Boy escapes car before it plunges off cliff
An Australian boy escaped with just cuts and bruises after jumping from the family car moments before it plunged off a cliff. The seven-year-old boy jumped out of the window
UK taxman to keep eye on non-residents
By BILL BLEVINS features@algarveresident.com Bill Blevins is the Managing Director of Blevins Franks. He has specialised in expatriate investment and tax planning for over 35 years. He has written books
Top chefs cook haute cuisine in Paris subway
Three top French chefs cooked up a treat for commuters in the Paris underground in a bid to prove haute cuisine can be cheap and simple. Eric Frechon, a three-star
Rain dancing in the Alentejo
By JOHN OLIVER & JEANETTE ELLIOT features@algarveresident.com
Last Supper made up of Rubik’s cubes
Five artists in Toronto have recreated Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper using 4,050 Rubik’s cubes. The five members of the Cube Works art group spent two months making the
Amazing grace
By SKIP BANDELE features@algarveresident.com Skip Bandele moved to the Algarve 10 years ago and has been with the Algarve Resident since 2003. His writing reflects views and opinions formed while
Right place, wrong taxes
By DAVID FRANKS features@algarveresident.com David Franks is an accomplished and experienced practitioner in both UK and overseas taxation. He lectures widely on taxation issues, in particular in relation to investment
Pupils wear goggles to play conkers
Pupils at a primary school in Manchester have been ordered to wear safety goggles to play conkers in the playground. Staff at Adlington Primary School handed out protective glasses in
Woman swallows 78 items of cutlery
When Margaret Daalman went to hospital complaining of stomach pain, it took one look at an x-ray to explain the “aches”. Surgeons were shocked to discover 78 pieces of cutlery