Judy King, potter, sculptor and writer, arrived in the bohemian village of Deià in the 1970s and, with the occasional sojourn, maintained an ongoing love affair with the island

With a strong clear gaze, wrists resting on the arms of a weathered armchair, Judy King shows no inch of pride when recounting her life story. She hardly raises an eyebrow when I confess my admiration for her adventures. With a clear mind, this explorer of life’s torments holds more tales than the Great Library of Alexandria.

She has travelled the world à la Phileas Fogg, hobnobbed with artistic royalty and written a b...

Judy came to take an interest in the process of writing in her late forties, dallying for a brief time in what the Irish writer, Edna O´Brien, called: ¨the little words¨. In the late nineteen eighties Edna, by chance, came to live in an apartment in Judy´s house in Deia Mallorca. They developed a friendship and Judy ended up working for the author as a researcher on a book she wrote while living there, called The High Road. Sadly, Edna passed away aged 93 on the 27th July 2024. Her defiance in challenging the bigotry, particularly against women, in her native Ireland, and her courage in bravel...