Letter from Cascais – July 2020
Beautiful Cascais in the summer of 2020 – great weather but virtually no tourists, some visitors from Lisbon, a few cars with Spanish licence plates, English, French, German voices belonging
Response to the terrible and disgusting tragedy in Santo Tirso
Response from Animal Rescue Algarve (ARA) Dear Editor, Portugal actually has some good animal welfare laws but few are implemented or far less adhered to sadly, case in point the
UK airbridge
Dear Editor, I refer to Natasha Donn’s article on July 10 regarding the above (or should I say, lack of). I too would like to add my name to the
Plea for the Algarve to be added the UK travel corridor immediately
Dear Editor, Please find below an email I have sent to the President (of Portugal) today: Dear President, I hope you are well. I have just sent a message to
Re: Letter to the Editor dated July 9, 2020 – “Welcome to the UK … not!”
Dear Editor, I read with great interest the comments made in the above letter by Tom and Gill Blades regarding their experiences on their return to the UK on July
Spiritual but not religious
Our monthly feature seeks to offer open-minded, clarifying, and meaningful responses to readers’ questions about spirituality. Send your questions to The Resident. Q: Last month you addressed a question about
Welcome to the UK…not!
Dear Editor, My wife and I returned (reluctantly!) to the UK after spending the last four months at our house in Portugal where we have watched, with dismay, the chaotic
Covid-19 travelling rules – Portugal/UK
Much has been written over the past days about the measures that apply to those who wish to travel from UK to Portugal and vice versa, some of which have
Brave new world
“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the
London Calling
Ready, steady, go! It is difficult to over-emphasise how important the UK capital is to the national and world economy. Latest figures show that London alone generates nearly a quarter