What NOT to do at your office Christmas party in Spain
As the work Christmas party season is upon us, Giles Brown looks back at some of his most (unfortunately) memorable bashes
Summer on the Costa del Sol may have to be spent indoors to avoid beach hut blazes and killer...
If you do own a beach club in Marbella, you are probably in the mood for celebrating that it is still standing
Back on the paper round: Delivering the news in Spain
WHILE the boffins in the economic think tanks point to various trends, graphs and assorted factors that life in Spain is returning to normal,...
How Spain’s coronavirus is both a geek heaven and a harsh reality writes Giles Brown
And thus it came to pass that the Geek did, indeed, inherit the Earth
Battle of the Planets
THERE are mix ups and there are mix ups. And then there are the kind of mix ups that leave even yours truly, with...
As Spain shut down for the festive period, the Hacienda still had a last-minute gift for Giles Brown
The noble men and women of Hacienda and Social Security who, in a pincer movement of ruthless efficiency and deadly timing that would have made the Duke of Wellington proud, ransacked my bank
Guests got more than they bargained for at Gibraltar’s Fawlty Towers dinner
As a Fawlty Towers dinner event comes to the Rock, Giles Brown recalls other not-so savoury meals
Merry Winterval!
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Apparently. So I'll try not to hum my bug...
The rain man of Istan
Giles Brown avoids a soaking and finds a new career as a Gondolier
AUGUST ANGST: Summer in southern Spain presents some interesting challenges
Well, summer has finally arrived. By the time you have this article in your hot little hands – quite literally - it’ll be the...
Some like it hot
The wise stick near to the pool or fridge at this time of year
Giles Brown is stuck in ‘festive no man’s land’
CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve made it through to another year, as well as getting through that testing time between Christmas and new year when you aren’t...
Boom and bust: The perils of relationships in Marbella
But as I hurtle towards my 50th I look around at my peers and am struck by the sobering realisation that they are either “happily married” while I'm back in the Single Market
Holiday haze
Mince pies in hand, the Christmas No Man’s Land period is a weird and wonderful time of the year
Glitz, glamour and a seething Ronnie Corbett – Giles Brown chronicles his misspent youth as Marbella’s Puerto Banus turns...
YOU can easily dismiss ‘The Port’ as full of the wannabes, the It girls, and the has-beens as well as the brash, blinged, blasted...
Bad Car Karma
There’s something about Giles Brown and his motors that doesn’t quite connect
The sounds of summer: Noisy nature and cacophony of humans mark the season in rural southern Spain
MAY is one of my favourite months in Spain. After the recent rains, the campo around the Casita has erupted into riotous full bloom.
Naturalists...
Loud and Clear: Spain shattered
Columnist Giles Brown on Spain's World Cup heartbreak and judging a book by its cover
Giles Brown thought he had left his brushes with the law back in the 1980s
One of the good things about being over a certain age, however, is that you don't tend to attract police attention
EXCLUSIVE : the Olive Press has Breakfast with Berkoff
Giles Brown meets his theatre hero and comes over all starstruck
Never mind the molluscs
The Zebra Mussel is the least of your worries this autumn, reveals Giles Brown
Dealing with the Marbs high season and its struggles
Columnist Giles Brown recounts the tales of a battered Brit and projectile weapons
A Bug’s Life: The insects are out to get me
Sharks, wild cats and jabali give me the heebie-jeebies but a much smaller creature keeps me up at night
The Return of The Godfather: My take on responsible parenting, Costa del Sol style
I will have to admit that with a CV like mine, Godfather does seem an unlikely role for me but I can only assume that Ozzy Osbourne was busy biting the heads of bats that day, and so at some point in the early 90s the parents chose me