It’s the essentials you really miss when Spain closes for August, writes Giles Brown
When you have the sort of luck with cars that I have, that makes this month more than a little nervy
Giles Brown answers a frequently asked question, who left the dogs out?
Bye Bye Bailey. You were such a good boy xx
LOOK OF LUX: Giles Brown is an expert at picking out a face in a crowd, even in Spain’s Malaga Airport
“Basically, one of the things that attracts mosquitoes is if you are sexually active,” she said, looking straight at me
Giles Brown is more Christopher Biggins than Christopher Reeve as he learns to fly in southern Spain
While I didn’t soar like Superman, I didn’t bounce off the bottom of the wind tunnel in a crumpled heap
OPEN SEASON: Giles Brown puts up many a guest at his place, but draws the line at garden yurts
As one American guest, who didn’t stay long, famously remarked, ‘You see kids? This is what happens when a man lives alone’
I have never felt more proud of my Burlesque-dancing goddaughter, writes Giles Brown
As part of her Burlesque act, Ziggy uses a chair, but we discovered to our horror that none of the chairs at the venue would suffice
Summer on the Costa del Sol may have to be spent indoors to avoid beach hut blazes and killer bacteria, writes Giles Brown
If you do own a beach club in Marbella, you are probably in the mood for celebrating that it is still standing
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
An idyllic cottage by the lake in Andalucia gave Giles Brown a bit more than he bargained for
'Lock your doors and windows', advised the Guardia Civil, 'there are desperate Italians on the loose'
Loud and Clear: The Costa del Sol Boar Wars have begun says Giles Brown
British expat Giles Brown is gearing up for the boar wars
PROTEST WITH NO BULL: Why new year is the perfect time to campaign for change on the Costa del Sol
It’s new year, new me in more than one way as Giles Brown heads to his first ever protest
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 really sure what day it is, who you
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
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
EXCLUSIVE : the Olive Press has Breakfast with Berkoff
Giles Brown meets his theatre hero and comes over all starstruck
When it rains…
It’s been another quiet week for our man in Marbella
Watch out, there’s a new 80s revival in town, but don’t except big hair and shoulder pads
Every time I think that I get out, they drag me back in...
We’ve survived another mad Marbella summer
CONGRATULATIONS! You survived another summer season on the Coast. While it seemed to be a little less frenzied and frantic than previous summers, there was still plenty of mayhem in Marbella. Much
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 beginning of August. Summer in southern Spain presents
TOUR DE FARCE: Last Monday was my final straw with the cyclists
GRANTED most Monday mornings can prove to be the last straw, especially when I am running late, again, for my radio show and only on my second coffee of the morning. Three
Football Crazy!
World Cup fever is here and there’s nothing you can do about it
Oh, Ambassador… you are spoiling us!
The Madrid event was certainly one to remember...
Giles Brown recalls his 1980s run-in with the Costa del Crime
AFTER the shocking San Pedro slaying of a suspected drug lord earlier this month, it seems Marbella could be heading back to the dark and dodgy days of what the British tabloids
Giles Brown rubs shoulders with the descendants of Malaga’s maestro Pablo Picasso
IN my so far rather colourful journalistic career, I’ve had the opportunity to interview the good – Rik Mayall was as brilliantly funny as you would expect – the bad – a
We prayed for rain and boy did it come
We prayed for rain and boy did it come, writes Giles Brown
Winter in Spain has not treated me well this year, writes Giles Brown
I HAVE a confession to make. Again. I fell a little bit out of love with Spain in February. Maybe it is a growing old thing, but I have found myself growling