Best Will Beacham Podcasts (2025)

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Andrés Coll: Ibizan percussionist and musician 34:07

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Andrés Coll is a professional Ibizan percussionist and musician who loves to fuse the sounds of Ibizan folk music with other musical traditions. Andrés sees a connection between the music of Africa and Asia and that of Ibiza. Through this blend of different cultures he wants to convey the message that: “We are all human and share the same origins.”…

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Islamic Ibiza with Jordi Vives Colomar 1:12:09

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For foreigners like me who are the latest invaders of Ibiza, it is fascinating to delve into the history of this jewel in the Mediterranean Sea. Most of us are vaguely aware that it has been conquered by various cultures over the centuries such as the Phoenicians and Romans. The invasion which led to centuries of Islamic rule in Ibiza before the Ch…

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70 years of Las Dalias with Juan Mari "Juanito" 40:44

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We meet Juan Mari “Juanito” who took over the famous Las Dalias hippie market and music venue from his father in the 1980’s. Founded in 1954, Juanito describes how local families from St Carles would come to dance and celebrate with the young men asking the mothers’ permission to dance with their daughters. In those distant days Ibiza was a very di…

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Rebecca Frayn - environmental activist, film director and author of Lost in Ibiza. 59:05

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For this episode I travel high into the hills above San Vicente to meet the author, environmental activist and film director Rebecca Frayn who has just published Lost in Ibiza. This is a novel about climate change, family dynamics and the different tribes of people who inhabit this island. We talk about the book and explore other Ibiza-related proj…

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Emma Salahi: Oriol Maspons Ibiza - hedonism and humour in the 1980's 34:26

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Emma Salahi is co-producer of a new Ibiza photobook featuring the work of the famous Spanish photographer Oriol Maspons. He visited Ibiza from the 1950’s to the 1980’s and captured the essence of the hedonistic side of the 1980’s, as well as the traditional side of island life. Emma sifted through 500 of Oriol’s images to choose a selection which a…

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How marine archaeology explains Ibiza's history: Enrique Aragon 1:23:16

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With Ibiza being such an important trans-Mediterranean trading post since the Phoenicians set foot on the island, the seas around the island contain a real treasure trove of ship wrecks. Marine archaeologist Enrique Aragon spends much of his time exploring the area and in this interview reveals how important these remains are for our understanding …

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'Voyage and Discovery': a portrait of Ibiza in 1932 by Conor O'Brien 40:31

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'Voyage and Discovery' by Conor O'Brien is an account of the sailor and travel-writer's journey by boat to the White Isle where they moored up in Ibiza harbour for almost a year in 1932. His vivid descriptions of town and country life, as well as the landscapes of the island, are quite riveting. Ibiza's Barbary Press has just brought out a new edit…

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Ethnomusicologist and Ibiza expert Judith Cohen 1:20:49

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Regular Ibizology listeners will, by now, be very familiar with the Ibizology intro/outro music. This haunting music was recorded in the 1950’s in Ibiza by the American ethnomusicologist, Alan Lomax. My guest in this episode of Ibizology is the editor of Alan’s Spanish collection of folkloric music. She has developed a deep understanding of Ibiza’s…

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SOS Club Nautico! 46:08

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For almost 100 years Ibiza’s club Nautico has stood in the city’s harbour, not far from the Formentera ferry terminal. The club, an institution much-loved by Ibicencos, has seen the area around it transformed, modernized and commercialized in tandem with much of the rest of the island. Now the same powerful forces which have altered so much of Ibiz…

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Dominique Sanson - artist, philosopher, musician 1:23:56

2+ y ago1:23:56

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The artist, philosopher and musician Dominique Sanson is perhaps most famous in Ibiza for his panel of paintings which depict Ibiza’s from pre-history until modern times. But his art goes way beyond these, with his unique style depicting many topics which highlight the beauty of the island and its inhabitants as well as his sufist beliefs. You can …

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Dean Gallagher: snake man of Ibiza 1:05:27

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With invasive snakes out of control in Ibiza, and local lizards heading for extinction, British-Australian Dean Gallagher has battled to return the island to its previous snake-free state. This has not been easy for Dean, who suffered nightmares about snakes in the early part of his campaign. Even now he performs a ritual to calm each creature befo…

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Women were second class citizens, except during courtship and dance: Toni Manonelles 1:24:38

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Women have suffered as second class citizens in most traditional, patriarchal societies around the world and Ibiza was no exception. Females had far fewer freedoms and rights than men and were often excluded from secondary education right up until the 1970s and ‘80s. However there was one moment in a woman’s life when she was in control of her dest…

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Ibiza's landscape and agricultural history with Vicent Palermet 57:21

3y ago57:21

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Vicent Palermet is one of Ibiza’s foremost experts on landscape history and traditional agricultural practices. We have a fascinating conversation where he describes the evolution of the rural landscape and agriculture since Bronze Age times. He also explains why agriculture has declined and his hopes for the future. Let’s join Vicent at an ancient…

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Andre Quidu Croissant Show, Ibiza 36:55

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The delightful André Quidu is a famous Ibiza character, whose warmth and humour brings a smile to the face of every customer at Croissant Show, the French bakery and café in La Marina, Ibiza. I was so pleased that André agreed to be interview in late December, and it was just in the nick of time as you will hear. The moustached bon viveur has been …

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Pine Tree Island: A Novel from Ibiza's Dawn by Ben Dunwell 27:29

3+ y ago27:29

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Pine Tree Island is a new novel by the author Ben Dunwell, set in the dawn of Ibiza’s settlement by the Phoenicians around 650BC. In this interview Ben describes how he became a writer, as well as the highs and lows of the creative process. The podcast was recorded before Christmas and since then, Pine Tree Island has become available on Amazon for…

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Professor Francesc Calafell: Ibiza’s unique genetic heritage 47:30

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Professor Francesc Calafell’s research on genes shows how closely connected Ibiza’s native population is to the Catalan invaders of the thirteenth century. In this fascinating episode of the Ibizology podcast Francesc goes on to describe how the people of Spain are more closely related to settlers from the Russian steppes 4,000 years ago than to an…

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Matanza 45:24

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The matanza, or slaughter of the pig, is an ancient rural tradition in Ibiza which would bring together the local people each winter. Killing the pig and preparing the meat was a labour-intensive process which took a day or more and was followed by a night of celebration and feasting. A new exhibition by the publisher and historian Martin Davies br…

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Ibiza's lizards face extinction unless we act now: Elba Montes 45:48

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The lost lizards of Ibiza are now a sad fact of life across most of the island of Ibiza. Snakes, first spotted in 2003, are the culprit. They arrived amongst the roots of olive trees imported from the mainland to satisfy the fashion for Mediterranean gardens. Now, thanks to the efforts of Elba Montes, a PhD student, the annihilation of the lizards …

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Justice for Adam Toledo w/ Dr Lashawn Yvonne Littrice 38:13

4y ago38:13

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Episode 15: We are joined by Dr. La'Shawn Yvonne Littrice to discuss the police lynching of Adam Toledo in Chicago and the renewed rebellions for Black Lives Matter. We discuss the George Floyd trial, The issue of guns and who can have them and more.https://www.mass-action.orgBy John Beacham

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"It’s extremely hard to prove, but also extremely hard to disprove:" Rolf Blakstad 50:39

4+ y ago50:39

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In this episode you’re going to meet the architect Rolf Blakstad who has just published, in English, his father Ralph's amazing book which links traditional Ibizan finca design back more than 2000 years to the Phoenicians who settled here from what is now Lebanon. Rolf’s father spent decades roaming the island’s countryside, measuring, drawing and …

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Stop Rush to Reopen Schools w/ LA Teacher 26:20

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On episode 14, we are joined by David Feldman, history teacher and chair of the Human Rights Committee of the United Teachers Los Angeles union to talk about the criminal move to reopen unsafe and underfunded schools and about the pandemic in Los Angeles.By John Beacham

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Socialist Response to Fascists Storming Capitol 6:27

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Episode 13: What will it take to defeat the growing coalition of fascists, the cops and parts of the state? A short socialist response!https://www.mass-action.orgBy John Beacham

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Latin America Still Rising, the Vaccine & Covid Relief 1:02:56

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Guest: Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza, editor of the Orinoco Tribune and ex-Venezuela diplomat to the U.S.Commentary: 1. Should you take the vaccine? 2. What Covid Relief bill tells us about the incoming administrationBy John Beacham

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Casita Verde founder Chris Dews: "We want people in Ibiza who are intelligent, not just rich" 1:40:43

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The ecologist and environmental campaginer, Chris Dews, is famous in Ibiza as the founder of Casita Verde near St Jose, which he started in 1993. Chris and teams of volunteers have transformed the place into a model for living with minimal environmental impact. He dreams of one day doing things on a much grander scale on a different site, and has h…

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Didn't Vote for Biden or Trump w/Jared Ball 40:52

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Episode 11: MASS ACTION is joined by Dr. Jared Ball of iMiXWHATiLiKE.ORG, Emancipatory Journalism and Media, to talk about the 2020 elections, why we voted Green and the do-nothing "Biden" democrats.By John Beacham

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Alaska Cannery, Pandemic & the End of Capitalist Era 29:37

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Episode 10: We talk with Gregory Karr, a Chicago activist who worked for the Sanders campaign and recently returned from working in an Alaska cannery. We discuss working in Alaska, the Native response to the pandemic, the Sanders campaign and more. Also: Biden and the dems want you to be afraid of Trump so you will give them license to re-stabilize…

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“Because of the plague the harbour was shut” Ibiza archivist Fanny Tur 1:22:04

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The historian, archivist and politician Francesca or Fanny Tur Riera is in charge of the official historical archives of Ibiza and Formentera, which contain documents going back more than 800 years. As well as her work with the archive, Fanny has been politically active, championing the importance of Catalan culture and as a minister for culture an…

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From Hanoi: Vietnam Defeats Virus; Shut Down Trump's Tulsa Rally! 33:10

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On Episode 9, speaking with us from Hanoi, Vietnam, we have Ember with The Center for Communist Studies on the country's amazing response to the pandemic. Commentary: All out to shutdown Donald Trump's white supremacist rally in Tulsa.By John Beacham

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China is the Future w/ Danny Haiphong & from Beijing, Oscar Bastille 1:08:25

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Episode 8. The China episode. MASS ACTION is joined by Danny Haiphong of Black Agenda Report and Oscar Bastille of the Marxist Think Tank. Bastille joins us from Beijing!Listen, share and support!By John Beacham

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A Nurse Responds to Reactionary, Racist "Re-open" Protests 14:13

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Episode 7: Stefanie, a registered nurse denounces the nationwide re-open rallies. Calls for them to be shut down.https://www.mass-action.orghttps://www.patreon.com/MASSACTIONhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mass-actionBy John Beacham

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"Ibiza had some special magic where these genius swindlers operated": Martin Davies investigates 1:05:51

5y ago1:05:51

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In this episode the writer, publisher, and original Ibizologist, Martin Davies, helps us to bring alive some of the characters living in Ibiza in the 1960s. We delve deeper into the enigmatic figure of Elmyr de Hory, possibly the twentieth century’s greatest art forger. You’ll hear Martin challenge one by one what I had assumed to be the basic fact…

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Keeping it 100 w/ Anthony Clark: Biden, Bernie, the Struggle Against Capitalism 28:32

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Episode 6: We are joined by Anthony Clark, veteran, school teacher, candidate for congress in the 7th District of Illinois. We discuss Biden, Bernie, the democratic party elites and capitalist oppression. It's a really good conversation!Also: Coronavirus, Universal Health Care and SocialismBy John Beacham

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Shut Down Bloomberg; Undemocratic Democratic Party 32:51

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Revolutionary Socialists for Bernie; Iraq; Coronavirus 21:03

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Elmyr de Hory part 2 - we dig deeper with the art historian and forgery expert Jeffrey Taylor 33:59

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By Will Beacham

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2019 Review w/ Jesus Rodriguez Espinoza: Latin America, Russo-phobia and more 45:29

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By John Beacham

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Afghanistan Papers; Pelosi, Peoples Enemy 31:16

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MASS ACTION is joined by Kathy Kelly, co-Coordinator of Voices for Creative Non-Violence, to talk about the Afghanistan papers. Also: Nancy Pelosi, enemy of the people.MASS ACTIONWebsite: http://www.mass-action.orgSupport: https://www.patreon.com/MASSACTIONBy John Beacham

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Lightfoot's Canceled; Whiny Billionaires; Bolivia; Impeachment 28:57

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Episode 1: MASS ACTION is joined by Andy Thayer, long time Chicago activist, to talk about mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago teachers strike. We got Bolivia, Impeachment and some whining, crying billionaires who need to be dethroned.Listen, share, support!http://www.mass-action.orghttps://www.patreon.com/MASSACTIONhttps://www.facebook.com/MassActionP…

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Elmyr De Hory - the twentieth century's most successful art forger 48:50

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Elmyr de Hory, perhaps the twentieth century’s greatest art forger, lived in Ibiza from 1961 until his suicide in 1976. Uncovering the truth about Elmyr is difficult – the more you dig into his history the more impenetrable it becomes. For Elmyr, being gay and Jewish made life difficult in post-war Europe. Globe-trotting Elmyr settled in Ibiza in 1…

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Introducing Mass Action Podcast 4:06

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MASS ACTION is a podcast and publications platform for socialist and working-class propaganda, news, views, conversations and more.MASS ACTION is anti-imperialist and anti-racist.MASS ACTION is joined with all mass movements for justice, joined to the revolutionary movement to defeat capitalism and replace it with Socialism.http://www.mass-action.o…

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Pere Vergés: "real music is live music, performed by people" 1:06:10

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Up in the wild hills above Santa Agnes in the north of Ibiza dwells an extraordinary musician and instrument-maker. Pere Verges welcomed me into his primitive finca one summer evening and talked to me about his life and philosophy.During the recording he plays a selection of his unusual and unique stringed and woodwind instruments. As you’ll hear, …

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Damien Enright - Dope in the Age of Innocence: part 2, the walkabout 47:37

6y ago47:37

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In the previous episode of Ibizology I introduced you to the Irish writer Damien Enright. He told us his story of life in Ibiza in the 1960s centred around the bohemian Domino Bar in La Marina. Damien was a free spirit and ended up doing a drugs run to Turkey. Returning to the Spanish border, disaster struck as customs officials began dismantling h…

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Damien Enright: Dope In The Age Of Innocence 1:17:05

6y ago1:17:05

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Writer Damien Enright first set foot in Ibiza in the early 1960s and fell straight in with the bohemian, hedonistic, international crowd centred around the Domino bar next to the port in La Marina. Free-thinking Damien had many adventures, including a failed dope-smuggling run from Turkey to Ibiza, which form the basis of his novel Dope in the Age …

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Canon Peters: rector of San Antonio and keeper of the cathedral archive 44:37

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In this episode you will meet Canon Francisco Torres Peters – Rector of San Antonio and keeper of the diocesan archive next to Ibiza cathedral in Dalt Vila. He is an expert in church history and the perfect person to describe the development of Christianity here. At the end of the interview Canon Peters shows us some important pieces in the museum …

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Ibizan social anthropologist, Joan Costa Bonet 1:19:16

6+ y ago1:19:16

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The Ibizan social anthropologist, Joan Costa Bonet, has begun an ambitious project to map and classify all the roads, tracks and paths on the island. You might be surprised to hear that Ibiza currently has no comprehensive survey or map of its routes. Islanders have always relied on local knowledge, rather than anything written, to define limits of…

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Emily Kaufman: "Under Franco you had to love your country and love the church" 1:01:11

6+ y ago1:01:11

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The historian and writer, Emily Kaufman, has brought Ibiza’s history to life for English-speakers through many magazine articles and her much-loved book, A History Buff’s Guide to Ibiza. Emily was born in New York city and grew up in Pennsylvania. She came to Spain on a gap year after university and that year became the rest of her life. Emily move…

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Joan Roig: "We have a Byzantine settlement over there from the seventh century AD" 1:10:50

6+ y ago1:10:50

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Ibizan archaeologist, Joan Roig, takes us on a tour of the Ca Na Negreta bypass excavation near Ibiza Town. Earlier in the summer his team uncovered an inscribed Roman tombstone, a Byzantine settlement and Punic vineyards. Later Joan describes the pleasures and torments of professional archaeology.By Will Beacham

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Charlotte Mensforth: "There was a knock at the door - I could no longer stay in the US" 1:14:03

7y ago1:14:03

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The Ibiza-based artist Charlotte Mensforth has had an adventurous life to say the least. She grew up near London in the Second World War, trained there, and then travelled Europe, eventually meeting the novelist Jack Beeching. Jack had lived in Formentara and St Vicente, Ibiza, and his first wife wrote the excellent book “A Valley Wide”, published …

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Santi Ribas Ibiza’s last lighthouse keeper: “At La Mola in WW2 a German plane crashed into the sea” 31:31

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Santi Ribas will be Ibiza’s last lighthouse keeper when his compañero retires. Like his father before him, Santi cares for dozens of lighthouses and buoys around Ibiza and Formentera. Meeting at Botafoch lighthouse where he lives, Santi tells us about his life, work, and history before we tour the lighthouse. Photography by Karmen Savisto @carmenco…

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Toni Manonelles: "In the thirteenth century arrived a dance very similar to today’s" 1:22:19

7y ago1:22:19

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Toni Manonelles is a true Ibizologist. He has made it his life’s work to investigate and understand the traditional rural culture and way of life here. Toni celebrates and promotes Ibizan country dancing and music and has just published a book which digs deep into its origins and meanings. In this interview Toni describes how moving, as a child, to…