Water, a most precious commodity

by Sophie Daud features@algarveresident.com Algarve resident Sophie Daud, 19, has embarked on an adventure to Kenya in Africa. She has joined 15 other volunteers in a project supported by the

September 9, 2010by shareitIn

Keeping in touch

By BARRIE MAHONEY features@algarveresident.com Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, headteacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands as

September 9, 2010by shareitIn

There’s no time like the present

By JUNE LOVER features@algarveresident.com After 35 years in the TV and film industry, June Lover retired to the Algarve in 2006.  Having owned a holiday property here for 12 years she

September 9, 2010by shareitIn

Handbag stolen from car

Dear Editor, My handbag was taken from the passenger seat of my Jeep, seconds after I had parked outside my house in a sleepy village near Boliqueime, when I was

September 9, 2010by shareitIn

Old people entertained by negative stories

Older people like reading negative news stories about their younger counterparts because it boosts their own self-esteem, according to a study. German researchers said older people tend to be portrayed

September 9, 2010by shareitIn

The deer that likes beer

A Chinese deer has developed a penchant for lager at a resort in Weihai, in northern China’s Shandong province. According to Zhang Xiangxi, who works as a waitress at the

September 9, 2010by shareitIn

Sean Connery

Dear Editor Sir Sean Connery, who has played many rounds of golf in the Algarve, celebrated his 80th birthday last week. As I raised a dram of whisky to toast

September 2, 2010by shareitIn

Too self-important for their own good

by Mike Johnson features@algarveresident.com Mike Johnson is a freelance journalist who worked in the Algarve for more than 20 years. He now lives in Plymouth in the UK and comments

September 2, 2010by shareitIn

Bill Godley fraud sentence

Dear Editor,  Thank you very much for printing the above article, which re-opened old wounds as I, too, have been a victim of just such a scheme, although the capital

September 2, 2010by shareitIn