Thursday, March 28, 2024

Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

Fake news: How a lost suitcase changed photojournalism

Although the terms are contemporary, the role of journalism in ‘manufacturing opinion’ has been a human activity as far back as reliable evidence suggests, writes Jack Gaioni

The Liberator and the ecologist

Olive Press columnist Jack Gaioni on why the ghosts of Simon Bolivar and Alexander von Humboldt are alive and well

In Cordoban Skies… How a Moorish daredevil made aviation history

Columnist Jack Gaioni explores the history of flight in Spain

Given the bird: How falcons are used to protect Spain’s airports from the dangers of bird strikes

BIRD strikes, (airplane engines and/or landing gear colliding with birds), are a growing problem as they have become frequent, very expensive and sometimes fatal. In...

World Water Day: What you should know about the rain in Spain

IT is painfully obvious that, in spite of some recent rainfall Spain is experiencing a prolonged drought. Average rainfall this winter is 33% of normal...

SPANISH AUTHOR CARLOS ZAFON: The pen is mightier than the camera…

CARLOS Ruiz Zafon needs no introduction. Arguably the most recognised contemporary writer in Spain, he has an equally successful international reputation.  Translated into over 50...

Wind of change: Two sides of the ecologist movement clash as Spain debates renewable energy

OUCH! Another electric bill arrived today as more evidence of the skyrocketing price of energy.  Electricity costs have quadrupled - yes quadrupled! - from February...

How scientists in Valencia are pinning hopes on protecting the oldest living species on earth

WITH three eyes, hundreds of legs, and elongated antennae, these critters are not going to win any beauty contests. Yet they are fascinating organisms....

Meet the last shepherds eeking out a living on Spain’s ancient pastoral routes

MEET Valentin, his dog Hooky, and Alberto. We occasionally see each other on my walks near Requena, a rural area in Valencia province. Full...

SEEDS OF HISTORY: SCIENTISTS USING OLIVE SEEDS TO PROVE BIBLE STORIES

OLIVES and Spain! Spain and olives! It’s no surprise to those of us who live here that the two are virtually synonymous. Chances are...

Better luck this time! Spain’s chequered history in the FIFA World Cup

TODAY - November 20 - marks the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. While rightly surrounded in controversy for many reasons, Spain will...

Beer today, gone tomorrow?: The history of cerveza in Spain

‘I drink beer when I have occasion …and sometimes when I have no occasion’ - Jack Gaioni agrees with Miguel de Cervantes

THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF SPAIN’S COUNTRYSIDE: CONCERN AS COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECTS TURN MEGA

IT was described as ‘the first and only solar extracting and pumping station in Europe’ and, from the moment it was operational, it was...

Life is Easy with Eyes Closed… (But opened for John Lennon in Spain’s Cabo de Gata!)

A little-known fact: John Lennon had terrible eyesight. By today’s standards he would have been considered legally blind without his glasses. He was severely myopic,...

Jack Gaioni explores the horrors of a Civil War concentration camp and Franco’s grip on the Spanish press

 IF you were hoping for a ‘feel good’ article, read no further. If you were hoping for some logical, ‘moral-to-the story account’ - again, read...

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: The controversy in a small Valencian village over plans for a massive solar...

IT was described as ‘the first and only solar extracting and pumping station in Europe’ and, from the moment it was operational, it was...

Driving on sunshine: Are solar cars the future?

THE Spanish government is preparing a law to ban the sale of internal combustion engines by 2040. It is part of a concerted effort...

Ladies man: Spanish free-thinker Luis Vives was the world’s first Renaissance Man and championed education for all women back...

IMAGINE for a moment an individual who witnessed his family burned at the stake for their beliefs. Then, rather than seek revenge, have the fortitude...

JACKS CORNER: Emergency Services on the Costa del Sol just got better

IF you found yourself among the commotion on the A-334 north of Almeria on April 24, you are probably wondering what the frenzy was...

FREED AT A BRUSHSTROKE. Recalibrating a Chapter in Spanish Art History

DIEGO Velázquez (1599-1660) needs no introduction. Perhaps the best-known painter in Spain’s Golden Age, Velázquez’s paintings became the paragon of excellence for the great...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Cordoban Skies… How a Moorish daredevil made aviation history

CORDOBA Airport is a non-descript local hub primarily used by small planes. Due to it’s diminutive scale, Malaga and Sevilla airports host most of the...

The papal effect: What does a deceased, oversexed Spanish pope have to do with climate change?

Jack Gaioni examines Pope Alexander VI's life, role and global influence.

Where did your dinner really come from?

Columnist Jack Gaioni explores the real link between countries and their national dishes

What the Dickens?

Columnist Jack Gaioni takes a rather unusual ride to an eccentric event centered around tweed in Madrid

Francisco Goya goes to Hollywood

The Spanish artist Goya died nearly two centuries ago but he lives on at the movies, writes Jack Gaioni

FOLLOW OLIVE PRESS

32,359FansLike
2,425FollowersFollow
23,696FollowersFollow
266FollowersFollow
9,903FollowersFollow
1,920SubscribersSubscribe

LATEST NEWS FROM THE OLIVE PRESS

This city in Cadiz loved by Brits is seeing property prices soar: Study finds homebuyers in Spain are looking...

A CITY in Cadiz has some of the fastest growing property prices in the country, a study has found. Property portal Idealista analysed the increase...

What Risk.inc Has to Offer

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

Register / Login to Comment