No nude mountaineering, please!
Sponsored by: PDM TRAVEL features@algarveresident.com Since Mount Everest was first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, thousands of people have scaled the mountain.
Shampoo serial killer
A Danish television journalist was acquitted by a Copenhagen appeals court on Friday of killing 12 guppy fish by pouring shampoo into an aquarium. Lisbeth Koelster, a television presenter on
What women really want
by Mike Johnson features@algarveresident.com Mike Johnson is a freelance journalist who worked in the Algarve for more than 20 years. He now lives in Plymouth in the UK and comments
Three little words that mean so much
By JUNE LOVER features@algarveresident.com After 35 years in the TV and film industry, June Lover retired to the Algarve in 2006. Having owned a holiday property here for 12 years she
A lion’s life
A South African woman was so moved by the plight of the local white lion population that she has decided to live with two of them for a fortnight. Jenny
Oldest dad in UK
Gerry Burks, 75, who has had a new son with his wife Dawn, 41, credited his love of bananas for his virility. The couple, from Louth in Lincs, UK, also
Madeira IS open for business
By Sheila Watts features@algarveresident.com Sheila Watts is author of the popular language books Practical Portuguese and Progress with Portuguese. Having been a language teacher in the UK, Sheila and her
A refreshing change
By MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. There is nothing like
Age-defying skin range
features@algarveresident.com Skin suffering from wrinkles, slackening, weakening, dullness and lack of vitality needs an ultra-effective age-defying product. In keeping with its age-defying skincare philosophy, Givenchy offers a treatment programme that
Beetroot – the new superfood
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