AT the top of the English Premiership the order of the day was maintained as sure as the sun rises and the moon does its

AS the days are now beginning to lengthen, I have begun to think ahead to the coming growing season in the vegetable garden: what to

Former WWII fortress to cost a cool 750 million euros as buyers line up FOR sale: smallest country in the world, 11 kilometres off the

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In this exclusive interview with the Olive Press, author Ian Gibson discusses the exhumation of poet Federico García Lorca, Civil War reparations and life in

A Happy and star filled New Year By Paul Downing WELCOME to 2007 and to a new year of things happening "up there." My subject

AN earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale rocked Granada at 12.32am on January 5. The epicenter was located on the border between the towns

IN a series more used to highlighting problems in rural areas of countries such as Tanzania, Ethiopia and Niger, Villages on the Front Line (BBC

The Christmas Star by Paul Downing AS you might have noticed it is almost Christmas. I thought it might be good to reflect on that

Lisa Tilley asks if the former dictator’s death will boost democracy in Chile and explains how Spain and Britain are involved in the Pinochet issue.

Orion’s Belt in December by Paul Downing WE are creeping slowly into winter, and as promised last time we are going to have a closer

Tropical Fruits 11 face legal action if fine is left unpaid ALMUÑECAR mayor Juan Carlos Benavides could face the threat of an embargo on his

A piece of Spanish art history disappears on route from Ohio to New York AN early work by Goya was intercepted on its way from

In a pickle {mosimage} MY wife and I have just had a tiring week of pickling and conserving vegetable matter. The air around the house

God and science Victor Hugo once said "There is in every village a torch – the teacher: and an extinguisher – the clergyman." His words

{mosimage}ANIMAL activists have broken into three mink farms near A Coruña in Galicia in northern Spain and set free more than 15,000 of the creatures.