Opinion

In 1492, the Sephardic population of Portugal was estimated at no more than 20,000 souls. Of these, many were descendants of the Hebrew tribes who had spread throughout the Mediterranean

Get the Schist, oh Burgo, and wow Beirão!  “He was born here in 1936, and knew my father,” Filomena says, about the man leaning from the ‘Juliet balcony’ of a

The Club for Algarvian Social Activities (CASA) recently held a “proper” tea at Vale de Milho in Carvoeiro. I was a bit nervous about attending. What exactly was a tea?

Where are YOU in your Portuguese journey and the dream life in Portugal many strive for, and growing numbers are lucky to be trying? You may be reading these words

One Saturday morning back in July, I woke up feeling just the same as I did every Saturday morning: badly hung over due to indulging in ‘just the one’ pint

Have you noticed how we, the female of the species, are made to carry a lot of unwanted baggage? From time immemorial, we have been tagged with labels that are

Where in Portugal might you ‘meet’ the likes of Agatha Christie, E. M. Forster, Emily Brontë, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Jane Austen and John Le Carré under one roof? 

A journalist and a diplomat walk into the Portuguese countryside, find a great view and decide to give up their jobs and build an eco-lodge. It sounds like some kind

Until recently we had never called an Uber, but needing an urgent ride, with guidance from my son who regularly gets Ubers all over Lisbon, we downloaded the app, created

I have just launched a new feature on the Good Morning Portugal! show – ‘Try Something Portuguese’ – hopefully an inspiring and educational service to my audience, though a somewhat