40 years after the approval of the Linguistic Normalization Law (LNL), we can affirm that the Catalan language in the Balearic Islands does not suffer from a lack of laws, but from a lack of political will. This is the central idea that emerges when we analyze the trajectory of a tool that, at the time, was essential. That norm established the legal framework necessary to make the official status of Catalan effective and allowed for undeniable advances in areas such as administration, education, and the media. But, above all, it was born from a unanimous political consensus that today, four decades later, seems almost a miracle. A political consensus that was accompanied by a civic movement, led by the OCB, which called for a legal framework for the regulation and protection of the Catalan language, which other territories and other languages of the Spanish state already had. 

Scouting in Mallorca is celebrating. This past weekend, the sa Torrentera estate, in Sencelles, became the epicenter of the movement with the celebration of its patron, Sant Jordi. A gathering that this year has had a special character, as it coincides with the 70th anniversary of an educational project that began in 1956.

Far from being an institutional history or a classic chronology, the book proposes a different perspective: recounting one hundred years of life through the lens of the place itself. The town center, its evolution, demographic changes, the microtoponymy house by house, and the memories associated with each location become the guiding thread of a work that aims to document how the town has changed—and how it has remained—over the course of a century. According to the two main authors, the project began with the idea of ​​creating a commemorative book for the centenary, but the sheer volume of material collected—interviews, oral recordings, historical photographs, and various documents—quickly made it clear that a single publication would be insufficient. Therefore, "from the outset, it was conceived as a two-volume work, the first of which focuses primarily on the urban space and its transformation."

This Saturday, October 18, the Estudi General Lul·lià joins the commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Josep Maria Llompart (Palma, 1925-1993) with the organization of a seminar dedicated to his figure and his work, under the title Beauty and struggleThe event, which will take place at the institution's headquarters starting at 10 a.m., is open to the public and admission is free.