London Calling
Wimbledon Some great sporting events and venues tend to become synonymous with the nearest local town – none more so, of course, than Wimbledon. The most famous tennis tournament in
There is a man on the Moon!
July 20 is National Moon Day, created in 2021 by the United Nations General Assembly not to celebrate what was probably the 20th century’s greatest achievement – man walking on
The painters’ painter
I was reading a very interesting article about the art collecting world. Galleries and collectors bidding at monopolistic auction houses on their own artworks. Auction houses offering loans so bidders
The Lithium Conundrum: The Covas do Barroso Project
The news that Savannah Resources Plc (SRP) has satisfied the requirements of the environmental regulator APA and thus passed to the final stage of concession for the Barroso project was
A delightful way to explore Europe
You say barging, we say houseboating It was 2003. I was newly divorced and desperately needed an adventure. I found an article my friend MB had sent me describing something
Exchange of driving license for a Portuguese one
Dear Editor, I read with interest Kristina Griffith’s tale of woe in trying to exchange her UK driving license. I was expecting something similar – I have a British friend
Is it just me? In the heat of the moment
The ‘lady’ in the flowery dress and high heels elbows her way past patiently waiting regular customers, well-schooled in post-pandemic distance-keeping, to the front of the counter of our local
Re: Solar ‘bullying’ tactics
Dear Editor, We have read with interest this headline article (June 22) by Natasha Donn on the refusal of the electricity supply company, Iberdrola, to respond to reasonable requests for
Re: Exchange of your driving licence for a Portuguese one. Beware!
Dear Editor, I sympathise with Georges Kiener’s plight on exchanging a driving licence. I eventually managed to exchange mine after a more than two-year process. This involved four separate applications
Azores round trip
This article is about Portuguese descendants, like myself, and non-Portuguese people that find a home away from home in Azores, Portugal. It speaks about how we grow up asking questions