Film Review – KING KONG
Monkey business on a GM scale BY CHOOSING to remake King Kong, Peter Jackson set himself a task higher than the Empire State Building, but, in doing so, was able
Travel fair offered new holiday trends
More than 500 organisations from Portuguese and foreign tourism sectors were represented at the 17th annual Lisbon Travel Market (BTL), held recently at the FIL exhibition centre. This year’s BTL marked
New Year… new start… new health?
Part 1 I am very happy that a change of circumstances has made it possible for me to be back writing the ‘Resident Prescription’. So here we are, together again,
Review – Little Black Book
Little Black Book is not a major departure from the rom-com norm, however, it certainly doesn’t end up where the sugary genre convention says it should. It uses the 007
Recipe – Food & Drink – Lamb
Ingredients: 1.6-1.8kg/3.5-4lb. leg of lamb 2 garlic cloves 1 tsp. rosemary leaves, crushed juice of half a lemon 50g/2oz softened butter salt and freshly ground black pepper Serves 6 –
The national health service in Portugal and you
What is the difference between a Medical Card (Credencial) and a Cartão do Utente, and who can have which? Medical Card (Credencial) A Medical Card is peculiar to British
Flying prawns land in Lagos
‘How would you like your locusts, madam? Roasted with chestnuts on an open fire in the traditional Christmas way, or perhaps cooked al dente and served with a little garlic
Watch out – there’s a thief about
Not only is the area in which we live sprouting mobile homes and looking more like Goonhilly Down every week, there is now the unrelated threat of being robbed. Friends
Never give up hope!
By Bridget Hicks For 10 years, Bobby had belonged to a Portuguese family, but he was totally independent and a real character, known to locals and tourists alike. His owners
Paying it forward
I saw a movie called Pay it Forward the other evening. It is not a new movie and it was probably not a huge box-office hit – there was no