Giles Brown

Giles Brown

Olive Press

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Get your Rock off! Life on the frontline between Spain and the UK

I'm writing this column from an office overlooking the Med and just popped my head out of the window to see if the Armada had just sailed past The...

Giles Brown

Olive Press

10 29.04.2017

I can’t get no sleep

It’s the hours that I go to sleep and wake up that are bothering me The post I can’t get no sleep appeared first on Olive Press News Spain.

Giles Brown

Olive Press

10 18.04.2017

Famous last words

Why I fear I will go out with a whimper rather than a bang The post Famous last words appeared first on Olive Press News Spain.

Giles Brown

Olive Press

40 16.03.2017

Are the boom days of work freebies finally returning?

I used to get showered with all sorts of freebies and goodie bags The post Are the boom days of work freebies finally returning? appeared first on...

Giles Brown

Olive Press

30 08.03.2017

The white stuff: Snow on the Costa del Sol can send even the most respectable folk crazy

When I moved to Spain, however, I abandoned the idea of ever seeing snow on my birthday. Until this year. The post The white stuff: Snow on the...

Giles Brown

Olive Press

70 20.02.2017

The Return of The Godfather: My take on responsible parenting, Costa del Sol style

I will have to admit that with a CV like mine, Godfather does seem an unlikely role for me but I can only assume that Ozzy Osbourne was busy biting...

Giles Brown

Olive Press

40 06.02.2017

Boom and bust: The perils of relationships in Marbella

But as I hurtle towards my 50th I look around at my peers and am struck by the sobering realisation that they are either “happily married”...

Giles Brown

Olive Press

80 22.01.2017

A Bug’s Life: The insects are out to get me

Sharks, wild cats and jabali give me the heebie-jeebies but a much smaller creature keeps me up at night

Giles Brown

Olive Press

60 10.01.2017

The impact of The Donald Trump’s shock US presidential victory

Because, if you are as much of a social media animal as I am, the shock of The Donald's election has been a veritable tsunami, setting friends and...

Giles Brown

Olive Press

60 09.12.2016

Block head: How to get through every writer’s worst nightmare

It's the one thing that all writers dread

Giles Brown

Olive Press

30 29.11.2016

Life on air: The ups and downs of working in radio

Radio is your basic job for madmen

Giles Brown

Olive Press

40 12.11.2016