Now you can buy Deià art online. We’re delighted to announce the launch of…
Now you can buy Deià art online. We’re delighted to announce the launch of…
Together with his brother Charlie, Patrick Hill is one of the co-founders of Charles Marlow.…
We are happy to announce that we are in the need of a new sales…
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Deia Heydays 1960-2000 is a recently published book that celebrates what its authors Oona Lind…
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I first met my friend and Soller author Anna Nicholas in, of all places, a…
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Charlie and Patrick Hill are the two brothers who created independent real estate agency Charles…
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In the past three years, veganism has grown by 600% in the US and more…
If you live in Deià or are on holiday on the West Coast, a trip…
Every month we bring to your attention a tiny part of the wonderful West Coast…
The book launch of The George and Cecilie Sheridan Art Collection at La Residencia Hotel…
A new law about rental licenses was released in August 2018, so a lot of…
Now that summer’s almost upon us, it’s time to dust off the barbeque and start…
Two new ventures are set to open Saturday 12 May 2018 at the wonderful Villa…
Deià has always attracted exceptionally talented, visionary and somewhat maverick artists. Internationally renowned designer Matthew…
I wouldn’t be surprised if Mallorca is the retreat centre of Europe. Every year, thousands…
Imagine roads between Valldemossa and Deià free from vehicles belching out fumes. Imagine beaches and…
Now that spring is here, it’s time to take a look at what’s happening at…
If you practice yoga and you’re anything like me, it’s become part of your life.…
The Oracular Tachyon Deck is a set of 70 oracle cards that uses images and…
Easter in Mallorca is the time when I’m most aware I’m living a country that…
Every month we talk to Mashamba Garden and Terrace Design about how to make the…
I don’t think I’ll ever stop being surprised at the number of remarkable people who…
This is the time of year when cyclists begin to appear on the roads of…
Dreaming of a spring holiday in Deia and north-west Mallorca? Time to start planning. A…
Towards the end of last summer, an American lady called into the offices of Charles…
Every month we talk to upmarket Mallorca garden and terrace design specialists Mashamba about how…
As you’d expect from somewhere that’s been christened the love island, celebrating Valentine’s Day in…
Mallorca’s popularity with couples wanting what’s called a ‘destination wedding’ grows all the time. Many…
They’re called the days of La Calma, those astonishing January days in Mallorca when it…
Glynis German is the founder of the Mallorca Death Cafe. If the name conjures up…
Deia and the west coast of Mallorca are famous worldwide for their unspoilt natural beauty…
As we look forwards to 2018, I asked Charlie of Charles Marlow to draw on…
It seems that there will not be a cockerel on top of the greased pine…
As I look forward to 2018, I can’t help but remember a post I wrote…
It’s Christmas Eve and I’m drifting in a Christmas meditation. A few hours ago, I…
Every month we talk to upmarket Mallorca garden and terrace design specialists Mashamba about how…
The Big Green Book, a 1962 collaboration between Robert Graves and writer and illustrator Maurice…
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The days of smoke from wood fires drifting across olive terraces are upon us. It’s…
Every month Jennifer and Alexander Warren-Gash of Mashamba Garden and Terrace Design share their valuable…
On Sunday 5 November over 100 artists, performers and yogis will be taking part in…
I am listening to his last words from that awful night fifty years ago again.…
As I was drifting through Deia recently it occurred to me that there’s nothing better…
Majorca Observed is a collection of essays by Robert Graves with illustrations by Paul Hogarth…
On Saturday morning, I’ll be joining the movement and meditation class at the Fundació Pilar…
We come to Mallorca for the climate and the joys of spending as much time…
Oro del Negro and Manuel Villaneuva of Deia architecture, design and landscaping company Moredesign were among…
Pernille Elvirose’s Art of Living retreats in Deia, between 18 and 23 September and 16…
Charlie Hill is a partner in Charles Marlow and head of sales for the company.…
When Nama first opened in Deia in 2016 it was unlike anything else in the…
Marga Garau Galmes is the owner and instructor at Art Pilates, a Reformer…
It’s been said that we’re living in an age of memoir. As the memoir writing…
I was impressed by the branding for Camper shoes well before I first bought a…
Mallorca, quite rightly, has earned the reputation of being one of Europe’s favourite destinations when…
The work of Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic provokes strong reactions. This I guess, is…
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I’ve always been fascinated by the Marxa des Güell, the overnight walk from central Palma…
Judging by my recent conversation with writer Allegra Huston, anyone who signs up for her…
Deia rock and roll institution, the Pa Amb Oli band will do their thing on…
You’ll be delighted to know that, so far this year, there hasn’t been a plague…
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Memoir Writing Workshop organiser, Rosalinda Much has been a graphic designer, art director, publisher, award-winning…
Thank you once again for taking the time to read our newsletter. I hope you…
Munching on a Mallorquin croissant and sipping café con leche outside a café in Placa…
This Friday 7th July something exciting is afoot in Deia. British artist and much loved…
My partner and her sister wanted to see dolphins. I realised I’d never seen Deia…
The printed copies of Marlow’s Map of Mallorca arrived in our offices in Deia this week…
Deia artist and musician Brendan McCann has an exhibition at Fundació Cultural Coll Bardolet in…
Marlow’s Map of Mallorca is your unique map of the island, created with love and…
Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver has become one of my albums of the summer. Her…
The painter, poet, singer and composer Cecilia Garciá Amaro will perform tonight at the Sa…
Miles Davis’s 1960 Sketches of Spain is one of those albums that takes on a…
Mallorca’s favourite food, a rock and roll band and a powerful symbol of enduring island…
On 23 May the new Paseo de Poetas, or poet’s walk, was officially opened at…
I first spotted the work of American artist Robert Bohné when my friend Deia artist…
The third annual Posidonia Mallorca Festival will take place in Palma on 19 and 20…
Of all the possibilities of all the things to do on the island of…
Passage of Hope, a performance to benefit Dignity360 and Proemaid, two organisations working to help…
This Friday 12th May you can help to support the brilliant Asociación Ondine at an…
One of the great joys of living in Mallorca is the never-ending flow of delicious,…
Arianna Lucarella is a highly successful interior designer based in Mallorca who combines a truly…
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They say that first impressions can last a lifetime so it is very important to…
Ever since I first saw it, I’ve been intrigued by a dreamlike surrealist painting by Desmond…
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Fifty years since the first Summer of Love in 1967, the spirit of hippy is…
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A must read if thinking about a holiday rental in Mallorca this year. Now we…
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has long been one of the most popular poems in…
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Artist and filmmaker Len Lye and writer Robert Graves were both maverick visionaries. Despite their…
Lauren Day is a Partner at Ellis Jones Solicitors and lives and works between London…
Seasons change subtly in Mallorca. When I first came to live on the island it…
Robert Graves touched the lives of many of us and his influence as a poet…
Legendary British singer-songwriter Kevin Ayers lived in Deia off and on from the 1960s…
Like you perhaps I have many intensely romantic Deia memories. But is the village inherently…
Deiá resident and ceramicist Maria De Haan, grew up in the Kent English countryside in…
American author Luke Rhinehart was inspired to finish his great cult novel ‘The Dice Man’…
In which The Dice Man author Luke Rhinehart talks about Naked Before the World, his…
Invasion by Luke Rhinehart is the latest book by the cult American author who lived…
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It is the start of a New Year and an opportunity to set new intentions.…
Los Reis arrived last night to hand out gifts but the fiesta celebrating the first…
This is the time of year when writers everywhere look back on what they’ve written…
I close my eyes behind my sunglasses and hear their voices drifting across the years. Luke…
By the time he arrived in Deià in September 1968* the writer Colin Wilson…
Feeling festive or dare I say Scrooge-esque!? We all have our feelings and emotions about Christmas…
Robert Graves was born on 7 December 1895. This is the second year in…
One of my favourite things about Deià is the way I’m constantly discovering new…
Today the area known as El Terreno in Palma is a ghost town. It’s hard…
Speaking to Ramón about the making of the El Olivo album I realised I had…
Listening to El Olivo, music by Ramón Farrán for poems by Robert Graves, is one of…
It began in the treasure trove front room of Deià artist and musician David Templeton.…
In Tuning up at Dawn, Tomás Graves’s splendid book about his life in music in…
One of the great pleasures of a day spent drifting through Deià is the way each…
Earlier this week, a couple strolling up to Belmond La Residencia heard what sounded…
The exhibition by Mariana Alzamora which opens at the wonderful Sa Tafona gallery space in…
I’ve been away for a while and just arrived back on the island. While I…
Ruthven Todd is a fascinating British writer who first visited Robert Graves in Deià in…
On her first visit to England, a Spanish friend of mine said ‘England is…
Joan Miró was born in Barcelona in 1893. His mother was Mallorquin, as was his…
The latest edition of Uncut magazine, ‘the spiritual home of good rock music’, includes a…
In late April almost twenty years ago I took my first ever swim down…
Now that the delicious madness of August in Deià is over, it might be time…
Gilli Smyth, co-founder of Gong with Daevid Allen, left her body on August 22. She…
When I picture Robert Graves he’s a broken-nosed hero poet, boxer, emperor, eyes sharply focused…
It started when I read this on a blog: “Graves was Orson Welles’ favourite…
Whenever he’s in Deià, American musician Jay Ansill slots comfortably into the village music scene,…
On 15 August an exhibition of work by internationally-acclaimed Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies inspired by…
A few weeks ago when I was talking to Tille del Negro about her…
If only Robert Graves’s The White Goddess had appeared in July. It would have fit…
Cream Crew is a vegan ice cream parlour in Santa Catalina, a hip foodie area of Palma.…
Who doesn’t love a delicious fresh breakfast? If you´re a breakfast lover like me then…
In July 1926, ninety years ago this month, Robert Graves and Laura Riding consummated…
At the end of June, Deià’s own Tille del Negro launched SkinSins, her remarkable…
Now that high summer is upon us, the casual visitor to Deià could be forgiven…
If you know Mallorca well, or you have read about Mallorca, you will have heard…
I was taken to Es Mal Pas by a local friend who was working in…
For those of you who are already familiar with Deia, I am sure you will…
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Claxon. Now they make a punchy noise and this restaurant certainly does too! It has…
I first visited Es Roquissar in Valldemossa in early March on a cool crisp evening.…
Another piece for our hidden gems collection is a paella restaurant in Palma. The terrace…
If you are looking for a true Mallorquin tea time experience then you must not leave…
Shabby chic style interior, crystal chandeliers, great variety of reasonably priced and delicious tapas and…
Restaurant Sa Foradada is a true island beauty and one experience that is not to…
On Sunday 26 June at 7PM, a performance of Gnaeus Robertulus Gravesa at the amphitheatre…
On my first visit to Deià twenty years ago I was lucky enough to…
One fine summer morning many years ago a friend of mine strolled into the…
I can’t remember who tipped me off to this place but I owe them a big…
When highly respected Deià artist David Templeton’s latest show at La Belmond Residencia opens on…
Five years ago I was sitting in my favourite Chinese restaurant in London, the Jade…
No-one I know who lives here ever takes Deià for granted. But it’s easy…
Every Friday night from 7-11.30pm and in summer even longer until 1am, an Argentinian musical duo…
The story and mythology of Deià has always been shaped by larger than life characters.…
On Thursday 5 May the duo of Pedro y Julio will give a performance…
I stumbled upon this Venezuelan restaurant by chance yesterday with two friends, it’s not usually…
On Thursday 28 April the team from Charles Marlow delivered a set of all the…
The first vegetarian restaurant in Mallorca, Bon Lloc opened their doors in 1978. You will find…
As we teeter on the brink of another long hot Deiá summer, I thought it…
Nineteen years ago this month I took my first ever swim at Cala Deia. The…
When you have a connection with Deià you’re likely to discover all sorts of…
Manuella Holló is someone I’ve been intrigued to interview since first meeting her…
On Saturday 2 April, the remarkable, inspiring documentary movie Down to Earth will receive its…
An ambitious new Mythology Park set to open in just outside Deia in spring…
Since the arrival of Robert Graves in Deia in 1929, the village has been associated…
They had no money for a tomb but the Deia Ayuntamiento let his friends…
A friend of mine in England who’s been watching the BBC miniseries The Night Manager…
I thought I’d long ago got used to uncovering strange and mysterious connections between Deia…
If you want to know about Robert Graves, the best place to start is with…
There was once a faded, peeling sticker on the bathroom window of the men’s bathroom…
The Robert Graves story I really wanted to read was ‘She Landed Yesterday’. Worth the…
Lorna awoke knowing that someone was standing behind her. She had no idea how many…
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In the past few days posts about the amount of plastic in our oceans have…
I first became intrigued by Alston Anderson and his connection to Robert Graves when I…
I know I’m on my way to Deia when the road starts to curl up…
It was Christmas Eve and the beams of the pub were lined with twinkling fairy…
If you live in Mallorca or you’ve visited Valldemossa, chances are you own a copy…
Monday 7 December was the 30th anniversary of the death of the poet Robert Graves…
As we tap dance closer to Christmas, I always think that Deia takes on…
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On Monday and Tuesday, after her kids have gone to school and the remnants of…
When Deia resident and dream worker Monika Evans discovered that Robert Graves had written a…
The joys of autumn in Deia are encapsulated for me by the smell of…
The Deia Olive Press is written and edited by David Holzer. David, who lives in…
The Dia de Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, happens on October 31st. If…
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One hot night in July 2010 Patti Smith and her band gave a concert at…
Try 5Rhythms just once and, like me, you could become hooked on this uniquely liberating…
It’s been a great summer for music in Deia and it’s not over yet. Mind…
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Part of the pleasure of listening to the Book of AM was trying to identify…
I never thought I’d love mountains the way I do now. I was raised in…
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Over the years, many musicians – some famous, others rather more obscure – have visited…
Charles Marlow is determined to become Deia’s most trusted and highly regarded real estate agency.…
The Book of AM musicians March 1978 The Book of AM was recorded on…
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Deia is the setting for The Lemon Grove, Helen Walsh’s fourth novel. Her first,…
Deia Cala may be one of the most literary spots on earth in which to…
Part I: A Strange Discovery I first heard about the Book of AM from Lali,…
Deia tea room, S’Hortet is fast becoming one of the most pleasant places in which…
Over the years, many musicians – some famous, others rather more obscure – have visited…
When I want to know something about Deia, I ask Jackie Waldren. She first arrived…
Ever since he came to Deia for the first time in 2002, American musician Jay…
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Lorraine Elkins and her husband Stu took their first ever trip to Mallorca hoping to…
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I meant to talk to Tomás Graves about his book Tuning Up at Dawn. But,…
If, like me a couple of days ago, you don’t know what posidonia is, you’re…
I was looking forward to taking my girlfriend to Deia for the first time. She’s…
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Back in my drinking days I never knew when I was going to fall over…
Luke Rhinehart completed The Dice Man when he was living in Deia in 1970. Luke…
Stroll through Deia, heading out towards Soller, and you won’t be able to miss Belmond…
English poet, children’s author and broadcaster Roger McGough has been coming to Deia every year…
Saturday 20 June and the last night of the Festes de San Joan in Deia…
Joan Bibiloni, the award-winning Mallorquin composer, guitarist, percussion addict and producer with a Deia connection…
Based in Deia for over thirty five years, local ceramicist and passionate conservationist Joanna has…
Over the years, many musicians – some famous, others rather more obscure – have visited…
I visit La Casa de Robert Graves at least once a year and always come…
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The Deia Olive Press offers a unique blend of property intelligence, Deia and Mallorca news, and unparalleled insight into the rich cultural history of the village and the island.
We’re delighted to say that, since we launched the blog in early 2015, we’ve gained a loyal following among Deia and Mallorca residents and people all over the world who love this magical village.
In that time, we’ve showcased the amazing artists, musicians and writers of Deia and Mallorca. We’ve uncovered long lost cultural artefacts and introduced them to a new, fascinated, audience. We’ve connected journalists and film-makers to experts in Mallorcan cuisine, lifestyle and culture. And, we’ve reconnected people who’ve lost touch with each other over the years.
We’re also proud to say that we’ve done our bit to support the wonderful people dedicated to preserving and protecting our beautiful island.
Because celebrating what’s special about Deia and Mallorca and helping people who’ve fallen in love with the island find their dream home is what it’s all about for us.
The Deia Olive Press is brought to you by writer David Holzer and the team at Charles Marlow. If you have a question for us or you’d like to share a story, get in touch at hello@charlesmarlow.com.
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