Sephardic billionaire buccaneers
On September 19, enthusiasts for the phenomenon of pirate culture may have addressed each other with cries of “Aaargh”, “Shiver me timbers”, “Keelhaul the Landlubber” and “Giz Grog”, thus celebrating
I came here to heal
By any measure, and whether you’re the loveliest and lightest hippy who’s ready for the Age of Aquarius, a hard-nosed investor poised for a crash, or an expat cringing about
Tomar, a city under pressure
Tomar and its People is the title of a post doctorate thesis based on an ethnographic survey conducted by Ana Hidalgo de Lacerda in the town of Tomar during several
Hot enough for ya?
Okay, okay – how hot is it? It is so hot that when I went for a walk recently, my Crocs melted. I know what you’re thinking – who wears
A Year in Monchique 2 – A Royal Affair – May 2019
One of my earliest memories is from the Silver Jubilee of the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. My parents dressed me as ‘John Bull’ for the street party
To Portugal or not to Portugal. That is the question
We Brits have long loved Iberia’s western flank, since those Port-loving limeys first set up shop here in the mid-1700s, and it seems the Clooneys and Kidmans of the world
AI disinformation
While researching the route taken by José Saramago in year 1981 during his visit to the region of Tomar, I searched through Google for “Ilha do Lombo” and was provided
Marcelo’s description of President Trump as Russian asset “goes viral”
COMMENT: President Marcelo’s damning description last week of US President Donald Trump as a Russian asset has gone predictably ‘viral’ over ‘news providers’ that most people have never heard of.
Forgive me please, Portuguese music lovers
Now, if causing offence was my game, I could mention that pastel de nata pizza that has recently emerged in London, but believe me, it isn’t. So, I won’t dwell
Off-Grid and Entertaining in Portugal
“IoT” they call it in Silicon Valley … and it’s basically when devices of whatever kind are connected to the internet and send data back about what they are seeing