Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor), Author at Olive Press News Spain

Royal seal of approval: After 40 years serving Ronda, Almocabar is back in safe hands

POLITICIANS, presidents and even kings have eaten in Ronda’s grande dame of dining Almocabar. So it is incredibly fortunate the historic restaurant is now in

9 Dec, 2024 @ 16:31

Andalucia·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Olive Press Travel

Rainbow’s End: The melting pot of restaurants in Ronda is second to none in Andalucia, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

IT might seem like a backwater in the middle of nowhere, but Ronda really is the veritable pot at the end of the restaurant rainbow.

9 Dec, 2024 @ 12:18

Andalucia·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel

The Philippe Effect: The giant red bull’s head looming over the Serrania de Ronda is a Starck masterpiece, writes Jon Clarke

IT cost well over 20 million and will hopefully create something of a ‘Guggenheim Effect’ for Ronda. That is Philippe Starck’s amazing new organic olive

1 Dec, 2024 @ 13:02

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Stardust Inn: Olive Press runs a rule over Spain’s most stunning new five-star hotel after a multi-million refit

IT was once described as Spain’s ‘most chic’ hotel, and with guests having included the Dalai Lama, Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill, it is hard

15 Nov, 2024 @ 12:14

Balearic Islands·Hotel Reviews·Hotels·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Death of a local hero: Spanish environmental activist Juan Terroba dies

HE helped stop motorways, power lines and golf course developments. Through the course of a four decade battle as an environmentalist in Spain, Juan Terroba

3 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Opinion

Review: Quality food is definitely the protagonist at Marbella’s new ‘boutique’ chiringuito Chambao

MARBELLA’S Chambao chiringuito offers quality food just a stone’s throw from Puerto Banus. It may only be a short stroll from Puerto Banus, yet Chambao

2 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Food & Drink·Marbella·Olive Press Travel

IN PICS: ‘Ground zero’ of DANA floods in Spain’s Malaga after dozens of cars were washed away when major river burst in Alora

THIS is the aftermath of the devastating DANA floods that wreaked havoc across inland Malaga on Tuesday. Dozens of cars have been destroyed after being

30 Oct, 2024 @ 15:10

Lead·Malaga·Weather

The perfect taster: Take an exciting gourmet tour around Palma de Mallorca with Jon Clarke

THE shifting sands of the culinary landscape have always needed careful guidance. And with a bustling ever-changing metropolis like Palma, you need to add a

23 Oct, 2024 @ 14:06

For Foodies·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Exclusive: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘could flee to Africa’ if freed next year – as Irish victim vows to appeal ‘scandalous’ acquittal

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is considering fleeing to Africa if he gets out of prison next year, the Olive Press can reveal. The 47-year-old

15 Oct, 2024 @ 19:59

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

REVIEW: Brand new Estepona beach restaurant is raising the quality bar for the already upmarket Costa del Sol resort

THEY say location is everything and Malva Beach is hard to beat. Sitting on Estepona’a La Rada beach its views stretch to Gibraltar and Africa

22 Sep, 2024 @ 18:29

Andalucia·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Chirping again: The hidden gem of El Mirlo near Spain’s Tarifa has been reborn as a true dining secret

LIKE so many joys in life, half the fun is the journey in getting there. A trip to El Mirlo, near Tarifa, is one perfect

20 Sep, 2024 @ 11:57

Andalucia·For Foodies·Olive Press Travel

Kings of the wild frontier: Glamping in Portugal’s Algarve

THE Twin Springs glamping estate near Andalucia and just half an hour from the Algarve will help you find your inner native American, writes Jon

9 Sep, 2024 @ 11:35

Olive Press Travel

Inside the hottest new hotel in Spain’s Ibiza that will transport you to the 1960s – and is the first in the world to be entirely dedicated to fashion

IT’S a style of hotel that rocked California’s inland retreat of Palm Springs in the 1960s. And with over 100 fashion designers helping to inspire

25 Aug, 2024 @ 16:16

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Bilbao’s BBK festival: Massive Attack’s teardrops at midnight brings insistent anti-war message during spectacular Spain show

WHEN the lights really dimmed and the music finally slowed down it was time to take a breather. And then came the tears. Having watched

11 Aug, 2024 @ 10:10

La Cultura·Lead

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘is a serial predator who terrorised his victims’, top profiler tells a German court

A TOP German detective has told a court why he believes Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is a dangerous serial rapist. The respected profiler told

7 Aug, 2024 @ 18:19

Lead·National News

Transformations, upcycling and fine specialist painting for celebrities, royals and power brokers – Now the talented couple behind London’s Rock ‘n’ Rolf are back in Marbella and the Costa del Sol, writes Jon Clarke

FROM top crime writers to leading royals, Hollywood actors to Premiership stars and tech billionaires to half of Take That, is it any wonder the

28 Jul, 2024 @ 08:00

Celebrity·Lead·Property

I took a voyage to Vejer de la Frontera – the food capital of Cadiz – to learn how it has enticed foodies in from around the world

VEJER de la Frontera is Andalucia’s definitive frontier of food. The small hillside town has more good restaurants per capita than perhaps San Sebastian, and

17 Jul, 2024 @ 08:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Conflicted Euro 2024 loyalties bring the perils of family feuds as the big final Spain v England final looms, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

IT’S coming home, that’s 100% certain. But to which home? The one where I’m born and bred, or the one where I’ve lived – and

14 Jul, 2024 @ 14:59

Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner could be free within MONTHS after German court quashes arrest warrant that led to sex abuse trial – sparking fury among witnesses

A GERMAN court has quashed an arrest warrant that was issued for Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner for a series of alleged sexual assaults and

3 Jul, 2024 @ 15:47

Lead

GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF DINING: As well as the highest number of Michelin stars per capita in Andalucia, many of Marbella’s chefs trained in the world’s best restaurants

WHERE in the world would you get to rub shoulders with the greats of global cuisine? The Godfathers of the culinary world like Joel Robuchon,

30 Jun, 2024 @ 12:31

Andalucia

Foodie central: A nerve centre for gourmands has sprung up over recent years in a hive of streets just south of Marbella’s Casco Antiguo

IT is an area of around half a mile square and comprising, perhaps, a dozen streets. But in this nondescript part of Marbella, you’ll easily

14 Jun, 2024 @ 12:37

For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel

EXCLUSIVE: How email accounts used by Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘tie him to the disappearance of the British toddler’

THE Olive Press can reveal the emails Christian Brueckner used at the time Madeleine McCann was abducted in Portugal. The German paedophile was using at

6 Jun, 2024 @ 16:54

Crime & Law·Lead

It says it on the tin!: Reviewing the German university study centre that has won the EU Mies architecture award

By Jon Clarke in Braunschweig IT’S rare to come across a building that feels so completely right. In terms of functionality and form, the Study

3 Jun, 2024 @ 10:25

Lead·Other News·Property

EXCLUSIVE: As the trial of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner re-starts – and she would have been 21 this month – JON CLARKE traces his suspicious movements through Spain and Portugal in May 2007

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner stayed in at least half a dozen places around the Algarve and Spain in the month before the British toddler

20 May, 2024 @ 14:32

Crime & Law·Lead

ANALYSIS: How a brave Irish rape victim ran rings around Christian Brueckner’s team of expensive lawyers – and got the Olive Press a mention in the process

By Jon Clarke in Braunschweig, Germany IT was the day that Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner’s slick defence backfired. And it partly hinged around the

19 May, 2024 @ 12:41

Crime & Law·Lead

‘His eyes bored into my skull’: Irish former expat picks out Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner as her rapist as she tells court he wore women’s tights and underwear during horror attack

A FORMER expat who claims she was raped by Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has insisted she will never forget his ‘piercing’ blue eyes. It

17 May, 2024 @ 11:22

Crime & Law·Lead·National News