Chomping hot dog champion
Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut scoffed 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes in front of a crowd of nearly 40, 000 people at the annual Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating
The man with the child in his eyes
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
Turning the tide on beach crime
By David Thomas features@algarveresident.com
Please, keep those buttons away!
A student with a phobia of buttons is having counselling after years of wearing clothing with only zips. Hannah Matthews, 21, panics when faced with the fastenings and runs away
An amazing spectacle
Google unveiled on June 27 its latest invention – a pair of high-tech glasses which can video everything you see. The computer giant introduced the device at a launch event
Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences
Inmates in four federal prisons holding some of Brazil’s most notorious criminals will be able to read up to 12 works of literature, philosophy, science or classics to trim a
Tax advantages of investment bonds
By Paul Beckwith features@algarveresident.com Paul Beckwith is an International Financial Advisor working with Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited In line with other countries in Europe facing significant fiscal deficits after
Prevention is the key
By Sandra Genest-Boudreau and Christophe O. Alves features@algarveresident.com Sandra Genest-Boudreau is French-Canadian, who graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1990 before coming to the Algarve in 2002. She
Don’t look down!
A daredevil acrobat has become the first man to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Nik Wallenda, 33, carefully edged his way along the 1,800ft high wire, through the
Schoolgirl sleeps for months
The condition, also known as Sleeping Beauty syndrome, is so rare there are only around 1,000 sufferers in the world. Yet Stacey Comerford, 15, of Telford, UK, is not the