The mediaeval roots of spirituality in Iberian Music
“Now three marvellous religions come out to welcome me, The Christians with their crosses; the Moors with their Moorish garb And the Jews with their vihuelas that make the city
The Portuguese Knights Templar – Logistics
Before Gualdim Pais could lead his small band of Portuguese warriors to participate as Templar Knights in the second crusade, considerable preparations were necessary to provide finance and to decide
Gaza, Zion and the Knights Templar
Fresh from victories over the Muslim Moors at Santarém and Lisbon, Gualdim Pais – the brilliant young military strategist of King Afonso Henriques – decided in year 1152 to embark
Environmental concerns at the new Lisbon airport
“The logistics of both air travel and cargo movements will continue to attract bitter criticism from environmentalists” In the years before the Covid-19 epidemic, the global movement of goods was
Property Blues – a poem by Roberto Cavaleiro
My house is as odd as my head No windows to see the within from the without Doorways to mysteries beyond the imagination Sloping roofs for snow that never comes
The Portuguese Polyphony – an introduction to the allure of Fado
In 2011, UNESCO declared the musical genre as being an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Scene 1: Mid-20th century Lisbon, city of intrigue and espionage. A candle-lit, smoke-filled cellar bar
The Portuguese Polyphony – The Bagpipes – A Gaita de Foles
The skirl of the pipes and the whirl of the kilt have been part of the traditional music and dance in the highlands of Northern Portugal since the 12th century.
Smartphonitis – profit above responsibility
Can we hope that the governance will take action to reduce accessibility by minors to harmful sites? COMMENT || A correlation may be deduced between the modern use of smartphones
The Portuguese Polyphony – The Chants of the Templar Knights
The Order of the Knights Templar was founded in 1128 by nine nobles who were granted the use of the redundant temple of Solomon in Jerusalem as a headquarters from
The grave offence of Artificial Resurrection
At the recent annual general meeting of SenseTime, one of the foremost AI companies in China, the CEO and founder Tang Xiao’ou gave a full account of the difficulties encountered