Mysterious Morocco
• The Moroccan mint tea is a drink you will want to continue having back home BACKED BY the snowcapped High Atlas Mountains, one last great barrier before the sub-Sahara,
A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine
THE KING of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar (604-562 BC), was probably the first person to have a wine list, which incidentally is still in existence. Over the years, I compiled many wine
Arthritis – reviewing the remedies
ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS have been trying for centuries to rid themselves of their agonising pain. They have consumed gin soaked raisins, guzzled raw potato juice, tolerated venom of snakes, endured bee
George is on top of the world!
Last year George Davies was rubbing whisky into his swollen ankle joints to try and kill the pain of arthritis. Today the retired carpenter and joiner is celebrating his good
Putting life into perspective
ONE OF the good things that have come out of this long, hot summer is the flood of pineapples in the shops. From mid June until today, our refrigerator has
A touch of sun
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has now closed for the summer break and most sensible people have been spending their holiday trying to soak up the sun. But when MEPs return, sunlight
Fly without fear
THE OLD phrase goes – feel the fear, then do it anyway – but some people are so scared of flying that they miss out on experiencing the wonders of
Weathering the global currency turmoil
AS I write this under a cloudy sky in London – a city nervous due to a nagging terrorism threat – you are reading this in Portugal and Southern Europe
ROMANIA
Flooding wreaks havoc At least 16 people have died in severe storms and flooding which have hit Romania in the past week, the Interior Ministry has said. The latest victim
Get set for Halloween
PUMPKINS AND squash go hand in hand with the Algarve sunshine. They need a little tender care in the early days, lots of water if the weather is hot and