Climate change and cuckoos
By: Margaret Brown margaret.brown@portugalresident.com THREE YEARS ago, we had to evacuate our home during the terrible fires that swept through the Algarve. Flames towered above the boundary wall, drowning out
UK hotels – standard ratings introduced
Sponsored by PDM Travel travel.pdm@portugalresident.com After years of baffling travellers with various symbols and criteria, UK accommodation ratings are getting simpler. This year, newly released guidebooks will be switching over
Euro ties creaking at the joints
By: David Johnson
International headlines
THE ANTICS of contestants in the UK version of Endemol TV reality show, Celebrity Big Brother have been making headlines worldwide for all the wrong reasons. Caused by a series
Cheap flights to Asia
Low-cost, long-haul flights to Asia, are to be launched this summer by a new airline, AirAsia X. Fares from Britain are expected to be priced at around 100 pounds sterling
Man and the environment
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret.brown@portugalresident.com ONCE AGAIN Christmas and New Year festivities are over, to be remembered and savoured when the going gets tough. A most happy celebration of family: of
Warning – 2007 hottest ever
If you love basking in the sun then you’re in for a treat this year as 2007 is predicted to be the world’s hottest on record, according to weather experts.
Happiness in a scary world
By: MIKE JOHNSON mike.johnson@portugalresident.com I DON’T know about you, but the news that Israel is seriously considering – and even planning – a nuclear attack on Iran, frightens the life
Skip the toilet and save the planet
By: Sarah Howe Email: travel.pdm@portugalresident.com FORGIVE THE pun, but could it be the first flush of environmental awareness in China? One of the country’s leading airlines has begun encouraging passengers
The challenge of making your home toddler proof
BY: Liz Ryan of Homes in Heaven Email: liz.ryan@portugalresident.com BEING THE proud and weary mother of a 15-month-old boy (and a mum who is trying to run a business), I