The british on the costa del sol presents a more complex picture in this first book length ethnography of the british expatriate community karen oreilly draws on history social geography tourism studies and theories of ethnicity and community to frame detailed interviews with british migrants themselves. The british on the costa del sol is the very first book to study this british expatriate community in any great depth and through use of interviews with members of this community paints a far. The british on the costa del sol book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers brits in spain first achieved notoriety during the 1980. British expat quarantined on costa del sol a british man is in isolation with his wife at their home in mijas british expat quarantined on costa del sol a british estate agent and his wife have been quarantined at their mijas home after the wife tested positive for the coronavirus she is a nurse at marbella hospital where she came into contact with a coronavirus patient. British residents returning to the costa del sol caught up in covid brexit confusion file photo of malaga airport nito salas some britons were prevented from boarding flights heading from the uk to malaga among other airports in spain after airlines refused to accept the green eu certificates as proof of residency