Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.
After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.
On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.
This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.
After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.
After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.
As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.
He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.
He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.
Contact jon@theolivepress.es
Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)
I told my parents about Señor Bermudez’s original comments as they had planned to visit Jerez next month for 5 days with 4 friends. Now my parents are decent people who drink within moderation, look for culture and dine out everynight. i’m sure they would of had a wonderful time in the beautiful Jerez and Puerto Santa Maria but now are going to Granada.
Storm in a teacup this one. Mr Bermudez was always lost in translation in fact; he never did utter those words in the context attributed to him, but of course it makes a good headline.
You’ll never stop British from drinking their Sherry! Ah well, that’s the life of a politician: take one foot out of your mouth to put the other one in! ;)
fred, you dont give up do you… despite one of our readers posting the exact words (on the first story) and also showing how the Spanish papers reported it, you still come out with this Cr** about your chum bermudez!
he may not have meant it (um!) but he DID say it, which is why he is apologising.
come on Fred, move on to another stream!
jon
Fred is your surname Juan Manuel Bermudez?
Hmm, Fred Bermudez. It has a certain ring to it. I may change my avatar to Mr Bermudez as well, thinkins about it.
@FRED: You really should get yourself an Avatar Fred!
Of course he loves us. It’s the local drunks, and not the English, who are causing all the problems
I dont see many brits at 7am in the bars drinking coffee and anis before they go to work.
some english drink too much and some dont. simple