Desperate graduate seeks job
A graduate has taken to walking the streets of London to find himself a job after becoming desperate in his search. A sandwich-board, worn by David Rowe who is 20,000
A sad loss
Dear editor, I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with Paul back in 1983. He was genuinely a wonderful person and I am sure that if his assailants were hungry
A tragic holiday
Dear Editor, Having read with great shock the news of Paul Houston’s murder in Alvor, and being a regular visitor over the past 12 years, I feel compelled to extend
Looking forward to all the good things
By JENNY GRAINER features@algarveresident.com Jenny Grainer arrived in the Algarve to live, work and raise a family in 1968. She is a freelance writer and her book ‘Portugal and the
Women cannot keep secrets
A new study has found that the average woman is unable to keep a secret for longer than 47 hours. Women will generally have a gossip about a new secret
Sunday roast turned into ice cream sundae
The traditional Sunday roast has been created as an ice cream sundae. The Sundae Lunch, designed by an award-winning Italian ‘mixologist’ Roberto Labrano, is made up of three courses of
Bad news for Portugal
Dear Editor, My thoughts and prayers go to the family of Paul Houston and I hope that the murderers are caught soon and dealt with in a manner befitting the
World’s tallest man
Sultan Kosen, a 26-year-old from Turkey, has been named by Guinness World Records as the world’s tallest man. Sultan, who measures 8ft 1inches, also has the largest hands measuring 10.8
Riding eggs, sleeper trains and hotels on the move
By PAUL MCKAY features@algarveresident.com Teacher, Paul McKay, left London to live a self-sufficient existence in the Monchique hills with his partner Martyn. He keeps an assortment of animals and grows
litter bugs
Dear Editor, We live north of Loulé and the countryside is beautiful. But the litter is terrible and is getting worse, or so it would seem. The other day we