John Lennon’s Strawberry Fields finca to become a museum
A ruined Almeria farmhouse where John Lennon was inspired to pen the Beatles hit Strawberry Fields Forever has been transformed into a cinema museum
Suicide attempt over daughter in care
Irishman douses himself in petrol and tries to set himself alight outside police station
Antonio Banderas on the Boabdil trail
Film star is scouting out locations for a biopic on the life of the last Moorish king
Cordoba’s stylish new bridge
The stylish Ibn Firnas bridge is certainly giving new wings to Cordoba
Spätzle auf Spanisch!
Montejaque and neighbour Benaoján, in the SerranÃa de Ronda, featured on German TV’s SWR channel this week
New Coin quarry battle
Residents unite against new Coin quarry plan
Streaker’s smashing Spanish YouTube hit
A streaker caught stripping off in Spain has become a YouTube sensation after running into a glass partition
How a shady Swiss fraudster and 50 secret societies managed to turn a UNESCO protected area near Ronda into a golf macro-project…
A new book proves the Los Merinos project was set up illegally with Swiss financier Werner Rey at the helm
Boom-time for Sotogrande
Property rates go up in Sotogrande and Marbella, while slumping elsewhere
Back on the Roque road
Olive Press editor Jon Clarke stays in the same bedroom used by Tiger Woods at San Roque in a bid to get back in the
Runway art makes for happy landing
The Andalucian International Artists Group are set to exhibit their work in Malaga airport
Andalucia’s white villages turn pink
Almond trees in bloom
Computer theft could be linked to Arriate murder
EXCLUSIVE: Computers stolen from the town hall may have been kept in the same shed where the body of the 13-year-old was discovered
Lawrence Cavendish: From riches to rags
How a British lottery winner had, and lost, it all
Ronda – San Pedro: A road to ruin
IU party put in an official objection as residents have just one week left to voice their opposition to plans for a controversial motorway linking
Arriate murder: Paradise lost
Wendy Williams on the Maria Esther tragedy that unfolded in the sleepy mountain village of Arriate where she and the Olive Press is based
Harry Redknapp mugged in Madrid
Spurs boss gets pocket picked while on Madrid scouting mission
Kicking off to kick the habit in Spain
A series of arrests have been made after fights broke out over the new smoking ban
Arriate murder: Teenager beaten beyond recognition
Vital clues that could lead to the arrest of the brutal killer of Maria Esther, 13. EXCLUSIVE By Jon Clarke in Arriate
Million euro Spanish Goya find
An eighteenth century religious painting has been revealed as an early work of Goya
WikiLeaks Julian Assange’s escape to Ronda
Wanted Wikileaks boss planning Spanish sejourn with Oliver Stone
Lost in the Alcornocales
Driving over Lemons writer Chris Stewart on his mammoth journey walking through the Alcornocales natural park
Brutal murder of teenage girl shakes small Spanish village
A 13-year-old girl has been found murdered with a plastic bag over her head in the small village of Arriate, near Ronda
100 things we love about Andalucia
To help celebrate our 100th print edition, we asked the Olive Press team to come up with 100 of the best things about living in
Britons arrested in Spain for kidnapping
Three Britons have been arrested for kidnapping a man and demanding a ransom of 104,000 euros
Illegal Spanish home: British couple jailed and ordered to demolish it
Expat couple found guilty of building on non-buildable land have been given an eight month prison sentence and ordered to demolish their home