Through the looking glass
Exploring the process of stained glass art with Liza Walker Tucked away in the tiny village of Almádena, in Lagos, on a lush plot of land, there lives three dogs,
Carnival
Carnival day is February 25. The date varies each year because Carnival is always the day before Lent starts and, therefore, 47 days before Easter, which also varies each year,
West Algarve developments
Dear Editor, As a person who loves Portugal and its traditional villages, it is quite disturbing to see the land, even national park land, be ripped up for developments that
365 Algarve programme
Dear Editor, I have just been reading your newspaper article on the above. We have recently retired and have come to Portugal from England in our motorhome for an extended
You don’t have to leave the Algarve to go on vacation
If you are a resident reading the Algarve Resident, then you’re well aware of the fact that we live in one of the most desirable vacation destinations in the whole
Kirk Douglas
Dear Editor, Kirk Douglas passed away at the age of 103. He was a great actor with a great personality and great character. I had the opportunity to spend time
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues – The Queen of Fado
The Portugal of the Estado Novo – the dictatorship of Dr António de Oliveira Salazar – was promoted by the regime as famous for the three F’s: Football, Fátima and
A revelation after retaking my driving test at 53 years of age
Dear Editor, I have been driving since the age of 18 and have driven millions of kilometres in countries all around the world. Over 30 years ago, I changed by
Sculptur Sören Ernst: finding the shape of things
Formed over millennia, pushed from the bowels of the earth, granite’s “very hard to work, slightly radioactive, poisonous”. Yet, with his father’s coal chisel and hammer in hand, sculptor Sören
Good as new
After celebrating its reopening last summer, the São Lourenço Cultural Centre already has so much in store On July 29 of last year, the São Lourenço Cultural Centre, in Almancil,