Airport edition
The Griffin Bookshop now offers the ‘Airport edition’ paperback versions of many of your favourite authors’ latest books – you don’t have to wait nine months for the small paperback;
Crazy squirrel
By: Chris Middleton A VIOLENT squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town. The squirrel, thought to be ill, ran into a house and attacked a 70-year-old woman
Hope and perseverance
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com Whether one suffers physical or emotional pain, perseverance is not an option because life must go on. As for character, the longer life lasts the more
Get your winter collies started!
By: PAUL MCKAY mckay@portugalresident.com Bizarre as it may seem, the organised home-grower already needs to be thinking about early winter vegetables. The recent cloudy skies and chilly nights could lead
The Blair legacy
By: MIKE JOHNSON johnson@portugalresident.com I BELIEVE that Tony Blair is the only British Prime Minister to not only announce his intention to resign two years in advance, but to fix
Keeping the faith abroad
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com BEING ON holiday offers a change of scenery, a different perspective on life and a shock to the system, which can be quite tiring at times.
Good cop, bad cop
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AROUND 15 police officers in the American City of Annapolis stormed into an apartment with flash grenades where a couple were cooking their dinner, kicked the
Innovation in inebriation
By: Natasha Smith nastasha@portugalresident.com A NEW powdered form of alcohol called Booz2go has been invented by five students at Helicon Vocational Institute near Amsterdam. The powder is available in 20g
Ride of a lifetime
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in a wheelchair has been taken on a high-speed ride after being caught on the front bumper of a lorry without the driver realising.
Standing the test of time
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A WORLD War I veteran’s watch, lost nearly a century ago, has stood the test of time. William B. Gill lost his watch in France, where