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By Paul Beckwith features@algarveresident.com Paul Beckwith is an International Financial Advisor working with Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited Over the past decades, successive UK governments have made the subject of

By Nigel Wright features@algarveresident.com Nigel Wright, and his wife Sue, moved to Portugal seven years ago and live in the countryside near Paderne with their three dogs. They lived and

By Margaret Brown features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. Having sailed with, or

A man sea-fishing from a kayak was left wishing he had a bigger boat when he was dragged for half a mile after hooking a 1.8 metre shark. Rupert Kirkwood,

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

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

Male koalas in Australia bellow so loudly during the mating season because their voice boxes are akin to those found in humans, scientists have discovered. Despite the tree-dwelling mammal having

Frank and Louie is the world’s oldest two-faced cat, which is not to say he is deceitful or insincere. Rather, the fluffy, grey feline with two mouths, two noses and

Hertfordshire Police have released the audio of a male 999 caller reporting a bright UFO “coming towards him” in his back garden, only to ring back minutes later to declare

By David Thomas features@algarveresident.com David Thomas is a former Assistant Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police, consultant to INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. He has