Dog travel

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com TWO MONTHS after a pet poodle went missing in Sydney, Australia, it was found more than 3,000km away in Darwin. He had disappeared when his owner

August 9, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn

Examine your life

By: MARGARET BROWN A COUPLE of weeks ago the Sunday Express tabloid newspaper carried headlines stating that the parents of the missing toddler Madeleine McCann were under investigation for child

Sweet tooth

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A SQUIRREL in Finland has been stealing Kinder eggs twice a day from a grocer shop. The manager said she did not want to catch it

August 9, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn

Mobile light

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com DURING A blackout in Argentina, the light from mobile phone screens allowed surgeons to complete an appendectomy. The back-up generator failed to work after the power

August 1, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn

Pool thieves

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A COUPLE in New York were baffled when they woke up to find that their swimming pool was missing from their back garden. They were surprised

August 1, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn

The Road

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is in paperback at 12.50 euros. This is a searing, post-apocalyptic novel that has established itself as a modern masterpiece. A father and his son

August 1, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn ,