Jon Clarke - Olive Press News Spain

My night of bedlam in Bilbao: Richarlison, friendly locals and a slick police operation that kept 80,000 English fans from harm – but couldn’t keep the buses and trains running

By Jon Clarke in Bilbao AT 5am on Thursday morning when the heavens opened at the taxi rank at Plaza Moyua in central Bilbao, I

23 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Basque Country·Bilbao·Lead·Sport·Video

On the mend: How a post-Covid full health check revealed some surprising results

A post Covid health check goes surprisingly well for Olive Press editor Jon Clarke at Marbella’s leading Executive Health clinic

28 Aug, 2022 @ 13:30

Health·Lead·Sponsored

Off the beaten track: Escape to Arcadia with a holiday in Spain’s northern region 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

30 Jun, 2022 @ 15:55

Asturias·Exploring Spain·Nature·Olive Press Travel

REVIEW: Leone is definitely roaring in frontline Puerto Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Roaring from the front

30 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel

My Search For Madeleine Audio Book Cover

LISTEN UP!: Definitive book on Madeleine McCann case now available as an audio book

SIT back and relax. The definitive book on the complicated Madeleine McCann case is now available as an audiobook. My Search for Madeleine by Olive

3 May, 2022 @ 14:53

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Greater than Grisham: Maddie McCann suspect Christian Brueckner scribing a ‘bestseller’ in prison

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is penning a book. The German sex offender, made an arguido, or official suspect in Portugal, last month, is writing

2 May, 2022 @ 17:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Weekend in Madrid: Five reasons why Spain’s arty capital should be drawing you in this spring

GET set, ready… Go! The masks are off and it’s time for an adventure. But nothing too exotic. Madrid is the perfect spring escape. And

19 Apr, 2022 @ 09:45

Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel

LEADING FROM THE FRONT: A focus on Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

THE Olive Press counts on over 20 journalists and writers spread around Spain. Over 75% of our staff work in editorial… and there’s a good

12 Feb, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·National News

Olive Press editor Jon Clarke talks Madeleine McCann case on leading British podcast

OLIVE PRESS editor Jon Clarke has appeared on one of Britain’s leading true crime podcasts to discuss the Madeleine McCann case. The appearance comes a

28 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

REVIEW: is Madrid’s Diverxo chef Dabiz Munoz really the best in the world? He’s not far off, thinks the Olive Press

With news that Dabiz Muñoz has just been named the world's best chef, check out the review by Olive Press editor Jon Clarke of DiverXo

21 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Green and grumpy in the Glastonbury of Spain

I LONG had a feeling Christian Brueckner – the current prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann mystery – would have links to Orgiva, with its

17 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: This is no comedy – Madeleine McCann prime suspect has no right to call a new book on the case ‘a comic’

THE author of a new book on Madeleine McCann has hit back at claims by the current prime suspect that it is ‘no better than

4 Oct, 2021 @ 21:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Brave WPC confirms hunt for ‘blonde accomplice’ of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner

It came after she arrested Brueckner in a children's park during a local fiesta

8 Sep, 2021 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead

MADDIE MCCANN: From Portugal to Spain and Germany, the search goes on

OLIVE Press editor Jon Clarke is publishing an explosive new book on the Madeleine McCann case. His investigation is the most comprehensive look at the

28 Aug, 2021 @ 15:43

Lead·Must Read·National News

WATCH Olive Press live on Sky: ‘It’s great to see the Brits coming back to Spain’

THE Olive Press reported live from a beach on the Costa del Sol with an appearance on UK television news on Wednesday morning. Editor Jon

21 Jul, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead

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

27 Oct, 2019 @ 09:00

Lead

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

13 Oct, 2019 @ 10:00

Lead

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 covering

14 Sep, 2018 @ 09:48

Business & Finance·Lead

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

23 Sep, 2017 @ 09:30

Asturias·Food & Drink·Olive Press Travel