallorca Rally Clasico from 7-9th March from its base at Puerto Portals. This annual event has also grown to become one of the premier classic rallies in the Mediterranean basin, with around 90 cars arriving from all over Europe to participate. If you have one evening free in March, make sure you can be in the port on the afternoon/evening of the 7th, as the cars gather all day and begin departing at 8.00pm for the first of the night stages. I will be competing with my buddy Gordon Cox in our e3 Systems Lotus Elise SC - as car No 1, so the first car on that brightly lit starting ramp! It’s a fantastic evening so come along and see everything from modern hypercars to classic Cobras, Jags and Ferraris, to the World Rally Championship Group B monsters of the mid 1980s, banned for being too fast and dangerous. See link for further details: https://www.rallyislamallorca.com

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Perhaps the only sport taking a bit of a break from its habitual hunting ground in the Tramuntana mountains is motorcycling, or at least in any significant numbers. With the Ma-10 (perhaps one of the best motorcycle routes to be found anywhere on earth) being on the predominantly north facing side of a mountain range, it doesn’t see much of the low winter sunshine. This makes it slippery and occasionally green with moss in places, so those out for some ‘sports-bike scratching’ generally stay away until Spring has solidly arrived. I went over the lakes for a recce recently on the BMW 1200 and found it as beautiful as always, but treacherous and cold.. For keen bikers on the island, a date to look out for is the 14th April this year, with the annual International Touristic Meeting Challenge that starts at 9.30am in Palma and laps the island via all the classic routes.

Get it in the diary and join literally thousands of other bikes on this magnificent and extremely noisy day out!

Whilst we are on two wheels, a date for next year is to make sure that you are hanging over the barriers on the Paseo Maritimo for the bunch sprint finish of the European Pro Cycling Tour’s ‘Challenge Mallorca’ road race - won this year by the German Marcel Kittel - and right up there with his 14 Tour de France stage victories I’m sure! A spectacular event, including some of the world’s top riders amidst a carnival atmosphere in the middle of Palma.

I look forward to writing the column this year in the new look magazine - and even more into undertaking the necessary research..

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Tracey Furness -Lifestyle Charters

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by Wendy Wighton Urquhart allorca is one of the most popular destinations in the Mediterranean for Charter bookings mainly because it has stunning bays, lots of private coves and Ibiza, Menora and Formentera are close enough for a day trip.

Tracey Furness is the owner of Lifestyle Charters in Portals Nous, 20 minutes from Palma and just up the street from the glitzy Puerto Portals Marina where top of the range boats dock within shouting distance of designer shops and top class restaurants.

Tracey has up to 40 boats on her books in the summer season, roughly half are for hire, the rest are private boats and they’re all between 34 feet and 100 feet long, so there’s a lot of hard work involved. “We do the whole thing from start to finish,” she tells me, “we code the boats for charter, get all the documentation, and licences intact, service the boats, the engine, the air conditioning, and the generators, so it’s one great big huge package.”

Lifestyle Charters offers two options; the Bareback Charter is for people who have a licence and can drive the boat themselves and the Skipper Charter comes with a Skipper and full crew. Tracey’s been in the business for more than 20 years and has known most of her clients since she started so she knows exactly which crew fit with each client and quite a lot of them are celebrities.

“We’ve had lots of famous people come to us, like Idris Elba, Ant and Dec, Calvin Harris, Naomi Campbell, and loads and loads of others and all of them have been great.

They’re just here to sunbathe and chill out and of course, sometimes we get a huge list of must have’s for the boat but other times hardly anything.”

Working in the charter industry isn’t always such a glamorous job though. “Boats do break down so your ‘phone is by your ear 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from Easter until October and you can’t take holidays.” says Tracey. “People will call and say they can’t start the engine, so you have to go through everything with them to solve the problem and usually it’s something really simple and then they’re on their way. If it’s something more serious, we have to get them back to the berth and get the engineers to sort it out. But nine times out of ten if you’ve passed your exams you’ll know something about engines and our engineers can talk through the problem on the ‘phone and get it solved fairly quickly.”

If you want to charter a boat from Lifestyles you have to prove that you can actually drive it and Tracey’s adamant that if you’re not seaworthy you’re not going anywhere.

“We have a two page handover sheet and we go through everything on there, which takes about 2 to 3 hours and if a client can’t prove that they can drive the boat then they’ll have to pay for tuition from a Yacht Master who will ultimately decide if and when the client is fit to drive a boat.

Posidonia is a type of seagrass covers the seabed in the Mediterranean and is an essential part of the eco-system.

Tracey’s passionate about the environment and does everything she can to make sure her clients are aware of the need to protect the posidonia.

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Tracey Furness, Lifestyle Charters owner “Every single person who charters a boat from us gets a printout of the Government’s rules and regulations on posidonia in several different languages as part of our document pack, it’s something that’s really important to me and my team.

Lifestyle Charter’s crews are also instructed to do as much as they can to minimise ocean pollution. “Years ago we used to clean the bilges out and chuck all the crap over the side,” says Tracey. “But obviously we know better now so we make sure that any oil goes into drums and is taken to a designated area in the port and every crew member that works with us is told never to throw anything overboard and also to pick out any plastic they see in the ocean and put it in the bin.”

Charter boats to the rich and famous sounds like a great job, but Tracey tells me it costs a fortune to maintain them. “If you buy a 40 footer you’re probably going to be spending about 20,000 euros a year on maintenance and you still have to pay the crew on top of that.” she says. “Then during the season something always goes wrong or something packs up, so honestly, whatever you spend on buying a boat you’ll spend at least 10 percent of that every year on maintenance and mooring fees alone.” Lifestyle Charters has had tons of special requests for wedding proposals and Tracey told me about one of her all time favourites. “One time we had to put hundreds of helium balloons inside a 70 foot boat, then open the doors and let the balloons out when the client proposed to his girlfriend on the little boat in the middle of the ocean, it was really romantic.”

Lifestyle Charters is a family business, Tracey’s oldest son is already working for the company and her youngest is a Trainee Engineer at Williams Balear. They both grew up alongside the children of Tracey’s clients so the trust that she’s established will now carry on through the next generation.

For more information or to book a Charter with Lifestyle log on to www.lifestyle-charters.com.

Lifestyle Charters Our qualified Team of experience professionals are on hand to ensure your boat charter or boat sale runs as smoothly as possible.

We take the time to get to know exactly what you are looking for – be that a day trip on a speed boat – or a luxury yacht charter for a weeks tour of the Mediterranean.

We have been established for over 20 years and pride ourselves on our ‘Friendly’ – ‘Efficient’ service.

Whether you are looking for Yacht Charter or Yacht Sales – our experienced, knowledgeable staff are on hand to assist you every step of the way.

We provide full Guardianage Services. If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.

We can arrange everything from transfers to your boat, entertainment whilst you are here on the island alongside any provisioning that you need for your stay – delivered right to your boat or before you arrive.

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Juan Rico

Celebrity Press Photographer

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By Wendy Wighton Urquhart

restaurant in Beverly Hills for the ollywood is the epifirst time since the Divine Brown tome of glamour and scandal. The agency wanted whether it’s the Golshots of them together, but Juan den Globes, The Emwasn’t keen. my’s, The Grammy’s or The Os“I really didn’t feel comfortable cars, it’s always all about fashion. with it, i’m not a paparazzi photoWhen the stars arrive, the red cargrapher and i told him i didn’t want pet comes alive with shouts of “over to do the job, but the agent said here”, “to your left” and “on your to me “i’ll pay you whatever you right” as the photographers jostle want, name your price” so I went. for position trying to get the celebriOf course, the agent wanted them ties to look straight down the lens, in the frame together,” says Juan. because that’s the money shot that “But when I arrived, Hugh Grant Editors want for their glossy maga“I wasn’t nervous on saw me and left the restaurant. I zines all over the world.

Juan Pablo Rico has been a Press my first red carpet, I knew I had to get them together so Photographer in Hollywood for was just really excited, I waited. Then all of a sudden Liz nearly 25 years and he loves his job. this was my dream Hurley started to run to her Mercedes where Hugh Grant was alreGrowing up in Buenos Aires he come true.” ady waiting. When she got in she dabbled in journalism before dropped her keys on the floor and doing a Business Degree and starby the time she turned on the ignition ting a career in marketing. But he was I was standing right in front of the car. never happy sitting behind a desk and I got the perfect shot of them togeset his sights on a new life in California. ther and that picture was published in “When i came to LA I studied Photo Jourevery newspaper in the world and it nalism at UCLA and I absolutely loved it. was exclusive. With the money I got News, street photography, fashion, all of for that photograph and my savings I was able to it was amazing and I also did a Masters in buy my first apartment in Buenos Aires.”

Lighting Technique and Studio Lighting.”

Juan started working for an agency in LA doing events and premiers, but says at times it was Juan covers events in Hollywood almost every day and says quite a few of the stars recognise really challenging.

“The publicists and other photographers didn’t him and will sometimes stop and chat. That’s make make it easy for me to be accepted and it led to him being hired as a house photographer was really hard in the beginning. It was a big for private events at the homes of actors and sinjump from Argentina to working on the red car- gers, which can be very lucrative. pet in Hollywood, but I wasn’t nervous, I was “I was the house photographer at Britney Spears’ just very excited, this was my dream come true.” birthday party and when she blew out the candBecause he had knowledge of night lights the les she made a weird face and the press loved it, agency asked Juan to follow up a tip that Hugh so that was another photograph that was publiGrant was having dinner with Liz Hurley at a shed worldwide.” says Juan.

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“When you’re in their home they “The Oscars is the I don’t usually get to bed until are usually more relaxed and at least 8am and if I do the Red when I was invited to take shots best day ever, nothing Carpet Arrivals, then go on to at a party at Pamela Anderson’s is bigger, not even the the Vanity Fair Party or the Elton house we actually had breakfast John Party, or both, it’s much World Cup.” together in her kitchen. She was later than that. really nice and friendly, but there It’s also highly stressful because there’s a lot at are others that hire you to do a private party and stake and Juan says preparation is crucial. they don’t talk to you at all.”

“I check and double check all my equipment, I The most important event on the Hollywood cahave to, because if there’s a problem nobody is lendar is of course, the Oscars.

“It’s the best day ever,” says Juan, “nothing is going to help me, they all have their own stuff to bigger, not even the World Cup.” That’s high worry about.”

At every event the stills photographers are praise indeed from a die hard football fan!

The dress code for the Oscars is black tie or eve- allocated a spot on a tiered platform and they’re ning wear and that includes the press, so every- not allowed to move from that spot so their body looks amazing but it’s also hard work and position can make or break their day and their bank account. for Juan it’s a very long day.

“I usually get to the Arrivals line at around 10am “To get good pictures you need to get eye conand I work solidly until 10pm.” says Juan. “But tact with the star but if you’re stuck at the back then I still have to go home, edit all the photos, it’s almost impossible to get a full length shot.” caption them and transmit them to my clients. says Juan.

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“The red carpet is all about fashion so a good dress will sell better than a big celebrity but you need to have the head to toe shot to sell it. The atmosphere is very intense and it’s incredibly competitive because you’re up against the big photography agencies.”

“Now it’s all about the new, young people like Kendall and Kylie Jenner and Cara Delevingne who sell more because they have such a massive following on Instagram.

Basically if you’re not on Social Media your picture won’t sell.”

When a few big stars arrive at the same time, it can cause chaos on the red carpet, especially for the photographers and Juan says he really has to be on the ball.

As old Hollywood gets pushed aside and a new type of celebrity emerges Juan says he’ll be there, ready and waiting for the next generation to strike a pose.

“I can’t miss any big names or nominees because I have clients all over the world and also there are actors on the red carpet who are maybe not famous but certain editors desperately want their photo. In the beginning I used to watch all the movies and read all the magazines, but now I don’t have to do that so much because I see the celebrities every day and it’s easier to keep up with who’s who and what’s new.”

Juan enjoys every second of his time on the red carpet, but he’s noticed that Hollywood is changing, mainly thanks to the likes of Snapchat and Instagram.

“Social media is killing the photographers market. Editors used to wait for photographers to send top quality photos, but now they take what they can get from bloggers, regardless of the quality, because they get it for nothing.”

Juan says Magazine Editors are also changing their focus.

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“Hollywood is changing, basically if you’re not on Social Media your picture won’t sell.”

**You can see more of Juan’s Hollywood photographs on instagram @juanricophotopress

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Judge Jules

by Wendy Wighton Urquhart

ulius O’Riordan, or Judge Jules is a world famous DJ, Record Producer, and Specialist Entertainment lawyer and a big fan of Mallorca. He’s agreed to talk to Celebrity Mallorca and I’ve just parked outside his house in El Toro when he pulls up in a convertible, which like the man himself, has been around the block a few times and is definitely not flashy. He immediately jumps out of the car to welcome me with a kiss on the cheek and as his wife Amanda mouths ‘sorry’ because she’s on the ‘phone, it’s clear that these two people are normal, down to earth and instantly likeable. We dump our stuff inside before heading up to the fabulous roof terrace to take in the stunning sea views. They bought this villa last August and although they spend more time in London and have a house in Ibiza, Jules says Mallorca feels like home.

“I’m from London and I think if you’re a city person, especially in the winter there’s just more of an alliance, if you like, with a place that’s based around a city. Ibiza is just too dead in the winter. I mean I’ve got, dare I say it, a bigger, nicer house in Ibiza but I just feel more at home here in Mallorca.”

Jules has always lived in London and has very fond memories of his childhood despite a devastating family tragedy at an early age. “I was brought up in Crouch End, my Dad was a TV Director and my Mum was a teacher and I just had a normal childhood really. I went to a comprehensive school until I was 16 and then I went to a private school in my 6th form. My mother died when i was CELEBRITY MALLORCA - 114 | 32

18 so that was probably the first moment in my life really where normality and happiness was slightly ripped to shreds. Eventually one comes to terms with things and obviously many, many years have passed since then but I had a completely happy childhood, up until that point anyway.”

The first record he ever got was Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell which was a present from his Mum, who clearly knew that music was front and centre in her son’s life.

“I just loved music, I mean, I think that the life story of deejays has a common thread that runs through it in that you adore music. I went to loads of gigs when I was a kid and I was very passionate and fanlike about some the acts that i liked. But then, as you get to age 16 and beyond being very passionate about music starts to look a little bit geeky and arguably a little bit less cool and I think that’s why a lot of people become deejays because it allows you to continue being a bit of an anorak but with a cool title and a cool backdrop.”

As a teenager Jules got together with one of his friends to entertain the neighbours, and in doing so, set his future career in motion. “I put on events at a venue in London when i was 16 or 17 for the people of the neighbourhood, probably 600, 700, 800 capacity events and I was deejaying alongside the guy I started with called Rollo, who’s actually a very successful Music Producer in his own right. He’s the brother of Dido, who’s obviously a huge act and Rollo is behind the group Faithless as well.

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ne 14 to 17 olds was the age spectrum, all drinking and only previously been encountered in the clubs of New all falling over, with Rollo and myself deejaying.” Ju- York which was really the blue print for amazing sound les went on to study Law at the London School of Eco- systems.”; says Jules. “;Previously clubs in London and nomics, which he admits sometimes came in handy for probably the rest of the country had been kind of 2 or all the wrong reasons. “The events that I promoted that 3 am closing, with cheap tacky disco flashing lights, a created my DJ career were predominantly illegal events smoke machine and a rubbish sound system whereas in the first instance and when the police came to the door the Ministry just took all the constituent elements of the it gave me, in retrospect, quite foolish bravado quoting great specialist nightclubbing experience that we now laws that the police, I dare say, didn’t know and I didn’t take for granted and did them as well as it was possiin reality know much more than they did, but I put on a ble to do it, so it was really benchmark setter in quality good front.” clubs.”

After University Jules got Jules has been one of hottest himself a gig at the pirate DJ’s on the Ibiza club scene radio station, Kiss which did for more than a decade and eventually become legal and has spent many, many years his popularity just went from on the White Island. Paris strength to strength.

Hilton has often appeared as “I got fairly decent show tia guest DJ at clubs in Ibiza mes on Friday and Saturday and while Jules is less than nights and that obviously impressed with her skills he was a huge soap box to stand does view her involvement on and it helped to leverage as a positive sign.

DJ gigs outside of London, “It’s indicative of how far in Swindon and Milton Keyinto mainstream culture the nes and Essex and then the DJ culture itself is. I can’t home counties and the word think of many people i’d less spreads a bit and it becomes like to see behind the turntaBristol and Birmingham and bles but at the same time it then it became the whole of suggests that we’re in a very the UK.”The next step was healthy place.”

BBC Radio 1, which Jules Surprisingly, Jules informs says “felt like a really signime that not every DJ is jumficant career milestone and ping up and down over the was hugely important" vinyl revival.“Some DJ’s do but he was determined to put use vinyl, but it’s very genre his own ideas out there. specific, in certain genres of “The Global Warm Up stardance music, like Techno and ted on Radio 1 and it’s now Tech House or Deep House up to about the 800th episode there are a lot of vinyl releaso it’s been going for about ses, whereas in other genres 15 years” he estimates. BBC vinyl isn’t really prevalent is a fantastic global brand but at all. Personally, I am into I couldn’t go selling my BBC the way music sounds, says show to 3rd party stations so Jules. “Yes I would always “I got fairly decent show times I wanted to create something want to mix the records togethat I would have control on Friday and Saturday nights and ther because I think it sounds over which started life as a much better and I think i’ve radio show and has morphed that obviously was a huge soap box got a distinctive artistic miinto being a radio show that’s xing style, but it doesn’t mato stand on.” syndicated in various places, tter where it comes from it including Mallorca. It’s just can be from vinyl, from cd’s, the records I like every week it’s as simple as that.” from mp3, or from a wav file. I’m more of a collector of The legendary Ministry of Sound nightclub opened in music in my head and my heart than a collector of music a renovated bus garage in south London in 1991 and on my shelves if you like.

Jules is one of a host of world famous DJ’s who’ve per- As the years rolled by Jules decided he’d better shore up formed there.“It was the first club to have 24 hour licen- the future in case his DJ career had a shelf life but ended sing or certainly the first club in the middle of a city and up doubling his workload instead. “I became a lawyer the first club to have the quality of sound system that had because i didn’t know what the future held as a DJ be-

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cause there’s only two or three well known DJ’s who are campaigned on behalf of the “Remain” camp at the time a bit older than me, Carl Cox, Pete Tong and Paul Oak- of the referendum and thanks his lucky stars he has Irish enfold. I had no means of knowing what the future held Ancestry. as I became a 50-something,” he says. “So I thought, i’m “Thank Heavens I’m able to apply for an Irish passport, going to become a lawyer and continue to be involved they’re inundated so my application is taking months in the industry; it makes complete sense and slowly the- and months to process.” When I ask what music he’s re will be a gradual crossfade between the two careers. listening to these days he tells me he’s got yet another What I didn’t realise is that the DJ element would be so special project in the pipeline. buoyant, so they’re both in the mix together and they’re both done very much on a full time basis and that rea- “It’s basically a 10 piece band with me deejaying in lly doesn’t leave much time the middle of it and the first to even contemplate doing tour is at the end of March, much else.”; On April 6th so what is mainly on my Judge Jules is headlining phone is recordings of at the Playhouse Mallorca that. I listen to it and tweak Launch Party with Steve it to get it sounding perAltman from Soul Heaven fect, so that’s my musical in Ibiza and Radio One Mapreoccupation at the mollorca’s Diablo V supporting ment and that’s the princiand says he’s really looking pal thing i’m listening to in forward to it. the car. A lot has changed “Bearing in mind where I in the music business over live, it’s probably the closest the years, but there is one gig to home i’ve ever done, thing that really bugs the I could probably walk there. life out of Jules.

Some friends are promoting “I wish people would just it and it’s a virtual sell out dance and keep their phoalready. It’s the first of a nes in their pockets. I unnumber of things they want derstand you want some to promote here for the 25 degree of memento from and over market because going out but when it’s just there are plenty of people constant it has a straining here who fit into that cateimpact on the atmosphere gory but are not necessarily and it’s been very prevathat well catered for. Jules lent in the last 5 years.” and Amanda have two chilJules says buying a place dren, Phoebe’s 14 and by all in Mallorca was a no braaccounts quite academic and iner and the perfect conJake’s 19 and trying to fortrast to the life that he and ge a career of his own in the Amanda have in London. music business.

A massive Arsenal fan, Ju“If you’ve got the luxury les says the beautiful game of London, being probably helped him stay connected the most exciting city in to Jake during his turbulent music, with the most to do, teenage years.

“I would always want to mix the with the ability to hop on a “With a 19 year old son it’s plane and come to Mallorrecords together because I think it ca in 2 hours frequently, a great bonding opportunity, you know, he’s come what more do you want in sounds much better.” out of the angry, hormonal life really?” years and even at the worst period of that we could go and watch Arsenal and we Download the latest Global Warm Up for free at: could get on and do the father and son thing. I’ve been https://judgejules.podomatic.com an avid football fan since I was a kid but it’s served an Get Judge Jules Live show tickets at: Judgejules.net. even broader purpose than that really, in my relationship And tickets for the Judge Jules event on April 6th are with my son.” As our conversation inevitably turns to available on the Playhouse Mallorca Launch Party politics and the debacle of Brexit, Jules reminds me he Facebook page.

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manda O’Riordan is very happily married to Judge Jules and as well as being a wife and mother she also does a weekly radio show in Mallorca, a weekly double page spread for the Ibizan expat newspaper and writes a Facebook fashion blog which has more than 20,000 readers a week.

“I’ve always loved fashion, ”she confesses“ I studied art at school, then I went into graphic design and I was the Production Editor of various magazines when I was 19.

I moved into fashion directing for Freeman’s Catalogues in the UK and I used to commission photographers, recce the locations and choose the models.”

It was during one of those catalogue fashion shoots in Mallorca that Amanda went out to dinner with a model called Rachel, and that friendship changed her life.

Rachel’s boyfriend knew Jules so when she got back to London she set Amanda and Jules up on a blind date and the rest, as they say, is history.

“We got married a couple of years after we met and I kind of gave up work to travel with Jules. We had our son and we went all around the world over and over again with my Mum who was our nanny. We did that for years until I had Phoebe, then we had to settle down because the kids had to go to school.”

Amanda also has a good voice and when she was in her 20’s she had a pretty successful singing career.

“I was on Top of the Pops and it was just before it finished so i’m lucky to have got that and I think i’ve still got it on VHS somewhere. A lot of people ask me if i would go back to singing but I don’t think so because i’m in my 40’s now and there’s too much competition out there.”

Now she’s returned to fashion and this girl loves to shop.

“I like to see what’s going on out there, not just online i will actually physically go shopping. I like FAN Mallorca, it ticks all the boxes if you want to go to a few different shops. But if you’re looking for something special you can’t beat the little back streets of Palma.”

Amanda’s also thinking of turning her hand to designing and all being well she’s hoping to launch a new label by the end of this year.

“There’s a girl in London that wants me to go halves on a new vintage clothing label. We want to buy clothing like Bianca Jagger white suits and boho maxi dresses and create a brand new label.”

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by Wendy Wighton Urquhart he City of Sóller nestles amongst the orange groves of Mallorca’s Golden Valley, in the north west corner of the island where the jagged crags of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains serve up a dramatic backdrop. It’s famous for its oranges, olive oil and ice cream and is a popular destination for mountain hikes cycling enthusiasts and day trippers from Palma. It takes about 30 minutes to get there by car or 45 minutes if you take the TIB bus, which costs less than 3 euros and leaves from Estació Intermodal, across the street from Plaça d’España.

But the best way by far to travel to Sóller is onboard the vintage wooden train which dates back to 1912. Tickets cost 18€ one way, 25€ return or 32€ for a return journey including return tickets for the tram in Sóller. You can only buy them on the day and you have to pay with cash, credit cards are not accepted. It’s also worthwhile checking the time of the last train back to Palma, because extra connections are often added during the summer months to meet demand. The train leaves from the Ferrocarril de Sóller station next door to Estació Intermodal several times a day and chugs CELEBRITY MALLORCA - 114 | 36

through more than 20 miles of stunning countryside with staggering mountain views. It stops in Bunyola long enough to jump off and take some photos.

There’s a museum inside Sóller Railway Station with paintings by Joan Miró and sculptures by Pablo Picasso as well as some brilliant photographs of these two great artists who were very close friends back in the day. Other museums worth visiting are Museu de Casal de Cultura de Sóller, the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals which is in a 20th century palace called Camp d’en Prohom and Can Prunera Museu Modernista.

The latter is housed in a gorgeous art nouveau mansion in Carrer sa Lluna with temporary and permanent art and sculpture exhibitions, original early 20th century furniture and beautiful gardens. Two minutes down the hill from Sóller train station you’ll find Plaça de la Constitució, which is the heart of the city and a constant hub of activity. Bars and coffee shops are dotted around the square and it’s a great place to grab lunch or a drink before exploring the narrow side streets of Sóller where traditional shops sell local produce, hand made baskets and other artisanal products. On Satur-

days the market stalls are heaving with fruit and veg, ceramics and clothes and of course many, many momentos of Sóller. The square itself is dominated by Sant Bartomeu church which dates back to the 16th century and was renovated in 1904 by Joan Rubió i Bellver, who studied with renowned Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudí.

The modernist facade of the old Banco de Sóller next door which was also designed by Joan Rubió i Bellver is now home to a branch of Santander Bank.

There are plenty of hotels to choose from in Sóller and Toni Oliver has worked in quite a few of them.

Born and bred in Sóller, he started working in the hotel trade while he was studying tourism at university.

“I started as a Night Receptionist, before becoming a Daytime receptionist, then Head receptionist. When I was 25, I became Assistant Manager in a big hotel in the port, but I always wanted to find a hotel for myself and when I had the opportunity to buy Hotel Vila in 2006 I just did it.”

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“You’re not allowed to build anything in the mountains here so the excessive building that’s happened in other parts of Mallorca will never happen here and the mountains will never change.”

Hotel Vila, which faces the church at the entrance to Carrer sa Lluna, was built in the early 1900’s and used to be the private home of a Spanish family who made their fortune in the orange trade. It’s now a boutique hotel with 8 rooms, an apartment and a studio and Toni says the conversion was done with extreme care to respect and preserve the original craftsmanship.

“This building was in very poor condition when we bought it and I employed a team of 8 women just to restore the paintings because it was really important to me to keep as many of the original features and as much of the art on the walls as possible.” Toni told me there are also very strict rules in place to preserve the beauty and history of the city of Sóller and the surrounding area. “You’re not allowed to build anything in the mountains here so the excessive building that’s happened in other parts of Mallorca will never happen here and the mountains will never change. What has changed is that since the tunnel toll was abolished last year, a lot more people come here and that’s really made a huge difference to us and to many other businesses in Sóller.” Vintage trams have been ferrying passengers and merchandise between Sóller and the port since 1913 and are one of the city’s biggest CELEBRITY MALLORCA - 114 | 37

Mallorca Hotspots tourist attractions because the journey truly is a joy.

It takes about half an hour to trundle down the hill between back gardens chock full of orange and lemon trees and on distant hillsides the olive groves are perfectly framed by mountain peaks. The tram runs almost the entire length of Port de Sóller which has a beautiful sandy beach and lots of hotels, bars and restaurants and superb views of the marina.

“The shops are bulging with clothes, jewellery and brightly coloured hand made pottery.”

There’s plenty of entertainment on offer in Port de Sóller. The shops are bulging with clothes, jewellery and brightly coloured hand made pottery and don’t worry about getting it all home, these shop owners have been shipping items, big and small, all over the world for decades. Tourist boats are waiting harbourside to whisk you away to local beauty spots, there’s water sports galore to choose from and plenty of private charter yachts vying for business with tempting offers of lunch in secluded coves, snorkelling and cocktails at sunset. Cycling has become a major event in Mallorca and hundreds of thousands of cyclists come to the island in the Spring and Autumn to attempt the challenging routes in the Tramuntana Mountains.

There are several high profile cycling competitions in Mallorca and the sport now generates more than 150 million euros a year. For information about the many different level cycling routes around Sóller log on to: www.mapmyride.com www.bikemap.net , www.cyclinglocations.com www.cyclefiesta.com www.tramuntanatours.com.

Hiking is really popular in Mallorca too and there are tons of options around Sóller with spectacular views across the valley. For more information log on to: www. alltrails.com www. mapmyhike.com www.outdooractive.com www.walkingmallorca.co.uk The tram returns every hour from the terminus in the port to Sóller and the last stop is right outside the railway station where you can catch the train back to Palma.

More information about the history of Sóller’s trains and trams is available in Spanish, English and German at: trendesoller.com.

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very year, billions of tourists are seduced by pictures of turquoise oceans and white sandy beaches. But whether it’s a desert island or a holiday resort in the Costas, those beautiful beaches are not always so pristine when the visitors leave. Plastic bags, bottles, cups and cutlery are just some of the things that are often discarded without a second thought and the sad thing is all that garbage will be pulled into the ocean at the next high tide.

It’s not just rubbish from the beach that’s the problem, litter from the streets gets blown into storm drains, and eventually that ends up in the ocean too and the results can be deadly. Social media is awash with horror stories of marine life caught up in plastic and birds that choked to death after swallowing polystyrene packing they thought was food. Last year a dead whale washed ashore in Spain with 29 kilos of plastic in its stomach and a dolphin starved to death because the plastic in its gut stopped it from digesting food. Attempts to persuade people to dispose of their rubbish responsibly continue to fall on deaf ears and coastlines are becoming nothing more than ugly garbage dumps.

Andrew Turton is a Mallorca-based Australian who’s been building and racing yachts all his

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life and is also an avid surfer. He got so sick of seeing oceans and harbours clogged with oil and trash that he decided to invent a device that would clean up the mess that other people had left behind. For Andrew the solution is simple.

“If you can have rubbish bins on land, why not have them in the ocean.” “I started basically

with a wheelie bin. I put it in the water, attached a pump to it and sucked all the water out of it. It took a while to figure out how to do it and i’ve made a few of different versions” A few years and several prototypes later Andrew and his business partner, Peter Ceglinski, launched the first Seabin. It’s a device that works in all conditions and is capable of collecting between one and two tons of rubbish a year from the ocean, including microplastics, oil and detergents, and it’s very easy to install. “It’s basically bolted to a floating pontoon so that it goes up and down with the tides and it’s easy to access. A pump funnels water and floating rubbish into the device. The water is sucked through the Seabin, and the garbage stays in the special catch bag inside.

The water is then pumped back into the ocean but first it goes through an oil-water separator to filter out fuel and scum.” The Seabin does have to be maintained regularly but Andrew says it’s a pretty straightforward process. “The rubbish that’s collected in the catch bag needs to be emptied out at least once a day, and the barnacles have to be cleaned off the outside of the Seabin

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once a month to stop them blocking the device.” throughout their Global Ambassador Program.

Extensive tests carried out on the Seabin ironed “By collecting data and tracking what’s collecout technical issues and confirmed that it won’t ted in the Seabins the students can determine harm marine life, although appawhether the rubbish is coming rently fish do like to eat bits of from their own local streets or food off the outside of the device. from overseas. We’re hoping that The Seabin is manufactured and by showing them how much plasdistributed by the harbour equitic ends up in the ocean they’ll be pment supplier, Poralu Marine, more responsible when they’re which has dealers in 27 countries getting rid of their own rubbish worldwide. They cost €3,300 and raise awareness at the same each, have a lifespan of around time.” If you’re interested in edu10 years and can be delivered cational or research programs within 12 to 16 weeks depending and would like more information, on the destination. Seabins are send an email to: now clearing plastic from oceans pete@seabinproject.com. in Australia, New Zealand, San Every year between 10 and 20 Óscar Fernández, Patrick Reynes, Diego, Helsinki, Montenegro and Andrew Turton & Paola Marcon million tons of plastic ends up of course Mallorca. Peter and in the world’s oceans, and Andrew have also developed “If we can have rubbish every year Seabins are already a portable model of the Seascooping 90,000 plastic bags, bins on land, why not have bin with a submersible pump nearly 12,000 plastic bottles, them in the ocean?” that runs off a yacht’s power 50,000 small water bottles and or a generator. Storage isn’t a more than 35,000 disposable problem either because it can be attached under cups out of the water. Clearly we need more the boarding platform and used in any harbour. Seabins, but we also need to start working together They’re also very excited about another prototype to protect the environment for future generations. that’s been going through rigorous trials in Port So please put your rubbish in the bin.

Adriano for the last 4 months. “It’s basically the same model.” says Andrew. “But instead of being bolted to a floating pontoon, the stainless steel fixtures on the new Seabin will be replaced with ballast and floats to allow it to move freely in the water and I’m hoping it will be ready by mid-March.”

Research and development are key and Andrew and Pete are now testing ways to make the Seabins from recycled plastic caught by their own devices but that costs money. If you’d like to make a donation to the Seabin Project or pay for one for your local Yacht Club, port or marina just log on to www.seabinproject.com and follow the links.

At the heart of the Seabin Project is a deep rooted concern for the environment and Andrew says him and Pete are convinced that putting education front and centre is the best way to fight plastic pollution. “We really want to make people aware of what’s going on in their oceans.”

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Amanda Butler

Property Guru

t was a great pleasure to receive a phone call to ask if I would write for the new owners of Celebrity Magazine as their Property Correspondent for Mallorca, having been involved in the luxury real estate market since arriving on the island in 2002.

The Mallorca real estate market is an interesting microcosm, a bubble in the European market place quite different to mainland Spain. Fortunately for Mallorca, the government have been quite prudent in protecting many large areas of protected green zone.

This has been reinforced with the designation of the Tramuntana Mountain Range as a World Heritage Site, providing assurance that these areas will remain protected well into the next century and beyond. This in itself has provided Mallorca with a more stable property market

environment compared to the mainland. With limited building land and high demand, prices in many regions, particularly the Southwest, have exceeded the pre-crash values seen in 2008, with frontline sea view properties highly desirable and in short supply.

2018 came to an end with a strong year in property sales for many, myself included, although others reported not as high as the levels of 2017. According to the latest statistics of the General Council of Notaries, the German market was the highest while the Swedish, French, Swiss and Italians grouped together as the second highest market, with a slump from the Brits.

The Italian market is apparently growing substantially, encouraged by numerous direct connections between Italy and the Balearic Islands all year round and the growth is set to continue. Italy is already the fifth nationality with more resident foreigners and the only one, along with China, which has not stopped growing during all the years of the crisis in Spain.

For the Brits 2019 is bound to be an interesting year, to say the least!! It’s difficult to glimpse a picture of the Brexit outcome – will it be no-deal or not?! Will we even Brexit, or won’t we?!! Theresa May’s last-ditch attempt to rally the troops failed dismally and this cliff-hanger of a drama looks likely to continue right up to ‘B-Day’ (as opposed to a more celebrated ‘D Day’), to the discomfort of most concerned.

How this will affect the property market is yet to be seen, with a lot of speculation how it will affect us in general. Speaking with lawyer Javier Cases from Cases Y Asociados, his opinion is that for those of us already listed as Spanish Residents life should not change too drastically. Whether there will be visa requirements for the British with property here, or those visiting, remains to be seen and will depend on whether we Brexit with or without a deal, and how Britain treats their own EU nationals. However, using the Swiss as a precedent, they used to require a Spanish visa but no longer do, so one would assume that once the dust settles, travel will become easier and life in general will return to a relative norm.

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If a Resident British citizen pre March 30 2019 the Withdrawal Agreement will provide for a transition period until December 31 2020, with our rights under EU law maintained except the right to vote for the European Parliament. The Resident’s ID cards will also be valid, but once the transition period has begun we will need to apply for a Foreign Identity Card (TIE). If arriving during the transition period these cards will be issued directly.

New expat Brit arrivals seeking residency and employment after the transition period will be subject to decisions taken on both sides of the Channel. But it will be more difficult, particularly with employment, as an employer will have to prove there is no Spanish national or Spanish resident who fulfils the job requirement. This will no-doubt be a concern for those with businesses that predominantly employ seasonal British staff such as in key tourist areas like Magaluf.

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One tip I would definitely give is to convert your driving license to a Spanish license, otherwise you will be required to take a Spanish driving test rather than merely make an exchange. There are definitely turbulent times ahead, and of course anyone’s bet where we will be when the next Celebrity issue is published!

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By Donna Suarez Real Estates United was created in September 2014 to help people to buy or sell their property faster and more efficiently, by Estate Agents collaborating with other professional Estate Agents.

In the past the Real Estate market was incredibly competitive but Real Estates United has launched a brand new, secure system online, which allows professional Estate Agents to access each other’s data without putting client information at risk, and it gets the job done much faster. Members of REU meet every two months, share properties and discuss client’s needs.

This revolutionary system also means that when a seller lists a property with one REU agent it can be automatically be picked up by other members and offered direct to their clients, and there’s no extra sales fee.

It’s good option for buyers too because all REU member agents have access to a database that’s bulging with a wide range of properties, and it doesn’t cost a penny.

REU has more than 70 professional members in Mallorca, so whether you’re buying or selling look out for our logo to make sure you get the best service, the best options and the best results.

A sample of REU member agent properties are advertised on the following pages, our agents are waiting for your call and they can’t wait to help you find your forever home.

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VILLA / PALMA 1.690.000€ Luxury villa Son Anglada,2700m2 plot, 650m2 built, 9 bedrooms 7 bathrooms, garden and swimming pool REF GSSA57 Telf. 629 787 385

HOUSE/ SʼESTANYOL 213.000€ Semi-detached in Sʼestanyol, 88m2, 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, NEW. REF 725 Telf. 971 863 970

VILLA / CALA DʼOR 1.200.000€

Located in the upmarket of Cala Esmeralda, quiet area, 1.198q plot and 230q built.

5 bedrooms 5 bathrooms, private pool, REF. 2717 Telf. 971 659 200

RUSTIC HOUSE / INCA 580.000€

FINCA / CAMPANET 700.000€

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APART. / PORT ANDRATX 595.000€

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HOUSE/ CAMPANET 1.200.000€

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HOUSE / LLUCMAJOR 475.000€

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DUPLEX / PALMA 980.000€

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APART. / ALCUDIA 590.000€

HOUSE / SA TORRE 765.000€

HOUSE / CALA RATJADA 795.000€

APARTMENT / MAGALUF 165.000€

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