Michael Coy, Author at Olive Press News Spain

The matador and the movie king: How Orson Welles swapped Beverly Hills for bullrings – and chose Ronda as his eternal home

WHEN Cayetano Ordoñez (‘El Niño de la Palma’) hit the big time as a bullfighter, he bought himself a finca. Cayetano was a gypsy, and

24 Aug, 2025 @ 15:31

National News

ON THIS DAY IN SPAIN: Flamenco legend Antonio Gades died

Spain lost a treasure on July 20, 2004, when Antonio Gades died of lung cancer. Gades was a flamenco dancer and choreographer. A native of

20 Jul, 2025 @ 15:41

La Cultura·Lead

ON THIS DAY: Two murders in Spain that changed the country

IN recent Spanish history, there have been a lot of assassinations. The date July 13 is associated with two of the most egregious of them.The

13 Jul, 2025 @ 16:33

Lead

LIFE IN SPAIN: Timeless wisdom with a Spanish twist -10 everyday proverbs to know

EVERY culture has its tradition of proverbs. Spain is no exception. Here are ten examples of proverbs that you are likely to hear every day.

6 Jul, 2025 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

SCIENTISTS WARN: THE OCEAN’S ‘LUNG’ IS UNDER THREAT

Have you heard of Posidonia?It’s something we all need to know about. Posidonia oceanica is a type of seagrass that lives in the Mediterranean. Sometimes

5 Jul, 2025 @ 16:43

Environment·Lead

THIS MONTH IN SPAIN: How Spain and Morocco (almost) came to blows over an uninhabited rock

WE sometimes say “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.” What we mean is, the thing that happened might have had serious consequences, but

5 Jul, 2025 @ 16:13

Lead

LEARN THE LINGO: A brief A to Z of the Spanish language that a text book won’t tell you

AccentUnlike French, which has four or five squiggles that drastically change pronunciation, Spanish has just one – the tilde (~). It simply tells you to

5 Jul, 2025 @ 14:45

La Cultura·Lead

THIS MONTH IN SPAIN: When Nelson lost his arm during the failed British invasion of Tenerife

HORATIO Nelson was arguably Britain’s greatest-ever sailor, and possibly the most accomplished fighting seaman the world has ever seen. Given the era (he was born

2 Jul, 2025 @ 15:13

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead

LIFE IN SPAIN: What is a toddler’s life worth? The tragedy that shook a Spanish village

THE village of Pizarra, 20 miles inland from Malaga, is a place where time moves slowly. Whitewashed houses cling to the hillside, and summer evenings

2 Jul, 2025 @ 14:31

Andalucia·Lead

Churrigueresque: How Spain’s most over-the-top architecture took the world (briefly) by storm

FROM the palaces of Spain to the cathedrals of colonial Mexico and the revivalist flair of early 20th-century California, the Churrigueresque style dazzled with theatrical

2 Jul, 2025 @ 12:29

La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Property

Blas Infante: The stoic visionary in Spain who dreamt of an independent Andalucia

BLAS Infante Perez de Vargas had just turned 51 when he was executed on the dusty road to Carmona, a casualty of Spain’s descent into

29 Jun, 2025 @ 16:10

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead

Forgotten no more: The bittersweet legacy of Cinuras and Cadiz’s lost Roman necropolis

SOMETIME around the reign of Emperor Nero, in the Roman city of Gades (now Cadiz), a man named Cinuras was laid to rest beneath a

29 Jun, 2025 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·La Cultura·Lead

Historic Roman temple in Spain’s Cordoba finally reopens after €750K restoration

IF you know central Córdoba, you’ll likely recognise the soaring Corinthian columns that stretch nearly 40 feet into the deep Andalusian sky. These dramatic remains

28 Jun, 2025 @ 15:51

Andalucia·Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead

‘Who was El Cid?’ The real story behind Spain’s legendary warrior and medieval mercenary”

As Cambridge University professor Nora Berend releases her Spanish language biography of El Cid, Michael Coy takes a delve into the life of the legendary

24 Jun, 2025 @ 12:50

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

'Traumatised' dog walker in Mallorca discovers bludgeoned body of a man in a ditch: Police arrest his boyfriend

Elderly man dies in tractor accident in remote area south of Ronda

A 72-year-old man lost his life on Saturday afternoon in a tragic accident involving a tractor in the Arroyo de la Sijuela, a remote area

24 Jun, 2025 @ 12:20

Andalucia

'It's Europe's time': Spain's Pedro Sanchez says EU must 'assume responsibility for its defence and security'

‘Thieves live here!’: PSOE offices targeted in wave of anti-govt graffiti in Spain

GRAFFITI vandals have launched a wave of attacks on Socialist Party offices across Spain – branding leaders as ‘corrupt’, ‘traitors’ and worse – in an

24 Jun, 2025 @ 12:12

Andalucia·Lead

Spain’s infamous summer colds – and how to avoid catching them

EVEN the word ‘cold’ gives the game away. We British people can’t shake the belief that the illness we know so well – blocked up

22 Jun, 2025 @ 11:20

Health·Lead·National News

Man arrested for not helping friend that fell into Valencia river and drowned

Beware the dangers of ‘cooling off’ in Spain’s many rivers and pools

THEY are tempting, when temperatures are in the forties centigrade. Clean cold water in mountain streams, and tranquil water in pools, seem ready-made for our

20 Jun, 2025 @ 14:39

Health·Lead

What exactly is gastroenteritis, the illness that has struck down footballer Kylian Mbappe?

KYLIAN Mbappe, considered by many to be the best – and most valuable – footballer in the world, has been hospitalised in the USA with

20 Jun, 2025 @ 14:33

Health·Lead

LIFE IN SPAIN: the Running of the Bulls in Spain’s Pamplona

“Toros de lidia” (fighting bulls) are famously aggressive, but they are also herd animals. When they are in a group, together with castrated bulls (steers),

20 Jun, 2025 @ 14:28

Lead·Olive Press Travel

LIFE IN SPAIN: Why are expats called ‘guiris’? It seems a Spanish Queen liked Scottish soldiers

HAVE you ever heard the term, ‘guiris’? It’s a slang term, and it means us. Foreigners. Specifically, the anglo-saxon type of foreigner. Spanish people know

15 Jun, 2025 @ 15:10

National News

Spain’s flamingo paradise: Discover Fuente de Piedra’s art & nature in Malaga

DO you like flamingos? If so, there’s a town in Malaga you need to visit! Only 35 miles north of Malaga city, the town of

15 Jun, 2025 @ 11:58

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

ON THIS DAY: Democracy made a comeback in Spain after Franco’s fascist dictatorship

ON June 15, 1977, the people of Spain went to the polls. In Britain, Jim Callaghan was Prime Minister and Lucille by Kenny Rogers was

15 Jun, 2025 @ 11:56

Lead

Spanish Doctors to stage nationwide strike over working conditions tomorrow

DOCTORS across Spain are set to walk out tomorrow, Friday, June 13, in a one-day national strike demanding legislative reform to improve their working conditions.

12 Jun, 2025 @ 14:43

Health·Lead·Other News