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
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
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
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
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
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
Cancer treatment in Faro Hospital
Dear Editor, I recently beat cancer of the larynx and would like to express my thanks to the team of doctors in Faro Hospital who made this possible. I was
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
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
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