Try a new wine!
By: MAURICE LEE features@algarveresident.com Maurice Lee has lived in the Algarve for five years but has been visiting for 20 years. He is a retired Cellar Master and is part
A flood of country life
By: MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com A STATE OF mild anarchy seems to be driving the local hunters as they lurk in the scrubland waiting for something warm blooded to come within
An unwelcome visitor
By: MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com THE THERMOMETER had remained at 27°C despite longer nights and when I mentioned to a friend “enough is enough, roll on winter”, being somewhat exhausted by
Break through
FOR THE first time ever, doctors have successfully used gene therapy to treat children with a rare disease of the nervous system. The European Association for Leukodystrophy (ELA) said the
Monkey mischief
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A MAN who smuggled a marmoset monkey on to a flight from Peru to the US under his hat was questioned by police on arrival at
Navigating the Algarve
By: MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com HAVING READ that the Algarve is suffering a ‘weak drought’, I wondered for how long the region must continue without rain for the drought to become
Popular thefts
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A GERMAN book fair has discovered an ingenious indicator of public interest in books by gauging which are most stolen. These books usually end up on
Putting Eggs in one basket
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
Restoration is back in vogue
By: TERESA AZEVEDO COUTINHO features@algarveresident.com THE VOGUE for buying brand new homes abroad is being rivalled by the returning trend to buy a wreck to restore. The demand for dereliction
Skin’s best friend
features@algarveresident.com Sun worshippers can breathe a sigh of relief with the launch of a new product which soothes and minimises damage by the sun’s harmful rays. Bepanthen Lotion is advised