Care in the community
I owe a great degree of personal gratitude to a group of healthcare professionals who stepped in and gave my wife the care and attention she craved when at her
Electricity readings
Ask Afpop In this new monthly column, afpop, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, aims to answer some of the most frequently-asked questions by members. Q: My electricity readings still appear
London Calling
All along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix famously died at his hotel in Notting Hill, London, in September 1970 and now another building associated with the most influential guitarist of the
False ‘bombeiros’ – please warn tourists!
Dear Editor, I was a bit shocked when I was flagged down in my hire car just outside the hotel I was staying in. There were around 10 people dressed
Dogs in restaurants
Dear Editor, It is all very well for ‘Pat the Expat’ to wax lyrical about his dog (Algarve Resident, May 24 edition), but not all dogs are well behaved, especially
More of your thoughts on growing older
This is the sixth and last in our series of articles exploring how people in the near, at or over 80 age group think and feel about getting older. The
Complaints Book
Ask Afpop In this new monthly column, afpop, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, aims to answer some of the most frequently-asked questions by members. Question: Is there a time limit
London Calling
Singing in the rain London’s famous theatreland bumps into the shopping delights of the West End where Shaftesbury Avenue meets Oxford Street and near this corner is one of the
Houseguests, or how many more days do we have before they leave?
March was a difficult month to host visitors. Instead of an early spring with plenty of flowers blooming along sunny roadsides on the way to breezy beach cliffs, it rained
Even more of your thoughts on growing older
This is the fifth in our series of articles exploring how people in the near, at or over 80 age group think and feel about getting older and being old.