The Lizard Cage
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly This book concerns political prisoners in Burma. Teza once electrified the people of Burma with his protest songs against
Law Abiding Citizen
Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a brilliant planner and inventor living in Philadelphia, and one night two robbers attack his home and brutally kill his wife and daughter. The killers
Madeira IS open for business
By Sheila Watts features@algarveresident.com Sheila Watts is author of the popular language books Practical Portuguese and Progress with Portuguese. Having been a language teacher in the UK, Sheila and her
Quality wine produced in Leiria prison
By: MAURICE LEE Cellar Master features@algarveresident.com LEIRIA PRISON inmates want to produce quality wine and sell it nationally as a branded product. The wine-making project is part of an ambitious
EU to crack down on motoring offences
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s Transport Committee has voted in favour of a draft directive that will see drivers who commit offences while in other countries, caught and
Tiguan’s EU success
features@algarveresident.com VOLKSWAGEN’S TIGUAN has taken over the Toyota RAV4 as the best selling SUV (sport utility vehicle) in Europe. With 34,179 vehicles sold between January and the end of May,
Lush lashes
features@algarveresident.com GUERLAIN’S mascara, Le2 de Guerlain Mascara, promises the ‘dream formula’ of volume, length, curve and definition. The new concept features one tube with two brushes. The first fills the
Look a real Christmas cracker!
By SHIRLEY EMILIO features@algarveresident.com Festive displays and beauty gift sets are everywhere and flick through any of the Christmas glossy editions and everything looks shinier and sparklier, even a pair
The bubbly side of life
By: MAURICE LEE features@algarveresident.com Maurice P Lee has lived in the Algarve for five years and has been visiting the region for 20 years. He is a retired Cellar Master
The importance of being oak
By: MAURICE LEE Cellar Master features@algarveresident.com IT WAS not my intention to write on oak this month. However, I received a few emails regarding my article on “Misleading notes that