Lifestyle

Revealing the high-life of the 'Estonian Pablo Escobar'

Rainer Helin. The son of Toomas Helin tells SUR in English why he decided to lift the lid on the criminal underworld of Marbella

Looking for relatives of Vicente Villena Chacón

Born in Malaga, he was a baker and had a son. When he was sent to the Neuengamme Nazi concentration camp he left a watch and a ring, and experts are now trying to trace his family

Marbella-based author turns hospitality experience into fiction in latest novel

Garry Waite's latest book is a fictitious thriller and follows the lives of a family who develop a wine business and go into partnership with the owner of a hotel in Monte Carlo during World War II

Banderas puts Surrey mansion on the market

The Malaga actor, who has just confirmed he is taking part in the new Indiana Jones movie, is selling his UK 'student accommodation'

Why do the Spanish all live in flats?

Ibiza good times

It's time to hit the hotspots of the white island and have some much needed summer fun: it's the turn of the sociable south and east of the island

Hair donations bring smiles to chemotherapy patients

Asociación Esperanza and ATIS have begun campaigns to encourage people to donate their hair for wigs, and the group Mechones Solidarios suggests sponsorship to cover costs

The Malaga man who gave the United States of America its name

George Washington adopted the name after Luis de Unzaga, a military officer from Malaga, used it in a letter. This governor of Louisiana, a promoter of free trade and the dollar as a currency, retired to Malaga and was responsible for the construction of La Alameda

The Japanese artist who became a 'perote'

The painter Shinji Nagawana was born in Japan's fourth largest city but he visited Spain and began a new life in Álora, where he has lived for over thirty years

Ibiza good times

It's time to hit the hotspots of the white island and have some much needed summer fun: it's the turn of the sociable south and east of the island