James Bond inspired by iconic expat and British spy Alan Hillgarth who lived in Mallorca
The author confessed ‘the Bond character is a compound of all the secret agents I knew'
JAIME BOND: Two arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol for 007-style PEN GUN and seven kilos of cocaine
Sean Connery’s Bond uses a similar 9mm rocket-firing pen gun in the film Never Say Never Again (1983)
Shy Sean Connery didn’t want Spanish locals to see his underwear
Fraud trial reveals 007 shaken and stirred by nosy neighbours
VIDEO: Spanish Affair 2 is Spain’s highest grossing film of 2015 so far
The controversial comedy streaks ahead of James Bond on the big screen
Holiday time for over-worked Elliott Wright
You may see the odd photo of me living it up with celebs and beautiful women but my real life is much more of a
Shaken but not stirred
Our food columnist, chef proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala and former chef presenter for BBC’s Ready Steady Cook…Steven Saunders is given a
Angry expats hit out at truffle farmer over debts
Truffle scientist Dr. Thomas demands total disassociation with farmer Wendy Smart
In praise of Cadiz’s Los Palmones beach
Sucks to what the Tourist Board says, writes Belinda Beckett, aka the Mistress of Sizzle
Penelope Cruz to become oldest Bond girl ever
The Spanish actress will begin filming the latest 007 instalment next summer
Sean Connery threatened with arrest over Marbella property case
The James Bond star has been warned to cooperate with Spanish authorities
In with the new – same as the old!
Olive Press columnist Giles Brown talks the Spanish New Year, Gibraltar and box office hits
Man found clinging to car bonnet in Malaga police chase
A Malaga man is facing charges of reckless driving after travelling at over 120km/h with an unwilling passenger
Spain’s Javier Bardem: I will not go to the US
Bond star Javier Bardem has snubbed a move to America, saying it is ‘unpleasant’ to be a celebrity in the US
James Bond just isn’t the same in Spain
Censored versions of Ian Fleming novels produced during chaste Franco era are still being reproduced today
Eldorado was ‘huge disaster’ that humiliated BBC
With talk of a comeback, we consider why the 'sunshine soap' went so wrong in the first place
The reel home of film
Wendy Williams is amazed at how many Hollywood blockbusters were actually filmed in Spain
Spanish baddie for Bond
Javier Bardem will play Daniel Craig's nemesis in Bond 23, due for release next year
Spain’s Javier Bardem to play next Bond villain
The Biutiful will star opposite Daniel Craig
No show Connery
Actor Sean Connery was not present for his day in court
A view to a bill
James Bond star ordered to pay 3.3m euros after a Costa del Sol property investigation
Arterton Bonds with Italian at Andalucia wedding
Bond girl Gemma Arteton ties the knot at sun-soaked Spanish ceremony
Connery ordered to face Spanish money laundering charges
Bond actor has become embroiled in the Gil-era investigations of financial irregularities
Schadenfreude: A review of the Olive Press by A.N. Maier
The Olive Press is pleased to announce a new addition to its growing team of writers and bloggers. In "Schadenfreude", A.N.Maier will be issuing his
Arms dealer drops on Marbella
Multi-millionaire magnate Adnan Khashoggi to attend charity dinner