Half of Yellow Sun
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Half of Yellow Sun By Adichie Chimamanda Ngoz Set in Nigeria during the 1960s, at the time of a vicious civil war in which a
Health insurance for every child
LISBON CÂMARA intends to set up health insurance for every child born in the capital whose parents are resident in Lisbon. The expenses of the health insurance would totally be
Love in the Present Tense
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Love in the Present Tense By Catherine Ryan Hyde Mitch is a 25-year-old with commitment issues. Leonard is a five-year-old child with asthma and vision
New office
SANTANDER, THE largest banking group in Spain and controller of the Totta group in Portugal, has chosen Lisbon as the location for a new major operations centre to provide administrative
Open in April
AFTER TWO years of setbacks and delays, Lisbon’s long-running Marquês Tunnel underpass will finally open in April says Lisbon Câmara. During a câmara meeting last week, the Mayor of Lisbon,
Restless
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com The Girls By William Boyd It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a 28-year-old Russian emigrant living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited
Semi-Detached
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Semi-Detached By Griff Rhys Jones Griff Rhys Jones recreates his suburban childhood and adolescence in precise and wonderfully evocative detail and through it tells the
Suspected paedophile arrested
A 38-year-old Brazilian man was arrested, last Wednesday morning, by the Judicial Police in Portimão on child sex abuse charges. Allegedly, he committed crimes against boys between the ages of
Suspended
VICE-PRESIDENT of Lisbon Câmara, Fontão de Carvalho, was forced to stand down for three months on Saturday after his PSD party withdrew their political support and confidence for him. Allegations
Testament of Gideon Mack
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Testament of Gideon Mack By James Robertson If the devil didn’t exist, would man have to invent him? For Gideon Mack, faithless minister, unfaithful husband