Tag: Jon Clarke
BOOK SERIAL, PART 3: How we nailed a champagne socialist MP
In part two of the story on Blair babe Margaret Moran, the Olive Press nearly gets the wool pulled over its eyes
BOOK SERIAL, PART 2: A Fleet Street hack arrives and takes the paper to new heights
He had picked up a copy of The Olive Press at Granada Airport and had been overcome by the feeling that we were in desperate need of his help.
How the Olive Press has survived 300 issues – and is continuing to grow
Publisher Jon Clarke on the massive range of stories the Olive Press has tackled as it grew from a tiny office in Ronda to...
REVIEW: Marvellous Marcial still has its rustic charm despite its stars
Dining Secrets of Andalucia editor Jon Clarke is delighted to find Asturias’ leading restaurant still has oodles of rustic charm, despite a 20-year gap and two Michelin stars
Escape to Arcadia with a week in Asturias
It’s said the rain in Spain falls mainly in Asturias … But when Olive Press editor Jon Clarke swapped the crowded Costas for a summer break in this peaceful pastoral paradise, he only wore his raincoat once.
Best expat newspaper in Spain and it’s all thanks to you
We look forward to growing in strength over the next decade, with you alongside us
The Olive Press: A decade of success in Spain
Ten years after it all started, the Olive Press is stronger than ever
Spanish newspaper praises Olive Press’ historic front page in Spanish
It comes just days after the International Business Times featured the Olive Press story
Olive Press celebrate crowning as Spain’s best expat newspaper
The Olive Press is the youngest publication among the winners
The Olive Press voted the best expat paper in Spain
The accolade follows a poll of tens of thousands of expats from more than 90 different countries
Expats hold balance of power in many Spanish towns
Anger at corruption could see Podemos get into power in Madrid and Barcelona
VIDEO: Exclusive footage from inside Podemos’ HQ ahead of ‘March for Change’
Podemos will be marching down Madrid's streets in a call for a change in governance
IN PICTURES: Olive Press officially launches new Sabinillas office
Author Chris Stewart visited Sabinillas to officially launch the brand new Olive Press office last week
The launch of a new user-generated website, Olive Press Insight (OPi)
Olive Press launches a new website - OPi - for readers to have more say over our content
A message from the editor: Out of a small acorn grew a very popular paper
Publisher Jon Clarke on the beginnings of the Olive Press as a local Ronda newspaper and its evolution to a newspaper covering the whole of Andalucia
The Olive Press joins Movember fundraising effort
The Olive Press decided to join the Movember effort to change the face of men's health
Olive Press soothes Gordon Ramsay nightmare
‘Andalucia’s top food critic’ Jon Clarke brought in to run a rule over failing restaurant
The Olive Press is your REAL community newspaper… and here is why:
The Olive Press counts on eight trained journalists - a number former Fleet Street hands - and does not simply translate stories, kow tow to town halls and offer long boring features on flowers
New Madrid restaurant exceeds expectations for the tastebuds and the wallet
Dining Secrets of Andalucia editor Jon Clarke finds Spain’s hottest restaurant of the moment, DiverXO, in Madrid, incredible value for money
My bizarre night at British tycoon’s ‘Marbella harem’
Jon Clarke recalls the evening he was invited to the palatial home of Shoja ‘Sacha’ Shojai to discuss plans for a proposed university
Magnificent Seven
The best investigative and campaigning English language paper in Spain hits its seventh anniversary
The Olive Press scoops Costa Press Club awards
Reporters pick up southern Spain's key journalism prize
Riding the wind on the Costa de la Luz
JON CLARKE takes a trip along the Costa de la Luz, Andalucia’s most unspoilt, if sometimes rather breezy, coastline
Happy New Year from the Olive Press!
Exciting year ahead for the newspaper and our websites
Clock stops for timeshare king Garry Leigh
OLIVE PRESS EXCLUSIVE: Costa timeshare king Garry Leigh has been killed
On the gecko trail
Jon Clarke takes a stroll around Andalucia’s most artistic, creative town