Top 10 Jewish Sites to See in Spain: A Jewish Tours Spain Guide
I remember my confusion around the time I began writing for The Olive Press back in 2019. It was a story how Spain’s government passed
A mysterious joker calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’ is leaving bizarre anti-foreigner poems on statues around Malaga’s Ronda
EXPATS and locals alike have been left stunned after a mysterious poet launched a bizarre campaign demanding that foreigners leave the Malaga town of Ronda.
The man who tried to make himself dictator of Spain now lives in quiet retirement on the Costa del Sol
EXACTLY 45 years ago today, a moustachioed Guardia Civil officer burst into Spain’s parliament, fired a submachine gun into the ceiling and ordered everyone to
ON THIS DAY: The inside story of the failed coup d’état that almost sent Spain spinning back into dictatorship
DO you remember when John Lennon was murdered in New York? Ten weeks later, the month of February 1981 turned out to be historic: not
LIFE IN SPAIN: The all-American expat and painter from Philadelphia who conquered Spain’s bullfighting world
JOHN Fulton died on February 20, 1998, at the age of 65, leaving behind one of the most remarkable expat legacies in Andalucia. His story
WATCH: Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia finally reaches maximum height after 144 years of construction with installation of crowning cross
THE Sagrada Familia, the magnificent gothic basilica that looms over the Barcelona city skyline, has finally reached its peak height after workers laid the final
Eye-catching chalet tucked away in remote Spanish forest is confirmed as the work of Antoni Gaudi 100 years on from his death
HIDDEN in the Catalan woods, a mysterious chalet has finally been revealed as a Gaudí creation – more than a century after it was built.
Goodbye to Cadiz’s prize catch? The iconic bluefin tuna could be leaving Spanish waters – and you can guess why
CLIMATE change is pushing Atlantic bluefin tuna northward, threatening historic breeding grounds and putting one of Spain’s most valuable seafood industries at risk. Bluefin tuna,
Bid to enforce three-year jail sentences for wearing the burqa in Spain’s public spaces is narrowly defeated in Spanish parliament
A PROPOSED bill that would have banned the burqa in public spaces will no longer become law after it was narrowly voted down in Spain’s
What lies behind Spain’s curious and ancient tradition of holding a funeral for a SARDINE during Carnaval?
In what is surely one of Spain’s most bizarre traditions, people will gather across Spain this week to attend a solemn burial of a symbolic
Bored in Barcelona? Why not check out one of Europe’s largest photo exhibitions
BARCELONA’S Photo Forum Fest returns this week with a programme that goes beyond trade stands and camera demos, placing a strong focus on exhibitions open
Foodie alert: New Madrid food festival aims to blend Michelin-star cuisine with street market vibe
MADRID’S newest food festival is here – and it’s breaking all the fine dining rules. If you’ve ever tried booking a high-end restaurant in Madrid,
Graffiti on Civil War memorial to 13 executed women reveals how Spain still hasn’t made peace with its past
A WOMAN’S name and the letters ‘RIP’ were scrawled across a historic Spanish monument last month – vandalism that many argue was anything but random.
‘Clearly the coolest language in the world’: Britain’s The Guardian newspaper campaigns for children to learn Spanish instead of French in schools
SPANISH, not French, should be the main foreign language taught in UK schools. That’s the verdict of a journalist from The Guardian, who argues that
IN PICS: The ‘quirky’ side of Andalucia’s Ronda – through the refreshing new eye of an expat photographer
SHE has been taking photos in the Serrania de Ronda area of Andalucia for over three decades. Lies Wajer fell in love with the town,
George Orwell’s brush with death during the Spanish Civil War shaped a British literary giant
ORWELL is widely considered the most influential British writer of the 20th century. But while the world knows Animal Farm and 1984, his journey to
The Spanish Indiana Jones: How a ten-year-old boy from Granada became a hero in Italy after unearthing rare Roman coin
A GRANADA schoolboy has been hailed a hero in Italy after unearthing a rare Roman coin that had been buried for 1,800 years. Little Alejandro,
Four remarkable Spanish women – A gallega painter and a malagueña philosopher; a child and a tennis star
MARISOL Even today, sixty years after her heyday, “Marisol” is well-known to everyone in Spain. That toothy grin, that big voice – and such
‘Historic’ war elephant bones found in Andalucia in discovery that could shed new light on Hannibal’s march through Spain
AN ELEPHANT bone discovered at a Spanish archaeological site may provide the first physical proof that war elephants used by Hannibal’s army once marched through
Flamenco star Estrella Morente fronts near sell-out charity concert in Granada
A BENEFIT show hosted by a famous flamenco star raised funds for a local homeless charity in Granada. Singer Estrella Morente headlined a near sell-out
Remarkable archeological find in Estepona: A dozen 13th century Muslim tombs during works on new central boulevard
A DOZEN medieval Muslim tombs have been uncovered in Estepona during construction work to revamp the main boulevard. This discovery shines fresh light on the
The ghostly history of Malaga’s ‘useless’ Montejaque dam – now a ticking timebomb as subterranean tremors force evacuations
FOR a century, the Montejaque Dam has stood as a silent, bone-dry monument to human hubris—a spectacular engineering failure hidden in the mountains above Ronda.
Sevilla’s iconic Giralda belltower cordoned off after massive ornamental vase plunges nearly 100 metres during Storm Leonardo
POLICE and cathedral technicians rushed to the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes in Sevilla on Thursday after a two-metre-tall metal structure was torn from La
Chart-topping British pop band hits out at far-right Vox over use of iconic hit single in campaign video
A LEADING British music band have slammed the far-right Spanish political party Vox over the use of one of the group’s most popular songs for
ON THIS DAY: Spain’s answer to Lord Nelson and a great sculptor were born, snow fell where it never does … and a space-age fashion designer passed
BLAZ DE LEZO British people of a certain age were brought up on stories of English naval excellence and Spanish incompetence. The Armada was thwarted,
FROM THE ARCHIVES: When the Olive Press caught up with the UK’s only ‘dwarf drag queen’ while on the Costa del Sol
After parting with his agent, John has now gone solo, booking and managing his own gigs and tours