VE Day 60 years on
ST GEORGE’S Church in the heart of Lisbon, set amidst the many gravestones of those who gave their all in the Second World War, was a sombre setting last Sunday.
What’s the Big deal
ONE PLAYER not on the move is England’s goalkeeper Paul Robinson. The 25-year-old ended weeks of speculation by signing a new seven year contract at Tottenham, which will tie him
Dear Editor
It is not often that I choose to share my personal views with others, unless specifically asked to do so, but the recent literary exchanges between some of your readers
Heavenly honeymoons
AT PDM we’re happy to help our clients with all kinds of travel arrangements – but one of our favourite jobs is helping to arrange a honeymoon. Here is our
Invasion of privacy
I have had a bar next door to the cultural centre in Lagos (Rua Lançarote de Freitas, Nº 15) since November 2004. However, I feel that I am being harassed
Misinformation
I am writing to you concerning the article you printed in your last issue about the misprint for the lunch held on June 25 at the beach for The Hope
Parties and politics
SUMMER TIME is a time for parties, and parties are for celebrations. I recently had the pleasure of going to a couple of parties which celebrated very special occasions. The
Portuguese dinosaurs give clue to formation of Atlantic
DURING A second phase of excavations at the village of Andrés, near Pombal (central Portugal), palaeontologists have unearthed more dinosaur bones believed to have belonged to the fearsome carnivore “Allosaurus”,
Real gardeners go with the flow
By JEAN CLAUDE DEFRANCE GIVEN THE likely shortage of water this summer, I take no pleasure in repeating what I have said for years now; that we should not be
Speechless
I was going to suggest that you start an ‘Oddities Corner’, but I suppose it would fill the whole paper! However, even though I am accustomed to life’s oddities, the