September 2022

GETTING your teen back to school after the long summer vacation can be tricky – especially when they’ve developed lazy summer habits or, as has been suggested in recent reports, are fearful of what lies ahead in class. The Olive Press speaks to two public school teachers about how to motivate teens and be involved […]

GETTING your teen back to school after the long summer vacation can be tricky – especially when they’ve developed lazy summer habits or, as has been suggested in recent reports, are fearful of what lies ahead in class. The Olive Press speaks to two public school teachers about how to motivate teens and be involved

WITH the holiday season winding down, tourists heading home and the nights drawing in, this can only mean one thing: the kids are back to school. While most parents and children look forward to the ‘vuelta al cole’, and some can’t wait for the school gates to open, it can be a nerve-wracking experience for

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TIRELESSLY capturing the most eccentric characters in and around Órgivan is a favourite task for Franc Enskat, a German/French photographer who moved to the area in 2019, and made it his home. After working for 30 years as a professional advertising photographer in Düsseldorf and Paris, Franc visited Órgiva to see his childhood sweetheart. They

ALTHOUGH some people mourn the end of summer, the ‘Alpujarreños’ welcome it. Not only is the Alpujarra region, on the southern flanks of the Sierra Nevada, more peaceful once the big groups of holidaymakers have headed home, but the fresh autumnal days are perfect for being active in the great outdoors. Where to begin? Here

RECENTLY, Spain’s Queen Letizia was criticised for wearing a dress that was “too short” for her age (43), with comments that it isn’t “fit for a Queen”. As if we were inhabiting the Victorian Era, where ladies were obliged to cover themselves – from chin to heel – to venture outside. The attempt to shame

A MUST-VISIT for those who appreciate art and culture, the picturesque village of Frigiliana in Malaga region, officially voted “one of the most beautiful villages in Spain”, is holding its Sixth Frigiliana Art Route from 7-9 October. Frigiliana Art Route 2022 poster This special event, full of artists’ open houses and studios, gives visitors the

EVERY first weekend in October, the village of Teba—in the heart of the quiet Guadalteba region, in the province of Malaga—celebrates one of the most important cheese fairs in the national culinary scene. And this year the artisan cheese fair marks its twentieth edition, and does so by being declared a festival of provincial tourist

By John White The Munich Air Disaster on 6 February 1958, ripped the life and soul out of Manchester United Football Club and broke the hearts of all United fan. The plane crash which occurred on an icy runway at, Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany claimed the lives of 23 passengers, 8 of whom were part