Loulé Câmara improves roads
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com LOULÉ CÂMARA has put a project out to public tender for the renovation of several stretches of road in the council, representing an estimated total investment
Lovely long legs
features@algarveresident.com A STUDY in Poland has concluded that people with slightly longer legs are more attractive to the opposite sex. The research shows that both men and woman preferred a
Going for glamour
By SUZY TURNER features@algarveresident.com Suzy Turner has lived in Portugal for 22 years and works as a freelance writer. As well as putting pen to paper for the Algarve Resident’s
Fashion crunch
By LIZ GRIFFITHS features@algarveresident.com Liz Griffiths, 22, is a freelance journalist currently based in England. She has previously worked in the Algarve and hopes to return soon. Her main passions
No imitations, please!
By: MAURICE LEE Cellar Master features@algarveresident.com Recently I passed a pub in Luz, and asked myself, why? The doors were open, I was very hot and thirsty, and felt I
Electric car will have little positive impact on the country
features@algarveresident.com By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE PRODUCTION of an electric car in Portugal will have little or no beneficial impact for the Portuguese economy, say critics. Much trumpeted recent negotiations
How Cool Stuff Works
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com We use all kinds of incredible technology every day but how does it really work? For the curious of ALL ages (from age 10+) How Cool
Miracles of Life
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com MIRACLES OF Life by JG Ballard is out in hardcover at 22.50 euros. Beginning with his early childhood in pre-war Shanghai, Ballard charts the course
THE CAIRO DIARY by Maxim Chattam
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com THE CAIRO DIARY by Maxim Chattam is out in paperback at 9.80 euros. British-occupied Cairo, 1928: several young children have been found dead and mutilated
The Intruders
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com The Intruders by Michael Marshall is out in paperback at 10.50 euros. This is a stunning new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The