Christmas cheer

CHRISTMAS is coming, and here at the Olive Press we are already looking forward to 2013.

The events of the last few months are still very much in the minds of many expats – in particular the fires and the heavy rains – with many still struggling to get some kind of normality back.

Christmas cheer is getting stronger each day, with belenes already in place and the mulled wine flowing.

Now it is time to consign 2012 to the past and look forward to brighter times.

Let’s hope this year, Andalucia’s Three Kings – who, according to the Pope himself (and he must know!) came from Andalucia and not the Middle East – bring the best gifts this year.

Gifts which will help Andalucia recover from its annus horribilis and keep 2013 free from disaster.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

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