OLD HACK IN THE SUN: The ramblings of an 80-something expat
DO you remember the old joke about the boy who wanted to be a train driver, but couldn’t because his eyes were too close together?
TAXING TIMES: Post-Brexit taxes for British resident and non resident property owners in Andalucia
After the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, the right of free movement is not the only thing to have changed for Brits who
MONEY MATTERS with CHORUS FINANCIAL on why UK investment values are falling
Money Matters from Chorus Financial answers all your questions on finance, tax, pensions, investments and more here in Spain. This week we received the following
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: Benny Davis with the 80-something ramblings of an expat in Spain
Are you a digital doer or a real-life print reader? Although the Olive Press alternates weekly publication of my column between actual print and ether-controlled
Leap of Faith: Buying a home in Spain
BUYING property overseas can seem like a daunting prospect, especially after Brexit, but it needn’t be. Whether you are looking to make the move to
Getting a grip: Accused of faking COVID is a low blow – even for Marbella!
It was the last caller that did it. I was into the final three minutes of ‘Viewpoint’, the live radio show that I host every
POST-BREXIT GOLDEN VISA ADVICE FOR BRITISH PEOPLE AND PROPERTY INVESTORS IN SPAIN
Since the start of 2021, following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, Britons who wish to live, work or buy property in Spain
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: Benny Davis with the 80-something ramblings of an expat in Spain
V-DAY SPECIAL JUST been informed my COVID vaccination will happen tomorrow. Wow! Haven’t been so excited since my first sexual experience, handling a set of
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: Mum’s gone to Ireland!
IN a recent rambling, I reported that life as we know it here in Spain was on the edge of total extinction as we are
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: Benny Davis with the ramblings of an 80-something expat in Spain
OVER the centuries, us Brits have maintained our traditional stiff upper lip through a multitude of catastrophic situations. Don’t panic, keep calm, keystone foundation words
DEAR JENNIFER:- Why do I need to get insurance and funeral plans urgently sorted now?
I personally am feeling very upset about Brexit as no lorries seem to be getting here and English supermarkets are getting emptier and emptier. Let
The Zen of The Rona: Dealing with the virus involves lots of navel gazing
AS you may or may not be aware, I spent most of last month recovering from what my more streetwise friends refer to as ‘The
Changing times: Coping with the pandemic in Marbella needs ingenuity
AN old proverb says ‘a wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it’. This pandemic has been
Just wish it was over – a miserable start to 2021 in Spain
WHEN I flippantly mentioned in my last column that I didn’t see many people writing that 2021 would be their year, I didn’t actually think
It’s a New Dawn, it’s a New Day…
NORMALLY when we head into a New Year, my Social Media feeds are full of posts claiming ‘This will be my year’!, ‘Moving on up’!
Justice needed – the problems we face in Spain
By Lisa Burgess GLADSTONE said ‘justice delayed is justice denied’. I say this because I have heard of so many stories of injustice recently British
‘The best of times, the worst of times’: a look forward to 2021 in Spain by expat councillor on the Costa del Sol
By Bill Anderson, local councillor in Mijas WHAT a year! Are you an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist? As we enter 2021, I think
All I want for Christmas, ain’t you
YOU may have noticed that we are in December and, as John Lennon famously wrote ‘And so this is Christmas, and what have you done?’
Requiem for the Christmas card
I DON’T know about you but I’ve got three solitary Christmas cards to display on my mantelpiece this Christmas. It’s nothing like ye old yuletide’s
ON THE UP: Why are property prices in Marbella still rising?
WHEN the Covid-19 pandemic first hit, homeowners and property developers braced themselves for a drop in housing values, but in the end this didn’t materialise.
Spain and Marbella’s underlying property market is inherently solid
TO some, it may seem like we’ve been here before – a serious economic crisis that halts growth and progress and little more than 10
BREXIT: No news is bad news
By Anne Hernandez THIS past week, apart from the excitement of a vaccine becoming available for use in the UK, intense talks between the EU
Christmas comes early in Spain
TINY turkeys, trimmed-down Xmas puds, Rule of Six-sized boxes of crackers … Mini-mas, as COVID Christmas 2020 has pessimistically been coined, was shaping up to
How much more does Marbella have to take?
A TEENAGER was fatally stabbed on a street that I used to live near. It’s a busy road that divides a popular commercial centre and
Salute to Sir Sean: Connery was central figure to expats on the Costa del Sol
EVERYONE lucky enough to live in Marbella between the 60s and 80s has a Sean Connery story. The Bond star lived in his beachside villa
Trump, COVID restrictions and Brexit – a view from Spain
By Anne Hernandez IT’S certainly been a couple of weeks of twists and turns. First we had the US elections and Trump making a fool