Countdown begins for Olhão’s seafood festival
Seafood lovers have started counting the days until the start of Olhão’s ‘Festival do Marisco’, the town’s biggest and most popular gastronomic event. Beginning on Tuesday, August 9, the six-day
Seafood extravaganza at Faro’s ‘Festa da Ria Formosa’
Faro’s Largo de São Francisco is the setting for the ‘Festa da Ria Formosa’, where visitors will be able to try the “best fresh seafood the Ria has to offer”
Jamaican Jerk BBQ chicken
To be honest, I had never tasted Jerk Chicken until a few weeks ago when I was staying with my daughter in South East London and they took me to
Ice Age: Collision Course
July 21, 2016 Director: Galen T. Chu, Mike Thurmeier; Starring: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo; Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy; Age: +6; Time: 94min Scrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive
Ghostbusters
July 21, 2016 Director: Paul Feig; Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth; Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi; Age: +12; Time: 116min Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited
Ageing Alvarinho
When thinking of bottle-aged whites, the first wine to jump to mind would of course be good Riesling or a top shelf white Burgundy perhaps. But here in Portugal most
Diabetes and physical activity
The importance of correct monitoring. Regardless of the type of diabetic disease, practising regular physical activity is important in maintaining a healthy life. Some of the benefits include increased self-esteem,
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Director: Matt Brown; Starring: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair; Genre: Biography, Drama; Age: +12; Time: 108min Srinivasa Ramanujan is a 25-year-old shipping clerk and self-taught genius, who failed out
Our Kind of Traitor
July 14, 2016 Director: Susanna White; Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis; Genre: Thriller; Age: +12; Time: 108min While on holiday in Marrakech, an ordinary English couple,
Learn how to make octopus confit
A demonstration on how to make “octopus confit on a bed of sweet potato and red pepper coulis” will be held at Tavira’s municipal museum this Saturday (July 16) from

