Sunshine Superman
As the church bell high above my beloved Alvor – relocated to the village’s summit to provide refuge in case of a repeat of the 1755 tsunami – chimes eight
Last man standing
By Skip Bandele To the legions of football fans glued to their television screens everywhere in the world but Manchester itself, the sprawling city in the north west of England
Fifty shades of blue
By Skip Bandele Before I ‘unwrap’ this month’s topic, here’s a brief epitaph to my last “Sauerkraut, cod and Brussel sprouts” xenophobic, anti-Merkel rant in January: Although a comic novel
Teenage molesters
By Jenny Grainer When the whole Jimmy Savile exposé hit the newspaper, headlines and our television screens were full of his image – I’m sure I was not the only
Sauerkraut, Cod and Brussel Sprouts
By Skip Bandele Welcome to the 13th year of the 21st century. December passed pretty much without any major upheavals; the so-called end of the world contained within prophecies related
Life is never boring
I wrote a book about my life in Portugal and in the forward are two lines ‘I can’t complain that my life has ever been boring. I don’t ask for
Idle hands are the devil’s tools
By Skip Bandele The habitual summer madness is gradually abating as the first rains for almost four months herald the arrival of autumn in the Algarve. A collective sigh of
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
Carnival as usual
By Jenny Grainer features@algarveresident.com Jenny Grainer arrived in the Algarve to live, work and raise a family in 1968. She is a freelance writer and her book ‘Portugal and the
Chirpy, chirpy, sheep, sheep!
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