Nazi fashion
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com POPULAR CLOTHING store, Zara, recalled a line of handbags after a customer in the UK complained that a swastika had been stitched on one corner. The
Rental potential by design
By: TERESA AZEVEDO COUTINHO features@algarveresident.com MORE AND more of my clients are buying overseas investment property to rent it out. The main objective in the luxury rental market is to
Summer onslaught of insects
By: MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com I WILL remember 2007 for many reasons, one of which is an onslaught by thousands of ants. Day in and day out, like the veins on
Violent teacher awarded
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A TEACHER in Japan who threw a chair at his students was awarded the title of Super Teacher by the local education board, even after being
I’m embarrassed to talk about sex
By DR MICHAEL LOWRY features@algarveresident.com Dr Michael Lowry is an experienced parent and educator, who regularly visits his Algarve home in Tavira. His work over many years in universities has
Wine etiquette
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
Baby names
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com A UK survey has revealed that British parents spend 30 million hours a year picking the names of their newborn children. The survey by Abbey Banking
Blind man’s hole in one
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A BLIND elderly man in the US has achieved a dream of a lifetime by sinking a hole in one at a golf course in Florida.
Code of conduct
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com ACCORDING TO a new code of conduct that came into force this month, Serbia’s civil servants must get over their grumpiness, answer queries with a smile
From takeaways to takeovers
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