Tavira Mini Golf a roaring success
Three months after opening, Tavira Mini Golf staged its first championship with 18 players challenging for the title. A fun occasion for all the family resulted in septuagenarian Richard Revell
Walking Football up and running in Lagos
Nicholas Alvarez was delighted with the response to the inaugural session of Walking Football for the over 50s in the west Algarve. Despite it being the only wet day for
Galeria XXI holds ‘Africa’ exhibition
An exhibition entitled ‘Africa’ is opening at the Galeria XII in Portimão on Saturday (September 26), starting at 4pm. It will include paintings and exhibitions by a number of artists
Basking in Bahia – Paintings exhibition at Galeria Côrte-Real
It is 500 years since the first Europeans sailed west across the Atlantic and came across a sparkling bay fringed with white sand. They named the place Bahia, meaning bay.
Talking Heads still heard today
The alcoholic and Godless wife of a vicar, a curtain-twitching meddler who finds happiness in prison, the middle-aged bachelor who thinks his mother is being swept off her feet by
Catch up over a cuppa and raise funds for charity
Madrugada Association is preparing to host a number of charity coffee mornings on September 25, inspired by Macmillan Cancer Support which has cleverly encouraged the whole world to support their
Renowned pianist returns to Algarve for two concerts
Piers Lane, the renowned London-based Australian pianist, is returning to the Algarve for two concerts, on September 29 and October 1, at Os Agostos country estate near Santa Bárbara de
Fading faces of the Algarve
Fifty years ago families in the Algarve were almost entirely sustained by the land and sea. Today the few remaining famers and fishermen are featured in paintings created by Rodrigo
Frankenstein the Pantomime rehearsals
It will soon be pantomime time again (Oh yes it will) for the Algarveans theatre group who this year have chosen “Frankenstein the Pantomime’, written by David Swan. There are
Angels to benefit widower with infant twins
An English-spoken fundraising theatre show to benefit a young man from São Brás who has been left a widower with infant twins is taking place in October at the local

