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)
Oh, how sad this makes me. Prayers for this young man, his family and all of Spain during these difficult times.
I believe one of the main functions of government is to protect and care for its citizens. When people are talking their own lives because of the financial situation they find themselves in, then clearly government is being derelict in its duty towards the people.
From austerity, the raising of VAT the increases in utilities, and throwing good money at bad banks, this government seems to be doing everything possible to make things worse for the people. Why it has not been overthrown yet is quite beyond me.
My thoughts and prayers for this man and his family.
I briefly caught an article about someone ‘high up’ in the Spanish government who was talking about abolishing the minimum wage there. Could someone explain to me how that would help?
“Why it has not been overthrown yet is quite beyond me.”
Overthrown and replaced with what, Hugh? Spain will have to leave the EU and devalue their currency to permit growth to return to the economy, and even that is not guaranteed to save Spain. Spain is paralysed; it has no plan B.
when will itall end…. very sad… RIP…and also Spain RIP….
I don’t think they have a plan A either!
No plan A, no plan B. Jesús what a country! Lately the ¨solutions¨ just mean cooking the books. The corrupt PP and Rajoy are so desperate for good news that they´re jumping all over and singing about the new supposedly positive unemployment numbers. Fact is, unemployment always drops in May. That said, the actual number of Spaniards on paro is higher than last year. Almost all the new jobs are temporary and will be eliminated again in September/October. This country has dug itself into such a hole it´ll take another 30 years to climb out. Sadly, there will be a lot more unrest and tragedy to come.
Perhaps Spain needs to stop using the Euro and go back to the Peseta, which it can regulate. Would that help? Couldn’t it do that and remain in the EU?
Ditto to all above comments: Why oh why is the truth of the terrible struggle the Spanish people are facing here is not being broadcast to Northern Europe. Is it because if the reality was shown daily the markets would react in such a negative way to force the downfall of the Euro?? Spain should have never been allowed to join the Euro but of course the corruption that ruled here was also driving the EU and in the corridors of the ECB.. all figures are tarnished with lies.. so many are unemployed, at least 10% more than published, the young, the disabled, self-employed and those not being paid for months of work who are not able to sign on reflect the truth. It will end in a disaster.