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
“Preparedness” – the key word for 2022
Over the New Year festive season, there have been a number of events that have influenced the subject for this month’s feature. These were: on New Year’s Eve (NYE), the
Happy New Year!
A New Year has arrived, and whilst we look to 2022 with optimism, once again we do not have the start to the year that many of us anticipated. Schools
The January 2022 Night Sky
Welcome to the January night sky. Also welcome to 2022. On Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope was successfully launched from French Guiana. This incredible and ambitious project, when
Covid-19 update: from bad to encouraging news
There is some really bad news, some sort-of bad news and some maybe encouraging news. Let’s start with the really bad and work our way through to the more encouraging
Safe Communities Portugal – 10 years of service to the foreign community
In the first of this two-part feature published on December 19, I covered the forming of Safe Communities Portugal (SCP) and the initial challenges we faced. Following the rural fires
It’s Christmas! Feliz Natal!
It is that festive time of the year again and, once more, it appears that restrictions will impose how and – indeed for many – where we will celebrate the
Dom Dinis (1261-1279-1325)
D Dinis is also called the Farmer King (Rei Lavrador) or Poet King (Rei Poeta). The sixth king of Portugal, he was the elder son of D Afonso III of
What is ‘woke’?
When it comes to the 21st century and the ever-evolving world that we are all part of, very few terms and ideologies in recent years have caused such political, educational,
10 years since the forming of Portugal’s first crime prevention association assisting the foreign community
The early years – Part 1 It doesn’t seem like it was 10 years ago that I formed Safe Communities Algarve as it was then. Some of you have followed