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Fatboy Slim flies in to Sevilla

Andalucia, La Cultura, Sevilla  •  3 Comments

Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, is to headline this year’s Territorios Festival tomorrow

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Sweet Home Alhaurin

La Cultura  •  2 Comments

British songwriter pens ode to the nerve-centre of the Guadalhorce Valley

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New Dali exhibition comes to Madrid

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Major retrospective of Salvador Dali launches in the capital

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Looking at the Labyrinth

Andalucia, La Cultura  •  0 Comments

Pupils to learn about famous author and expat Gerald Brenan

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Spanish fiesta heads to Britain

La Cultura  •  1 Comments

A play based on Earnest Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises, has now opened in the UK

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Starlite festival to light up Marbella

La Cultura, Malaga  •  0 Comments

This year’s Starlite festival has an even better bill than last year, writes Giles Brown

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Are you ready for the ‘Big TV Switch Off’ in Spain?

Entertainment, Features, La Cultura  •  156 Comments

Internet TV specialist Michael Coard explains why and when you will be losing your British TV this year


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Spanish painting attracts worldwide attention

Andalucia, Jaen, La Cultura  •  0 Comments

Artwork donated to church in Andalucia auctioned to raise much-needed funds


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New book dishes the dirt on Hollywood divas

Almeria, Andalucia, Features, La Cultura  •  0 Comments

Written by an Almeria Film Festival insider, new book reveals all about the Hollywood stars that attended the event


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Kate Moss in Spanish themed shoot

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The famous fashionista goes Spanish for latest racy shoot with famous matador Jose Mari Manzanares


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Learn about España with Books4Spain

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To mark 100 years of Spanish anarchism, the Olive Press lets you in on a valuable source to read-up on the subject and many other Spanish topics


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Book review: Sketches of Spain

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Sketches of Spain by Federico Garcia Lorca (translated from Spanish by Peter Bush with illustrations by Julian Bell) – review by Ian Gibson


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Leading Hispanist criticises new book on Spanish Civil War

Features, La Cultura, National News  •  1 Comments

Paul Preston described David Haycock’s book as ‘totally wrong’


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British author releases book on tracing Spanish history

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John H. Elliott describes the difficulties of writing about Spain’s history in his latest book: History in the Making


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Spain’s very own Banksy

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Josh Taylor documents works by mystery street artist ‘El Nino de las Pinturas’, who has spent years brightening up Granada’s white walls


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Book review: Sketches of Spain

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Sketches of Spain by Federico Garcia Lorca (translated from Spanish by Peter Bush with illustrations by Julian Bell) – review by Ian Gibson

Andalucia, La Cultura »

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Picasso exhibition shows transition

London’s Courtauld Gallery to display pieces from 1901

Andalucia, La Cultura, Malaga »

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Picasso returns to Spain

Spanish artist’s Langosta y gato (Lobster and Cat) will be on display in Malaga after being in New York’s Guggenheim Museum since 1991

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Things that go bump in the night: Spanish ghosts and ghouls

With Halloween just around the corner, Gemma Wilson checks under the bed for some of Spain’s most spine-tingling myths and legends

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“The best English newspaper in southern Spain,” according to the Rough Guide. The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Andalucia. Local news from Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia plus national news from around Spain. A campaigning, community newspaper, the Olive Press represents the huge and growing expatriate community in southern Spain. 33,000 issues a fortnight are printed plus up to 100,000 downloaded online giving an estimated readership of around 300,000 people per month.

From The Archives »

SAVED!

September 30, 2008 | Andalucia

Victory for common sense as a trio of controversial projects are shelved … while one – the famous Tajo of Ronda – is under threat from an urbanisation of 120 homes and a luxury hotel

Fraudulent animal refuge left thousands of animals to anguished death

November 13, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

A donations-funded animal sanctuary condemned pets to a “slow and painful death” to cut costs.

Making a difference in 2008

January 3, 2008 | Environment

Tired of mundane New Year resolutions? Instead of giving up smoking why not make some small lifestyle changes and help to save the planet. The Olive Press’ Rosie Sinclair, one of Al Gore’s Climate Project foot soldiers, shows you how.

Alhambra work illegal

October 3, 2006 | Uncategorized

GRANADA city hall has ordered work inside the grounds of the Alhambra Palace to be stopped after it was discovered a building licence had not been granted. The Patronato de la Alhambra, the group in charge of the management of the 14th century palace, had ordered the construction of a retaining wall in gardens below [...]

Poppy Appeal aims to top €90,000 in Spain

November 1, 2012 | Andalucia

Annual campaign by Royal British Legion helps provide welfare support to thousands of servicemen and women each year

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