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 about.
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: The controversy in a small Valencian village over plans for a massive solar power array
IT was described as ‘the first and only solar extracting and pumping station in Europe’ and, from the moment it was operational, it was a
James Bond inspired by iconic expat and British spy Alan Hillgarth who lived in Mallorca
The author confessed ‘the Bond character is a compound of all the secret agents I knew'
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 that
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 British expat miners and a dozen chickens lead to Spain’s great love affair with football
Jack Gaioni uncovers the more absurd origins of the beautiful game
Did gold-greedy Romans kick-off climate change in Spain?
Columinst Jack Gaioni takes a look at Las Medulas as an example of what the Romans did for us
Santayana said it!
The sayings of the late, great Spanish philosopher, George Santayana, are an inspiration in these troubled times, writes Jack Gaioni
Viva Roma!
Jack Gaioni unearths the best and brightest ‘Spanish sons’ who made it big in ancient Rome, setting the literary and intellectual agenda for many centuries
The legal battle that restored Spain’s claim to the biggest ever underwater bounty
Jack Gaioni explores modern-day treasure hunters, are they pirates or archaeologists?
Antequera: The town that’s ‘all heart’
The town surrounded by Andalucía’s Big Three cities is also at the centre of a ‘love triangle’, writes Jack Gaioni
What the Dickens?
Columnist Jack Gaioni takes a rather unusual ride to an eccentric event centered around tweed in Madrid
In Cordoban Skies… How a Moorish daredevil made aviation history
Columnist Jack Gaioni explores the history of flight in Spain
Where did your dinner really come from?
Columnist Jack Gaioni explores the real link between countries and their national dishes
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
Cabrera Island…Idyllic yet horrific
Olive Press columnist Jack Gaioni on Spain's unknown prison island