Holidaying down the road
I am privileged to have visited most of the Algarve when over the years I took my children on holidays to learn more about our region and since then by
A nostalgic walk through Lisbon
I have always loved Portugal because I grew up here. Aged 13, I attended school in England and spent the next 22 years wanting to come back. In 1999, my
Twenty years of pampering and healing
This will come as a huge surprise to my sister Lara when I write that I really admire her for the way she has, over the last 20 years, established
Unlikely friends
Since 2017, I have organised the Sovereign Foundation Art Prize for secondary schools in the Algarve that invites young artists to enter a competition and have their work exhibited across
Hula Dancercise
Rachel Bowen-Jones started dancing at the age of two-and-a-half and studied a variety of dance genres as she grew up. Her dream was to be a professional dancer, to travel
Food nostalgia
This Christmas we did not, as usual, get together with the rest of the family. So, as I stood alone in the kitchen on Christmas morning, whilst everyone else still
Home working – distractions
I am lucky to be working from home for which I am grateful and it is only possible due to the support from my colleagues in the office. Worldwide, people
Turning around 2020
Many of my friends are musicians and this year has been hard for them, to be stuck at home with little or no gigs, the detrimental impact on their income
Poultry perils
Owning a ‘farmhouse’ sounded ideal and so when we moved here in 1999, we embraced the opportunity to have some farm pets. However, not everything is as simple as we
Osgas
When we first moved to the Algarve in 1999, we were amazed at the variety of animal life that we kept discovering in the garden. It seemed like every week