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Giles Column

How Spain’s coronavirus is both a geek heaven and a harsh reality writes Giles Brown

Giles Brown - 29 Mar, 2020 @ 09:00

Blue Fly By

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear

Spain’s Coronavirus outbreak has Giles Brown humming along to a noughties boy band from inside his loo roll lair

Giles Brown - 21 Mar, 2020 @ 14:00

Portrait Of The Knack

Fake news, cocaine and 70s rock – the Costa del Sol really has gone coronavirus crazy, writes Giles Brown

Giles Brown - 7 Mar, 2020 @ 12:30

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Giles Brown has an awkward moment with Spain’s DGT while changing his British license post-Brexit

Giles Brown - 1 Mar, 2020 @ 19:24

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Tale of a cold dip in Spain’s Mediterranean

Giles Brown - 9 Feb, 2020 @ 11:30

Grinch

As Spain shut down for the festive period, the Hacienda still had a last-minute gift for Giles Brown

Giles Brown - 11 Jan, 2020 @ 10:30

Boris Wins

The Tories’ victory has Remainer in Spain Giles Brown battling trolls and stockpiling for the Brexit apocalypse

Giles Brown - 26 Dec, 2019 @ 09:02

Pjimage

After two more gangland killings, Giles Brown calls for end to violence in Marbella and on Spain’s Costa del...

Giles Brown - 8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:59

Giles Brown

A trip to the hospital in Spain has turned Giles Brown into a bookworm with six pack abs and...

Giles Brown - 10 Nov, 2019 @ 12:15

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“I suffered a very British accident this week, but I am now available as the perfect panto pirate”, writes...

Giles Brown - 27 Oct, 2019 @ 14:00

Giles Band

After a 30-year hiatus, it’s time to get the band back together for a birthday party in Marbella, writes...

Giles Brown - 12 Oct, 2019 @ 10:05

Giles Dad At Spa In 1969

Giles Brown sees his life flash before his eyes while go-karting on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Giles Brown - 29 Sep, 2019 @ 13:00

After J-Lo banned the media from a gig in Spain last month, Marbella veteran Giles Brown explores the changing...

Giles Brown - 14 Sep, 2019 @ 11:15

Everyone loves a good party, but when the flaming arrows come out, maybe it’s time to leave writes Giles...

Giles Brown - 31 Aug, 2019 @ 08:46

It’s the essentials you really miss when Spain closes for August, writes Giles Brown

Giles Brown - 16 Aug, 2019 @ 14:25

Giles Brown answers a frequently asked question, who left the dogs out?

Giles Brown - 3 Aug, 2019 @ 09:30

LOOK OF LUX: Giles Brown is an expert at picking out a face in a crowd, even in Spain’s...

Giles Brown - 20 Jul, 2019 @ 17:03

Giles Brown is more Christopher Biggins than Christopher Reeve as he learns to fly in southern Spain

Giles Brown - 7 Jul, 2019 @ 16:08

OPEN SEASON: Giles Brown puts up many a guest at his place, but draws the line at garden yurts

Giles Brown - 22 Jun, 2019 @ 10:30

TROLL TROUBLE: Giles Brown is used to insults flying his way, but troll his family and that’s a different...

Giles Brown - 8 Jun, 2019 @ 11:36

I have never felt more proud of my Burlesque-dancing goddaughter, writes Giles Brown

Giles Brown - 25 May, 2019 @ 09:30

Summer on the Costa del Sol may have to be spent indoors to avoid beach hut blazes and killer...

Giles Brown - 12 May, 2019 @ 10:00

OSP is not just a political party, writes Giles Brown, who has slowly watched the decline of San Pedro

Giles Brown - 23 Mar, 2019 @ 12:00

Giles Brown thought he had left his brushes with the law back in the 1980s

Giles Brown - 10 Mar, 2019 @ 10:31

An idyllic cottage by the lake in Andalucia gave Giles Brown a bit more than he bargained for

Giles Brown - 23 Feb, 2019 @ 09:30

Loud and Clear: The Costa del Sol Boar Wars have begun says Giles Brown

Giles Brown - 17 Feb, 2019 @ 12:00

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