Portugalidade – A new global study
Readers who were interested in my essay “Portugalidade – The essence of being Portuguese” will welcome the content of a new book, “Multicultural Mankind”, which is to be launched this
Poem – Playground memories from the 1940s
Like a praying mantis stands This contraption in a park where weeds Overcome the sodden turf. An iron frame which merits another coat Of dark green paint tinged with red.
Portugal – Migration over the millennia
Some say that pigs can fly. The Flying Squad were police. Police are pigs. Therefore, pigs can fly. This dysfunctional form of argument is at the root of the riots
Euthanasia – survival at the end of life
The film “The Room Next Door” deservedly received the Golden Lion award at this year’s Venice Film Festival for its portrayal of the painful observation by one woman (Julianne Moore)
Nano-bio-ecology. Mighty mites to our rescue
Omnivorous bacteria are abundant throughout our environment either naturally, such as those inside us, or synthesized in laboratories to perform specific tasks. Scientists at Edinburgh University have now perfected a
Madeira 1440 to 1540: Slaves, sugar and rampant capitalism
This enchanted island of Carthaginian legend was rediscovered in 1419 by an exploratory expedition financed by Prince Henry (the navigator) and led by João Gonçalves Zarco. They found a landmass
King John III – Quakes, Schisms and Inquisitions
On January 26, 1531, an earthquake with epicentre underneath the Tagus valley to the south of Santarém caused the river and its estuary to fill with a rush of water
King John III and the Dark Messenger of Zion
David Reuveni claimed to be the brother of a king Joseph who ruled in Arabia a large community of Jews, said to number 300,000 In the year 1525, a diminutive
Portugalidade – Medieval Medicine
The early Islamic system could truly be seen as a forerunner of the modern Portuguese national health service (SNS). In year 711 CE, the Umayyad Caliphate directed an invasion
Caring for the unloved ones
In mid-June, the Ministry of Labour published its annual report titled ‘Carta Social’, which gave statistics for the year 2022 in respect of Social Security and Solidarity. Of the €1.8