Listen to your body
By TANJA RAI features@algarveresident.com Tanja Rai qualified as a physiotherapist in Germany. She has specialised in orthopaedic rehabilitation and sports injuries and has been living and practising in the Algarve
Five Minutes of Heaven
During a civil war in Northern Ireland in 1975, Joe Griffin is a witness to the killing of his older brother James by UVF member Alistair Little. 25 years later
Igor
Malaria used to be a thriving farming village but a change in climate has made the crops die and the farmers poor. The town’s economy now thrives on evil inventions
‘Swine flu is no cause for alarm’
By ELOÏSE WALTON eloise.walton@algarveresident.com Influenza A, or swine flu, is not a cause for alarm and should be treated like any other form of flu, according to a medical expert
The Haunting in Connecticut
The Campbell family have to relocate to upstate Connecticut to enable their cancer stricken teenage son to be treated at a nearby clinic. The family are thrilled with their new
The Boat that Rocked
It’s the swinging sixties and Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock, a pirate radio station broadcast from a boat in the North Sea. After being expelled from school, Quentin’s
Exploring Spain’s ancient cultural heritage in Extremadura
By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@algarveresident.com ‘Travel’ is written by freelance journalist and photographer, Chris Graeme, who lives in Lisbon and enjoys subjects such as world economics and politics. Just across the
Swine flu spreading fast
By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@algarveresident.com Twenty students from the Lisbon private college Salesianos have been diagnosed with H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) in Oxford, UK. The outbreak among the group of children
The beauty of the north
By PAULO SILVESTRE features@algarveresident.com In this travel feature, Paulo Silvestre takes readers on a guided tour of the best places to visit in Portugal. Paulo provides inside information and useful
The Young Victoria
It is a year before Queen Victoria’s coronation and she is still at the mercy of her mother, the Duchess of Kent, and her scheming advisor Sir John Conroy. Lord