The Knights Templar
When I was younger, I watched a lot of films with my family and one of our favourites was ‘National Treasure’, a film about an historian called Benjamin Franklin Gates
The 1922 crossing of the Atlantic
This year marks the centenary of the crossing of the South Atlantic by two Portuguese airmen. The years following the World War had seen efforts by many airmen to complete
The Barcelos Cockerel
Some people like reading about world events, some people like reading scientific papers and some people like reading travel articles. However, if you like reading answers to random thoughts you
The River Airport in Lisbon
This year marks the centenary of the first flight from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, and it is appropriate also to remember the crucial part played by Portugal in the
Captain Fernando Salgueiro Maia, the Hero of the Carnation Revolution
A recent newspaper report suggests that if the Carnation Revolution had been a revolution in America, or perhaps in any other Western country, the world would already be full of
The English Factory at Lisbon
In our last article, we discussed the pre-eminence of the English Factory at Lisbon. The Factory was not a manufactory, but an association of merchants or factors in a foreign
D João V, The Magnificent (1689-1706-1750)
After our last article on the Methuen Treaties, it seemed appropriate to consider the next half century, and to judge what effect these treaties exercised on the kingdom of Portugal.
The Oldest Alliance
The Times on February 19 this year published a leader anticipating in March the 650th anniversary of the Treaty of Tagilde between England and Portugal as the origin of the
The Methuen Treaties
The Methuen Commercial Treaty agreed between Portugal and England at the end of 1703 is often singled out as a cause of Portugal’s structural backwardness, but matters are not so
The British Cemetery in Lisbon
(O Cemitério Britânico) Since the 1300s, there had always been English merchants living in Portugal, and many of them lived in Lisbon, while there were also significant communities at other