Vox leader Santiago Abascal and Charlie Mullins

OPINION: Spain cannot afford to bite the hand that builds it – foreigners like you and I are the future of this country, writes Charlie Mullins

In his latest must-read column, Charlie Mullins attacks the foreigner-bashing of far-right parties like Vox.

24 Oct, 2026 @ 11:50

Charlie Mullins and a solar project at the foot of the Sierra de las Nieves National Park

OPINION: I’m no green warrior – but surely the eco-zealots can see why this mega solar project will do more harm than good, writes Charlie Mullins

In his latest column, Charlie Mullins slams a 'reckless' solar project planned at the foot of the Sierra de las Nieves National Park. in Andalucia.

27 Sep, 2026 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Opinion

OPINION: Madrid president’s plush €5m penthouse (paid for with public cash) is yet another stain on Spanish democracy, writes Charlie Mullins

OLIVE Press columnist Charlie Mullins tears into Madrid president Isabel Diaz Ayuso's dodgy €5m penthouse, all paid for by the taxpayer.

29 Aug, 2026 @ 14:15

Lead·Madrid·Opinion·Politics

OPINION: Thank goodness Spain put Argentina in their place after Trump and Infantino’s World Cup fiasco, writes Charlie Mullins

I SUPPOSE it would be churlish not to congratulate Spain for having the best ball-kickers on the planet and, unlike Argentina, managed to remember what

25 Jul, 2026 @ 15:25

Lead·Opinion·Sport

MULLINS IT OVER: Who’d have thought? From leaving school at 15 to award-winning columnist on an award winning newspaper!

THERE’S not much that pulls me back to the UK these days. Visiting family is the main exception – but my son Scott and grandson

13 Oct, 2025 @ 16:17

Columnists·Lead

MULLINS IT OVER: I am outraged at new mega-project plan – but red tape is sure to come to the rescue

By Charlie Mullins I ALMOST can’t believe the outrage in my own inner voice. How dare they come over here and concrete over one of

31 Aug, 2025 @ 09:29

Andalucia·Columnists·Lead·National News

MULLINS IT OVER: Rather than complaining about tourists, locals in Spain should complain about building standards, writes Charlie Mullins

IT’S my first Easter as a proper member of the ex-pat community. Sure I’ve been here over the bank holiday before, but now I’ve decided

26 Apr, 2025 @ 09:30

Andalucia·Columnists·Lead·Marbella

Flush with luxury: The Olive Press gets a tour inside the home of the world’s most famous plumber Charlie Mullins

ENTERING through a massive wooden gate, I am greeted by a gleaming purple Rolls Royce Dawn and a navy Bentley – both as flashy as

9 Mar, 2025 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·Property

British plumbing tycoon makes permanent move to Marbella: Charlie Mullins ‘is selling up’ in the UK amid fears of a Labour tax raid on the rich

BRITAIN’S richest plumber has revealed he is making a permanent move to the Costa del Sol amid fears of a tax raid on the rich

10 Sep, 2024 @ 13:13

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Politics·Property

Giant teddy bears raise funds for family-run animal shelter on Costa del Sol

FAMILY run animal shelter, Palevlas Protectora de Animales, held a fundraising event on Tuesday, September 28. Kim Arthurs, the event planner, said that she really

4 Oct, 2021 @ 15:30

Lead·Malaga

Guests don their gladrags for cancer appeal as Legends music venue reopens for first time in 15 months

THE LEGENDARY venue was sold out three times over as guests took a trip back to the 60s at a major fundraiser on the Costa

10 Jun, 2021 @ 20:27

Flushed with success: Charlie Mullins, plumber to the stars, wouldn’t swap the Costa del Sol idyll he bought in Spain for all the builder’s tea in Britain

WHEN Charlie Mullins invites you round for a cuppa the first thing you’re dying to do is visit the loo. Who wouldn’t want to snoop

28 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Lead·Other News

charlie mullins

OPINION: Spain cannot afford to bite the hand that builds it – foreigners like you and I are the future of this country, writes Charlie Mullins

OPINION: I’m no green warrior – but surely the eco-zealots can see why this mega solar project will do more harm than good, writes Charlie Mullins

OPINION: Madrid president’s plush €5m penthouse (paid for with public cash) is yet another stain on Spanish democracy, writes Charlie Mullins

OPINION: Thank goodness Spain put Argentina in their place after Trump and Infantino’s World Cup fiasco, writes Charlie Mullins

MULLINS IT OVER: Who’d have thought? From leaving school at 15 to award-winning columnist on an award winning newspaper!

MULLINS IT OVER: I am outraged at new mega-project plan – but red tape is sure to come to the rescue

MULLINS IT OVER: Rather than complaining about tourists, locals in Spain should complain about building standards, writes Charlie Mullins

Flush with luxury: The Olive Press gets a tour inside the home of the world’s most famous plumber Charlie Mullins

British plumbing tycoon makes permanent move to Marbella: Charlie Mullins ‘is selling up’ in the UK amid fears of a Labour tax raid on the rich

Giant teddy bears raise funds for family-run animal shelter on Costa del Sol

Guests don their gladrags for cancer appeal as Legends music venue reopens for first time in 15 months

Flushed with success: Charlie Mullins, plumber to the stars, wouldn’t swap the Costa del Sol idyll he bought in Spain for all the builder’s tea in Britain

Revealed: The last messages between Madrid controllers and the two doomed trains in the minutes before Toledo rail disaster

Protesters clash with police at Madrid anti-government rally over deadly Toledo train disaster

EXCLUSIVE: On the ground in Urda, the rural town at the centre of a senseless tragedy

Costa del Sol faces weeks cut off from Madrid again after Toledo train disaster – months after Adamuz crash and landslide shut line

Madrid rail controllers gave ‘wrong’ orders before deadly Toledo crash, transport minister says

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